Chris Marsden
@chrismarsden.bsky.social
Professional on LinkedIn, no quote without permission pls. I'm not the news. Often post blue skies. Mainly sports politics (not US) travel. Prof AI & Internet/tech co-regulation: views personal. He/him #FirstGen Liverpool, cricket & cycling tragic #JFT97
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Is it worth reminding everyone that we wrote about the solutions to digital dominance in #RegulatingCode (2013) & #InternetCoregulation (2011), based on multi year multidisciplinary multinational (multiple) studies for the European Commission from 2004-7?! It's the 21st birthday of @ox.ac.uk report
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On this day in 2020, Diego Maradona, perhaps the greatest player to ever lace them up, left us.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
On this day in 2020, Diego Maradona, perhaps the greatest player to ever lace them up, left us.
Neo colonial arrogance written large in this ridiculous headline by the national broadcaster. Embarrassing
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia hands COP31 to Türkiye but Bowen to lead negotiations
Adelaide will not host next year's COP summit, but Australia's energy minister, Chris Bowen, will lead the negotiations, and a pre-event will be hosted by a Pacific Island nation.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Neo colonial arrogance written large in this ridiculous headline by the national broadcaster. Embarrassing
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
"proceedings had been filed in the High Court challenging the looming ban on Australians aged under 16 from platforms. The group claims the new laws, to take effect on December 10, trespass on the "constitutional right of freedom of political communication".
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www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Social media ban for under-16s challenged in High Court
Australia's social media age ban is being challenged in the High Court on the grounds that it restricts young teens' implied right to freedom of political communication.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
"proceedings had been filed in the High Court challenging the looming ban on Australians aged under 16 from platforms. The group claims the new laws, to take effect on December 10, trespass on the "constitutional right of freedom of political communication".
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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AI summaries get this kind of thing wrong all the time; Judge Luttig is talking about how the Supreme Court should have an “exceedingly limited” role in its review, and defer to state courts.
This dissent flips that completely! Probably because an AI summary pulled the Luttig article about Moore
This dissent flips that completely! Probably because an AI summary pulled the Luttig article about Moore
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
AI summaries get this kind of thing wrong all the time; Judge Luttig is talking about how the Supreme Court should have an “exceedingly limited” role in its review, and defer to state courts.
This dissent flips that completely! Probably because an AI summary pulled the Luttig article about Moore
This dissent flips that completely! Probably because an AI summary pulled the Luttig article about Moore
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I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I have a strong suspicion that someone used an AI summary here. The phrase “exceedingly limited” in this context appears in an article by Judge J. Michael Luttig, in The Atlantic. But the cite gets the context completely wrong. Here’s what Judge Luttig says:
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This should get you impeached. No excuse. You have clerks and they should be cite-checking everything.
Question about the dissent by (the far-right) Justice Ziegler: Does this quote actually appear in Moore v. Harper? Did Moore say that state courts' role in congressional redistricting is "exceedingly limited"? I don't think it did! vhdshf2oms2wcnsvk7sdv3so.blob.core.windows.net/thearp-media...
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This should get you impeached. No excuse. You have clerks and they should be cite-checking everything.
$1trillion less fraud in the last month
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble on.ft.com/49As3k6
Crypto hoarders dump tokens as shares tumble
‘Digital asset treasury’ craze sours amid $1tn rout in cryptocurrency market
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:13 AM
$1trillion less fraud in the last month
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Google's parliament house passes are sponsored by Liberal MPs.
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Google's parliament house passes are sponsored by Liberal MPs.
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I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Q: Have you heard this audio that Bloomberg has of Witkoff coaching the Russians on how to appeal to you?
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
TRUMP: That's a standard thing. He's gotta sell this to Ukraine, he's gonna sell Ukraine to Russia. That's what a dealmaker does. I haven't heard it but I heard it was standard negotiation.
November 26, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I hope folks realize that between Trump, Kushner, Hegseth, Witkoff, Noem, RFK, Jr., Kash Patel, and Tulsi Gabbard, this country is almost entirely undefended.
Terms of Use horror @marklemley.bsky.social
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Terms of Use horror @marklemley.bsky.social
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I knew all of Tesla's environmental mission stuff was bullshit as soon as I figured out what was going on with their battery swap station in 2015, but the supersonic airliner startup thing showed we were headed for a world where even pretending to care would no longer be necessary
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
I knew all of Tesla's environmental mission stuff was bullshit as soon as I figured out what was going on with their battery swap station in 2015, but the supersonic airliner startup thing showed we were headed for a world where even pretending to care would no longer be necessary
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"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
"My most vivid memories of my school life is Farage repeatedly coming up to me, knowing that I was Jewish, saying 'Hitler was right' and 'gas em' and that was frequently followed by imitating the sound of escaping gas."
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
Peter Ettedgui, ex classmate of Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage.
"In the entire 1960s #PAK only played 30 Tests, and topped up their total with unofficial "Tests". Pakistan have to be equally inventive with their scheduling today. Oborne calls the post 9-11 era Pakistan cricket's Age of Isolation." #WoundedTiger a must read, given horrid injustice to Imran since
November 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
"In the entire 1960s #PAK only played 30 Tests, and topped up their total with unofficial "Tests". Pakistan have to be equally inventive with their scheduling today. Oborne calls the post 9-11 era Pakistan cricket's Age of Isolation." #WoundedTiger a must read, given horrid injustice to Imran since
Amazing stats of the even more amazing story that, in 1964, tiny partition emptied then refugees refilled Dera Ismail Khan played their only first class game in Lahore. It went badly www.espncricinfo.com/story/jon-ho...
What being thrashed does
It can be a lightning-rod moment, a realisation that the world is a lot bigger and badder than you might have realised
www.espncricinfo.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Amazing stats of the even more amazing story that, in 1964, tiny partition emptied then refugees refilled Dera Ismail Khan played their only first class game in Lahore. It went badly www.espncricinfo.com/story/jon-ho...
Trump's career as The Big Con with his marks: "In the mad frenzy of cheating someone else, he is unaware of the fact that he is the real victim, carefully selected and fatted for the kill"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W...
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David W. Maurer - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Trump's career as The Big Con with his marks: "In the mad frenzy of cheating someone else, he is unaware of the fact that he is the real victim, carefully selected and fatted for the kill"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W...
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Politicians behind the teen social media ban have a surprising message: "expect problems".
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Politicians behind the teen social media ban have a surprising message: "expect problems".
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
They are setting expectations that there will be "lots of stories... about how this is a catastrophic failure of process and rollout" but still worthwhile.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
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and all of the arguments we made 5 yrs ago in this paper about why the idea of robot rights relies on faulty assumptions about the nature of human cognition and intelligence still hold
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 PM
and all of the arguments we made 5 yrs ago in this paper about why the idea of robot rights relies on faulty assumptions about the nature of human cognition and intelligence still hold
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Robot Rights?: Let's Talk about Human Welfare Instead dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1...
"Hey Steve, I agree with you that he will congratulate, he will say that Mr. Trump is a real peace man and so and so. That he will say." #PutinWarCriminal to #AgentOrange
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 AM
"Hey Steve, I agree with you that he will congratulate, he will say that Mr. Trump is a real peace man and so and so. That he will say." #PutinWarCriminal to #AgentOrange
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Stories of data annotators and content moderators in Nairobi, Kenya
Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
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Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
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Data Workers Organizing - The African Content Moderators Union
The formation of the African Content Moderators Union in 2023 marked a key step for workers advocating for better conditions. This documentary explores the issues faced by data workers at Sama in N...
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September 25, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Stories of data annotators and content moderators in Nairobi, Kenya
Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
peertube.dair-institute.org/w/gRTuLGE6VJ...
Documentary by @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social #AI
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Turns out oligarchs' realtors are genocidal criminal fans. Who'd have guessed?
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Turns out oligarchs' realtors are genocidal criminal fans. Who'd have guessed?
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The governments latest proposals have been slammed by senior lawyers, who said they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
David Lammy considers scrapping jury trials for all but the most serious cases
Senior lawyers criticise justice secretary’s radical plan, saying it could ‘destroy justice as we know it’
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The governments latest proposals have been slammed by senior lawyers, who said they would not reduce court backlogs and could “destroy justice as we know it”
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
"Social ideas and cohesion aren’t working well,” Zeeb-Lanz says. “And ritualistic violence is a very strong way to bring cohesion in a community.” Farmers creating hierarchy through decapitation of sacrifices?
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
November 25, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"Social ideas and cohesion aren’t working well,” Zeeb-Lanz says. “And ritualistic violence is a very strong way to bring cohesion in a community.” Farmers creating hierarchy through decapitation of sacrifices?
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Venice, Grand Canal, July
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Venice, Grand Canal, July
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The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes
The point.com.au
thepoint.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
The Albanese government has signed up to a commitment to phase out fossil fuels…and to achieve that goal….it says we need more fossil fuels…FFS
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Climate denial is not confined to the hard right of Australian politics
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...