Maybell Romero
@maybell.bsky.social
McGlinchey Stafford Associate Prof/Research Dean at Tulane Law. Criminal law, rural legal systems, sexual assault, punishment, and cultural criticism. Atrevida y obstinada.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2292637
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2292637
Logging out to go touch grass, as the kids used to say, for a while. Bye!
February 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
Logging out to go touch grass, as the kids used to say, for a while. Bye!
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It’s a predictive text engine, lads. It’s vomiting up the statistical probabilities of a billion stolen blog posts and 10 million pieces of fiction. We’ve been writing about therapy, the nature of self, and introspection forever. Of course it sounds real. Humans are good at producing narratives.
Experiments conducted with the A.I. system Claude are producing fascinating results—and raising questions about the nature of selfhood. Gideon Lewis-Kraus reports from inside the company that designed it, Anthropic. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/rOfXjg
February 11, 2026 at 11:43 PM
It’s a predictive text engine, lads. It’s vomiting up the statistical probabilities of a billion stolen blog posts and 10 million pieces of fiction. We’ve been writing about therapy, the nature of self, and introspection forever. Of course it sounds real. Humans are good at producing narratives.
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32 states have supreme court elections this year, and two have crucial ballot measures that could change how the states pick their judges.
Read more @slate.com about about the judicial races I'm watching closely this year:
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Read more @slate.com about about the judicial races I'm watching closely this year:
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The Most Important Elections in Your State Could Be for These Judges
Thirty-two states will hold elections for 65 seats on their highest courts this year.
slate.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:50 PM
32 states have supreme court elections this year, and two have crucial ballot measures that could change how the states pick their judges.
Read more @slate.com about about the judicial races I'm watching closely this year:
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Read more @slate.com about about the judicial races I'm watching closely this year:
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Uh, yeah. When you don't pay your storage bill they will take your stuff, no matter if its your archive or whatever else you might have in there. I wasn't sure if we were supposed to be surprised learning that could happen reading this or what.
Years ago, artist Damien Davis couldn’t afford the payment on a storage unit in Brooklyn, where he had been keeping his work. The unit was auctioned off without warning, and one year later, he discovered that his art was being sold online by someone else.
When Artists Lose Their Archives
I couldn't afford my storage unit anymore. After it was auctioned off, I found out that parts of my lost work were being sold online.
hyperallergic.com
February 12, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Uh, yeah. When you don't pay your storage bill they will take your stuff, no matter if its your archive or whatever else you might have in there. I wasn't sure if we were supposed to be surprised learning that could happen reading this or what.
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Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 11, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
Current cooking music: youtu.be/Si3CF-BqgkA?...
CABALLO VIEJO - ROBERTO TORRES
YouTube video by Alejandro Petro
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Current cooking music: youtu.be/Si3CF-BqgkA?...
An illustration of why I nuked my LinkedIn several years back.
February 11, 2026 at 11:29 PM
An illustration of why I nuked my LinkedIn several years back.
Yes, but also that people need this spelled out for them makes me worry about, well, everything.
“Ultimately, in naming all the countries of the Americas, Bad Bunny was deliberately decentering colonization and U.S. imperialism.”
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was an act of joyful resistance
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show was an act of joyful resistance
An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was an act of joyful resistance
Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was more than just an entertaining showcase of Latino pride. It was an act of joyful resistance.
cultmtl.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Yes, but also that people need this spelled out for them makes me worry about, well, everything.
Holy crap
JUST IN: A Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without having coordinated with the Federal Aviation Administration about potential risks to civilian flights prompted an unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, Texas, multiple sources say. https://cnn.it/4a9x8Qg
February 11, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Holy crap
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Both as a lawyer and as a former DC grand juror (18 months) I cannot fathom how insane that presentation must have been
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
No grand jurors found the Trump DOJ met low probable cause threshold in failed indictment of Democratic lawmakers
None of the D.C. grand jurors who heard the Trump administration’s pitch on why they should indict Democratic lawmakers over a video urging members of the
www.nbcnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Both as a lawyer and as a former DC grand juror (18 months) I cannot fathom how insane that presentation must have been
Wow; this guy is a jerk www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
Ex-girlfriend speaks out after athlete confesses to cheating on-air at Olympics
Norwegian biathlete Sturla Holm Laegreid regrets publicly confessing to cheating on his girlfriend during a live TV interview at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.
www.sfgate.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Wow; this guy is a jerk www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
Many thanks to the faculty of Touro Law, who let me workshop Gossip with them this morning. A great crew and useful feedback! Thanks, everyone!
February 11, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Many thanks to the faculty of Touro Law, who let me workshop Gossip with them this morning. A great crew and useful feedback! Thanks, everyone!
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And Moses said, “let my people ándale”
Love it! 😂
Love it! 😂
February 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
And Moses said, “let my people ándale”
Love it! 😂
Love it! 😂
Dressed like an 80s kindergarten teacher for my Zoom meetings today. My 3 pm class is on Zoom because of Uptown afternoon parades.
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Dressed like an 80s kindergarten teacher for my Zoom meetings today. My 3 pm class is on Zoom because of Uptown afternoon parades.
Aw hell yeah; this Jewtina is into it
February 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Aw hell yeah; this Jewtina is into it
Still glad I rerouted our flight first thing because this makes no damn sense and it seems like the administration is particularly up to no good down there right now.
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Still glad I rerouted our flight first thing because this makes no damn sense and it seems like the administration is particularly up to no good down there right now.
Me and my slightly charred banh xeo for breakfast. Oops.
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Me and my slightly charred banh xeo for breakfast. Oops.
A few of you have told me that the restriction has been lifted; so thank you! But, frankly, I'm staying the hell away. G-d knows what this administration is doing, and if they're dicking around with El Paso I don't want to take my chances.
anyway, i'm not sure what to make of this el paso thing
February 11, 2026 at 2:09 PM
A few of you have told me that the restriction has been lifted; so thank you! But, frankly, I'm staying the hell away. G-d knows what this administration is doing, and if they're dicking around with El Paso I don't want to take my chances.
Is the shutdown somehow related to this?
"“El Paso must stand firm. There will be no concentration camps here..."
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/06/e...
elpasomatters.org/2026/02/06/e...
DHS buys El Paso warehouses for $123 million ICE mega detention center as deportation capacity expands nationwide
El Paso is a strategic location for the Trump administration because of Biggs Army Airfield, from which deportation flights have increasingly taken place. The mega facility is among several nationwide...
elpasomatters.org
February 11, 2026 at 2:07 PM
Is the shutdown somehow related to this?
What you get when you go to the FAA website to look at whatever the New Orleans restriction is....
You get the spinning wheel of death.
You get the spinning wheel of death.
February 11, 2026 at 1:54 PM
What you get when you go to the FAA website to look at whatever the New Orleans restriction is....
You get the spinning wheel of death.
You get the spinning wheel of death.
The Delta agent: "Wow; you're on top of stuff, because you're literally just the second person I've talked to about this this morning!" She actually had to read the news when talking with the first person because Delta hadn't even gotten an official notification of the airport closure.
JFC. Guess who is supposed to be flying into El Paso on Sunday...?
February 11, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The Delta agent: "Wow; you're on top of stuff, because you're literally just the second person I've talked to about this this morning!" She actually had to read the news when talking with the first person because Delta hadn't even gotten an official notification of the airport closure.
JFC. Guess who is supposed to be flying into El Paso on Sunday...?
February 11, 2026 at 1:16 PM
JFC. Guess who is supposed to be flying into El Paso on Sunday...?
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If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 9, 2026 at 11:56 PM
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
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Holy shit. The prosecutor who just resigned from the D Minn in revolt against orders to investigate Renee Good after her murder is local counsel for Don Lemon now in Minnesota. Wow.
Look at who is PHVing Abbe Lowell and team into MN to represent Don Lemon.
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Holy shit. The prosecutor who just resigned from the D Minn in revolt against orders to investigate Renee Good after her murder is local counsel for Don Lemon now in Minnesota. Wow.