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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 8d

My mom when I got cut from 7th grade basketball

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 @patriottakes.bsky.social · 8d

Kristi Noem’s message to the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny for the halftime show:

“The NFL sucks and we’ll win and God will bless us and we’ll stand and be proud of ourselves at the end of the day and they won’t be able to sleep at night because they don’t know what they believe…”

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · 8d

(Sigh) well now I’m gonna have to work on that property / second amendment essay

Steven Mazie @stevenmazie.bsky.social · 8d

NEW at SCOTUS: just five cert grants from the long conference

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Sep 10

Need to have a conference about this stat

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Sep 10

I’m sorry is this a love song about the SUBURBS

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Aug 14

Oh I have a million things. Land stuff? Housing? Property in new things? Climate/environmental things? Lmk!

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Aug 13

Are all three year olds drawing maps at school or is this an early sign of love for property

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jul 30

I don’t think we know for sure yet though we do know of a bunch of early ones around the same time — expect AI evaluations of handwritten deeds would/will help with that and know some of us are working on it!

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jul 30

I have fallen victim to this - and other Property profs might’ve too! Crabgrass Frontier often gets misread and cited for the proposition that racial deed restrictions originated in The Lindens in Brookline MA. It’s false, a kind local historian pointed out. We need to be real skeptics in this age.

Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · Jul 30

From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Jul 29

I've seen numerous examples of this in recent days - we're at a point where some reporters are using LLMs as a source and not even remotely properly factchecking, but also where LLM generated material is making its way into other material and being unknowingly reproduced by others.

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Katrina Navickas @katrinanavickas.bsky.social · Jul 30

Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.

Ned Richardson-Little @historyned.bsky.social · Jul 30

From my own academic research, even pre LLMs there was a huge danger of zombie factoids that begin in a respectable publication by mistake and then get reprinted for decades because no one is backtracing to the original source. Once bad info gets into the system it can take years to clear it out.

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · Jul 29

I've seen numerous examples of this in recent days - we're at a point where some reporters are using LLMs as a source and not even remotely properly factchecking, but also where LLM generated material is making its way into other material and being unknowingly reproduced by others.

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jul 18

Dammit, missed by one generation

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jul 14

A heartbreaking day. In the middle of my *job interview*, I half jokingly told Dick I didn’t know where any of the HLS buildings were, and he promptly put on a fishing hat and gave me a tour. I had to pinch myself. The definition of professional humility.

William Baude @williambaude.bsky.social · Jul 14

RIP Dick Fallon. A devastating loss professionally and personally.

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jul 13

This guy has a point

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jul 7

Thanks Yale JREG and @yalelawschool-yls.bsky.social symposium on Kelo organized by @profschleich.bsky.social @ilyasomin.bsky.social and the possibly nonblueskyed Eric Claeys

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jul 7

Just posted: new Essay for the state con law club. It examines the states that actually enabled takings for *private use* in the late 19th century, and some of the interesting themes that emerge from debates over the provisions (on "necessity," on nonlawyer drafters) papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Debates Over "Public Use" in the State Constitutional Conventions

Historians and legal scholars alike have previously noted that the meaning of "public use" began to change in the nineteenth century, continuing into

papers.ssrn.com

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Nathan Richardson @nathanrichardson.bsky.social · Jul 1

Property professors: need an exam hypo for next year?

www.redfin.com/FL/Jacksonvi...

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jun 30

HABEMUS TORT DEAN news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

smoke coming out of a chimney with trees in the foreground

ALT: smoke coming out of a chimney with trees in the foreground

media.tenor.com

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jun 30

Comically this is a far fetched hypothetical in my property and projection piece

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Sarah Fackrell @design-law.bsky.social · Jun 30

Hey Property profs:

Jeff Steck @jefstec.bsky.social · Jun 30

Shoot lasers from your house to keep trees from blocking your view.
US Patent 12317790

Patent drawing of a house shooting a laser beam (4) across the top of a tree.

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jun 26

We need a “tv questions from property professors” slack. Could be very valuable consulting for the entertainment industry

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jun 10

THERE’S A COVENANT ABOUT CLAY PITS FROM 1911 IM SCREAMING

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · Jun 10

Dangers of marrying property professors:

Me: [gasp] our new house is on REGISTERED LAND!!!!

Spouse: I love you dearly but I have no idea what that means

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · Jun 5

Not sure when I’ve been happier all year

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Molly Brady @maureenebrady.com · May 29

I need you to do this kind of Bluesky recap daily. “Yes, investigate that archaeological discovery. Skip the bird flu content. And that must-read op Ed about Trump and higher education is the same as the other 40.”

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Deborah Hellman @hellmandeborah.bsky.social · May 27

I've just joined BlueSky and need help from friends to gather followers. So @uvalaw.bsky.social, and other faculty and students, please share/follow. I write about discrimination law and its philosophical foundations and about bribery and corruption. Am interested in all things law and philosophy.

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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · May 23

NEW: Harvard sues over Trump administration’s revocation of its student exchange program certification.

Read the complaint: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Case 1:25-cv-11472 Document 1 Filed 05/23/25
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1. For more than 70 years, Harvard University ("Harvard" or the "University") has
been certified by the federal government to enroll international students under the F-1 visa
program, and it has long been designated as an exchange program sponsor to host J-1
nonimmigrants. Harvard has, over this time, developed programs and degrees tailored to its
international students, invested millions to recruit the most talented such students, and integrated
its international students into all aspects of the Harvard community. Yesterday, the government
abruptly revoked that certification without process or cause, to immediate and devastating effect
for Harvard and more than 7,000 visa holders.
2. This revocation is a blatant violation of the First Amendment, the Due Process
Clause, and the Administrative Procedure Act. It is the latest act by the government in clear
retaliation for Harvard exercising its First Amendment rights to reject the government's demands
to control Harvard's governance, curriculum, and the "ideology" of its faculty and students. The
government's actions are unlawful for other equally clear and pernicious reasons. They disregard
the government's own regulations-under which Harvard should remain certified to host F-1 and
J-1 visa holders. They depart from decades of settled practice and come without rational
explanation. And they were carried out abruptly without any of the robust procedures the
government has established to prevent just this type of upheaval to thousands of students' lives.
3. With the stroke of a pen, the government has sought to erase a quarter of Harvard's
student body, international students who contribute significantly to the University and its mission.
Harvard's certification is essential for each of Harvard's thousands of international students to
lawfully remain in this country while they complete coursework, obtain degrees, and continue
critical research. Effective immedia…

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