Some "what we know so far" articles about Epstein emails, starting with the BBC...

I loved this book so much!

I honestly think it’s a power thing. They’re sooo busy they can’t possibly be bothered with capital letters or punctuation or proper spelling.

Hey remember how a bunch of people made their OpenAI convos public (perhaps without realizing it)? Here's WaPo's look at them: www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Hey, what do you know, he did deserve to be canceled. (He was not in fact canceled)

My ACA current plan is going from $385/mo to $821/mo.

The RECAP Archive now has basic metadata about every federal district and bankruptcy case in PACER, and will gather every new case within about five minutes. Search it all here: www.courtlistener.com/recap/

An impressive list, girls, but I know we can do better

I covered dockets (amongst other topics) in my Advanced Legal Research class today, and it's soooo hard not to nerd out. I think I scared them when I said some law schools offer a semester-long class on PACER!

Today in weird texts you send when you have a kid: "yay our big shipment of pants is coming today"

This is huge and will continue to fuel amazing innovation in the legal research space

Did everyone know about this PACER demo site but me? (Said after I vibe coded a solution very similar to this, because I wanted students to see how painful it is) pacer.uscourts.gov/help/pacer/p...

One side *wants* no government. That’s why they’re fine keeping it shut down forever—or maaaaaybe reopening it if Democrats agree to weaken it enough that it’s barely a government. How can we possibly negotiate in this situation?

Just asked ChatGPT about whether there are any current movements to shelter and hide undocumented people, and it lectured me for trying to break the law. In case you were wondering if technological systems have a point of view.

I have never seen this much sports in my feed. I do not cultivate a sports feed. I’m so confused and disoriented.

Spotted this ad recently in my city. Would the response be legal advice?

What a beautiful piece, definitely planning to assign this to students.

This needs to be blasted far and wide, particularly to all the GOP voters who support public education.

This is madness. Today we had to send a message to our 1L students telling them it’s not a great idea to use the first drafts of their first legal writing assignments because the new OCI timeline is so early they are wondering if they should. #LegalWriting

Entering my middle aged pain in the ass era. Just submitted a few 311 issues (a blocked pedestrian crossing sign, not good!) and headed to a school board meeting tonight.

A reminder: dietary supplements are super unregulated, which is how protein powders can apparently get away with having pretty large levels of lead(?!).

Very bad: OSU unilaterally cancelled the registration of grad students attending the joint conference of the National Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists. And OSU won't fund recruiting at the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science.

Sora is a cesspool, meanwhile this is what my child chose to do with this power.

And that’s why we held tonight’s webinar: To educate members on their rights & responsibilities, and to provide resources people need to stay safe online. Thank you to our speakers. You can find more information from the discussion here. @ShareMyLesson.bsky.social sharemylesson.com/webinars/fre...

Saving this thread to savor and enjoy with my coffee in the morning.

Idly wondering if ProQuest is working on AI summaries/analysis for Legislative Insight. I feel like I'm living in the Stone Ages, relying on Ctrl-F to page through 1000+ page documents.

Is there a good example of moderated tags other than AO3? It’s the best example I know, but there are too many giggles when I talk about it! (Also I feel like some of the best moderation is around ship pairs, and there would *really* be too many giggles there).

Fascinating how so many of the professions being targeted right now (libraries, teachers, social services, even the particularly targeted pockets of higher ed like DEI and humanities) are highly feminized. Nah, I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.

Every few months now I re-read this "Who Goes Nazi?" piece from 1941 and am blown away by how it captures the people we are dealing with 80 years later. harpers.org/archive/1941...

No one uses cataract that way, come on. #nytconnections

It's painfully ironic that the amount of clerical bullshit you have to go through to get ADHD meds is the exact kind of clerical bullshit that most ADHD folk struggle with. It's equivalent to, 'Ouch, broken leg? Don't worry! We've got some crutches for you at the end of this marathon.'

If you've done in-person research at any of the following presidential libraries in the last 8 months, can you please follow me/contact me—soon—for a story I'm working on (can be off the record)? Hoover FDR Truman Eisenhower JFK LBJ Ford Carter And either way, can you please share this request? 🙏

I've got a bit of a hobby of digging up the pleadings in these cases and trying to figure out what went wrong. This piece does a great job of showing how often time pressure contributes (and how often people blame their subordinates). I always wish courts pushed attorneys to give more detail.

Today we and other legal technology providers¹ filed² an amicus brief in Thomson Reuters v. ROSS Intelligence. It's simple: Headnotes cannot be copyrighted and ROSS's use was fair. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... — ¹˒ ² See below for these excellent orgs and those that helped!

Just came across a publication that appears to be exclusively available on LinkedIn. It's a PDF, looks quite official, from a reputal organization. How would you even cite this?

Forcing myself to write this on the blackboard 100 times: "Every casual question is not a research interaction." (Yes, I just lost most of my morning to this)

I still really need to write my rant on the characterization of legal research as a "rote" task.

Showing the 8yo a mobius strip and blowing his mind. “This is impossible! This is a mistake in physics!”

Watch out SCOTUS, robots can now call balls and strikes. apnews.com/article/robo...

Just keeps happening

I’m trying to find haircut inspo photos on Pinterest and it’s ✨ALL AI✨ It’s not real! This does not help me!

As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

At least there’s a new Mark Ruffalo show to watch.

Ok this does have me looking at the speech crackdown in a different light.

New reporting about AI slop in libraries from rockstar reporter @clurrese.bsky.social featuring some rockstar librarians! 🥰 www.404media.co/librarians-a...

It’s honestly a slight problem? But he does read more than me at this point, and his books are more fun to pick out.

I made this Boolean Search Builder to help teach my students how to construct a good search. It's way too much fun to make these little instructional tools. booleanbuilder.replit.app

Do kids today know I Love Lucy? Talk me out of putting this on a slide.

Teaching a legal course this semester where recent immigration events are relevant? Check out the new Immigration Law Syllabus Supplement, curated from Just Security’s archives by @bechamilton.bsky.social and Danae Askar. www.justsecurity.org/120805/immig...