Stephen Hardwick
@nonfinality.com
Appellate public defender. Poll worker. Peace Corps Tunisia. Low-level zoning chair. Wolverine in Buckeye land. Cyclist. Personal views only. On the payroll of the rain garden interests.
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Stephen Hardwick
@nonfinality.com
· Aug 26
I can’t over-emphasize how critical it is to have competent, rule-following poll workers with back bones. Now more than ever. To my attorney followers, we especially need you. To my non-attorney followers—you too.
Find out how to sign up where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Find out how to sign up where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Compassion, not ridicule, should be the reaction to people who are living through a withering barrage of legal, psychological, and physical attacks. Please, before going on the counter-attack, stop and think for a moment.
I get that the people criticizing you haven’t read your brief & are mis-characterizing your position. Granted. In mitigation (not excuse), all I ask is that before making fun of your critics, your followers should remember that trans people are under attack on so many fronts it’s legit frightening.
November 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Compassion, not ridicule, should be the reaction to people who are living through a withering barrage of legal, psychological, and physical attacks. Please, before going on the counter-attack, stop and think for a moment.
Reminds me of when I used to get customer service emails from Starbucks asking whether the baristas made an effort to get to know me. No. They didn’t. They understood that I wanted coffee and then to be left alone.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Reminds me of when I used to get customer service emails from Starbucks asking whether the baristas made an effort to get to know me. No. They didn’t. They understood that I wanted coffee and then to be left alone.
Floof on a quilt.
For Caturday, she’s joined me while I rest recovering from a minor cold. (My partner made this quilt herself!)
For Caturday, she’s joined me while I rest recovering from a minor cold. (My partner made this quilt herself!)
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Floof on a quilt.
For Caturday, she’s joined me while I rest recovering from a minor cold. (My partner made this quilt herself!)
For Caturday, she’s joined me while I rest recovering from a minor cold. (My partner made this quilt herself!)
No, contrary to what this Columbus Dispatch widget implies, Paul McCartney has not died. He’s just doing a concert in Ohio.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 AM
No, contrary to what this Columbus Dispatch widget implies, Paul McCartney has not died. He’s just doing a concert in Ohio.
Good news—our public school district is stepping up to help alleviate the Trump-caused hunger.
Shamefully bad news—there’s a huge need for our public school district to step up to help alleviate the Trump-caused hunger.
Other bad news—why tf does this fall on already over-stretched school districts?
Shamefully bad news—there’s a huge need for our public school district to step up to help alleviate the Trump-caused hunger.
Other bad news—why tf does this fall on already over-stretched school districts?
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Good news—our public school district is stepping up to help alleviate the Trump-caused hunger.
Shamefully bad news—there’s a huge need for our public school district to step up to help alleviate the Trump-caused hunger.
Other bad news—why tf does this fall on already over-stretched school districts?
Shamefully bad news—there’s a huge need for our public school district to step up to help alleviate the Trump-caused hunger.
Other bad news—why tf does this fall on already over-stretched school districts?
Columbus has a whacky city council system that allows people to run to “represent” a specific district, but they get elected in at-large races. Vogel got 63% of the vote in my district, but 49% city wide. So my district doesn’t really have a vote on city council.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
November 5, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Columbus has a whacky city council system that allows people to run to “represent” a specific district, but they get elected in at-large races. Vogel got 63% of the vote in my district, but 49% city wide. So my district doesn’t really have a vote on city council.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
www.dispatch.com/story/news/p...
The free market has its flaws, but one “problem” it very effectively solves is “restaurants and food stands nobody wants.”
"All hot dog stands will be replaced with goat meat stands."
hold up. tell me more about that
hold up. tell me more about that
This guy
November 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The free market has its flaws, but one “problem” it very effectively solves is “restaurants and food stands nobody wants.”
If you’re in or near Boston, there are only 12 shows remaining for this production of the Dybbuk.
Professional review: artsfuse.org/294307/theat...
Tickets: tickets.arlekinplayers.com/events/arlek...
Professional review: artsfuse.org/294307/theat...
Tickets: tickets.arlekinplayers.com/events/arlek...
November 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
If you’re in or near Boston, there are only 12 shows remaining for this production of the Dybbuk.
Professional review: artsfuse.org/294307/theat...
Tickets: tickets.arlekinplayers.com/events/arlek...
Professional review: artsfuse.org/294307/theat...
Tickets: tickets.arlekinplayers.com/events/arlek...
The violence inflicted by ICE goons in front of young children is a child abuse.
State and local officials should prosecute if they at all possibly can, and they can let the ICE goons take any affirmative defenses they think apply.
State and local officials should prosecute if they at all possibly can, and they can let the ICE goons take any affirmative defenses they think apply.
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
The arrest reportedly took place in front of children.
19thnews.org/2025/11/chil...
‘I have papers’: Child care worker detained by ICE officers inside a Chicago day care
Raids inside day cares had been off limits until this year, when, on his first day in office, President Donald Trump removed that protection.
19thnews.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The violence inflicted by ICE goons in front of young children is a child abuse.
State and local officials should prosecute if they at all possibly can, and they can let the ICE goons take any affirmative defenses they think apply.
State and local officials should prosecute if they at all possibly can, and they can let the ICE goons take any affirmative defenses they think apply.
One thing I’ve learned from 5 years of poll working—if you can, take Wednesday off. As a location manager, I had to bring the ballots back to the BOE (with an R ride-along), so it was a long night. I slept past 9am this morning. I’m about to enjoy this cappuccino & mindless space-opera sci fj book.
November 5, 2025 at 4:08 PM
One thing I’ve learned from 5 years of poll working—if you can, take Wednesday off. As a location manager, I had to bring the ballots back to the BOE (with an R ride-along), so it was a long night. I slept past 9am this morning. I’m about to enjoy this cappuccino & mindless space-opera sci fj book.
Perhaps the biggest privilege of my day of poll working—I got to serve a man casting his first vote as a new US citizen.
Find out how to serve where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Find out how to serve where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Perhaps the biggest privilege of my day of poll working—I got to serve a man casting his first vote as a new US citizen.
Find out how to serve where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Find out how to serve where you are here: www.eac.gov/help-america...
Final poll working stats, and I still don’t know why it said I climbed 17 flights of steps this morning.
November 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Final poll working stats, and I still don’t know why it said I climbed 17 flights of steps this morning.
I can’t show anything official, but these are my lunch-time poll-working stats. I walk around a lot because I manage the place and because I can’t stay still.
November 4, 2025 at 5:10 PM
I can’t show anything official, but these are my lunch-time poll-working stats. I walk around a lot because I manage the place and because I can’t stay still.
This beats the stupid Boston Logan sign I saw—an airport map with no “you are here.”
November 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This beats the stupid Boston Logan sign I saw—an airport map with no “you are here.”
A real treat—watching a live performance of the Dybbuk in the old Vilna Shul in Boston. The “stage” ran the length of the sanctuary between 2 rows of pews and included 3 levels of scaffolding & 3 sets. The actors were often only a couple feet away. Awesome.
www.arlekinplayers.com
www.arlekinplayers.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A real treat—watching a live performance of the Dybbuk in the old Vilna Shul in Boston. The “stage” ran the length of the sanctuary between 2 rows of pews and included 3 levels of scaffolding & 3 sets. The actors were often only a couple feet away. Awesome.
www.arlekinplayers.com
www.arlekinplayers.com
A real treat—watching a live performance of the Dybbuk in the old Vilna Shul in Boston. The “stage” ran the length of the sanctuary between 2 rows of pews and included 3 levels of scaffolding & 3 sets. The actors were often only a couple feet away. Awesome.
www.arlekinplayers.com
www.arlekinplayers.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A real treat—watching a live performance of the Dybbuk in the old Vilna Shul in Boston. The “stage” ran the length of the sanctuary between 2 rows of pews and included 3 levels of scaffolding & 3 sets. The actors were often only a couple feet away. Awesome.
www.arlekinplayers.com
www.arlekinplayers.com
When I lived in Tunis, I met Yassir Arafat. So anyone who follows me, well, the Trump Junta might not take too kindly to you.
Off the top of my head, in terms of degrees of separation I managed to get from myself to *Jimi Hendrix* in "three hops," this is a WILD assertion to make
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 2, 2025 at 2:25 AM
When I lived in Tunis, I met Yassir Arafat. So anyone who follows me, well, the Trump Junta might not take too kindly to you.
Happy 26 Hours from Caturday.
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Happy 26 Hours from Caturday.
I heard that Zohran Mamdani said “literally” to emphasize a figurative expression.
October 28, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I heard that Zohran Mamdani said “literally” to emphasize a figurative expression.
I heard that Zohran Mamdani said he filed a writ of mandamus when he only filed for a writ of mandamus.
October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
I heard that Zohran Mamdani said he filed a writ of mandamus when he only filed for a writ of mandamus.
Even when the other side is wrong about something in their brief, before you call them a liar, make sure you don’t sound like this.
#AppellateSky
#Legalwriting
#AppellateSky
#Legalwriting
October 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Even when the other side is wrong about something in their brief, before you call them a liar, make sure you don’t sound like this.
#AppellateSky
#Legalwriting
#AppellateSky
#Legalwriting
The best arguments are in the other side’s brief.
#AppellateSky
#AppellateSky
October 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The best arguments are in the other side’s brief.
#AppellateSky
#AppellateSky
Our school district faces a lot of hard budget choices. They must close a bunch of schools, some of which are at 1/3 capacity. They must cut transportation costs. My message to every Board member I could corner—all proffered choices are better than kicking the can down the road for another decade.
Columbus City Schools Goals Update
Columbus City Schools Goals Update
app.smore.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Our school district faces a lot of hard budget choices. They must close a bunch of schools, some of which are at 1/3 capacity. They must cut transportation costs. My message to every Board member I could corner—all proffered choices are better than kicking the can down the road for another decade.
If you ask a bunch of lawyers whether doing something that’s morally repugnant might actually be legal, and and they all say “No, got God’s sake no,” but you finally find one who says the answer is “complicated,” don’t do that thing.
Trump’s Been Defecating Onto the Original Declaration of Independence. Is This Good?
I thought the answer was an obvious no. It turns out to be much more complicated.
I thought the answer was an obvious no. It turns out to be much more complicated.
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
If you ask a bunch of lawyers whether doing something that’s morally repugnant might actually be legal, and and they all say “No, got God’s sake no,” but you finally find one who says the answer is “complicated,” don’t do that thing.
One easy thing faculty & admins can do to signal to potential students that you aren’t under the MAGA thumb—put pronouns in signature lines, Zoom name boxes & official social media bios.
That makes schools that ban pronouns stand out, & it’s a noticeable signal to LGBTQ+ students & their families.
That makes schools that ban pronouns stand out, & it’s a noticeable signal to LGBTQ+ students & their families.
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
One easy thing faculty & admins can do to signal to potential students that you aren’t under the MAGA thumb—put pronouns in signature lines, Zoom name boxes & official social media bios.
That makes schools that ban pronouns stand out, & it’s a noticeable signal to LGBTQ+ students & their families.
That makes schools that ban pronouns stand out, & it’s a noticeable signal to LGBTQ+ students & their families.