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Edward Swaine

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Law professor. Personal account, personal views only. Vonnegut's one rule: you've got to be kind.

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Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1h

extra credit, in this context, for "cheeky"!

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1h

Well, "has to multiply its scores by . . . to make the scores seem larger" gave a certain impression. The original misleading comparison was mine, and I take full responsibility. I'd only add that you have wisely steered away from mentioning cricket.

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1h

As I recall, TDs used to be worth *less* than two field goals (maybe even less than that originally, as kicking was the real objective), then they became the equal of two field goals as they are now (though occasioning the extra point). I have no idea why or when FGs became worth 3.

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 2h

To be serious for just a moment. I enjoy soccer and doubt it should be changed. But what you point to more of a deficiency in the soccer rules than a sign of inflate-gate in American football.

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 2h

NFL games are on three-sevenths of the week. :)

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 2h

my money's on pizza rat

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 2h

obv the whole point was to create the science of scorigami

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 2h

yeah, and kudos to him for saying the 11 part out loud

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 2h

quit complaining, a 13-11 score in a Spurs game would be mindbending

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 3h

You have to break in the soccer fans slowly. A normal game would be like dropping birdwatchers into Grand Theft Auto.

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 2h

UN would send the blue helmets, so get set for Giants-Titans

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 3h

You have to break in the soccer fans slowly. A normal game would be like dropping birdwatchers into Grand Theft Auto.

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 3h

"State practice says otherwise."

Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · 12h

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

rm -rf ~/

hammancheez @hammancheez.bsky.social · 12h

"The chancellor approved it"

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Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 18h

Project 2025 (2023): COVID-19 exposed CDC "as perhaps the most incompetent and arrogant agency in the federal government"

Actual 2025: hold my respirator

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

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Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 4h

Thiel's bottom line ("embrace tech, enrich me") isn't surprising. Nor is the fact that his dorm-room ramblings don't hold up. What's more surprising is his evident willingness to say that religious imagery is just his ploy for making tech regs irrationally scary -- religion as meth for the masses.

The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 2d

Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 14h

They all presumed your blessing

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 18h

kind of off brand

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 18h

Project 2025 (2023): COVID-19 exposed CDC "as perhaps the most incompetent and arrogant agency in the federal government"

Actual 2025: hold my respirator

Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Scores of C.D.C. Experts Fired in Error

www.nytimes.com

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 21h

🎵"You're Track 16, going to be 17"🎵

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 21h

at least he's not "talking about hot dog food" which I think means ice cream or refrigerated kibble

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 22h

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1d

As compared to, say, submission of a matter to a grand jury? Let me get back to you.

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1d

far be it from us to question their decision whatever

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1d

* classroomism

Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1d

occasionally harbor doubts that those using the term "bench-slap" understand its origins

Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders

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Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 1d

Vancouver just came downstairs and told everyone to knock it off and go to bed