BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Chicago resident here, baffled by my city’s placement. 190
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026This is how I ended up spending 45 minutes (in a gown & heels!) stuck in an overcrowded elevator that descended to the sub-basement of the Palmer House hotel in Chicago. Once they found us and pried the doors open, we were ~3 feet below the floor. CFD had to haul us out one at a time. 030
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026My vaccine appointment is in a few hours, so I’ll see how it goes for me this year soon. I’m in the Midwest, and “early to mid October” is my doc’s usual suggestion. We don’t seem to be getting the early wave some other parts of the country are seeing. 100
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Moving the arm after a vaccine is a great suggestion. I’ve adopted it, but it appears that I am still destined for “arm hurts, ow” for a day or two after getting a shot. Not fun, but a small price to pay to avoid getting really, really sick. 000
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Booked for flu & Covid shots tomorrow. Have done them at the same time the last couple of years and it has gone ok. (Sore arm, feel kinda crappy for ~24 hours. Way better than getting either flu or Covid.) 110
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026My appointment for both flu & Covid vaccines is tomorrow! Having a sore arm and (maybe) feeling lousy for ~24 hours sure beats the alternative. 040
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Isn’t it funny how many different ways white men have come up with to justify their “right” to rule (and, not coincidentally, have sex with anyone they want)? 030
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 20/09/2026There’s a synagogue one block away from my hair salon. I usually get haircuts on Saturdays and almost always see a security guard outside the synagogue. I happened to get a haircut the weekend of Rosh Hashana. There were at least three security guards that Saturday. :( 202
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 13/09/2026A lot of people who claim to be big believers in free markets don’t like the results of actual free markets. 19611
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 10/08/2026But I was told that there’s One Weird Trick that would fix everything! And it is just greedy businesses and corrupt politicians standing in the way. 000
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 09/08/2026My trivia team tied for 7th place in a field of 159 teams today! 110
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Give it time . . . . It usually takes until day 3 or 4 before the insomnia and rage set in for me. (But seriously, I hope the treatment works for you and your side effects are mild!) 000
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Before Target decided to embrace bigotry, I used to buy most toiletry items there, since my local Target doesn’t lock them up. (They do lock up pricy liquor and higher-end skincare, but most stuff is grab-and-go.) But now I’m boycotting Target, so it’s back to buzzing for drugstore mascara. 050
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I can share my West Loop Walgreens experience with locked items: when employee finally arrives, I point at the item I want, the employee retrieves it from the case, then hands it to me and I carry it to the counter. (I hate all of this.) 1271
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 21/07/2026This post is delightful, but my comprehension of it makes me wonder if I should log off. 260
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Tenure at *Minnesota* at that. It’s not even the top ranked Big 10 law school! Where does he think he works, Harvard or Yale? (Apologies to the many fine profs and students at Minnesota who do not deserve to be brought down by this bozo.) 000
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Recent Events have made me feel a whole lot better about getting dinged by Yale Law back in the day. 0100
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 04/07/2026I assume he will not pay for a beverage again in his life. And rightly so. 090
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I suspect some people perceive literal public service as a bad thing—the mayor is supposed to be a Big Shot ordering people around, not politely applying wristbands and offering directions like some minimum-wage nobody. Lotta authoritarian followers out there. 010
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Welcome to my fair city. I hope you have a pleasant stay. 000
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Why do sharks swim in salt water? Because pepper water makes them sneeze. 151
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 16/06/2026An H Mart replaced a closed office supply store 1/2 mile from our house in Chicago. It’s pretty great! 040
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 14/06/2026“Small government” and “state’s rights” were always a lie. What they really believe is that power should rest at whatever level will enact their preferred policies. 2588
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 17/05/2026You are correct, as is often the case. Wish you weren’t on this one, but here we are. 020
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Proud moment: when a respected con law prof came down to the law review office (!) to tell us an article was one of the best things he’d read on the post-Civil War amendments (sigh) in years and he was looking forward to seeing the final paper in print. (2/2) 000
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 17/05/20263L year, I was one of 3 articles editors. No peer-review, but policy was to run every draft article by a faculty member with appropriate expertise to make sure we weren’t going to publish anything embarrassing. (1/2) 100
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 17/05/2026In my 2L year, I cite-checked an article that had 528 footnotes. Even with the help of several “source gatherers” (other law review members who tracked down anything not online), I needed an extension. But I did it, because that was the job. 100
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 17/05/2026Student-run law reviews rightly get criticism for not being peer-reviewed, but they absolutely pull every source to confirm it exists and says what it is cited for! That’s what a cite-check is! You check ALL the cites. 1262
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 14/05/2026I learned the proper use of em dashes, en dashes, and hyphens the hard way—on law review. AI can pry them from my cold, dead hands. 060
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 14/05/2026And of several dozen men who survived the attack and lived for years or decades after, but chose the memorial as their final resting place. 060
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Their interest in the intent of the drafters stops in 1791. 000
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 02/05/2026Reconstruction was a good idea. It is long past time to make it happen. 020
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 23/04/2026When I left Big Law 11 years ago (yikes), my old shop had just implemented 2 weeks of paternity leave for associates. I heard they raised it to 4 weeks at some point. More importantly, some guys were actually using it (sometimes 1/2 when the kid arrived and 1/2 when spouse returned to work). 0220
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I’m so sorry. The system is a disaster. It’s not fair, and it’s not good for anyone except the people who run/own hospitals. 020
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 19/04/2026True story: I learned the word zucchetto by Googling something like “word for Pope’s hat that looks like a yarmulke.” Remarkably effective! 020
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026In short, the current Good Friday Catholic liturgy isn’t a Mass. Telling Catholics there won’t be a Mass on Good Friday is like saying “Free Cheeseburgers for Protestant Attendees” on Good Friday. Observant Catholics are fasting anyway, not that it diminishes the insult. 110
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026If you want to limit the statement to “currently, the Church does not conduct Mass on Good Friday,” consider the record amended. FWIW, there are several other differences between the Good Friday liturgy & a traditional Mass beyond “not consecrating the Eucharist.” www.ncregister.com/blog/grondel...ncregister.com5 Things to Know About the Liturgy for Good Friday‘Christ became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every other name.’ (Philippians 2:8-9) 110
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Oh man, a real-life “well, actually” opportunity, not that the Pentagon will understand/care. There NEVER is a Catholic Mass on Good Friday. It’s the one day the Church doesn’t celebrate Mass; the GF liturgy is distinct. But way to make clear Catholics don’t count as Christian in certain eyes. 1110
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 01/04/2026We are capable of amazing things. I just hope I get to see the day we’re doing a lot more cool science and a lot less hurting each other. 030
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Sure, although that sounds like a lot of work. How about a nice cushy think-tank gig? 150
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Sure, the text and the legislative history are clear . . . but what if they weren’t? Please give me a prize for being so clever at inventing arguments that sound vaguely plausible if you disregard the actual evidence. 2220
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Welcome back! Sorry we didn’t do a better job with the place while you were sleeping. 0160
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Did that lovely/horrible person also tell you about the wholesome/addictive JetPens YouTube channel? 060
BeLinda Mathie @bmathie.bsky.social · 01/03/2026As a Chicagoan, I’m so proud of Lio and the other folks who helped (called 911, threw a life ring, helped fish Lio and the baby out). Total strangers working together. Because that’s what you do. 160
