Too Big to Fail
@toobigtofail.bsky.social
New Yorker, union activist, employment lawyer, dad, generational trauma ender. He/him.
Ok this is profound
Seen on Reddit:
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
"42 is just old people 6 7"
And... well... yeah. Can't really argue.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Ok this is profound
I do not work in journalism, and know little about journalistic methods, so I'm just going to go ahead and assume that this is how all journalists operate at all times.
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 PM
I do not work in journalism, and know little about journalistic methods, so I'm just going to go ahead and assume that this is how all journalists operate at all times.
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it's the biggest don't kill yourself thursday of the year, repost to not kill yourself on don't kill yourself thursday
November 27, 2025 at 8:20 AM
it's the biggest don't kill yourself thursday of the year, repost to not kill yourself on don't kill yourself thursday
For non-lawyers: this is the largest sanction against an attorney for frivolous conduct that I've ever heard of*. When attorneys are sanctioned $10-$20k is a big deal. This is a MASSIVE deal.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
For non-lawyers: this is the largest sanction against an attorney for frivolous conduct that I've ever heard of*. When attorneys are sanctioned $10-$20k is a big deal. This is a MASSIVE deal.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
*- not counting the slightly different issue of defendants having their answer struck for misconduct.
The more I hear from this Pope the more I love him.
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The more I hear from this Pope the more I love him.
This quote sounds apocryphal, but the source is the obituary Vonnegut wrote for Heller so I feel pretty confident it's authentic:
November 26, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This quote sounds apocryphal, but the source is the obituary Vonnegut wrote for Heller so I feel pretty confident it's authentic:
My sister sent me this on her birthday last week:
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
My sister sent me this on her birthday last week:
This isn't how regulatory arbitrage works. Or how the First Amendment works. Or how anything works, really.
If the state of Delaware prohibited companies incorporated there from spending on elections in any way, Citizens United would be dead in the water.
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
Delaware incorporates more companies than any other state.
It’s a blue state. Let’s get cracking on moving Delaware lawmakers on this!
November 26, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This isn't how regulatory arbitrage works. Or how the First Amendment works. Or how anything works, really.
How do you keep the middle initial if this is your name. Like, why do you have to volunteer that information.
November 26, 2025 at 3:42 AM
How do you keep the middle initial if this is your name. Like, why do you have to volunteer that information.
I haven't seen anything about this in non-tech media, but it is ASTONISHING how much RAM prices have gone up this year, due to a combination of tariffs and AI servers swallowing supply. This would have cost ~$75 a year ago. Now it's $400. For anybody looking to buy a computer, good luck.
November 26, 2025 at 3:05 AM
I haven't seen anything about this in non-tech media, but it is ASTONISHING how much RAM prices have gone up this year, due to a combination of tariffs and AI servers swallowing supply. This would have cost ~$75 a year ago. Now it's $400. For anybody looking to buy a computer, good luck.
Evergreen
that said it does support my argument many of america's problems are attributable to protestantism
November 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Evergreen
Ok look, I'm not calling anybody in particular out, and please do not ask me to explain this, but...
Denigrating cheesecake is antisemitic.
Denigrating cheesecake is antisemitic.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Ok look, I'm not calling anybody in particular out, and please do not ask me to explain this, but...
Denigrating cheesecake is antisemitic.
Denigrating cheesecake is antisemitic.
Trump has been saying for a literal decade that he "will make recommendations for healthcare policy improvements soon." This article is from 9 years ago.
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Trump has been saying for a literal decade that he "will make recommendations for healthcare policy improvements soon." This article is from 9 years ago.
Ten season Wheel of Time series, easy
If you were a despotic president, what movie would you force Hollywood to make? I want to see Quentin's Star Trek movie or maybe Kill Bill Vol 3.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Ten season Wheel of Time series, easy
From a pure money perspective: I can understand manufacturers not wanting to put in automatic emergency braking systems - they're not terribly expensive to install, but they're prohibitively expensive to repair in case of an accident - but rear-seat child alerts cost pennies and need no maintenance.
Republicans plan to challenge stop sign and building fire alarm mandates, declaring that these issues should be addressed by the free market
November 25, 2025 at 8:59 PM
From a pure money perspective: I can understand manufacturers not wanting to put in automatic emergency braking systems - they're not terribly expensive to install, but they're prohibitively expensive to repair in case of an accident - but rear-seat child alerts cost pennies and need no maintenance.
And me with all my kids' Christmas presents already bought...
AI Teddy Bear That Talked Fetishes and Knives Is Back on the Market
AI Teddy Bear That Talked Fetishes and Knives Is Back on the Market
The toymakers say they've worked out the kinks (literally) and the bear is safe to use again.
gizmodo.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
And me with all my kids' Christmas presents already bought...
BRB; gonna ask Chat GPT what the least painful suicide method is
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
BRB; gonna ask Chat GPT what the least painful suicide method is
EVERYONE in my law firm makes more than double this. I'm not just talking about lawyers. Paralegals, receptionists, clerks, everybody.
the median salary for a barrister for their first two years, after costs, is about nineteen thousand pounds ($25,000). Most of them live in London.
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
EVERYONE in my law firm makes more than double this. I'm not just talking about lawyers. Paralegals, receptionists, clerks, everybody.
All the people from the old AV Club will remember why it is I need to post this photo any time I see a mention of Brett Ratner.
November 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
All the people from the old AV Club will remember why it is I need to post this photo any time I see a mention of Brett Ratner.
I've been using this handle since The Great Recession and it has now come back into style somehow.
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I've been using this handle since The Great Recession and it has now come back into style somehow.
I once had a deposition with an extremely hostile attorney who at one point said to me "counsellor, stop sticking your middle finger up at me." I was doing no such thing, but the transcript was written, not videotaped. I asked the court reporter to state for the record whether I had been doing so.
And, here is Bovino's third day of depositions, November 4: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
The lawyers:
Locke Bowman for the plaintiffs.
Sarmad Khojasteh for the government.
November 25, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I once had a deposition with an extremely hostile attorney who at one point said to me "counsellor, stop sticking your middle finger up at me." I was doing no such thing, but the transcript was written, not videotaped. I asked the court reporter to state for the record whether I had been doing so.
I watched the first hour of Rogue One and got so bored I turned it off and never watched a single second of any Star Wars media ever again.
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I watched the first hour of Rogue One and got so bored I turned it off and never watched a single second of any Star Wars media ever again.
I think we've all seen Star Trek III; we know how this ends.
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 12:14 AM
I think we've all seen Star Trek III; we know how this ends.
Every Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember, my mother talks about how resentful she is that, when he took her to the World's Fair, my grandfather didn't have money to buy my mom a Belgian Waffle.
The 1964 World's Fair.
My grandfather died in 2005.
The 1964 World's Fair.
My grandfather died in 2005.
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Every Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember, my mother talks about how resentful she is that, when he took her to the World's Fair, my grandfather didn't have money to buy my mom a Belgian Waffle.
The 1964 World's Fair.
My grandfather died in 2005.
The 1964 World's Fair.
My grandfather died in 2005.