T.J. Mitchell
@workingstiff.bsky.social
NYT bestselling coauthor of the Jessie Teska mysteries #FIRSTCUT & #AFTERSHOCK, & the medical examiner memoir #WORKINGSTIFF. Wife & creative partner Dr Judy Melinek does autopsies. I am careful with her.
Books & columns: https://drworkingstiff.com/books
Books & columns: https://drworkingstiff.com/books
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Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
79-year-old Paul Bojerski was born to Polish parents in a WWII German refugee camp. His family legally emigrated to the U.S. when he was 5.
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
He’s been taken by ICE in Florida.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/11/16/s...
Sanford grandfather, born in refugee camp, nabbed by ICE after 70 years in U.S.
Paul Bojerski never gained official residency, but he checked in regularly with ICE for years. Then in July, at age 79, he was detained and sent to Alligator Alcatraz.
www.orlandosentinel.com
November 17, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Imagine escaping the literal Nazis, making it to America, living three quarters of a century there making your life, and then this:
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math textbook covers for some reason:
November 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
math textbook covers for some reason:
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At some point, incompetence and deliberate indifference to the law reaches a point where it is indistinguishable from deliberate misconduct. This is why you don’t hand a complex matter to someone who has never presented to a grand jury before.
A federal judge ORDERS the disclosure of James Comey's grand jury minutes to the defense, citing a "disturbing pattern pattern of profound investigative missteps" and casting doubt on Lindsey Halligan's declaration about the gap in the record.
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
Background www.allrisenews.com/p/halligan-c...
November 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
At some point, incompetence and deliberate indifference to the law reaches a point where it is indistinguishable from deliberate misconduct. This is why you don’t hand a complex matter to someone who has never presented to a grand jury before.
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#nzpol HUGE VICTORY FOR WORKERS:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
Govt must respect Supreme Court ruling and abandon pro-Uber bill - NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Prime Minister to respect the ruling of the Supreme Court and abandon Brooke van Velden’s Employment Relations Bill. The Bill would enshrine in law the abi...
union.org.nz
November 17, 2025 at 3:04 AM
#nzpol HUGE VICTORY FOR WORKERS:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of Uber Drivers and their unions, saying that they are employees not contractors. Now the NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is calling on the Government to respect this ruling and uphold the rights of platform and gig economy workers:
Me: Gonna do takeout tonight, I'm not cooking—@pbs.org is starting #TheAmericanRevolution.
Wife: What?
Me: It's Ken Burns.
Wife: And—?
Me: And I'm a middle-aged dad.
Wife: ...
Me: From New England
Wife: ...
Me: Not just New England! Essex County, Mass
Wife: ...
Me: LESLIE'S RETREAT MIGHT BE TONIGHT!
Wife: What?
Me: It's Ken Burns.
Wife: And—?
Me: And I'm a middle-aged dad.
Wife: ...
Me: From New England
Wife: ...
Me: Not just New England! Essex County, Mass
Wife: ...
Me: LESLIE'S RETREAT MIGHT BE TONIGHT!
November 16, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Me: Gonna do takeout tonight, I'm not cooking—@pbs.org is starting #TheAmericanRevolution.
Wife: What?
Me: It's Ken Burns.
Wife: And—?
Me: And I'm a middle-aged dad.
Wife: ...
Me: From New England
Wife: ...
Me: Not just New England! Essex County, Mass
Wife: ...
Me: LESLIE'S RETREAT MIGHT BE TONIGHT!
Wife: What?
Me: It's Ken Burns.
Wife: And—?
Me: And I'm a middle-aged dad.
Wife: ...
Me: From New England
Wife: ...
Me: Not just New England! Essex County, Mass
Wife: ...
Me: LESLIE'S RETREAT MIGHT BE TONIGHT!
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Hey folks:
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Dr. Joanne Freeman
Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Hey folks:
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."
Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Mazal tov, Mel Brooks! Biz hundert un tsvantsik!
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Mazal tov, Mel Brooks! Biz hundert un tsvantsik!
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Looking forward to a listen to First Cut. If it’s good enough for Kathy Reichs …
November 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Looking forward to a listen to First Cut. If it’s good enough for Kathy Reichs …
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Not for nothing, all my Chicago group chats are asking how to help Charlotte.
Another video from Charlotte, NC. Property owners scare off federal agents after they question a man putting up Christmas lights.
November 16, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Not for nothing, all my Chicago group chats are asking how to help Charlotte.
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“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte
Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
November 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Part 131 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
Hellenistic Greek Cast Glass Pomegranate Vase, tinted with colloidal gold to achieve the burgundy shade, 2nd Century BCE
@mylesdungan.bsky.social—I'm looking to buy your novel THE RED BRANCH from a brick-&-mortar store here in #SanFrancisco after hearing of it on a podcast (I'm a crime novelist, Boston Irish, heart in San Francisco). Go-to source @greenapplebooks.bsky.social doesn't have it. Do you know who might?
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
@mylesdungan.bsky.social—I'm looking to buy your novel THE RED BRANCH from a brick-&-mortar store here in #SanFrancisco after hearing of it on a podcast (I'm a crime novelist, Boston Irish, heart in San Francisco). Go-to source @greenapplebooks.bsky.social doesn't have it. Do you know who might?
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in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
What Happens When an Empire Falls? This Novel Has Some Ideas.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:10 PM
in the actual real world secret police are disappearing americans on behalf of an openly white nationalist government but george packer’s latest is a novel about a world beset by woke totalitarianism
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Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senator Menendez is sitting in his cell at Allenwood right now because he took a 1kg gold bar from the Egyptians, among other forms of “lobbying.”
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dystopian ass weather report
Chicago may experience less tear gas use as Operation Midway Blitz winds down. Cold and wet weather reduce effectiveness, while wind adds unpredictability.
Wind, cold temps can change the impact of tear gas and pepper balls, experts say
chicago.suntimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 PM
dystopian ass weather report
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
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What this Haiti team is doing is incredible 💙
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
November 14, 2025 at 12:46 PM
What this Haiti team is doing is incredible 💙
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
Despite not being able to play at home, they're one game away from a first World Cup in 52 years. These players want to give their nation hope and a welcome distraction in a time of crisis; they're on the cusp of an extraordinary achievement 🇭🇹
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"This kind of mutually reinforcing corruption is what one sees in failing societies and empires in decline"
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
Larry Summers, who is still on the Harvard faculty, tries to strongarm Harvard's administration into punishing the student newspaper for printing the truth about him - Lawyers, Guns & Money
The truth being that Larry Summers is an almost unbelievably disgusting and corrupt person, who also isn’t nearly as smart as he thinks he is. (Lot of that going around in The Meritocracy these days) ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"This kind of mutually reinforcing corruption is what one sees in failing societies and empires in decline"
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2025/11/larr...
TIL that frat-metal band Limp Bizkit has been banned from performing in Estonia because their lead singer has been a Putin stooge since the very start of the current Russian invasion of #Ukraine. www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-se...
DNR Ready For Limp Bizkit And Its 'Hot Dog Flavored Water'
The frontman for one of the "worst" bands to emerge from the United States in recent years is in love with Russia, with the idea of moving to Crimea, and might now take his act to the self-proclaimed ...
www.rferl.org
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
TIL that frat-metal band Limp Bizkit has been banned from performing in Estonia because their lead singer has been a Putin stooge since the very start of the current Russian invasion of #Ukraine. www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-se...
Unsafe at Any Speed
Oooof.
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Unsafe at Any Speed
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one of the underlying factors in all the Epstein stuff is that his correspondents - even the ones who likely did not participate in abuse themselves - are completely incapable of imagining his victims as people. he is real to them, the girls aren't.
I sometimes feel like they don’t want to end poverty or reduce inequality because they believe they’re entitled to a class of people they can prey upon
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
one of the underlying factors in all the Epstein stuff is that his correspondents - even the ones who likely did not participate in abuse themselves - are completely incapable of imagining his victims as people. he is real to them, the girls aren't.
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I know it's fake because Ross would have demanded he not be hidden behind the "Editorial Board" byline.
November 14, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I know it's fake because Ross would have demanded he not be hidden behind the "Editorial Board" byline.
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Timeline cleanse: Yesterday I was introduced to the teporingo (volcano rabbit) — it’s like a rabbit crossed with a pika and is only found on Popocatépetl and three of the other volcanoes near Mexico City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano...
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Timeline cleanse: Yesterday I was introduced to the teporingo (volcano rabbit) — it’s like a rabbit crossed with a pika and is only found on Popocatépetl and three of the other volcanoes near Mexico City: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano...
The voters of #SanFrancisco District 4 fell for the old recall-petition gag & now have no representation on the Board of Supervisors unless self-styled kingmaker Hughes & billionaire mayor Lurie can rope a literal unicorn into taking the seat Joel Engardio won, now vacated by an unelected tax cheat.
Holy shit that was fast. What a mess www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
San Francisco’s newest supervisor agrees to resign amid pet store controversies
Beya Alcaraz agreed to resign at Mayor Daniel Lurie's request. Leaked text messages showed she paid for her business by paying employees under the table and writing off personal expenses.
www.sfchronicle.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:15 AM
The voters of #SanFrancisco District 4 fell for the old recall-petition gag & now have no representation on the Board of Supervisors unless self-styled kingmaker Hughes & billionaire mayor Lurie can rope a literal unicorn into taking the seat Joel Engardio won, now vacated by an unelected tax cheat.
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quick question, what role did he play in this chain of events
A teenager in Florida with a homeless parent wanted money for braces and ended up having sex for money with powerful men, setting off a chain of events that would have a dramatic impact on her life and help upend the political career of Representative Matt Gaetz. nyti.ms/49PSkL9
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
quick question, what role did he play in this chain of events