No need to share anything from that memorial service, imo

I’m genuinely not sure what journalists are for if they let easily disprovable lies go unrebutted in print like this. We might as well just read press releases.

I see a lot of smart people mistakenly thinking that AI “hallucinations“ are due to errors in training data—a “garbage in, garbage out” kind of problem. No! What goes “in” could be exhaustively vetted, but what comes “out” will still sometimes—not often, perhaps, but unpredictably—be garbage.

NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas. Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...

Snapshot of my mood: last night I dreamed I was at a party where one of the guests was holding forth about how much he’d hated a recent article, not realizing that I’d written it. Everyone else knew and gently tried to change the subject, but he was adamant

I wrote about Jimmy Kimmel, the FCC, and the First Amendment for @msnbc.com.

New favorite case caption just dropped @audioarguendo.bsky.social

As things develop, 2 important things to remember: 1) Kimmel’s offending comment didn’t say anything negative about Charlie Kirk; it criticized the administration and its mouthpieces. 1/2

Hey, anybody remember NRA v. Vullo? Anybody?

Recovering from covid is frustrating for someone, like me, who lacks patience. I don’t feel sick, so I‘m mentally ready to get back to work/normal life—but I‘m not actually *well* yet, so I need extra time and rest to accomplish ordinary tasks. I know I need to pace myself, but I have shit to do!

Watching Sneakers in honor of Robert Redford and this early ‘90s decor, oh my heart 😭

The focus here is rightfully on the outrageous attempt to define the very existence of trans people as obscene. But just as a footnote: ASMR???

Anyhoo! Back to Klemperer

Two political observations: 1) I think this will sound like paranoid gibberish to the average American, *if* they actually hear it (and not a sanitized summary) 2) It’s very interesting how little Trump has been involved in, or seems to care about, any of this stuff

The vast, sinister networks they’re talking about do not exist, so the urgent question is what they will use as a stand-in

This is excellent. The current Court‘s unwillingness to allow “play in the joints” reminds me of its refusal to admit that law sometimes “runs out,“ which @almadiamond.bsky.social has discussed in a recent paper

Have you read the inaugural edition of “The Refounding”? medium.com/@TheRefoundi...

Covid is no fun, but this time it feels not too much worse than a bad cold, I say to myself, a moment before my husband gently informs me that I’m wearing my shirt backwards and inside-out

At least, this is what I’m trying to do to distract myself from the increasingly loud voices declaring me and my fellow scholars to be enemies of the state and corrupters of the youth

I’m using my covid quarantine as an enforced rest. Reading novels (currently: Conrad’s The Secret Agent), soaking in the tub, snuggling with my dogs, doing no work

Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪

DURAAAAAAAAAAN

Harrison Bader, our preppy king

Complaining that Caleb Williams sucks? Is your name Falkland? (This is a joke for perhaps 4 people)

Be wary of those who talk *about* someone else’s “beliefs” or “ideology,” but refrain from quoting them or giving them any concrete content.

“Oh, you know the ones”

But—but—Brett Kavanaugh SAID

I don't think a lot of people realize or know people who were on the receiving end of death threats for over a decade because of Turning Point USA. They made a watch list of professors that made them targets for not only hate mail but death threats. That's Charlie Kirk's legacy.

I’m enjoying Kruk and McCarthy’s conversation about the word “agita” #phillies

When talking about the need to reform the Supreme Court we should talk about how lifetime appointments have made them immune to the consequences of creating so many unworkable legal regimes in the name of their ideology.

Absolutely fascinating use of a compelled speech argument. I have some qualms for reasons that are probably obvious, but the Court definitely opened the door to this kind of claim, so folks might as well use it

Congrats to those who guessed: a covid test! I still haven’t figured out how she got it

"Obedience must of course be secured for the command of a court. . . . But courts should be explicit and precise in their commands and should only then be strict in exacting compliance. To be both strict and indefinite is a kind of judicial tyranny." #SCOTUS Justice Felix Frankfurter, February 1949

It’s the return of everyone’s favorite puzzle game … WHAT’S! IN! LUCY’S! MOUTH!!! Place your bets, everybody!

This was a good post imo. Never got its due

It’s a cool night, an early taste of fall, and I can hear my neighbor‘s jazz band practicing as I walk my dogs. Sometimes I think no one was ever luckier than me

Reactivating because I have covid and I need people to feel sorry for me 😭😭😭

PINK POLO SUB is this anything

It’s been interesting to see how highly educated adults react to having their lives and/or livelihoods threatened for the very first time. Not well, it turns out! For many, the instinctive response seems to be to throw anyone they can under the bus.

Live footage of me waiting for my law review rejections to come in

Jeanine Pirro at today’s press conference: “We see you, we’re watching you, and we’re gonna change the law to catch you”

Why does Adobe Acrobat ever *not* have scrolling enabled? Why should I have to proactively choose that? Who would prefer not to scroll

COMING UP: Judge Charles Breyer is set to preside over a bench trial in Newsom v. Trump The suit, brought by Governor Gavin Newsom, challenges Trump’s use of federal military forces to enforce immigration in California. I plan to live-post for @lawfaremedia.org. Follow along ⬇️🧵

Listening to Arendt’s Origins of Totalitarianism—you know, to relax during those rare moments when I’m not stressing about the job market—and I found this passage interesting

It’s a trend that’s sweeping the nation

Cuomo has that Eric Adams knack for being weird and wrong about things nobody expects him to have an opinion about

I saw someone wearing a shirt that said “It’s Mind O’Clock Somewhere” and I DESPERATELY need to know what it means

In case you were wondering if Lucy was still cute

This is getting farcical. Paying $1 billion to get half a billion back? This “demand” has no relationship to reality

Looks like I’m going to be developing a truly baroque repertoire of nervous habits this job market season