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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No, sorry, I mean, fucking Christ, how many nurses is that we could have kept in ANZ? How many radiologists/radiographers is it? Enough to clear the eight-month wait list for a basic CT?
As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
No, sorry, I mean, fucking Christ, how many nurses is that we could have kept in ANZ? How many radiologists/radiographers is it? Enough to clear the eight-month wait list for a basic CT?
My favorite (sorry—favourite) #NewZealand bike shop, Bicycle Junction in Wellington, will be closed on Friday for #SlackFriday. I salute them!
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
#slackfriday
In recent years, we’ve seen the celebration of consumerism grow in the form of Black Friday. It has only crept into popular culture here in New Zealand over the past several years. In the US, Black Fr...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My favorite (sorry—favourite) #NewZealand bike shop, Bicycle Junction in Wellington, will be closed on Friday for #SlackFriday. I salute them!
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
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As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
November 26, 2025 at 6:03 PM
As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.
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"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
No, Trader Joe! What you are offering there is not “#NewZealand Cheddar.” It is New Zealand Tasty Cheese. Speak its name! Respect the provenance!
November 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
No, Trader Joe! What you are offering there is not “#NewZealand Cheddar.” It is New Zealand Tasty Cheese. Speak its name! Respect the provenance!
No, Trader Joe! What you are offering there is not “#NewZealand Cheddar.” It is New Zealand Tasty Cheese. Speak its name! Respect the provenance!
November 26, 2025 at 2:06 AM
No, Trader Joe! What you are offering there is not “#NewZealand Cheddar.” It is New Zealand Tasty Cheese. Speak its name! Respect the provenance!
A wee tale of multiculturalism & fruit.
I'm of Irish-Italian-Polish heritage, a common combo in my native #Boston. My #Italian family are from Calabria, specifically part of Cosenza's Tyrrhenian coast known to the locals as the Costa dei Cedri & to tourist agencies as the Riviera dei Cedri. 1/7
I'm of Irish-Italian-Polish heritage, a common combo in my native #Boston. My #Italian family are from Calabria, specifically part of Cosenza's Tyrrhenian coast known to the locals as the Costa dei Cedri & to tourist agencies as the Riviera dei Cedri. 1/7
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
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A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
A reminder that cars aren’t a technology problem. They’re a geometry problem.
The Republican Party in charge of the US govt is targeting propaganda to countries it perceives as suceptible to its export of white supremacism & loves to hit up Aotearoa #NewZealand, which it wrongly sees as a monoculture that'll reject "people of a migration background." Careful, Kiwis. Kia kaha!
Jaysus
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The Republican Party in charge of the US govt is targeting propaganda to countries it perceives as suceptible to its export of white supremacism & loves to hit up Aotearoa #NewZealand, which it wrongly sees as a monoculture that'll reject "people of a migration background." Careful, Kiwis. Kia kaha!
The new owners of #SanFrancisco's Dirt Alley didn't read the fine print, payed more than twice what anyone else did for an equivalent strip of unusable land, & can't do backsies b/c their District 4 has disenfranchised itself in a fit of pique, an effort they supported
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November 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
The new owners of #SanFrancisco's Dirt Alley didn't read the fine print, payed more than twice what anyone else did for an equivalent strip of unusable land, & can't do backsies b/c their District 4 has disenfranchised itself in a fit of pique, an effort they supported
sfstandard.com/2025/11/21/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/11/21/s...
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Appealing the dismissal instead of re-indicting is a way to kick the can down the road and avoid a lot of short-term humiliation over the other flaws in the case.
Leavitt: “We believe the attorney in this case, Lindsey Halligan, is not only extremely qualified…but she was in fact legally appointed. And I know the DOJ will be appealing this in very short order.”
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Appealing the dismissal instead of re-indicting is a way to kick the can down the road and avoid a lot of short-term humiliation over the other flaws in the case.
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I know I've posted this before, but:
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I know I've posted this before, but:
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
The core backstory of Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story is that a misguided war in Venezuela in the final failure that completely shatters the US, to the point that it gets sold for parts to the Chinese and Norwegians.
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Just stopped by the Fordham Lincoln Center bookstore for the first time in a while, and it’s been wholly remodeled—to have zero books, just gear.
Clearly a casualty of Amazon.
But. Man.
I LOVED to wander the bookstore as an undergrad, see all the cool stuff OTHER courses were reading.
Clearly a casualty of Amazon.
But. Man.
I LOVED to wander the bookstore as an undergrad, see all the cool stuff OTHER courses were reading.
November 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Just stopped by the Fordham Lincoln Center bookstore for the first time in a while, and it’s been wholly remodeled—to have zero books, just gear.
Clearly a casualty of Amazon.
But. Man.
I LOVED to wander the bookstore as an undergrad, see all the cool stuff OTHER courses were reading.
Clearly a casualty of Amazon.
But. Man.
I LOVED to wander the bookstore as an undergrad, see all the cool stuff OTHER courses were reading.
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Met some heroes today
November 24, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Met some heroes today
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Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Home Depot could implement a policy requiring ICE to present a judicial warrant before operating on its property. Businesses are fully within their rights to decide who is allowed on their premises.
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Mike Hosking is wrong about the results of the UK Covid Inquiry this morning. The inquiry found an earlier lockdown could have saved 23k lives. It did find that "stringent restrictions short of a mandatory lockdown" if imposed earlier could have avoided a lockdown – which is diff from "unnecessary".
November 23, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Mike Hosking is wrong about the results of the UK Covid Inquiry this morning. The inquiry found an earlier lockdown could have saved 23k lives. It did find that "stringent restrictions short of a mandatory lockdown" if imposed earlier could have avoided a lockdown – which is diff from "unnecessary".
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Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
November 22, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Your Thanksgiving gravy tastes better when you use union mushrooms. Let's give a huge thanks to workers like "Adan" who harvest mushrooms for Monterey Mushrooms under a UFW contract. On an average day, he picks 240-280 of the blue baskets you see in this vid. #WeFeedYou
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So Bezos is in them too then?
The Washington Post editorial board decided the Epstein files have “no public interest” before even seeing them. That’s a stunning position for any newsroom to take. Praising Clay Higgins as the lone ‘no’ vote, too? No wonder no one trusts legacy media. Absolutely disgusting.
November 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
So Bezos is in them too then?
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Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
https://to.pbs.org/48bW5Z7
https://to.pbs.org/48bW5Z7
Bolsonaro arrested over alleged plot to escape and avoid 27-year prison term in Brazil
Brazil's federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
www.pbs.org
November 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Brazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
https://to.pbs.org/48bW5Z7
https://to.pbs.org/48bW5Z7
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The Supreme Court on Friday evening temporarily allowed Texas to use its newly redrawn, Republican-friendly congressional voting map for the 2026 midterm elections, while the Court considers whether to permanently allow the map. apnews.com/article/supr...
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas’ 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminates on the basis of race.
apnews.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The Supreme Court on Friday evening temporarily allowed Texas to use its newly redrawn, Republican-friendly congressional voting map for the 2026 midterm elections, while the Court considers whether to permanently allow the map. apnews.com/article/supr...
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AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
November 22, 2025 at 5:57 PM
AOC has said this about Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring:
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
"She's carefully timing her departure just 1-2 days after her pension kicks in and after making millions of dollars insider trading stocks for weapons manufacturers and others while in office. "
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over fifty years since the oval office has seen such a historic meeting of a canny political operator and a washed-up entertainer
November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
over fifty years since the oval office has seen such a historic meeting of a canny political operator and a washed-up entertainer
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The public library in my native city of Chicago has made @tealcartoons.bsky.social and me very proud by naming our kids' book the "Best of the Best of 2025!"
DEAD ENDS explores medicine's biggest flops, and shows how failure is essential to scientific progress.
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DEAD ENDS explores medicine's biggest flops, and shows how failure is essential to scientific progress.
shorturl.at/dSztE
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The public library in my native city of Chicago has made @tealcartoons.bsky.social and me very proud by naming our kids' book the "Best of the Best of 2025!"
DEAD ENDS explores medicine's biggest flops, and shows how failure is essential to scientific progress.
shorturl.at/dSztE
DEAD ENDS explores medicine's biggest flops, and shows how failure is essential to scientific progress.
shorturl.at/dSztE
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