James Willem
@willempa.bsky.social
Employment and labor lawyer posting about the law and Pennsylvania courts. Formerly legal aid. KNVB fan. Allentown, by way of Boston, DC, Gujarat, New Haven, and Chicago, but Berkshires at heart.
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of Lunenburg tree cutting www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of Lunenburg tree cutting
Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of tree cutting, highlighting the friendship between the cities despite federal conflicts.
www.saltwire.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu visits Halifax ahead of Lunenburg tree cutting www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...
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Northern lights are popping off tonight!
November 12, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Northern lights are popping off tonight!
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Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.
Cleaning worker who mistakenly went to wrong home fatally shot: Police
The shooting victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner's office said.
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.
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Nope. Tonight's not the night.
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Nope. Tonight's not the night.
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM
We'll try again tomorrow starting at 9:30 AM
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Worth listening: “When the reporter Dyan Neary attended a county commissioners’ meeting in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, she watched dozens of people step up to the mic to tell harrowing stories… They all claimed that the local hospital had misdiagnosed their children as victims of abuse.”
From Serial Productions: The Preventionist
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Worth listening: “When the reporter Dyan Neary attended a county commissioners’ meeting in the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, she watched dozens of people step up to the mic to tell harrowing stories… They all claimed that the local hospital had misdiagnosed their children as victims of abuse.”
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Pennsylvania’s top legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro have agreed to a $50.1 billion state budget deal behind closed doors, according to two sources close to negotiations.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
Pennsylvania’s top leaders have reached a $50.1 billion state budget deal, signaling a breakthrough in impasse
Top legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro have agreed on a budget framework after months of talks, according to two sources close to negotiations.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Pennsylvania’s top legislative leaders and Gov. Josh Shapiro have agreed to a $50.1 billion state budget deal behind closed doors, according to two sources close to negotiations.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
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Senate session scheduled to begin at 6:30. Our understanding is that an agreement has been reached and the governor is in the building.
Is tonight the night?
Watch
www.pasenategop.com/news/senate-...
Is tonight the night?
Watch
www.pasenategop.com/news/senate-...
Senate Session - Pennsylvania Senate Republicans
Senate Session | Senate Chamber | Watch Live Senate Session
www.pasenategop.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Senate session scheduled to begin at 6:30. Our understanding is that an agreement has been reached and the governor is in the building.
Is tonight the night?
Watch
www.pasenategop.com/news/senate-...
Is tonight the night?
Watch
www.pasenategop.com/news/senate-...
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“Mr. Freund is part of a growing network of lawyers who track down A.I. abuses committed by their peers, collecting the most egregious examples and posting them online. The group hopes that by tracking down the A.I. slop, it can help draw attention to the problem and put an end to it.”
Vigilante Lawyers Expose the Rising Tide of A.I. Slop in Court Filings
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“Mr. Freund is part of a growing network of lawyers who track down A.I. abuses committed by their peers, collecting the most egregious examples and posting them online. The group hopes that by tracking down the A.I. slop, it can help draw attention to the problem and put an end to it.”
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In a union survey earlier this year, some security guards reported that the job didn’t pay enough to cover their basic needs and that they received little to no recent training for the job.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/business/32-...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/business/32-...
3,000 security guards in Philadelphia get a new union contract with raises
In a union survey earlier this year, some security guards reported that the job didn’t pay enough to cover their basic needs and that they received little to no recent training for the job.
www.inquirer.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 PM
In a union survey earlier this year, some security guards reported that the job didn’t pay enough to cover their basic needs and that they received little to no recent training for the job.
🔗 www.inquirer.com/business/32-...
🔗 www.inquirer.com/business/32-...
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Largest strike in September:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Largest strike in September:
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
At Boeing, IAM District 837 (≈ 3,200 workers) struck over:
📍pay and pension fairness
📍health care costs
📍respect on the job
The walkout shut down key production lines and drew national attention to the power of aerospace labor.
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Hey guys since Utah is on a lot of people’s minds today I created a fundraising link to help the Utah House Dems, Senate Dems, and Salt Lake Dem County Party. I’ll be updating this later next year to include the battleground candidates
secure.actblue.com/donate/purrtah
secure.actblue.com/donate/purrtah
Chip in!
Show your support with a contribution.
secure.actblue.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hey guys since Utah is on a lot of people’s minds today I created a fundraising link to help the Utah House Dems, Senate Dems, and Salt Lake Dem County Party. I’ll be updating this later next year to include the battleground candidates
secure.actblue.com/donate/purrtah
secure.actblue.com/donate/purrtah
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Looks like we're getting closer to a resolution #PAStateBudget
November 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Looks like we're getting closer to a resolution #PAStateBudget
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Finally got to write about this obsession. Elon pushed people to stop linking the articles they were talking about. He's started to roll that back, but we were left with a culture of people yelling at screenshots of headlines on monetized accounts
Read @daveweigel.bsky.social on the widespread societal consequences of Elon's link suppression:
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e...
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/how-e...
How Elon Musk’s Changes to X Made Our Discourse Far Stupider
We don’t know the minute when X started throttling links to news,...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Finally got to write about this obsession. Elon pushed people to stop linking the articles they were talking about. He's started to roll that back, but we were left with a culture of people yelling at screenshots of headlines on monetized accounts
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This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
What a thrill to be part of @talkingpointsmemo.com's series about the past 25 years of digital media! I wrote about why private equity goons destroyed Deadspin and why it matters.
There Are No Weird Blogs Anymore Cause It’s More Fruitful to Drive Them Out of Business
I learned many surprising lessons from my 20 months as editor-in-chief of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This is one of the things I hate most about modern capitalism. The idea of making money has been fully peeled away from delivering any kind of goods or services that people would want to pay money for.
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Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Yesterday, when Bovino announced ICE would be returning to Little Village today, some of us donated and fundraised to buy out street vendors in the neighborhood. This morning, volunteers hit the streets at 6:30 am, looking for vendors to buy out. Tamales make an excellent breakfast.
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Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today is the publication day for WITHOUT CONSENT, a book I am so proud to share with the world, and that the New York Times Book Review says "is years — decades — overdue."
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
Read more, and order in your preferred format from your favorite retailer here: www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...
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Hey @bsky.app people!
Dan Blacksberg, your friendly traditional and modern klezmer and/or free jazz/doom metal/noise trombonists here!
Here to try and paint a big enough picture to encompass all my sounds and thoughts about and around music.
www.danblacksberg.com
Is a good starting point!
Dan Blacksberg, your friendly traditional and modern klezmer and/or free jazz/doom metal/noise trombonists here!
Here to try and paint a big enough picture to encompass all my sounds and thoughts about and around music.
www.danblacksberg.com
Is a good starting point!
Dan Blacksberg
www.danblacksberg.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Hey @bsky.app people!
Dan Blacksberg, your friendly traditional and modern klezmer and/or free jazz/doom metal/noise trombonists here!
Here to try and paint a big enough picture to encompass all my sounds and thoughts about and around music.
www.danblacksberg.com
Is a good starting point!
Dan Blacksberg, your friendly traditional and modern klezmer and/or free jazz/doom metal/noise trombonists here!
Here to try and paint a big enough picture to encompass all my sounds and thoughts about and around music.
www.danblacksberg.com
Is a good starting point!
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Super fun show in west Philly coming up this Friday! I’m playing with one of the coolest artists. I haven’t met in person yet, the one and Yotzeret Sheydim!! We’ll be doing a Noise Shabbat, incoming on a stacked bill!
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Super fun show in west Philly coming up this Friday! I’m playing with one of the coolest artists. I haven’t met in person yet, the one and Yotzeret Sheydim!! We’ll be doing a Noise Shabbat, incoming on a stacked bill!
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John Fetterman is out on Twitter/X trying to use @pghguild.com’s win to launder the personal and political reputation he rapidly squandered by outing himself as a genocidal loser who pulled a bait-and-switch on his constituents once his term started
November 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
John Fetterman is out on Twitter/X trying to use @pghguild.com’s win to launder the personal and political reputation he rapidly squandered by outing himself as a genocidal loser who pulled a bait-and-switch on his constituents once his term started
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Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
November 10, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Let my gravestone read "PUNCTUATION GOES INSIDE THE QUOTATION MARKS."
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Thank you to all the brave men and women who served!
Today we honor your service and remember the freedoms you've protected.
Today we honor your service and remember the freedoms you've protected.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Thank you to all the brave men and women who served!
Today we honor your service and remember the freedoms you've protected.
Today we honor your service and remember the freedoms you've protected.
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WBEZ/Sun-Times are crowd-sourcing a map of ICE raids.
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
WBEZ/Sun-Times are crowd-sourcing a map of ICE raids.
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
Put aside what they’re doing and to whom and why.
The fact that the people of an American city, including the mayor and governor, have to guess where Federal agents are operating, is itself insane.
interactive.wbez.org/uploader/en/
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At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded in an explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan, officials said, a day after a similar incident in neighboring India killed at least eight people. Read more: nyti.ms/3WQcgGb
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
At least 12 people were killed and 27 others wounded in an explosion in Islamabad, Pakistan, officials said, a day after a similar incident in neighboring India killed at least eight people. Read more: nyti.ms/3WQcgGb
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Democrats may sacrifice climate program to break Pennsylvania's budget impasse https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11/pennsylvania-rggi-exit-budget-deal-shapiro-democrats-capitol/
Shapiro considers RGGI exit to end PA budget impasse
Pennsylvania’s participation in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a key climate change program, has been tied up in litigation for years.
www.spotlightpa.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Democrats may sacrifice climate program to break Pennsylvania's budget impasse https://www.spotlightpa.org/news/2025/11/pennsylvania-rggi-exit-budget-deal-shapiro-democrats-capitol/