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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 20/08/2026

Made my tight connection in Amsterdam! I was worried about the EU's new digital Entry/Exit System, but I think landing at 530am local time meant the lines were minimal. Next stop, Prague!

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 07/05/2026

The error message has changed. That's a positive sign! Though I am laughing pretty hard at the use of "scheduled". I don't think that word means what they think it means...

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 07/05/2026

Well, getting grades in by midnight just became a big challenge. Instructure / Canvas has been hacked big time!

SHINY HUNTERS have hacked the Canvas system at select schools

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 05/04/2026

Am I going to die soon, or am I already dead? 😬☠️

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 15/12/2025

Saving this article to talk about opportunity cost with my econ 101 students. www.pcworld.com/article/2998...

RAM is so expensive, Samsung won’t even sell it to Samsung
Due to rising prices from the "AI" bubble, Samsung Semiconductor reportedly refused a RAM order for new Galaxy phones from Samsung Electronics.
By Michael Crider
Staff Writer, PCWorld Dec 3, 2025 7:29 am PST

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 14/06/2025

Big crowds showed up to #NoKings in Atlanta. The square held 5k and was filled up very early.

Thousands gather in front of the Georgia State Capital.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 04/04/2025

The egg shortage is so bad that a repair shop is offering a free egg when you get at least $200 of services.

A car shop has a sign that reads "Free Egg with $200 purchase"

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 01/04/2025

Trying to finish up my annual report today. This is all I can think...

The famous dog inside a burning house saying "this is fine" meme.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 01/04/2025

This is beyond infuriating and terrifying. The Trump administration admits sending a totally innocent father to El Salvador. And worse than that they claim to be unable to get him back THIS IS WHY SENDING PRISONERS TO ANOTHER COUNTRY IS HORRIBLE! www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Just text: "The Trump administration acknowledged in a court filing Monday that it had grabbed a Maryland father with protected legal status and mistakenly deported him to El Salvador, but said that U.S. courts lack jurisdiction to order his return from the megaprison where he’s now locked up."

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 14/02/2025

"No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy objectives." - Hagan Scotten's resignation letter (SDNY attorney prosecuting Eric Adams')

I have received correspondence indicating that I refused your order to move to dismiss the
indictment against Eric Adams without prejudice, subject to certain conditions, including the
express possibility of reinstatement of the indictment. That is not exactly correct. The U.S.
Attorney, Danielle R. Sassoon, never asked me to file such a motion, and I therefore never had an
opportunity to refuse. But I am entirely in agreement with her decision not to do so, for the reasons
stated in her February 12, 2025 letter to the Attorney General.

In short, the first justification for the motion-that Damian Williams's role in the case
somehow tainted a valid indictment supported by ample evidence, and pursued under four different
U.S. attorneys-is so weak as to be transparently pretextual. The second justification is worse.
No system of ordered liberty can allow the Government to use the carrot of dismissing charges, or
the stick of threatening to bring them again, to induce an elected official to support its policy
objectives.

There is a tradition in public service of resigning in a last-ditch effort to head off a serious
mistake. Some will view the mistake you are committing here in the light of their generally
negative views of the new Administration. I do not share those views. I can even understand how
a Chief Executive whose background is in business and politics might see the contemplated
dismissal-with-leverage as a good, if distasteful, deal. But any assistant U.S. attorney would know
that our laws and traditions do not allow using the prosecutorial power to influence other citizens,
much less elected officials, in this way. If no lawyer within earshot of the President is willing to
give him that advice, then I expect you will eventually find someone who is enough of a fool, or
enough of a coward, to file your motion. But it was never going to be me.

Please consider this my resignation. It has been an honor to serve as a prosecutor in SDNY

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 14/02/2025

I'm totally for getting rid of defense waste, but Congress has the power of the purse. Just because Congress isn't doing what the administration wants doesn't give it the right to suspend the Constitution and act unilaterally.

WSJ headline: Pentagon Prepares Potential Cuts for DOGE

To get ahead of what could be drastic cuts by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, some parts of the U.S. military are making lists of weapons they have long wanted to cancel but couldn't get past lawmakers.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 13/02/2025

The Center for Systemic Peace (www.systemicpeace.org/index.html) agrees.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 13/02/2025

In it's sad state, this is the stuff the American church stands for today. From caring for widows and orphans - to laughing while making them suffer. Disgraceful.

Elon must reposting a meme which says: "Watching Trump slash federal
programs knowing it doesn't affect you because you're not a member of the Parasite Class"

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 13/02/2025

Watching Elon go through our government is how I imagine a 5 yr old would go through my budget: "This power company thing? Sounds fake. We're not paying for that." "Life insurance? Who charges you to be alive?"

Elon doesn't know the government uses SQL

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 23/11/2024

Until next time, DC! Thanks @appam.bsky.social for another wonderful conference. #2024APPAM

Washington DC from an airplane. The Washington monument, Jefferson memorial and Capital are visible.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 23/11/2024

Good morning DC! Not a bad view to wake up to for the last day of #2024APPAM

National harbor's Ferris wheel, with the Washington monument in the distance

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 23/11/2024

Congrats to @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social , Arnold Ventures, the Russell Sage Foundation, Equitable Growth, & the Policy Academies for throwing the biggest and best party of #2024APPAM!

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 22/11/2024

Pharmacy closure can lead to a drop in prescription fills for impacted patients of ~15% @kellyanderson.bsky.social And this drop persist at least for *6 months*! #2024APPAM

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 21/11/2024

Striking findings from an audit study of access to behavioral health services in ACA marketplace plans (Wendy Xu, Ohio State et al) * 10% success rate per call for appointments with psychiatrist * Psychology: 5% success #2024APPAM

Psychiatry: 10% success rate in calling for appointments
Psychology 5% success

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 19/11/2024

What is this account!? @academic-rates.bsky.social I'm fine with ratings, but how is the average score greater than the top end of the scale (10)? Is this an anti grade inflation account?

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 17/11/2024

Apparently, in 1982, my dad boxed in the same Olympic qualifying tournament and same weight class as @MikeTyson!

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 13/11/2024

Beautiful picture of the day. San Francisco at night. Jan 2020.

The moon rises over San Francisco's golden gate bridge, as the sun sets.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 12/11/2024

Beautiful photo of the day. Niagara falls. 2019.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 11/11/2024

"Go home Congress. I'll take the power from here." - DJT

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 08/11/2024

Also, when blindly given policies, voters overwhelmingly preferred Harris's.

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 08/11/2024

People who knew the facts, strongly favored Harris. I'm going to have to think hard about how this could possibly be addressed...

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 10/11/2023

Medicaid policy design and its administrative burden are such important topics. Thank you, Tracee Saunders (Georgetown University), for contributing to our understanding of these issues!

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Dan Ludwinski @dludwinski.com · 10/11/2023

The national treasure who is @haroldpollack presents interesting research on Chicago's Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement (CARE) Pilot Intervention #2023APPAM

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