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@kindtrader.bsky.social
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In the beginning there was chance. I don't have faith, I have standards: corroborated evidence. Systems that require self-sacrifice to sustain them are already broken. Be kind to yourself.

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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
@peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov Congress holds the purse. Please consider this model rider: no funds, including 31 U.S.C. §1304, for the private presidential settlement fund unless Congress specifically appropriates by docket, purpose, and maximum amount. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Model Appropriations Rider re: "Anti-Weaponization Fund" v1.0
The Model Rider Model Appropriations Rider — Private Presidential Settlement Fund Limitation None of the funds made available by this Act or any other Act, including the permanent indefinite appropria...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Discharge petitions shouldn’t be extraordinary. Citizens, states, counties, and local governments should be able to trigger a vote too. DOI: doi.org/10.5281/zeno... Doc: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Share it with your Congressmember.
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U.S. Constitutional Amendment: Legislative Accountability
This artifact is a model constitutional amendment designed to strengthen legislative accountability by requiring recorded floor consideration of introduced legislation once public or governmental thre...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
If you're a scholar, researcher, or discoverer, do your best to stay away from Social Sciences Research Network (@ssrn.bsky.social). Opaque and arbitrary policies dominate their decision-making and they ALWAYS drag their feet getting your research uploaded anyway. Stay away. Zenodo is my choice.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
My fellow humans, meet ¯\(ツ)/¯ <--- Chance ¯\(ツ)/¯ is the bedrock structure needed for the universe as we see it today. Yep...I'm claiming that. You can see the document when it gets accepted at @ssrn.bsky.social or below in my draft copy: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Meeting ¯\(ツ)/¯ Artifact v1.4
Meeting ¯\(ツ)/¯ — Chance, Failure, and the Normal Behavior of the Universe 0. How to Read This This document is not asking for belief, agreement, or interpretation. It asks only that the reader adopt ...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Spoiler: the nervous system is input, not authority. That’s the entire professional canon. Full artifact + model school board template: pending acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social, available here on GDocs. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The Calm Classroom Professional Template v1.1
The Calm Classroom Professional Standard with an accompanying Model School Board Template PROFESSIONAL CANON STANDARD The human nervous system is input alone. Nervous-system signals may be fast, loud,...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
A crib sheet for anyone in the law profession; it uses Structural Flow as the lens to translate classic doctrine. Dispatches from the Record: Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine It's awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access it here. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Dispatches from the Record: Note no. 9 Entropy for Clerks
Dispatches from the Record: Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine Abstract This dispatch compresses a recurring observation from high-level clerking: professional pressure points arise not from...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Adding up the cost of chemistry. These are all awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access them below. Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish up first. Persistence has a cost... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Biology as the Chemical Grammar of Persistence v1.2
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish Abstract This paper reframes biology as a late, narrow regime of chemical persistence under ent...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
When corroborated harm persists, the Senate’s duty is oversight. That means hearings, records, conditions — and appropriations control if needed. Authorization pauses until constitutional limits are restored. @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov. Before a Michigander is harmed.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Applying Structural Flow to Chemistry...look what fell out? Uploaded and awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or available below. docs.google.com/document/d/1... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Biology as the Chemical Grammar of Persistence v1.2
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish Abstract This paper reframes biology as a late, narrow regime of chemical persistence under ent...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
As promised, here is a more "proper research paper". I believe it introduces several possible paradigm shifts into Chemistry, but that's up to the specialists to parse. It's now uploaded and awaiting acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social or available on GDocs below. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The Chemical Primitive Thesis V1.32
The Chemical Primitive Introduction Chemistry is commonly described in terms of substances, reactions, and mechanisms. Yet beneath these descriptions lies a more basic question...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Got a big and much needed belly laugh from this one. Thx prof! No one's going to hell anyway, so we should all just chill about it. Well said, my favorite Pink Prof!
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
@ssrn.bsky.social The people have spoken. My "learn along with me" series isn't popping. No problem, means less work for the good people at SSRN because I will collapse the rest of my series into classic research papers. Last "note" below. Full papers to follow. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The Calm Classroom No. 2
The Calm Classroom Staffing Brief No. 2 — Speed Is a Warning Sign Spoiler (you can stop reading after this paragraph): When things feel urgent, treat that as information—not instruction. Speed is a wa...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Can confirm. It's pretty terrible. So glad I had a spine and learned to reject early, but not everyone has that...and it shouldn't be an issue to begin with.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Enforcement without legal predicates isn’t enforcement — it’s unlawful force. The Constitution requires reasonable suspicion, warrants, and accountability. This lawsuit asks the courts to restore those limits.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
100% agree. Treating people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule) is far superior to the golden rule anyway. So this approach is consistent. Well said.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
@ssrn.bsky.social accepted ~10 uploads last night. Only a few hours in, the best performer is "The Quiet Classroom". Wonder why that is...lol. I think I will finish the law and Physio series before tackling Physics, Chem, and Philosphy. Thank you for the surprise. The work isn't done yet. Xoxoxo
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
When executive action persists without lawful authorization, the Constitution supplies remedies across Articles I, II, and III — oversight, appropriations control, judicial review, and formal accountability — until legality is restored.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Newest upload awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social (as promised, slowing down...). A love letter to high-level clerks, their profession, and the work itself. Available here and soon on SSRN. docs.google.com/document/d/1... As you can see...it begins with a little spice...
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Chambers Novel v1.06
Chambers, a Novel Chapter 1 Lisa opened her eyes. Gabe was watching her — or she thought he was. His ears had shifted slightly, and his eyes held that brightness she'd learned meant he was enjoying hi...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A koan for originalism: if history yields no single, stable answer, what exactly is being “fixed”? Law still must decide under uncertainty. The problem isn’t history — it’s pretending selective fragments can substitute for institutional judgment.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The Fed’s independence is protected structurally, not rhetorically. Senators do it by guarding confirmation standards, resisting political pressure on rates, and enforcing evidence-based oversight. That boundary—not interference—is what stabilizes prices and expectations.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
OR, you're a gawd and can do what you want...it's really more of a weak suggestion, if we're honest. The best this book has to offer is the golden rule. The platinum rule is an upgrade. Stop acting like we don't know better. It's foolish and a waste of what little time we have on earth. Thx prof!
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Yep. Sorry I'm not sorry. We know better now. Stop acting like we don't...or...you know...take an unnecessary risk and live (or not) with the consequences. Thx Prof.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
If a voter lawfully submits a ballot on time, the vote is complete. Due process does not allow the State to retroactively assign voters the risk of mail delays beyond their control. Infrastructure failure is a state problem—not a voter defect. Full stop.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A real ban on congressional stock trading — covering members, spouses, staff, and independent oversight — already exists as a draft statute: docs.google.com/document/d/1... @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
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LIAA v2.3
LEGISLATIVE INTEGRITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT Model Law – Public Trust and Stewardship Draft v2.3 (For educational and public-access purposes only.) PART I — Principles and Structural Safeguards Sect...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I hope my senator, Senator @sarahanthony.bsky.social agrees. It also feels like something Senator @stephanielilychang.bsky.social would be interested in as well. Say the word, and I'll spin up a template or rough draft of the legislation. Otherwise, I support the shape of this idea. Two thumbs up.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
There’s already a clean legal framework for this. A draft amicus brief addressing secret, pretextual federal efforts to restrict FDA-approved medication — grounded in the APA, FDCA, and due process — is available here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Public Amicus Medication Abortion v1.00
AMICUS CURIAE BRIEF OF PRAXIS FOUNDRY In Support of Plaintiffs Challenging Secret Development of Nationwide Restrictions on Medication Abortion (Case caption intentionally omitted for modularity — ins...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Love it. Flex the power that the Constitution has appropriated to the Senate. Hope my senators @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov agree. My congressman is an incoherent professional, so I won't bother with him. Let your senators know this is a legitimate expression and use of their power.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Unprofessional, no matter how you slice it. Even if you're a believer, this is horse shit. Ty for sharing. Of course, I'm not surprised. Christian nationalists are disgusting people and it shows in their professional conduct. Imagine what they do when no one is looking? Disgusting.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Next series. I will let @ssrn.bsky.social catch up and slow down production. Law series up and running Biology series (through the lens of the human nervous system in classrooms) here. Econ, Chem, and Physics to come. All aimed at paradigm shifts. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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The Calm Classroom No. 1
The Calm Classroom Staffing Brief No. 1 — The Nervous System Is Input Spoiler (you can stop reading after this paragraph): The nervous system is just input. That’s it. You don’t have to finish this no...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
What a stand-up leader our president is.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Word.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Bwahahahahaaahahaaaahahaha.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Agreed. Now impeach Noem.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Empirically true from what I understand. Hey Prof, maybe you could discuss the research in depth on a video sometime? Maybe call it a special or something. Just a thought. Ty for the post, as always.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
This is about whether the State may exclude a class of people from public life without evidence of harm. Courts exist to resolve that question using facts and constitutional limits — not political signaling.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Love it. The Executive is not a king. We do care about these business dealings. Ty for doing something about it.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Congressional oversight includes the right of access — and the authority to condition funding on compliance. Facilities that receive public funds are not exempt from constitutional accountability.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
When the State treats identity as threat, it mistakes the person for the problem — and the law stops doing its job.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@neildegrassetyson.com chapter 3, I believe, and you mentioned questions to ask. It turns out, if a human accepts their nervous system as input, 3 questions emerge: what's my next first step; what do I get for free; where is the boundary and how do I allow for duality. Ty for the book so far!
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Discharge petitions are procedural release valves, not power grabs. They compel consideration without dictating outcomes—unlocking hidden majorities while preserving debate, amendment, and rejection. Oversight and accountability begin with a vote. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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U.S. Constitutional Amendment: Legislative Accountability v1.1
U.S. Constitutional Amendment: Legislative Accountability Version 1.1 Proposed Placement: Article I, Sections 10–16 Effective Date: TBD upon ratification Preamble — Purpose and Posture The failure ...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Word.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Needed a laugh today. The Pink Prof is almost always provides. WAY better than any deity I ever believed in or anyone else believes in, and he's a tribble. Weird how that shit works out.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Word.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Incoherence leaks, y'all. Terrible professional? That's because you're looking at an incoherent human. Incoherent humans aren't going to receive my vote (and therefore, I don't want to pay them).
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Hand raised...must make me nobody. Which jives...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@ssrn.bsky.social your support page is still broken. Email sent regarding 2 artifacts sitting for near a month. 8 more (as I have already tagged you here show) have been uploaded over the weekend but I understand if those will take the "two weeks" to clear. Please fix your support page.
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
A reminder of constitutional design: the Senate’s power is not force, but permission. Through appropriations and conditions, it may pause authorization flow until oversight duties are satisfied. That restraint isn’t obstruction — it’s part of the gig. @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I don't need to. I'm calling in public and again for my Senators to impeach this disgusting excuse for a professional in our government. And now again. Impeach her. My tax dollars are paying her to endorse murdering citizens and mistreat humans in general. @peters.senate.gov @slotkin.senate.gov
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@ssrn.bsky.social The series is well under way. All uploaded and awaiting acceptance but you can see them now if you'd like here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... docs.google.com/document/d/1... docs.google.com/document/d/1... docs.google.com/document/d/1... docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Dispatches from the Record no. 4
Dispatches from the Record: Clerk Notes No. 4 — Qualified Immunity as Memory Precision Under Uncertainty What I Thought This Doctrine Was Doing I used to think qualified immunity was a way for the s...
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Rick @kindtrader.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@neildegrassetyson.com listening to chapter 2 of your new book. Here's a beginning of that neuroscience revolution prediction: the human nervous system is just input; not identity, command, directive, metaphysical conduit. Love it so far.
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