Will Cross
@willcross.bsky.social
Information Policy and Open Knowledge @ncstate.bsky.social and AU Washington College of Law | Fulbright Schuman Innovation Fellow | A medium-sized pile of diplomas in a trench coat.
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My response to anything over the next two weeks
December 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
My response to anything over the next two weeks
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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This evidence of Trump's 2020 coup attempt in Georgia is no more damning than the tape of Trump telling Georgia officials to "find" the exact number of votes he needed to reverse his loss to Biden.
But the Supreme Court rewrote the Constitution to let him run, and a plurality of voters didn't mind.
But the Supreme Court rewrote the Constitution to let him run, and a plurality of voters didn't mind.
NYT: “In a newly obtained recording of a phone call from late 2020, President Trump can be heard pressing the speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives to hold a special legislative session to overturn Mr. Trump’s election loss.”
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December 18, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This evidence of Trump's 2020 coup attempt in Georgia is no more damning than the tape of Trump telling Georgia officials to "find" the exact number of votes he needed to reverse his loss to Biden.
But the Supreme Court rewrote the Constitution to let him run, and a plurality of voters didn't mind.
But the Supreme Court rewrote the Constitution to let him run, and a plurality of voters didn't mind.
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This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: *dodges*
Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.
Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
This is extraordinary, heartbreaking, and a red alert warning sign for our democracy.
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
These people are about to be federal judges, and they refuse to answer whether the U.S. Capitol was attacked on January 6.
They say they can't comment because it's "a political controversy".
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A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
How the Trump Administration Is Quietly Resegregating the American Workforce
The Justice Department’s rollback of disparate impact is just one new policy that makes it harder for people of color to challenge illegal discrimination.
ballsandstrikes.org
December 17, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A former immigration judge alleged to DOJ that Trump fired her bc of her sex & national origin
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
DOJ said equal employment opportunity laws don't supersede Trump's removal powers under Article II
this is literally a claim to constitutional power to discriminate
ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...
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The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
You'll remember that when Biden delivered an address in 2022, networks refused to air it because they said it was "political" www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
As Biden warned about democracy’s collapse, TV networks aired reruns
Broadcasters NBC, CBS and ABC usually air presidential prime-time addresses live. But they found Biden's Philadelphia speech more "political" than newsworthy.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
The networks were afraid not to run Trump because they assumed he would use his office to punish them if they didn’t. The irony is that this is what Biden was warning about, a warning they chose not to share with America.
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I remain convinced I would have been far more interested in experimenting with LLMs if they talked to me like the computer in Star Trek and not like a woman trying to keep a man she’s afraid of in a good mood.
i'm fascinated by how much people love and are amazed by chat gpt saying "nice catch!" and "great observation!" because i personally find the condescension and obsequiousness the most skin-crawling thing about how LLMs "talk"
If we are banning cell phones for kids we need to be talking about banning chatbots for boomers
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
www.persuasion.community/p/my-chatgpt...
December 18, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I remain convinced I would have been far more interested in experimenting with LLMs if they talked to me like the computer in Star Trek and not like a woman trying to keep a man she’s afraid of in a good mood.
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everybody is 12
White House adds insulting plaques below Biden and Obama portraits
Newest additions appear to be part of the administration’s ongoing ‘troll’ campaign against former presidents and Trump’s opponents
www.independent.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
everybody is 12
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Exactly the same pattern that saw RFK Jr. push out CDC leadership: he cannot tolerate dissent and will use public resources to punish critics. This is what happens when the President normalizes this sort of abuse of power.
SCOOP: American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr. Research included reducing sudden infant deaths and identifying autism early. Me and @Paigecunningham.Bsky.Social
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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American Academy of Pediatrics loses HHS funding after criticizing RFK Jr.
HHS cuts key AAP grants, citing concerns about “identity-based language” and insufficient focus on agency priorities. The organization said the cuts could harm child health.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Exactly the same pattern that saw RFK Jr. push out CDC leadership: he cannot tolerate dissent and will use public resources to punish critics. This is what happens when the President normalizes this sort of abuse of power.
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Good to see a defendant treating Trump like any other [vexatious] plaintiff.
Also, I predict there won't be an EO going after Ballard Spahr. If I'm right, it means the collective pushback (in and outside the courts) successfully killed off that strategy.
Also, I predict there won't be an EO going after Ballard Spahr. If I'm right, it means the collective pushback (in and outside the courts) successfully killed off that strategy.
The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Good to see a defendant treating Trump like any other [vexatious] plaintiff.
Also, I predict there won't be an EO going after Ballard Spahr. If I'm right, it means the collective pushback (in and outside the courts) successfully killed off that strategy.
Also, I predict there won't be an EO going after Ballard Spahr. If I'm right, it means the collective pushback (in and outside the courts) successfully killed off that strategy.
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The Trump regime is, indeed, running out of lawyers, and the only ones who are willing to stay and be part of their lawless attack on peace & justice are incompetent
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
Unprecedented errors are eroding the credibility of Trump's Justice Department
In years past, it was relatively rare for a federal court to question the Justice Department's competency or good faith. But such questions are becoming more common.
www.reuters.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The Trump regime is, indeed, running out of lawyers, and the only ones who are willing to stay and be part of their lawless attack on peace & justice are incompetent
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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“Having him on the panel charged with monitoring efforts to improve cancer treatment is a disaster for cancer patients, as he will inject conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and false claims about cancer into the panel’s reports,” @gorskon.bsky.social told me
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
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New Head of Trump's Cancer Panel Questioned Links Between Vaccines and Cancer
Yale epidemiologist Harvey Risch, who has speculated about a connection between Covid vaccines and “turbo cancer” and promoted ivermectin, says he'll chair the President's Cancer Panel.
www.wired.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“Having him on the panel charged with monitoring efforts to improve cancer treatment is a disaster for cancer patients, as he will inject conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and false claims about cancer into the panel’s reports,” @gorskon.bsky.social told me
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
www.wired.com/story/risch-...
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NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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December 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NEW: Pardoned January 6 rioters have been advising Justice Department officials how to pursue – and perhaps prosecute – the very prosecutors who helped put them behind bars.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Tell me again how the Trump regime is against antisemitism?
Breaking news: U.S. Coast Guard allows a new workplace harassment policy to take effect, downgrading the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to “potentially divisive” despite facing backlash over the new language.
Coast Guard enacts policy calling swastikas, nooses ‘potentially divisive’
The Coast Guard’s workplace harassment manual that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses quietly went into effect this week.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Tell me again how the Trump regime is against antisemitism?
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I know that everyone is like “oh the whole point of this is to destroy CBS, they actually want to run it into the ground” and I’m sure plenty of folks will be happy if they do
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
Bari Weiss’ much-hyped CBS News town hall with Erika Kirk was a massive ratings flop
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I know that everyone is like “oh the whole point of this is to destroy CBS, they actually want to run it into the ground” and I’m sure plenty of folks will be happy if they do
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
but David Ellison and Bari Weiss don’t want that! they really think they’ve got something! they are just very bad at this
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Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
December 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Every few years there's a bunch of "pivot to video" discourse about how creatives should all start making videos instead of doing text-based work. And every few years we discover again that the supposed "popularity" of video is based on fake audience numbers created by the video platforms.
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These professions have to misleading impression of scale too. One top 5%er can write articles that millions read. But you actually need the other 95% to teach classes, to attend the county board of supervisors, to grind out the midrange pubs that constitute a body of literature.
One of the worst developments of the last ~20 years has been that in certain professions, 5% are superstars and 95% eat cat food for dinner.
Society depends on a broad and comfortable middle path.
Society depends on a broad and comfortable middle path.
December 16, 2025 at 8:47 PM
These professions have to misleading impression of scale too. One top 5%er can write articles that millions read. But you actually need the other 95% to teach classes, to attend the county board of supervisors, to grind out the midrange pubs that constitute a body of literature.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
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December 16, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that there are no 4th Amendment rights in your Google search terms. When you search on Google, you tell them your search terms; the government can get those queries without a warrant. The third-party doctrine applies.
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
www.pacourts.us/assets/opini...
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confession: for years I've been coming up with absurdist nat sec claims for exams and other hypos and never approached "ballroom construction is a matter of national security"
Trump administration says White House ballroom construction is a matter of national security
The Trump administration says in a court filing that the president’s White House ballroom construction project must continue for unexplained national security reasons.
apnews.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
confession: for years I've been coming up with absurdist nat sec claims for exams and other hypos and never approached "ballroom construction is a matter of national security"
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It’s amusing how the US business elite still thinks it’s 1968 and there’s an abundance of useless regulations we can trash when all what we have now is the stuff written in blood
December 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
It’s amusing how the US business elite still thinks it’s 1968 and there’s an abundance of useless regulations we can trash when all what we have now is the stuff written in blood
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getting kids up at the asscrack of dawn is bad for them! we’ve had actual research on this shit! it doesn’t build character, it just means they’re tired and cranky and don’t learn as well
No it's because for some of us it is more convenient to drive our kid to school than to have to get them up at 530 in the morning to be able to make the bus at 615 and then have them sit on the bus for an hour and a half on the way home too. 8 year old should not have a 530am-430pm day
What should I have expected from the hand wringing was website but people who are smothering their kids in the hope that their kid will never ever develop the independent skills to actually leave. If you're going to do this, get a dog, it's less cruel.
December 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
getting kids up at the asscrack of dawn is bad for them! we’ve had actual research on this shit! it doesn’t build character, it just means they’re tired and cranky and don’t learn as well
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"The very first question to be considered is the applicability of the Copyright Law to the Moon. "
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...
American Library Association. ALA Bulletin 1953-01: Vol 47 Iss 1 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
American Library Association. ALA Bulletin 1953-01: Volume 47, Issue 1.Digitized from IA1514523-07.Previous issue:...
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December 16, 2025 at 6:16 AM
"The very first question to be considered is the applicability of the Copyright Law to the Moon. "
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...
Thinking ahead (in 1952) about interplanetary copyrights :). if aliens have "Two Heads, Two Authors?"
really fun, worth reading.
archive.org/details/sim_...