Peter Orlowicz
@peterorlowicz.bsky.social
Admin law & appellate atty, IL native, Navy veteran, board game aficionado, ethics enthusiast & adjunct legal ethics prof, railroad law-talkin' guy (he/him). Personal account, as always.
Here is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is.
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d agoI GOT TO VOTE FOR TRAINS! Fuck yeah Front Range Passenger Rail!
here's mine: trains are cool and you knew it when you were 5, why are you lying to yourself now
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 23h agoHere is my pitch for anyone who has worries about rail: I think that building out rail is a necessary (but not sufficient) step in transforming American cities from totally car dependent to slightly walkable, in a way that no other form of transit is.
Kiddo was reading one of his books about World's Worst Disasters the other night, and read about a volcano eruption in 1819. "Were you alive in 1819, Dad?" No. No, I was not, you sweet summer child.
ya i mean i do genuinely think that one of hegseth's goals is to drive people appalled by barbarity out of the military, because the long term plan is to make the military shoot at us, and the same guys who object to this won't do that either.
Risa Brooks@risabrooks12.bsky.social · 2d agoIf you were looking for a way to polarize Americans' views abt the military, undermine its influence internationally & drive out service members appalled by its civilian leadership's barbarity, this is certainly a good way to do that. www.defensenews.com/video/2026/1...
Yay trains! (ALWAYS vote for trains when the option presents itself.)
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2d agoI GOT TO VOTE FOR TRAINS! Fuck yeah Front Range Passenger Rail!
Annual reminder that Columbus was SO bad that even his contemporaries, *16th century Spanish imperialists,* were disgusted by him
Corey Rayburn Yung@coreyryung.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Bobadilla Report documented extensive atrocities, torture, and tyrannical rule by Columbus that led to him being hauled back to Spain in chains, being stripped of his titles, and imprisonment. Of course Trump takes pride in "resurrect[ing]" him.
I feel sorry for this jackass's wife and baby.
Jess Calarco@jessicacalarco.com · 3d agoIt's telling that men would rather try to invent tech to replace humans' role in caregiving than step up as equal partners in parenting. Telling, that is, in that it shows how financial capitalism and patriarchy work together to dissuade men from doing "unprofitable" labor, like the work of care.
Today, @jamesftierney.bsky.social considers what kind of methodological maturity the LPE movement should aim to achieve, and what a more rigorous LPE might look like in practice.
What Could LPE Want from a Method?
Law and economics offers a portable, teachable procedure that students can learn in a semester and apply across fields. Should LPE aim to develop a rival procedure of its own, or should it aspire to a...
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Attention public defender-minded colleagues in Illinois, the Office of the State Public Defender is gearing up to become an independent agency of the court as of January 1, and they're staffing up accordingly. www.illinoiscourts.gov/courts/addit...
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Stephanie Kollmann@slkollmann.bsky.social · 4d agoyoooooooo www.illinoiscourts.gov/courts/addit...
One like = one song title and artist from my extremely eclectic personal playlist of music I like. Note: I'm not going to take the time to find YouTube Music links or anything, I reserve the right to post in batches, and you may or may not get any commentary about what I like about it.
says the guy who spent a year covering up for the cops murdering an unarmed Black child god Rahm Emanuel better not become a thing again (fucking thanks Obama)
tim dewey@tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 7d agoWhy bother holding elected officials accountable to existing ethics rules when you can just invent new ethic rules to not hold them accountable to?
Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
Shout! Factory put old "lost" TV directly into fans' hands—until one day it didn't
Shout! Factory once helped TV fans bring their favorite "lost" shows home. But an influx of FAST cash soon led to the loss of its identity.
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Look, I would be extremely reluctant to give my parents, my wife, or my best friend unfettered total access to my email accounts and bank accounts, there's no way in hell I'm letting Meta have it.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · last wk.“More than any other digital service, my email is a window into my brain. Now Meta has it. If that's not enough, Muse also suggested I give it my bank accounts. No thanks. I didn't let the AI run wild on my computer hard drive, either.”
Hi government employee here, who has visibility into how things worked before 2025 and since: This is correct. Rebuild government, prosecute DOGE and Trump officials, and think about contracting reform later.
Mark Copelovitch@mcopelov.bsky.social · last wk.If the lessons Democrats (& democrats) draw from DOGE is “right idea, wrong implementation,” we are doomed. Everyone involved in the unprecedented crime that was DOGE needs to go to jail forever, & Democrats need to rebuild all of the programs & agencies first, not do digital management consulting 🤦♂️
A new wave of higher ed policies are targeting accommodations and time. Always happy to talk to student journalists about what’s going on. Keep your eye on disability in higher ed.
Syracuse University College of Law@syracuselaw.bsky.social · 2w agoProfessor @katmacfarlane.bsky.social Provides Perspectives on Ohio State University’s Elimination of a Grace Period for Arriving at Accommodated Exams. #lawsky #disability law.syracuse.edu/news/profess...
All the ones who read @moryan.bsky.social 's book do, I think. bookshop.org/p/books/burn...
Burn It Down: Power, Complicity, and a Call for Change in Hollywood
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLERAn NPR Best Book of the YearIn this spectacular, newsmaking exposé that has the entertainment industry abuzz and on its heels, Vanity Fair's Ma...
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Marisa Kabas@marisakabas.bsky.social · 2w agodo men understand the extent to which women are ready to burn it all down right now
Again, much of Pete Hegseth’s deal is the only skill his job demanded for a long time was keeping a trim figure to be conventionally pretty for stay-at-home moms watching daytime tv. His job was “be pretty,” but he knows that’s a girl job, so he’s deeply insecure and is trying to make it a boy job.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHegseth: "Telling someone to get in shape or shave or fix their uniform or start busting their ass -- that's not discrimination. That's leadership"
Having just rewatched it in the theater, as Cybertron intended, I can say with authority that The Transformers The Movie (1986) is a better film than any of the Michael Bay Transformers movies. Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron! A Weird Al song in the soundtrack! Thin and silly plot, but still better!
There are worse goals in life than to be the kind of person who others can really trust.
KSV@ksvesq.bsky.social · 2w agoMy girls are 8 and 10. They are too young to learn about the details of what happened at Cornell. But you better believe I remind them regularly that we don’t trust any men until they have proven that they are worthy of our trust.
Jesus Christ Cornell
Kate Hagen's House of Horrors 👻@thathagengrrl.bsky.social · 2w ago"Meanwhile, Jane Doe dropped out of Cornell and was denied her request to get her tuition refunded so that she could transfer to a different college. She hence faced more severe consequences than most of the men who she alleges gang-raped her." www.thecut.com/article/what...
Here's a piece I'm really excited to roll out: An in-depth interview with Dropout's Sam Reich, diving deep on the game design of Game Changer season 8. Do I make a parody of myself by bringing up the concept of "the magic circle"? Oh baby, you bet I do. avclub.com/game-changer...
“We really aren’t control of that dial”: Sam Reich on designing the games of Game Changer season 8
The Dropout CEO on encouraging competition in his players and the ways he stops himself from turning into Mr. Beast.
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