David S. Cohen
@dsc250.bsky.social
feminist "law" professor, reproductive rights scholar/activist, avid cyclist, husband, dad, indie rock enthusiast, Vermont lover, Phillies fan, he/him
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David S. Cohen
@dsc250.bsky.social
· Mar 17
My new book with @carolejoffe.bsky.social -- After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe But Not Abortion -- comes out in just over a week. Pre-order now from your favorite booksellers, like Bookshop.org!
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Pan to Federalist Society spending the weekend frantically pre-writing articles and op-eds to support these “not yet articulated or vetted” but “irrefutable“ positions.…
February 13, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Pan to Federalist Society spending the weekend frantically pre-writing articles and op-eds to support these “not yet articulated or vetted” but “irrefutable“ positions.…
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If society doesn't normalize instantly knocking stalker glasses off people's faces, then I guess the alternative is to simply mask up all the time
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 3:50 PM
If society doesn't normalize instantly knocking stalker glasses off people's faces, then I guess the alternative is to simply mask up all the time
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…who was also his what now?
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
cbsn.ws
February 13, 2026 at 3:24 PM
…who was also his what now?
I agree with you on that - another reason I am a skeptic. But I'm also a skeptic who is willing to entertain the possibility that I'm wildly wrong.
In which case, I'm thinking about the possibility that my students are going to face a very different world than we are teaching them for. And soon.
In which case, I'm thinking about the possibility that my students are going to face a very different world than we are teaching them for. And soon.
February 13, 2026 at 3:25 PM
I agree with you on that - another reason I am a skeptic. But I'm also a skeptic who is willing to entertain the possibility that I'm wildly wrong.
In which case, I'm thinking about the possibility that my students are going to face a very different world than we are teaching them for. And soon.
In which case, I'm thinking about the possibility that my students are going to face a very different world than we are teaching them for. And soon.
For instance, according to Hard Fork this morning, this essay has gone viral and is making (some) people think we are, for AI, in the February before the pandemic changed the world.
So for law and law schools, what are we doing about that?
So for law and law schools, what are we doing about that?
Something Big Is Happening
A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.
shumer.dev
February 13, 2026 at 3:15 PM
For instance, according to Hard Fork this morning, this essay has gone viral and is making (some) people think we are, for AI, in the February before the pandemic changed the world.
So for law and law schools, what are we doing about that?
So for law and law schools, what are we doing about that?
Thanks. Printing now to read. But that's from winter 2024. It seems we're many generations further down the road now in winter 2026.
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Thanks. Printing now to read. But that's from winter 2024. It seems we're many generations further down the road now in winter 2026.
That's where my heart and head are. But, I am also allowing for the possibility that I'm just 100% wrong.
In which case, what should we law schools be doing for a radically changed world that our students might be entering?
I'd love to read someone writing thoughtfully about that.
In which case, what should we law schools be doing for a radically changed world that our students might be entering?
I'd love to read someone writing thoughtfully about that.
February 13, 2026 at 2:52 PM
That's where my heart and head are. But, I am also allowing for the possibility that I'm just 100% wrong.
In which case, what should we law schools be doing for a radically changed world that our students might be entering?
I'd love to read someone writing thoughtfully about that.
In which case, what should we law schools be doing for a radically changed world that our students might be entering?
I'd love to read someone writing thoughtfully about that.
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Sorry sorry sorry, I forgot that men have no decision making power over their own behavior and that rape is a naturally occurring phenomenon with no beneficiaries and no agents, like the weather.
February 13, 2026 at 2:32 PM
Sorry sorry sorry, I forgot that men have no decision making power over their own behavior and that rape is a naturally occurring phenomenon with no beneficiaries and no agents, like the weather.
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Something that was done *to* him, you say? Not something *he* did?
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
Something that was done *to* him, you say? Not something *he* did?
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“He got Me Tooed” “He got Epsteined” amazing that people have re-invented the police passive for rapists.
February 13, 2026 at 2:29 PM
“He got Me Tooed” “He got Epsteined” amazing that people have re-invented the police passive for rapists.
I'm not an AI-inevitablist. But, among those that are, or among those who think that's a serious possibility....
Who's doing the best writing/thinking about what inevitable AI means for law schools teaching future lawyers?
Who's doing the best writing/thinking about what inevitable AI means for law schools teaching future lawyers?
February 13, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I'm not an AI-inevitablist. But, among those that are, or among those who think that's a serious possibility....
Who's doing the best writing/thinking about what inevitable AI means for law schools teaching future lawyers?
Who's doing the best writing/thinking about what inevitable AI means for law schools teaching future lawyers?
Very very sad Josh.
February 12, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Very very sad Josh.
Sad Josh.
Exclusive: Hawley fumes at FDA over abortion drug study
The Missouri Republican told Semafor he was “really disappointed” in the FDA, led by Marty Makary.
www.semafor.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Sad Josh.
But yes, please tell us how AI is the future.
February 12, 2026 at 8:16 PM
But yes, please tell us how AI is the future.
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Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Nick Fuentes: “The number one political enemy in America is women. … They have to be imprisoned.”
www.mediamatters.org
February 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Fuentes, yesterday: “Our #1 political enemy is women because women constrain everything, every conversation, every man, everything. They have to be imprisoned. They are the ones that are hurting the fertility rate. They're the ones making us sympathetic to poor people, which are also brown people.”
Maybe that 1992 Barbie was quoting Trump: "math class is tough."
Trump on drug prices: "They're coming down by 500, 600, 700 percent ... numbers nobody ever thought possible"
February 12, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Maybe that 1992 Barbie was quoting Trump: "math class is tough."
The definitive exploration of this nonsense...
Trump Wages War on Windmills | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The definitive exploration of this nonsense...
There are usually no procedural principles in politics. Just substance.
Exhibit 1,784,382.
Exhibit 1,784,382.
NEW: In 2003, Texas Republicans backed strict limits on medical malpractice lawsuits.
Now, 2 decades later, many are urging the TX Supreme Court to reinterpret that statute in cases transgender care. And the court appears very open to doing so.
#txlege
www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
Now, 2 decades later, many are urging the TX Supreme Court to reinterpret that statute in cases transgender care. And the court appears very open to doing so.
#txlege
www.expressnews.com/politics/art...
Republicans push court to make it easier for 'detransitioners' to sue doctors
A case before the Texas Supreme Court could make Texas doctors more likely to face legal action when helping adults transition.
www.expressnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:11 PM
There are usually no procedural principles in politics. Just substance.
Exhibit 1,784,382.
Exhibit 1,784,382.
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I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
![Wikipedia entry describing the story arc of “99 Luftballons”:
The lyrics of the original German version tell a story:
99 balloons are mistaken for UFOs, causing a military general to send pilots to investigate. Finding nothing but balloons, the pilots put on a large show of firepower. The display of force worries the nations along the borders and the defence ministers on each side encourage conflict to grab power for themselves.
In the end, a cataclysmic war results from the otherwise harmless flight of balloons and causes devastation on all sides without a victor, as indicated in the denouement of the song: "99 Jahre Krieg ließen keinen Platz für Sieger," which means "99 years of war left no room for victors." The anti-war song finishes with the singer walking through the devastated ruins of the world and finding a single balloon. The description of what happens in the final line of the piece is the same in German and English:
'''Denk' an dich und lass' ihn fliegen," or "Think of you and let it go."[11]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4dp4culto5csbqs5m6ge22fw/bafkreie4ga5vudhvz4e25t5oducxifde6sf2zgal7wugci2bv5ee2qfcoe@jpeg)
February 11, 2026 at 9:20 PM
I know I’m fixating, but “shooting down party balloons and using it as a pretext for war” is literally the “99 Luftballons” story arc. 🎈🤯 (Even “Miami 2017” didn’t map this closely.)
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JUST IN:
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted by a Florida jury of sexually abusing children, including an 11-year-old.
Per police, Andrew Paul Johnson tried to bribe one of his victims by promising to share expected Jan. 6 restitution money from the Trump admin.
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted by a Florida jury of sexually abusing children, including an 11-year-old.
Per police, Andrew Paul Johnson tried to bribe one of his victims by promising to share expected Jan. 6 restitution money from the Trump admin.
February 11, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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Gemini can’t count to six and ChatGPT is a little shaky on how many fingers the median human has.
Maybe we should just make these things illegal.
https://bsky.app/profile/dsc250.bsky.social/post/3mem6bgpwys2u
Maybe we should just make these things illegal.
https://bsky.app/profile/dsc250.bsky.social/post/3mem6bgpwys2u
Google AI still can't count apparently.
(I have run this search from time to time over the past couple of years and it is always wrong.)
(I have run this search from time to time over the past couple of years and it is always wrong.)
February 11, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Gemini can’t count to six and ChatGPT is a little shaky on how many fingers the median human has.
Maybe we should just make these things illegal.
https://bsky.app/profile/dsc250.bsky.social/post/3mem6bgpwys2u
Maybe we should just make these things illegal.
https://bsky.app/profile/dsc250.bsky.social/post/3mem6bgpwys2u
Google AI still can't count apparently.
(I have run this search from time to time over the past couple of years and it is always wrong.)
(I have run this search from time to time over the past couple of years and it is always wrong.)
February 11, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Google AI still can't count apparently.
(I have run this search from time to time over the past couple of years and it is always wrong.)
(I have run this search from time to time over the past couple of years and it is always wrong.)
does someone want to tell him....?
Jim Jordan: "You have a right to protest in the street, but that doesn't give you a right to go into the Capitol and disrupt Congress"
February 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM
does someone want to tell him....?
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In this @slate.com piece, @dsc250.bsky.social (Drexel) and @carolejoffe.bsky.social (@ucsfmedicine.bsky.social) tell the story of how a new abortion clinic opened in deep-red Wyoming post-Dobbs and helped lead to the state Supreme Court striking down its abortion ban.
Learn more:
Learn more:
How One Clinic Saved Abortion Access in a Deep-Red State
Julie’s involvement with abortion care began in 2001, when she began work with Dr. George Tiller.
slate.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:46 PM
In this @slate.com piece, @dsc250.bsky.social (Drexel) and @carolejoffe.bsky.social (@ucsfmedicine.bsky.social) tell the story of how a new abortion clinic opened in deep-red Wyoming post-Dobbs and helped lead to the state Supreme Court striking down its abortion ban.
Learn more:
Learn more:
We the people…
Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:05 AM
We the people…