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alphadork.bsky.social

Lefty law professor, litigator, mediator, and enemy of carceral capitalism. Into football (#GoPackGo🧀), basketball, politics, Modern Monetary Theory, economics, law, and public policy. Also donuts. And espresso. And dachshunds.

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Apparently BCBS's CEO is feeling left out of the headlines.

submitted 186 days ago • 1 comment

I wrote a joke about contractual interpretation, but it was ambiguous so the doctrine of contra proferentem required that it be construed against me.

submitted 186 days ago • 0 comments

I have an ERISA lawyer joke, but it's administratively exhausting.

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BREAKING: A measure to ban trans Representative Zooey Zephyr from using women's restrooms has FAILED to pass Montana's House Rules committee, with several Republicans voting against it.

submitted 187 days ago • 122 comments

With Korean legislators apparently successfully thwarting their president's effort to invoke martial law for political reasons (and impeachment on the horizon), I can't help but wonder what would happen here if Trump tried to do the same thing....

submitted 187 days ago • 1 comment

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

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Yesterday, I quartered a turkey and confited it in duck fat. Today I crisped the skin on the stove top and then rewarmed it quickly in the oven. The dark meat was extraordinary. The white meat was dry. I'm convinced that moist white turkey meat is a myth, just like "compassionate conservatism."

submitted 192 days ago • 3 comments

Great thoughts from a great thinker. (Gift link - no paywall - enjoy!) www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/o...

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I mostly get my local news from independent media and urge you to as well. Here are some independent media outlets I follow and support for San Francisco news. Please add others.

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