James Fallows Tierney
@jamesftierney.bsky.social
Associate dean for academic affairs and Associate professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law (Illinois Tech). I study financial markets regulation & law of capitalism. But this ≠ IIT. DSA Fund board 🌹🤝, Rstats, NLP, Phish dad, etc. Semper ubi sub ubi.
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Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NYC’s Lander Recommends Dropping $42 Billion BlackRock Mandate
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander is urging three of the city’s pension funds to drop BlackRock Inc. because of “inadequate” climate plans, the latest move to penalize investment firms for failing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Today I’m recommending that NYC’s pension fund boards drop BlackRock and 2 other (out of 49) public markets asset managers due to inadequate decarbonization plans.
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Climate risk is financial risk – we need asset managers who will invest responsibly.🧵
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
My kids have somehow convinced themselves there’s a folkloric Thanksgiving figure called “Turkey Claus”
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My kids have somehow convinced themselves there’s a folkloric Thanksgiving figure called “Turkey Claus”
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maybe i am going insane
November 24, 2025 at 6:49 PM
maybe i am going insane
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Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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Forbidden rollercoaster
November 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Forbidden rollercoaster
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the steve dallas as crooked lawyer strips in bloom county are a great bit
November 22, 2025 at 3:36 PM
the steve dallas as crooked lawyer strips in bloom county are a great bit
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Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
volokh.com/posts/116838...
November 22, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Especially for the 1Ls out there, preparing for their 1st set of law school exams, I wrote this post back in 2007 about how to get a good grade on a law school issue spotter. The post, "Bad Answers, Good Answers, and Terrific Answers," is available here:
volokh.com/posts/116838...
volokh.com/posts/116838...
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a 34-year old DSA legislator turned mayor has MAGA's god emperor at heel like a geriatric puppy, what a world
Q: Just days ago you referred to Trump as a 'despot.' Will you retract?
MAMDANI: We're both very clear on our positions & what I really appreciate about the president is our meeting focused not on places of disagreement but shared purpose we have
TRUMP: I've been called much worse than a despot
MAMDANI: We're both very clear on our positions & what I really appreciate about the president is our meeting focused not on places of disagreement but shared purpose we have
TRUMP: I've been called much worse than a despot
November 21, 2025 at 8:54 PM
a 34-year old DSA legislator turned mayor has MAGA's god emperor at heel like a geriatric puppy, what a world
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A request to my property and geography friends: is there a list of county assessors' offices with APIs?
November 21, 2025 at 10:54 PM
A request to my property and geography friends: is there a list of county assessors' offices with APIs?
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Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Laughing at Donald Trump saying he'd definitely feel comfortable living in Zohran Mamdani's New York on the same day that half the consultant brain-poisoned Democratic party voted to condemn socialism
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This is a *great* piece, which I have been touting for weeks, by wonderful (lawyer/writer) Lincoln Caplan, on why John Roberts deserves at least as much focus as Trump himself (or Alito, Thomas, Miller, JDV, etc) for war on US institutions.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
Harvard Magazine on Harvard alum John Roberts:
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
"The leader of the nation’s judicial system has empowered the president who is the most disdainful in history of the decrees of judges, the provisos of the Constitution, and the workings of American democracy." www.harvardmagazine.com/legal/suprem...
What Trump Means for John Roberts’s Legacy | Harvard Magazine
Executive power is on the docket at the Supreme Court.
www.harvardmagazine.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is a *great* piece, which I have been touting for weeks, by wonderful (lawyer/writer) Lincoln Caplan, on why John Roberts deserves at least as much focus as Trump himself (or Alito, Thomas, Miller, JDV, etc) for war on US institutions.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
He has replaced Roger Taney in Scotus Hall of Shame.
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The USDA has designated 444 counties as farming-dependent; their average vote share for Trump was 77.7%.
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
November 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
The USDA has designated 444 counties as farming-dependent; their average vote share for Trump was 77.7%.
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
investigatemidwest.org/2024/11/13/t...
Wisdom the albatross is my mom’s age and still raising chicks in the west pacific. 🫡 to Wisdom.
Wisdom is so cool. Wisdom is cooler than most.
Wisdom (albatross) - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Wisdom the albatross is my mom’s age and still raising chicks in the west pacific. 🫡 to Wisdom.
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So we are really at a point where NYC DSA meetings are the subject of hard news reports in legacy news outlets. That’s wild
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
So we are really at a point where NYC DSA meetings are the subject of hard news reports in legacy news outlets. That’s wild
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“instead of presenting a new indictment to the grand jury after it declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version to the magistrate’s courtroom for the grand jury’s foreperson to sign” www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
Lindsey Halligan says full grand jury never saw final indictment it handed up against Comey
At a 10am ET hearing, a federal judge in Alexandria, Virginia, will hear why FBI Director James Comey’s thinks his indictment should be tossed. Follow here for the latest live news updates.
www.cnn.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
“instead of presenting a new indictment to the grand jury after it declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version to the magistrate’s courtroom for the grand jury’s foreperson to sign” www.cnn.com/politics/liv...
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1/ Announcing GovScape – a public search system for 10 million U.S. government PDFs (70 million pages)! GovScape offers visual search, semantic text search, and keyword search. Explore below:
Website: www.govscape.net
ArXiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2511.11010
Website: www.govscape.net
ArXiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2511.11010
www.govscape.net
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 PM
1/ Announcing GovScape – a public search system for 10 million U.S. government PDFs (70 million pages)! GovScape offers visual search, semantic text search, and keyword search. Explore below:
Website: www.govscape.net
ArXiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2511.11010
Website: www.govscape.net
ArXiv link: arxiv.org/abs/2511.11010
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Son: "Dad wait your laptop has a sticker of a Cybertruck on fire."
Me: "Yeah? Is that something that happens to them?"
Son: "Yes. Also, why are you advertising that."
Me: "Yeah? Is that something that happens to them?"
Son: "Yes. Also, why are you advertising that."
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Son: "Dad wait your laptop has a sticker of a Cybertruck on fire."
Me: "Yeah? Is that something that happens to them?"
Son: "Yes. Also, why are you advertising that."
Me: "Yeah? Is that something that happens to them?"
Son: "Yes. Also, why are you advertising that."
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John Zorn made his own Agharta with the Electric Masada double live CD At The Mountains Of Madness. It turns 20 this month, and is the subject of today's newsletter.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/john-zorns...
burningambulance.substack.com/p/john-zorns...
John Zorn's Electric Masada
At The Mountains Of Madness Turns 20
burningambulance.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:06 PM
John Zorn made his own Agharta with the Electric Masada double live CD At The Mountains Of Madness. It turns 20 this month, and is the subject of today's newsletter.
burningambulance.substack.com/p/john-zorns...
burningambulance.substack.com/p/john-zorns...
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Given that the emails in question were about him exploiting his position against a junior-scholar mentee, he should not be allowed within a million miles of a classroom and should not be allowed to serve on any dissertation committees, etc etc etc.
Larry Summers tells @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
he’s stepping back from all public commitments in light of his messages with Epstein, saying he is “deeply ashamed” and hopes “to rebuild trust and repair relationships.”
He will continue teaching.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Given that the emails in question were about him exploiting his position against a junior-scholar mentee, he should not be allowed within a million miles of a classroom and should not be allowed to serve on any dissertation committees, etc etc etc.
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UPDATE: Summers’ page is now offline.
November 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
UPDATE: Summers’ page is now offline.
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to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
to have an affair with one longshot presidential candidate twice your age that you’re profiling may be regarded as a misfortune; to have two looks like carelessness