Mike Schechter

The collision of a feckless mayor and a well-intended state constitutional provision that could not have predicted such short-sighted incompetence moving so quickly.

I knew I’d get at least one person to bite!

Map of the United States with Alaska and Hawaii as inset maps

Of course!

There are islands in the Aleutians west of the 180th parallel which is the eastern most part of the globe

Alaska is the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state. And if I'm feeling Dad Jokey (almost always): Alaska is also the southernmost state.

@heavyweight.bsky.social fans, anyone else imagine Malcom Gladwell instructing Jonathan on how to say Pushkin like Howard Stern getting the WNBC lesson in private parts everytime the podcast starts? Just me? Ok.

Seriously badass. The sickest (likely apocryphal) thing I ever heard about Badwater is that runners try to stay on the white line because it keeps their shoes from getting sticky.

Taco Bell is just betting that our future is more Demolition Man than Terminator.

Sure, rub it in!! At least I can be assured that my lox is fresh here.

As an attorney and a resident of Alaska, allow me to retort regarding the premise of the first three arrows: 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣.

I'm so mad that all of this wasn't a thing in Jackson Heights when I was a kid and visiting friends in that neighborhood at least every other month or so.

sight. damnit.

Seagulls are nasty critters. A few years ago some nested on the light pole right outside the Boney Courthouse and were dive bombing people walking by to protect their territory. Seagulls attacking eagles is a pretty common site around Anchorage also.

Alaska House Judiciary Committee to hold a fact-finding hearing on ICE detention in state prisons The committee has invited officials with the Department of Corrections, Department of Law, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska and attorneys representing several of the men to present.

@repgray.bsky.social already has a fact-finding session scheduled for Friday. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Yes, that was all for Eph and the timing comments. Pat, we know you’re out there doing the work.

Didn’t say it was good but do you want to ensure an override fails? Maybe focus on the actual problem creator.

The Hummus Caucus!

Senator Dunbar is deployed with the Guard for the next several months. Given the 46 votes for the budget, the 45 needed to override the veto, and the multiple cowards who voted for last year's education funding increase but not to override the veto, we're stuck legislatively until the next session.

In 7 months? That's another school year where our educational system is destabilized and ultimately eroded. Even that's assuming you don't have legislators exhibiting abject cowardice like last year. Time to start thinking about other options. Required reading: www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_tr...

Sean Connery as Malone asking Kevin Costner as Ness "And then what are you prepared to do?" inside a church in a scene from The Untouchables

And then what are you prepared to do?

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!!! When are you going on Marketplace?!!

Sorry to be off topic, but I think the world needs a day where you do the numbers on Marketplace and @kairyssdal.bsky.social narrates The Memory Palace.

A good lawyer likely has a decent pile of both, no need to apologize for humblebragging or bragbragging once in a while.

Buried on a records room shelf somewhere is a deposition transcript that reads: Finally. Now I can go pee.

Too soon.

I'll take "Generally Useless Knowledge Acquired as a Junior Seattle Associate Rethinking The Whole Lawyer Thing" for $800, Alex.

I can also explain the path to med school through North Seattle CC and a post-bacc program in Montana.

USCG licensing requirements is why it is hard to find something in your sweet spot. A 6-pack license is relatively easy to acquire and does not have a separate sailboat endorsement requirement. Over 6 passengers you need a master's license with a sailing endorsement, which is not an easy get.

Elie Mystal’s Court-Packing Plan On this episode of Contempt of Court, Elie Mystal tells us how many justices we should add to the Supreme Court.

Many people have been having some or all of this idea for years, i.e. make the Supreme Court operate like the Circuit Courts. From 2023:
www.thenation.com/podcast/poli...

If the Grand Coulee Dam laser light show is happening and you're headed in that direction, the spectacle is a worthy contrast to the natural beauty of Eastern WA. Also, stop at every taco truck you see.

Cleaning videos, rusted metal tool refurbishment, and shattering large blocks of ice has been about 75% of dude reels for a couple of years now. It’s pretty awesome