James Willem
@willempa.bsky.social
Employment and labor lawyer posting about the law and Pennsylvania courts. Formerly legal aid. KNVB fan. Allentown, by way of Boston, DC, Gujarat, New Haven, and Chicago, but Berkshires at heart.
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Jeopardy! knows what Bluesky will want.
Sometimes Artificial Intelligence isn't that intelligent. #TBT to IBM Watson's wrong Final Jeopardy!
November 14, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Jeopardy! knows what Bluesky will want.
Love this each year. Great fun for the family
There is so much to see and do at Illumination at Coca Cola Park with 1.5 million lights, food, rides, curling, igloos, and more... but we still chose to ride the Christmas train five times.
The event runs November 14 through January 3 and you can find tickets and details at illuminationlv.com.
The event runs November 14 through January 3 and you can find tickets and details at illuminationlv.com.
November 14, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Love this each year. Great fun for the family
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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Donald Trump is gravely mistaken if he thinks he’s going to ride on the coattails of this administration.
Violence has been down in Chicago prior to ICE’s disruptive arrival and it will continue to go down. OUR work is working!
Violence has been down in Chicago prior to ICE’s disruptive arrival and it will continue to go down. OUR work is working!
November 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Donald Trump is gravely mistaken if he thinks he’s going to ride on the coattails of this administration.
Violence has been down in Chicago prior to ICE’s disruptive arrival and it will continue to go down. OUR work is working!
Violence has been down in Chicago prior to ICE’s disruptive arrival and it will continue to go down. OUR work is working!
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Congratulations to @cge-psu.bsky.social, whose members voted by 90% to join UAW Region 9! 🎊🎉
November 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Congratulations to @cge-psu.bsky.social, whose members voted by 90% to join UAW Region 9! 🎊🎉
Fully support, we need more and better housing in Allentown
“In a rare show of unity on the oft-divided dais, Allentown City Council members appear poised to raise the city’s deed transfer tax by 0.5%, which leaders say will generate millions in additional revenue to be funneled into affordable housing… The measure now goes to the full Council”
Allentown wants to launch an affordable housing initiative. Here’s how City Council plans to pay for it
Allentown City Council appears poised to raise its deed transfer tax by 0.5%, and will use the additional revenue to create an affordable housing fund.
www.mcall.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Fully support, we need more and better housing in Allentown
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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For more than 3 years, @pghguild.com members at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have shown incredible strength while on strike.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
Third Circuit Court of Appeals rules for striking Pittsburgh journalists - Pittsburgh Union Progress
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on Monday morning ruled for the journalists of the Newspaper Guild of Pittsburgh in the federal case behind their more than three-year strike at the Pit...
www.unionprogress.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
For more than 3 years, @pghguild.com members at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have shown incredible strength while on strike.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
Their heroic persistence demonstrates the real power of our solidarity and what’s possible when we come together in a union.
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this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
this dude helping his bro pick up his stick should be highlight of the night but our bloodthirsty sports media only feeds us conflict
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The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
Australia’s first treaty with Aboriginal people signed in state of Victoria
The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
bit.ly
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The treaty, which comes more than 220 years after the state was colonised, creates an assembly and truth-telling body.
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A grandfather and his young granddaughter. An electrician with two young children. A woman standing in line at a scrap metal business.
They were among the 14 people who died in the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville last week. https://cnn.it/3LW9YD4
They were among the 14 people who died in the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville last week. https://cnn.it/3LW9YD4
November 13, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A grandfather and his young granddaughter. An electrician with two young children. A woman standing in line at a scrap metal business.
They were among the 14 people who died in the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville last week. https://cnn.it/3LW9YD4
They were among the 14 people who died in the fiery crash of a UPS plane in Louisville last week. https://cnn.it/3LW9YD4
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This will make the housing and homeless crisis much, much worse: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
This will make the housing and homeless crisis much, much worse: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...
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You been hit by a smooth hymnal
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:07 AM
You been hit by a smooth hymnal
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"Beta blockers after heart attack"- maybe the best known quality measure. It was often used in health services research. It was such a successful measure, it was retired by NCQA because hospitals were performing so well. There was a memorable mock eulogy in NEJM at the time. But.. (1/2)
November 13, 2025 at 3:57 AM
"Beta blockers after heart attack"- maybe the best known quality measure. It was often used in health services research. It was such a successful measure, it was retired by NCQA because hospitals were performing so well. There was a memorable mock eulogy in NEJM at the time. But.. (1/2)
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Well, that’s that, I guess. Now the FAA will get back to its regular critically low levels of ATC staffing, down from its dangerously critical low levels of ATC staffing during the shutdown.
The U.S. government began reopening Wednesday night after President Trump signed into law a spending package that narrowly passed the House, ending the longest shutdown in the nation’s history.
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4pb68o5
Follow live updates. nyti.ms/4pb68o5
November 13, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Well, that’s that, I guess. Now the FAA will get back to its regular critically low levels of ATC staffing, down from its dangerously critical low levels of ATC staffing during the shutdown.
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Ol' fashioned three-point play
November 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Ol' fashioned three-point play
A lovely gift to an actress who makes her hometown of Allentown proud
Amanda Seyfried receives hometown gift basket from Allentown Farmers Market
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — When Hollywood star Amanda Seyfried thinks of home, the Allentown Fairgrounds Farmers Market comes to…
lehighdaily.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A lovely gift to an actress who makes her hometown of Allentown proud
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After 135 days, Pennsylvania finally has a state budget for fiscal year 2025-26.
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a $50.1B spending bill on Tuesday, after the Democratic-controlled State House and the Republican-majority State Senate both agreed to the plan. www.politicspa.com/pennsylvania...
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a $50.1B spending bill on Tuesday, after the Democratic-controlled State House and the Republican-majority State Senate both agreed to the plan. www.politicspa.com/pennsylvania...
State Budget Impasse Ends As Governor Shapiro Signs $50.1B Spending Bill
The House passed the measure by a 156-47 vote, while the Senate did the same by a 40-9 count.
www.politicspa.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
After 135 days, Pennsylvania finally has a state budget for fiscal year 2025-26.
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a $50.1B spending bill on Tuesday, after the Democratic-controlled State House and the Republican-majority State Senate both agreed to the plan. www.politicspa.com/pennsylvania...
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed into law a $50.1B spending bill on Tuesday, after the Democratic-controlled State House and the Republican-majority State Senate both agreed to the plan. www.politicspa.com/pennsylvania...
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Can you help me get the word out? We are having trouble reaching government attorneys due to the shutdown.
This is 6 hours of CLE of FREE through the ABA. But you don’t have to be an attorney to sign up!
Thread of topics we will cover:
This is 6 hours of CLE of FREE through the ABA. But you don’t have to be an attorney to sign up!
Thread of topics we will cover:
NEWS! The ABA Admin Law Conference is FREE this year, in light of the shutdown. Great for admin law practitioners, academics, and students. It'll be Nov. 21 but you'll also be able to access recordings for 30 days afterwards.
6 FREE hours of CLE (approvals pending), including 3 ethics hours:
6 FREE hours of CLE (approvals pending), including 3 ethics hours:
2025 Administrative Law Fall Conference
events.americanbar.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Can you help me get the word out? We are having trouble reaching government attorneys due to the shutdown.
This is 6 hours of CLE of FREE through the ABA. But you don’t have to be an attorney to sign up!
Thread of topics we will cover:
This is 6 hours of CLE of FREE through the ABA. But you don’t have to be an attorney to sign up!
Thread of topics we will cover:
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As the delta variant ripped through the south, wrecking her previous prediction kids were protected by adult vaccines, Hoeg looked at random squiggles and concluded pediatricians were too stupid to test their patients.
This myth gained a lot of traction in Florida I was later told.
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This myth gained a lot of traction in Florida I was later told.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:19 AM
As the delta variant ripped through the south, wrecking her previous prediction kids were protected by adult vaccines, Hoeg looked at random squiggles and concluded pediatricians were too stupid to test their patients.
This myth gained a lot of traction in Florida I was later told.
More…
This myth gained a lot of traction in Florida I was later told.
More…
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Moral of this story is that squatting is legal… if you’re rich enough and famous enough — www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/n...
Adams Makes It Harder for Mamdani to Build Over Elizabeth Street Garden
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Moral of this story is that squatting is legal… if you’re rich enough and famous enough — www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/n...
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"In a downtown bar on O Street in the capital city, Dan Osborn drank a 16-ounce draft Coors Banquet Beer.
During a sit-down interview with the Nebraska Examiner at O’Rourke’s Tavern, the occasional patron walked up to Osborn to tell him they support his bid against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb..
During a sit-down interview with the Nebraska Examiner at O’Rourke’s Tavern, the occasional patron walked up to Osborn to tell him they support his bid against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb..
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"In a downtown bar on O Street in the capital city, Dan Osborn drank a 16-ounce draft Coors Banquet Beer.
During a sit-down interview with the Nebraska Examiner at O’Rourke’s Tavern, the occasional patron walked up to Osborn to tell him they support his bid against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb..
During a sit-down interview with the Nebraska Examiner at O’Rourke’s Tavern, the occasional patron walked up to Osborn to tell him they support his bid against U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb..
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By any reasonable calibration, the two biggest assholes to afflict themselves on Harvard University in the modern era are Larry Summers and Alan Dershowitz, and of course, Jeffrey Epstein collected them both.
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
By any reasonable calibration, the two biggest assholes to afflict themselves on Harvard University in the modern era are Larry Summers and Alan Dershowitz, and of course, Jeffrey Epstein collected them both.
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BREAKING
Kickstarter United NYC-OPEIU 153 Declares Victory and Ends 40+ Day Strike — OPEIU Local 153
New York, NY – Today, the members of Kickstarter United (KSRU) ended their 42 day-strike and declared victory over the tech company. KSRU secured an escalating minimum salary floor tied to cost of liv...
www.opeiulocal153.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 AM
BREAKING
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"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
"This could take down Democrats, too."
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.
I know. And I frankly wouldn't give even an itty bitty damn if it implicated every Democratic man in Congress, every Democratic hopeful for 2028 and every Democrat who has even thought about running for office.
Down with the sex predators, wherever they are.