A. Coronado
@nadoandhishat.bsky.social
No relation. Ex-brewer, failed union organizer, somehow now a labor lawyer. Views solely my own; not giving legal advice. Please loan me your forklift.
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In response to the drought, the company reduced withdrawals between August and October. But overall, extractions increased in Fryeburg and Denmark this year compared to the past two:
What the data show about Poland Spring's water withdrawals in Maine
In response to the drought, the company reduced withdrawals between August and October. But overall, extractions increased in Fryeburg and Denmark this year compared to the past two.
www.mainepublic.org
December 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In response to the drought, the company reduced withdrawals between August and October. But overall, extractions increased in Fryeburg and Denmark this year compared to the past two:
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Collecting DNA seems fine, sure it won't be misused etc
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Trump's DNA Dragnet: The Law That Turns Us All Into Suspects
Donald Trump's administration is turning immigration screening into the backbone of a DNA surveillance system that reaches far beyond the border.
www.rollingstone.com
December 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Collecting DNA seems fine, sure it won't be misused etc
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Jury acquits L.A. man who towed immigration agent's car during TikTok influencer's arrest
Jury acquits L.A. man who towed immigration agent's car during TikTok influencer’s arrest
A federal jury has acquitted Bobby Nunez, who was charged with stealing government property by towing an immigration agent’s vehicle during the arrest of a TikTok influencer in downtown L.A.
www.latimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Jury acquits L.A. man who towed immigration agent's car during TikTok influencer's arrest
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The conservative litigation group America First Legal Foundation cannot demand documents from the federal Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the FOIA because they are not executive agencies, a D.C. federal judge ruled. www.law360.com/artic...
December 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The conservative litigation group America First Legal Foundation cannot demand documents from the federal Judicial Conference of the U.S. and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts under the FOIA because they are not executive agencies, a D.C. federal judge ruled. www.law360.com/artic...
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The original reporting with a little more detail and screen grab
Attorney uncovers ‘ICE watch list’ of prominent US immigration lawyers
Al Otro Lado claims the database poses “grave concerns of political targeting and professional intimidation at a time when the administration is openly escalating its attacks on immigrant adv…
www.borderreport.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 AM
The original reporting with a little more detail and screen grab
Unfortunately thought-provoking.
I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Unfortunately thought-provoking.
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NEW from us and @crainschicago.bsky.social: Hundreds of Cook County workers have waited years to recover stolen wages — even after the Illinois Department of Labor ruled they were owed money. buff.ly/WJHXcax
Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
www.injusticewatch.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NEW from us and @crainschicago.bsky.social: Hundreds of Cook County workers have waited years to recover stolen wages — even after the Illinois Department of Labor ruled they were owed money. buff.ly/WJHXcax
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since driving discourse is raging on the timeline, i guess it's time to reup this, the greatest op ed the NYT ever ran
LONG ISLAND OPINION; DRINKING AND DRIVING CAN MIX (Published 1984)
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
since driving discourse is raging on the timeline, i guess it's time to reup this, the greatest op ed the NYT ever ran
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The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Here's Sandra Day O'Connor endorsing News Max levels of voter fraud conspiracies in the 2000 election.
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The 25th anniversary of Bush v Gore is today. The conspiracy mongering & corruption of the GOP has been brewing for a long time.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
Roberts, Barrett and Kavanaugh were all on Bush's legal team, where they pushed unfounded legal theories. SC justices were already enmeshed in voter fraud myths.
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BREAKING: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul gutted an AI regulation bill awaiting her signature and replaced it wholesale with a weaker version sought by Big Tech firms. At least two of the groups lobbying on the bill held fundraisers for Hochul in recent weeks.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
Hochul Caves to Big Tech on AI Safety Bill - The American Prospect
A bill that passed the New York legislature was completely gutted and substituted with language perceived as friendlier to the industry.
prospect.org
December 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
BREAKING: NY Gov. Kathy Hochul gutted an AI regulation bill awaiting her signature and replaced it wholesale with a weaker version sought by Big Tech firms. At least two of the groups lobbying on the bill held fundraisers for Hochul in recent weeks.
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
prospect.org/2025/12/11/h...
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Swiss singer Nemo, who won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, has decided to return the winners' trophy.
Eurovision champion Nemo returns the winner's trophy to protest Israel's inclusion
Swiss singer Nemo, who won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, has decided to return the winners' trophy.
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December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Swiss singer Nemo, who won the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest, has decided to return the winners' trophy.
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The reporters posed as a potential client and visited local notaries and immigration-and-tax attorneys to see whether they skirted the law, interviewed victims around the country, and filed dozens of FOIA requests to determine the scope of the problem. 2/🧵
Fraudsters Target Immigrants Seeking Legal Help
In Illinois, immigrants have lost thousands of dollars to notarios offering legal assistance they’re not qualified to provide—as well as other impostors. Nationally, the figure is at least $1.2 millio...
southsideweekly.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:44 AM
The reporters posed as a potential client and visited local notaries and immigration-and-tax attorneys to see whether they skirted the law, interviewed victims around the country, and filed dozens of FOIA requests to determine the scope of the problem. 2/🧵
Ah, here we go!
NEW: President Donald Trump says he is granting a pardon to Tina Peters, who was convicted on state charges related to tampering with Colorado's election systems. Legal experts say presidential pardons do not apply to state charges.
December 12, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Ah, here we go!
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New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
AI toys for kids talk about sex and issue Chinese Communist Party talking points, tests show
New research from Public Interest Research Group and tests conducted by NBC News found that a wide range of AI toys have loose guardrails.
www.nbcnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 1:24 PM
New! We worked with the Public Interest Research Group to test a bunch of LLM-driven toys ahead of the Christmas. That sexual talking teddy bear wasn't a one-off; it turns out disturbing behavior is deeply built into these toys across the board.
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Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
December 11, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Don’t look away. sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
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I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
April 29, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’ve found it’s more visually appealing to just paste in his head at the inflection points
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In 1882 two thirds of the farmers in Tohoku (northern Japan) bought home brewing licenses. In 1895 there were 1 million home brewing licenses in total. So Japan definitely had farmhouse brewing of sake.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
December 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
In 1882 two thirds of the farmers in Tohoku (northern Japan) bought home brewing licenses. In 1895 there were 1 million home brewing licenses in total. So Japan definitely had farmhouse brewing of sake.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
Then in 1886 the gov't banned home brewing entirely. Probably killed the farmhouse brewing.
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"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
"The math is brutal and the juxtaposition stark: millions for OpenAI while pink slips go out to longtime lecturers. The CSU isn’t investing in education—it’s outsourcing it, paying premium prices for a chatbot many students were already using for free."
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
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Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Two independent studies found that AI chatbots were better at persuading voters than political ads. The most persuasive bots also lied the most. This is something that humans working in psyops have known for decades. AI is psyops at scale. www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1...
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Food service company Aramark is leaving incarcerated people in West Virginia with empty stomachs and their loved ones with empty pockets, a federal class-action lawsuit alleges. Our story from @dajaehenry.com:
Aramark Cuts Free Prison Meals to Boost Profits, New Suit Claims
A lawsuit claims the prison food company is cutting institutional meals to force incarcerated people to purchase costly food from the same vendor.
www.themarshallproject.org
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Food service company Aramark is leaving incarcerated people in West Virginia with empty stomachs and their loved ones with empty pockets, a federal class-action lawsuit alleges. Our story from @dajaehenry.com:
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In one of Ted Sarandos’ statements on Friday about his streamer’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Netflix co-CEO proclaimed that the $82.7 billion deal would be “pro-worker.”
Hollywood Labor Comes Out Swinging Against Warner Bros.-Netflix Deal: “This Merger Must Be Blocked”
In one of Ted Sarandos’ statements on Friday about his streamer’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Netflix co-CEO proclaimed that the $82.7 billion deal would be “pro-worker.”
bit.ly
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 AM
In one of Ted Sarandos’ statements on Friday about his streamer’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, the Netflix co-CEO proclaimed that the $82.7 billion deal would be “pro-worker.”
Oh good, deciding whether OSHA is an unconstitutional violation of the nondelegation doctrine has been assigned to Judge Kacsmaryk in NDTX. TX Int’l Produce Assoc. v. OSHA, Case No. 2:25cv00261. 🙃
December 5, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Oh good, deciding whether OSHA is an unconstitutional violation of the nondelegation doctrine has been assigned to Judge Kacsmaryk in NDTX. TX Int’l Produce Assoc. v. OSHA, Case No. 2:25cv00261. 🙃
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After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
vinepair.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
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The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."