2026-06-06T18:08:22Z https://yabu.me John Coates https://yabu.me/npub13g7mgx7fpn3ye2lhddeuqw7xfypcvkry46tckxl0psmcp24lvw6q7t4emv https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/429/178/550/690/778/original/b864c542db3343b1.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/110/429/178/550/690/778/original/b864c542db3343b1.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyqcta5g3ptxxh3q7ghzgcppgq0zmnz7uespsnsg8ty90mrx8uk8qzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mghrm4p3 Why am I not planning to attend any #WorldCup games, despite being a big soccer fan?<br/><br/>Partly #FIFA&#39;s sycophancy to our baby tyrant.<br/><br/>Partly #ICE&#39;s racist threats, which I worry will play out live in front of me if I go. <br/><br/>Partly it&#39;s the prices.<br/><br/>Partly all-too-typical pigs-at-trough behavior, starting locally with Kraft family externalizing costs on local towns.<br/><br/>And it&#39;s USMNT inconsistency, making it unlikely they&#39;ll go far in the knock-out rounds. 2026-04-29T11:57:33Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszp4wtdfwlau4kmjstcnt0tw5x3fmdjnujnfmsc28vfzk43y5ptzgzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgdd5lum As clear by now, the policy is not to address undocumented immigrants, or criminal immigrants, or businesses that employ undocumented immigrants. Instead, the policy is to mistreat and deport *all* immigrants (save Melania), as well as *all* refugees and asylum seekers, and their children (save Barron). Targets include those here legally (particularly but not exclusively if they are not white) and those provably here to escape persecution or human rights violations, and their children. 1/2 2025-12-05T16:01:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxlqrwu7ny9e8fnyntz8fg33qezpxlj2290rlk6n680zhf2708taczyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgk0j4yk Aux armes, citoyens! <br/><br/><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13oN79zvnRjiZEG71HWyqXhvVJ4jNca0xlpwnvLMlxAM/mobilebasic?pli=1">https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/13oN79zvnRjiZEG71HWyqXhvVJ4jNca0xlpwnvLMlxAM/mobilebasic?pli=1</a> 2025-09-18T12:13:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2wv9pc4m9c4hcqpv94v5ynzx39m66v9t5dajufz4nkynhl33mlzszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg7xj0m2 About 7 million Americans have Alzheimer&#39;s, and each of them has an average of 3 close family members who are affected by it. So 20 million people, about one in eight voters, should care.<br/><br/>Yet Trump cut off funding for research on a promising new treatment of the disease, just as it was leading to therapeutic trials. This should be part of the national conversation. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/metro/alzheimers-treatment-harvard-lithium-deficiency-plaques/?et_rid=769390347&amp;s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter#comment-201818245">https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/06/metro/alzheimers-treatment-harvard-lithium-deficiency-plaques/?et_rid=769390347&amp;s_campaign=todaysheadlines:newsletter#comment-201818245</a> 2025-08-07T12:12:58Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyr6qgxws2ypzngaavt8kv64rk290agmmm0vqg6w2pdguuj433fggzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg7d7hcv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswukakz0wgg87a0gnxchxc3x4kzk42cvcjxqrjn7p7rjd9wkrjdmswrgzy7'>nevent1q…gzy7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Climate change will increase the frequency and intensity of acute disasters... and as health insurance and property insurance become more expensive or access to coverage disappears, coping with these risks will be increasingly expensive. Taxpayers will bear many additional costs when uninsured losses fall to public social safety net programs.&#34;<br/><br/>3/3 2025-08-03T18:27:18Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswukakz0wgg87a0gnxchxc3x4kzk42cvcjxqrjn7p7rjd9wkrjdmszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mghrn4w7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs29l6rafjtxk4kr2gmpz2cpx30ux00f98egjt28ap0ls0sgwznaasrlup9c'>nevent1q…up9c</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>&#34;Higher temperatures are associated with more miscarriages and more domestic violence. While perhaps surprising, the link between rape and temperature is one of the strongest findings in our field. ... Additional heat from climate change will lead to more suicides, murders and assaults.&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/climate-change-regulations-epa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU8.x6kB.IF2G2nKAtvzc&amp;smid=url-share">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/opinion/climate-change-regulations-epa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bU8.x6kB.IF2G2nKAtvzc&amp;smid=url-share</a><br/><br/>2/3 2025-08-03T18:25:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs29l6rafjtxk4kr2gmpz2cpx30ux00f98egjt28ap0ls0sgwznaaszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgu94cqt I don&#39;t enjoy citing Stanford academics, because, you know, petty rivalry, but, contrary to Trump&#39;s willfully blind EPA:<br/><br/>&#34;Climate change will cause many Americans to die earlier than they otherwise would. High temperatures will kill Americans by stressing underlying conditions, such as heart disease. We expect that intensifying hurricanes, more frequent floods and smoke from more frequent forest fires together will most likely kill millions of Americans in the coming century.&#34;<br/><br/>1/3 2025-08-03T18:24:39Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvx62zwk6uglq3l0dzjxghy9cy3zr7y4h4pp80sjgs776qdjc7vzszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg68slml &#34;In Raleigh, North Carolina [a man wearing an ICE-style mask and POLICE shirt was] accused in January of kidnapping and raping a woman, threatening to deport her if she didn’t comply...<br/><br/>&#34;In Brooklyn [a masked man posed as an ICE agent] attempt[ed] in February to rape a 51-year-old woman. <br/><br/>&#34;In April 2025, a Florida woman posed as an immigration officer to briefly kidnap her ex-boyfriend’s wife from her job.&#34;<br/><br/>-- The Guardian 2025-07-21T11:20:55Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxanxv3jjsemwk58jafetm0g684eeje7f7fvnngkaulkglqmnpdrqzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgfx283r CBS has now decided they no longer need either of my eyeballs. <br/><br/>Look forward to using whatever streaming platform re-platforms Mr. Colbert. 2025-07-18T12:26:50Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdeckpj5rzu44jtxg6lqgeyq7r6v25vcu8cwrx9jq74quz64hpy6szyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg9v5d7k It&#39;s hard to track, unless you do it full time. But in case you were wondering, Trump has yet to reach ANY final trade deals. <br/><br/>The closest is with the UK, where a preliminary agreement has been published. But that&#39;s it. <br/><br/>All other headlines about &#34;deals&#34; are misleading, including the most recent one on Vietnam, where not even a preliminary deal has been published. <br/><br/>Here&#39;s a &#34;tracker&#34; by a NYC law firm showing where we stand overall:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.sullcrom.com/SullivanCromwell/_Assets/PDFs/Memos/Tariffs-Tracker-Updated-President-Trump-Announces-Additional-Country-Specific-Tariffs.pdf">https://www.sullcrom.com/SullivanCromwell/_Assets/PDFs/Memos/Tariffs-Tracker-Updated-President-Trump-Announces-Additional-Country-Specific-Tariffs.pdf</a> 2025-07-15T16:22:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgksluk89xnfz4qs5eag94tyxmtd3l9nlq4zc5hhlrv89t9ghqt3szyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg3z96as Darth Vader nominates Emperor Palpatine for Nobel peace prize. 2025-07-08T11:20:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst0e832p4pekpgnfn27p8yq3rt7mccwe5kj2fnglp7w7jsuyyu3yszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgysz5kg What if you spent massive amounts of other people’s money on a parade and almost no one came?<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/684/662/567/587/470/original/3f448813d90aa332.png"> <br/> 2025-06-15T00:58:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsgkz23cwdew5celzevrmwzl59xprtfwwgcr4ar7trhfurgvqlq0dszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgjfvsay Another rapid unscheduled disassembly by SpaceX. I&#39;d have thought they&#39;d be kind of planned for by now. 2025-05-28T21:09:04Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfwchrdptlr647xn7n59az3yaq99mfys30x8ws9e3g0453huuql4qzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgly9tal The socialization of climate risk, upcoming:<br/><br/>-- Insurers exit markets<br/>-- Homes go uninsured<br/>-- Weather events hit homes<br/>-- Home owners stop paying mortgages<br/>-- Banks foreclose and lose billions<br/>-- Banks start to fail<br/>-- Fed and FDIC are overwhelmed<br/>-- Taxpayers fund another bank bailout<br/><br/>Meanwhile, FSOC is going to be abolished by the GOP budget, and climate risk cannot be studied by anyone in the Federal government. 2025-05-20T11:46:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsvum58jucerk56zw8ft8elm6jglwakpc9utysr2wup2g92mmtuxmgzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgy98nvf Reminder:<br/><br/>Elise Stefanik was removed from a Harvard advisory board because she lied, repeatedly and baselessly, about Trump losing the 2020 election. 2025-04-14T22:27:47Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdgfxqwwj5y6pg2emlze5rylr7skccrm47al5xfhx2tpaaq9ue6xgzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgjh6vle I believe it&#39;s time to dust off those criminal contempt statutes and hire some court officers to enforce the sanctions. 2025-04-14T20:26:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqtchfjkgmrf5yh8lyunmpu28hu809zpjcr42xxy8exmusk3cafhczyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg74jdm7 Is anyone tracking the number of people who have resigned from or been fired by the DOJ since inauguration? 2025-04-14T18:34:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsww274lgfnpuydgc4ky5dxgq8vdp5yffpcqls782rytw67hfmln0czyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgfsdn3s <a href="https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/clarence-thomas-fears-volatile-stock?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">https://www.borowitzreport.com/p/clarence-thomas-fears-volatile-stock?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web</a> 2025-04-13T03:03:13Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqmcd750g2vnu5wt0kln6p0se0cd20z8t8fq3xzqsm0ztuk0cqnyszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgvq9xn7 Right-wing group has created a &#34;professor watchlist,&#34; a/k/a a McCarthyite blacklist.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.professorwatchlist.org/search">https://www.professorwatchlist.org/search</a><br/><br/>The site takes &#34;tips&#34;. It would be terrible if it was flooded with false positives. 2025-04-05T21:49:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstkxat7xaftgl094gsv5erm76t343557rlh8k8qh9ndeu6tpd005gzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgp9m8wx It&#39;s rare for 90+ Harvard Law faculty to agree on anything. The moment is rare.<br/><br/><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aKzGVQxrotpNGblivMHsIdXnXwVDlJ3M/preview">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aKzGVQxrotpNGblivMHsIdXnXwVDlJ3M/preview</a> 2025-03-30T00:19:30Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswek03mf20957dy2wu4cgh4hfu2r40qyvzv5slaanmg65h0uwwsuqzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgnmy7tn The Dems leaders should stop assuming we are going to get to midterms before they are all arrested and deported to Gitmo 2025-03-16T13:45:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsykksr99jpfwwzrs7vs2q63gk2ft4yv89whtdjfvrzqagedcdqy5qzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgdt8yu8 Perhaps Canada should join the EU? 2025-02-01T22:10:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrg25fmhxgl58kdjrvr605scnkf29gp9uraj8s64z2k27ukkve5ggzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgguln7t In Trump&#39;s first act, the United States joins Iran, Libya and Yemen as the only four countries not party to the Paris climate accords. -- NYT 2025-01-21T00:16:54Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2ckx9ky5c35ef3sspclj5y4kpgmm8dvfx2rfldnwkav37eplxw6gzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg8vdqk7 &#34;SpaceX&#39;s Starship explodes in flight test, forcing airlines to divert...&#34; -- Reuters<br/><br/>&#34;Entertainment is guaranteed!&#34; says world&#39;s richest man. 2025-01-17T03:02:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxafcqdqcy4l69ywljthdem2sxyxjggh3zp2q4n8hykx2qzvkme5gzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgtrf7ch “Today, private equity firms own around 460 US hospitals, about 8 percent of all private hospitals and 22 percent of all for-profit hospitals.” - Boston Globe 2024-12-31T20:59:16Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy3gtrm7kg4xgyy0zu8wyza6h6dz2yxgtnnzwkptpup5v2czgpdeszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgjw44ha In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfc5px2fs7t6eee9znkwnth8cu5w0v26hm943acjdmhlgr3hdk37gr0t08y'>nevent1q…t08y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When did “flip-flop” or “lie” get softened to “walk back”? 2024-12-12T17:09:26Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsz92pee773twdld48y0h7smlpms32nktysme4qzfua75mgfvledxszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgsz0yz6 I teach my law students that law’s most important purpose to address anger, where possible, in a socially functional way. The social media reaction to a cold blooded first degree murder suggests laws governing health care are not performing that task adequately. 2024-12-05T17:26:56Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0mppm3cfkpxdat2rg96rj7veqpju03h3kc8fy0z8lqw9q5x3kp7czyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgw3vekf Tons of empty seats in Madison Square Garden, apparently. Don&#39;t count on the owner or the media to show them to us. 2024-10-27T21:32:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfrhc9f6yzaq6zy4vk3x704z94v4y0vntgu69gjmjsv00js53ekzszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgmpql8v I voted today. When will you vote? 2024-10-12T22:22:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspv8xh699ujnff06kdxsgksz4zg7ypuj2sdhla9q2c89wsjllmtfqzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgyml4rp Ketamine-using billionaire publicly asks why no one has tried to k*ll our sitting POTUS and VPOTUS.<br/><br/>Where we are. 2024-09-16T23:21:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdep6mazjyuq9ae0ysqgckta592ft82c4j78kvfq0aenvzu2869egzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mglgtedm TIL &#34;The last name &#39;Ramone&#39; was a pseudonym and not the legal name of any member of the band.&#34; -- NYT 2024-08-31T12:32:40Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxh87vrv82xen9k0468vnmusrzhgk04j2xlm48czvtvvrejezfjkszyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgtdx6k6 When private equity funds buy hospitals:<br/><br/>&#34;In one Florida hospital, a pest-control company last year found 3,000 bats.&#34; -- WSJ (about Steward, which recently went bankrupt, after paying its private-equity-backed CEO $250 mm). 2024-08-18T23:23:49Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrzj9mgl4fpdwzma77ug9n2dq4yksltdd2argndt09lyqq8vnz25qzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg70zvcu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstnxst97adu6v69lpdw0uc4wd678z8a59rgsd9as42agv8wrhzzhcktap2n'>nevent1q…ap2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#trumpisweird <br/><br/>“We have it totally under control. It&#39;s one person coming in from China. It&#39;s going to be just fine.&#34; - Trump on coronavirus, January 22, 2020. 2024-08-03T11:10:00Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqstnxst97adu6v69lpdw0uc4wd678z8a59rgsd9as42agv8wrhzzhczyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgk886e5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxlth8pk8pkcqvxsw009lt0af5suj9t0lw4ph2gx8ey7kfy64xa7suw09dk'>nevent1q…09dk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#trumpisweird<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/897/768/806/231/941/original/a86b1bf00707460d.png"> <br/> 2024-08-03T11:07:31Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs08a376ujyeavlkqug5eqw5rqknm3nlaum8erkv63rnxtvwv0vsdczyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mg5u86qz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqqqzcf25j3aaqkesglyrr2haaqxqwkqqc7w0y92hhdg5ds3prsqgazasvj'>nevent1q…asvj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#trumpisweird<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/897/763/473/765/010/original/61df3ac1d4e02642.png"> <br/> 2024-08-03T11:06:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqqqzcf25j3aaqkesglyrr2haaqxqwkqqc7w0y92hhdg5ds3prsqgzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgsr3m36 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfgppdxtun4sd7ek7c40m23nhgp4uhgh0cltjrus7uk0zu4l8320qyy0h7t'>nevent1q…0h7t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#trumpisweird<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/897/761/415/271/347/original/b3226c67da478ee1.png"> <br/> 2024-08-03T11:05:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsfgppdxtun4sd7ek7c40m23nhgp4uhgh0cltjrus7uk0zu4l8320qzyz9rmdqmeyxwyn9t7a4h8spmceys8pjcvjhf0zcmauxr0q92ha3mgnnswmy #trumpisweird<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/897/703/196/584/651/original/7a903c0a1718aff7.png"> <br/> 2024-08-03T10:51:17Z