Rick
@kindtrader.bsky.social
In the beginning there was chance.
I don't have faith, I have standards: corroborated evidence.
Systems that require self-sacrifice to sustain them are already broken.
Be kind to yourself.
I don't have faith, I have standards: corroborated evidence.
Systems that require self-sacrifice to sustain them are already broken.
Be kind to yourself.
My fellow humans, meet ¯\(ツ)/¯ <--- Chance
¯\(ツ)/¯ is the bedrock structure needed for the universe as we see it today. Yep...I'm claiming that.
You can see the document when it gets accepted at @ssrn.bsky.social or below in my draft copy:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
¯\(ツ)/¯ is the bedrock structure needed for the universe as we see it today. Yep...I'm claiming that.
You can see the document when it gets accepted at @ssrn.bsky.social or below in my draft copy:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Meeting ¯\(ツ)/¯ Artifact v1.4
Meeting ¯\(ツ)/¯ — Chance, Failure, and the Normal Behavior of the Universe 0. How to Read This This document is not asking for belief, agreement, or interpretation. It asks only that the reader adopt ...
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February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
My fellow humans, meet ¯\(ツ)/¯ <--- Chance
¯\(ツ)/¯ is the bedrock structure needed for the universe as we see it today. Yep...I'm claiming that.
You can see the document when it gets accepted at @ssrn.bsky.social or below in my draft copy:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
¯\(ツ)/¯ is the bedrock structure needed for the universe as we see it today. Yep...I'm claiming that.
You can see the document when it gets accepted at @ssrn.bsky.social or below in my draft copy:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Spoiler: the nervous system is input, not authority.
That’s the entire professional canon.
Full artifact + model school board template:
pending acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social, available here on GDocs.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
That’s the entire professional canon.
Full artifact + model school board template:
pending acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social, available here on GDocs.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Calm Classroom Professional Template v1.1
The Calm Classroom Professional Standard with an accompanying Model School Board Template PROFESSIONAL CANON STANDARD The human nervous system is input alone. Nervous-system signals may be fast, loud,...
docs.google.com
January 31, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Spoiler: the nervous system is input, not authority.
That’s the entire professional canon.
Full artifact + model school board template:
pending acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social, available here on GDocs.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
That’s the entire professional canon.
Full artifact + model school board template:
pending acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social, available here on GDocs.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A crib sheet for anyone in the law profession; it uses Structural Flow as the lens to translate classic doctrine.
Dispatches from the Record:
Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine
It's awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access it here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Dispatches from the Record:
Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine
It's awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access it here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Dispatches from the Record: Note no. 9 Entropy for Clerks
Dispatches from the Record: Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine Abstract This dispatch compresses a recurring observation from high-level clerking: professional pressure points arise not from...
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January 25, 2026 at 3:40 PM
A crib sheet for anyone in the law profession; it uses Structural Flow as the lens to translate classic doctrine.
Dispatches from the Record:
Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine
It's awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access it here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Dispatches from the Record:
Clerk Notes No. 9 — Entropy Across Doctrine
It's awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access it here.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Adding up the cost of chemistry. These are all awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access them below.
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish up first. Persistence has a cost...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish up first. Persistence has a cost...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Biology as the Chemical Grammar of Persistence v1.2
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish Abstract This paper reframes biology as a late, narrow regime of chemical persistence under ent...
docs.google.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Adding up the cost of chemistry. These are all awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or you can access them below.
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish up first. Persistence has a cost...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish up first. Persistence has a cost...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
When corroborated harm persists, the Senate’s duty is oversight.
That means hearings, records, conditions — and appropriations control if needed.
Authorization pauses until constitutional limits are restored.
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov.
Before a Michigander is harmed.
That means hearings, records, conditions — and appropriations control if needed.
Authorization pauses until constitutional limits are restored.
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov.
Before a Michigander is harmed.
January 24, 2026 at 11:32 PM
When corroborated harm persists, the Senate’s duty is oversight.
That means hearings, records, conditions — and appropriations control if needed.
Authorization pauses until constitutional limits are restored.
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov.
Before a Michigander is harmed.
That means hearings, records, conditions — and appropriations control if needed.
Authorization pauses until constitutional limits are restored.
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov.
Before a Michigander is harmed.
Applying Structural Flow to Chemistry...look what fell out?
Uploaded and awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or available below.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Uploaded and awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or available below.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Biology as the Chemical Grammar of Persistence v1.2
Biology as a Grammar of Chemical Persistence: What Entropy Could Not Finish Abstract This paper reframes biology as a late, narrow regime of chemical persistence under ent...
docs.google.com
January 20, 2026 at 4:32 AM
Applying Structural Flow to Chemistry...look what fell out?
Uploaded and awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or available below.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Uploaded and awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social or available below.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As promised, here is a more "proper research paper". I believe it introduces several possible paradigm shifts into Chemistry, but that's up to the specialists to parse. It's now uploaded and awaiting acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social or available on GDocs below.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Chemical Primitive Thesis V1.32
The Chemical Primitive Introduction Chemistry is commonly described in terms of substances, reactions, and mechanisms. Yet beneath these descriptions lies a more basic question...
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January 18, 2026 at 4:45 PM
As promised, here is a more "proper research paper". I believe it introduces several possible paradigm shifts into Chemistry, but that's up to the specialists to parse. It's now uploaded and awaiting acceptance at @ssrn.bsky.social or available on GDocs below.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Got a big and much needed belly laugh from this one. Thx prof!
No one's going to hell anyway, so we should all just chill about it.
Well said, my favorite Pink Prof!
No one's going to hell anyway, so we should all just chill about it.
Well said, my favorite Pink Prof!
But sure, atheists are the ones with a sad and frightening view of eternity.
One where *gasp* nothing bad happens to anyone, ever.
One where *gasp* nothing bad happens to anyone, ever.
January 16, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Got a big and much needed belly laugh from this one. Thx prof!
No one's going to hell anyway, so we should all just chill about it.
Well said, my favorite Pink Prof!
No one's going to hell anyway, so we should all just chill about it.
Well said, my favorite Pink Prof!
@ssrn.bsky.social The people have spoken. My "learn along with me" series isn't popping. No problem, means less work for the good people at SSRN because I will collapse the rest of my series into classic research papers.
Last "note" below. Full papers to follow.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Last "note" below. Full papers to follow.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
The Calm Classroom No. 2
The Calm Classroom Staffing Brief No. 2 — Speed Is a Warning Sign Spoiler (you can stop reading after this paragraph): When things feel urgent, treat that as information—not instruction. Speed is a wa...
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January 16, 2026 at 4:46 PM
@ssrn.bsky.social The people have spoken. My "learn along with me" series isn't popping. No problem, means less work for the good people at SSRN because I will collapse the rest of my series into classic research papers.
Last "note" below. Full papers to follow.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Last "note" below. Full papers to follow.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Can confirm. It's pretty terrible. So glad I had a spine and learned to reject early, but not everyone has that...and it shouldn't be an issue to begin with.
January 16, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Can confirm. It's pretty terrible. So glad I had a spine and learned to reject early, but not everyone has that...and it shouldn't be an issue to begin with.
Enforcement without legal predicates isn’t enforcement — it’s unlawful force. The Constitution requires reasonable suspicion, warrants, and accountability. This lawsuit asks the courts to restore those limits.
January 15, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Enforcement without legal predicates isn’t enforcement — it’s unlawful force. The Constitution requires reasonable suspicion, warrants, and accountability. This lawsuit asks the courts to restore those limits.
100% agree.
Treating people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule) is far superior to the golden rule anyway. So this approach is consistent.
Well said.
Treating people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule) is far superior to the golden rule anyway. So this approach is consistent.
Well said.
We're not fans of building more churches or mosques, but government has no business picking which religions are welcome.
Neutrality means applying the same rules to everyone, even when officials or neighbors object.
Neutrality means applying the same rules to everyone, even when officials or neighbors object.
A Muslim group appeared to meet every requirement to build a mosque in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma.
The local planning commission approved it.
Then the city council killed it after weeks of Islamophobic fear-mongering.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-proposed...
The local planning commission approved it.
Then the city council killed it after weeks of Islamophobic fear-mongering.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-proposed...
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
100% agree.
Treating people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule) is far superior to the golden rule anyway. So this approach is consistent.
Well said.
Treating people how they want to be treated (the platinum rule) is far superior to the golden rule anyway. So this approach is consistent.
Well said.
@ssrn.bsky.social accepted ~10 uploads last night. Only a few hours in, the best performer is "The Quiet Classroom". Wonder why that is...lol.
I think I will finish the law and Physio series before tackling Physics, Chem, and Philosphy.
Thank you for the surprise. The work isn't done yet. Xoxoxo
I think I will finish the law and Physio series before tackling Physics, Chem, and Philosphy.
Thank you for the surprise. The work isn't done yet. Xoxoxo
January 15, 2026 at 2:03 PM
@ssrn.bsky.social accepted ~10 uploads last night. Only a few hours in, the best performer is "The Quiet Classroom". Wonder why that is...lol.
I think I will finish the law and Physio series before tackling Physics, Chem, and Philosphy.
Thank you for the surprise. The work isn't done yet. Xoxoxo
I think I will finish the law and Physio series before tackling Physics, Chem, and Philosphy.
Thank you for the surprise. The work isn't done yet. Xoxoxo
When executive action persists without lawful authorization, the Constitution supplies remedies across Articles I, II, and III — oversight, appropriations control, judicial review, and formal accountability — until legality is restored.
Congress has a duty to the public and to the Constitution to reject Trump’s unprecedented usurpation of its war powers. bit.ly/49qN4Mv
No Legal Basis for Invading Venezuela
1989’s U.S. military action in Panama offers no constitutional cover for Trump’s Venezuela attack.
www.brennancenter.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:07 AM
When executive action persists without lawful authorization, the Constitution supplies remedies across Articles I, II, and III — oversight, appropriations control, judicial review, and formal accountability — until legality is restored.
Newest upload awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social (as promised, slowing down...). A love letter to high-level clerks, their profession, and the work itself.
Available here and soon on SSRN.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As you can see...it begins with a little spice...
Available here and soon on SSRN.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As you can see...it begins with a little spice...
Chambers Novel v1.06
Chambers, a Novel Chapter 1 Lisa opened her eyes. Gabe was watching her — or she thought he was. His ears had shifted slightly, and his eyes held that brightness she'd learned meant he was enjoying hi...
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January 15, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Newest upload awaiting acceptance on @ssrn.bsky.social (as promised, slowing down...). A love letter to high-level clerks, their profession, and the work itself.
Available here and soon on SSRN.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As you can see...it begins with a little spice...
Available here and soon on SSRN.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
As you can see...it begins with a little spice...
A koan for originalism: if history yields no single, stable answer, what exactly is being “fixed”? Law still must decide under uncertainty. The problem isn’t history — it’s pretending selective fragments can substitute for institutional judgment.
The Supreme Court’s conservative supermajority applies originalism to interpret the Constitution. Our new guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments in court. bit.ly/44yksPF
A New Playbook for Countering Originalism in Court
Our guide shows lawyers how to defeat shoddy historical arguments.
www.brennancenter.org
January 14, 2026 at 8:29 PM
A koan for originalism: if history yields no single, stable answer, what exactly is being “fixed”? Law still must decide under uncertainty. The problem isn’t history — it’s pretending selective fragments can substitute for institutional judgment.
The Fed’s independence is protected structurally, not rhetorically. Senators do it by guarding confirmation standards, resisting political pressure on rates, and enforcing evidence-based oversight. That boundary—not interference—is what stabilizes prices and expectations.
History shows what happens when politicians try to influence interest rates: more inflation, higher prices, and more economic uncertainty.
The Trump Administration should focus on policies that will actually lower costs, not risking the independence of the Federal Reserve.
The Trump Administration should focus on policies that will actually lower costs, not risking the independence of the Federal Reserve.
January 14, 2026 at 5:32 PM
The Fed’s independence is protected structurally, not rhetorically. Senators do it by guarding confirmation standards, resisting political pressure on rates, and enforcing evidence-based oversight. That boundary—not interference—is what stabilizes prices and expectations.
OR, you're a gawd and can do what you want...it's really more of a weak suggestion, if we're honest.
The best this book has to offer is the golden rule. The platinum rule is an upgrade. Stop acting like we don't know better. It's foolish and a waste of what little time we have on earth.
Thx prof!
The best this book has to offer is the golden rule. The platinum rule is an upgrade. Stop acting like we don't know better. It's foolish and a waste of what little time we have on earth.
Thx prof!
January 14, 2026 at 4:45 PM
OR, you're a gawd and can do what you want...it's really more of a weak suggestion, if we're honest.
The best this book has to offer is the golden rule. The platinum rule is an upgrade. Stop acting like we don't know better. It's foolish and a waste of what little time we have on earth.
Thx prof!
The best this book has to offer is the golden rule. The platinum rule is an upgrade. Stop acting like we don't know better. It's foolish and a waste of what little time we have on earth.
Thx prof!
Yep. Sorry I'm not sorry. We know better now. Stop acting like we don't...or...you know...take an unnecessary risk and live (or not) with the consequences.
Thx Prof.
Thx Prof.
Except it's the gift that keeps giving the whole year.
January 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Yep. Sorry I'm not sorry. We know better now. Stop acting like we don't...or...you know...take an unnecessary risk and live (or not) with the consequences.
Thx Prof.
Thx Prof.
If a voter lawfully submits a ballot on time, the vote is complete. Due process does not allow the State to retroactively assign voters the risk of mail delays beyond their control. Infrastructure failure is a state problem—not a voter defect.
Full stop.
Full stop.
We are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject an anti-voter attempt to limit the freedom to vote by disrupting laws that exist in more than 30 states that safeguard voters from being impacted by mail delays beyond their control. campaignlegal.org/update/urgin...
Urging the Supreme Court to Uphold Mail-In Ballot Laws for Voters
campaignlegal.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:40 PM
If a voter lawfully submits a ballot on time, the vote is complete. Due process does not allow the State to retroactively assign voters the risk of mail delays beyond their control. Infrastructure failure is a state problem—not a voter defect.
Full stop.
Full stop.
A real ban on congressional stock trading — covering members, spouses, staff, and independent oversight — already exists as a draft statute: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
January 14, 2026 at 4:34 PM
A real ban on congressional stock trading — covering members, spouses, staff, and independent oversight — already exists as a draft statute: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
@slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov
I hope my senator, Senator @sarahanthony.bsky.social agrees. It also feels like something Senator @stephanielilychang.bsky.social would be interested in as well.
Say the word, and I'll spin up a template or rough draft of the legislation. Otherwise, I support the shape of this idea. Two thumbs up.
Say the word, and I'll spin up a template or rough draft of the legislation. Otherwise, I support the shape of this idea. Two thumbs up.
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul endorsed giving citizens a right under state law to sue officials who violate their rights under the U.S. Constitution. Other states — including California, Illinois, and Massachusetts — already have such a law on the books. bit.ly/3LtXVgE
How to Push Back
Congress and the states must respond to the tragedy in Minnesota.
www.brennancenter.org
January 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
I hope my senator, Senator @sarahanthony.bsky.social agrees. It also feels like something Senator @stephanielilychang.bsky.social would be interested in as well.
Say the word, and I'll spin up a template or rough draft of the legislation. Otherwise, I support the shape of this idea. Two thumbs up.
Say the word, and I'll spin up a template or rough draft of the legislation. Otherwise, I support the shape of this idea. Two thumbs up.
There’s already a clean legal framework for this.
A draft amicus brief addressing secret, pretextual federal efforts to restrict FDA-approved medication — grounded in the APA, FDCA, and due process — is available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A draft amicus brief addressing secret, pretextual federal efforts to restrict FDA-approved medication — grounded in the APA, FDCA, and due process — is available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
January 14, 2026 at 4:20 PM
There’s already a clean legal framework for this.
A draft amicus brief addressing secret, pretextual federal efforts to restrict FDA-approved medication — grounded in the APA, FDCA, and due process — is available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
A draft amicus brief addressing secret, pretextual federal efforts to restrict FDA-approved medication — grounded in the APA, FDCA, and due process — is available here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Love it. Flex the power that the Constitution has appropriated to the Senate. Hope my senators @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov agree. My congressman is an incoherent professional, so I won't bother with him.
Let your senators know this is a legitimate expression and use of their power.
Let your senators know this is a legitimate expression and use of their power.
Murphy: The United States Congress should not fund a Department of Homeland Security that is not obeying the laws of the United States of America
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Love it. Flex the power that the Constitution has appropriated to the Senate. Hope my senators @slotkin.senate.gov @peters.senate.gov agree. My congressman is an incoherent professional, so I won't bother with him.
Let your senators know this is a legitimate expression and use of their power.
Let your senators know this is a legitimate expression and use of their power.
Unprofessional, no matter how you slice it. Even if you're a believer, this is horse shit.
Ty for sharing. Of course, I'm not surprised. Christian nationalists are disgusting people and it shows in their professional conduct. Imagine what they do when no one is looking?
Disgusting.
Ty for sharing. Of course, I'm not surprised. Christian nationalists are disgusting people and it shows in their professional conduct. Imagine what they do when no one is looking?
Disgusting.
January 13, 2026 at 11:57 PM
Unprofessional, no matter how you slice it. Even if you're a believer, this is horse shit.
Ty for sharing. Of course, I'm not surprised. Christian nationalists are disgusting people and it shows in their professional conduct. Imagine what they do when no one is looking?
Disgusting.
Ty for sharing. Of course, I'm not surprised. Christian nationalists are disgusting people and it shows in their professional conduct. Imagine what they do when no one is looking?
Disgusting.