Simon Jacobs

into law and economic justice. used to make transit software. views not my employer's. he/him

[Simon Jacobs @simondjacobs]

@dilanesper Eh. one of the constraints on common law judges is supposed to be that the principles you come up with have to apply to all circumstances that fit the principle

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@bgnzky @Sarah_pdx this is like if the appendices to the lord of the rings were real

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@matthewstoller Disagree. Big strike at congress's ability to set up relatively autonomous regulatory apparatuses

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@RedGreenBC Gotta read Hegel. Napoleon is the main character

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@mattyglesias There was fraud (fake mortgage transfer documents created after the fact, lying to buyers about mortgage terms, etc), and it was handled with kid gloves by prosecutors. But it was somewhat tangential to the financial meltdown aspect of the crisis.

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@elonmusk @grok can you explain what elon means by this tweet

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@TheMindScourge very interesting that it wasn't the risk that ships would be blown up, it was the insurance. wait a sec

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@patdennis It's fine to be like, ok let's do studies and be better next time. But it became a synecdoche for government failure because of the political press. It's normal for all sorts of organizations to make mistakes when doing new things, then fix them

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@patdennis Businesses, famously, never hire management consultants when they can't execute a project in house

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@eagleseyeinc @grok is this true

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@charlesmurray Yes!!! Honestly sucks that they didn't cast ANY Trojan-Americans? Try harder

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@xwanyex Hope this helps - Many people think that Don Lemon was targeted not because he engaged in illegality but because he is a journalist who the president doesn't like. People think this because of the president's statements about Don Lemon.

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@xwanyex Liberals want to live in a free society. They therefore have no problem with individuals breaking social norms (that's what it means to live in a free society) and support legal and political norms related to democracy, individual rights, etc. Hope this helps

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@Galtonist @spongeworthy2 @baseballcrank skill issue, if you could express yourself precisely you wouldn't have this problem

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@anypigslft2 @baseballcrank *me watching bostonians throw tea into the harbor to protest tax policy* Of course. emotional 🙄

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@spongeworthy2 @baseballcrank I would guess Walz would be in favor of a return to the priorities and methods of the Biden administration. Do you disagree? Are you just saying he should pair his criticisms of ICE with a statement to that effect? Why does it matter lol

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@spongeworthy2 @baseballcrank The State of Minnesota is taking issue with ICE procedures? I just see 1000s of ordinary Americans protesting something they disagree with!

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@xwanyex Some people (1) believe that people have a right to move, and (2) care about the rights of people they don't know. hope this helps

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@spongeworthy2 @baseballcrank Why does the state of Minnesota need a plan about how ICE could do its job better?