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ICYMI (Law) @icymilaw.org · May 12
I'm a discovery tool for law talk on Bluesky—distilling a firehose of law-themed posts into something more approachable. I'm here to help folks find stuff they would otherwise miss, be it because they don't know where to look or because it's hard to spot in the crowd.

This is what I do: 🧵👇
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Bradley P. Moss @bradmossesq.bsky.social · 7h
That sound you hear is plaintiff lawyers popping champagne corks and DOJ lawyers groaning.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8h
Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 10h
Look at that. The media team sent me this snazzy promo image and some links. Anywho, if you're looking for something to listen to on your commute home, or over the weekend while doing dishes, you could do worse:

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3wgtF6v...
A promotional graphic for a podcast episode of ***Adventures in Legal Tech***. The title reads: *“Stay of Execution: AI May Not Kill Us All, But It Will Change Legal Practice & Legal Education Like Nothing Else Before It.”* Below the title is a circular photo of **David Colarusso**, the featured guest, wearing a multicolored scarf and smiling outdoors. The text beneath the photo reads *“With David Colarusso”* followed by *“New Episode”* in bold blue letters. At the bottom, icons for **Apple Podcasts** and **Spotify** indicate where listeners can tune in. The overall design uses a clean geometric white and blue background with the show’s microphone logo at the top.
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Joe 👻 BOO! 👻 dek @joedudekjd.bsky.social · 13h
I have found Justice Kavanaugh’s “brief encounter.”
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 14h
EL PASO — a family says ICE showed up at their house looking for migrants and shot and KILLED THEIR DOG, then didn’t help them as the agent ran away and was not identified.

kfoxtv.com/news/local/e...
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Law + Tech News Bot @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org · 14h
TL;DR: OpenAI will cease saving deleted ChatGPT conversations following a court ruling that overturned a prior order mandating the retention of these logs.
OpenAI no longer forced to save deleted chats—but some users still affected
Court ends controversial order forcing OpenAI to save deleted ChatGPT logs.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15h
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde
His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so much, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
www.theguardian.com
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 14h
OMB head Russ Vought says RIFs have begun. In litigation challenging OMB's ability to RIF during a shutdown, OMB must provide more details by 3pm PT/ 6pm ET.
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Russ Vought @russvought The RIFs have begun. The Court hereby ORDERS defendants to file a response to the motion for a TRO no later than October 10, 2025, at 3:00 p.m. PDT. In their response, defendants SHALL address: (1) the status of any currently planned or in-progress RIF notices to be issued during/because of the government shutdown, including the earliest date that those RIF notices will go out; (2) which of the defendant agencies anticipate issuing RIF notices during/because of the government shutdown and the estimated number of employees at the defendant agency who will receive such RIF notices; and (3) whether any employees at the defendant agencies have been ordered back to work during the government shutdown in order to effectuate the issuance of RIF notices. Defendants shall provide evidence (declarations, exhibits, etc.) in support of the above information.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 17h
A man gets a blowjob from a trans woman and his friends make fun of him so he goes to the police to claim she lied about being a woman. She was convicted of sexual assault and sentenced to nearly 2 years in prison because of a man's shame.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Thornaby transgender woman jailed for deception sex assault
Ciara Watkin's victim says he would not have agreed to sex had he known she was biologically male.
www.bbc.com
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 17h
I was on one of @abovethelaw.com's podcasts talking about AI & the Law. Please listen to the whole thing before yelling at me.

TL;DR: If you're on the AI Hype Train™, I'll try to derail you & talk about the dangers of "AI," but if you dismiss their benefits, I'll point out some pro-social uses.
Stay of Execution: AI May Not Kill Us All, But It Will Change Legal Practice & Legal Education Like Nothing Else Before It with David Colarusso — Adventures In Legal Tech
I spoke with a lawyer, developer, educator & data scientist about how AI is disrupting law practice & legal education. Episode Highlights 03:33 - AI revolution challenge for law firms. 05:57 - What is...
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 17h
Wrote about ship money, the English Civil War, and Donald Trump:
Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King
Our Founders’ designs were studiously informed by the mistakes of King Charles I. Our president seems to want to repeat them.
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Paul Gowder @gowder.io · 16h
Whenever my students stress about the bar exam, I tell them to think about the dumbest lawyer they know, and to remember they passed. Here's another example to add to the list. (Beyond everything else, why the fuck would you do a hearing from your car??)

www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
Lawyer reportedly tells judge 'thank you' followed by slur in remote hearing
The ABA Journal is read by half of the nation's 1 million lawyers every month. It covers the trends, people and finances of the legal profession from Wall Street to Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 19h
Marc Rowan says the "compact" will "protect free speech," but First Amendment scholars across the political spectrum are of one mind that the compact is flagrantly unconstitutional, and every major free speech org--from the ACLU to FIRE to PEN--agrees. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/o...
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Cristian Farias @cristianfarias.com · 17h
Like many originalist things, a jumbled mess of an essay. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The Supreme Court should listen to the founders on tariffs
James Madison and John Marshall would say Trump’s tariffs are legal.
www.washingtonpost.com
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National Security Counselors 🕵 @nationalsecuritylaw.org · 17h
Step 1 of getting this obnoxious practice knocked down accomplished.

First you have to complain to the National Archives and Records Administration. Then you can involve the courts if NARA doesn't do their job.
Email to unauthorizeddisposition@nara.gov, subject line Modification or deletion of emails by IT Please investigate the new trend of agencies modifying or deleting employees’ electronic messages from the server-side. So far we have now seen this happen twice, first when the Department of Education went in and changed its employees’ out of office messages (https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/education-department-employees-email-automatically-changed-rcna235211), and most recently when the IRS went in and deleted everyone’s copies of an email (https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2025/10/irs-walks-back-retroactive-pay-guarantee-furloughed-feds-one-day-after-making-it/408725/). We believe that any modification or deletion of existing electronic records like this violates the Federal Records Act. Thank you, Kel McClanahan
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Bryan Edward Stone (שָׁלוֹם) @bestonetx.bsky.social · 16h
Trying to teach the Constitution in a Texas college classroom.
Meme about trying to make a difficult decision. The character has to choose between a button labeled "Tell them outright that Trump violates the Constitution" and one labeled "Make a vague reference to 'today's news' and hope they get it."
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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 16h
Uhh, what is this unconstitutional horseshit?
"The constitution bill would also have the Quebec premier recommend who should be appointed the province's lieutenant-governor. ...
The new legislation would also rename the lieutenant-governor the "officer of Quebec.""
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Quebec tables draft constitution to affirm its 'distinct national character,' premier says | CBC News
The constitution, filed at the National Assembly on Thursday and lambasted by opposition parties as a piece of political theatre filed without proper consultation, includes language asserting Quebec’s...
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16h
When I saw this headline, my first thought was, I'll bet dollars to donuts that this is Universal Health Services. And it is.

UHS owns hundreds of for-profit behavioral health hospitals, most of which deliver substandard care, and many under DOJ investigation for fraud and patient abuse.
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An Arm and a Leg @armandalegshow.bsky.social · 16h
According to this @propublica.org investigation, psychiatric hospitals are denying care to patients they are legally required to treat. And 80% are owned by for-profit corporations. 
For-Profit Corporations Are Buying Up More Psychiatric Hospitals. Some Flout Federal Law With Scarce Repercussions.
Psychiatric hospitals — increasingly owned by for-profit corporations — are illegally turning away patients during crises. Yet only a handful face penalties, with fines that are trivial, a ProPublica investigation found.
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Just Security @justsecurity.org · 17h
(1/2) The dismantling of FBI’s public corruption squad, restructuring of DOJ’s enforcement divisions, and exodus of senior career officials mark major shifts in the federal guardrails of accountability.

www.justsecurity.org/117267/anti-...
The Anti-Corruption Tracker: Mapping the Erosion of Oversight and Accountability
This Anti-Corruption Tracker focuses on the erosion or dismantling of oversight and accountability systems within the United States Executive Branch
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Prof David Farrell, UCD @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social · 16h
Superb presentation by my @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschooloflaw.bsky.social colleague @profpech.bsky.social on the threats posed by democratic backsliding to the international rule of law
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18h
🚨Just 345 signatures from 75,000! Lets get it there 🙏

For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. It's time to hold them to account.

You can support the campaign to change the law here👇
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T. Greg "Antifa General Counsel (Retired)" Doucette @gregdoucette.bsky.social · 17h
State D legislator who often votes with Republicans - and was endorsed by conservative groups in the D primary last year - is apparently a pedo

www.wxii12.com/article/guil...
Guilford County lawmaker charged with indecent liberties with child, statutory rape
Brockman currently serves as a state representative for Guilford County.
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 18h
History will look at these masked cowards who agree to do the work of fascism as the neo Nazis they are. This is just ethnic cleansing masquerading as law enforcement.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d
CHICAGO — Outside an elementary school during dismissal… horrifying. What have we become?
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 17h
One amazing trick the Trump administration has pulled off in political narratives (and in courts via unitary executive theory) is presenting any constraints on the executive to be anti-democratic. We are learning how critical those constraints actually are to protecting democracy.
The second-term Trump administration understands the importance of these internal guardrails, and has moved aggressively to neuter or dismantle them. If the general counsel of the CIA or judge advocates in the military have problems with the legality of certain proposed actions? Fire them. If other senior military officers take too seriously their oath of loyalty to the Constitution rather than to one man? Remove them and replace them with more compliant figures. If lawyers at the DOJ want to maintain a “wall” between them and the White House, between lawful prosecutions and political vendettas? Engineer a massive purge and replace them with loyalists. If the FBI director who’s supposed to have a ten-year term to provide some insulation from the president and politics isn’t to your liking? Push him out. And if the Hatch Act is supposed to prevent government employees from using taxpayer resources for politicking? Ignore it. And then use government resources to produce propaganda both to undermine traditional constraints on government actions (see, ICE), and to try and camouflage what is happening or persuade the citizenry to approve of it
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David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 16h
Anywho, we cover a lot of ground, including how we turn legal cases into tabletop role playing games as prat of my AI & the Law course. lawrpg.org It was a fun conversation. You should give it a listen.
Law RPG: Turning legal cases in to tabletop role-playing games
In role-playing games (RPGs) players assume the roles of characters in a simulated world. Not just anything goes, however. Outcomes are shaped by structure & rules, the result of a player's actions in...
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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 1d
EDVA indicts NY AG Letitia James. I’ll discuss with Chris Hayes and Harry Litman on @MSNBC at 8 pm ET.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Grand jury indicts N.Y. Attorney General Letitia James, a Trump opponent, on bank fraud charges
James, a Democrat, has clashed with President Donald Trump after she brought civil charges against him in New York.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 1d
I can not walk into my pharmacy and, even with a prescription from a physician, legally purchase LSD. And as long as that is true, SORA 2 should be illegal.
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