u/schmooveB

A friend of mine is seeking an attorney who has successful track record in bringing a civil rights/ EEO claim against a federal agency. (ADA falls under civil rights/ EEO.) My friend received management approval for critically necessary medical treatment, but nevertheless was suspended and threatened with termination for violating FEMA travel policy. My friend resigned rather than be terminated, which I wish they had not done, as being illegally terminated would have made for a stronger case. My friend was a high-performing member of the team and really needs a financial win here. Has anyone who has run afoul of this administration had luck fighting back with an attorney or firm? I know the courts are horribly backed up....

My daughter's external usb HDD (UnionSine 2510HD) lost the connector from the drive so it's no longer possible to patch it in to a PC. From what I have read, the SATA HDD inside should likely still be fine. I want to remove the drive from the enclosure, put it in my desktop PC, image it with HDD superclone using the process detailed here https://www.reddit.com/r/datarecoverysoftware/wiki/hddsuperclone_guide/

...then retrieve the data. I have high confidence I can do this, esp. since I don't think the drive itself is damaged. But she's concerned since although I am an IT professional (retired), I do not specialize in data recovery. What do you think? Have I got this? Any tips or caveats? Or should I hand it over to a service? I have the bootable usb stick ready to launch superclone, just need her ok to carefully open the drive case and extract the drive.....

I was at Home Depot with my wife and a guy approached me and said Brick St (in apparent affiliation with HD) is offering $25 HVAC system checkups. This seems great but I'm presuming it comes with a lot of hard sell re. additional services. Has anyone taken them up on this? What happened on the service call? Anyone have experience with Brick St Construction/HVAC? Their reviews seem pretty extreme in both directions.