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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 20m

I see a bad-take-haver has sent out another bad take. (Evergreen.)

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 20h

Everyone watches women’s sports.

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Everyone watches women’s sports.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The homage to All the President’s Men in Ted Lasso S4 Ep8 is delightful.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 05/09/2026

"Wispr Flow is supposed to make writing effortless and magical." Writing is not meant to be either effortless or magical. Hope that helps.

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Tiffany C. Li @tiffanycli.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A few poems in honor of Wendell Berry

The Peace of Wild Things
Wendell Berry
When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water.
And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
from Openings: Poems (1968)

Questionnaire by Wendell Berry
1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free market and global trade?
Please name your preferred poisons.
2. For the sake of goodness, how much evil are you willing to do?
Fill in the following blanks with the names of your favorite evils and acts of hatred.
3. What sacrifices are you prepared to make for culture and civilization? Please list the monuments, shrines, and works of art you would most willingly destroy.
4. In the name of patriotism and the flag, how much of our beloved land are you willing to desecrate? List in the following spaces the mountains, rivers, towns, farms you could most readily do without.
5. State briefly the ideas, ideals, or hopes, the energy sources, the kinds of security, for which you would kill a child. Name, please, the children whom you would be willing to kill.

It may be that when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings.
—WENDELL BERRY

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts” - Wendell Berry

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

She wrote “Jolene” and “I Will Always Love You” on the same day. She gave over 300 million books to young children to foster a love of reading. A legend and an icon, any way you measure it. Peaceful rest, Dolly Parton.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

the pain of seeing the coolest styles of your youth in J Crew’s “vintage 90’s” drop

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

racing towards the finish line with my summer project, truly feeling incredibly fortunate to have a job that is reading & writing & talking about meaningful ideas why would anyone use AI to write for them? or summarize reading for them?

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Why didn’t anyone tell me about Widow’s Bay?* *Everyone told me about Widow’s Bay. Matthew Rhys should be in everything.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

I just ordered this Civ Pro board game as a back-to-school gift to myself!

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Orin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

If you're starting law school this fall, you might be interested in my short essay, "How to Read a Legal Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students." You can download it for free here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Interested in how Chicago will structure #LegalWriting (NOT part of “1L core courses”!?! 😫) to achieve this outcome: “[S]tudents will develop … writing skills independent of [GenAI] while also developing their ability to supervise … & critique its output.” www.law.uchicago.edu/news/ai-stra...

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Rethinking Legal Education in the AI Era | University of Chicago Law School

OverviewArtificial Intelligence is already impacting higher education and the legal profession, and the pace of change appears only to be accelerating. It is thus critical for us to use this moment to...

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Going to AAA for the TripTik map was such a core part of vacation prep in my family growing up! And learning to read a map so you could help the driver navigate was a real rite of passage!

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Elena Ferrante Ann Patchett Ian McEwan Julian Barnes Kate Atkinson

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Very excited to have an essay in this new interdisciplinary volume! My contribution focuses on the less-studied—but vitally important—legal narratives that emerge in pretrial procedure.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This, someone should study this, it’s happened to me.

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Major yn Englisshe: • Focused readinge & writinge prepare you for anythinge • Research, communicacioun, creativitye, and interpretacioun will be needed for careers not even inventid yet • Meaningful engagement wyth big ideas and textes that will staye wyth you forevir • It ys awesome • Bookes!

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Meanwhile, here’s how Ohio’s governor, a Republican, responded to today’s decision.

X post from Jonathan Martin: Ohio Governor Mike DeWine issued the following statement on the Supreme Court of the United States' decision in Mullin v. Doe, regarding Temporary Protected Status (TPS):

"Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its ruling allowing Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to be canceled or expire.

"Today’s decision is a legal decision. As I have stated in the past, the policy to remove these individuals from this country is a mistake.

"As a result of today’s ruling, the over 10,000 Haitians who have been living in Ohio (mostly in the Springfield area) legally through TPS will now be here illegally and will be subject to immediate deportation. This also means that while these Haitians were working and contributing to our community and economy yesterday, today it is now illegal to employ them.

"The situation in Haiti could hardly be much worse. The violent gangs run most of the country. The government barely functions. And, the economy is in shambles.
"Further, our federal government has an advisory against traveling to Haiti, and our Federal Aviation Administration prohibits U.S. carriers from flying there because of the danger to planes of being shot at by the gangs.

"But, more importantly, changing the immigration status of these individuals is not in the best interest of the United States nor Ohio."

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Every human being has inherent dignity and worth, no matter what they “do.” And a basic moral test of our society is how we treat the most vulnerable among us. (This is a subtweet.)

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Josh Block @joshablock.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Keepseagle was a *court-approved* settlement.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Earnest post alert: I’m saddened to think that some students are this morally vacant and emotionally detached from the joys of learning for learning’s sake. (Not dunking on the writer who observed and described this phenomenon.) www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/o...

Excerpt from a NYTimes piece:
In junior year, 49 percent of the 849 computer science majors who responded to an annual campus survey said they would rather cheat on an exam than fail. A friend of mine captured the school’s ethos while we were discussing the tech hardware and other items our student club neglected to return to corporate sponsors. It was all, I recall her saying, “just a little bit of fraud.”

About halfway through freshman year, some coding classes started requiring students to sign a declaration — “I did not utilize ChatGPT” — to submit each assignment. During the first term these attestations began to appear, I watched a freshman I knew sign the declaration that he’d done his homework without A.I. as ChatGPT was still open in the next window — while on the deck of a yacht party financed by venture capitalists. The incentive structures were not aligned toward honesty. One could get ahead, quickly, by cutting corners, by focusing on self-presentation.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We were honored to welcome @joshuaadouglas.bsky.social to the Law & Democracy podcast. As luck would have it, he was already scheduled to join us on the day Callais came out!

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Br. Dr. Ken Homan, SJ @kenhomansj.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Got an email from a high-ranking tech official that says, "Claude excels at complex reasoning, data analysis, and advanced research." Let's just be clear--no, it does not. Claude does probabilities. Claude does math. People do reasoning, analysis, and research.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Typing “shellfish allergy” into dietary restriction text box on RSVP form for faculty workshops, as if they’re going to serve lobster rolls

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

When someone posts something that looks like this. With airspace between every sentence to emphasize profundity. Even in sentence fragments. Because of concision. Which is the most powerful weapon we have. The likelier it is that you are reading some terrible overshared AI-generated crap.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Firmly in Camp “If you’ve never missed a flight, you’re leaving too early for the airport”

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Walking past an enormous display encouraging students to use AI… <Anakin and Padme meme> But not to do coursework, right?

A large display sign reading #GEMINIONCAMPUS

The other side of a large display sign, with large text reading “PRACTICED TO PREPARED,” “NOTES TO NAILED IT” and “REVIEW IT TO RETAIN IT”

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Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

"A people sometimes will step back from war, elect an honest man, decide they care enough, that they can’t leave some stranger poor. Some men become what they were born for..." - "Sometimes," Sheenagh Pugh

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Sometimes

Visit the post for more.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

“Peace need not be impracticable, and war need not be inevitable... For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.”—John F. Kennedy

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

“We love you, from the moon.” #ArtemisII

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

When I was a kid, a (very distant) relative told me I couldn’t grow up to be an astronaut because of my poor vision. But I just heard an astronaut mention needing some reading glasses. Space affects where the fluid in your body settles and therefore can change anyone's eyesight!

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Yes, I *am* watching & listening to the Artemis II lunar observation, because “astronaut” is the first thing I remember wanting to be when I grew up. This is as cool as anything I’ve ever seen!

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

We’ve entered the “are those white things flowering pear tree blossoms or snowflakes” phase of Ohio spring.

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Liz Gil @lizcgil.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Another day, another typo I notice in an email after sending it. But wait. Aren’t typos sort of like a certificate of authenticity now? A signal I wrote from scratch, using my human brain, instead of punting to AI? You know what, don’t answer that. I like that narrative and I’m running with it.

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

1000% agree. Question: What are some other basic Word skills that should be in every lawyer’s toolbox? Asking as a prof teaching great future lawyers. #AppellateSly #LawSky

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Bridget Dooling @bridgetdooling.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

O k, this is all *ALOT* and also if you want a human-authored analysis of the intersection of legal duties & ghostwriting across all 3 branches of govt (including some analogizing to - YESSS - law review articles), I’m happy to share my article is now published! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Ghostwriting the Government

<p>Ghostwriting is when a writer prepares materials to be issued under someone else’s name. The word describes a politician’s use of a speechwriter, a student’s

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Anne Ralph @anneralph.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Law as a learned profession has certain traits, including that members of the public cannot adequately evaluate the quality of the service, and therefore must be able to trust those whom they consult. How could you trust that Claude is as good as an expert lawyer—if you‘re not an expert lawyer?

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Erin Carroll @erincarroll.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

This latest article by my @georgetownlaw.bsky.social colleague @ajgriffin.bsky.social is another fantastic installment in her project of investigating unwritten rules regarding precedent and norms of judicial decision-making. Nice to see it recognized with Larry Solum's coveted "high recommend."

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Claire E. Aubin @ceaubin.com · 10/03/2026

Calling Cormac McCarthy’s authorial style a “mistake” that AI no longer makes is so funny

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