Mark Lemley
@marklemley.bsky.social
William H. Neukom Professor, Stanford Law School. Partner, Lex Lumina LLP. I teach and write in IP, antitrust, internet, and video game law
It's concentrated in government now
November 24, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It's concentrated in government now
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Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Billionaires, who quite often do not see education as a common good, should not be guiding higher education policy.
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”
#DefendHigherEd
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indeed; you sad, sad person, musk....
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:42 PM
indeed; you sad, sad person, musk....
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Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
I'm not on X so this is second-hand, but I think they removed auto-location but still allow you to manually set one (which of course is easily faked). With the caveat that this is AI, explanation attached
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I'm not on X so this is second-hand, but I think they removed auto-location but still allow you to manually set one (which of course is easily faked). With the caveat that this is AI, explanation attached
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Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
X rolled out a new feature overnight showing where accounts are based. This network of “Trump-supporting independent women” that claimed to be “real Americans” are based in Thailand.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
The photos were stolen from European models & posts pushed pro-Trump lines while targeting Islam and LGBTQ people.
November 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Wait a minute...you mean to tell me thousands of the most beautiful women on earth didn't all randomly decide to join Twitter in 2023?????
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November 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Twitter's new feature showing the location of accounts is being rolled back after just 24 hours because a bunch of MAGA accounts Musk retweeted were exposed as being foreign actors
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November 23, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Twitter's new feature showing the location of accounts is being rolled back after just 24 hours because a bunch of MAGA accounts Musk retweeted were exposed as being foreign actors
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Isn't all poetry inherently adversarial?
Or at least vers-arial . . .
Or at least vers-arial . . .
November 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Isn't all poetry inherently adversarial?
Or at least vers-arial . . .
Or at least vers-arial . . .
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1/
We present evidence
that adversarial poetry
functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique
for Large Language Models (LLMs).
Across 25 frontier
proprietary and open-weight models,
curated poetic prompts
yielded
high attack-success rates (ASR),
with some providers exceeding 90%.
We present evidence
that adversarial poetry
functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique
for Large Language Models (LLMs).
Across 25 frontier
proprietary and open-weight models,
curated poetic prompts
yielded
high attack-success rates (ASR),
with some providers exceeding 90%.
I love everything about this. Also, "adversarial poetry" would be an excellent name for a rock album.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for Large Language Models (LLMs). Across 25 frontier proprietary and open-weight models, curated po...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 AM
1/
We present evidence
that adversarial poetry
functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique
for Large Language Models (LLMs).
Across 25 frontier
proprietary and open-weight models,
curated poetic prompts
yielded
high attack-success rates (ASR),
with some providers exceeding 90%.
We present evidence
that adversarial poetry
functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique
for Large Language Models (LLMs).
Across 25 frontier
proprietary and open-weight models,
curated poetic prompts
yielded
high attack-success rates (ASR),
with some providers exceeding 90%.
I love everything about this. Also, "adversarial poetry" would be an excellent name for a rock album.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for Large Language Models (LLMs). Across 25 frontier proprietary and open-weight models, curated po...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 3:24 AM
I love everything about this. Also, "adversarial poetry" would be an excellent name for a rock album.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Can you imagine being the richest person in the world and being so pathetically insecure that you have to build an entire AI just to fluff you?
November 21, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can you imagine being the richest person in the world and being so pathetically insecure that you have to build an entire AI just to fluff you?
Very smart thinking about the AI bubble from very experienced tech leaders
crazystupidtech.com/2025/11/21/b...
crazystupidtech.com/2025/11/21/b...
We remember the internet bubble. This mania looks and feels the same.
The AI revolution is three years old Nov. 30. In just 36 months AI has gone from great-new-toy, to global phenomenon, to where we are today - debating whether we are in one of the biggest technology b...
crazystupidtech.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Very smart thinking about the AI bubble from very experienced tech leaders
crazystupidtech.com/2025/11/21/b...
crazystupidtech.com/2025/11/21/b...
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There are only 2 sides. If you aren’t with democracy & the American, you’re with the Nazis. It’s that simple. There is no in-between. Neutrality only makes you part of the problem.
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
There are only 2 sides. If you aren’t with democracy & the American, you’re with the Nazis. It’s that simple. There is no in-between. Neutrality only makes you part of the problem.
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He shrugged off any semblance of decency some time ago. It gets in the way of unfettered wealth
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
He shrugged off any semblance of decency some time ago. It gets in the way of unfettered wealth
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Has a single GOP member of either chamber spoken out against this escalation of presidential psychopathology? One?
"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”
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'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers | Common Dreams
"Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not w...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Has a single GOP member of either chamber spoken out against this escalation of presidential psychopathology? One?
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Executions and dismemberment of opponents not done in America . . . Yet. But extrajudicial murder of fisherman - yep. Killing by neglect and abuse in concentration holding - yep. Murder by criminal negligence of food scarcity and medical neglect - yep.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Executions and dismemberment of opponents not done in America . . . Yet. But extrajudicial murder of fisherman - yep. Killing by neglect and abuse in concentration holding - yep. Murder by criminal negligence of food scarcity and medical neglect - yep.
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Oh… Trump has already showed that he can order extrajudicial killings and not be held to account.
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Oh… Trump has already showed that he can order extrajudicial killings and not be held to account.
Can we get a coalition of people to buy up land and build giant windmills around Mar-El-Lago, please?
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/20/t...
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Trump releases plan to open California coastline to new offshore oil drilling
Environmentalists, state leaders vow furious fight, rekindling battles from 1980s and Trump’s first term
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November 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Can we get a coalition of people to buy up land and build giant windmills around Mar-El-Lago, please?
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/20/t...
www.mercurynews.com/2025/11/20/t...
"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
'Maybe It's Time to Pick a Fucking Side,' Says Murphy After Trump Calls for Execution of Lawmakers | Common Dreams
"Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don't like what your political opponents say, execute them," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. "Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that's not w...
www.commondreams.org
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"“Clearly, Trump has learned something from his good friend MBS: If you don’t like what your political opponents say, execute them,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. “Unfortunately for Mr. Trump, that’s not what we do in America.”
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
www.commondreams.org/news/trump-s...
Maybe they want you to move to a new university where it would be more convenient to supervise them. Me, they just want to spell my name differently . . .
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Maybe they want you to move to a new university where it would be more convenient to supervise them. Me, they just want to spell my name differently . . .
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I love the idea that noon used to be around 3 pm, but monks moved it earlier because they were hungry and wanted their fast to end
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Noon used to be around 3 p.m.
“Noon” and “midnight” are tidy designations of time, both marking the point when an analog clock starts another 12-hour cycle. But the word “noon” took a little bit of a journey around the clock befor...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I love the idea that noon used to be around 3 pm, but monks moved it earlier because they were hungry and wanted their fast to end
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The right-wing crusade to own and shut down any independent news media that might criticize Trump continues
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Larry Ellison discussed axing CNN hosts with White House in takeover bid talks
Exclusive: Senior officials indicated favorability toward Paramount Skydance acquiring Warner Bros Discovery
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November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The right-wing crusade to own and shut down any independent news media that might criticize Trump continues
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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