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Husband, dad, surfer, sailor, bibliophile, and baker. Olympic Sailing Campaign Manager for @elleb.bsky.social's LA 2028 Campaign: Second Wind Racing. Civil appellate attorney, but not yours. Posts are mine, not employer's.
Seems pretty straightforward to me why people might be reconsidering coming here...
Semafor@semafor.com · 3d agoVisitors to the US are on track to drop by almost two million year-on-year. “We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.” www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
"the ivy league faculty will never understand you" the faculty: SEND ME TO FIGHT THE SLAVE POWER
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3d agoHegseth: "Send me to right the Redcoats, send me to fight the communists, send me to fight the Islamists. Send me."
When they get back in power, Democrats need to go all-in on higher education. We need a campaign of reinvestment in public universities across the country that makes the Morrill Land-Grant Act look like nothing by comparison *and* a GI Bill of Rights-style program of tuition grants.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 7d agoTrump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/kQdKbY1
Google maps has finally updated its Satellite photos of Gaza and it shows the most complete destruction of a city ever. A Genocide.
That there will only be ONE Olympian from each nation in her event. Olympic sailing has 10 classes/events and each nation only gets one boat per class. She sails a single-handed boat so, she has to be the absolute best in the country before she can even get to the Olympics.
Games28 | LA 2028 schedules@games28.bsky.social · last wk.From the athlete’s side, what’s the hardest part of the qualification process for supporters to understand? Wishing Elle well with the campaign and the build-up to that first regatta.
It takes genuine talent to be this wrong
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · last wk.Incredible. First Secretary Mullin claimed that DHS had identified 15,903 noncitizens on Nevada’s voter roll. Then DHS officials told a skeptical Nevada, no no no, that’s just people we flagged. Here are the names of 185 people we KNOW aren’t citizens. All 185 were citizens. DHS got 100% wrong.
The Secret Service is explicitly subject to the TRO in case anyone is wondering.
Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · last wk.BREAKING: A POLITICO reporter was denied access to the White House Thursday and his press credentials confiscated after a judge ordered the Trump admin to immediately restore access for news organizations that Trump banned.
Extremely disturbing news about the lawyer defending Donald Trump’s media ban. Watch this sitting down, and please help spread the word. youtube.com/shorts/veF5d...
Trump’s media ban gets even more disturbing
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
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"Gentlemen, our 29% approval rating is too high. Let's start take away people's health care."
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2w agoBreaking News: The Trump administration has cut 750,000 enrollees from Obamacare, Vice President JD Vance said, claiming that many were receiving premium subsidies they did not qualify for and that some were not even real people. nyti.ms/4xJwbXx
My top TV Shows of the Century (so far) list: (In no particular order & based solely on whether I found it enjoyable/would rewatch) 1) Ted Lasso 2) Psych 3) White Collar 4) Burn Notice 5) Outlander 6) Bosch 7) House 8) The Pitt 9) Sherlock 10) Archer
Steven Rich@datab.ae · 2w agomy top shows of the century so far.
This is the order you get when you let the judge open the order template and start typing all by herself.
Courtney Milan@courtneymilan.com · 2w agoAnyway Judge McMahon's answer is "well if there's a problem, you fucking call me and give your shitty frivolous opinion to my face right then and there."
Hey @peterorlowicz.bsky.social I'm doing an embedded appellate counsel gig, monitoring a trial right now involving BNSF! TRAINS! (And crossing signals)
The pathway to @elleb.bsky.social becoming the US Olympian for the ILCA 6 is now solidly defined. First mandatory regatta is in 8 short months. But, we need your help to get there. Read about the paths and donate to the campaign if you can! www.secondwindracing.com/second-thoug...
The Road to LA28 Just Got Real — Second Wind Racing — Second Wind Racing
The LA28 Olympic qualification process is out. With eight months until the first event, I finally know exactly what I’m chasing and how much work lies ahead.
secondwindracing.com
The pathway to @elleb.bsky.social becoming the US Olympian for the ILCA 6 is now solidly defined. First mandatory regatta is in 8 short months. But, we need your help to get there. Read about the paths and donate to the campaign if you can! www.secondwindracing.com/second-thoug...
The Road to LA28 Just Got Real — Second Wind Racing — Second Wind Racing
The LA28 Olympic qualification process is out. With eight months until the first event, I finally know exactly what I’m chasing and how much work lies ahead.
secondwindracing.com
NOTHING in medicine has saved as many children's lives as vaccination. Absolutely nothing. To be giving oxygen to anti-vaxxers is helping to kill children. That may sound like hyperbole, but it 100% is not.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoRFK Jr: "We care about every child who dies from measles. They get headlines. We should care about the children who are dying or suffering or being injured by vaccine injuries."
BREAKING: Some gas stations ‘Out of Diesel’ as prices surge, per Newsweek
Largely impressed, I think. I'm far more confident and accepting of myself, have a beautiful family, and a good career. He likely would be disappointed by the total lack of surfing in my current life though.
Beaux 🕋@obsidian.blacksky.app · 3w agoWould 20 y/o you be impressed or disappointed by you today?
If Trump +20 districts are toss-ups...
ashley (birthday month) 🕸️@clearlyashley.bsky.social · 2w agoanyways.
We're back from Ireland and the 2026 ILCA 6 Women's World Championships. Here's the regatta wrap-up from @elleb.bsky.social www.secondwindracing.com/second-thoug...
The View From 103rd | 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s Worlds — Second Wind Racing
I finished 103rd at the 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship. Here’s what the results don’t show, what I learned, and why I’m not done.
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We're back from Ireland and the 2026 ILCA 6 Women's World Championships. Here's the regatta wrap-up from @elleb.bsky.social www.secondwindracing.com/second-thoug...
The View From 103rd | 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s Worlds — Second Wind Racing
I finished 103rd at the 2026 ILCA 6 Women’s World Championship. Here’s what the results don’t show, what I learned, and why I’m not done.
secondwindracing.com
WOW — “So forgiving debt is fine for you… but not for anyone else?” Rep. @maxwellfrost.bsky.social corners 1 of 20 boomers he faced about why he opposes canceling student debt when he admits his own family had debt forgiven. Incredible stuff. 😕🤔 (H/T @jubileemedia.bsky.social )
has this guy ever done anything ethically just asking
ProPublica@propublica.org · 4w agoNEW: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing his most recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, ethics experts told ProPublica and @texastribune.org.
There are endless studies showing this and also the financial and societal benefits of universal basic income and or housing-first policies but the U.S. never goes for any of it because it would require allowing the poor to receive benefits that the rich consider “undeserved”
Jen Taub@jentaub.bsky.social · 2mo ago“A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace, according to a new preprint study led by researchers at the Yale School of Public Health.” ysph.yale.edu/news-article...