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Pamela Samuelson
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Professor, Berkeley Law School, who writes about challenges that new information technologies pose for intellectual property & other laws. Past Chair & member of Electronic Frontier Foundation Board & of Authors Alliance Board. Gardening is my best hobby .. more

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Pamela Samuelson is an American legal scholar, activist, and philanthropist. She is the Richard M. Sherman '74 Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she has been a member of the faculty since 1996. She holds a joint appointment at the UC Berkeley School of Information. She is a co-founder and chair of Authors Alliance and a co-director of the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology. She is recognized as a pioneer in digital copyright law, intellectual property, cyberlaw and information policy. .. more

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Alan Stamm @alanstamm.bsky.social · 12d
The Depression began after Wall Street stocks crashed 96 years ago today, @hcrichardson.bsky.social reminds us. She cites a wildly off-base claim heard then & now:

"Republican leaders blamed poor Americans for the Great Depression, saying they drained the economy because they refused to work hard."
October 28, 2025
In the election of 1920, Americans handed a landslide victory to the Republicans and their presidential candidate Warren G.
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 12d
NEW: The Trump administration quietly lifted sanctions on Wednesday against the Putin-backed Serbian leader Milorad Dodik after an intensive campaign on his behalf by Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani, Mike Flynn, Laura Loomer & high-priced lobbyists.
Sanctions Lifted on a Putin-Backed Autocrat After Lobbying by Trump Allies
www.nytimes.com

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Lisa Reyna Loe @lisaloe.bsky.social · 15d
“What’s up?” is the Bluesky prompt for posts.

Our benefits and lifelines are “what’s up” on Nov 1.

As the regime continues to spend lavishly (and anonymously) on “ballrooms,” illegal bombings, and Trump himself,
Americans are struggling:
food, healthcare, jobs, ICE…

Cruelty is the point.
Vote 🗳️
THE HILL: SNAP funding expiration set to hit 40 million people BY MIKE LILLIS 10/26/25 06:00 AM ET This isn't a budget debate, it's a hunger crisis -THE REFORMERS

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Jen Taub @jentaub.bsky.social · 15d
It’s self-dealing all the way down

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/24/u...
Trump’s Son Is Poised to Profit From Pentagon Drone Proposal
www.nytimes.com

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Anodyne @anodynesix.bsky.social · 16d
"Thomson Reuters ... has provided ICE with access to its [CLEAR] platform. CLEAR creates individual profiles of people by aggregating and connecting thousands of datasets full of typically hard-to-find information, such as court records, business filings, driving records and social media."
inthesetimes.com In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 17d
"Ahead of Thomson Reuters annual shareholder meeting in June, @bcgeu.bsky.social submitted a proposal raising concerns about the company’s AI product and its ties to President Donald Trump’s terror campaign against immigrants."

@mauriziogro.bsky.social reporting on one path of shareholder activism.
The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back
"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”
inthesetimes.com

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 17d
Our amicus brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of former judges and government officials, including ones appointed by every Republican president from Nixon through Trump, argues that the President doesn't have the power to impose whatever tariffs he likes.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/24...
www.supremecourt.gov

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17d
When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee.

But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education.

A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 17d
"Ahead of Thomson Reuters annual shareholder meeting in June, @bcgeu.bsky.social submitted a proposal raising concerns about the company’s AI product and its ties to President Donald Trump’s terror campaign against immigrants."

@mauriziogro.bsky.social reporting on one path of shareholder activism.
The Data Brokers Fueling ICE’s Deportation Machine—And the Union Shareholders Fighting Back
"As investors, we are thinking about this as a risk to our investments, but also as a social and ethical issue.”
inthesetimes.com

Reposted by Pamela Samuelson, Fabián Muniesa

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Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 17d
Marc Andreessen, who sits on Meta's board, is funding a click farm www.404media.co/a16z-backed-...
a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of ‘Synthetic Influencers’ to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
Andreessen Horowitz is funding a company that clearly violates the inauthentic behavior policies of every major social media platform.
www.404media.co

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Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social · 17d
For more check out a new policy brief authored by my colleague @courtneyr.bsky.social and me on why platform monopolies – not EU regulation – are the real threat to freedom of speech.

www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications...
New Policy Brief Warns: U.S. “Free Speech” Attacks Threaten Europe’s Sovereignty and Democracy — Open Markets Institute
CJL director Dr. Courtney Radsch and Europe director Max von Thun author a brief arguing that dominant U.S. platforms such as Google, Meta and X wield unprecedented power to manipulate pol...
www.openmarketsinstitute.org

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Max von Thun @maxvonthun.bsky.social · 17d
Good to see enforcement of the DSA continuing despite Trump's threats.

While the US government claims that the DSA allows "censorship", in the real world Meta is preventing users from exercising their legal rights to challenge its opaque content moderation decisions.

ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Commission preliminarily finds TikTok and Meta in breach of their transparency obligations under the Digital Services Act
Today, the European Commission preliminarily found both TikTok and Meta in breach of their obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data under the Digital Services Act (DSA).
ec.europa.eu

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Institute for Information Law (IViR) @ivir-uva.bsky.social · 17d
IViR is very happy and proud to announce that Dr. João Pedro Quintais @jpquintais.bsky.social was awarded with a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Congratulations João Pedro! 🥳
www.ivir.nl/vidi-grant-f...
Vidi grant for Dr. João Pedro Quintais - IVIR
IViR is proud to announce that Dr. João Pedro Quintais has received a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO) for his research into generative AI content moderation.
www.ivir.nl

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David S. Cohen @dsc250.bsky.social · 20d
These pictures need to be in EVERY Democratic candidate's ad for the next several years.

EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
chrisgeidner.bsky.social Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 20d
NEW: After The Washington Post reported Monday on the demolition of the "East Wing facade," a new picture obtained by Law Dork that was taken on Tuesday shows that a substantial portion of the entirety of the East Wing has been demolished.
Photograph of ongoing demolition of the East Wing of the White House. Monday's photo from the Washington Post

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NPR @npr.org · 20d
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations. n.pr/42R8gJ2
Israel takes steps to shut down international aid groups in Gaza and the West Bank
Israel is de-registering major nongovernmental aid groups from helping people in the Palestinian territories, according to several officials with humanitarian organizations.
n.pr

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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 21d
Trump in July, on the WH $250MM ballroom project:

“It won’t interfere with the current building.... It’ll be near it but not touching it — and pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of."

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

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Literati Bookstore @literatibookstore.bsky.social · 21d
As a matter of fact, truth matters.

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CAKE @thebandcake.bsky.social · 22d
The phone number for the U.S. Capitol switchboard is (202) 224-3121. #epstein

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Alisar Mustafa @alisarmustafa.bsky.social · 22d
Anthropic and Deloitte Announce Global Partnership to Deploy Claude AI Across Regulated Industries
Anthropic and Deloitte Partner to Build AI Solutions for Regulated Industries | PYMNTS.com
Anthropic and Deloitte have partnered to build artificial intelligence (AI) solutions that include compliance features to enable their deployment in
www.pymnts.com

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 22d
Planning your week? 🎉

Join the #InternetArchive to celebrate The Web We’ve Built — from the first pages to 1 trillion & counting. 🌐

📅 Weds, Oct 22
🎟️ In Person ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
🖥️ Virtual ➡️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626431011...

#Wayback1T #Livestream
Poster with a gradient blue background. Large text reads “the web we’ve built.” Smaller text says “Celebrating 1 trillion web pages archived.” Pixelated 3D icons of a floppy disk, magnifying glass, cursor arrow, computer window, and others radiate outward from a bright starburst in the center. On the right, text lists event details: “Wednesday, October 22, 5–10PM PT. Live stream: 7–8PM PT. 300 Funston Avenue, San Francisco.” The Internet Archive logo appears in the bottom right corner.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 23d
SCOTUS spent Wednesday morning trying to figure out a way to legalize racial gerrymandering. trib.al/TvPE4dc

The justices appeared to single out Section 2, which (if gutted) would wipe out Black congressional representation in the South—at a scale unseen since the end of Reconstruction

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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 23d
🚨 NEWS: Colombian President Gustavo Petro accuses U.S. government officials of murder and violating Colombia’s sovereignty and says the Trump-ordered strike of a boat in the Caribbean killed a fisherman named Alejandro Carranza.
Screenshot of a post on X from Colombian President Gustavo Petro’s verified account. The post reads: “US government officials have committed a murder and violated our sovereignty in territorial waters. Fisherman Alejandro Carranza had no ties to the drug trade and his daily activity was fishing. The Colombian boat was adrift and had its distress signal up due to an engine failure. We await explanations from the US government.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 24d
BREAKING: Donald Trump has commuted the sentence of George Santos, according to a Truth Social post.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 24d
This is potentially a massive story. Did DOJ plan for survivors? Do they have sufficient evidence to prosecute? What is US jurisdiction to prosecute? Where will they go next? When is their court date? Will they be indicted? Held at Gitmo? Returned to Venezuela? Be Epsteined?

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Library Futures @libraryfutures.bsky.social · 28d
We're tracking digital censorship, and we hope you'll help. /end

www.libraryfutures.net/post/trackin...
Tracking Digital Censorship
Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.
www.libraryfutures.net

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José Sepúlveda @josesepulveda.bsky.social · 28d
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the 94 million pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the #Trump administration’s cuts to The Emergency Food Assistance Program.

My latest video for @propublica.org.

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Dr Emma L Briant @emma-briant.co.uk · 29d
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Planet’s first catastrophic climate tipping point reached, report says, with coral reefs facing ‘widespread dieback’
Unless global heating is reduced to 1.2C ‘as fast as possible’, warm water coral reefs will not remain ‘at any meaningful scale’, a report by 160 scientists from 23 countries warns
www.theguardian.com

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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 29d
Pro-voting groups warn that if the Supreme Court rules to strike down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, it could give the GOP at least 19 more U.S. House seats — seats that were directly created by the provision. https://bit.ly/4q7aQ7D
GOP Could Lock in House Control for a Generation if SCOTUS Ends Key VRA Protection, Report Warns
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com

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Guardrails of Democracy @demguardrails.bsky.social · Oct 11
MO & OH Dems need us to help Rally support!

A commissioned poll shows nearly 1/2 of MO voters oppose the maps

The Dem committee needs over 100,000 valid signatures across multiple congressional districts before the state’s 90-day window expires on Dec. 11 to let voters decide on the maps.
Missouri Democrats have an opportunity to block a new congressional map. They say they’re largely on their own.
Despite relatively little investment from Washington, Missouri and Ohio Democrats are looking to block new Republican-drawn maps through uncertain avenues.
www.politico.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Oct 11
The biggest news story of the week that you may have missed is the real possibility that TikTok will go MAGA. Subscribe now to have all of Democracy Docket's premium content, including my exclusive newsletters, sent straight to your inbox. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0