Rick
@kindtrader.bsky.social
I don't have faith, I have standards: corroborated evidence. It's really not too much to ask.
Time>money.
Accountability Crusader
Proud founder Praxis Foundry 001
https://tinyurl.com/PraxisFoundry001
Be kind to yourself.
Time>money.
Accountability Crusader
Proud founder Praxis Foundry 001
https://tinyurl.com/PraxisFoundry001
Be kind to yourself.
Word. Never should have gotten that far to begin with. But: Word.
Great news to start this week!!
The U.S. Supreme Court will NOT take up a case that could have potentially overturned the same sex marriage ruling. ❤️🎉🏳️🌈
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
The U.S. Supreme Court will NOT take up a case that could have potentially overturned the same sex marriage ruling. ❤️🎉🏳️🌈
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Supreme Court Denies Request to Revisit Same-Sex Marriage Decision
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Word. Never should have gotten that far to begin with. But: Word.
The State never had the power to define who a person is.
Trans people already are — and we build policy from that truth.
For anyone seeking concrete protections grounded in care, not conflict:
Trans people already are — and we build policy from that truth.
For anyone seeking concrete protections grounded in care, not conflict:
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
The State never had the power to define who a person is.
Trans people already are — and we build policy from that truth.
For anyone seeking concrete protections grounded in care, not conflict:
Trans people already are — and we build policy from that truth.
For anyone seeking concrete protections grounded in care, not conflict:
No one should die in state custody. When the state holds a person, it assumes full responsibility for their safety and care. If that care collapses, the state is not neutral — it is inflicting harm.
We don’t have to wait for Congress to fix this. Michigan can act.
We don’t have to wait for Congress to fix this. Michigan can act.
In the first 9 months of the Trump presidency, at least 22 people have died while in ICE custody. In the spirit of the Day of the Dead, many gathered outside the Grand Rapids ICE field office on Saturday to honor the lives lost.
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 AM
No one should die in state custody. When the state holds a person, it assumes full responsibility for their safety and care. If that care collapses, the state is not neutral — it is inflicting harm.
We don’t have to wait for Congress to fix this. Michigan can act.
We don’t have to wait for Congress to fix this. Michigan can act.
The right to seek asylum begins with recognition:
a person stands before the law as themselves.
When we forget that, we don’t lose policy.
We lose the Republic.
Full public amicus (for civic education & reference):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
a person stands before the law as themselves.
When we forget that, we don’t lose policy.
We lose the Republic.
Full public amicus (for civic education & reference):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The right to seek asylum begins with recognition:
a person stands before the law as themselves.
When we forget that, we don’t lose policy.
We lose the Republic.
Full public amicus (for civic education & reference):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
a person stands before the law as themselves.
When we forget that, we don’t lose policy.
We lose the Republic.
Full public amicus (for civic education & reference):
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This isn’t about culture. It’s about recognition.
When a passport forces a person to carry an identity that isn’t theirs, the state creates a constitutional harm — not an inconvenience.
When a passport forces a person to carry an identity that isn’t theirs, the state creates a constitutional harm — not an inconvenience.
President Trump's anti-trans passport policy is about the government trying to police who we are and how we live.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Having accurate identification is essential for trans people to live and travel without fear of harassment or discrimination.
Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Gender Passport Ruling Isn’t About ID (Gift Article)
And it defeats the basic purpose of the document.
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This isn’t about culture. It’s about recognition.
When a passport forces a person to carry an identity that isn’t theirs, the state creates a constitutional harm — not an inconvenience.
When a passport forces a person to carry an identity that isn’t theirs, the state creates a constitutional harm — not an inconvenience.
When a hospital provides puberty-blockers to cis kids for precocious puberty but denies the same medicine to trans kids, that isn’t a debate — that’s discrimination.
Trans youth are real members of our communities. They deserve the same medically-validated care and the same dignity.
Trans youth are real members of our communities. They deserve the same medically-validated care and the same dignity.
In Michigan, where state civil rights protections extend to transgender people, U-M and Corewell’s decisions to stop providing gender-affirming care to trans minors appears to be “clearly discriminatory,” according to ACLU-MI staff attorney Jay Kaplan.
bridgemi.com/michigan-he...
bridgemi.com/michigan-he...
Out of reach: Where do Michigan’s trans youth go for care now? - Bridge Michigan
The University of Michigan and Corewell Health dropped gender-affirming care for their young transgender patients earlier this year. The decision has left families facing a new medical and political reality.
bridgemi.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:58 PM
When a hospital provides puberty-blockers to cis kids for precocious puberty but denies the same medicine to trans kids, that isn’t a debate — that’s discrimination.
Trans youth are real members of our communities. They deserve the same medically-validated care and the same dignity.
Trans youth are real members of our communities. They deserve the same medically-validated care and the same dignity.
When protections are lifted while conditions remain life-threatening, it isn’t “policy change” — it’s the government misrecognizing members of its own civic body.
Tonight, over 240,000 Venezuelans will lose Temporary Protected Status.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
The Trump administration is dismantling our core humanitarian protections, leaving hundreds of thousands at risk of detention, deportation, and harm.
Congress must protect TPS holders and pass a pathway to citizenship now.
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When protections are lifted while conditions remain life-threatening, it isn’t “policy change” — it’s the government misrecognizing members of its own civic body.
A structural point is relevant here:
Custodial authority and supervisory responsibility must remain traceable in order to maintain constitutional legitimacy in the exercise of federal power.
Custodial authority and supervisory responsibility must remain traceable in order to maintain constitutional legitimacy in the exercise of federal power.
After arresting a U.S. citizen in a Home Depot parking lot, armed immigration agents drove off with his one-year-old daughter.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
The Trump administration's mass deportation machine puts every one of us in danger.
Armed US immigration agents drive off with toddler after arrest of father
‘Devastated’ family demands answers after one-year-old driven by armed agents from LA Home Depot parking lot
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:35 AM
A structural point is relevant here:
Custodial authority and supervisory responsibility must remain traceable in order to maintain constitutional legitimacy in the exercise of federal power.
Custodial authority and supervisory responsibility must remain traceable in order to maintain constitutional legitimacy in the exercise of federal power.
Impunity ends with audits, not slogans. Weekly facility data, 72-hr incident posting, and funding tied to outcomes—plus ATDs that work. Congress can pass it. Draft text (copy-ready) → docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 8, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Impunity ends with audits, not slogans. Weekly facility data, 72-hr incident posting, and funding tied to outcomes—plus ATDs that work. Congress can pass it. Draft text (copy-ready) → docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Word.
November 7, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Word.
Ya, the prof really helped me with this one a while ago. Sit and think about infinity for a bit. In heaven and singing for your god? Good. Get comfy. It's gonna be...forever. the same thing. Every moment. For the rest of your existence.
I'll take the rest when my time comes.
I'll take the rest when my time comes.
"Waah, I don't want to not exist! Tell me a comfy story about existing forever in happiness! Oh, but tell it to where all the people I don't like don't get to come!"
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Ya, the prof really helped me with this one a while ago. Sit and think about infinity for a bit. In heaven and singing for your god? Good. Get comfy. It's gonna be...forever. the same thing. Every moment. For the rest of your existence.
I'll take the rest when my time comes.
I'll take the rest when my time comes.
Those Who Knock | Horror Short Film | Psychological Thriller 2024
YouTube video by The None-Others
youtu.be
November 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Yeah, it's not getting any prettier. So, I have some laundry to do, some museums to visit, life to live, and agency to spread. Alerts set for if/when any of my holdings start to break highs again. Until then, no buys and no sells.
Be kind to yourself today.
Be kind to yourself today.
Ass handed to me yesterday. Oofta. Fortunately, no margin and I still have 10 months salary set aside in the stack. Sustainable.
$NVDA, $QBTS, $RGTI, $APLD. Alt text available on request for all charts.
#Trading plans below.
$NVDA, $QBTS, $RGTI, $APLD. Alt text available on request for all charts.
#Trading plans below.
November 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Yeah, it's not getting any prettier. So, I have some laundry to do, some museums to visit, life to live, and agency to spread. Alerts set for if/when any of my holdings start to break highs again. Until then, no buys and no sells.
Be kind to yourself today.
Be kind to yourself today.
🫁 Constitutional Physiology is live.
9 papers. 1 framework.
Law isn’t a machine.
It’s a body.
• Reflex
• Proportionality
• Cognition
• Renewal
1/2
9 papers. 1 framework.
Law isn’t a machine.
It’s a body.
• Reflex
• Proportionality
• Cognition
• Renewal
1/2
November 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
🫁 Constitutional Physiology is live.
9 papers. 1 framework.
Law isn’t a machine.
It’s a body.
• Reflex
• Proportionality
• Cognition
• Renewal
1/2
9 papers. 1 framework.
Law isn’t a machine.
It’s a body.
• Reflex
• Proportionality
• Cognition
• Renewal
1/2
Now that you mention it...anyone else on board?
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Now that you mention it...anyone else on board?
HA!
Needed a laugh today.
Needed a laugh today.
November 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
HA!
Needed a laugh today.
Needed a laugh today.
Brown shirts. Krist almighty.
Evanston mayor @danielbiss.bsky.social is launching investigations into reports of immigration agents brutalizing community members.
“They appear to have just started beating people up for no reason.”
“They appear to have just started beating people up for no reason.”
November 7, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Brown shirts. Krist almighty.
November 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We should be clear about something.
Sensory regulation is not a behavior to be corrected.
Stimming, pacing, rocking, scripting — these are how many of us stay connected to ourselves/world.
Sensory regulation is not a behavior to be corrected.
Stimming, pacing, rocking, scripting — these are how many of us stay connected to ourselves/world.
"A lot of autism therapies try and make autistic people look and act 'normal.' These therapies don’t make our sensory differences go away. But they make us feel like we need to hide them." Reid Caplan, at TPGA:
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/10/what... #autism #sensory #autistic #neurodiversity
thinkingautismguide.com/2019/10/what... #autism #sensory #autistic #neurodiversity
What Is Sensory Processing Like For Autistic People?
Autistic people process our senses differently, and that’s okay! People should try and understand that, instead of trying to change us.
thinkingautismguide.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We should be clear about something.
Sensory regulation is not a behavior to be corrected.
Stimming, pacing, rocking, scripting — these are how many of us stay connected to ourselves/world.
Sensory regulation is not a behavior to be corrected.
Stimming, pacing, rocking, scripting — these are how many of us stay connected to ourselves/world.
The math is nuts. 66k per deportee. Up from around 20k last year. AND, it's just immoral. Here's an idea for a fix. Sure would be nice if people with more legitimacy than me agreed.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 6, 2025 at 12:53 AM
The math is nuts. 66k per deportee. Up from around 20k last year. AND, it's just immoral. Here's an idea for a fix. Sure would be nice if people with more legitimacy than me agreed.
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Ass handed to me yesterday. Oofta. Fortunately, no margin and I still have 10 months salary set aside in the stack. Sustainable.
$NVDA, $QBTS, $RGTI, $APLD. Alt text available on request for all charts.
#Trading plans below.
$NVDA, $QBTS, $RGTI, $APLD. Alt text available on request for all charts.
#Trading plans below.
November 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Ass handed to me yesterday. Oofta. Fortunately, no margin and I still have 10 months salary set aside in the stack. Sustainable.
$NVDA, $QBTS, $RGTI, $APLD. Alt text available on request for all charts.
#Trading plans below.
$NVDA, $QBTS, $RGTI, $APLD. Alt text available on request for all charts.
#Trading plans below.
$BTCUSD doesn't look great. but it looks pretty good even now against the S&P (represented by SPY here) over the long term. Not worried at all really.
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
$BTCUSD doesn't look great. but it looks pretty good even now against the S&P (represented by SPY here) over the long term. Not worried at all really.
#trading plan for $META:
No idea where the bottom is going to be. I hereby give myself permission to never put myself in this position again. I didn't like the story. But bought just cuz. Full alignment next time. I'll trade my way back to even at some point. But that's time and money wasted.
No idea where the bottom is going to be. I hereby give myself permission to never put myself in this position again. I didn't like the story. But bought just cuz. Full alignment next time. I'll trade my way back to even at some point. But that's time and money wasted.
November 4, 2025 at 3:10 AM
#trading plan for $META:
No idea where the bottom is going to be. I hereby give myself permission to never put myself in this position again. I didn't like the story. But bought just cuz. Full alignment next time. I'll trade my way back to even at some point. But that's time and money wasted.
No idea where the bottom is going to be. I hereby give myself permission to never put myself in this position again. I didn't like the story. But bought just cuz. Full alignment next time. I'll trade my way back to even at some point. But that's time and money wasted.
Respect as the starting frequency – Treat people how they want to be treated; listen through the static.
Alignment as compass – Act where curiosity and feeling meet.
Pain as data – If it causes suffering, pause and re-align.
Process over output – Integrity is built in the method, not the result.
Alignment as compass – Act where curiosity and feeling meet.
Pain as data – If it causes suffering, pause and re-align.
Process over output – Integrity is built in the method, not the result.
Cringe is a constant - the raw material of a rich life. Reject the demand for a flawless performance and reframe your next stumble as a beautiful lesson in being human.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Respect as the starting frequency – Treat people how they want to be treated; listen through the static.
Alignment as compass – Act where curiosity and feeling meet.
Pain as data – If it causes suffering, pause and re-align.
Process over output – Integrity is built in the method, not the result.
Alignment as compass – Act where curiosity and feeling meet.
Pain as data – If it causes suffering, pause and re-align.
Process over output – Integrity is built in the method, not the result.
Michigan has a chance to lead on dignity — not by waiting for Washington, but by codifying care right here.
Michigan Dignity Act (MDA) mirrors the federal framework: open data on custody conditions, independent inspection, and outcomes-based funding tied to real compliance, not incarceration quotas.
Michigan Dignity Act (MDA) mirrors the federal framework: open data on custody conditions, independent inspection, and outcomes-based funding tied to real compliance, not incarceration quotas.
Despite this, ICE is still illegally holding countless dads and moms behind bars without due process.
“Well, if ICE isn’t stopping, we’re not stopping either." Miriam Aukerman, Senior Staff Attorney, who led the team that won the release of Jose and seven other noncitizens.
“Well, if ICE isn’t stopping, we’re not stopping either." Miriam Aukerman, Senior Staff Attorney, who led the team that won the release of Jose and seven other noncitizens.
November 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Michigan has a chance to lead on dignity — not by waiting for Washington, but by codifying care right here.
Michigan Dignity Act (MDA) mirrors the federal framework: open data on custody conditions, independent inspection, and outcomes-based funding tied to real compliance, not incarceration quotas.
Michigan Dignity Act (MDA) mirrors the federal framework: open data on custody conditions, independent inspection, and outcomes-based funding tied to real compliance, not incarceration quotas.