Carol Brani
@carolonadlaw.bsky.social
In-house attorney. tech, digital, ai transactions. ip licensing. Infosec. sports. coffee. golden retrievers. tomfoolery.
Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Data Center Surge Reaches India as American Tech Giants Invest Billions www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/b...
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Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
Texas A&M University will not reinstate a lecturer who was fired after a video of her teaching about gender identity in a children’s literature class went viral, despite a faculty appeals panel unanimously concluding that her dismissal was not justified.
Texas A&M won’t reinstate fired lecturer despite findings
A vice chancellor upheld the firing of Melissa McCoul, seen in a viral video being confronted by a student on her gender identity teachings, saying the termination was done with “good cause.”
www.texastribune.org
December 26, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Texas Universities are now like police departments who would prefer to pay out the inevitable lawsuits rather than stop breaking the law
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Apropos of nothing, there's a huge talent shortage in the cybersecurity space -- so if you're looking for a career, something to consider! 😂
Can't wait for the loosened up, non-perfect, but quickly shipped AI-enhanced updates to hit my banking and insurance services next year.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
Im sure there will be no issues there at all.
December 26, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Apropos of nothing, there's a huge talent shortage in the cybersecurity space -- so if you're looking for a career, something to consider! 😂
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Where prices have increased the most this year, per CPI data. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
December 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Where prices have increased the most this year, per CPI data. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
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…If you think this is a good thing, a right thing, a "kind" thing, then we have such a fundamental mismatch of values that all questions of technology need to be put on Long Pause while you & i figure out what we mean by "good," "right," & "kind." You can't technofix your way out of values problems
The comments on this are all about how sweet it is and I feel insane. Using AI to make fake memories of your grandma with dementia and telling her they happened and then filming her reaction
December 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
…If you think this is a good thing, a right thing, a "kind" thing, then we have such a fundamental mismatch of values that all questions of technology need to be put on Long Pause while you & i figure out what we mean by "good," "right," & "kind." You can't technofix your way out of values problems
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It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.
December 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It did not "go viral". It was intentionally filmed and disseminated using a network of coordinated bots, amplified by an algorithm designed to spread this kind of content quickly. This was a harassment campaign, intended to silence everyone. Call it what it is.
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Don't make me root for the polygraphers that's just cruel and unusual
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
Acting CISA director failed a polygraph. Career staff are now under investigation.
At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test.
dlvr.it
December 22, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Don't make me root for the polygraphers that's just cruel and unusual
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Conviction for evading lawful detention under Texas state law overturned by the Tex. Ct. Crim. App., 6-3, as no reasonable juror could find there was reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop here and therefore the detention evaded was not lawful.
search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia....
search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia....
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Conviction for evading lawful detention under Texas state law overturned by the Tex. Ct. Crim. App., 6-3, as no reasonable juror could find there was reasonable suspicion for a Terry stop here and therefore the detention evaded was not lawful.
search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia....
search.txcourts.gov/SearchMedia....
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Is there anyone who thought Bari Weiss was just a misguided bothsidesy true believer and not in it for the grift? Because tonight should end that delusion if it exists anywhere.
December 22, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Is there anyone who thought Bari Weiss was just a misguided bothsidesy true believer and not in it for the grift? Because tonight should end that delusion if it exists anywhere.
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Republicans control literally every lever of federal power right now.
JD Vance: "If you miss Charlie Kirk…do you promise to take the country back from the people who took his life?"
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Republicans control literally every lever of federal power right now.
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An attorney couldn't stop using Grok (?!) to help draft filings, producing "a flood of tainted filings" & apparently triggering the implosion of a law firm & 3 lawyers' careers 🤖😵 The court called her misconduct "particularly egregious & prolific"
cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
cases.justia.com
December 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
An attorney couldn't stop using Grok (?!) to help draft filings, producing "a flood of tainted filings" & apparently triggering the implosion of a law firm & 3 lawyers' careers 🤖😵 The court called her misconduct "particularly egregious & prolific"
cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
cases.justia.com/federal/dist...
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It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
December 22, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It looks like it's been scrubbed from every official 60 Minutes page now.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
It's only a 30-second promo but here it is if you didn't get a chance to see it.
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60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
December 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
60 Minutes, dead at 57. The murder weapon was Bari Weiss.
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I was not involved. I promise.
Oh, uh, I was involved, but that's fine.
Oh, uh, I was involved, but that's fine.
... The Office of Dep AG (Blanche)'s role conflicts with multiple assertions from US Atty McBride, who initially claimed that ODAG was *not involved.” Later, when correspondence emerged, McBride said it was just “appropriate oversight.” ...
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December 22, 2025 at 9:08 AM
I was not involved. I promise.
Oh, uh, I was involved, but that's fine.
Oh, uh, I was involved, but that's fine.
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If a single scholar of color told me they were using this, I would need to stage an intervention within 48 hours. You will be fired or "not reappointed" when this goes sideways even if your lil friend will be fine.
a big part of the issue surrounding the use of chatgpt/LLMs in academic research comes down to process vs. product. a lot of us know that the process of doing research matters because that's where intellectual work is done; but some "academics" and lots of techies only care about a fast product
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
If a single scholar of color told me they were using this, I would need to stage an intervention within 48 hours. You will be fired or "not reappointed" when this goes sideways even if your lil friend will be fine.
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people who are new to academia tend to find its obsession with sources and citations a brake on their "i'm just trying to be CREATIVE, man" mindset. but it turns out the relentless obsession with accuracy, citation, and *provenance* is a load-bearing pillar of the whole enterprise
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
people who are new to academia tend to find its obsession with sources and citations a brake on their "i'm just trying to be CREATIVE, man" mindset. but it turns out the relentless obsession with accuracy, citation, and *provenance* is a load-bearing pillar of the whole enterprise
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we're talking general hospital levels of script writing.
December 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
we're talking general hospital levels of script writing.
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AI advocates: you really need to learn to stop coming off to subject matter experts in other fields as if you’re Kool-Aid manning into the room and going “you’re dumb not to use these tools for your trivially easy jobs”
you may think this is an unfair read on your intentions, but life is unfair.
you may think this is an unfair read on your intentions, but life is unfair.
You absolutely will not convince a bunch of historians and sociologists and whoever else is in this thread that you know more than we do about this and we should use it. I wish you AI enthusiasts would stop wading into our conversations. You have nothing helpful to contribute and are snarky.
December 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
AI advocates: you really need to learn to stop coming off to subject matter experts in other fields as if you’re Kool-Aid manning into the room and going “you’re dumb not to use these tools for your trivially easy jobs”
you may think this is an unfair read on your intentions, but life is unfair.
you may think this is an unfair read on your intentions, but life is unfair.
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When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:40 AM
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
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To placate the base, Trump occasionally belts out a rant on Truth Social, sometimes peppered with racism to make people feel he's fighting for the white working class. Or he renames the Kennedy Center. But the material conditions for most voters remain unchanged. Pure symbolism.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
To placate the base, Trump occasionally belts out a rant on Truth Social, sometimes peppered with racism to make people feel he's fighting for the white working class. Or he renames the Kennedy Center. But the material conditions for most voters remain unchanged. Pure symbolism.
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Almost a year into this presidency, Trump voters have gotten nothing except the Big Beautiful Bill, which was usual Republican politics of giving tax cuts to the rich and slashing social spending for the poor. Housing remains unaffordable, cost of living is rising, and manufacturing jobs fell.
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Almost a year into this presidency, Trump voters have gotten nothing except the Big Beautiful Bill, which was usual Republican politics of giving tax cuts to the rich and slashing social spending for the poor. Housing remains unaffordable, cost of living is rising, and manufacturing jobs fell.
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told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
December 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
told my landlord he no longer has to apologize for being white and he lowered my rent by 25%. told the grocer it's now the trump kennedy center and he sold me potatoes for $1. told PG&E it's a christian nation now and electricity is free. try it sometime
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Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
December 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full: