Justin Myers
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Justin Myers
@justinmyers.net
Journalist, tinkerer, crocheter, parent.
Married to @juliajrh.bsky.social.

Graphics editor, @chicago.suntimes.com and @wbez.org.

🏳️‍⚧️⚧🟨⬜🟪⬛, any pronouns.

Also active on fediverse/Mastodon:
https://mastodon.sdf.org/@myersjustinc
I remember having a baby on Similac when that big recall hit. I remember the chaos of trying to keep my child fed, and the despair of my friends who couldn’t find specialty formulas their kids needed. I’m floored (perhaps more than I ought to be) that this is having echoes again so soon.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Justin Myers
And if you are a worker or small business who starts getting these robo-Google Shopping calls starting today, I’d love to talk to you: mia@theverge.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I did make a hat in an afternoon once using two skeins of worsted weight simultaneously with a P hook, and that was surprisingly satisfying. Ought to do that again sometime.
November 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Thanks!
November 2, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Mostly stuffed toys, like these two. (Have managed to complete just two blankets in my crochet career, which at this point is old enough to vote but not yet drink.)
November 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I imagine readers might have a range of opinions on that. 🤷🏼 But still, the cover is literally the most obvious choice anyone could pick for a review of a music release. (Now, if the argument were that they should've been more creative in their selection…)
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
It's the literal album cover for, well, the album they're covering.
November 1, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Yes, thanks for clarifying for folks—I'll admit I didn't describe that part of it too well.
October 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The lower-court precedent the government wants to overturn:
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The #SCOTUS case:
www.scotusblog.com/cases/case-f...

US Concealed Carry Association guidance on cannabis use:
www.usconcealedcarry.com/blog/marijua...

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October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The statute prohibiting "an unlawful user of … any controlled substance" from owning guns is 18 USC 922(g)(3):
uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?r...

The regulation that says it counts if use occurred "within the past year":
www.ecfr.gov/current/titl...

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October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
As things currently stand, if there's any evidence you've used it within the past year, you're banned from owning guns under the same federal law that bans people convicted of domestic violence (Gun Control Act of 1968).

Disclaimer: I am not an attorney—just an interested gun owner.

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October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
For the folks in the replies here: The case isn't about whether to start _preventing_ more people from owning guns.

The question is whether it should start being treated less like meth (very disqualifying) and more like alcohol (not disqualifying unless you're high _right now_).

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October 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A local newsroom in Chicago had asked Johnson outright about this specific development live on air, more than 20 minutes before you posted this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqP9...
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson discusses National Guard deployment and city safety
YouTube video by WBEZ Chicago
www.youtube.com
October 8, 2025 at 7:15 PM