gelbach
@gelbach.bsky.social
Expert provider of lay opinions.
Day job: Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at UC Berkeley Law. Opinions my own, not intended to represent UC's.
Day job: Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at UC Berkeley Law. Opinions my own, not intended to represent UC's.
Criminal-law folks: is this useful evidence for a selective-prosecution attack on a future indictment?
November 14, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Criminal-law folks: is this useful evidence for a selective-prosecution attack on a future indictment?
The job is to be a sucker
10/10
10/10
November 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
The job is to be a sucker
10/10
10/10
Side note to #CornellCapitulation is that the NYT is no longer claiming that Harvard is just about to cave.
Of course, though, there's no acknowledgment that their breathless suggestions of imminent Harvard cave have repeatedly been wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Of course, though, there's no acknowledgment that their breathless suggestions of imminent Harvard cave have repeatedly been wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Side note to #CornellCapitulation is that the NYT is no longer claiming that Harvard is just about to cave.
Of course, though, there's no acknowledgment that their breathless suggestions of imminent Harvard cave have repeatedly been wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Of course, though, there's no acknowledgment that their breathless suggestions of imminent Harvard cave have repeatedly been wrong.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
Those numbers from the chart in @gelliottmorris.com’s post are Virginia-adjusted projections he made using national exit polls, according to this snip from the table footnote image he posted.
Same issue seems apparent with race for what it’s worth
Same issue seems apparent with race for what it’s worth
November 7, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Those numbers from the chart in @gelliottmorris.com’s post are Virginia-adjusted projections he made using national exit polls, according to this snip from the table footnote image he posted.
Same issue seems apparent with race for what it’s worth
Same issue seems apparent with race for what it’s worth
Captures so much about today's US politics
November 6, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Captures so much about today's US politics
They should be and they do deserve it
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
They should be and they do deserve it
Ozzy has made a brief return to this world
He lives on In the afterworld
He lives on In the afterworld
October 31, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Ozzy has made a brief return to this world
He lives on In the afterworld
He lives on In the afterworld
Paul Weiss now lagging 19th Century Germany’s ethics standards
October 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Paul Weiss now lagging 19th Century Germany’s ethics standards
This gets you a pundit WAR of ~0
October 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
This gets you a pundit WAR of ~0
October 4, 2025 at 9:36 AM
No substantive beef with nyt story about the withdrawal of nomination of unqualified EJ Antoni, but: “A doctor in economics”??
Is NYT using LLMs to write these stories?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Is NYT using LLMs to write these stories?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
October 1, 2025 at 10:49 AM
No substantive beef with nyt story about the withdrawal of nomination of unqualified EJ Antoni, but: “A doctor in economics”??
Is NYT using LLMs to write these stories?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Is NYT using LLMs to write these stories?
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
September 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
i will never lose this one
September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i will never lose this one
Will we see a piece like this one in tomorrow's NYT??
September 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Will we see a piece like this one in tomorrow's NYT??