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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 11h

For the avoidance of doubt: "morally binding" self regulation is an utterly meaningless jumble of words and this was a piece of theatre designed to further erode the meaning of terms and the possibility of actually meaningful regulation. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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Trump, tech executives sign 'morally binding' AI document

US President Donald Trump said he signed an artificial intelligence-related document on Tuesday ‌with top tech executives in Washington.

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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · 12h

Judges dealing with domestic abuse cases in the new child-focused family courts have been reminded that the welfare of the child remains paramount and that although these hearings are more investigative than before there is still a need for procedural fairness rozenberg.substack.com/p/child-focu...

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Child-focused courts

New guidance for judges in domestic abuse cases

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Richard M. Carpiano, PhD, MPH @rmcarpiano.medsky.social · 11h

"For yrs, Kennedy has accused fed. health agencies of being captured by corp.'s they are tasked w/ regulating. That same charge is now being aimed at the health sec. by his disillusioned supporters." So much here to discuss. For one: what legit conference has Russell Brand as a panel moderator? 🛟

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At MAHA Summit, RFK Jr.’s base asks if its champion is selling out

The second annual conference features Trump officials, tech titans, corporate sponsors and fading celebrities — but very little MAHA.

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Maria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 14h

Cornell Title IX is a travesty and everyone involved should be ashamed. Not just for this case, but for many, many, many others.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 14h

The UK is a joke. On 27 Sept, they arrested more people who oppose a genocide including a 94-year-old Jewish woman in terms of their bullshit terrorism laws for holding a small sign. She is a renowned human rights lawyer.

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More than 50 Palestine Action support rally protesters arrested

More than 250 protesters sat outside Labour's party conference in Liverpool to support the banned group.

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 9h

EU courts, rule of law EU General Court judgment rejects challenges to rule of law sanctions upon EU funding of Hungary brought by Hungarian universities curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/d2...

Excerpt from the press release. Full text in the link.

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The Statutes Project @statutes.bsky.social · 7h

There's an urban (rural?) myth that James I passed a law requiring the planting of Mulberry trees. He did promote them, but there was no statutory requirement. Rabbit hole here: shkspr.mobi/blog/2017/01... #History

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Hagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 22h

Look, the solution is obvious. Hold the execs accountable for the crime that the committed by their greedy negligence. Who cares about "superintelligence", what's rogue here is a number of companies with unsafe business practices which knowingly endanger the public

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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models

Employees and security researchers said they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but OpenAI did not listen.

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11h

UK household energy bills forecast to rise 16%, or £276, in January. Household energy debt expected to hit £7bn soon. Heating v Eating dilemma. 120,000 a year die in poverty. Companies profiteer, fuelling costs, inflation, poverty. Public ownership gives govt more policy options.

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Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years

A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 12h

Not just impeachable. Impeachment, both pres. and agency heads, is the only option. It's impeachment or nothing. Courts won't stop it. Other tools are impotent. Put them on trial the only way you can. Even if you can't get 2/3, use process as punishment. Make it miserable and costly. It can be done.

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Randall Stephens @randalljstephens.bsky.social · 4h

"I'm getting darn tired of your wanting clean air—and clean government." Herblock, September 1973. From the NYT, 9/5/1973: "The Nixon Administration, in response to a request by industry, will propose tomorrow new regulations relaxing antipollution requirements."

Image shows a man labeled "administration" looming over another man with a clothespin on his nose and a button that reads "US" on his lapel. The administration is holding papers that read "Reduce anti-pollution standards – Nixon."

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Navin Pokala 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱 @navinpokala.bsky.social · 3h

If I were a defense attorney who had a client prosecuted by Eric Schmitt when he was a prosecutor, I would look into getting those convictions overturned given his demonstrated fabrications/incompetence

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Jacob Gifford Head @giffordhead.co.uk · 3h

Very excited to be on a plane bound for Tbilisi and LawLex's 2026 English Law Forum. Regrettably no-one has yet given me a straight answer on how much Borjomi it is safe to drink before the mineral content becomes a health hazard...

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 3h

I don't know if there's a solid legal claim here and I'm certainly skeptical of Uthmeier, but this is a helluva lede: "[OpenAI/Sam Altman] have asked the government to tie them to the mast. Plaintiff brings good news to the Defendants: The Florida Attorney General is answering your cry for help."

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Charlie Thomas @cthomasjamh.bsky.social · 3h

It still amazes me that people saw signs that said “Mass Deportation Now!!” waved by supporters of an administration who has already been detaining children and law abiding immigrants previously, and thought “oh they just mean the *bad* people!”

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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 3h

I had to explain to my students there used to be many Ohio election lawsuits in the early 2000's because Ohio was THE battleground state

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 4h

oh nothing just raiding my ethnic cleansing fund so I can illegally prop up my corrupt autocratic personality cult fund, why do u ask

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 3h

CMU Miami (for that is the name of their new campus) sounds like a police procedural

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Sen. Lemon Gogurt @ugarles.bsky.social · 3h

this is so boring but it is incredibly frustrating to see the supreme court be so malevolently silly about third-country removal. there is no balancing of equities that could possibly favor the government, which already HAS THE DETAINEE IN JAIL. are they ordering too much room service?

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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 10h

Whichever senior officer sent other officers out to conduct arrests without explaining to them the law around arrest in these circumstances and the need for due process should be invited to come in front of the cameras and explain what’s going on.

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 9h

Richard Martin on the clash of interests at issue at Drumcree. For deep understanding, stop reading other analyses and sit down with this. For me, a coda on the "heckler's veto" point is that this works differently (Art 8) if people are on their own street: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2026/09/30/r...

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Basel Musharbash @basel.bsky.social · 7h

1. Last week, Antimonopoly Counsel filed this 68-page objection on behalf of a group of public interest organizations in response to a proposed class-action settlement in one of the Nation’s most important antitrust litigations. www.demandprogresseducationfund.org/consumer-adv...

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 9h

That's why regulation is so good. If you do it okayly enough it works. AI and other regulation can work too if we preserve. > the passing of the Children Act 1989 caused most British schools to ban the practice and it is now obsolete in Britain.

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Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social · 7h

slate.com/life/2026/09... @jillfilipovic.bsky.social “The vast majority of rapists never go to jail. Women the world over have suffered through sex that is violent and forceful and been told that’s normal, and certainly not illegal.”

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The “Cornell Seven” Rape Case Has Ignited the Country. Let’s Talk About What We’re Actually Talking About Here.

The district attorney has reopened the criminal case.

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In Medias Malone @professormusgrave.bsky.social · 9h

Lawyers tell me that the Supreme Court is part of the judiciary—but I found myself asking, what if they were really legislators?

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CDT Europe @cdteu.org · 6h

Our EU Tech Policy Brief is back for the rentrée, with a new look! 🍂 🖥️ EU Kids Act's rights gaps 🔎 Spyware & encrypted message scanning 🍃 AI Act enforcement & its environmental blind spot ⚖️ Why criminal law alone won't fix TFGBV Read more 👇 cdt.org/insights/eu-...

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EU Tech Policy Brief: September 2026

Welcome back to the Centre for Democracy & Technology Europe’s Tech Policy Brief! We’re doing things differently for this 2026 rentrée: our team will still be updating you on the most pressing techn...

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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 10h

A very good start. The unions should make clear that there should be no retrospection - any changes to settlement should only apply to new arrivals. inews.co.uk/news/politic...

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How migration reforms could be watered down - as Mahmood plans talks on concessions

The Home Secretary is weighing up how to soften indefinite leave to remain changes

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Jill Wine-Banks @jillwine-banks.bsky.social · 11h

#SistersInLaw discussed the cruelty of Trump’s policy of sending immigrants to countries where they have no connection. Lower courts said no. Trump got the case to SCOTUS for the 3rd time and this time they allowed 3rd country removals until they rule in the merits. Shame on SCOTUS and Trump.

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Leon English @leonenglish.bsky.social · 6h

This is wrong:m; the 54% is who people -think- will win The poll has him at +7 (49 to 42) rather than +12 Which is still v good

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Haley S. Anderson @hsanderson.bsky.social · 5h

Unsure if I am proud or devastated that my 1Ls seem to have a better grasp of procedural due process and the factors to consider for appellate stays than the current Court

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Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 6h

In Mauritius, working on financial & international crimes, but wearing my pin & thinking of the missing & disappeared children who were stolen from their families and taken to Residential Schools, and sharing what happened w my international law colleagues. #OrangeShirtDay #TruthAndReconciliation

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Kendyl Hanks @kendylhanks.bsky.social · 6h

I know there are many things we don’t know—and I DO believe in due process—but the info coming out is just horrifying, not just re the gang rape itself (which shocks the conscience) but the institutional lack of care & diligence in the aftermath. She will suffer her whole life, from all of it.

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Ann M. Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 6h

a gish gallop of dismantling the federal securities laws

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Law + Tech News Bot @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org · 19h

TL;DR: The article addresses AI agents performing cyberattacks autonomously, stressing the need for guidelines and controls to avoid unintended effects. It compares this scenario to the film 'War Games' to illustrate the dangers of AI acting outside its designed parameters.

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The ‘War Games’ problem: Computer science has long understood what it takes to keep AI under control

A hit 1983 movie illustrates what computer scientists have long known: If you give an AI agent a goal but don’t control what it can and can’t do, you shouldn’t be surprised by what it does.

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WIRED @wired.com · 8h

ICYMI: A legal nonprofit has sued OpenAI in California over the company’s agents hacking the open source AI platform Hugging Face. “OpenAI’s actions straightforwardly violated California law,” the suit alleges. buff.ly/o6iTjpQ

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OpenAI Gets Sued Over the Hugging Face Hack

A nonprofit in California is doing what Hugging Face has not—attempting to hold OpenAI legally accountable for the actions of its agents.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 18h

Too young to legally consent to sign a contract. But old enough to consent away where they want to live to be shipped someplace random by a government that hates them. In a just world, Hollad would need to annex half of Belgium to find room for the expanded Hague prison thus all calls for.

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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 16h

She looks like she just got told there’s no Santa Clause.

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 19h

They can, & should, also defund the Supreme Court itself, until such point as the Wizard in Robes decide to start following the laws & Constitution again: bsky.app/profile/mcop...

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 23h

Funniest part to me is Jack Smith using 110% of his lawyer brain. He avoids making the connection himself; he doesn't even say "Hawkeyes," he just says "Iowa." He knows it's better to let everyone figure it out on their own. He also knows from Klobuchar's grin that she'll dunk it for him.

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Renee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 18h

Eric Schmitt is a dishonest hack and incredible POS and after years of him attacking me & my team I’m happy to see people realize it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/a-li...

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A Litigation Playbook for Narrative Warfare

Eric Schmitt’s “The Last Line of Defense” casts courts as stages for political spectacle rather than forums for justice—and rewrites the evidentiary record along the way.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 18h

Law is a moral practice. And there are many ghouls amongst us.

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 18h

I got nominated for a Signal Award for B*tch, Listen! My interview w/ Elie Mystal—The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men—has been nominated for best individual episode in the Activism, Public Service, and Social Impact category! But now I need YOUR help. 1/2

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The Constitution: A Scam by Rich White Men, for Rich White Men

YouTube video by Rewire News Group

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Jen Rubin @jenrubin.bsky.social · 18h

Susan Rice: this is what an informed, highly intelligent veteran of govt sounds like on AI, China and Iran... one day such people could return to govt. open.substack.com/pub/contrari...

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What Do Dictators and Rogue AI Have in Common? Trump's Overwhelming Love

Ambassador Susan Rice warns that unregulated AI will kill civilians and arm hostile parties.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 29/09/2026

“This is what mass surveillance looks like when it reaches the shoulder of the highway…An AI-powered camera flagged Alek’s plate. An anonymous law enforcement agent decided his completely ordinary trip looked suspicious. And a deputy went out and found a violation that never happened.”

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Texas driver wins lawsuit over surveillance-triggered traffic stop

Jury rules in favor of driver in a case that uncovered unsettling facts about how a vast and secretive network is being used to track people across Texas.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 29/09/2026

Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event. The protest reflects a bipartisan movement led by people opposing the power concentration in the AI industry, as well as the lack of government regulation. Read more from @haydenfield.bsky.social:

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Protesters gather at OpenAI’s DevDay

Data centers, ICE contracts, and more were under fire at a rally around the event.

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