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Vincent Carchidi @vcarchidi.bsky.social · 19h

The loudest of the anti-AI crowd here was always what it is, and that's a shame. Recently some bigger accounts have allowed themselves to become so negatively polarized by them that they basically exist to dunk on the lowest hanging fruit, and that's a shame too.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

That’s also very bad!

Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

SHOTS FIRED

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Yikes

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

I still think there'd be some First Amendment issues to work through depending on which part of the cooperation the state was objecting to. But that would definitely be the right process. And process matters!

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

People were being way too nice to me on this site for the last month anyway.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Those are and I may well be proven wrong here, which would be great. But I still think it’d be nice for the governor to clarify that rather than make it sound like he’s just going to unilaterally cut off funding because he’s pissed.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Infuriating

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Also, I welcome you to the group ratio :-).

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🎃👻 Jonathan Creeps 💀🎃 @jonathanrheaps.bsky.social · 5d

Alan is gonna get ratio’d on this one and I don’t know enuff to know if he’s right on the law, but he is right on the principle: beating Trumpist illegality means insisting on the rule of law & its norms, not capitulating to the logic of extortion.

Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

OK, but how would that not be just as illegal as what the federal government is doing here?

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Clearly I woke up this morning and chose violence.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

That wouled certainly be the more legally appropriate way to go about it. Though there still might be 1A concerns.

FWIW I do not think “working with the legislature” is the most natural reading of Newsom’s ALL CAPS tweet.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

The federal “compact” seems obviously illegal.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

My point was primarily about executive power, which is how we got into this mess in the first place. I’m not interested in replicating executive branch lawlessness at the federal level.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Yes but the state of California is not the same as the governor of California.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Yes if the agreements are entirely at the discretion of the governor. But is that how these agreements were structured? The whole issue is that this is the problem with the federal government actions. Would be nice if the leader of California addressed that rather than just YELLED AT UNIVERSITIES.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Yes the federal compact is awful! No question.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

(BTW, your profile description is awesome!)

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

I appreciate the honesty!

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

It's not a First Amendment issue—it's a question of whether the governor of California has the power under California law to withhold state funds from universities because he doesn't like what they're doing. Presumably the original appropriations came from the California legislature.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

It's not a First Amendment issue—it's a question of whether the governor of California has the power under California law to withhold state funds from universities because he doesn't like what they're doing. Presumably the original appropriations came from the California legislature.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

It's not a First Amendment issue—it's a question of whether the governor of California has the power under California law to withhold state funds from universities because he doesn't like what they're doing. Presumably the original appropriations came from the California legislature.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

OK, but how would that not be just as illegal as what the federal government is doing here?

Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 5d

IF ANY CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY SIGNS THIS RADICAL AGREEMENT, THEY'LL LOSE BILLIONS IN STATE FUNDING — INCLUDING CAL GRANTS — INSTANTLY.

CALIFORNIA WILL NOT BANKROLL SCHOOLS THAT SELL OUT THEIR STUDENTS, PROFESSORS, RESEARCHERS, AND SURRENDER ACADEMIC FREEDOM.

New York Times: "Trump Administration Asks Colleges to Sign ‘Compact’ to Get Funding Preference."

The White House asked nine top universities to pledge support for President Trump’s agenda to help ensure access to research funding.

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

Quite possible

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Alan Rozenshtein @alanrozenshtein.com · 5d

If I need to do a eating-crow self quote-tweet, I will certainly do so!

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