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Lawyer, IP and privacy, former Prof, mom and admirer of history and the Middle East.
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A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
China has made cheap, clean energy available in huge quantities. The world should take the win econ.st/4oqFszB
Photo: Eyevine
Photo: Eyevine
November 7, 2025 at 7:10 AM
A fun question. In 5 years time, what looks better? The US’s enormous bet & capex on AI? Or China’s equally enormous bet and capex on renewables?
Trump Admin moves to bar Harvard from receiving any federal research grants www.hhs.gov/press-room/o...
www.hhs.gov
September 30, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump Admin moves to bar Harvard from receiving any federal research grants www.hhs.gov/press-room/o...
Still some good in this country.
Children's hospital chaplain Ayman Soliman, whose detention sparked a community uproar and became a test of counterterrorism powers in immigration court, was released from an Ohio jail Friday as DHS abruptly withdrew its case against him.
“This is beyond my dreams,” he told ProPublica.
“This is beyond my dreams,” he told ProPublica.
Ohio Chaplain Freed From Jail as DHS Drops Deportation Case
“This is beyond my dreams,” Ayman Soliman told ProPublica on his release from an Ohio jail. In a case marked by errors and inconsistencies, DHS had accused the children’s hospital chaplain of…
www.propublica.org
September 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Still some good in this country.
We all know Trump is cashing in on being President- but by how much?? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
How Much Is Trump Profiting Off the Presidency?
A comprehensive estimate of how much Trump and his family are making, from hotel mega-deals to crypto schemes, has been elusive—until now.
www.newyorker.com
August 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We all know Trump is cashing in on being President- but by how much?? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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✡️ Jews against starvation protest this evening. Columbus Circle, NYC. Let Gaza Live‼️🆘🧵
August 5, 2025 at 1:30 AM
✡️ Jews against starvation protest this evening. Columbus Circle, NYC. Let Gaza Live‼️🆘🧵
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... US parents - time to rethink the long American summer?
France’s eight weeks of summer holidays, or England's six? I’ve done both and know which one I prefer | Gillian Harvey
With vacations of up to 14 weeks on the continent, education can suffer – although on the plus side childcare and holidays are much more affordable, says freelance writer Gillian Harvey
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 10:22 AM
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... US parents - time to rethink the long American summer?
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The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
June 18, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The White House lashed out at the creators of this ad for "fear-mongering".
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
It must have really struck a nerve. Maybe they don't like being outed as fascists.
You know what to do: SPREAD THIS EVERYWHERE!
#MAGAKidnappers
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👇Please share widely - a two-year Teaching and Research Fellow opportunity in the field of AI law and regulation. Details below!
@uoelawschool.bsky.social is hiring a Teaching & Research Fellow in AI, Data & the Rule of Law.
The post will include:
✨teaching responsibilities @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
↔️collaboration across @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
🤝working closely with our CTMF team!
Apply by 2 May ▶️ edin.ac/4ih5dP9
The post will include:
✨teaching responsibilities @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social
↔️collaboration across @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social
🤝working closely with our CTMF team!
Apply by 2 May ▶️ edin.ac/4ih5dP9
Teaching and Research Fellow in Artificial Intelligence, Data and the Rule of Law
The Teaching and Research Fellow in in Artificial Intelligence, Data and the Rule of Law will pursue a research and teaching agenda addressing the interdisciplinary area linking together artificial intelligence, data and the rule of law, incorporating the legal, sociological, philosophical, ethical, cognitive and technical questions surrounding the use of computational data in areas implicating the rule of law and justice.
edin.ac
April 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
👇Please share widely - a two-year Teaching and Research Fellow opportunity in the field of AI law and regulation. Details below!
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President Trump is threatening to push the Senate from ineffectiveness to obsolescence. Will John Thune, the new Majority Leader, let him?
The Senate’s Age of Irrelevance
Elon Musk’s DOGE and Trump’s executive orders are pushing Congress’s upper chamber from ineffectiveness to obsolescence. Will John Thune, the new Majority Leader, let them?
www.newyorker.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
President Trump is threatening to push the Senate from ineffectiveness to obsolescence. Will John Thune, the new Majority Leader, let him?
All she did was write an op-Ed. Dont look away. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE (Gift Article)
The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.
www.nytimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 1:27 AM
All she did was write an op-Ed. Dont look away. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/u...
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Federal agents out of uniform and dressed in masks just pulled a Tufts graduate student off the streets, showing no warrant, effectively kidnapping her.
Sure seems like Trump's disdain for people wearing masks in public doesn't apply to his secret police
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFI...
Sure seems like Trump's disdain for people wearing masks in public doesn't apply to his secret police
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFI...
Surveillance shows Tufts graduate student detained
YouTube video by WCVB Channel 5 Boston
www.youtube.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Federal agents out of uniform and dressed in masks just pulled a Tufts graduate student off the streets, showing no warrant, effectively kidnapping her.
Sure seems like Trump's disdain for people wearing masks in public doesn't apply to his secret police
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFI...
Sure seems like Trump's disdain for people wearing masks in public doesn't apply to his secret police
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuFI...
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If you are in NY go to 26 Federal Plaza at 4, about half an hour from now. Be counted.
The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a green card holder whose wife is eight months pregnant—is a blatant assault on the First Amendment and a sign of advancing authoritarianism under Trump. He must be released now.
This extreme escalation is an egregious violation of first amendment rights. Now is the moment to speak out and oppose this as fiercely and loudly as possible.
March 10, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you are in NY go to 26 Federal Plaza at 4, about half an hour from now. Be counted.
Today! Stand up for science near you. Come show your support for medical research, breakthroughs, cures, doctors and all of us who depend on science!
March 7, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Today! Stand up for science near you. Come show your support for medical research, breakthroughs, cures, doctors and all of us who depend on science!
This is a smart analysis. Government in the US must be smarter. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
Opinion | Democrats Need Their Own Version of Project 2025
A call for a reform project that is ambitious, radical and iconoclastic yet grounded in a genuine desire to fix the problems of American governance.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
This is a smart analysis. Government in the US must be smarter. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/o...
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Seems like a good day to share Dorothy Thompson's famous essay. If you have never read it, you might find it interesting.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
Who Goes Nazi?, by Dorothy Thompson
harpers.org
February 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Seems like a good day to share Dorothy Thompson's famous essay. If you have never read it, you might find it interesting.
harpers.org/archive/1941...
harpers.org/archive/1941...
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Right now you can comment on NHTSA and speak up in favor of regulating cars and trucks for pedestrian safety www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car...
Spread the word!!
Spread the word!!
Why car companies might finally have to care about pedestrian safety
The Biden administration is finally taking a stand against car bloat.
www.fastcompany.com
October 5, 2024 at 3:19 AM
Right now you can comment on NHTSA and speak up in favor of regulating cars and trucks for pedestrian safety www.fastcompany.com/91195993/car...
Spread the word!!
Spread the word!!
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New: Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted.
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted.
Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll ...
www.propublica.org
October 4, 2024 at 11:06 AM
New: Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted.
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll mounted.
The Biden administration’s repeated willingness to give the IDF a pass has only emboldened the Israelis,
www.propublica.org/article/isra...
www.propublica.org/article/isra...
Inside the State Department’s Weapons Pipeline to Israel
Leaked cables and emails show how the agency’s top officers dismissed internal evidence of Israelis misusing American-made bombs and worked around the clock to rush more out while the Gaza death toll ...
www.propublica.org
October 4, 2024 at 3:01 PM
The Biden administration’s repeated willingness to give the IDF a pass has only emboldened the Israelis,
www.propublica.org/article/isra...
www.propublica.org/article/isra...