Sam Brunson
@smbrnsn.bsky.social
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Georgia Reithal Professor Law, Loyola University Chicago. Lots of taxes, jazz, cooking, and cats. Author "God and the IRS: Accommodating Religious Practice in United States Tax Law"
Hmm. On my desktop, Bluesky is asking for me to put in my birthday. If it holds to this, it’s not going to take self-control for me to quit Bluesky.
December 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Hmm. On my desktop, Bluesky is asking for me to put in my birthday. If it holds to this, it’s not going to take self-control for me to quit Bluesky.
It’s not shocking to me that Silicon Valley has gone all-in on unproven hype. That’s kind of their MO.
But it is interesting how desperate they are to undercut workers and the arts. Usually by now they would have dropped, or at least scaled back, the hype in favor of the next small thing.
But it is interesting how desperate they are to undercut workers and the arts. Usually by now they would have dropped, or at least scaled back, the hype in favor of the next small thing.
Silicon Valley has placed a trillion-dollar bet that gen AI can transform the global economy and pave the way for AGI. But warning signs show the marketing hype has vastly overrated what current AI tech can achieve, creating a bubble with growing costs when it pops, writes @jeremyhsu.bsky.social.
When it all comes crashing down: The aftermath of the AI boom
AI has buoyed the stock market and a struggling US economy but warning signs indicate a bubble that everyone will pay for when it bursts.
thebulletin.org
December 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It’s not shocking to me that Silicon Valley has gone all-in on unproven hype. That’s kind of their MO.
But it is interesting how desperate they are to undercut workers and the arts. Usually by now they would have dropped, or at least scaled back, the hype in favor of the next small thing.
But it is interesting how desperate they are to undercut workers and the arts. Usually by now they would have dropped, or at least scaled back, the hype in favor of the next small thing.
I looked him in Person of Interest, but man, literally every choice he’s made since then.
December 8, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I looked him in Person of Interest, but man, literally every choice he’s made since then.
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Yeah I think he’s a predatory monster, full stop
rfk jr wants to kill your kids, it’s really that simple.
Kennedy’s Methodical 2-Decade Quest to Dismantle Vaccine Policy
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Yeah I think he’s a predatory monster, full stop
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The @cato.org has now posted a non-paywalled version of this article (some readers have told me there is a paywall at Washington Examiner website, though I don't see it myself): www.cato.org/commentary/f...
December 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The @cato.org has now posted a non-paywalled version of this article (some readers have told me there is a paywall at Washington Examiner website, though I don't see it myself): www.cato.org/commentary/f...
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Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
www.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Trump hung up on a ProPublica reporter after being asked whether his Florida mortgages were similar to those of others he had accused of fraud. 🤔
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So much gutter antisemitism coming from allegedly 'pro-Palestine' ppl.
Half the reason Palestine is so thoroughly fucked is that they have the worst fucking friends. Ppl who see their cause as an excuse to own the Jews, and treat actual Palestinians as nothing other than morality play props.
Half the reason Palestine is so thoroughly fucked is that they have the worst fucking friends. Ppl who see their cause as an excuse to own the Jews, and treat actual Palestinians as nothing other than morality play props.
In the general case, Jews had long been seen as "non-white" in European racialist rankings.
In the specific case of the Nazis, the Jews were see as anti-humans, not just as inferior, but rather as creatures undeserving of life.
Also, on a personal note: fuck you, you ignorant bigot.
In the specific case of the Nazis, the Jews were see as anti-humans, not just as inferior, but rather as creatures undeserving of life.
Also, on a personal note: fuck you, you ignorant bigot.
@malachitetiger.bsky.social @mixiekitten.goodgirls.onl @jane.inurhead.lol @gothic.wtf
So you admit that Anne Frank being white made her life easier than if she was Black. That's called WHITE PRIVILEGE.
Stop whitesplaining.
So you admit that Anne Frank being white made her life easier than if she was Black. That's called WHITE PRIVILEGE.
Stop whitesplaining.
December 8, 2025 at 6:03 PM
So much gutter antisemitism coming from allegedly 'pro-Palestine' ppl.
Half the reason Palestine is so thoroughly fucked is that they have the worst fucking friends. Ppl who see their cause as an excuse to own the Jews, and treat actual Palestinians as nothing other than morality play props.
Half the reason Palestine is so thoroughly fucked is that they have the worst fucking friends. Ppl who see their cause as an excuse to own the Jews, and treat actual Palestinians as nothing other than morality play props.
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The fact Bovino is a career civil servant and not a political appointee really shows CBP needs to be abolished root and branch. Let the IRS do customs (seriously).
December 8, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The fact Bovino is a career civil servant and not a political appointee really shows CBP needs to be abolished root and branch. Let the IRS do customs (seriously).
Donald Trump can sign whatever he wants.* Fortunately, his signature doesn’t bind states.
* He shouldn’t because he should respect the office that he holds. But he doesn’t respect it.
* He shouldn’t because he should respect the office that he holds. But he doesn’t respect it.
BREAKING: Trump says he will sign an executive order this week that will limit states’ ability to regulate AI.
December 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Donald Trump can sign whatever he wants.* Fortunately, his signature doesn’t bind states.
* He shouldn’t because he should respect the office that he holds. But he doesn’t respect it.
* He shouldn’t because he should respect the office that he holds. But he doesn’t respect it.
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@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com is correct: finance is the commanding height of the entire economy.
Unfortunately, this also means despots are incentivized to fuck up the entire economy by using finance as a cudgel to get whatever they want.
Putin, Trump, Xi are all fucking w/ everyone's money.
Unfortunately, this also means despots are incentivized to fuck up the entire economy by using finance as a cudgel to get whatever they want.
Putin, Trump, Xi are all fucking w/ everyone's money.
December 8, 2025 at 5:38 AM
@sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com is correct: finance is the commanding height of the entire economy.
Unfortunately, this also means despots are incentivized to fuck up the entire economy by using finance as a cudgel to get whatever they want.
Putin, Trump, Xi are all fucking w/ everyone's money.
Unfortunately, this also means despots are incentivized to fuck up the entire economy by using finance as a cudgel to get whatever they want.
Putin, Trump, Xi are all fucking w/ everyone's money.
It looks like I'm going to have to reach friendly mergers and hostile takeovers in BizOrg next semester!
December 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It looks like I'm going to have to reach friendly mergers and hostile takeovers in BizOrg next semester!
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"Inflation is caused by corporations" is a thing I just heard on a podcast and it's amazing how much some people will self-sooth by embracing idiotic nonsense.
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"Inflation is caused by corporations" is a thing I just heard on a podcast and it's amazing how much some people will self-sooth by embracing idiotic nonsense.
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Also for the sake of completeness: this is why it's only an *almost* interesting methods point haha. The separation between text and history is not actually presented in this case, because Wurman & Barnett are lying about the history:
bsky.app/profile/bill...
bsky.app/profile/bill...
“No evidence the intent went beyond freeing slaves” — the framers of the amendment openly stated that it would grant citizenship to the children of Chinese immigrants. It’s in the Congressional record. Cited extensively in Wong Kim Ark. These aren’t obscure sources, especially for law professors.
December 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Also for the sake of completeness: this is why it's only an *almost* interesting methods point haha. The separation between text and history is not actually presented in this case, because Wurman & Barnett are lying about the history:
bsky.app/profile/bill...
bsky.app/profile/bill...
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
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Allowing The Princess Bride means it remains easy mode.
Has *anyone* watched that so few times?
Has *anyone* watched that so few times?
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Allowing The Princess Bride means it remains easy mode.
Has *anyone* watched that so few times?
Has *anyone* watched that so few times?
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Birthright citizenship increases tax revenue.
Birthright citizenship is good policy - the arguments that it’s not all seem either race stuff or the unfairness that other people have to wait.
We can fix that by admitting more naturalized citizens.
We can fix that by admitting more naturalized citizens.
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Birthright citizenship increases tax revenue.
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Birth tourism is bad!
Because why? Those are just citizens we can collect later.
Because why? Those are just citizens we can collect later.
December 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Birth tourism is bad!
Because why? Those are just citizens we can collect later.
Because why? Those are just citizens we can collect later.
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Birthright citizenship is good policy - the arguments that it’s not all seem either race stuff or the unfairness that other people have to wait.
We can fix that by admitting more naturalized citizens.
We can fix that by admitting more naturalized citizens.
December 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Birthright citizenship is good policy - the arguments that it’s not all seem either race stuff or the unfairness that other people have to wait.
We can fix that by admitting more naturalized citizens.
We can fix that by admitting more naturalized citizens.
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Update: there is literally no evidence that she ever said this.
This is exhausting.
This is exhausting.
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Update: there is literally no evidence that she ever said this.
This is exhausting.
This is exhausting.
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also, let’s say wurman is right. well, we have had nearly 160 years of unlimited birthright citizenship that has been affirmed again and again by generations of Americans. whatever the original intent, that is what the birthright clause *means*.
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
also, let’s say wurman is right. well, we have had nearly 160 years of unlimited birthright citizenship that has been affirmed again and again by generations of Americans. whatever the original intent, that is what the birthright clause *means*.
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and as @evanbernick.bsky.social correctly points out, at no point has the worm man ever actually defended the trump EO on the merits
December 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
and as @evanbernick.bsky.social correctly points out, at no point has the worm man ever actually defended the trump EO on the merits
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bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
The evidence is the text. All you have to do is read the Constitution.
December 7, 2025 at 7:09 PM
bad actors like wurman are why i think it is important to place the birthright clause in the full context of section 1 and section 1 in the context of both dred scott and the two decades of antislavery and abolitionist agitation and political thinking that proceeded it
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the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism
December 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
the idea that a handful of conservative legal scholars have an understanding that should supersede a settlement affirmed my generations of american is astoundingly arrogant, and the idea that trump — or any president — can unilaterally overturn that settlement is just despotism