Rick
@kindtrader.bsky.social
In the beginning there was chance.
Entropy -> imperfections == imperfect knowledge -> free will
I don't have faith, I have standards: corroborated evidence.
Time>money.
Accountability Crusader
Proud founder Praxis Foundry 001
Be kind to yourself.
Entropy -> imperfections == imperfect knowledge -> free will
I don't have faith, I have standards: corroborated evidence.
Time>money.
Accountability Crusader
Proud founder Praxis Foundry 001
Be kind to yourself.
@ssrn.bsky.social Thank you so much for clearing a healthy backlog of my artifacts. Even cleared some that weren't over time yet. Above and beyond, and I'm grateful.
It is seen and appreciated.
It is seen and appreciated.
December 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@ssrn.bsky.social Thank you so much for clearing a healthy backlog of my artifacts. Even cleared some that weren't over time yet. Above and beyond, and I'm grateful.
It is seen and appreciated.
It is seen and appreciated.
Thank you to @ssrn.bsky.social for clearing a backlog of artifacts. HUGE spike overnight for me up the author charts thanks to that. Wonderful surprise to wake up to this morning. From ~429k at 730pm last night to #364,772 out of 2,507,182 authors this morning.
ssrn.com/author=8728840
ssrn.com/author=8728840
Author Page for Richard Tabor :: SSRN
Total downloads of all papers by Richard Tabor
ssrn.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thank you to @ssrn.bsky.social for clearing a backlog of artifacts. HUGE spike overnight for me up the author charts thanks to that. Wonderful surprise to wake up to this morning. From ~429k at 730pm last night to #364,772 out of 2,507,182 authors this morning.
ssrn.com/author=8728840
ssrn.com/author=8728840
Here's one, sir:
Chance exists → pressure → boundaries → dualities (allow/block, separate/interact) → ratchets → flow. Derives entanglement, Hawking radiation, conservation, entropy, agency. No metaphysics needed. Quantum to heat death. Look too close? '¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Signed, Reality.' Paper ready.
Chance exists → pressure → boundaries → dualities (allow/block, separate/interact) → ratchets → flow. Derives entanglement, Hawking radiation, conservation, entropy, agency. No metaphysics needed. Quantum to heat death. Look too close? '¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Signed, Reality.' Paper ready.
Objective truths are still out there. It’s just harder than ever to know what they look like.
What’s Up With That?
[StarTalk video: 15min]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_...
What’s Up With That?
[StarTalk video: 15min]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4I_...
How to Tell What’s Real Online
YouTube video by StarTalk
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Here's one, sir:
Chance exists → pressure → boundaries → dualities (allow/block, separate/interact) → ratchets → flow. Derives entanglement, Hawking radiation, conservation, entropy, agency. No metaphysics needed. Quantum to heat death. Look too close? '¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Signed, Reality.' Paper ready.
Chance exists → pressure → boundaries → dualities (allow/block, separate/interact) → ratchets → flow. Derives entanglement, Hawking radiation, conservation, entropy, agency. No metaphysics needed. Quantum to heat death. Look too close? '¯\_(ツ)_/¯ — Signed, Reality.' Paper ready.
Awesome-sauce.
Looks like it's gonna be a good christmas after all!
December 9, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Awesome-sauce.
Whatever the legal arguments are, a competent jurist doesn’t ignore the harm signals here.
When evidence, precedent, and lived impact all point in the same direction, failing to register that pain isn’t neutrality — it’s a breakdown of professional judgment.
When evidence, precedent, and lived impact all point in the same direction, failing to register that pain isn’t neutrality — it’s a breakdown of professional judgment.
December 7, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Whatever the legal arguments are, a competent jurist doesn’t ignore the harm signals here.
When evidence, precedent, and lived impact all point in the same direction, failing to register that pain isn’t neutrality — it’s a breakdown of professional judgment.
When evidence, precedent, and lived impact all point in the same direction, failing to register that pain isn’t neutrality — it’s a breakdown of professional judgment.
Situations like this are why I think most real-world game theory collapses into a two-move microgame.
Drop an agent into uncertain incentives and incomplete information. Give them only:
Drop an agent into uncertain incentives and incomplete information. Give them only:
The transcript also tells us that the Kremlin is not particularly worried about losing power of Russia fails to capture the entirety of the Donbas, which is actually *good* news for Ukraine’s bargaining position.
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Situations like this are why I think most real-world game theory collapses into a two-move microgame.
Drop an agent into uncertain incentives and incomplete information. Give them only:
Drop an agent into uncertain incentives and incomplete information. Give them only:
I finally wrote this down.
A single-premise framework:
if chance is the first condition, then entropy, imperfect knowledge, agency, responsibility, and civic legitimacy all follow as structural consequences.
The full paper (public):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A single-premise framework:
if chance is the first condition, then entropy, imperfect knowledge, agency, responsibility, and civic legitimacy all follow as structural consequences.
The full paper (public):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Chance as the First Principle: A Structural Chain from Cosmology to Civic Physiology v1.11
Chance as First Premise: From Cosmological Indeterminacy to Civic Physiology Abstract This paper proposes a minimal conceptual chain that begins with a single primitive assumption—chance exists—and fo...
docs.google.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
I finally wrote this down.
A single-premise framework:
if chance is the first condition, then entropy, imperfect knowledge, agency, responsibility, and civic legitimacy all follow as structural consequences.
The full paper (public):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A single-premise framework:
if chance is the first condition, then entropy, imperfect knowledge, agency, responsibility, and civic legitimacy all follow as structural consequences.
The full paper (public):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Model solution, not just outrage:
Built an open-source “Independent Recusal & Transparency Act” to harden disclosure, recusal explanations, and public accountability across agencies.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Built an open-source “Independent Recusal & Transparency Act” to harden disclosure, recusal explanations, and public accountability across agencies.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Model solution, not just outrage:
Built an open-source “Independent Recusal & Transparency Act” to harden disclosure, recusal explanations, and public accountability across agencies.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Built an open-source “Independent Recusal & Transparency Act” to harden disclosure, recusal explanations, and public accountability across agencies.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Literally have a model legislation addressing this very issue once and for all.
For lawmakers trying to regulate AI and public safety, this bill is a ready-made foundation.
Free. Open-source. Evidence-based.
Use it, adapt it, share it.
Full model text:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For lawmakers trying to regulate AI and public safety, this bill is a ready-made foundation.
Free. Open-source. Evidence-based.
Use it, adapt it, share it.
Full model text:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Literally have a model legislation addressing this very issue once and for all.
For lawmakers trying to regulate AI and public safety, this bill is a ready-made foundation.
Free. Open-source. Evidence-based.
Use it, adapt it, share it.
Full model text:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
For lawmakers trying to regulate AI and public safety, this bill is a ready-made foundation.
Free. Open-source. Evidence-based.
Use it, adapt it, share it.
Full model text:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Nice...
UPDATE: Following publication of @NOTUSreports' investigation this morning, the makers of the Relaxium sleep supplement appeared to have deleted endorsement videos featuring Amb. Mike Huckabee from its website, Facebook page and Vimeo page. www.notus.org/money/mike-h...
Mike Huckabee Is Peddling Sleep Supplements While Serving as Ambassador to Israel
“Ambassadors need to sleep, too,” the U.S. Embassy Jerusalem said in a statement.
www.notus.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Nice...
Congress keeps trying to regulate AI, online safety, and automated systems — but without a central tech committee, critical gaps remain.
Here’s an open-source federal model that fixes one of the biggest ones: evidence integrity.
Full text ↓
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread)
Here’s an open-source federal model that fixes one of the biggest ones: evidence integrity.
Full text ↓
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread)
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Congress keeps trying to regulate AI, online safety, and automated systems — but without a central tech committee, critical gaps remain.
Here’s an open-source federal model that fixes one of the biggest ones: evidence integrity.
Full text ↓
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread)
Here’s an open-source federal model that fixes one of the biggest ones: evidence integrity.
Full text ↓
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread)
Word.
Impeach, convict, remove.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
And if our current leaders won’t do it, they need to step aside for people who will.
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Word.
If a state chooses to fund private or religious schools, those schools should meet the same nondiscrimination, disability-access, and transparency standards public schools already have.
Here’s an open-source model statute anyone can use, adapt, or share:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread ↓)
Here’s an open-source model statute anyone can use, adapt, or share:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread ↓)
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If a state chooses to fund private or religious schools, those schools should meet the same nondiscrimination, disability-access, and transparency standards public schools already have.
Here’s an open-source model statute anyone can use, adapt, or share:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread ↓)
Here’s an open-source model statute anyone can use, adapt, or share:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
(🧵 thread ↓)
When justice answers to a single will, the fix can’t just be “better leaders.”
We need better structures: hard separation between public power and private gain, independent oversight, and sunlight on covert pressure.
I’ve been drafting open-source model tools along those lines. Thread ⬇️
We need better structures: hard separation between public power and private gain, independent oversight, and sunlight on covert pressure.
I’ve been drafting open-source model tools along those lines. Thread ⬇️
"When justice answers to a single will, it becomes indistinguishable from vengeance." Trump aims to destroy a principle that is older than our country itself - the separation of law enforcement from personal political gain. @ianbassin.bsky.social explains how we got here: https://protdem.org/3LSKnv5
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When justice answers to a single will, the fix can’t just be “better leaders.”
We need better structures: hard separation between public power and private gain, independent oversight, and sunlight on covert pressure.
I’ve been drafting open-source model tools along those lines. Thread ⬇️
We need better structures: hard separation between public power and private gain, independent oversight, and sunlight on covert pressure.
I’ve been drafting open-source model tools along those lines. Thread ⬇️
The Phoenix Declaration is exactly the kind of “soft law” framework that can quietly reshape public schools around a sectarian agenda.
I’ve drafted two open-source tools
-a plain-language explainer/handout
-a school-board letter template
Links + context in the thread. #ffrf #florida #publicschools
I’ve drafted two open-source tools
-a plain-language explainer/handout
-a school-board letter template
Links + context in the thread. #ffrf #florida #publicschools
The Heritage Foundation's Phoenix Declaration uses virtuous language on the surface, but has concerning ulterior motives underneath.
Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/486IYby
#ffrf #heritagefoundation #florida #publicschools
Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/486IYby
#ffrf #heritagefoundation #florida #publicschools
November 25, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The Phoenix Declaration is exactly the kind of “soft law” framework that can quietly reshape public schools around a sectarian agenda.
I’ve drafted two open-source tools
-a plain-language explainer/handout
-a school-board letter template
Links + context in the thread. #ffrf #florida #publicschools
I’ve drafted two open-source tools
-a plain-language explainer/handout
-a school-board letter template
Links + context in the thread. #ffrf #florida #publicschools
Available for free to anyone interested via my author page at SSRN:
Constitutional Physiology: Measuring Legitimacy as Care in a Living Civic Body
This is my "dissertation".
Lots of other artifacts available. Proud of all of it. Here's my author page:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
Constitutional Physiology: Measuring Legitimacy as Care in a Living Civic Body
This is my "dissertation".
Lots of other artifacts available. Proud of all of it. Here's my author page:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
papers.ssrn.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Available for free to anyone interested via my author page at SSRN:
Constitutional Physiology: Measuring Legitimacy as Care in a Living Civic Body
This is my "dissertation".
Lots of other artifacts available. Proud of all of it. Here's my author page:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
Constitutional Physiology: Measuring Legitimacy as Care in a Living Civic Body
This is my "dissertation".
Lots of other artifacts available. Proud of all of it. Here's my author page:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/...
"Getting messy"
Right.
I think "incompetence" is the phrase you were looking for, Doc. Maybe "continuously incompetent" is better? "Demonstrably incompetent."
But I don't have the PhD.
Thanks for the content as always.
Right.
I think "incompetence" is the phrase you were looking for, Doc. Maybe "continuously incompetent" is better? "Demonstrably incompetent."
But I don't have the PhD.
Thanks for the content as always.
This is getting messy. Senators claim that Rubio told them that the peace plan was Russia’s, not a White House position. A spokesman from the State Department says that Rubio never said that.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
US senators say Rubio told them Trump’s Ukraine peace plan is Russia's 'wish list'
U.S. senators critical of President Donald Trump’s approach to ending the Russia-Ukraine war say they spoke with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio who told them that the peace plan Trump is pushing ...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Getting messy"
Right.
I think "incompetence" is the phrase you were looking for, Doc. Maybe "continuously incompetent" is better? "Demonstrably incompetent."
But I don't have the PhD.
Thanks for the content as always.
Right.
I think "incompetence" is the phrase you were looking for, Doc. Maybe "continuously incompetent" is better? "Demonstrably incompetent."
But I don't have the PhD.
Thanks for the content as always.
The warnings were clear. The law was clear. The strikes happened anyway.
Here’s an open-source amicus explaining why the record, the law, and the civilians lost here all matter:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here’s an open-source amicus explaining why the record, the law, and the civilians lost here all matter:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The warnings were clear. The law was clear. The strikes happened anyway.
Here’s an open-source amicus explaining why the record, the law, and the civilians lost here all matter:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here’s an open-source amicus explaining why the record, the law, and the civilians lost here all matter:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This matters. Public oversight of enforcement is protected speech. We drafted an open-source amicus showing why the public has a right to know.
Full model brief:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Full model brief:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 PM
This matters. Public oversight of enforcement is protected speech. We drafted an open-source amicus showing why the public has a right to know.
Full model brief:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Full model brief:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We just built a concrete fix from the outside.
I drafted a “Due Process Integrity in Immigration Enforcement Act” that would protect people who follow the rules from being treated like they walked into a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I drafted a “Due Process Integrity in Immigration Enforcement Act” that would protect people who follow the rules from being treated like they walked into a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 22, 2025 at 11:09 PM
We just built a concrete fix from the outside.
I drafted a “Due Process Integrity in Immigration Enforcement Act” that would protect people who follow the rules from being treated like they walked into a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I drafted a “Due Process Integrity in Immigration Enforcement Act” that would protect people who follow the rules from being treated like they walked into a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This is exactly why I drafted the Due Process Integrity in Immigration Enforcement Act.
No one should be punished for showing up to their own interview or check-in.
Compliance can’t be treated as a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
No one should be punished for showing up to their own interview or check-in.
Compliance can’t be treated as a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
This is exactly why I drafted the Due Process Integrity in Immigration Enforcement Act.
No one should be punished for showing up to their own interview or check-in.
Compliance can’t be treated as a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
No one should be punished for showing up to their own interview or check-in.
Compliance can’t be treated as a trap.
📄 Draft legislation:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@democracync.bsky.social
In NC and as a 43 y/o human with 0 prior felony record and none pending, I CANNOT:
- Buy recreational marijuana
- Recycle bottles/cans for deposit return
- Walk safely on sidewalks in the burbs
- Watch porn
But I CAN marry a child-bride of 16.
FUBAR. Big time.
In NC and as a 43 y/o human with 0 prior felony record and none pending, I CANNOT:
- Buy recreational marijuana
- Recycle bottles/cans for deposit return
- Walk safely on sidewalks in the burbs
- Watch porn
But I CAN marry a child-bride of 16.
FUBAR. Big time.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
@democracync.bsky.social
In NC and as a 43 y/o human with 0 prior felony record and none pending, I CANNOT:
- Buy recreational marijuana
- Recycle bottles/cans for deposit return
- Walk safely on sidewalks in the burbs
- Watch porn
But I CAN marry a child-bride of 16.
FUBAR. Big time.
In NC and as a 43 y/o human with 0 prior felony record and none pending, I CANNOT:
- Buy recreational marijuana
- Recycle bottles/cans for deposit return
- Walk safely on sidewalks in the burbs
- Watch porn
But I CAN marry a child-bride of 16.
FUBAR. Big time.
That'll be me.
Here's a rough draft to close down the over-funded ICE detention centers.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And legislation to overhaul Police:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And an Amendment to force more votes in Congress:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here's a rough draft to close down the over-funded ICE detention centers.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And legislation to overhaul Police:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And an Amendment to force more votes in Congress:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
That'll be me.
Here's a rough draft to close down the over-funded ICE detention centers.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And legislation to overhaul Police:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And an Amendment to force more votes in Congress:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Here's a rough draft to close down the over-funded ICE detention centers.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And legislation to overhaul Police:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
And an Amendment to force more votes in Congress:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Think "bigger".
Enshrine our right to force a discharge petition into the genetic code of the Republic with an amendment. States and counties can force discharge petitions if we SAY they can with an amendment.
Here's my version. Got a better idea?
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Enshrine our right to force a discharge petition into the genetic code of the Republic with an amendment. States and counties can force discharge petitions if we SAY they can with an amendment.
Here's my version. Got a better idea?
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Think "bigger".
Enshrine our right to force a discharge petition into the genetic code of the Republic with an amendment. States and counties can force discharge petitions if we SAY they can with an amendment.
Here's my version. Got a better idea?
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Enshrine our right to force a discharge petition into the genetic code of the Republic with an amendment. States and counties can force discharge petitions if we SAY they can with an amendment.
Here's my version. Got a better idea?
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Word. Reading the bible has never gotten me further away or more confident in my own moral compass. Basically, to the entire bible: we know better now.
Golden rule < platinum rule
Generational punishment is complete horse shit and an abusive narrative
Abuse as "love" is still abuse
Ty for sharing.
Golden rule < platinum rule
Generational punishment is complete horse shit and an abusive narrative
Abuse as "love" is still abuse
Ty for sharing.
The amount of times i've quoted their holy book only for them to go "It doesn't say that!"
"Oh really, look, right here." (points to the passage)
"Well, you're taking it out of context!"
"Oh really, look, right here." (points to the passage)
"Well, you're taking it out of context!"
November 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Word. Reading the bible has never gotten me further away or more confident in my own moral compass. Basically, to the entire bible: we know better now.
Golden rule < platinum rule
Generational punishment is complete horse shit and an abusive narrative
Abuse as "love" is still abuse
Ty for sharing.
Golden rule < platinum rule
Generational punishment is complete horse shit and an abusive narrative
Abuse as "love" is still abuse
Ty for sharing.