Nick
@nicholas-maggio.bsky.social
Public interest attorney, citizen, golfer, and bokononist.
To round out my Orwell trilogy, currently reading:
January 31, 2025 at 4:32 PM
To round out my Orwell trilogy, currently reading:
Finished today. This is essential reading. Orwell’s depiction of working class struggle in England—and his prognosis of the socialist project—is almost prescient when read in modern times.
January 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Finished today. This is essential reading. Orwell’s depiction of working class struggle in England—and his prognosis of the socialist project—is almost prescient when read in modern times.
Orwell’s description of the housing problem at the time seems almost prescient as someone reading this in 2025.
January 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Orwell’s description of the housing problem at the time seems almost prescient as someone reading this in 2025.
It’s cold in Westchester, and we got our first proper snow since moving in. Rosie wanted to play all the same.
December 21, 2024 at 12:38 PM
It’s cold in Westchester, and we got our first proper snow since moving in. Rosie wanted to play all the same.
So how long before the IMF and World Bank start pumping loans and aid into Syria on the condition that they privatize large sectors of their economy, which then either get bought up by US financial titans or local oligarchs?
December 11, 2024 at 11:45 AM
So how long before the IMF and World Bank start pumping loans and aid into Syria on the condition that they privatize large sectors of their economy, which then either get bought up by US financial titans or local oligarchs?
Reading this book while hearing the news of regime change in Syria certainly makes one wonder what economic opportunities different actors see in the region. Spoiler, doesn’t really bode well for its populous and democratic rule more generally.
December 9, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Reading this book while hearing the news of regime change in Syria certainly makes one wonder what economic opportunities different actors see in the region. Spoiler, doesn’t really bode well for its populous and democratic rule more generally.
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Take a minute to consider what's happening and whether or not Biden should pardon his son.
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To Pardon Or Not To Pardon, That Is The Question
YouTube video by State Of The Disunion
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December 4, 2024 at 11:54 PM
Take a minute to consider what's happening and whether or not Biden should pardon his son.
youtu.be/pURbmfIDbjM
This is fine. Trump isn’t just pardoning convicted felons, he’s appointing them to his cabinet. Hunter’s case was always the true political persecution.
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President Biden Pardons Son Hunter After Vowing Not To — The Wall Street Journal
Hunter Biden was convicted earlier this year on federal gun and tax charges
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December 2, 2024 at 1:00 AM
This is fine. Trump isn’t just pardoning convicted felons, he’s appointing them to his cabinet. Hunter’s case was always the true political persecution.
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Just started listening to this fairly new podcast about covert operations. It’s hard to listen to this episode and not believe that America is—and has been—the target of a foreign operation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Operation Ajax: The CIA’s Secret War in Iran
Podcast Episode · REDACTED: Declassified Mysteries with Luke Lamana · 11/12/2024 · 45m
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November 22, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Just started listening to this fairly new podcast about covert operations. It’s hard to listen to this episode and not believe that America is—and has been—the target of a foreign operation: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
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Since we’re talking about not obeying in advance, here are some other worthy lessons in Snyder’s book:
November 21, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Since we’re talking about not obeying in advance, here are some other worthy lessons in Snyder’s book:
Corporations buying up single family homes—only to turn around and rent them or keep them off the market—are some of the most culpable parties here. Folks in office should be shouting from the mountaintops to ban such practices, impose vacancy taxes, and ease zoning laws.
Building many more homes is critical to reduce the cost of living in CA & other blue states.
Our failure to build homes is also the key driver of the demographic shift that’ll cost us dearly in the next census: Loss of House seats & electoral college votes.
We must end the housing obstructionism.
Our failure to build homes is also the key driver of the demographic shift that’ll cost us dearly in the next census: Loss of House seats & electoral college votes.
We must end the housing obstructionism.
November 18, 2024 at 3:30 PM
Corporations buying up single family homes—only to turn around and rent them or keep them off the market—are some of the most culpable parties here. Folks in office should be shouting from the mountaintops to ban such practices, impose vacancy taxes, and ease zoning laws.
@hcrichardson.bsky.social wrote a piece today on Trump’s plan to eliminate the DOE, and I encouraged you to read it here: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
November 16, 2024
One of President-elect Trump’s campaign pledges was to eliminate the Department of Education.
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November 17, 2024 at 9:43 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social wrote a piece today on Trump’s plan to eliminate the DOE, and I encouraged you to read it here: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/november-1...
Happy to see that @bfbuschi.bsky.social is here. Please give him a follow if you haven’t already.
November 17, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Happy to see that @bfbuschi.bsky.social is here. Please give him a follow if you haven’t already.
It’s deeply ironic that we’ve chosen an economic system that values consumption and scarcity in a world with finite resources.
November 17, 2024 at 9:15 PM
It’s deeply ironic that we’ve chosen an economic system that values consumption and scarcity in a world with finite resources.
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I've been on Twitter for a long time. I hope I can find those I followed there and that they can find me here.
I just posted a video with Nick Maggio on YouTube. Here's a link to it.
youtu.be/VRLgIgLnlH4
I just posted a video with Nick Maggio on YouTube. Here's a link to it.
youtu.be/VRLgIgLnlH4
The Beginning Of The End
YouTube video by Brendan Buschi
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November 17, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I've been on Twitter for a long time. I hope I can find those I followed there and that they can find me here.
I just posted a video with Nick Maggio on YouTube. Here's a link to it.
youtu.be/VRLgIgLnlH4
I just posted a video with Nick Maggio on YouTube. Here's a link to it.
youtu.be/VRLgIgLnlH4
Brendan Buschi and I react to the 2024 election, discuss how are systems are broken, and what’s next. youtu.be/VRLgIgLnlH4
The Beginning Of The End
YouTube video by Brendan Buschi
youtu.be
November 16, 2024 at 7:51 PM
Brendan Buschi and I react to the 2024 election, discuss how are systems are broken, and what’s next. youtu.be/VRLgIgLnlH4
Just finished. Kicking myself for not having watched it earlier, though not sure I would’ve appreciated it the same. Some things are timeless. #moviesky
November 14, 2024 at 2:33 AM
Just finished. Kicking myself for not having watched it earlier, though not sure I would’ve appreciated it the same. Some things are timeless. #moviesky
@hankgreen.bsky.social hey Hank, there seems to be an account lurking in your replies holding themselves out to be part of your management team. They have almost 200 replies with the same cookie-cutter message soliciting DMs. Folks seems to be engaging. Thought you should know.
November 14, 2024 at 2:24 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social hey Hank, there seems to be an account lurking in your replies holding themselves out to be part of your management team. They have almost 200 replies with the same cookie-cutter message soliciting DMs. Folks seems to be engaging. Thought you should know.
I’m a public interest attorney that follows and comments on politics, civil rights, and history. Give a like, follow, and share so we can connect!
November 14, 2024 at 12:21 AM
I’m a public interest attorney that follows and comments on politics, civil rights, and history. Give a like, follow, and share so we can connect!
Any sports fans remember when Marshawn Lynch laughed in Pete Carroll’s face after he called a pass play in the Super Bowl on the 1 yard line? That’s the kind on energy I’m bringing to folks that voted for Trump.
November 14, 2024 at 12:19 AM
Any sports fans remember when Marshawn Lynch laughed in Pete Carroll’s face after he called a pass play in the Super Bowl on the 1 yard line? That’s the kind on energy I’m bringing to folks that voted for Trump.
Next up on my research list: recess appointments. Would anyone be interested in reading a piece about them?
November 13, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Next up on my research list: recess appointments. Would anyone be interested in reading a piece about them?