RIP to @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, a tireless advocate for disabled people's right to live full, dignified, joyful lives.

"Munich regional court sided in favour of Germany’s music rights society GEMA, which said ChatGPT had harvested protected lyrics by popular artists to “learn” from them" Paying for the lack of respect and permission www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Are there any photo print/card companies that *don’t* reserve rights to use your photos to train AI?

ok one last post -- oldheads are always going to "why is the web dying.... how can we get the kids invested in the free and open web" bro the kids can't read. that's why the web is dying. first things first

my latest: CRIT grants personhood status to #coloradoriver - 3rd in North America by Indigenous peoples. www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

I'm sure there's been Discourse on this today that I've missed, but my $0.02: I think it conflates three distinct concepts - privacy laws, privileges in court proceedings, and professional ethics rules governing confidentiality. They don't all protect the same thing! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...

I helped make a film, out this week, called “Rovina’s Choice,” about the deaths this man without conscience or accountability has caused — already 600,000, ⅔ of them children.

what if technology wasn't something that was done to us, but instead something that we do?

“Historians, librarians and volunteers are racing to document museum displays and historical records they fear the Trump administration will remove or alter.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Today in class we read two papers on data and ethics: "Data Is the New What? Popular Metaphors & Professional Ethics in Emerging Data Culture" culturalanalytics.org/article/1105... "Ethical and Privacy Considerations for Research Using Online Fandom Data" par.nsf.gov/servlets/pur...

🕯️ manifesting this energy for midterms 🕯️

In 2008, Google created an ad-powered wiki encyclopedia called Knol, seen as a "Wikipedia killer" amid its highly-publicized launch. And the Wikimedia Foundation gave an unbothered response that I quite like: "the more good free content, the better for the world." Anyway Knol instantly flopped

For all the #privacy academics out there: In case you missed it, submissions are open for FPF's annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) award! You have until Oct. 30 to submit the best privacy scholarship from the past year. ⏩ See details here: fpf.org/privacy-pape...

I’m pleased that my Georgia Law Review article is now out! I did a content analysis of every state constitutional amendment from 1960 to the present that altered any criminal procedure protection—which revealed how few states even *tried* to ratify the Warren Court’s criminal procedure holdings.

And the price of gold is surging. This feels familiar…

Sign that your 9YO may have two lawyers for parents: Me: “You’re not complaining, are you?” 9YO: “No. I’m just stating my feelings in an aggravated tone!”

There is unfortunately no end to doomscrolling, but you still need time to rest and recover.

For your #FollowFriday consideration, a random list of folks whose posts my dev @davidcolarusso.com has found interesting: @profsteed.bsky.social @tiffanycli.bsky.social @elienyc.bsky.social @mikewhelanjr.bsky.social @lifewinning.com @neorsd.org @profmmurray.bsky.social @bunkum.us

The world may be chaotic and unpredictable, but a sweet treat, a walk outside, a good book, and a nap will never let you down

The title of this post from @riana.bsky.social says it all. This is a blazing big deal for the 4th Amendment. Then again, it's a blazing big deal for like ten other reasons. Mostly because lets the FTC decide if platforms enforced their speech rules correctly. www.techdirt.com/2025/09/18/t...

A Cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover Is Causing a Supply Chain Disaster www.wired.com/story/jlr-ja...

Hey, I know books are expensive and money is tight right now. But if there's a brand new book you really wanna read — including my own Lessons in Magic and Disaster — you can help get the book into way more hands by requesting it from your local library! It's easy! Check your library's website.

I was chatting about this op-ed w/ a friend; what is the best way to communicate to a general audience about police surveillance? etc. & one of my conclusions was that people fixate on the power of the tools when they are new to the subject, but eventually they evolve past the tools

not just climate, either they've destroyed the entirety of federal consumer protection, corporate oversight and regulatory autonomy across every industry that touches every aspect of your lives the impacts will be concussive, unprecedented, incalculable, and extremely fatal

This thread is a calming read 🧵

Citing concerns about DEI, the Department of Education has halted funding for programs that support students with combined hearing and vision loss in eight states. “How low can you go?” one advocate asked. “How can you do this to children?” By @jodiscohen.bsky.social @jsmithrichards.bsky.social

After the standards underpinning the World Wide Web were created in the early 90s, we decided the best way to fund the web’s development was through ads and not as a public resource like roads or libraries. Every day I think about how different things would be if we’d gone the other way.

Political violence disproportionately hurts people with less power, not people with more power. Political violence will disproportionately hurt people of color and women and LGBTQ people. It’s not fair, but that’s the way it works. Celebrating political violence means at best indifference to that.

Sad to find out the things I love the most about America are the things some people hate the most: free speech, democracy, cultural diversity, innovation in arts and sciences, national parks…

Becoming a parent is realizing you’ve gone from main character to backstory

“A new volunteer-led organization called Grandparents for Vaccines launched Sunday on National Grandparents Day with a mission to share firsthand experiences of life before vaccines were widely available.” [kgw.com]

Read this investigation on US tech companies played a major role in designing and building China's surveillance state, by @dakekang.bsky.social and @yaelwrites.com apnews.com/article/chin...

In the future everyone will be AI for 15 minutes

Marvel Studios leaving Georgia and taking all its productions to the UK because they don’t have to pay for employees’ health insurance there due to universal healthcare is a valuable lesson for America. We’ll ignore it but the lesson still stands. Universal healthcare creates jobs.

Whew this is an intense read. Grateful to all the judges and lawyers who are working so hard for basic due process.

Oh wow. This is big news. EFF has survived leadership transitions in the past, but it will be interesting to see who is taking over and what direction they'll focus on.

We can still make positive change happen. Good job, New Mexico!

Remember when everyone said Roberts was an institutionalist who could be counted on to be a steadying force for moderation on the Court

Standardization can help fight censorship

"the announcement has left some customers reconsidering their relationship with the brand. While Oura's consumer data does appear safe from military use, the company’s willingness to align with defense and intelligence contractors is part of the equation for users deciding whether to keep the ring."

This is a remarkable article. Federal judges are increasingly speaking out against SCOTUS’s approach to the shadow docket. This isn't typical & underscores the impossible position for lower courts when SCOTUS makes new law on its emergency docket – especially when it doesn’t explain its rulings. /1

My book is absolutely great. My book is absolutely great. This is my mantra as I read it for the nth time while doing copyedit corrections. Please you guys preorder this book because I have suffered to deliver it to you lolsob (actually it really is great I’m just tired, please preorder)