Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 53mI feel like Jill Lepore is losing her edge which makes me mad and sad but don't tell her I said that and also if you think you disagree the last decade of her work is at the library 010
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 1hIt is not permitted to request jury nullification during a trial but it is permissible to discuss it abstractly. Jury nullification is the synthesis of two rules. First, the prosecution cannot appeal a jury verdict of not guilty. Second, a jury issuing a verdict of not guilty need not explain itself 15625
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 2hI was working late at my desk and C was out and Gimli was big mad because evenings are for lap sitting!! 070
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 2hOn NPR the other day they were talking about "literary crushes" and omg that's something that happens to other people too?? 030
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 11hSeeing as I do not have anything on my calendar for the evening of Friday Oct. 9, perhaps let's go see what we can see!! 270
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Briefly in mind confused the "Law & Order" theme with the "X Files" theme and I wish I could go back to that moment forever 040
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Less important (even though a woman was shot) but feels like another in a series with the somewhat recent Fetterman and Yarvin profiles where the subtext is, "You let a reporter where? And you said what in front of them? Do you not know how this works? Omg you do not." 250
Reposted by Arin ArcadyEm, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026So excited to set up a little rodent planned parenthood in my alley 612320
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Cook County Health avoids trial by sufficiently demonstrating that it would pose an undue burden to grant a pharmacy employee an exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Masking and distancing alone are not adequate alternatives. Mason v. Cook County (7th Cir., Sept. 28, 2026). 060
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I was trying to find the name of the furnace guy in my phone because I'd like him to look at it before the season starts. I found it when I remembered that the only other person with that surname I know of is a character in a Drive By Truckers song. 110
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Lunch today with J, who just got back from driving the length of Route 66 with his retired father. Turns out the trip is surprisingly popular with Europeans, particularly Italians. They encountered several busloads of Italians along the way. 2120
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Got invited to this reception for National Merit Scholars in case I want to hang out with all the formerly gifted kids in real life 160
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Nagasaki? Everyone is saying it had low ratings, the lowest we've ever seen many are saying. 010
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I need my email system to have a different flag for emails from people I've already corresponded with which emails were sent between 11PM and 5AM, cuz you know those ones are the craziest 010
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026reviewing a case where plaintiffs are represented by a firm called Mudd Law Offices 160
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026man I came up with a great joke for the next time there's a stupid headline about LLMs feeling pain, which will probably be in a week or two 010
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Music. Music is a fundamental human experience. It can inspire us. It can move us. It can convey facts and opinions about the State of Texas. 0120
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026This article about decamillionaire entrepreneurs has some great anecdotes about Dick Portillo (yep, you know). His first date with his to be wife was a walk along the beach, because he was scheduled to participate in a fight there that evening. 020
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Rahm as presidential candidate is like analogizing Rahm to sex (any kind): wholly inappropriate and everyone involved in any way should be fired 060
Reposted by Arin ArcadyXanderpuss @xanderpussrex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Totally correct, and here's the track list: bsky.app/profile/xand... 121
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Choosin' Texas" is the long awaited third installment in Sufjan's project. Change my mind. 140
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Made it to the afternoon house music picnic in Humboldt Park and i gotta say none of this music is providing any insights into how I should feel about Texas. 150
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026There was a masks-required bar / Up in Western Massachusetts / And the posters came from miles around / To get messed up on the discourse 282
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I think the comparison with China is interesting, but this article tosses out perhaps a half-dozen possibilities for the difference, without assessing their relative merits. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/w...nytimes.comThe Surprising Reasons China Is Skeptical of A.I. Safety CallsIn China, A.I. doomsday warnings can feel distinctly Western or like a ploy to stop Chinese A.I. companies from trying to overtake their U.S. rivals. 100
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Came up with "gotten in any good fights lately?" as an icebreaker and I cannot wait to deploy it. 3160
Reposted by Arin Arcadyjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/09/2026this is the greatest thing i have ever heard 951880201
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Taking down the window AC units to store them for the winter. He does not know what's going on, except that there is activity, so he will place himself at the middle of it, so as to not be left behind. 1210
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...newyorker.comTaryn Simon’s Father FiguresIn a new show at the Guggenheim, the artist grapples with patriotism and patriarchy through the long career of an anonymous F.B.I. agent. 000
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026seems like I ended up with 2 extra beer tickets from the event last night so I'm putting in a reminder for September 2027 to bring them to the event next year and hopefully the ticket system will work the same 030
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026There are two small dogs and one large dogs at the party and the large dog keeps flipping over and the small dogs jump on top it's great entertainment 080
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A few years ago C went to this bystander intervention training and one tip was to always carry a drink so you can "accidentally" spill it to create a diversion which I think definitely applies to job interviews 2281
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026My friend who moved to Sweden to escape America is back in town for work so I'm on the bus to go drink some beers and hear if Sweden is what he hoped it would be 1100
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Get ready for a bunch of Episcopalians to start wildin' out 1111
Reposted by Arin ArcadyBeautiful Women Updates @aoife.bsky.social · 25/09/2026i don’t think straight people should have opinions on lesbian bars 2351
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026someone on the zoom call described himself as having "been around the bush a few times" 0100
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's also internally inconsistent. Housing prices are up in Chicago because Chicago will not cooperate with deportations, but because of the deportations crime in Chicago is markedly down. No, I don't know why I'm bothering with pointing this out either. 190
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Called the White County Sheriff to follow up on a FOIA request and apparently it's such a small office that the Sheriff handles FOIA requests himself lol 260
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I always take a picture of the total at the pump for my budget and this time I caught the good reaction pic from the little TV that shows you stupid ads 2381
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Income inequality whatever but what really hit home for me was interest rates going up lately because the tech companies ran out of cash and are now borrowing cash to build more data centers. So all the data centers they built until early 2026 were from cash on hand. They could've built anything. 0100
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026On the discount rack at the Portage Park Binnys you can get vodka in a skull or tequila in a soccer ball. 280
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Got out of a 2-hour meeting with a very difficult person and as we were walking out I asked the union rep how she manages to be so nice to this person after dealing with her for years and the rep said "Arin I am going home to smoke the fattest joint" 1270
Reposted by Arin ArcadyThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24/09/2026Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Liana Finck. 08120
Arin Arcady @rnrkd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a roller skate stamping on a questioning face — forever,” 030
