Dr. Matthew Reid Krell
@reidkrell.bsky.social
JD/PhD. Alumni of GW, Alabama Law, and Alabama PSC. Assistant Professor CSU-Northridge. Research: everyday democracy as a tool to exercise political power. Don't attribute my opinions to CSUN.
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"were you at a Hawks game" sir that has never happened to anyone
September 29, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"were you at a Hawks game" sir that has never happened to anyone
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Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners.
Can commit human rights abuses.
Can commit human rights abuses.
September 29, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Can’t do student loan relief. Can’t mandate vaccines. Can’t help home owners.
Can commit human rights abuses.
Can commit human rights abuses.
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As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things
September 29, 2026 at 8:09 AM
As a professor, most of what I do is log in to things
Question 4 is WILD and unheard of. What in the french fried hell is "such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the disposition of the case?"
BREAKING: SCOTUS allows the Trump admin to restart third-country removals under a policy found by lower courts to violate federal law. The Democratic appointees dissent.
The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
The deportations will be OK'ed at least through the next several months, with SCOTUS agreeing to hear the case in December.
September 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Question 4 is WILD and unheard of. What in the french fried hell is "such other questions that the Government determines are appropriate for the disposition of the case?"
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oh my god where is THIS movie
Here’s the most incredible story you’ll read today.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
A small plane with four people aboard crashes in a field.
Another pilot witnesses it. That pilot happens to be flying a bunch of skydivers. They offer to jump to assist, are given permission.
The skydivers happen to be EMTs. Everyone survives.
Skydivers alert emergency crews, assist after plane crashes near East Troy airport
Four people were aboard the single-engine plane when it went down in a cornfield near Carvers School Road in East Troy at about 1:30 p.m.
www.wisn.com
September 28, 2026 at 9:15 PM
oh my god where is THIS movie
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Cindy Hyde-Smith voted against the infrastructure money to fix our water, and now a federal court says Mississippi families have no right to clean water — that our only remedy is to elect better officials.
You don't have a right to safe drinking water, US court rules
A Trump-appointed judge also said Americans have no “constitutional right to truthful information” during a public health crisis.
www.motherjones.com
September 7, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Cindy Hyde-Smith voted against the infrastructure money to fix our water, and now a federal court says Mississippi families have no right to clean water — that our only remedy is to elect better officials.
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Objecting to the destruction of USAID is a pretty clean litmus test for being a serious person and not evil
a surprising number of otherwise bad people pass this test, and a shocking number of people who pretend to care do not
a surprising number of otherwise bad people pass this test, and a shocking number of people who pretend to care do not
So sure, USAID was a tool of US soft power and political influence, and also, I sometimes get the sense that people saying this don’t quite comprehend the torrent of death, horror, and pain that is currently unfolding from the genuinely evil decision to suddenly destroy it.
August 29, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Objecting to the destruction of USAID is a pretty clean litmus test for being a serious person and not evil
a surprising number of otherwise bad people pass this test, and a shocking number of people who pretend to care do not
a surprising number of otherwise bad people pass this test, and a shocking number of people who pretend to care do not
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Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
August 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country.
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high.
Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record.
Noticing a pattern?
Change a letter, change a movie
Founders
Founders
Change a letter, change a movie
Star Warm
Star Warm
Change a letter, change a movie
Stab Trek
Stab Trek
August 29, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Change a letter, change a movie
Founders
Founders
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techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”
August 29, 2026 at 6:22 PM
techno-optimists befuddled by declining popular support for “the robot that tells you to kill yourself”, “the pervert glasses“, and “the camera network that stalks you”
I love it when bad legislative drafting leads to a win for the good guys (also, Microsoft joining the war on age verification on the side of the sex workers is a great prospect).
Contrary to the article describing the law, it doesn't specify the exact licenses that qualify, and it doesn't specify that the *entire* OS, as-run, must be open source, so, uh, I think they definitely just exempted Android (Apache and GPL) and possibly exempted MacOS (kernel is FreeBSD)
August 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I love it when bad legislative drafting leads to a win for the good guys (also, Microsoft joining the war on age verification on the side of the sex workers is a great prospect).
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I very much enjoy comparing dog competition judges to cat ones because I have yet to see a single cat judge that isn’t totally and completely nonserious.
January 15, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I very much enjoy comparing dog competition judges to cat ones because I have yet to see a single cat judge that isn’t totally and completely nonserious.
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The deadline to apply for our African history TT assistant professor job is on Monday (September 1)! 🗃️ #EduSky #HigherEd #Blackademics
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August 27, 2026 at 5:49 PM
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make a band bigger
The Depressed Blues
The Depressed Blues
make a band bigger
Sonic Adults
Sonic Adults
Make a band bigger
The Tragically Femur
The Tragically Femur
August 23, 2026 at 7:27 PM
make a band bigger
The Depressed Blues
The Depressed Blues
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“Did you eat a vegetable? You may be entitled to compensation.”
August 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
“Did you eat a vegetable? You may be entitled to compensation.”
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The University of Southern Mississippi's football stadium is no longer named for a man who once declared, "I am a racist."
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Southern Miss Football Stadium No Longer Named For Man Who Declared ‘I Am A Racist’
Staunch segregationist M.M. Roberts will no longer be the namesake for the University of Southern Mississippi’s football stadium.
www.mississippifreepress.org
August 21, 2026 at 11:15 PM
The University of Southern Mississippi's football stadium is no longer named for a man who once declared, "I am a racist."
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Yes, this is what I would expect after gentle reminders about tardy motions.
I was recently involved in a case where another party tired the "gentle reminder" approach, and the Court entered this text order.
![ELECTRONIC ORDER:
The Court is in receipt of Plaintiffs' Notice of Request for Ruling (the "Notice") (Doc. No. 23) filed this same day. This Notice is NOT well-taken for several reasons. When the case was removed, the Court entered an order directing "all counsel of record to review and comply with the undersigned's Judge Specific Requirements" and a hyperlink to the same was included. Doc. No. 5. The Specific Requirements unequivocally and with underlined emphasis state that inquiries are not to be made about the status of a pending motion. Plaintiffs' Notice skips past inquiring about the status of their pending Unopposed Motion for Leave to File First Amended Complaint ("Motion for Leave") and "request[s] that the Court consider and rule upon" the Motion for Leave. Doc. No. 23 at 1. While Plaintiffs do not inquire about the status of the Motion for Leave, their request for a ruling on it is clearly in the same vein and, thus, is unacceptable.
A more problematic issue with this Notice is that the Court's subject matter jurisdiction is in question, having been challenged by Plaintiffs no less in their PENDING Motion to Remand. It is well understood that jurisdiction is a threshold matter to be determined because, in the absence of it, a federal court has no power to act other than to dismiss or remand the case. See Stockman v. Fed. Election Comm'n, 138 F.3d 144, 151 (5th Cir. 1998). To be sure, "where a federal court proceeds in a matter without first establishing that the dispute is within the province of controversies assigned to it by the Constitution and statute, the federal tribunal poaches upon the territory of a coordinate judicial system, and its decisions, opinions, and orders are of no effect." Stafford v. Mobil Oil Corp., 945 F.2d 803, 804 (5th Cir. 1991) (internal quotations and citation omitted). Even if Plaintiffs were to have waived their jurisdictional challenge by virtue of filing this Notice (which the Court does not find), the Court nevertheles…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rsgadxxitsqlnwte42ymulit/bafkreig7feqynwouqtg47htks7nhma5yqx4ynn267zvybb52sl35cqmotm)
August 21, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Yes, this is what I would expect after gentle reminders about tardy motions.
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excellent thread
The search for AI ROI continues.
University admin gave a presentation to faculty senate on AI. They begged us to discover use cases for them. All they have is a bespoke Ai tutoring agent and hopes and dreams for improved internal operations
All senate had to offer was complaints about cheating
University admin gave a presentation to faculty senate on AI. They begged us to discover use cases for them. All they have is a bespoke Ai tutoring agent and hopes and dreams for improved internal operations
All senate had to offer was complaints about cheating
August 21, 2026 at 9:40 PM
excellent thread
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would you eat one egg sized E. coli blueberry or 10 blueberry sized salmonella eggs
August 20, 2026 at 3:29 AM
would you eat one egg sized E. coli blueberry or 10 blueberry sized salmonella eggs
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Here’s the thing about Y2K, the ozone layer, etc.
The most leftist—in the sense of *valuing labor*—thing you can do is reject the brainwashing that tells you that heroism is running into a burning building and not the slow, patient, boring, unglamorous work of *preventing* disaster.
The most leftist—in the sense of *valuing labor*—thing you can do is reject the brainwashing that tells you that heroism is running into a burning building and not the slow, patient, boring, unglamorous work of *preventing* disaster.
I think a lot of people would have died without the work of people like you. The power grid could have gone down, air traffic control, supply chains, medical equipment, water infrastructure…
You prevented a disaster. That is heroism. Heroism doesn’t always have to be running into a burning building
You prevented a disaster. That is heroism. Heroism doesn’t always have to be running into a burning building
August 18, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Here’s the thing about Y2K, the ozone layer, etc.
The most leftist—in the sense of *valuing labor*—thing you can do is reject the brainwashing that tells you that heroism is running into a burning building and not the slow, patient, boring, unglamorous work of *preventing* disaster.
The most leftist—in the sense of *valuing labor*—thing you can do is reject the brainwashing that tells you that heroism is running into a burning building and not the slow, patient, boring, unglamorous work of *preventing* disaster.
You thought qualified immunity was bad....
To give an illustration of just how legally insulated Gardaí are
A woman who was raped by a man who Gardaí had brought to her home
After they suspected he had murdered his wife
Was not allowed to sue the force (leg alone the grossly negligent individual Gardaí)
A woman who was raped by a man who Gardaí had brought to her home
After they suspected he had murdered his wife
Was not allowed to sue the force (leg alone the grossly negligent individual Gardaí)
If we grant broad immunities to Gardaí beyond what they already have
- & despite what you have heard, the law does treat police favourably -
What will people say if Gardaí pursue a vehicle they suspect eg being involved in a burglary
And they end up ploughing into a family?
- & despite what you have heard, the law does treat police favourably -
What will people say if Gardaí pursue a vehicle they suspect eg being involved in a burglary
And they end up ploughing into a family?
August 18, 2026 at 2:34 AM
You thought qualified immunity was bad....
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Cook County alone has over 3,000 voting precincts. I bet at least some of those have multiple polling stations.
This isn’t good—no attack on free elections is—but also important to keep that 1,000 in perspective.
I don’t they could put a real dent in polling places even just in competitive places.
This isn’t good—no attack on free elections is—but also important to keep that 1,000 in perspective.
I don’t they could put a real dent in polling places even just in competitive places.
BREAKING: Harmeet Dhillon said in an interview with Bloomberg that the DOJ will be sending 1,000 election monitors to the polls for the midterms.
"[The DOJ] has sent monitors to...increase voter confidence to troubleshoot problems and we are doing that now," she said. https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
"[The DOJ] has sent monitors to...increase voter confidence to troubleshoot problems and we are doing that now," she said. https://demdock.com/3T3Owjg
August 17, 2026 at 7:39 PM
Cook County alone has over 3,000 voting precincts. I bet at least some of those have multiple polling stations.
This isn’t good—no attack on free elections is—but also important to keep that 1,000 in perspective.
I don’t they could put a real dent in polling places even just in competitive places.
This isn’t good—no attack on free elections is—but also important to keep that 1,000 in perspective.
I don’t they could put a real dent in polling places even just in competitive places.
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Get a load of this guy. Real photo postcard from my collection, no date/info.
August 17, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Get a load of this guy. Real photo postcard from my collection, no date/info.