Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Happy 250th birthday America from this bicentennial baby 000
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 04/02/2026"The right to keep and bear arms for self-defense is fundamental, and an individual does not forfeit this right by engaging in the responsible use of cannabis." [Matt Cavedon on Cato brief in U.S. v. Hemani]cato.orgUnited States v. Hemani Supreme Court Brief: Marijuana Users Have Second Amendment RightsThe Second Amendment’s command is timeless and clear: people have a fundamental right to keep and bear arms that does not yield to empirically baseless fabulism or extravagant distortions of history. 3194
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Happy Halloween! Here is my rendition of the Munsters theme 010
Reposted by FergStephen Jacob Smith @stephenjacobsmith.com · 16/07/2025Something I appreciate about unions is they come right out and say it. NYC’s hotel workers’ union says the 2021 special permit requirement for new hotels (really, a ban) was to halt competition among hotels from driving down the price of a night’s stay in NYC hotelworkers.org/article/a-re... 617531
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 12/04/2025L.A. imposed a so-called mansion tax on real estate transactions > $5 million. Surprise! It covers, and has helped to depress, multifamily residential -- i.e., apartment construction -- along with commercial and industrial. Revenues are less than half expected. [@uclalewiscenter.bsky.social]latimes.comContributor: L.A.'s 'mansion tax' needs a remodel. Here's how to fix itNew research shows just how serious the unintended consequences of Measure ULA have been for Los Angeles. 34311
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 28/03/2025My sweet little Lupita crossed the rainbow bridge today. I couldn’t have asked for a better companion through the last 19 years. She will be dearly missed. 110
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Getting older grants one with the power of ignoring people’s social hints that they want to get off the phone with you. 000
Reposted by FergSvengoolie Rich Koz @svengoolieofficial.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Today is a reminder that we should try to live our lives with fairness and respect for our fellow man. 1533341
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 11/01/2025"From the beginning to the very last minute of its term, not only did the Biden administration do precious little to build guardrails against executive power, it actively thwarted congressional efforts to do so." Among examples: National Guard abuse, FISA Section 702, and emergency powers reform. 53712
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025From Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in America www.cirp.org/library/hist...cirp.orgFrom Ritual to Science: The Medical Transformation of Circumcision in AmericaAn article by David L. Gollaher, Ph.D., on the history of medicalized circumcision in America. 000
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 08/01/2025In unsurprising news fox2now.com/news/missour...fox2now.comNew audit slams Kim Gardner’s management of Circuit Attorney’s OfficeA new audit uncovers patterns of mismanagement and neglect within the St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office during Kim Gardner’s tenure as the city’s chief prosecutor. 000
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024The leak dragnet in the first Trump administration included nondisclosure orders, which meant most targeted members of Congress and staff "were never told their phone records had been seized." Journalists' phone records were seized as well. 126075
Reposted by FergJulie in STL @hyperhouse.bsky.social · 18/12/2024We have a childcare crisis so bad that we are planning on giving Rams money to the issue, only to discover the building inspector(s?) had a systemic way of shutting down daycares who didn’t make “donations” to their pet causes. 22812
Reposted by FergSteph Kukuljan @stephkukuljan.bsky.social · 17/12/2024Y’all have to read @blytheb.bsky.social’s latest on the SLPS scandal www.stltoday.com/news/local/e... 0106
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Cancer Ghosting is common www.npr.org/2024/12/18/n...npr.org'Cancer ghosting' can be more painful than treatment, survivors sayLoss of social support after a cancer diagnosis is a surprisingly common experience, social workers and cancer patients say. For young cancer survivors, it is a particularly difficult part of the dise... 000
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Per news reports, applicants seeking to work for RFK Jr.'s HHS are being asked to answer questions that are weirdly personal, intrusive on privacy, and incidentally unlawful under ADA's ban on pre-job-offer medical queries. [@thejonhyman.bsky.social] www.ohioemployerlawblog.com/2024/12/rfk-...ohioemployerlawblog.com"RFK Jr.'s job application: part psych eval and all wrongPractical Employment Law Insights for Business Owners, by Employment Lawyer Jon Hyman 618252
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 18/12/2024Jesse Singal: Bluesky Has a Death Threat Problem www.thefp.com/p/jesse-sing...thefp.comJesse Singal: Bluesky Has a Death Threat ProblemIt was supposed to be a gentler, left-wing alternative to X. My grim experience proves that just isn’t the case. 000
Reposted by FergChris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 12/12/2024A NY mom lost custody of her toddler & newborn for 5 months after testing positive for fentanyl the hospital had given her in her epidural. In Oklahoma, a newborn was placed in foster care for 11 days after the mom tested positive for meth. The culprit? a heartburn drug the hospital had given her.themarshallproject.orgHospitals Gave Them Meds During Childbirth. Why Did Patients Get In Trouble?Mothers were reported after they were given medications used routinely for pain or in epidurals, to reduce anxiety or to manage blood pressure during cesarean sections. 21565237
Reposted by FergSt. Louis Post-Dispatch @stltoday.com · 13/12/2024dlvr.itSt. Louis Public Schools suspends credit cards after spending more than $1.6 millionThe bulk of the charges on 21 cards went to travel, food and entertainment expenses and were not related to academics or operations. 043
Reposted by FergKavahn Mansouri @kavahnmansouri.bsky.social · 10/12/2024NEW: During her 14-month tenure, former St. Louis Public Schools superintendent Keisha Scarlett racked up more than $140,000 of credit card charges on travel, florists, Bath & Body Works, DoorDash, UberEats and other expenses, records obtained by STLPR show. www.stlpr.org/education/20...stlpr.orgFood delivery, flowers, Amazon: How Keisha Scarlett spent $141k of St. Louis Public Schools moneySt. Louis Public Radio obtained credit card statements from former St. Louis Public Schools Superintendent Keisha Scarlett that are at the center of a new district investigation. 41815
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024North Carolina appeals court, applying state's unique "fruits of their labor" constitutional guarantee, allow food truck operators to sue over city ordinance that makes it almost impossible for them to operate; evidence indicates law was shaped by restaurant owners who didn't want competition.reason.comConstitutional Protections for Economic Liberty in North Carolina: The Fruits of Their Own Labor Clause and BeyondI've long been interested in how state courts sometimes provide protection for economic liberty under state constitutions, beyond what the federal 1184
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Prattville, Alabama authorities removed a Pride float from the town parade when float sponsors cited possible threats and asked for more security. Federal judge R. Austin Huffaker, Jr.: no, that'd be a heckler's veto and the float stays.prawfsblawg.blogs.comPrawfsBlawg: Tell me what a heckler's veto looks like, this is what a heckler's veto looks like 213732
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 10/12/2024The opening credits in Ernest Saves Christmas seem like they were added by people who didn’t watch the movie, with a budget of a Mountain Dew and 2 Cheeseburgers. 000
Reposted by FergBen Conarck @conarck.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Unraveling the significance of the "The Mangione family of Baltimore County:” multi-million-dollar real estate developers, country clubs, radio stations, star athletes... via @justinfenton.bsky.social + @brennasmith.bsky.social of @thebaltimorebanner.com www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/cr...thebaltimorebanner.comLuigi Mangione's sprawling family found success after patriarch's riseNick Mangione Sr. had a ready retort when people questioned how he had purchased a high-profile local country club in the 1970s: “They asked me what family I belonged to. I told them, ‘I belong to the... 1113753
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 01/12/2024A little snow day #DiscGolf yesterday. We had the course to ourselves 191
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Basketball players posing as Colombia national team, uniforms and all, enter tournament in Russia, suspicions are kindled when they play really poorly [Lowering the Bar] www.loweringthebar.net/2024/11/stil...loweringthebar.netStill No Lawsuit Against the Fake Colombian Basketball TeamI have mixed emotions about this. 1111
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Addams Family Values is a Thanksgiving Movie. Just FYImedia.tenor.coma group of people dressed as turkeys are dancing and one of them is saying eat me .ALT: a group of people dressed as turkeys are dancing and one of them is saying eat me . 000
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Today is World Pancreatic Cancer Day. This beast of a disease is currently affecting my family. Detecting PC early can lead to longer survival and further research can hopefully lead to more effective treatments. t.co/FtDjUJ8nSK 000
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024The Onion is buying the corpse of Infowars. So the content likely won’t change much 🤪 010
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 15/08/2024I really hate that I’ve had to learn so much about various cancers and their treatments over the last 2 years 010
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 04/06/2024And I thought the Cicadas were bad. I guess it can always be worse www.cbsnews.com/news/joro-sp...cbsnews.comGiant venomous flying spiders with 4-inch legs heading to New York area as they spread across East Coast, experts say"It is a matter of when, not if" the spiders are set to arrive, experts say, and it could happen any day now. 000
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 12/01/2024Tomas Pueyo: Why Nuclear Is The Best Energyunchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.comWhy Nuclear Is the Best EnergyIt's the safest, most environmentally friendly, most reliable and sustainable, the best for politics, and can be the cheapest 172
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 11/01/2024First Amendment problems ahead: "Virginia’s revenge-porn law may soon be expanded to punish people for posting embarrassing, revealing images of public figures, such as politicians, if Virginia’s legislature approves HB 926." libertyunyielding.com/2024/01/11/v... 23217
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 11/01/2024The irony of how long this product lasted on the market.: Fruit Stripe Gum to be discontinued www.ksdk.com/article/news... 000
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 04/01/2024Claudine Gay is not the real story. Academics & journalists debasing their profession when they redefine plagiarism to suit their politics is www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv... 000
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 03/01/2024Synagogues and community centers firebombed, Jewish schools shot up: why has Montreal experienced the worst anti-Semitic violence in North America since Oct. 7?torontosun.comKINSELLA: Weak political will allowing anti-Semitism to rise in MontrealIn a city previously known for arts and cuisine and a decided European flair, things have gone from bad to worse. 26115
Ferg @christoferguson.bsky.social · 03/11/2023My family could use your thoughts and prayers. Bracing myself for some potentially devistating news 010
Reposted by FergWalter Olson @walterolson.bsky.social · 24/07/2023The life of a fact-checker today is that of laboriously assembling evidence for why the insects who swarmed at a Baltimore music festival were probably gnats looking for a date, not genetically altered mosquitos sent by Bill Gates on a fiendish mission.politifact.comPolitiFact - Insect swarm at Baltimore festival were likely gnats, not deadly mosquitoes aimed at cr...A swarm of flying insects annoyed music lovers at the AFRAM Festival in Baltimore in June. Some on social media baselessly claimed helicopters released “deadly mosquitoes” to attack the crowd. But... 084