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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸

@ezzyod.bsky.social
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Associate Professor in water law, focusing on water justice & river rights. Member, Birrarung Council, voice of the living river. Settler on Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung Country. Views are my own. findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile…

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
So these were taken on my walk to work, from an inner suburb to the city fringe (Karori to Kelburn, for locals). I grew up in the area, and I absolutely would never have seen these birds in people's front yards 30 years ago. Wellington & its people made a choice to bring them back & we succeeded.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026
I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility
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Ben Goldfarb @bengoldfarb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"If eco-social anomie describes a societal forgetting, dam removal achieves the opposite—a 'collective remembering' that unshifts our baselines." This week @biographic.bsky.social published my story on the rewilding of New England rivers, a mill dam at a time. (1/6) biographic.com/death-by-a-t...
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Death by a Thousand Dams | bioGraphic
Tens of thousands of small barriers hamper fish recovery in the northeastern United States. But while the demolition of big dams out west gets the most attention, a similar revolution is revitalizing ...
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School
Pentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The rule they are overturning was predicted to give $120 billion in public health benefits by 2047, with projections that by 2035, it would would prevent up to 1,200 premature deaths, 870 hospital and emergency room visits, 360K asthma attacks, 48K school absence days and 57K lost workdays each year
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Daniel José Older @djolder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"The University of Chicago’s undergrad social-sciences division will go “analog” this fall, implementing a blanket policy banning technology in class and AI assistance on coursework across the division’s core courses." www.chronicle.com/article/u-of...
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U. of Chicago Bans Tech, AI in Social Sciences Core Courses
The new restrictions apply to students and faculty members.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 11/09/2026
In an incredible move, Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada has announced a gender-affirming care clinic for trans youth, asserting tribal sovereignty and defying the region's ban. It is one of the biggest cross-movement solidarity moments in Canada. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Canada First Nation Leaders Announce They Won’t Comply With Alberta Trans Care Ban
“This is about more than one health service,” officials wrote. “It is about Indigenous sovereignty. It is about our responsibility to care for one another.”
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Equatorial Guinea is a dictatorship run by the same man since 1978, with his children running large portions of the state now. We paid this dictatorship millions of dollars to let us deport random people there. Our money was used for this inhumanity.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The best piece of news, after a relentless and brutal attempt to destroy a decent person and make an example of her, to scare others to silence. No thanks to the mainstream, which said and did nothing to defend the principle of press freedom and her right to report fact and express an opinion.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer I know the type tonalities from elegant to jocular I am a master tracker and my kerning is harmonical I know the sacred swatches and can name the hues Pantonical (Full version of Modern Day Typographer now on my YouTube channel)
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Modern Day Typographer - Elle Cordova
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 05/09/2026
Women and children must die so men can get a hard on is a Trump administration policy.
A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) by user Eric Katz (@EricM_Katz), which quotes a post by Paige W. Cunningham (@pw_cunningham).
The post text reads:
"👀 In canceling the maternal and infant mortality grants, HHS said those issues were no longer a priority for the office and grants would instead focus on 'low sperm count, low testosterone levels and erectile dysfunction.' 👇"
The quoted post by Paige W. Cunningham reads:
"Scoop: HHS's Office of Minority Health has cancelled 16 grants, several focused on maternal/infant health, telling grantees it's pivoting to a focus on the root causes of infertility and promoting exercise. with @EricM_Katz notus.org/health-science..."
At the bottom, the post metadata indicates it was posted at 3:05 PM on Sep 4, 2026, and has 133K views.
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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Across the US, workers are souring on AI. The tech industry has insisted that AI would make workers’ lives easier and more productive, that the more people understood and used AI, the more they would like it. Something closer to the opposite has happened.
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Why office workers are turning against AI
Whether or not you like AI at work ultimately boils down to a question of power.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
37 coal and gas mine approvals under Labor is 37 too many. The Albanese government has today approved the extension of a coal mine in Queensland that will allow them to keep digging until 2055, and threaten critical koala habitat.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 02/09/2026
Who would like to guess why UK, US and European media outlets are not publishing 3,000 articles per minute about this www.dukechronicle.com/article/duke...
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‘Insane data’: Duke professor Dan Ariely accused of additional research fraud
New evidence released Monday shows that Dan Ariely, professor of business administration in the Fuqua School of Business, likely tampered with or fabricated data in an influential research paper from ...
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
This is the most fucked up and immediately harmful policy decision I think I've ever seen in adult trans healthcare in the UK, and that's saying something. The Welsh Gender Service is one of the best in the country. It is widely praised by the patients it helps. That is why it is being targeted.
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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hey Melbourne peeps, I went to see this utterly brilliant play last night: www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-ti... Utterly compelling, and on until 12 Sep, get to see it if you can!
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ᴋɪɴɢᴘɪɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ɪɴᴋᴘᴇɴ @killlthehype.blacksky.app · 23/08/2026
16 months ago: Never forget how it started.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 20/08/2026
if a white supremacist says anything you should assume every single word is a lie unless completely independently verified by an entirely unrelated source. if they say it is thursday you should ask an expert on days of the week. this should be the bare minimum standard in this media landscape
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The Drift @thedriftmag.com · 19/08/2026
Andrew Baker was also a “token black professor” at Bates College. But his perspective on the events Tyler Austin Harper recounts in his Atlantic cover story is very different. Read Baker’s side of the story online today. newsletter.thedriftmag.com/p/racism-and...
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Racism and labor at Bates: the other side of the story
Andrew Baker responds to Tyler Austin Harper
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 19/08/2026
This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Care package. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Kitchen scene, table with teapot and cups of tea in front of middle-aged woman holding phone, talking to frail elderly woman in mauve dressing gown and slippers. First woman says, “They say once we get our AUKUS subs, they’ll have a better idea of how much they have left to spend on your aged care package…”
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UAINE @mahtowin1.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation. www.tomshardware.com/tech-industr...
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Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation — energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among concer...
The tribe's task force found 64% citizen opposition.
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Deidre Lynch @drbibliomane.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I got tired of waiting for the journalists at @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social to cover this (it IS summer), but this is to say that ALL the staff members in Women & Gender Studies here were laid off last week, on the top of the cutting of 5 lecturer positions in the program last year.+
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Daniel Rothberg @danielrothberg.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Nevada/Utah water job alert 🚨 Great Basin Water Network is hiring a new executive director -- a really neat opportunity to work on Great Basin and Colorado River water issues. www.instagram.com/p/DcJrJd7xdDi/
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Simon Coates @simonjcoates.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
The only reason I can think of as to why there are fewer than 50,000 signatures here is that people haven't seen it yet. — Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now — goodlawproject.org/petition/jas...
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Nate O @nateo.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
After Stock professed extremist ideology twice this past week (e.g. disabled women are faking; autistic people and people with ADHD are 'unsuited' for academia) and being billed as an expert during the Arday plagiarism scandal, I forgot until now that Stock was involved in her own plagiarism scandal
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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Cool new paper on the implications of rights of nature for planning and policy making! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How are the rights of nature kindling policy and decision-making change, a transnational perspective
The recognition of the rights of Nature has turned into an opportunity to bring to the fore non-anthropocentric value systems to policy making and pla…
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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 15/08/2026
What should have been an internal matter at Cambridge became an international story led by UK media, driven by right wing agitators on both sides of the pond. And now, this tragedy is the outcome. Rest in peace and power, Jason. Thinking of his wife, his children, and all who loved him tonight.
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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 15/08/2026
There's actually research on this and it involves scrutiny. If you're Black people are going to look at your work looking for mistakes in a way they would never for white people.
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Black Workers Really Do Need to Be Twice as Good
African American employees tend to receive more scrutiny from their bosses than their white colleagues, meaning that small mistakes are more likely to be caught, which over time leads to worse perform...
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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Thrilled to be a member of the Blue Community Council!
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
We estimate the cut to the NDIS in 2029-30 of $16.4bn is equivalent to around 52,000 jobs in the care sector - around 94m hours of paid care. Those care needs will not disappear they will just fall on families (especially women) live.thepoint.com.au/2026/08/the-...
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Blue Community .net @blue-community.net · 07/08/2026
Important recognition of water justice for Indigenous Peoples in Australia. By Erin O’Donnell, Blue Communities Ambassador and Associate Professor, University of Melbourne. blue-community.net/b...
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Data centers
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A teenager in North Carolina has been arrested for assault with a "deadly weapon" after taking abortion medication. @kylietcheung.bsky.social has been doing such an incredible job with these pieces on post-Dobbs criminalization
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North Carolina Teen Arrested for Using Abortion Pills As “Deadly Weapon”
The 18-year-old faces criminal charges for trying to self-manage an abortion
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/08/2026
Fantastic news! The FDA has approved the first mRNA flu vaccine. Using mRNA technology will make it easier to update each season’s flu vaccine to keep up with new variants.
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F.D.A. Approves Moderna’s mRNA Flu Vaccine (Gift Article)
The agency had initially refused to even review the application but reversed course after a public outcry.
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Naaz Rashid @naazrashid.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
"If we let only our opponents tell the story, then it becomes a parable about the hazards of striving for progress and equality, rather than about the institutions that reduced equality to a mere PR exercise." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The takedown of Jason Arday has overjoyed the right, and must be a wake-up call for the left | Jason Okundaye
The Cambridge academic has rightly now resigned. But that won’t end the targeting of senior black figures or the lazy way institutions promote faux equality, says Guardian columnist Jason Okundaye
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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
"today, the High Court unanimously agreed the water licence had not been lawfully granted by the Northern Territory government." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
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High Court rules in favour of native title holders fighting NT water licence
The High Court decides in favour of native title holders fighting to overturn a water licence that had been granted to a cattle station in Central Australia.
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Kait Richardson 🥔 @thryse.com · 03/08/2026
A white supremacist superpower has been ruthlessly and sadistically oppressing a nearby developing island nation – that’s never committed an offense against it – for decades. For absolutely no rational, justifiable reason whatsoever.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/08/2026
‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
Council leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes The government’s housebuilding agenda is hitting the stark reality of a lack of water and crumbling infrastructure across the east and south-east of England. Half the country was declared to be in serious drought this week, for the second consecutive year, with the Environment Agency warning of dire consequences for the economy, environment and wildlife. Continue reading...
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Stephanie Rodgers 🍉 @bootstheory.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
This policy would directly lead to physical abuse of disabled and neurodivergent children. Tell your friends. I'm absolutely serious.
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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 22/07/2026
In the latest NDAA amendment votes, five Dems crossed party lines to ban Tricare coverage for ttrans care for dependents of military members: H. Cuellar (TX) V. Gonzalez (TX) D. Davis (NC) S. Figures (AL) And Terri Sewell (AL) becomes the newest Dem to do so. Subscribe to support our journalism.
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Five Dems Crossed Party Lines To Strip Health Care From Trans Servicemembers And Their Families
“It's not just an attack on transgender kids.”
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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New open access paper on Australia's response to water theft with @rachelkillean.bsky.social and @cristyclark.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jel/advance-...
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Rethinking the ‘carceral creep’ in water governance: enforcement, accountability, and restorative possibilities in Australia's Murray–Darling Basin
Abstract. This article interrogates water theft in Australia as a lens through which to explore the ‘carceral creep’ in environmental governance. Situating
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Prof Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Due to several retirements, UWA #Law School is recruiting multiple positions from Lvls B-D (lecturer, snr lecturer, Assoc Prof). See ad for topic areas BUT we could also really use a feminist/gender & the law person!! #job #jobFairy #academia #Perth #AUS external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...
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Prospective staff : Jobs at UWA : The University Of Western Australia
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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New blog post on Australia's response to water theft and the interesting relationship between punitive and restorative approaches to justice and relational repair. With @cristyclark.bsky.social and #RachelKillean www.slsa.ac.uk/post/punishi...
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Punishing Water ‘Theft’ in the Climate Crisis
Climate change represents one of the most significant global challenges of our time, with far-reaching implications for environmental sustainability, economic development, public health, and social ju...
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Dr Erin O'Donnell (she/her) 🇵🇸 @ezzyod.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07... A Wadi Wadi man has won a Supreme Court challenge to stop work on a contentious flood plain project in Victoria's north-west after the state government admitted it failed to properly consult with traditional owners.
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Supreme Court battle over traditional owner consultation pauses flood works
The Victorian government and a regional water authority have admitted they did not property consult with traditional owners before approving a controversial flood plain restoration project.
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate. ujoin.co/campaigns/45...
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
okay fine i'll read the thing based on the first skim i did i'm not holding my breath, but since we're cited repeatedly i'll engage in good faith.
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026
“University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.”
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University of Chicago Law to ban phones, laptops in classroom for first-year students in new AI plan
University of Chicago Law School announced it will ban phones and laptops in the classroom for first-year students in its new AI strategy.
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