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daniellecitron.bsky.social
Hugs!!!
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by Orin S. Kerr — Reposted by Virginia, Kim L. Scheppele, Kristin E. Hickman , and 1 more

orinkerr.bsky.social
Are you starting your 1L year this fall? Here's my explainer for what is ahead and what you should and shouldn't do.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayl3...
"So You're About To Start Law School": A Law Student's Guide with Stanford Law Professor Orin Kerr
YouTube video by Law School Videos
www.youtube.com
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joycewhitevance.bsky.social
joycevance.substack.com/p/five-quest...
Five Questions with UCLA Law Professor Richard L. Hasen
What we need to know about the coming election
joycevance.substack.com
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by Virginia

daniellecitron.bsky.social
Well I couldn’t have written it without your extraordinary insights about legal endogineity and what all these developments mean!!!!
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financialtimes.com
Breaking news: The FBI has raided the home of John Bolton, who served as Donald Trump’s national security adviser during his first term and has emerged as a staunch critic of the US president in recent years on.ft.com/4lK8YOS
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Reposted by Virginia, Manisha Sinha

normornstein.bsky.social
Read @johnjharwood.bsky.social

zeteo.com/p/trump-is-i...
Trump Is Inflicting More Damage Than Even the Pessimists Anticipated
In every realm that allows him to harm our country’s interests, values, and norms, the president continues to outdo himself in all the worst ways.
zeteo.com
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Reposted by Virginia, Meredith Broussard, Monika Dommann , and 8 more

histoftech.bsky.social
Steve Shirley escaped the Holocaust as a child & went on to found one of the earliest software startups. The really impressive part? She employed women programmers who had been pushed out of the workforce after having kids, & allowed them flexible, family friendly, work from home jobs—in the 1960s!
lisairontongue.bsky.social
Lisa Hirsch @lisairontongue.bsky.social · Aug 22
@histoftech.bsky.social Am obit of interest that you might have seen already. Gift link:

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/b...
Stephanie Shirley, Who Created a Tech World for Women, Dies at 91
www.nytimes.com
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ag.state.mn.us
Social media is part of our everyday lives. It's an outlet for creativity, a way to connect, a source for learning, and a platform for organizing. But like any powerful tool, it can also be dangerous.

TikTok has knowingly ignored its own dangers, so we are taking them to court.
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uvalaw.bsky.social
What happens when a president can impose tariffs without input from Congress? Prof. @pbs3.bsky.social ’77 weighs in.
Who Decides? Tariff Authority and the Future of Democratic Governance
There is a growing tension between congressional and executive authority over tariffs, a conflict with deep constitutional roots and real-world economic impact.
karshinstitute.virginia.edu
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daniellecitron.bsky.social
Duke 90 here. Can only imagine that he had zero friends at college.
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leftistlawyer.com
Today a judge misgendered me in open court. Again. And then he smirked about it.

Please stop misgendering people and calling it a joke. You may think it mocks bad people. It just gives bad people cover to mock my community.
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Reposted by Virginia, Anna O. Law, Matthew Bunn , and 14 more

civilwarmemory.bsky.social
Thank you, Boston Globe. This is how it's done.
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robertscotthorton.bsky.social
What's he hiding? 60 Minutes (Australia) takes a look at why Trump is so frantic about stopping the release of the Epstein files. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIP...
Why is Donald Trump refusing to release the Epstein files? | 60 Minutes Australia
YouTube video by 60 Minutes Australia
www.youtube.com
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melissaryan.bsky.social
New edition of Ctrl Alt-Right Delete comes out later today, 6 PM ET/3 PM PT. It's a banger and I'm both proud of it and a little anxious for the response. Subscribe here to receive it free in your inbox. www.altrightdelete.news
Ctrl Alt Right Delete | Melissa Ryan | Substack
A weekly newsletter devoted to covering the rise of far-right extremism, white nationalism, disinformation, and online toxicity. Click to read Ctrl Alt Right Delete, by Melissa Ryan, a Substack public...
www.altrightdelete.news
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nytimes.com
If you’ve ever suspected your smart devices are spying on you, you’re right. Even everyday devices you may not consider "smart" are monitoring you. This is how your data is being collected and sold—and how to protect yourself. nyti.ms/414EKyA
A quote from Christine Cyr Clisset, co-host of “The Wirecutter Show”: “A lot of devices in our homes that we may not think of as smart devices are actually collecting quite a lot of data and it’s pretty up in the air about what’s actually happening with this data.”
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cristianfarias.com
The Trump judges on the D.C. Circuit, which has a seven-judge Democratic supermajority, are giving Donald Trump everything he wants.

Today, Gregory Katsas and Neomi Rao ruled that a wholesale move to abolish the CFPB, root and branch, cannot be challenged in the courts at all.

Utter lawlessness.
media.cadc.uscourts.gov
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mikesacks.bsky.social
CADC, 2-1, lets Trump de facto destroy the CFPB.

Trump judges in majority. Obama judge in dissent.

media.cadc.uscourts.gov/opinions/doc...
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Reposted by Virginia, Daniel W. Drezner, Alan Richardson

pbump.com
It's pleasant when someone pivots from attacking you personally to unequivocally revealing themselves to be an idiot.
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Reposted by Virginia, Brendan Nyhan

esqueer.net
Meta's AI chatbot with the voice and likeness of John Cena engaged in sexually explicit conversations with a 14 year old girl.

deadline.com/2025/04/inst...
Screenshot of a Deadline article excerpt discussing Meta licensing the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, and Kristen Bell for its digital companions. It claims that despite this celebrity involvement, inappropriate conversations occurred during “hundreds” of test chats by Journal reporters. The example given involves a Meta bot using Cena’s voice allegedly making sexual remarks to someone identifying as a 14-year-old girl.
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Reposted by Virginia, Steve Peers, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 3 more

acyn.bsky.social
Newsom: He is a failed president. Who else sends ICE at the same time while having a conversation like this? Someone who is weak, broken. His weakness is masquerading as a strength. The most unpopular president in modern history.
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Reposted by Virginia, Anna O. Law, Rosemary A. Joyce , and 2 more

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goldengateblond.bsky.social
the problem with “norms” is they’re just held together with common sense and a fear of shame. when people have neither, it all collapses.
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Reposted by Virginia, Kim L. Scheppele, Brendan Nyhan , and 2 more

josephcox.bsky.social
New from 404 Media: ICE added a random person to group chat, exposed highly sensitive details about an active manhunt in real-time. The person says they were added weeks ago, thought they were scam texts until start seeing data lookups etc. Incredible security failure www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...
ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time
The texts were sent to a group called “Mass Text” and show ICE using DMV and license plate reader data in an attempt to find their target, copies of the messages obtained by 404 Media show.
www.404media.co
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Reposted by Virginia, Michael E. Mann, Aleksandra Urman

404media.co
BREAKING: ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time

🔗 www.404media.co/ice-adds-ran...
ICE Adds Random Person to Group Chat, Exposes Details of Manhunt in Real-Time
The texts were sent to a group called “Mass Text” and show ICE using DMV and license plate reader data in an attempt to find their target, copies of the messages obtained by 404 Media show.
www.404media.co
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by Virginia

daniellecitron.bsky.social
He is so telling on himself. I have so many real life friends who enrich my life and gosh if you are remotely kind you can say the same. He has employees and toadies. In airless rooms with no friction. Careless People for real.
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Reposted by Virginia, Steve Peers, Martin Paul Eve , and 3 more

heykellyjensen.bsky.social
“None Of These Books Are Obscene”: Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida’s Book Ban Bill

This is a big win for intellectual freedom and will have big implications in other ongoing lawsuits and future laws aiming to ban books.

bookriot.com/penguin-rand...
"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban Bill
In a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries.
bookriot.com
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Reposted by Virginia, Meredith Broussard

dell.bsky.social
NEW: Reporters at @calmatters.org and @themarkup.org ‬ found dozens of data brokers hiding opt-out tools from search results. US senator Maggie Hassan is now pressing top offenders to disclose their practices and pledge to improve access to privacy controls.

By me @wired.com
Data Brokers Face New Pressure for Hiding Opt-Out Pages From Google
After reporters found dozens of firms hiding privacy tools from search results, US senator Maggie Hassan insists the companies explain their practices—and pledge to improve access to privacy controls.
www.wired.com
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by Equality — Reposted by Virginia, Trevon D. Logan, Alan Richardson

owillis.bsky.social
It’s the thing the msm won’t say or touch — Trump is trying to break black America over his knee www.oliverexplains.com/p/donald-tru...
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Reposted by Virginia, Julie Leask, Steve Peers , and 7 more

davelevitan.bsky.social
This op-ed from NIH director Jay Bhattacharya is *infuriating*. He says we have to stop funding mRNA vaccine research because it hasn't "earned public trust." Motherfucker, WHO DID THAT.
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
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Reposted by Virginia, Richard S.J. Tol, Rebecca Tushnet , and 5 more

joyurcaba.bsky.social
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom

The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.

For @nbcnews.com:
www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-...
Minnesota teen says server forced her to prove her gender in restaurant bathroom
The 18-year-old high school student alleged the server would not let her exit the Buffalo Wild Wings restroom until she unzipped her hoodie and showed she had breasts.
www.nbcnews.com
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