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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 7h

Unfortunately I might go with Associate Professor / Adjunct Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 10h

Associate Professor / Full Professor / Assistant Professor

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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 10h

Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.

Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race

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Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 12h

I think something we have to do more of is talk about how kickass a lot of American cities are because right now some people think they’re run by Sharia Law nudists and most of us never thought to counter that argument because it’s stupid and doesn’t make any sense

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 14h

BEST BIG CITY IN THE US 9 YEARS IN A ROW.

While critics try to paint Chicago as something to fear, the rest of the world knows the truth — this is the best big city in America.

Best Big City: Chicago Wins Award 9th Year in a Row

Learn why Chicago was voted the Best Big City for the 9th consecutive year by exploring our vibrant culture, welcoming inclusion, and so much more.

www.choosechicago.com

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Zachary Schrag @zacharyschrag.bsky.social · 13h

WENDY. Why are you telling everyone?
OTTO. It's a smoke screen?
WENDY. What?
OTTO. Double bluff. You obviously don't know anything about intelligence work, lady. It's an XK Red 27 technique.

Bobby Silverman @robertsilverman.bsky.social · 13h

most "undercover operations" don't begin with the person in charge saying "I am sending out spies to do some spying" afaik—unless the goal is actually to freak out lefties and has nothing to do w/any information-gathering.

Will Oremus @willoremus.com · 13h

Obviously not the main point here, but it's interesting how this is framed as content rather than policy.

"BREAKING" is typically what journalists or influencers say when they have a big story -- not what government officials say when they launch "undercover" operations

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 14h

They act that way not because they genuinely believe it, but because they are acutely aware that their fate rests on *you* believing it.

Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 15h

You can joke about Pam Bondi’s ridiculous unprofessionalism all you want, but I’m deeply shocked by it: She acts as if she fears absolutely no consequences, convinced that there will be no more political power transfers. — This should shake everyone to their core.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 16h

Pam Bondi admits she spoke to Apple to "get the ICEBlock app taken down." Sounds an awful lot like coercion to suppress disfavored speech to me. A clear violation of the 1st Amendment.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Bondi claims that the ICEBlock app was "criminal in that people were posting where ICE officers lived"

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h

CNN: “Nashville’s air traffic approach control will go dark for five hours tonight due to short staffing—the second FAA facility in as many days to shut down over shortages.”

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Rebecca Tushnet @rtushnet.bsky.social · 14h

court allows false advertising claim based on manipulation of Amazon's "variation" system

Corsair Gaming, Inc. v. Choice Electronics Inc., 2025 WL 2822691, No. 5:25-cv-00045-BLF (N.D. Cal. Oct. 3, 2025) Corsair sued Choice for a...

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 22h

House Republicans just AGAIN refused to swear in an elected member of Congress, a blatantly illegal act. They adjourned Congress again without recognizing her, all to avoid having to release the Epstein files

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Patrick Hickey, MD @pwhickey.bsky.social · 1d

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Rachel Haimowitz @rachelhaimowitz.bsky.social · 1d

I know it's vanishingly unlikely this cop will face any consequences for this egregiously unnecessary use of force, but I think it's important that we keep pointing out how ILLEGAL this all is anyway. It's happening so often people might just... assume otherwise. Don't let them normalize this.

Claire Zagorski, MSc, EMT-P @clairezagorski.bsky.social · 3d

Either the police are mighty and fearless warriors, or they’re scared enough of a sassy 20-something woman to unload a canister of pepper spray in her face from 2 feet away, but they cannot be both.

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Jared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 1d

This really makes it sound like a Border Patrol agent tried to kill an anti-ICE activist in Chicago and DHS lied to cover for him

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social · 20h

Thanks to @slate.com for letting me explain (on publication day for Taylor's Version!) why "All Too Well (10 Minute Version)" is the best thing ever (and connects up both to #MeToo and to John Keats): slate.com/culture/2025...

I’m a Poet. I Believe That This Song Is Taylor Swift’s Masterpiece. I’ll Explain Why.

There’s a reason my students always vote for this one when I ask for Taylor’s most Taylor-ish song.

slate.com

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Sam Bagenstos @sbagen.bsky.social · 20h

Feel free to attribute the following to a former OMB General Counsel: The supposed "new legal analysis" is, to use a technical legal term, horseshit. What the law actually says is that when Congress enacts a law ending a lapse, furloughed employees get paid at the earliest date possible. Period.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

Johnson: "It's true that in previous shutdowns, many or most furloughed employees have been paid for the time they were furloughed, but there is new legal analysis - I don't know the details, I just saw a headline - but there are some legal analysts saying that might not be appropriate or necessary"

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Sarah Posner @sarahposner.bsky.social · 20h

Lawless Russell Vought thinks he can nullify a law by deleting it from an FAQ

www.govexec.com/pay-benefits...

OMB deletes reference to law guaranteeing backpay to furloughed feds from shutdown guidance

An Office of Management and Budget FAQ document now states that only excepted employees forced to work without pay are guaranteed backpay at the conclusion of a lapse in appropriations.

www.govexec.com

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Adam Keiper @adamkeiper.com · 19h

So many unanticipated stupid consequences of Trump's bad (and badly implemented) tariffs...

Emanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 1d

Got a tip recently about how Trump's tariffs are preventing libraries from sharing books, and causing their loaned books to get stuck or lost in other countries: www.404media.co/libraries-ca...

Libraries Can’t Get Their Loaned Books Back Because of Trump’s Tariffs

Libraries have shared their collections internationally for decades. Trump’s tariffs are throwing that system into chaos and can ‘hinder academic progress.’

www.404media.co

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20h

WHITEHOUSE: What happened to the $50k in cash that the FBI paid to Tom Homan in a paper bag?

BONDI: The investigation of Mr Homan was subjected to a full review by the FBI. They found no credible evidence of any wrongdoing

W: That was not my Q

B: You're welcome to discuss this with Director Patel

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Stephanie Burt @notquitehydepark.bsky.social · 21h

Publication day for Taylor's Version! I'm so happy for my baby and for all the work @hachetteus.bsky.social & @johnmurrays.bsky.social did to bring her out into the world. Consider an order here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/steph...

Taylor’s Version

“With unfailing lucidity, empathy, and wit” (Greil Marcus), a preeminent Harvard professor and poetry expert explains the artistry—and the celebrity—...

www.hachettebookgroup.com

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James Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 1d

Fourth factor, third factor, second factor, first factor.

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 1d

Some advertising you just can't buy

MAGA Congresswoman: Bad Bunnys super bowl halftime show a demonic sexual performance

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last vixen on the left @liberalvixen.bsky.social · 1d

IP litigator, Patent Prosecutor, Trademark Attorney

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 1d

Been sayin’ it. Who was president when the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop got blocked for ~48 hours? Who was president during the 2020 election? Who was president in early COVID?

We are gonna have an entire stupid hearing about this on Wednesday.

Techdirt @techdirt.com · 1d

Senator Cruz Figure Out Who Was President From 2018 To 2020 Challenge; Impossible

I have a simple question for Senator Ted Cruz: Who was president in 2018? How about 2020? I ask because Cruz just released a “bombshell” report claiming that the Biden administration "converted" CISA into "the…

Senator Cruz Figure Out Who Was President From 2018 To 2020 Challenge; Impossible

I have a simple question for Senator Ted Cruz: Who was president in 2018? How about 2020? I ask because Cruz just released a “bombshell” report claiming that the Biden administration "converted" CISA into "the Thought Police." There's just one tiny problem with this narrative: Cruz's own report shows that everything he's mad about started under Donald Trump, under whose leadership CISA was created.

www.techdirt.com

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Mark Jaffe, 5 Bridges Law @markjkings.bsky.social · 1d

Temu alleges that Shein sends hundreds of fraudulent DMCA takedown notices against it, including for photos to which it doesn't have rights.

In this opinion, the court allows Temu's DMCA misrepresentation claims to proceed.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Whaleco v Shein opinion

www.documentcloud.org

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Zachary Schrag @zacharyschrag.bsky.social · 1d

“Forcing knowledge to pass through a political filter is a tactic adopted by the Soviet Union and other authoritarian states.”

American Council of Learned Societies @acls1919.bsky.social · 1d

ACLS has released a statement regarding the White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”: bit.ly/3IviMig

We call for the immediate rejection of the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”...No institution that is committed to the free pursuit of knowledge should submit to the degradation of autonomy and academic freedom contained in it. -ACLS Statement Regarding White House “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education”

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Omri Marian @omrimarian.bsky.social · 2d

So now we have court filings in which cases are allegedly hallucinated by *check notes* LEXIS NEXIS, THE EFFING LARGEST, MOST USED LEGAL DATABASE BY LAWYERS, COURTS, AND LEGAL SCHOLARS.
Seems bad.

Lawyer Blames AI Tool for Inaccurate Citations in Court Filing | Jeff Bazinet posted on the topic | LinkedIn

Is this the first case in which a major provider has been blamed for AI-hallucinated cites? New York. Trial court. AI hallucination-containing filing. (But you knew that.) Attorney subscribes to...

www.linkedin.com

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