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I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
December 1, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I feel like my house is missing a coat bath.
We applaud the founders for having created a constitutional framework that has lasted this long. But we’ve changed. My old college professor, who taught an excellent principles of constitutional design class during the USSR breakup, would probably agree that USofA is in need of an update.
#ICYMI: Yesterday’s bonus “One First” took a deep dive into Justice Kavanaugh’s concurring opinion in the ICE raids case—and how its … casual … relationship with the facts and relevant law may be a broader indictment of how #SCOTUS is approaching *all* of the Trump-related emergency applications:
Bonus 177: A Closer Look at Justice Kavanaugh's ICE Raids Opinion
Walking through the only opinion written in support of Monday's Supreme Court stay in the ICE roving arrests case helps to highlight *how* the Court may be stacking the deck in Trump-related cases.
www.stevevladeck.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We applaud the founders for having created a constitutional framework that has lasted this long. But we’ve changed. My old college professor, who taught an excellent principles of constitutional design class during the USSR breakup, would probably agree that USofA is in need of an update.
Open primaries violate 1A rights of whom? Well my fellow Texans, we are headed down even stranger legal paths.
September 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Open primaries violate 1A rights of whom? Well my fellow Texans, we are headed down even stranger legal paths.
Prediction: The announcement will be brief. He will be in a suit, no tie, as will every other man in the background. He will be wearing a white cap, not red. He will take 3 questions from pre-selected individuals.
www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Trump will make "an announcement" from the Oval Office at 2 p.m., according to the daily guidance and press schedule issued by the White House on Monday night.
After days of rumors about his health.
Trump will make "an announcement" from the Oval Office at 2 p.m., according to the daily guidance and press schedule issued by the White House on Monday night.
After days of rumors about his health.
Donald Trump to make televised announcement at White House
The president is set to make an announcement from the Oval Office.
www.newsweek.com
September 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Prediction: The announcement will be brief. He will be in a suit, no tie, as will every other man in the background. He will be wearing a white cap, not red. He will take 3 questions from pre-selected individuals.
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In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
New Zealand woman and six-year-old son detained for three weeks by Ice in US enduring ‘terrifying’ ordeal
Sarah Shaw, who has a US visa and lives in Washington state, was detained after attempting to re-enter US from Canada
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
In authoritarian crackdowns, it’s important to randomly ensnare some people whom one would think would be safe, so that everyone is at least a little bit afraid that something could happen to them. The regime scales up its power of intimidation over a much larger group than those directly affected.
Mini nuclear reactors that fit on a flatbed. What could go wrong?
August 7, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Mini nuclear reactors that fit on a flatbed. What could go wrong?
I read this with great interest. Are women better at navigating the attention economy was one of the many questions I asked myself. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?
www.nytimes.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I read this with great interest. Are women better at navigating the attention economy was one of the many questions I asked myself. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
I think we could all use a stack of these right now. And remember, no change will be given.
June 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
I think we could all use a stack of these right now. And remember, no change will be given.
To all of my Pittsburgh Steelers fans: I’m truly sorry.
June 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
To all of my Pittsburgh Steelers fans: I’m truly sorry.
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There are a lot of uses for machine learning but "LLMs for general use across industries"—which get the bulk of the hype and money—isn't even at the level of a prototype, it's just an expensive toy. Even plausible uses for them are limited by the market being oversaturated with snake oil.
Notable that AI is getting a *lot* less priority from management teams when they talk to investors.
April 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
There are a lot of uses for machine learning but "LLMs for general use across industries"—which get the bulk of the hype and money—isn't even at the level of a prototype, it's just an expensive toy. Even plausible uses for them are limited by the market being oversaturated with snake oil.
Great op ed in FT this morning. I will now be using the phrase, “moron premium”. www.ft.com/content/7ccf...
Trump, Truss and the ‘moron premium’
The educational value of the former UK prime minister’s cautionary tale is timeless
www.ft.com
April 14, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Great op ed in FT this morning. I will now be using the phrase, “moron premium”. www.ft.com/content/7ccf...
I’ve seen a few memes from Millennials complaining about all of the financial turmoil they have had to live through. Please, you’re in your 40s at the most. The markets aren’t your biggest concern. It’s all the other things, just pick one, like the cost of housing, racism/genderism, medical care.
April 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I’ve seen a few memes from Millennials complaining about all of the financial turmoil they have had to live through. Please, you’re in your 40s at the most. The markets aren’t your biggest concern. It’s all the other things, just pick one, like the cost of housing, racism/genderism, medical care.
As a young man, I read and heard countless times that our generation (Gen X) should expect Social Security. I believed it, but didn’t think it would be because the good people at the SSA were just terminated. Ran out of money sure. But this?
April 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
As a young man, I read and heard countless times that our generation (Gen X) should expect Social Security. I believed it, but didn’t think it would be because the good people at the SSA were just terminated. Ran out of money sure. But this?
Bumping because I believe this is true. In 1990, I took a principals of constitutional design course in college and it opened my eyes to the difficulties of creating a document that could reflect a diverse group of individuals and one that might even last for as long as the US Constitution has.
My evening thought is that I suspect a great many Americans, in the period after 1989, grew very used to a world in which it didn't matter *that* much who they elected (to them).
They had the rule of law, the most prosperous economy in human history, the long peace.
But it always mattered.
They had the rule of law, the most prosperous economy in human history, the long peace.
But it always mattered.
April 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Bumping because I believe this is true. In 1990, I took a principals of constitutional design course in college and it opened my eyes to the difficulties of creating a document that could reflect a diverse group of individuals and one that might even last for as long as the US Constitution has.
I’ve often wondered why Alaska doesn’t consider the idea of seceding and be all like, “Yo, here is $150M for the Alaska Purchase, but we are gonna be Canadians now. Thx!”
“Republican Rep. Chuck Kopp of Alaska, which shares a border with the Yukon and is separated from the contiguous U.S. by Canada, says the state doesn’t support the president’s trade war and annexation bid against Canada.”
Wow. 👏🏻👏🏻
Wow. 👏🏻👏🏻
'Can't imagine Alaska without Canada': Resolution would affirm Canadian sovereignty
April 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I’ve often wondered why Alaska doesn’t consider the idea of seceding and be all like, “Yo, here is $150M for the Alaska Purchase, but we are gonna be Canadians now. Thx!”
Yup. No notes.
![“I’m honestly shocked. I thought we had it in the bag,” said Pam Van Handel, Chair of the Republican Party of Wisconsin’s Outagamie County. “I thought [Musk] was gonna be an asset for this race. People love Trump, but maybe they don’t love everybody he supports. Maybe I have blinders on.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7vj2towokzui3hgna5u5u46f/bafkreig4kjmy5yti2tt4wwwsm3ihhuhykpkaqfefos7qoq5fbtfckbhciu@jpeg)
April 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Yup. No notes.
I did not have egg heist on my 2025 Bingo Card.
A heist in Pennsylvania has left authorities shell-shocked: 100,000 organic eggs were stolen from a facility in Greencastle, just north of the Maryland border.
The egg heist, worth approximately $40,000, comes at a time of record-high wholesale egg prices in the country and reports of shortages.
The egg heist, worth approximately $40,000, comes at a time of record-high wholesale egg prices in the country and reports of shortages.
Authorities scramble to crack case of 100,000-egg heist in Pennsylvania
About $40,000 worth of eggs were taken from a trailer belonging to Pete and Gerry’s Organics, police said. U.S. wholesale egg prices are at a record high.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 6, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I did not have egg heist on my 2025 Bingo Card.
I learned about the plane collision at 9:18 pm EST because the helicopter noise was more active than usual. My default used to be Twitter eons ago, but now it’s r/nova for our area. There was already a post and no news, but it made me think a lot about local “reporting.” Reddit community helped.
January 30, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I learned about the plane collision at 9:18 pm EST because the helicopter noise was more active than usual. My default used to be Twitter eons ago, but now it’s r/nova for our area. There was already a post and no news, but it made me think a lot about local “reporting.” Reddit community helped.
These are the kinds of posts and comments I truly enjoyed when I joined Twitter in ‘09. Lot of opinions about how legal search+AI is being received and utilized. I grew up on headnotes and digests, and reading these comments brings back memories of lawyers complaining about NLS.
Users: We just want precise, Boolean searching. Or like, maybe just pull up the case when we type in its exact name.
Lexis/Westlaw: Okay, here is an AI assistant!
Lexis/Westlaw: Okay, here is an AI assistant!
January 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
These are the kinds of posts and comments I truly enjoyed when I joined Twitter in ‘09. Lot of opinions about how legal search+AI is being received and utilized. I grew up on headnotes and digests, and reading these comments brings back memories of lawyers complaining about NLS.
What is the best book or long-form essay on the modern meaning of republicanism and democratism (is that a word?) out there today? Historical analogies are informative, but seemingly irrelevant now.
January 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
What is the best book or long-form essay on the modern meaning of republicanism and democratism (is that a word?) out there today? Historical analogies are informative, but seemingly irrelevant now.
I talk about certain advantages of GAI usage with my adult children. I’m a technologist, so it’s a thing. They categorically reject it saying they refuse to have their imagination supplanted. Interesting conversations.
New study finds that frequent use of AI tools encourages offloading cognitive tasks and reduces critical thinking. Higher AI usage correlated with lower critical thinking skills, especially in younger users.
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/15...
AI Tools in Society: Impacts on Cognitive Offloading and the Future of Critical Thinking
The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) tools has transformed numerous aspects of daily life, yet its impact on critical thinking remains underexplored. This study investigates the relations...
www.mdpi.com
January 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I talk about certain advantages of GAI usage with my adult children. I’m a technologist, so it’s a thing. They categorically reject it saying they refuse to have their imagination supplanted. Interesting conversations.
Happy Holidays all. One person and one stool and a lifetime of memories in this photo is still present in our lives, and if you cherish loved ones, I hope you get a chance to spend time with them this year. Feliz Navidad!
December 9, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Happy Holidays all. One person and one stool and a lifetime of memories in this photo is still present in our lives, and if you cherish loved ones, I hope you get a chance to spend time with them this year. Feliz Navidad!