El Dorko (also answers to Joe)
@alphadork.bsky.social
Lefty law professor, litigator, mediator, and enemy of carceral capitalism. Into football (#GoPackGo🧀), basketball, politics, Modern Monetary Theory, economics, law, and public policy. Also donuts. And espresso. And dachshunds.
Apparently BCBS's CEO is feeling left out of the headlines.
Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield Won’t Pay for the Complete Duration of Anesthesia for Patients’ Surgical Procedures
In an unprecedented move, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield plans representing Connecticut, New York and Missouri have unilaterally declared it will no longer pay for anesthesia care if the surgery or pro...
www.asahq.org
December 5, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Apparently BCBS's CEO is feeling left out of the headlines.
I wrote a joke about contractual interpretation, but it was ambiguous so the doctrine of contra proferentem required that it be construed against me.
I had a joke about discovery, but it was vague, overly broad, and unduly burdensome.
I have a res judicata joke, but you’ve probably already heard it
December 4, 2024 at 4:40 AM
I wrote a joke about contractual interpretation, but it was ambiguous so the doctrine of contra proferentem required that it be construed against me.
I have an ERISA lawyer joke, but it's administratively exhausting.
I have an appellate lawyer joke, but I didn’t preserve it below
I have a res judicata joke, but you’ve probably already heard it
December 4, 2024 at 1:27 AM
I have an ERISA lawyer joke, but it's administratively exhausting.
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BREAKING: A measure to ban trans Representative Zooey Zephyr from using women's restrooms has FAILED to pass Montana's House Rules committee, with several Republicans voting against it.
December 3, 2024 at 6:31 PM
BREAKING: A measure to ban trans Representative Zooey Zephyr from using women's restrooms has FAILED to pass Montana's House Rules committee, with several Republicans voting against it.
With Korean legislators apparently successfully thwarting their president's effort to invoke martial law for political reasons (and impeachment on the horizon), I can't help but wonder what would happen here if Trump tried to do the same thing....
December 3, 2024 at 4:54 PM
With Korean legislators apparently successfully thwarting their president's effort to invoke martial law for political reasons (and impeachment on the horizon), I can't help but wonder what would happen here if Trump tried to do the same thing....
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Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
November 29, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.
Yesterday, I quartered a turkey and confited it in duck fat. Today I crisped the skin on the stove top and then rewarmed it quickly in the oven. The dark meat was extraordinary. The white meat was dry. I'm convinced that moist white turkey meat is a myth, just like "compassionate conservatism."
November 29, 2024 at 12:31 AM
Yesterday, I quartered a turkey and confited it in duck fat. Today I crisped the skin on the stove top and then rewarmed it quickly in the oven. The dark meat was extraordinary. The white meat was dry. I'm convinced that moist white turkey meat is a myth, just like "compassionate conservatism."
Great thoughts from a great thinker. (Gift link - no paywall - enjoy!)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
Opinion | Meet Wolfgang Streeck, the Maverick German Thinker Explaining Our World (Gift Article)
Wolfgang Streeck has a convincing theory of what has gone wrong with globalization.
www.nytimes.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Great thoughts from a great thinker. (Gift link - no paywall - enjoy!)
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...
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I mostly get my local news from independent media and urge you to as well. Here are some independent media outlets I follow and support for San Francisco news. Please add others.
November 26, 2024 at 3:50 PM
I mostly get my local news from independent media and urge you to as well. Here are some independent media outlets I follow and support for San Francisco news. Please add others.
In Ireland, rich rapists get blackballed. In the US, we elect them to the presidency, apparently.
November 26, 2024 at 5:21 PM
In Ireland, rich rapists get blackballed. In the US, we elect them to the presidency, apparently.
Hell yeah!
November 25, 2024 at 2:04 AM
Hell yeah!
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A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
A Trump Judge Just Nixed Overtime Pay for Millions—and Media Yawned
Remember the right-wing frenzy over “Rich Men North of Richmond”? Well, this ruling exposes Trump-MAGA hypocrisy on the working class—and reveals a big media failure.
newrepublic.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:19 PM
A Trump-appointed judge just struck down a Biden rule expanding overtime pay to 4 million working people.
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
It's really surprising how little media coverage this has received. Trump faced no real questions about this issue during the campaign. 1/
(link)
newrepublic.com/article/1886...
Well that's a glimmer of an implication of a sort of good news. I guess I'll take it.
BREAKING: Alleged pedophile Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for Attorney General. apnews.com/article/gaet...
Gaetz withdraws as Trump's pick for attorney general, averting confirmation battle in the Senate
Matt Gaetz has withdrawn as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general following scrutiny over a federal sex trafficking investigation.
apnews.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Well that's a glimmer of an implication of a sort of good news. I guess I'll take it.
SF City Hall tonight
November 21, 2024 at 2:16 AM
SF City Hall tonight
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@gorneaux.bsky.social I don't know who all follows Doug here on Bluesky, but I am profoundly saddened to report that Doug died yesterday here in SF, apparently of natural causes. He was a wonderful person and a dear friend and will be missed by many. From FB:
www.facebook.com/mark.gorney....
www.facebook.com/mark.gorney....
www.facebook.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:36 AM
@gorneaux.bsky.social I don't know who all follows Doug here on Bluesky, but I am profoundly saddened to report that Doug died yesterday here in SF, apparently of natural causes. He was a wonderful person and a dear friend and will be missed by many. From FB:
www.facebook.com/mark.gorney....
www.facebook.com/mark.gorney....
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"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
- Peter F. Drucker
- Peter F. Drucker
November 18, 2024 at 6:54 PM
"There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all."
- Peter F. Drucker
- Peter F. Drucker
Matt LaFleur is 11-0 against the Chicago Bears as head coach of the Packers. You love to see it.
Here's the Packers radio call from the blocked kick. Larry and Wayne are just the best!
h/t u/Fear_Jaire
h/t u/Fear_Jaire
November 18, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Matt LaFleur is 11-0 against the Chicago Bears as head coach of the Packers. You love to see it.
I finally just deactivated my Twitter account and deleted the app, after 15 years over there. Its utility had mostly evaporated over the last year. 🤷🏻♂️
November 15, 2024 at 11:08 PM
I finally just deactivated my Twitter account and deleted the app, after 15 years over there. Its utility had mostly evaporated over the last year. 🤷🏻♂️
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Bumping again as a reminder. We need for judicial + federal regulator noms to happen quickly.
Okay, all. As promised.
1. Here is the call script to ask our Dem Senators to appoint judges.
2. And a second script *specifically* for New Yorkers to use for Schumer.
1. Here is the call script to ask our Dem Senators to appoint judges.
2. And a second script *specifically* for New Yorkers to use for Schumer.
![YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [Zip Code].
YOU: I’m calling [DEM SENATOR] to ask that they take urgent action in the wake of Tuesday’s election results.
YOU: Now that we know that Donald Trump is coming back into the White House, we have to do everything in our power to safeguard our institutions from being harmed.
YOU: [DEM SENATOR] must push Leader Schumer to act quickly on these judicial and federal regulator appointments. We cannot leave judicial openings for him to fill, like we did at the end of the Obama Administration. We’ve already clearly seen the damage of all of the judicial appointments that Trump filled, from the ongoing fight for student loan relief, to the abortion fight.
YOU: Democratic governors have already begun acting to shore up protections, and I ask - no, demand - that our U.S. Democratic Senators do the same. We must work quickly. There is no time to waste.
YOU: [OPTIONAL COMMENT - e.g. request a response]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreic2p2zbdhrpl6i2h2kwiczxo6ualhoaekxpitml3xjb57rgt33dbe@jpeg)
![YOU: Hi, my name is [NAME]. I’m calling from [Zip Code].
YOU: I’m calling on Leader Schumer to clarify just how he’ll lead the Senate after Tuesday’s election results. We now know that the Dems will lose the Senate come January, and Trump is coming back to the White House. The Leader MUST clarify his plan for the remaining two months, and he must do it quickly.
YOU: I am specifically calling on Leader Schumer to begin taken urgent action on judicial and federal regulator nominations. We cannot leave vacancies for the Trump Administration to fill. We already saw what happened after he was able to fill 100+ nominations in his first term of office, and the ripple effects it’s had on progressive actions across the country.
YOU: Leader Schumer cannot pretend this is a normal transition. There’s a reason that Democratic governors are calling special sessions and holding press conferences to discuss how to protect against Trump, and the Leader must do the same.
YOU: I would like a response [EXPLAIN IN WHAT FORMAT]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdabazxnghujbebpi2ektqgi/bafkreiatbvb2v4apdtfpyhvf4s7xsu33kl7jc5xwd57f34opait2dckup4@jpeg)
November 13, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Bumping again as a reminder. We need for judicial + federal regulator noms to happen quickly.