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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 18h

I fear this can very easily go the way of UNIFIL or UNDOF. The pressure has to come from higher up, I don't think troops will really help.

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Ignacio Cofone @ignaciocofone.bsky.social · 1d

Happy to share our new piece with Katherine Strandburg & Nicholas Tilmes, “Taxonomizing Synthetic Data for Law.” It engages Gal & Lynskey’s excellent article & centers the role of ground-truth assumptions. The key q is how creation methods encode claims about the world ssrn.com/abstract=555...

Taxonomizing Synthetic Data for Law

Synthetic data is increasingly important in data usage and AI design, creating novel legal and policy dilemmas. All too often, discussions of synthetic data tre

papers.ssrn.com

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 1d

I agree of course that some actions are not acceptable, I just think this one is. I think we're going to have to remain in disagreement here.

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 1d

Who is "we" here? And why do you think a letter of nomination is strengthening autocracy in anything but a very minimal way? I get the distaste, but I think the causality is too strong. In any case - the question is who was offering a viable alternative, and the answer is, unfortunately, no one.

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 1d

I don't find him any more worthy than you do, but I also don't think a nomination letter in this case is a slap in the face. I think in many other situations I'd agree with you, but I really think this is an extreme, desperate circumstance.

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 1d

Sure, but what about the last two years hasn't been dirty? The hostage families were and are completely desperate and literally at the whims of leaders (from different countries) without one ounce of moral fiber. Nominating Trump is not an egregious compromise in this case IMO.

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 1d

Most of such responses I've read seem IMO to understand the realpolitik aspect: Trump is motivated by his ego and the way to get him to act is by flattering him. It sucks, but honestly, if that's what it takes for him to pressure Netanyahu, I think it was the right move to flatter him 🤷

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 1d

😭😅

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 1d

My brother went to preschool at Temple Israel. This is just awful. And the equivocating responses below the post make me want to tear my hair out.

Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 2d

This is hateful and it has no place in Minnesota.

www.startribune.com/temple-israe...

‘This is hate speech’: Temple Israel in Minneapolis tagged overnight with antisemitic graffiti

One message referred to the attack two years ago on Israel by Hamas terrorists.

www.startribune.com

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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 2d

Please help me get the word out about the new websites for Legal Theory Blog and the Legal Theory Lexicon. Reposting here and on other social media sites is great. It would be especially helpful if law school faculty members could send an email to their colleagues with the new addresses.

Legal Theory Blog

Discover our latest articles and updates. Stay informed with recent posts that cover a variety of topics you care about!

legaltheoryblog.com

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 2d

It's still a long road ahead but good news are very sorely needed!

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · Jun 17

יהודה עמיחי לעת צרה.

די כבר. די.

(מתוך מאחורי כל זה מסתתר אושר גדול)

קטע מתוך מאחורי כל זה מסתתר אושר גדול, יהודה עמיחי.

[טו]
אפילו אהבותי נמדדות בימי מלחמה,
אני אומר, זה קרה אחר מלחמת העולם
השניה. נפגשנו לפני מלחמת
ששת הימים. לעולם לא אומר,
לפני השלום 45-48 או באמצע
השלום 56-67.

אבל ידיעת השלום
עוברת ממקום למקום,
כמי משחקי ילדים
שדומים כל כך בכל מקום.

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 2d

🤞🤞🤞

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 4d

A pit of hell opened up on earth two years ago and I still lack the words to describe it.

It has made me less certain that I understand the world, or that I can ever be understood in it. Communicating has become more exhausting, more fraught, and today I just have no words, as before.

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Jathan Sadowski @jathansadowski.com · 4d

Call for abstracts: "Insurance, Climate Change, and Spatial Governance" paper session for the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 17-21, 2026

I'm co-organizing this session with some amazing scholars. Here's our extended abstract:

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 4d

Glad it's deleted, not sure about giving kudos

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 9d

I believe this is the entirety of the article. The rest of the book is photographs I think.

www.scribd.com/document/357...

I Saw Hitler! PDF | PDF

Scribd is the world's largest social reading and publishing site.

www.scribd.com

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 9d

Hey authors, the official list of Anthropic works is available for searching.

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Submit a Claim

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 10d

what a beautiful poster 🤩

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Brandi Bennett @bbennettesq.bsky.social · 10d

I started my career on the dark side of data privacy a decade ago, monetizing Precise Geolocation Data in the days before privacy laws and technical controls.

Believe me when I tell you that Precise Geo is Digital Plutonium.

It should be illegal to sell. It should be strictly purpose limited.

Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 10d

New: ICE has bought a tool that tracks the locations of hundreds of millions of phones globally, updates every single day. Usually harvested from apps and advertising

www.404media.co/ice-to-buy-t...

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

www.404media.co

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 11d

In places (like Ben Gurion) where it can be framed as "politically neutral" - yes.
Sorry to hear about your mom - that's awful 😢

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 11d

I really think it's someone who was convinced this was a way of saying a visit will be lifechanging, in a positive way. The addition of the yellow ribbon to public-facing things is almost automatic now, and is what makes this seem sinister if you think about it for an extra second.

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Stav Zeitouni @stzeitouni.bsky.social · 11d

Spotted by a friend at Ben Gurion airport today. I don't think they're going for irony.

A sign from Ben Gurion airport reading "Welcome to Israel. Your life will never be the same" with a yellow ribbon below it

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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 12d

Yes! And also: if you get in touch with the author of a paper to ask for a copy, there's a 0% chance they'll say no. And in a lot of science-adjacent fields, people post their papers on the completely free arXiv (arxiv.org) after it's published or even upon submission.

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Zahra Fakhraai @zahrafakhraai.bsky.social · 12d

This is a terrible thing to do. They pulled the rug from under the feet of the most talented American students, all the while claiming they want to give Americans the opportunity by banning international scientists. PLEASE contact your lawmakers. This is hurting our best students.

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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