Ann M. Lipton
@annmlipton.bsky.social
Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
if it never goes to the treasury ...
one weird trick
one weird trick
“No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law"
Article I, Section 9.
Article I, Section 9.
Trump on Venezuela oil:
January 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
if it never goes to the treasury ...
one weird trick
one weird trick
January 7, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"Bari Weiss, the opinion journalist brought in last year...by new Paramount leader David Ellison, has long evinced a relentless focus on presenting her perspective as that of the common man, no matter how many of her fellow Sun Valley attendees may coincidentally share it."
Tony Dokoupil's 'CBS Evening News' Debut Is an Inauspicious Sign of Where CBS News Is Headed (Daniel D'Addario/Variety)
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January 6, 2026 at 10:22 PM
"Bari Weiss, the opinion journalist brought in last year...by new Paramount leader David Ellison, has long evinced a relentless focus on presenting her perspective as that of the common man, no matter how many of her fellow Sun Valley attendees may coincidentally share it."
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company that creates deepfake CSAM raises $20 billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/t...
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion
www.nytimes.com
January 6, 2026 at 9:51 PM
company that creates deepfake CSAM raises $20 billion www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/t...
it's funny when your vet says you don't need a product but the PE owner of your vet sends an automated advertisement for it anyway
January 6, 2026 at 6:01 PM
it's funny when your vet says you don't need a product but the PE owner of your vet sends an automated advertisement for it anyway
i feel so much safer now that the administration is fighting antisemitism
Curtis Yarvin has written a very long screed in defense of his post in which he said, “Hitler spoke the truth.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
i feel so much safer now that the administration is fighting antisemitism
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It's not simply that this CY guy is so openly bigoted.
It's the instantly recognizable Dunning-Kruger super-confidence of the barroom-savant who's telling you how everything "really" works.
It's the instantly recognizable Dunning-Kruger super-confidence of the barroom-savant who's telling you how everything "really" works.
Curtis Yarvin has written a very long screed in defense of his post in which he said, “Hitler spoke the truth.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
A sampling of select portions is below and includes, in reference to Jewish people, the words:
“The only way to tell is the name and the nose.”
January 6, 2026 at 2:42 PM
It's not simply that this CY guy is so openly bigoted.
It's the instantly recognizable Dunning-Kruger super-confidence of the barroom-savant who's telling you how everything "really" works.
It's the instantly recognizable Dunning-Kruger super-confidence of the barroom-savant who's telling you how everything "really" works.
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"All entries are to the best of our knowledge. We’ll update with news of resignations as and when it arrives."
Who’s who at X, the deepfake porn site formerly known as Twitter
A look inside Elon Musk’s big tent
www.ft.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
"All entries are to the best of our knowledge. We’ll update with news of resignations as and when it arrives."
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Yep, I've got a History degree and the lessons from it are far less predictive of what will happen in contemporary society than Gender Studies and Critical Race Theory, which are like that sports almanac in Back to the Future II.
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Yep, I've got a History degree and the lessons from it are far less predictive of what will happen in contemporary society than Gender Studies and Critical Race Theory, which are like that sports almanac in Back to the Future II.
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A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
January 5, 2026 at 11:52 AM
A Dutch worker went viral after explaining to their American boss that they have a life outside work.
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i really, really don’t want people to miss that a reporter asked HHS for on the record comment regarding these changes to the vaccine recs, and HHS told them no
Anyway, one reporter pushed back. Why wouldn't they go on record? Didn't parents deserve on-the-record comment for such an important change that affects children's health? No, one official said. The reporter rightly called it "terrible!" I'll tell you who if she says its ok.
January 6, 2026 at 12:21 AM
i really, really don’t want people to miss that a reporter asked HHS for on the record comment regarding these changes to the vaccine recs, and HHS told them no
Lost two good voices from the platform today and I realize scolding never makes people better on social media but it's a real loss for the community
January 5, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Lost two good voices from the platform today and I realize scolding never makes people better on social media but it's a real loss for the community
alexa show me something overdetermined
January 5, 2026 at 11:26 PM
alexa show me something overdetermined
seriously this is just a few miles east of where i live, so now i monitor wind direction
NEW: Mandatory evacuation order for the South Pointe neighborhood in Boulder County. Wildfire at 287 and Dillion (SE of Louisville)
January 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
seriously this is just a few miles east of where i live, so now i monitor wind direction
In New Orleans, I watched weather systems develop in the Gulf. In Boulder, I watch wind direction and speed.
Winds are generally gusting 20-40 mph in the area near the grass fire near 104th St./Northwest Parkway (near Lafayette and Broomfield)
#COwx
#COwx
January 5, 2026 at 10:35 PM
In New Orleans, I watched weather systems develop in the Gulf. In Boulder, I watch wind direction and speed.
death, taxes, and "i love me" memos
January 5, 2026 at 9:52 PM
death, taxes, and "i love me" memos
imma need an update on the discourse. why are we upset?
January 5, 2026 at 9:39 PM
imma need an update on the discourse. why are we upset?
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WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:02 AM
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...