Ann M. Lipton
@annmlipton.bsky.social
Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
Scholarship at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170
No longer welcome in the State of Nevada.
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Exact copies can be transformative, politician edition
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February 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Exact copies can be transformative, politician edition
i keep saying, the solution is to require that all LLM answers be presented in valley girl speak
The thing about LLMs is that answers that are correct and answers that are wildly wrong are presented with *exactly the same level of confidence*
If you're informed enough to know the difference you don't need the answer
If you aren't you can't trust what you get
If you're informed enough to know the difference you don't need the answer
If you aren't you can't trust what you get
February 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
i keep saying, the solution is to require that all LLM answers be presented in valley girl speak
every new word in this sentence is a surprise
February 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
every new word in this sentence is a surprise
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also all those normal investors who invest in xai, meaning grok, meaning x - the company that just gave $1 million to a nazi
Bill Ackman's fund, Pershing Square, manages 18 billion dollars for wealthy clients, billions of it for the Harvard Endowment
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
Anyways here he is uncritically eating up conspiracy slop from Naomi Wolf about stolen NYC elections
February 8, 2026 at 2:47 AM
also all those normal investors who invest in xai, meaning grok, meaning x - the company that just gave $1 million to a nazi
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Oh, the paper is here btw: davidwidder.me/cloud.pdf
and I was presenting this at the Association of Law and Political Economy's first conference, quite literally the coolest conference I've been to in a while
and I was presenting this at the Association of Law and Political Economy's first conference, quite literally the coolest conference I've been to in a while
February 8, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Oh, the paper is here btw: davidwidder.me/cloud.pdf
and I was presenting this at the Association of Law and Political Economy's first conference, quite literally the coolest conference I've been to in a while
and I was presenting this at the Association of Law and Political Economy's first conference, quite literally the coolest conference I've been to in a while
i feel like this is going to reveal too much but - umm, what makes them "expired"?
At Whipple where expired dicks are being thrown at ICE vehicles and those believed to be agitators. The area has been a place of protest since thousands of federal agents arrived in the city.
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
Near Minneapolis February 7, 2026
February 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
i feel like this is going to reveal too much but - umm, what makes them "expired"?
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"It's in the syllabus"
"It's in the syllabus"
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Sadly, not aliens."
"Sadly, not aliens."
February 8, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Without naming your job, tell me something you say over and over again at work.
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
"Well, it's two questions. Or a comment and a question."
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Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 PM
Will Lewis is resigning as WaPo CEO, former Tumblr CEO Jeff D’Onofrio is the paper’s new acting CEO and publisher, per memos to staff
Tfw your flight gets in early but it turns out the gate isn't ready for you so you just sit on the tarmac
February 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Tfw your flight gets in early but it turns out the gate isn't ready for you so you just sit on the tarmac
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Judge Kai N. Scott went a step further and compared her and her colleagues on the bench squaring off with the Justice Department in a manner similar to Heracles’ confrontation with Hydra, the serpentlike monster that grew two heads every time one was chopped off.
February 7, 2026 at 4:09 PM
Judge Kai N. Scott went a step further and compared her and her colleagues on the bench squaring off with the Justice Department in a manner similar to Heracles’ confrontation with Hydra, the serpentlike monster that grew two heads every time one was chopped off.
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I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
I stand with County Executive Calvin Ball as he signs emergency legislation today prohibiting privately owned buildings from being used as ICE detention centers.
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Howard County chose dignity, accountability, and its people. Tune into our event now:
bit.ly/4a2VtHw
Redirecting...
bit.ly
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I'm sorry the guy changing the rules on the fly is named what
"The White House has also launched a revisionist history account of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and has replaced the government's coronavirus resource sites with a page titled 'Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19.'"
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025. n.pr/3MhYNoP
State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"The White House has also launched a revisionist history account of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and has replaced the government's coronavirus resource sites with a page titled 'Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19.'"
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Hell yah. Always grateful for my sociological training.
I do want to shout-out my fellow sociologists, who have collectively created a discipline so woke that not a single one of our introductory textbooks can make it past Florida's censors.
Great work everyone.
Great work everyone.
February 7, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Hell yah. Always grateful for my sociological training.
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Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
yeah Bluesky is primarily a Tumblric language
February 6, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Blueskyese and Xian share an obvious common root as both being Twitteric languages, the difference is that after the split Xian became a hybrid Twitteric/Channer-linkedin tongue, while Blueskyese changed less overall but did pick up some tumbleric and redditor loanwords
i can't possibly have a single favorite, but among the favorites -
February 7, 2026 at 1:10 AM
i can't possibly have a single favorite, but among the favorites -
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Auto dealers have done everything in their power to stifle the growth of a healthy US EV market for decades. This is the result. www.thedrive.com/news/u-s-dea...
U.S. Dealers In Full Panic Mode After Canada Green-Lights Chinese Cars
NADA CEO on Chinese cars coming to America: "It’s bad for our industry, it’s bad for our country, it’s bad for consumers."
www.thedrive.com
February 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Auto dealers have done everything in their power to stifle the growth of a healthy US EV market for decades. This is the result. www.thedrive.com/news/u-s-dea...
As a corporate scholar who is usually somewhere in the progressive corporate law space, I gotta say, this bears out some of my more cynical takes which is - the market will not save us
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
Stocks Rebound After Volatile Week as Dow Hits Record High
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 12:12 AM
As a corporate scholar who is usually somewhere in the progressive corporate law space, I gotta say, this bears out some of my more cynical takes which is - the market will not save us
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
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who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
who called it Heated Rivalry and not Fuck Ice
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interesting data that is sadly missing Nextdoor
Trump job approval rating by news platform
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
🟢 Twitter/X: +9
🔴 Facebook: -7
🔴 Cable TV: -10
🔴 Podcasts/YouTube: -14
🔴 Local TV: -17
🔴 Instagram: -21
🔴 Broadcast TV: -28
🔴 TikTok: -28
🔴 Newspapers/news sites: -33
🔴 Reddit: -40
www.theargumentmag.com/p/twitter-is...
February 6, 2026 at 1:46 PM
interesting data that is sadly missing Nextdoor
Okay, I posted this post, then LexBlog ate it, and I had to repost it - I'm hoping it sticks.
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...
Checking in on securities things
(I posted this post, and then LexBlog ate it, so I am posting again - hopefully it will not show up twice.) Misfit toys. Interesting opinion from CA9 in
www.businesslawprofessors.com
February 6, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Okay, I posted this post, then LexBlog ate it, and I had to repost it - I'm hoping it sticks.
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...
This week's blog post is a collection of securities law things:
www.businesslawprofessors.com/2026/02/chec...