Sam Kamin
@profsamkamin.bsky.social
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Lawprof posting about food, travel, politics, policing, drug policy, Liverpool FC, and poker. Or not at all, probably.
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profsamkamin.bsky.social
Since I read "never seen anyone in the passenger seat of a cybertruck" I've been trying and failing to prove it wrong. Please join the game!
profsamkamin.bsky.social
These people aren't very smart. The NFL is the last thing Americans agree on.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
this is cool. could you post it here?
profsamkamin.bsky.social
That was the second part of the chart that I had to cut off.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
Important reminder: people are wrong about everything. Innumeracy is real.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
Sanction. Cleave. Dust.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
I never really bought into the whole "words are violence" think when the left was doing it. It feels particularly silly coming from the "fuck your feelings" movement.
jamellebouie.net
the person behind this unhinged, anti-factual editorial is set to decide coverage at one of the nation’s major news networks
profsamkamin.bsky.social
This is a very niche post. But I like it.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
This is a very good reference
profsamkamin.bsky.social
This might be the most depressing story I’ve ever read.

I’ve never for one second wanted to go to a theme park and this story confirmed every last one of my priors.
Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class
www.nytimes.com
profsamkamin.bsky.social
🎶 His name is Rio and he dances down the wing... 🎶

#LFC
profsamkamin.bsky.social
You really have to visit these in the right order.
collieflower.bsky.social
yeah sure there is definitely some demographic crossover going
reptile and cannabis expo at the same dang time
profsamkamin.bsky.social
"I know space is tight. But imagine all the wisdom I can share with people doing the actual work around here. As between them and me who needs the space more...?"
profsamkamin.bsky.social
Please shoot me before I get to this level of entitlement.
waitmanwbeorn.com
New award winner for Most Tone Deaf article.

No, Emeritus Chaired Full Professor, you don't get to make actual faculty share offices so you can have one on campus.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
Almost word for word in the New Yorker
profsamkamin.bsky.social
"The states are merely an agent of the Federal Government. They must do what the Federal Government... tells them."

If and when this is all over, no member of the Republican Party ever gets to use the phrase states' rights again.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
When "no rise in sycophancy" is progress.
paleofuture.bsky.social
“You'll notice small, genuine touches like ‘Good question’ or ‘Great start,’ not flattery. Internal tests show no rise in sycophancy compared to the previous GPT-5 personality.”
OpenAI: We're making GPT-5 warmer and friendlier based on feedback that it felt too formal before. Changes are subtle, but ChatGPT should feel more approachable now.
You'll notice small, genuine touches like "Good question" or "Great start," not flattery. Internal tests show no rise in sycophancy compared to the previous GPT-5 personality.
Changes may take up to a day to roll out, more updates soon.
2:03 PM • 8/15/25 • 498K Views
profsamkamin.bsky.social
Sports are good, sometimes.
plnews.bsky.social
Mohamed Salah in tears as the Anfield crowd sings the Diogo Jota song.
Reposted by Sam Kamin
carlquintanilla.bsky.social
Imagine if they’d had sandwiches. 🥪
profsamkamin.bsky.social
I'm a death penalty abolitionist except for dudes who stutter step and pause in their penalty kick run ups.
profsamkamin.bsky.social
For no reason at all, I'm thinking of this, from Murphy v. NCAA:

It is as if federal officers were installed in state legislative chambers and were armed with the authority to stop legislators from voting on any offending proposals. A more direct affront to state sovereignty is not easy to imagine.