Roger Allan Ford (he/him)
@rogerford.org
lawyer, law professor, union member
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The annual week 17 path to the playoffs post is up! Barring an oversight, this should be exhaustive, and it includes the 17 game parlay that results in the AFC 7 seed coming down to a points tiebreaker! nflplayoffscenarios.com/2025/week/17...
Every Team’s Path to the Playoffs (2025 Week 17)
Clinching & Elimination scenarios, tiebreakers, seeding, and more!
nflplayoffscenarios.com
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The annual week 17 path to the playoffs post is up! Barring an oversight, this should be exhaustive, and it includes the 17 game parlay that results in the AFC 7 seed coming down to a points tiebreaker! nflplayoffscenarios.com/2025/week/17...
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I KNOW RIGHT
I really don’t understand why the lead headline from every news organization in the country right now isn’t “In Suicide Note to Larry Nassar, Epstein said Trump Shared ‘Our Love of Young, Nubile Girls’”
December 23, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I KNOW RIGHT
Holy shit
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Holy shit
Wow, my initial (tentative) read is that the Supreme Court ruled against Trump on actually meaningful and significant grounds, basically cutting off his ability to deploy the national guard anywhere in the US.
www.supremecourt.gov
December 23, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Wow, my initial (tentative) read is that the Supreme Court ruled against Trump on actually meaningful and significant grounds, basically cutting off his ability to deploy the national guard anywhere in the US.
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Weiss is bad at this. It’s too big a stage. She’s the Kash Patel of journalism
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Weiss is bad at this. It’s too big a stage. She’s the Kash Patel of journalism
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Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Expect a "revolt" among 60 Minutes staff over Bari Weiss pulling the CECOT segment at the last minute, one network insider told me.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
Another CBS News reporter added that a Rubicon had been crossed with this decision, which 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi called "political" and not editorial.
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I have never, once in my career, heard of a news org responding to a decline-to-comment with, “Well, we’ll hold it until you do.”
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
December 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I have never, once in my career, heard of a news org responding to a decline-to-comment with, “Well, we’ll hold it until you do.”
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
The reason is obvious — it gives the subject of your story a pocket veto.
Walmart holiday ad just used the word “situationship” 😕
December 21, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Walmart holiday ad just used the word “situationship” 😕
Well this isn’t at all suspicious!
December 21, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Well this isn’t at all suspicious!
“The way merger regulation in the United States in 2025 works is that to get a merger done, you have to commit to making television news friendlier to Donald Trump.”
December 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
“The way merger regulation in the United States in 2025 works is that to get a merger done, you have to commit to making television news friendlier to Donald Trump.”
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Well this is terrifying
I got to the part in this story where someone SYNTHESIZED A DRUG THAT GIVES SOMEONE PARKINSON’S OVERNIGHT and went 😮 😧 😮 😧 😮 😧 😩
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Well this is terrifying
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It's crazy how everyone is starting to coalesce around the idea that the Human Genome Project was a black hole for money, a distraction from progress, and possibly a keyhole into a room full of eugenics
I got to the part in this story where someone SYNTHESIZED A DRUG THAT GIVES SOMEONE PARKINSON’S OVERNIGHT and went 😮 😧 😮 😧 😮 😧 😩
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
It's crazy how everyone is starting to coalesce around the idea that the Human Genome Project was a black hole for money, a distraction from progress, and possibly a keyhole into a room full of eugenics
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That happened 40 years ago! This whole story is wild
I got to the part in this story where someone SYNTHESIZED A DRUG THAT GIVES SOMEONE PARKINSON’S OVERNIGHT and went 😮 😧 😮 😧 😮 😧 😩
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
That happened 40 years ago! This whole story is wild
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This is a really good story!! And coming when other research shows hereditary/genetic Parkinson’s is 10-15% of cases, max. Yet it’s the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the U.S., right after Alzheimer’s. Pollutants in our water and air are REALLY NOT GOOD.
I got to the part in this story where someone SYNTHESIZED A DRUG THAT GIVES SOMEONE PARKINSON’S OVERNIGHT and went 😮 😧 😮 😧 😮 😧 😩
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This is a really good story!! And coming when other research shows hereditary/genetic Parkinson’s is 10-15% of cases, max. Yet it’s the second most common neurodegenerative disease in the U.S., right after Alzheimer’s. Pollutants in our water and air are REALLY NOT GOOD.
I got to the part in this story where someone SYNTHESIZED A DRUG THAT GIVES SOMEONE PARKINSON’S OVERNIGHT and went 😮 😧 😮 😧 😮 😧 😩
Scientists Thought Parkinson’s Was in Our Genes. It Might Be in the Water
New ideas about chronic illness could revolutionize treatment, if we take the research seriously.
www.wired.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I got to the part in this story where someone SYNTHESIZED A DRUG THAT GIVES SOMEONE PARKINSON’S OVERNIGHT and went 😮 😧 😮 😧 😮 😧 😩
Uh huh, sure, SpaceX is the 15th most valuable company on Earth, worth more than Tencent, Visa, oracle, Mastercard, Johnson & Johnson, ExxonMobil, Samsung, Palantir, ASML, Bank of America, Netflix, AbbVie, Costco, Agricultural Bank of China, Alibaba, LVMH, Home Depot… www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Valued at $800 Billion, as It Prepares to Go Public
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Uh huh, sure, SpaceX is the 15th most valuable company on Earth, worth more than Tencent, Visa, oracle, Mastercard, Johnson & Johnson, ExxonMobil, Samsung, Palantir, ASML, Bank of America, Netflix, AbbVie, Costco, Agricultural Bank of China, Alibaba, LVMH, Home Depot… www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/t...
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For years, National Parks passes featured the winner of an annual photography competition.
Trump wants his face on them instead.
As if that weren’t gross enough, the administration recently announced it would no longer allow free admission on MLK Day and Juneteenth… but will for Trump’s birthday.
Trump wants his face on them instead.
As if that weren’t gross enough, the administration recently announced it would no longer allow free admission on MLK Day and Juneteenth… but will for Trump’s birthday.
Wildlife group sues to remove Trump photo from 2026 national parks pass
The 2026 America the Beautiful pass featuring the president’s face violates a 2004 law and causes “aesthetic harm,” the Center for Biological Diversity said.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
For years, National Parks passes featured the winner of an annual photography competition.
Trump wants his face on them instead.
As if that weren’t gross enough, the administration recently announced it would no longer allow free admission on MLK Day and Juneteenth… but will for Trump’s birthday.
Trump wants his face on them instead.
As if that weren’t gross enough, the administration recently announced it would no longer allow free admission on MLK Day and Juneteenth… but will for Trump’s birthday.
Remember when ScotusBlog wasn’t an embarrassment?
I had missed the SCOTUSblog post about the “interim docket blog”; wanted to scream but it’s late; texted @jaywillis.net instead; & he let me know that, oh, yes, this has been discussed.
I truly don’t understand how you just accede to Kavanaugh’s self-serving make-believe name for the shadow docket.
I truly don’t understand how you just accede to Kavanaugh’s self-serving make-believe name for the shadow docket.
Even for me, this is pretty in the weeds, but the shift in tone in SCOTUSblog's coverage since Sarah Isgur and The Dispatch took over—more deferential to the Court, more reverential of the justices as celebrities, more credulous and stenographic across the board—has been...notable
December 12, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Remember when ScotusBlog wasn’t an embarrassment?
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FINALLY GOT IT!
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
December 12, 2025 at 4:47 AM
FINALLY GOT IT!
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
I've taken well over 100,000 pelican pictures, maybe 200,000.
Over 20,000 the past month alone.
Today, I snagged "The One That Got Away"
In my infinite optimism, I give you, a very rare:
Fish success story.
🪶
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Calibri is WOKE
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Calibri is WOKE
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
wow, they really phoned it on the medal design
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
wow, they really phoned it on the medal design
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history of unitary executive theory, in one tweet
Step 1 - Formal logic requires you, a principled legal movement, to override centuries of tradition. Functionalism is irrelevant.
Step 2 - Functionalism requires you, a sensible legal movement, to create exceptions to the formal logic of Step 1.
Step 1 - Formal logic requires you, a principled legal movement, to override centuries of tradition. Functionalism is irrelevant.
Step 2 - Functionalism requires you, a sensible legal movement, to create exceptions to the formal logic of Step 1.
December 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
history of unitary executive theory, in one tweet
Step 1 - Formal logic requires you, a principled legal movement, to override centuries of tradition. Functionalism is irrelevant.
Step 2 - Functionalism requires you, a sensible legal movement, to create exceptions to the formal logic of Step 1.
Step 1 - Formal logic requires you, a principled legal movement, to override centuries of tradition. Functionalism is irrelevant.
Step 2 - Functionalism requires you, a sensible legal movement, to create exceptions to the formal logic of Step 1.
Interesting amicus brief dug up by the New York Times, filed by Pam Bondi last year.
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Interesting amicus brief dug up by the New York Times, filed by Pam Bondi last year.