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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 5h

It’s their response to Tamiefuna v R

Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 7d

nap time and one baby wakes so you pick that baby up to rock back to sleep, but then the other baby wakes up. So you try to get first baby back into cot without waking to deal with second baby and end up with two awake babies who should really be asleep for another hour

a man in a striped shirt is laying on his back on the floor holding a piece of paper

ALT: a man in a striped shirt is laying on his back on the floor holding a piece of paper

media.tenor.com

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 9d

They are 6 months old today and I am still trying to finish this 🫠

Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s really something trying to finish a revise and resubmit with infant twins. I do like 5 mins a day, every couple of days. At this rate I’ll be finished by the time they start school 🙃

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 18d

Can rec knitting patterns but not crochet unfortunately! Congrats and good luck.

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 24d

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 24d

What’s the justification? Foreign judges are “better”?

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 24d

It really bothers me how the skill of summarising is devalued. It is a hard thing to do well and it is important to learning. Ughhhhhhhhhhhh

michael veale @michae.lv · 24d

Oxford University Press is introducing an AI summarisation & quizzing asst. into their law textbook ‘trove’: it took considerable effort from our Fac+Library to have them engineer in a license-level off switch (they initially refused!). They did not clock how important the skill of summarisation is.

David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 24d

I enjoyed it when the student said it doesn't damage her critical thinking skills, and then 2 paragraphs later says she uses it to summarise difficult topics.

Students don't know how much this is going to ruin the key skills they're paying a premium at University to develop.

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WHO @who.int · 26d

It’s World #Sepsis Day
Sepsis kills 11 million people each year.

Symptoms incl.:
🔸Fever or shivering
🔸Confusion
🔸Shortness of breath
🔸Rash that does not fade when pressed
🔸Extreme discomfort
🔸Sweaty skin

Seek medical care as soon as possible when an infection is not getting better.

What is sepsis?
Sepsis arises when a person has an infection, and the body's reaction to it injures tissues and organs

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · 26d

Sad to hear of the passing of Conor Gearty.

www.lse.ac.uk/law/news/202...

Conor Gearty

www.lse.ac.uk

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Sep 4

“The 'do minimum' option would cover work to improve the electrical system and maintenance technology, and deal with asbestos a bit.”

I think it’s time for me to finally write up my complaint about the state of facilities and care. Not sure how I will find the time but JFC.

Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Sep 4

This is despicable. I spent 3 weeks in Auckland City Hospital & the state of the facilities was appalling. My broken window was propped up by a [clean] piss pot in a room that had no other ventilation and was 26°. In another room the bathroom door didn’t shut and screws were hanging from the lock.

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · Sep 4

Health authorities recommend doing 'absolute minimum' to fix Auckland City Hospital

Documents show the decision could lead to critical assets failing, resulting in patient harm.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Sep 4

It’s really something trying to finish a revise and resubmit with infant twins. I do like 5 mins a day, every couple of days. At this rate I’ll be finished by the time they start school 🙃

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Aug 31

You see, the great thing about law is that it comes down to what the law says, regardless of how “distinguished” or “leading” or “expert” a lawyer may be.

It is a curiously egalitarian subject, where a cat can speak to a king, or at least to the king’s counsel.

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · Aug 31

Apparently “leading” lawyers and “experts” say that the Good Friday Agreement is no obstacle to UK leaving ECHR.

Me, being neither, merely sets out what the Good Friday Agreement expressly says.

davidallengreen.com/2023/07/why-...

Why the United Kingdom government cannot leave the ECHR without either breaching or re-negotiating the Good Friday Agreement

1st July 2023 * The overlooked obstacle to the United Kingdom withdrawing from the ECHR * From time to time the demand comes from a government minister, or from one of their political and media sup…

davidallengreen.com

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Ongoing impact of Tamiefuna v R:

"In the Quarter 3 plan the government has signalled its clear intent to change the law, so that police have the lawful ability to collect, use and retain information about individuals in public places for lawful policing purposes"

Government promises to give police more information-collecting powers, details scant

But details on the upcoming law change are still scant.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Aug 26

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Ongoing impact of Tamiefuna v R:

"In the Quarter 3 plan the government has signalled its clear intent to change the law, so that police have the lawful ability to collect, use and retain information about individuals in public places for lawful policing purposes"

Government promises to give police more information-collecting powers, details scant

But details on the upcoming law change are still scant.

www.rnz.co.nz

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A. Feder Cooper @afedercooper.bsky.social · Aug 21

From this, we realized we could generate large portions of some books with certain models, like a near-pristine copy of Harry Potter using Llama 3.1 70B.

This work is ongoing; preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2505.12546

More to come (hopefully soon)!

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

lnkd.in

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A. Feder Cooper @afedercooper.bsky.social · Aug 21

I’m excited to share that my paper with @jtlg.bsky.social , "The Files are in the Computer: On Copyright, Memorization, and Generative AI" (April 2024), is out in the AI Disrupting Law symposium issue of the Chicago-Kent Law Review!

The full issue is here: scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/

Chicago-Kent Law Review | Chicago-Kent College of Law

scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu

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Dr Joe McIntyre @drjoemcintyre.bsky.social · Aug 16

This should be a major disciplinary matter EVERY SINGLE TIME. No excuses. You are misleading the court.

As far as I am concerned there are NO legitimate use cases for genAI is law.

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · Aug 15

Transformative work of the day, footlong edition

Shawn Patrick Farrell @shawnfarrell.bsky.social · Aug 15

Quiznos? Cosi? Subway? Jimmy John's? Jersey Mike's? Any sub shop I visit from this day forward will be judged not only on the taste & value of its sandwiches, but their weight, velocity, & stability of their wrapping.

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Aug 12

I’m inspired!

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Aug 11

This article is irresponsible reporting. As Eddie states below, when relevant evidence is not put before a jury because a judge has ordered that it shouldn’t be, there are good reasons for it. We are all to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, and we all have the right to a fair trial.

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · Aug 10

This is absolutely *deranged* reporting.

"Witnesses did not tell the whole truth!!!"

...due to standard, established evidence admissibility rules designed to ensure a fair trial.

www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Jul 17

Graduated with my PhD a year ago. And 5 years before that, my LLM. Now I’m about to wake my twins up.

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Cristi Proistosescu @cristiproist.bsky.social · Jul 4

People always ask me : “Cristi, how do you manage parenting a baby while going up for tenure?”

It’s easy. The secret is *flow-based-scheduling*. Here are its three core strategies for new academic parents:

Sleep when the baby sleeps
Cry when the baby cries
Publish when the baby publishes

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Alex Allen-Franks @alexallenfranks.bsky.social · Jul 3

It is a fantastic jacket despite what some might say

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