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Jesse
@jessemerle.bsky.social
Lawyer in social enterprise and impact investing:
-Director @ Lookout PBC (2024 Pulitzer Winner).
-Counsel @ Kiva Capital.
-Lecturer @ Berkeley Law.
Married to a Dirty Immigration Lawyer.
One sec just holding my breath for private capital to invest in climate change solutions/policy the same way it’s investing in AI and Trump
November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Fun to imagine what a competent Democratic Party would do with this
November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Where can I learn more about this local reporting network? :)
November 14, 2025 at 2:44 PM
My wife’s DOJ counterparty filed an indignant motion to reschedule an 8:30am PT video hearing because (and this is the actual reason he cited) *the DOJ isn’t open at 5:30am ET*

… 🤔

DOJ must be a miserable place right now
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Nah
November 14, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Another reason to be a PBC :)
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week”

bsky.app/profile/ryan...
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.

This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Something something about public charities holding their assets in the public trust… but seems like that ship has sailed
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 PM