James Grimmelmann

@jtlg.bsky.social

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I’m a professor at Cornell Tech and Cornell Law School.

One of "a number of very informative people." -WSJ

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 15h

I think I'd still have a job. It just wouldn't be a job I cared about.

James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 15h

The rise of coding LLMs makes me deeply glad I decided to get out of programming as a career.

James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 1d

A blog post with slightly more (but still inadequate) detail in honor of the life of Mala Htun.

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Mala Htun, 1969–2025

I learned today that Mala Htun, professor of political science at the University of New Mexico, died in January, after living with cancer for several years. She was the TA for my college course in the...

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 1d

Cornell AAUP statement on the ageement with the federal government.

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Statement on Cornell’s agreement with federal government

The Cornell AAUP chapter has consistently stated that any deal with the Trump administration would be strategically unwise and a betrayal of Cornell’s principles. This remains the case. We ar…

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 1d

I'm just starting it. I have serious FOMO playing games where there are timed events that I almost certainly will miss on any given playthrough. But the first half hour laid a strong enough foundation that I feel like I'm in good hands.

James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 2d

I just found out that Mala Htun, who was the TA for my college course in the political economy of international development, died of cancer earlier this year. She was an intellectual and moral force of nature, someone who shone with an inner fire of purpose.

polisci.unm.edu/news-events/...

Passing of Dr. Mala Htun :: UNM Political Science | The University of New Mexico

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Eden Marie @neonepiphany.com · 2d

Sinners (2025) boxd.it/KQMM

A review by Eden on Letterboxd, for Sinners (2025)

****½

Watched Jul 5, 2025

One Michael B Jordan
Two Michael B Jordan
Red Michael B Jordan
Blue Michael B Jordan

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Foone @foone.bsky.social · 3d

my roommate made me make this, saying it would be hilarious

A silhouette of a helicopter, with all the parts labeled with (supposedly equivalent) parts of a horse, like the muzzle, chin groove, heel, barrel, hock, croup, withers, and crest.

Reposted by James Grimmelmann, Rebecca Tushnet

Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3d

Well over 150 UC law faculty have just made public this open letter to the UC Regents arguing, point by specific point, for why the Regents should not accept any of the major demands the Trump administration has made of UCLA.

We argue it's not a genuine settlement offer, but a form of extortion.

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UC Law Faculty to Regents: Resist the Unlawful Demands

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 3d

I find it ironic that the Crumbl website asks if I want to reject non-essential cookies. That’s their entire business!

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Joey Fishkin @fishkin.bsky.social · 3d

The incredible shrinking attack on U.S. universities continues.

Cornell has signed an agreement—but unlike the UVA agreement, instead of pledging to follow the gov't's highly questionable July "guidance" on discrimination, Cornell simply agrees to hand it out to faculty as a "training resource"!

Both parties affirm the importance of and their support for civil rights. Cornell affirms its committment to complying with federal civil rights laws and agrees to include the DOJ's "Guidance for Recipients of Federal Funding Regarding Unlawful Discrimination" of July 29, 2025 as a training resource to faculty and staff so long as that Guidance remains operative.

James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 3d

While I don't think that one should pay even one dollar in exortion, I'm generally happy with the settlement Cornell reached. It doesn't include any of the intrusions on academic freedom and university autonomy I criticized in the Columbia settlement.

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Columbia’s Capitulation

Universities exist to promote the discovery, preservation, and transmission of knowledge. While they can help make to make a society virtuous, prosperous, and free, they do so by pursing their mission...

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 3d

Cornell settles with the federal goverment. $30 million to agricultural research, $30 million to the government, campus climate surveys, and some admissions statistics, but not much else.

announcement: statements.cornell.edu/2025/2025110...
agreement: statements.cornell.edu/2025/documen...

An agreement to restore Cornell’s federal research funding | University Statements | Cornell University

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 3d

Would you consider posting it publicly?

Republicans Against Trumpism @rpsagainsttrump.bsky.social · 4d

Steve Bannon: If we lose the midterms and we lose 2028, some in this room are going to prison, myself included.

James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 4d

It’s offprint day! It’s offprint day! It’s offprint day!

Law review article in printed form: Listeners’ Choices Online, by James Grimmelmann, in the Southern California Law Review

Reposted by Lesley A. Hall, James Grimmelmann, Rebecca Tushnet

Just Emma @femma.love · 4d

We know from scientific research that up to 75% of intersex people with varations of sex chromosomes never become aware of this during their life.

You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5d

1. A new proposed rule at the Department of Homeland Security would institute biological sex DNA testing of immigrants and visa applicants if DHS has reason to believe it would be relevant to their immigration status.

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DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test

The public comment period for the proposal has begun.

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 5d

DHS Wants to Make Some Immigrants and Visitors Take a DNA Sex Test

The public comment period for the proposal has begun.

www.erininthemorning.com