Sam Brunson
@smbrnsn.bsky.social
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Georgia Reithal Professor Law, Loyola University Chicago. Lots of taxes, jazz, cooking, and cats. Author "God and the IRS: Accommodating Religious Practice in United States Tax Law"
Spotted in Humboldt Park.
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Spotted in Humboldt Park.
December in Chicago (as seen from the Maggie Daley skating ribbon).
December 6, 2025 at 5:10 AM
December in Chicago (as seen from the Maggie Daley skating ribbon).
Gotta make sure you’ve stretched out so you don’t pull anything on an emergency Caturday.
December 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Gotta make sure you’ve stretched out so you don’t pull anything on an emergency Caturday.
”ok, if you insist.”
December 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
”ok, if you insist.”
” Get that rectangle out of my face!”
- Rainbow Brite
- Rainbow Brite
December 5, 2025 at 1:54 PM
” Get that rectangle out of my face!”
- Rainbow Brite
- Rainbow Brite
I’m pretty sure this is supposed to be clever and incisive, but I don’t get it. Like, even with UBI and Medicaid for All, presumably you’d want to give a really talented hairdresser a raise, no?
Like, UBI doesn’t broadly replace work. And it doesn’t fund discretionary consumption. 1/
Like, UBI doesn’t broadly replace work. And it doesn’t fund discretionary consumption. 1/
December 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
I’m pretty sure this is supposed to be clever and incisive, but I don’t get it. Like, even with UBI and Medicaid for All, presumably you’d want to give a really talented hairdresser a raise, no?
Like, UBI doesn’t broadly replace work. And it doesn’t fund discretionary consumption. 1/
Like, UBI doesn’t broadly replace work. And it doesn’t fund discretionary consumption. 1/
Having received like two of these a day for the last couple weeks, you’d think either Verizon or Apple could weed out texts that mention “Allisnce Advisors.”
But apparently that’s too hard, so I’m just going to have to delete another text from tragically-named Kahterine.
But apparently that’s too hard, so I’m just going to have to delete another text from tragically-named Kahterine.
December 4, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Having received like two of these a day for the last couple weeks, you’d think either Verizon or Apple could weed out texts that mention “Allisnce Advisors.”
But apparently that’s too hard, so I’m just going to have to delete another text from tragically-named Kahterine.
But apparently that’s too hard, so I’m just going to have to delete another text from tragically-named Kahterine.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “xenophobic” is, in fact, both an accurate and a good way to describe Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rant and, frankly, the philosophy that underlies literally everything he does.
December 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but “xenophobic” is, in fact, both an accurate and a good way to describe Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rant and, frankly, the philosophy that underlies literally everything he does.
I say this as someone who thinks on net UBI is a good thing: this kind of assertion is, at best, unhelpful. I think some form of UBI (I like a demogrant personally) is good. But it’s not costless and honestly, nobody afaik has done actual universal BI. 1/
December 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I say this as someone who thinks on net UBI is a good thing: this kind of assertion is, at best, unhelpful. I think some form of UBI (I like a demogrant personally) is good. But it’s not costless and honestly, nobody afaik has done actual universal BI. 1/
So this is not entirely reflective of my 2025 listening because I also spent a lot of time on Apple Music. But it's also the most eclectic I've been.
December 3, 2025 at 1:34 PM
So this is not entirely reflective of my 2025 listening because I also spent a lot of time on Apple Music. But it's also the most eclectic I've been.
Strangely enough, me too!
Though I find it distressing that listening for under 11 hours puts me in the top 0.8%.
Though I find it distressing that listening for under 11 hours puts me in the top 0.8%.
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Strangely enough, me too!
Though I find it distressing that listening for under 11 hours puts me in the top 0.8%.
Though I find it distressing that listening for under 11 hours puts me in the top 0.8%.
Not close to my area of expertise, but I suspect it's because the Real ID Act doesn't require states to do anything. It just doesn't allow federal agencies to accept non-compliant IDs. So Wyoming can issue whatever type of ID it wants, but if it doesn't meet the Real ID Act requirements, 1/
December 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Not close to my area of expertise, but I suspect it's because the Real ID Act doesn't require states to do anything. It just doesn't allow federal agencies to accept non-compliant IDs. So Wyoming can issue whatever type of ID it wants, but if it doesn't meet the Real ID Act requirements, 1/