The pop socket on the back of my phone broke today. Honestly, I don’t know you people have been holding phones without them. This is a painful adjustment.

Sunday morning coffee and time to scroll the feeds. Take glasses off to better see the phone screen. Put glasses on when my wife talks to me from across the room, to augment my hearing with lip reading. Take glasses off to type this. #old

I’m generally easy going, but i will not hide my contempt for people who think this is a good idea on August 16th.

I played tennis, racquetball and squash (all poorly) in the 80s and 90s, so I suppose it was inevitable. First time tomorrow.

Because s bars need love too: www.linkedin.com/posts/colinl...

So…Grok says “Heil Hitler” and ChatGPT says “Hail Satan.” Mmmk. I guess that leaves Claude and Gemini to claim either of “Hail Hydra” or “Hail Skeletor.” Or maybe “Hail, Hail Rock and Roll?” That one would be ok.

Keeping it Canadian on Canada Day. (Sorry, Popeye’s and KFC)

Good overview of last week's workshop suffolklitlab.org/ai4a2j-icail...

join the AI Teach-In! myshingle.com/2025/06/arti...

Admit it. Sesame Street created 2 of the greatest prog rock tunes of all time. Outclassing 99%of the genre. youtu.be/sK2VOdRAbW8?...

The Ontario Bar Association leads the way in supporting member AI understanding and readiness. Read more here: oba.org/resources/pr...

Found on Twitter: “What if AI generated characters refused to believe they were AI generated” @hashemghaili

Moments ago in the family chat…

This may be the earliest my #LawSummerSanta2025 gift arrived. I love it! Thank you secret Santa. I’ve got to get mine ordered and my donation in.

👀 youtube.com/shorts/s-okz...

I’m nominated in the changemaker category for my work with the OBA and others on AI initiatives. Would appreciate your vote 🙂 www.canadianlawyermag.com/news/general...

How not to use AI with the law.

#CanadaVotes Today’s the day! jessicalachance.github.io/2025-Cdn-Ele...

New tool from Ontario Bar Association aimed at demystifying AI for lawyers. www.law360.ca/ca/it/articl...

On this day in 1980, Terry Fox dipped his leg into the Atlantic Ocean at St. John's to begin his run across Canada. This is the story of the Marathon of Hope. Listen to my episode on the Marathon of Hope 👇 pdst.fm/e/chtbl.com/... 📸CBC 🧵1/20

Out of beta and officially launched today! oba.org/resources/pr...

One CIO panelist mentions his firm has been internally building the law firm’s software since 2014. With #LegalAi, it’s a buy, not build - even for this firm. However, some Ai purchases will be used to build out new firm #legaltech. #LegalWeek25

Sincere thanks to Olga Mack for the opportunity to appear on her "Notes From My Legal Self" podcast! Check out the link to and summary of our conversation below: abovethelaw.com/2025/03/its-...

8/10 times i get exactly what i want from Claude 3.7 Sonnet. The other two times i get a cactus. youtube.com/watch?v=-BDt...

I don’t see how, unless our entire profession stands shoulder-to-shoulder in unity, we successfully push back against this effort to break our profession and our democracy. Cowering & compromising won’t work. He is attacking us for the success of our work. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…

On this day in 1989, Street Cents debuted on CBC. Focused on providing consumer and media awareness for young people, the show as ahead of its time. It ran for 17 seasons and 923 episodes. It won six Geminis and an Emmy. Learn more 👇 canadaehx.com/2022/04/30/s...

Did i gain 7 pounds in 72 hours? According to this scale i did.

You can keep your Suits, Good Wife, L.A. Law and Matlock. This was lawyer TV at its apex. youtube.com/watch?v=4fOR...

“Clearly, either people are not using AI when drafting their legal submissions, or they're not aware, or they're intentionally disregarding our practice direction," says FC Chief Justice Paul Crampton on the latest episode of Modern Law: Verdicts and Voices. nationalmagazine.ca/en-ca/articl...

Buddy here is just givin’ er. Beauty, eh? youtube.com/watch?v=1Lzh...

I keep this image handy for occasions such as this

I *really* dislike when the AI repeatedly insists it did a thing when i keep showing it that it did not

Erratic nostalgia trips at the gym today thanks to a music mix evoking memories in equal measure of slow dancing in grade 8 and drinking to excess in university

I am the hero of my AI journey. Are you the hero of yours? You can be. And i can help. Offer at link expires tonight at midnight eastern time. pgya.ca/107-2/

DOJ/DOGE on Musk:

Opening slide from our winning hackathon pitch tonight in Toronto.

Damn.

Thanks to the Harvard Library Innovation Lab, the Data.gov Archive is now available. This 16TB collection includes over 311,000 datasets harvested during 2024 and 2025. lil.law.harvard.edu/blog/2025/02...

Saw the word “swasticar” for the first time a few minutes ago. Turns out the immediate association i made in my head was the correct one. That kind of branding is sticky.

💡 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 from Marc Lauritsen: "𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀. There are more and more opportunities to encounter people doing something very similar to what you're doing. 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗼𝘂𝘁." Link: www.lawdroidmanifesto.com/p/the-knowle...

7 minutes until i go live from my home office for a big presentation over zoom and my next door neighbour is getting his ducts cleaned. Loudly.

Musk is generative AI. Probably not a good idea to let him run amok.

Good. I joined @abaesq.bsky.social under the International Lawyer category last year. This commitment removes any hesitation I may have had about renewing. Adherence to the rule of law in the U.S. is essential if it is to be safeguarded and advanced globally.

Join us on Feb 11th! Excited to welcome AI policy luminary Noel Corriveau as our guest on this week's @obalawyers.bsky.social AI Office Hours to speak about what the @cba-news.bsky.social has been hearing from its members regarding the use of AI in legal practices. obameet.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

30 Reasons Lawyers Shouldn't Use AI and One reason they should pgya.ca/2025/02/07/3...

Dinner! Plus…i get Valentine’s Day credit. 🙂

Wow! @jordanfurlong.com brings the heat with this. Suddenly the gentle urging to lawyers in my Monday morning posts here and on LinkedIn (“it’s time to start paying attention”) seems rather milquetoast and not up to the moment. open.substack.com/pub/jordanfu...

Though still unimpressive, proud to say I just did a longer flexed-arm hang than i could do back in the days of trying to earn one of these sweet badges