Cat Moon aka @inspiredcat
@catmoon.bsky.social
'Be ignited, or be gone.'
- Mary Oliver
#MakeLawBetter provocateur
Credentials for those who care: Prof at Vanderbilt Law, Co-Director of the Program on Law + Innovation and the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab ailawlab.bsky.social
- Mary Oliver
#MakeLawBetter provocateur
Credentials for those who care: Prof at Vanderbilt Law, Co-Director of the Program on Law + Innovation and the Vanderbilt AI Law Lab ailawlab.bsky.social
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I'm a discovery tool for law talk on Bluesky—distilling a firehose of law-themed posts into something more approachable. I'm here to help folks find stuff they would otherwise miss, be it because they don't know where to look or because it's hard to spot in the crowd.
This is what I do: 🧵👇
This is what I do: 🧵👇
May 12, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I'm a discovery tool for law talk on Bluesky—distilling a firehose of law-themed posts into something more approachable. I'm here to help folks find stuff they would otherwise miss, be it because they don't know where to look or because it's hard to spot in the crowd.
This is what I do: 🧵👇
This is what I do: 🧵👇
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My new project @icymilaw.org, a bot to showcase legal content here on Bluesky, officially went live this morning. As I write this, it looks like it could cross 100 followers today. You know what to do.
I'm a discovery tool for law talk on Bluesky—distilling a firehose of law-themed posts into something more approachable. I'm here to help folks find stuff they would otherwise miss, be it because they don't know where to look or because it's hard to spot in the crowd.
This is what I do: 🧵👇
This is what I do: 🧵👇
May 12, 2025 at 7:32 PM
My new project @icymilaw.org, a bot to showcase legal content here on Bluesky, officially went live this morning. As I write this, it looks like it could cross 100 followers today. You know what to do.
Eminem - LOSE YOURSELF (Sung by 331 Movies!)
YouTube video by The Unusual Suspect
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May 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Things we value only have value because we agree that they have value. It is a reality that we co-create.
We can choose to no longer agree.
This choice will affect some more than others.
We can choose to no longer agree.
This choice will affect some more than others.
April 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Things we value only have value because we agree that they have value. It is a reality that we co-create.
We can choose to no longer agree.
This choice will affect some more than others.
We can choose to no longer agree.
This choice will affect some more than others.
this feels . . . fiesty
In case this is relevant to your interests, Disney just posted a one hour edit of Mon Mothma drunk dancing to the best Star Wars song/dance combo since Yub Nub.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6wL...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6wL...
ONE HOUR OF DANCING MON MOTHMA | Andor Season 2 | Disney+
YouTube video by Star Wars
www.youtube.com
April 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
this feels . . . fiesty
Democracy dies in silence.
The worst thing you can do right now is hide or go quiet.
Stand up and talk back.
Stand up and talk back.
April 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Democracy dies in silence.
If only the Naval Academy and everyone else would carry on as usual.
Nothing would happen.
Nothing. Would. Happen.
It's only happening now because of stupid shit like this.
Nothing would happen.
Nothing. Would. Happen.
It's only happening now because of stupid shit like this.
The Naval Academy cancelled a freakin' Ken Burns documentary showing, not because of the content, but because Burns had been critical of Trump
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/u...
April 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If only the Naval Academy and everyone else would carry on as usual.
Nothing would happen.
Nothing. Would. Happen.
It's only happening now because of stupid shit like this.
Nothing would happen.
Nothing. Would. Happen.
It's only happening now because of stupid shit like this.
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Very proud of our faculty and our unity in this moment. Piggybacking on @cjsprigman.bsky.social and here's a link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1yysJ...
drive.google.com/file/d/1yysJ...
April 18, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Very proud of our faculty and our unity in this moment. Piggybacking on @cjsprigman.bsky.social and here's a link:
drive.google.com/file/d/1yysJ...
drive.google.com/file/d/1yysJ...
Pretty sure that many women of color have been saying this for a while and I guess now that a white dude has said it in the NYT, folks might decide to get their shit together.
One can hope.
One can hope.
"It’s time for Americans in universities, law, business, nonprofits and the scientific community, and civil servants and beyond to form one coordinated mass movement. Trump is about power"
From David Brooks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
From David Brooks
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/o...
Opinion | Time for a Civic Uprising
It will take a concerted effort by every sector of our society to respond to Trumpism’s threat.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Pretty sure that many women of color have been saying this for a while and I guess now that a white dude has said it in the NYT, folks might decide to get their shit together.
One can hope.
One can hope.
the definition of fabulous
Shelly-Ann racing in her kid's Parents Day race at the school is the funniest thing I've seen all week LMAO
April 18, 2025 at 12:45 AM
the definition of fabulous
I've had this very conversation with so many colleagues.
Students have told me that they are waiting for us to say something. To do something.
Students have told me that they are waiting for us to say something. To do something.
April 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I've had this very conversation with so many colleagues.
Students have told me that they are waiting for us to say something. To do something.
Students have told me that they are waiting for us to say something. To do something.
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The war on academics opens a new front
The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
April 17, 2025 at 11:59 PM
The war on academics opens a new front
"While the United States now has more than four times as many lawyers per capita as it did then, their services are unevenly distributed, with some 80 percent of civil legal services going to corporate clients. “We make a lot of lawyers, but they’re not going into people law,” [Sandefur] says.
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
"While the United States now has more than four times as many lawyers per capita as it did then, their services are unevenly distributed, with some 80 percent of civil legal services going to corporate clients. “We make a lot of lawyers, but they’re not going into people law,” [Sandefur] says.
Fewer.
Not less.
Not less.
I fear it's too late for biglaw.
But, this is less than half of the lawyers in the US.
Think of how much a small law mobilization could accomplish!
But, this is less than half of the lawyers in the US.
Think of how much a small law mobilization could accomplish!
14/ Second, through mass mobilization. When hundreds of thousands of people rally against this kind of assault on democracy, history shows it works. There is a strange, magic power to mass activation which makes supporters of the regime start to jump ship.
April 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Fewer.
Not less.
Not less.
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In case you're curious why some random guy (me) has been filing self-represented amicus briefs in the Abrego Garcia case:
April 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
In case you're curious why some random guy (me) has been filing self-represented amicus briefs in the Abrego Garcia case:
We always have less time than we think.
Lawyer friends, the time is now.
Lawyer friends, the time is now.
16/ I believe those three steps, taken together, will arrest Trump's assault. But if it doesn't, then civil disobedience. And this conversation will need to happen sooner than we would like. We still have the power, but we have less time than most think.
April 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
We always have less time than we think.
Lawyer friends, the time is now.
Lawyer friends, the time is now.
I fear it's too late for biglaw.
But, this is less than half of the lawyers in the US.
Think of how much a small law mobilization could accomplish!
But, this is less than half of the lawyers in the US.
Think of how much a small law mobilization could accomplish!
14/ Second, through mass mobilization. When hundreds of thousands of people rally against this kind of assault on democracy, history shows it works. There is a strange, magic power to mass activation which makes supporters of the regime start to jump ship.
April 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I fear it's too late for biglaw.
But, this is less than half of the lawyers in the US.
Think of how much a small law mobilization could accomplish!
But, this is less than half of the lawyers in the US.
Think of how much a small law mobilization could accomplish!
We literally suck at our primary job.
13/ How do we stop it?
First, though solidarity. Each set of institutions can't let the regime pick one off from each others. The legal profession failed miserably at this this, but the universities can model a collective strategy to fight back and win.
First, though solidarity. Each set of institutions can't let the regime pick one off from each others. The legal profession failed miserably at this this, but the universities can model a collective strategy to fight back and win.
April 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
We literally suck at our primary job.
Brilliant.
We should make the 2025 equivalent of School House Rock videos [is this Tik Tok?] and help the entire US understand, TBH.
We should make the 2025 equivalent of School House Rock videos [is this Tik Tok?] and help the entire US understand, TBH.
April 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Brilliant.
We should make the 2025 equivalent of School House Rock videos [is this Tik Tok?] and help the entire US understand, TBH.
We should make the 2025 equivalent of School House Rock videos [is this Tik Tok?] and help the entire US understand, TBH.
Not only do I use a period . in texts.
I also use parens ( ) and the em dash — .
And I will never stop.
I also use parens ( ) and the em dash — .
And I will never stop.
April 17, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Not only do I use a period . in texts.
I also use parens ( ) and the em dash — .
And I will never stop.
I also use parens ( ) and the em dash — .
And I will never stop.
Friends in London, I'm hosting a Women+AI event at Dentons on April 25, workshop at 2 and networking mingle at 5.
Open to all women who work in AI, use AI, or are simply curious about AI.
If you're in town, please join!
www.eventbrite.com/e/women-ai-l...
Open to all women who work in AI, use AI, or are simply curious about AI.
If you're in town, please join!
www.eventbrite.com/e/women-ai-l...
April 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Friends in London, I'm hosting a Women+AI event at Dentons on April 25, workshop at 2 and networking mingle at 5.
Open to all women who work in AI, use AI, or are simply curious about AI.
If you're in town, please join!
www.eventbrite.com/e/women-ai-l...
Open to all women who work in AI, use AI, or are simply curious about AI.
If you're in town, please join!
www.eventbrite.com/e/women-ai-l...
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An email from Harvard University President Alan Garber to the university community, titled "The Promise of American Higher Education," links to the DOJ's letter and Harvard's response:
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
![Dear Members of the Harvard Community,
For three-quarters of a century, the federal government has awarded grants and contracts to Harvard and other universities to help pay for work that, along with investments by the universities themselves, has led to groundbreaking innovations across a wide range of medical, engineering, and scientific fields. These innovations have made countless people in our country and throughout the world healthier and safer. In recent weeks, the federal government has threatened its partnerships with several universities, including Harvard, over accusations of antisemitism on our campuses. These partnerships are among the most productive and beneficial in American history. New frontiers beckon us with the prospect of life-changing advances—from treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and diabetes, to breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, quantum science and engineering, and numerous other areas of possibility. For the government to retreat from these partnerships now risks not only the health and well-being of millions of individuals but also the economic security and vitality of our nation.
Late Friday night, the administration issued an updated and expanded list of demands, warning that Harvard must comply if we intend to “maintain [our] financial relationship with the federal government.” It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner. Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the “intellectual conditions” at Harvard.
I encourage you to read the letter to gain a fuller understanding of the unprecedented demands being made by the federal government to control the Harvard community. They include requirements to “audit” the viewpoints of our student body, faculty, staff, and to “reduc[e] the power” of certain students, faculty, and …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2r7ljryv4mdb7e4svonbhugk/bafkreic7mubtl3qojedpbpjusckhkpnj5tp3xltvl65ccqmpjy2rgh2jmi@jpeg)
April 14, 2025 at 5:19 PM
An email from Harvard University President Alan Garber to the university community, titled "The Promise of American Higher Education," links to the DOJ's letter and Harvard's response:
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
www.harvard.edu/research-fun...
"The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an agreement in principle."
April 14, 2025 at 6:26 PM
"The university will not surrender its independence or relinquish its constitutional rights. Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government. Accordingly, Harvard will not accept the government’s terms as an agreement in principle."
Using Clause to sort through all the data points about participants in tomorrow's Hacking Pro Bono event and it is simply a beautiful thing to watch teams instantly being formed with an ideal blend of experience, interests, and skills. This would've taken me hours. It's taking Claude a hot minute.
April 12, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Using Clause to sort through all the data points about participants in tomorrow's Hacking Pro Bono event and it is simply a beautiful thing to watch teams instantly being formed with an ideal blend of experience, interests, and skills. This would've taken me hours. It's taking Claude a hot minute.