OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge whose public online writings have served as a lightning rod for controversy says he’s shutting down his blog.

Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf announced Thursday on his blog, “Hercules and the Umpire,” that he would no longer write for it.

Kopf has posted everything from videos of his grandkids to opinions on various court cases, telling Congress to “go to hell” in 2013 for allowing a brief federal government shutdown. His post last year suggesting that young women attorneys need to dress more conservatively in court drew a firestorm of criticism.

On Thursday, Kopf said he decided to stop publishing after learning that a majority of court employees at a retreat had indicated that the blog had become an embarrassment to the court.