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Kayla G.M. @canpanicnow.bsky.social · 2h

This is actually about legal research. I uncover a lot of useful case law by just meandering in the databases. It's coded into my DNA. I'm hunting and gathering.

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Zahr K. Said @zahrsaid.bsky.social · 2h

Excellent piece on why the compact is one of the stupidest “policies” by an administration full of stupid ideas.

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Why This Essay Could Cause the University of Virginia to Shut Down

How Linda McMahon’s latest “compact” would do deep and permanent harm to American higher education

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Michele Okoh |🖤🩶🤍💜|🔺🐘 @okohlaw.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you, @mit.edu, for taking the lead.

MIT refuses to accept White House terms for funding, other schools still mulling — Reuters

Massachusetts Institute of Technology President Sally Kornbluth on Friday said she

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 6h

Re-upping since Kavanaugh Stop continues to catch on.

Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 1d

Has a judge ever resigned in shame because of an egregious and widely mocked opinion?

Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 1d

Kavanaugh stop

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Milan Markovic @profmarkovic.bsky.social · 5h

If the country survives Trumpism, it will be partly due to the administration running out of competent lawyers.

Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 6h

Someone gonna get fired …. @kenwhite.bsky.social @annabower.bsky.social

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Jeff Lewis @jefflewis.bsky.social · 5h

Big law gets caught filing appellate brief with made-up cases. Opponent catches them. Big law asks for permission to file a "do over" brief. Opponent scorches them. Tony Ortega recounts the painful battle here: tonyortega.substack.com/p/scientolog....

Scientology blasts lawyers for Masterson victims in AI fiasco, wants sanctions

Since news first emerged that the lawsuit against Scientology and Danny Masterson brought by his victims (Bixler v.

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 6h

As a group, District Judges (from across the ideological spectrum!) performing as well as just about anyone right now in defending democratic liberty.

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Temple University Beasley School of Law @templelaw.bsky.social · 13h

We share the obituary of Professor Emeritus Henry J. “Hank” Richardson, III, known as “The Father of Black Traditions of International Law."

A pioneering scholar, advocate, mentor, and friend.

https://www.mcguire-services.com/obituary/Henry-Richardson

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 8h

This thread is very fun. Also I am horrified by many of you.

My order: poppy or sesame with plain cream cheese (not too much), lox, and a thin slice of red onion. Untoasted if the bagel is fresh.

Erin Biba @erinbiba.bsky.social · 10h

One of my favorite things about NYC is whenever anyone runs for office here they are required to disclose their bagel order.

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 8h

Too much news all of dumb or bad.

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U.S. Press Freedom Tracker @pressfreedomtracker.us · 12h

Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls.

The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.

Freelancer struck by projectiles at Illinois anti-deportation protest

Freelance reporter Leigh Giangreco was shot with multiple pepper balls by federal officers while covering protests outside a U.S. Immigration …

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 10h

This arrest appears to be in direct violation of a temporary restraining order prohibiting DHS officers from arresting journalists. The officers here may well be subject to contempt of court. protectdemocracy.org/wp-content/u...

It is hereby ORDERED that Defendants,' their officers, agents, assigns, and all
persons acting in concert with them (hereafter referred to as "Federal Agents"), are temporarily
ENJOINED in this judicial district from:
a.
Dispersing, arresting, threatening to arrest, threatening or using physical
force against any person whom they know or reasonably should know is a Journalist, unless Defendants have probable cause to believe that the individual has committed a crime.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 10h

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Lauren MacIvor Thompson @lmacthompson1.bsky.social · 13h

I am writing this because it has swiftly become crystal clear to me that many people have no idea what is happening or how this works. Here is a thread for non-academics to put into context what just happened to Dr. Mark Bray, a fellow historian.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 14h

Do you ever use visuals? Seems like a great use of graphic representations of the relationships.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 14h

I'm sure. You will note I did not go into practice in that area.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 15h

Secured Transactions was unexpectedly one of my favorite classes in law school. I loved figuring out all the interconnected provisions.

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Ellie Margolis @elliemargolis.bsky.social · 17h

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 18h

SILS faculty says they “were told the new school will be “operational” by July 1, 2026. The University has not released a formal timeline.

The faculty member wrote that Roberts pushed for the new school despite lacking a “cogent idea” as to what the “School of AI” will entail, teach and stand for.”

UNC schools of data science and information science to merge, forming unnamed ‘School of AI’

SDSS Dean Stanley Ahalt will be made dean of the new school while SILS Dean Jeffrey Bardzell will stand as the University’s Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer and Vice Provost for AI.

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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 1d

Adventures in framing:

Headline presenting this as a real-world question. Rather than as another sign of deepening vortex of narcissistic delusion and detachment from reality.