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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I did a thing! Book chapter on political deepfakes, the First Amendment, and the dangers of mis and disinformation under a neo-republican philosophical analysis. Chapter 8, available via open access. www.routledge.com/Deepfakes-an...

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Deepfakes and the Law: Challenges, Responses, and Critique

This collection offers the first sustained, multidisciplinary legal analysis of deepfakes and their far‑reaching consequences. Deepfake technology has moved with disorienting speed from fringe curiosi...

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I’ve… finished my marking? And it’s only June? Is this… possible? 😱

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

After 11 (non-consecutive) years living in the UK, a law degree and a PhD, I can finally not be kicked out!

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

In Brighton for the SLSA! See everyone tomorrow!

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Wurman should explain to Wurman how the 14th Amendment works.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"America’s slide into authoritarianism is reversible. But no one has ever defeated autocracy from the sidelines." —Steven Levitsky, Lucan Way, and Daniel Ziblatt.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

As all CGCs, he doesn’t care what the text or history says; he cares only to impose his values onto the rest of us. Because CGCs are fundamentally not pro-democracy.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

If this is not satire, it is truly unhinged.

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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 08/03/2026

This International Women's Day, please remember that trans women are women. Full stop. No qualifiers.

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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Congratulations, WaPo, you did it, you published the worst take

“Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.
The lack of evangelical Christians at America’s most prestigious institutions fuels mistrust.”

Excerpt From
“Opinion | Evangelicals are missing from the halls of power. That’s a problem.”
Aaron M. Renn
The Washington Post
https://apple.news/ATJF-eGWhQMuuXvLnrj0ugQ
This material may be protected by copyright.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Universities face a funding problem, so we should make them less accessible and further perpetuate inequality, by depriving people of the possibility of receiving an education at the institution that is for education. Makes total sense. 🙃

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

AI can't count, or do math, and hallucinates citations, can get concepts completely wrong, and so on. Somehow we're supposed to think this is.... better?

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Appealing to people on the basis of liberal values, meeting them where they are, communicating in their native language. These are apparently 'extremist' and 'the death of liberal democracy.' Appealing to people on the basis of exclusionary politics, revocation of human rights? That's democracy!

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Labour's/Starmer's "unity" at it again.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Starmer today putting out messaging that the by-election is about unity vs division. Somehow, weirdly, I don't see the anti-immigrant and anti-trans views from the Labour Party as pro unity. Odd that.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Unlike educators, who can interpret context, cross-reference prior performance, and recognise deeper insight beyond rubric descriptors, AI operates strictly within the limits of its prompt logic and rubric constraints." Oh, so. You mean. It doesn't actually work? How surprising.

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Evan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I think people should know that the person who took the position below is a member of the Texas bar and that her name is Mary Larakers.

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Here's @genevievelakier.bsky.social on some of the ways in which First Amendment doctrine should evolve in recognition of "the free speech dangers that are created by authoritarian structures of control in civil society" knightcolumbia.org/blog/the-ant...

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The Anti-Authoritarian First Amendment and Its Limits

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Rob Mullins @robertmullins.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

At this stage, I feel fairly confident in saying that the NHS/national health agencies have been taken over by dangerously anti-scientific cranks and that it will probably take at least a generation (and several changes of government) to fully wash them out.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

SCOTUS actually did its role and checked executive power? I thought we loved the unitary executive, he can do whatever he wants theory? (Though it may now be the he can do whatever he wants until he starts messing too much with the money machine theory).

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

What, and when, is a purported law ‘the law’?

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Grumpy Philosopher @stevecooke.org · 13/02/2026

Everything bad about tyranny & the arbitrary exercise of power, that republican political theorists warned about, is demonstrated endlessly by Republican politicians.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Palestine Action JR ✔️ EHRC Interim Guidance 😐 *sigh*

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"We accurately misreported the information, why are you coming for us?"

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Andrew McRae @mcraeandrew.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

In a functional country, this would be a scandal. A service suffering only from chronic underfunding was ripped apart because the media created a myth of 1000s of complaints of malpractice. The truth - as in my family’s experience - was very different. www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/11/n...

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NHS closed Tavistock over care complaints – there were only eight

An eye-opening FOI report has revealed that just eight people complained about the Tavistock gender clinic's care provision in 10 years.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Passed my Life in the UK test today. Was it easy? Yes. Is it a dumb test? Also, yes.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

You mean, wait for it... hormones change the body? You don't say. (This is just how biology works. I'm also tired of the 'unfair advantage' argument when athletes are quite literally praised for genetic/biological advantages over other players).

independent.co.uk

Trans athletes may not have fitness advantage in women’s sport, landmark study finds

Findings suggest physical performance in trans women converges toward that of cis women over time

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Sorry, I can’t find the originalist. Can some point me to who the originalist is?

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

The tech bros are all creeps. Can we finally stop listening to them now?

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Dr Woodbury-Smith @kwhyphens.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Opened Bluesky. Saw this. Will now be closing Bluesky for the day.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Anyway congrats to our Free Speech Champions(tm) who helped usher in the most censorious American government since the Palmer Raids

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

And this is why we need philosophy & humanities.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Such a disingenuous “offer.” ICE isn’t after criminals. They’re going after anyone they want, including US citizens.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

But we were assured citizens wouldn't be deported. And ICE would behave according to the law! 🙄 To the surprise of 0 people, an authoritarian regime with untrained agents, provided immunity, sent to occupy a Democratic city on the basis of political retribution, is not acting lawfully.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I don’t know, last I checked, that’s very wrong. But, what do I know; I just do law 🤷🏼‍♂️

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

OR. And this might be wild. Don’t use chatGPT for research? Or work? Or trust it to store all of your research? Because, uhhh…. This is a problem of your own making.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Since we've changed the Department of Defence to the Department of War... Are we changing the Department of Justice to the Department of Injustice? Department of Authorising Kidnappings? Department of Unlawfulness? Department of Unconstitutional Actions? I'm open to suggestions here.

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

It’s like she’s never seen the film Minority Report. Or perhaps she’s confused and didn’t realize that it was a dystopian film, not a goal.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Everyday the news is some new horror. I’ve had enough of my 2026 free trial. I’d like to return it, thanks.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Citing to originalist sources is disingenuous here, since modern 1A is fundamentally unoriginalist. Even worse, forms of dress and expressive conduct ARE protected under 1A. The Court saying that this isn’t expressive conduct is simply wrong on the law.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Abstract accepted for presentation at SLSA on Wicked and American authoritarianism. Somehow I’ve convinced people talking about musicals is academic discourse about authoritarianism. 🥴 See you all there!

Meme showing a dog doing science with text “I have no idea what I’m doing.”

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

This. Fascism is ALL about aesthetics. Remember: the Nazis had uniforms by Boss; cars by Mercedes. Propaganda is used to project a very particular imagery of power, masculinity, control, etc. that is supposed to look like competence and success.

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Originalists have long been criticized for their inconsistency in not applying originalism to the First Amendment. So, now they’re doing that. Also, please don’t. 😬

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Jesse Bachir @drfreedom.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Not on my 2026 bingo card: Kidnapping the leader of a foreign country with no legal authority whatsoever. So, that’s fun.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 03/01/2026

Am I...am I understanding correctly that while we were sleeping the Trump administration attacked Venezuela and kidnapped its president and is saying Venezuela's president (and *not the US president, never that, no) is going to stand trial for crimes

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I don't know how you can put your name to a plainly wrong statement like "unlawfully present people don't have access to courts" as a constitutional law professor unless you don't know what you're talking about or have a reckless disregard for the truth. It is inexplicable to me.

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