Ellen P. Goodman
@ellgood.bsky.social
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Information law prof @ Rutgers. Philly, animal rights, algorithmic justice, book project on urban tech. Mom, wife, still daughter ..עברנו את פרעה 🇺🇸🌻💔

Ellen Goodman is an American journalist and syndicated columnist. She won a Pulitzer Prize in 1980. She is also a speaker and commentator.

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Affiliate contracts permit only so many network preemptions. Wonder if network-affiliate agreements will survive polarization and sorting as the Sinclairs go independent. Another piece of common culture to go.

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We’ll have you over!

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Toronto Film Festival cancels film about dad rescuing his daughters from Nova Festival in 10/7/23. Reason #1: filmaker didn’t get copyright license from Hamas to use GoPro footage of massacre! Reason #2: something something word salad fear of protests. Incoherent and craven.

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davidzipper.bsky.social
A hugely important verdict.

The victims were pedestrians, so Tesla can't argue they knew/accepted Autopilot's risks.

People walking, biking, and inside other cars didn't consent to be Elon Musk's guinea pigs.
Tesla hit with $243 million in damages after jury finds its Autopilot feature contributed to fatal crash
The verdict follows a three-week trial that threw a spotlight on how Tesla and CEO Elon Musk have marketed their driver-assistance software.
www.nbcnews.com

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This will harm our nation's scientific progress, leadership, and prosperity for decades: “There’s going to be a missing age class of researchers that will reverberate for years” www.science.org/cont...
U.S. early-career researchers struggling amid chaos
Uncertain funding, government firings, and distressed universities hit vulnerable groups especially hard
www.science.org

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katestarbird.bsky.social
The right’s bullshit machine continues to hum. The left better figure out real quick that you can’t fact check your way to a win in this kind of frame game. You have create alternative frames, support people in telling stories that resonate with those frames, and make sure those stories are heard.

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forward.com
When Elon Musk threw up his hand in a speech on Trump’s inauguration day, a meme was born — and there have been at least three instances of public Sieg Heil salutes in the month since.

NEW video from @miraefox.bsky.social:

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Should judges use LLMs like ChatGPT to determine the meaning of legal text?

Whatever your answer, it’s already happening… @peterhenderson.bsky.social, Kart Kandula, Faiz Surani, and I explain why this is a dangerous idea in a recent article for Lawfare... 🧵 (1/10)

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Louisiana made it illegal to *publicly discuss* pollution data that comes from cheap community-based pollution monitors

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/c...
Under the new Louisiana law, the group is no longer allowed to publicly discuss data or file complaints using information from PurpleAir sensors. The group says it would instead have to use government-approved particulate monitors that cost almost $60,000 each, beyond their financial reach.

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ellgood.bsky.social
Trump’s AI Action Plan has some good points (see also Biden EO). But they’re totally at odds with the rest of his agenda. Grid abundance (but not renewables?); surge AI labor force (but nix immigration?); grow AI diplomacy (but fire diplomatic corp?); grow deepfake forensics (but kill research?)

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Atrocious but this is change-the-subject bait. Press shouldn't take it.

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Love this right near Washington’s Crossing park where Washington crossed the Delaware to fight the British … inviting walkers to adorn the tree with hopes and blessings for America. Lots of “peace” “no kings” “rule of law.”

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No doubt we need AI incident reporting structure. OECD is trying but too remote. EU has for high risk. If the feds cared, NTIA AI Accountability Policy report recommends it along lines of FDA. In absence, up to states + universities hai.stanford.edu/assets/files...
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adamconner.bsky.social
New from @nicole-alvarez.bsky.social and I, a new @americanprogress.bsky.social analysis of the Senate Commerce reconciliation bill’s rebranded “AI Pause,” & how contrary to the claim it’s optional for the new $500M in funding, the text implicates the entire $42.45B in BEAD broadband funding.

ellgood.bsky.social
A moratorium on enforcement of state AI laws would presumably cover Louisiana's new rule of civil procedure to require disclosure of AI manipulation of evidence? Laws of general applicability are safe, but many like this specify AI. legiscan.com/LA/text/HB17...
Louisiana HB178 | 2025 | Regular Session
Bill Text (2025-06-11) Provides for the continuous revision of the Code of Civil Procedure [Effective date: 08/01/2025.]
legiscan.com

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Ban on state AI lawmaking survives for now in budget bill (as a condition of broadband funding), but Hawley, Blackburn and other Rs seeking to ax it in amendments. Where is utah?https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/22/moratorium-on-state-ai-regulation-clears-senate-hurdle/
Moratorium on state AI regulation clears Senate hurdle | TechCrunch
A Republican effort to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a key procedural hurdle on Saturday.
techcrunch.com

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www.thefp.com/p/matti-frie.... The “he” is Israeli film director of Reading Lolita in Tehran. This Matti Friedman piece imagines new horizons for Mideast peace. לו יהי

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Random country that attacked with hundreds of ballistic missiles in April and again Oct 2025, that has proxies bomb from north (Hezbollah), south (houthis), east (militias), that funded and promoted Hamas invasion in 2023 and that vows to annihilate Israel every day? That random country?

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Portland OR tries personalized pricing and discounts for water by algorithmically setting rates based on credit, SNAP data etc. Social license for this kind of thing requires an algorithmic impact assessment and transparency about relative payments. redtailmedia.org/2025/06/09/l...
Leaving Money on the Table: Inside Portland Water Bureau’s Algorithmic Pricing Program
Portland is testing a machine learning algorithm for water bill pricing that promises both affordability and higher revenues. Here’s the first in-depth analysis of the program and the tech be…
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