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Ryan Calo
@rcalo.bsky.social
I am a law professor and information scientist at the University of Washington. I have a book coming out next year about law and technology that I hope you read. 💙
Coming for Tim 😉
November 24, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In Seattle December 1? Come learn about AI and the environment!
November 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
you: I’m impressed by gen AI
me: I saw the 1991 video Black & White
November 19, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Are you thinking of using Law & Technology: A Methodical Approach to teach? Please get in touch with me if so! I can get you a copy of the book and am keeping track of courses and syllabi. www.law-and-technology.com/interviews-a...
Interviews and Book Talks — Law and Technology
www.law-and-technology.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My new book Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach is now available as an ebook! www.ebooks.com/en-us/book/3...
Law and Technology
Technology is difficult to study, let alone regulate. While law is uniquely positioned to channel technology toward human flourishing, technology poses special challenges to law and governance, obscur...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
The U.S. took money away from the hungry and from basic medical research to give millions to this organization.
“Many of the women say that they were pressured to have unwanted or unnecessary gynecological procedures while in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement”
"They tried to shut me up by deporting me."
www.npr.org/2020/12/22/9...
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 PM
new Ken Burns dropped
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Not that precise issue, but the book would provide a sensible path for analyzing it!
November 15, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Gosh, I don’t know. I’ll ask
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
So excited for this 🥹
November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's sporadic! I'll try to post about it
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 AM
First time holding my book 🥹 Thanks UCLA!
November 8, 2025 at 1:50 AM
November 7, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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No better time to start learning about that #AI thing everyone's talking about...

📢 I'm recruiting PhD students in Computer Science or Information Science @cornellbowers.bsky.social!

If you're interested, apply to either department (yes, either program!) and list me as a potential advisor!
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this.

can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.
What We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen Vogue
This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🙏
November 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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If you're at all interested in the direction technology is taking us legally, politically, economically, or socially, I urge you to listen to this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast from @justinhendrix.bsky.social talks to @rcalo.bsky.social about his new book:

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology
Podcast Episode · The Tech Policy Press Podcast · 10/26/2025 · 36m
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November 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Come work on civic tech at our excellent Evans School of Public Policy apply.interfolio.com/175411
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October 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is something you should watch. Alessandro’s work on the economics of privacy is unmatched.
October 31, 2025 at 4:01 PM
👀
October 31, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
October 30, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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CIS Affiliate @rcalo.bsky.social argues law should proactively shape tech rather than just react to it. His book proposes a methodical approach: define tech carefully, assess impacts, analyze legal implications, and recommend solutions www.techpolicy.press/ryan-calo-wa...
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
www.techpolicy.press
October 29, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Amazing
October 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Check out this @techpolicypress.bsky.social podcast interview with @cip.uw.edu co-founder @rcalo.bsky.social, a professor at @uwlaw.bsky.social and @ischool.uw.edu ⤵️⤵️⤵️
Podcast! In his new book, Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, Ryan Calo argues that if the purpose of technology is to expand human capabilities and affordances, the purpose of law is to establish the expectations, incentives, and boundaries that guide that expansion toward human flourishing.
Ryan Calo Wants to Change the Relationship Between Law and Technology | TechPolicy.Press
Calo is the author of Law and Technology: A Methodical Approach, published by Oxford University Press.
techpolicy.press
October 27, 2025 at 3:23 PM