Mike Lissner
@michaeljaylissner.com
Executive director and co-founder of @free.law. Occasional long distance athlete. Woodworker. Adroitful dodger of questions.
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The government has struggled to keep up with the pace at which it's being sued, and the pace at which it's losing.
Reuters found more than 700 Justice Department lawyers now assigned to immigration detention cases.
And we found five DOJ attorneys who each appeared in more than 1,000 cases.
Reuters found more than 700 Justice Department lawyers now assigned to immigration detention cases.
And we found five DOJ attorneys who each appeared in more than 1,000 cases.
February 14, 2026 at 1:05 PM
The government has struggled to keep up with the pace at which it's being sued, and the pace at which it's losing.
Reuters found more than 700 Justice Department lawyers now assigned to immigration detention cases.
And we found five DOJ attorneys who each appeared in more than 1,000 cases.
Reuters found more than 700 Justice Department lawyers now assigned to immigration detention cases.
And we found five DOJ attorneys who each appeared in more than 1,000 cases.
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In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
February 13, 2026 at 5:44 AM
In terms of what cures are being lost:
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
- Epstein-Barr virus is perhaps the major trigger for multiple sclerosis
- herpes simplex virus causes cold sores, genital herpes, infections in babies, deadly meningitis
- shingles virus causes an intensely painful disease
About two years ago, Casetext was acquired by Thomson Reuters. Since November (and according to the grape vine), I count five different Casetext alums that have left TR including both co-founders, their AI guy, and their CTO. Whoo-boy.
February 14, 2026 at 1:26 AM
About two years ago, Casetext was acquired by Thomson Reuters. Since November (and according to the grape vine), I count five different Casetext alums that have left TR including both co-founders, their AI guy, and their CTO. Whoo-boy.
Weather forecasts are for chumps.
New: Trump admin moves to pull supercomputing center out of top weather and climate research center (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo. Part of its effort to "break up" the lab. www.cnn.com/2026/02/13/w...
Trump admin is pulling supercomputers out of key weather research center | CNN
A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation.
www.cnn.com
February 13, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Weather forecasts are for chumps.
The hype has died down and the tech has stabilized. It’s time.
One of our top requests lately is to develop an MCP server. This will allow you to seamlessly access our APIs from tools like ChatGPT and Claude. We're working on it and eager to hear your input: www.courtlistener.com/help/mcp/
Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server – CourtListener.com
CourtListener is developing an MCP server to enable AI assistants to access legal data through our APIs.
www.courtlistener.com
February 13, 2026 at 8:28 PM
The hype has died down and the tech has stabilized. It’s time.
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Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Meta's plan for launching glasses that people can use to secretly identify strangers on the street is to do it "during a dynamic political environment" when people who care about why that's bad are "focused on other concerns."
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
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BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 12, 2026 at 11:47 PM
BREAKING: DOJ moves to drop criminal charges in alleged shovel/broom attack in Minneapolis that led ICE to open fire. "Newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations in the Complaint Affidavit," prosecutors say. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration repealed the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being, meaning that the EPA can no longer regulate them. nyti.ms/4rSszQu
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A year ago, I thought LLMs were kind of neat but not that useful. I saw the code autocomplete and thought, meh.
Last summer just flipped. I never ever thought I would see automated code generation like we see now.
I know there’s baggage but you need to know the coders are being real about this
Last summer just flipped. I never ever thought I would see automated code generation like we see now.
I know there’s baggage but you need to know the coders are being real about this
February 12, 2026 at 4:42 PM
A year ago, I thought LLMs were kind of neat but not that useful. I saw the code autocomplete and thought, meh.
Last summer just flipped. I never ever thought I would see automated code generation like we see now.
I know there’s baggage but you need to know the coders are being real about this
Last summer just flipped. I never ever thought I would see automated code generation like we see now.
I know there’s baggage but you need to know the coders are being real about this
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Until December of last year I was using LLMs as fancy autocomplete for coding. It was nice for scaffolding out boilerplate, or giving me a gut check on some things, or banging out some boring routine stuff.
In the past two months Claude has written about 99% of my code. Things are changing. Fast
In the past two months Claude has written about 99% of my code. Things are changing. Fast
February 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Until December of last year I was using LLMs as fancy autocomplete for coding. It was nice for scaffolding out boilerplate, or giving me a gut check on some things, or banging out some boring routine stuff.
In the past two months Claude has written about 99% of my code. Things are changing. Fast
In the past two months Claude has written about 99% of my code. Things are changing. Fast
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When only the wealthy can afford peace of mind for their children, we've turned childhood into a privilege, not a promise.
I am proud to lead the Child Care for Every Community Act with @warren.senate.gov to cap childcare costs and fight for universal childcare.
19thnews.org/2026/02/aoc-...
I am proud to lead the Child Care for Every Community Act with @warren.senate.gov to cap childcare costs and fight for universal childcare.
19thnews.org/2026/02/aoc-...
AOC and Warren join forces in high-profile child care push ahead of midterms
As Republicans urge Americans to have more children but offer few supportive policies, Democrats believe reducing child care costs could be a winning message.
19thnews.org
February 12, 2026 at 7:07 PM
When only the wealthy can afford peace of mind for their children, we've turned childhood into a privilege, not a promise.
I am proud to lead the Child Care for Every Community Act with @warren.senate.gov to cap childcare costs and fight for universal childcare.
19thnews.org/2026/02/aoc-...
I am proud to lead the Child Care for Every Community Act with @warren.senate.gov to cap childcare costs and fight for universal childcare.
19thnews.org/2026/02/aoc-...
AGI is here! The pelican has landed!
Genuinely very impressed by the SVG of a pelican riding a bicycle I just got out of Google's new Gemini 3 Deep Think model simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/12/...
Gemini 3 Deep Think
New from Google. They say it's "built to push the frontier of intelligence and solve modern challenges across science, research, and engineering". It drew me a really good SVG of …
simonwillison.net
February 12, 2026 at 7:48 PM
AGI is here! The pelican has landed!
Laugh if you want, but Teslas have little motors that close their doors. This is a very small very solved problem.
New: Waymo is getting DoorDashers to close doors on self driving cars that people have left open. One Dasher got a job recently asking them to close a Waymo door. Reached out to company, they confirmed its a program in Atlanta. Even with AI, need a person here www.404media.co/waymo-is-get...
Waymo Is Getting DoorDashers to Close Doors on Self Driving Cars
The companies have launched a pilot program in Atlanta, where “during the rare event a vehicle door is left ajar, preventing the car from departing, nearby Dashers are notified, allowing Waymo to get ...
www.404media.co
February 12, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Laugh if you want, but Teslas have little motors that close their doors. This is a very small very solved problem.
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Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
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CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
CNN: "Another photograph - these are notes AG Bondi brought to the hearing today. This shows a list of Rep. Jayapal's search history. Lawmakers are allowed to go to a DOJ facility to search unredacted files. We learned from this photo that the searches are apparently being tracked & read by the DOJ"
February 11, 2026 at 9:36 PM
CNN confirms what MSNBC reported live a few hours ago: DOJ is surveilling Dem lawmakers when they go to the DOJ to search unredacted Epstein files.
Remember when Hegseth flew rockets over the I-5? That was dumb.
So DOD risked civilian airspace to obliterate some fucking balloons; when FAA found out and asked them to stop they refused; FAA did what it had to keep people safe; when the public rightly freaked out, DOD relented, lied, and blamed the FAA.
Sounds like Hegseth!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
Sounds like Hegseth!
www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/u...
February 12, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Remember when Hegseth flew rockets over the I-5? That was dumb.
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Please note that she's READING this. She PREPARED this as a rebuttal for questions about Epstein. She planned this, had someone write it down, and read it.
Bondi crashes out over Epstein: "The Dow is over 50,000 dollars! I don't know why you're laughing. You're a great stock trader as I hear, Raskin. The Dow is over 50,000 right now. The S&P at almost 7,000, and the Nasdaq smashing records. That's what we should be talking about."
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Please note that she's READING this. She PREPARED this as a rebuttal for questions about Epstein. She planned this, had someone write it down, and read it.
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When you accidentally close a tab, simply use cmd/ctrl+shift+t to reopen it but let’s be honest... do you really NEED all of them?
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM
When you accidentally close a tab, simply use cmd/ctrl+shift+t to reopen it but let’s be honest... do you really NEED all of them?
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It's unusual when the government can't persuade a sufficient number of grand jurors to return an indictment. But this is a whole other kind of unusual.
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
It's unusual when the government can't persuade a sufficient number of grand jurors to return an indictment. But this is a whole other kind of unusual.
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This is amazing. Claude 4.6 finding 0days in mature open-source codebases. red.anthropic.com/2026/zero-da...
0-Days \ red.anthropic.com
red.anthropic.com
February 7, 2026 at 7:11 AM
This is amazing. Claude 4.6 finding 0days in mature open-source codebases. red.anthropic.com/2026/zero-da...
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in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
February 10, 2026 at 11:46 PM
in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
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A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 3:43 AM
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
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BP agent Charles Exum bragged about his shooting skills and putting seven bullet holes in Marimar Martinez. Bovino emailed him the day of the shooting calling his service in Chicago “excellent.”
February 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
BP agent Charles Exum bragged about his shooting skills and putting seven bullet holes in Marimar Martinez. Bovino emailed him the day of the shooting calling his service in Chicago “excellent.”
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Workers who support student attendance, community schools, and literacy could be defunded next year.
Oakland schools brace for staff layoffs
Workers who support student attendance, community schools, and literacy could be defunded next year.
oaklandside.org
February 10, 2026 at 11:30 PM
Workers who support student attendance, community schools, and literacy could be defunded next year.
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A proposal to raise $1 billion a year will likely be on the November ballot. But BART is planning for massive service cuts — including a total system shutdown — if the measure is voted down.
BART releases doomsday scenario in case sales tax doesn't pass
A proposal to raise $1 billion a year will likely be on the November ballot. But BART is planning for massive service cuts — including a total system shutdown — if the measure is voted down.
oaklandside.org
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
A proposal to raise $1 billion a year will likely be on the November ballot. But BART is planning for massive service cuts — including a total system shutdown — if the measure is voted down.