Happy Halloween! Here is my rendition of the Munsters theme
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Happy Halloween! Here is my rendition of the Munsters theme
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Something I appreciate about unions is they come right out and say it. NYC’s hotel workers’ union says the 2021 special permit requirement for new hotels (really, a ban) was to halt competition among hotels from driving down the price of a night’s stay in NYC hotelworkers.org/article/a-re...
July 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Something I appreciate about unions is they come right out and say it. NYC’s hotel workers’ union says the 2021 special permit requirement for new hotels (really, a ban) was to halt competition among hotels from driving down the price of a night’s stay in NYC hotelworkers.org/article/a-re...
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L.A. imposed a so-called mansion tax on real estate transactions > $5 million. Surprise! It covers, and has helped to depress, multifamily residential -- i.e., apartment construction -- along with commercial and industrial. Revenues are less than half expected. [@uclalewiscenter.bsky.social]
Contributor: L.A.'s 'mansion tax' needs a remodel. Here's how to fix it
New research shows just how serious the unintended consequences of Measure ULA have been for Los Angeles.
www.latimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
L.A. imposed a so-called mansion tax on real estate transactions > $5 million. Surprise! It covers, and has helped to depress, multifamily residential -- i.e., apartment construction -- along with commercial and industrial. Revenues are less than half expected. [@uclalewiscenter.bsky.social]
My sweet little Lupita crossed the rainbow bridge today. I couldn’t have asked for a better companion through the last 19 years. She will be dearly missed.
March 28, 2025 at 10:03 PM
My sweet little Lupita crossed the rainbow bridge today. I couldn’t have asked for a better companion through the last 19 years. She will be dearly missed.
Getting older grants one with the power of ignoring people’s social hints that they want to get off the phone with you.
March 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Getting older grants one with the power of ignoring people’s social hints that they want to get off the phone with you.
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Today is a reminder that we should try to live our lives with fairness and respect for our fellow man.
January 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Today is a reminder that we should try to live our lives with fairness and respect for our fellow man.
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"From the beginning to the very last minute of its term, not only did the Biden administration do precious little to build guardrails against executive power, it actively thwarted congressional efforts to do so." Among examples: National Guard abuse, FISA Section 702, and emergency powers reform.
It is precisely *because* Trump is an unprecedented threat to American democracy that we must view Biden's presidential tenure as a failure.
He made it harder for Dems to keep Trump out. And he did not do enough to thwart future Trump abuses in the event he got back in.
@shikhadalmia.bsky.social
He made it harder for Dems to keep Trump out. And he did not do enough to thwart future Trump abuses in the event he got back in.
@shikhadalmia.bsky.social
Joe Biden Will Go Down as a Failed President
History will regard him as the man who lost America’s liberal democracy to an authoritarian
www.theunpopulist.net
January 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"From the beginning to the very last minute of its term, not only did the Biden administration do precious little to build guardrails against executive power, it actively thwarted congressional efforts to do so." Among examples: National Guard abuse, FISA Section 702, and emergency powers reform.
From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in America
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www.cirp.org/library/hist...
From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in America
An article by David L. Gollaher, Ph.D., on the history of medicalized circumcision in America.
www.cirp.org
January 8, 2025 at 3:47 AM
From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in America
www.cirp.org/library/hist...
www.cirp.org/library/hist...
Blizzard in the Gnome Garden
January 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Blizzard in the Gnome Garden
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The leak dragnet in the first Trump administration included nondisclosure orders, which meant most targeted members of Congress and staff "were never told their phone records had been seized." Journalists' phone records were seized as well.
“The Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from two members of Congress and 43 staffers – including Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI – during sweeping leak investigations during Trump’s first term” www.cnn.com/2024/12/10/p...
Trump’s DOJ secretly obtained records of his FBI pick Kash Patel, lawmakers, staffers and media in leak investigations | CNN Politics
The Justice Department secretly obtained phone records from two members of Congress and 43 staffers – including Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI – during sweeping leak i...
www.cnn.com
December 18, 2024 at 11:13 PM
The leak dragnet in the first Trump administration included nondisclosure orders, which meant most targeted members of Congress and staff "were never told their phone records had been seized." Journalists' phone records were seized as well.
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We have a childcare crisis so bad that we are planning on giving Rams money to the issue, only to discover the building inspector(s?) had a systemic way of shutting down daycares who didn’t make “donations” to their pet causes.
In case you missed it last night, click here to watch a St. Louis building inspector on undercover video appearing to pressure day care owners for contributions to a charity event he was involved in.
Mayor Jones asks FBI to investigate:
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
Mayor Jones asks FBI to investigate:
www.ksdk.com/article/news...
St. Louis building inspector under scrutiny for soliciting donations during inspections
One inspector is accused of pressuring day cares into charity contributions, sparking a citywide investigation.
www.ksdk.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:53 PM
We have a childcare crisis so bad that we are planning on giving Rams money to the issue, only to discover the building inspector(s?) had a systemic way of shutting down daycares who didn’t make “donations” to their pet causes.
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Y’all have to read @blytheb.bsky.social’s latest on the SLPS scandal www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
December 17, 2024 at 1:17 AM
Y’all have to read @blytheb.bsky.social’s latest on the SLPS scandal www.stltoday.com/news/local/e...
Cancer Ghosting is common www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...
'Cancer ghosting' can be more painful than treatment, survivors say
Loss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the dise...
www.npr.org
December 18, 2024 at 2:49 PM
Cancer Ghosting is common www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...
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Per news reports, applicants seeking to work for RFK Jr.'s HHS are being asked to answer questions that are weirdly personal, intrusive on privacy, and incidentally unlawful under ADA's ban on pre-job-offer medical queries. [@thejonhyman.bsky.social] www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2024/12/rfk-...
"RFK Jr.'s job application: part psych eval and all wrong
Practical Employment Law Insights for Business Owners, by Employment Lawyer Jon Hyman
www.ohioemployerlawblog.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Per news reports, applicants seeking to work for RFK Jr.'s HHS are being asked to answer questions that are weirdly personal, intrusive on privacy, and incidentally unlawful under ADA's ban on pre-job-offer medical queries. [@thejonhyman.bsky.social] www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2024/12/rfk-...
Jesse Singal: Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem
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Jesse Singal: Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem
It was supposed to be a gentler, left-wing alternative to X. My grim experience proves that just isn’t the case.
www.thefp.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Jesse Singal: Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem
www.thefp.com/p/jesse-sing...
www.thefp.com/p/jesse-sing...
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A NY mom lost custody of her toddler & newborn for 5 months after testing positive for fentanyl the hospital had given her in her epidural.
In Oklahoma, a newborn was placed in foster care for 11 days after the mom tested positive for meth. The culprit? a heartburn drug the hospital had given her.
In Oklahoma, a newborn was placed in foster care for 11 days after the mom tested positive for meth. The culprit? a heartburn drug the hospital had given her.
Hospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?
Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 12, 2024 at 12:06 PM
A NY mom lost custody of her toddler & newborn for 5 months after testing positive for fentanyl the hospital had given her in her epidural.
In Oklahoma, a newborn was placed in foster care for 11 days after the mom tested positive for meth. The culprit? a heartburn drug the hospital had given her.
In Oklahoma, a newborn was placed in foster care for 11 days after the mom tested positive for meth. The culprit? a heartburn drug the hospital had given her.
Merry Friday the 13th!
December 13, 2024 at 4:42 PM
Merry Friday the 13th!
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The fish rots from the head down
December 12, 2024 at 7:42 PM
The fish rots from the head down
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NEW: During her 14-month tenure, former St. Louis Public Schools superintendent Keisha Scarlett racked up more than $140,000 of credit card charges on travel, florists, Bath & Body Works, DoorDash, UberEats and other expenses, records obtained by STLPR show. www.stlpr.org/education/20...
Food delivery, flowers, Amazon: How Keisha Scarlett spent $141k of St. Louis Public Schools money
St. Louis Public Radio obtained credit card statements from former St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett that are at the center of a new district investigation.
www.stlpr.org
December 10, 2024 at 11:05 PM
NEW: During her 14-month tenure, former St. Louis Public Schools superintendent Keisha Scarlett racked up more than $140,000 of credit card charges on travel, florists, Bath & Body Works, DoorDash, UberEats and other expenses, records obtained by STLPR show. www.stlpr.org/education/20...
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North Carolina appeals court, applying state's unique "fruits of their labor" constitutional guarantee, allow food truck operators to sue over city ordinance that makes it almost impossible for them to operate; evidence indicates law was shaped by restaurant owners who didn't want competition.
Constitutional Protections for Economic Liberty in North Carolina: The Fruits of Their Own Labor Clause and Beyond
I've long been interested in how state courts sometimes provide protection for economic liberty under state constitutions, beyond what the federal
reason.com
December 11, 2024 at 3:17 AM
North Carolina appeals court, applying state's unique "fruits of their labor" constitutional guarantee, allow food truck operators to sue over city ordinance that makes it almost impossible for them to operate; evidence indicates law was shaped by restaurant owners who didn't want competition.