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Public benefit corporations have different fiduciary duties, maybe we should understand them?

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Podcast Episode · Pod Save America · September 29 · 50m

Pod bro ;) Jon Lovett finally seems to see how corporate governance plays into AI safety: “…why is all this happening? Well, because they're balancing safety against their aggressive need to win. And clearly, that is too heavy on the scale…”

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Impeach Pete Hegseth?

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lol someone was going to do it but I wasn’t betting on Florida Man

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

What has changed from the Trust structure?

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I wonder how they interpret all the Greek myths about the risks of hubris

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🗣️ Someone should really look into the governance structures of these companies

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Isn’t Oakland PD asking for even more money right now? How about Oakland hires some pool workers instead!

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Noting that BOTH of these candidates support SLOWING DOWN housing development

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

We need to talk a lot more about corporate governance

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Depends how the clause is written —sometimes they cover political unrest or government intervention — but Force Majeure doesn’t generally apply to simple nonperformance for economic reasons.

Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

What a prompt! I take it Bleich is trying to talk down the AI god machine talk here, but he’s heading into lion’s den up in Piedmont

Add for AI talk in Piedmont with Jeff Bleich who is on the way out at Anthropic because he can’t hang with the Rationalist swingers

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

It’s like the time they re-invented libraries, but with subscription fees

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They are PBCs subject to non-traditional fiduciary duties, and I’d argue that the public has a right to know how board and mgmt are making material decisions bsky.app/profile/jess...

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Asking people again to look into the fundamental governance obligations at these companies, aka fiduciary duties ;)

Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Dude thinks he’s Fernando Botero

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Worth reading if you work in media

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It’s easy to forget now that OpenAI started as a public charity. All the assets were to be held in public trust and used for charitable purposes. Somewhere along the line they gave away all the IP to the new for-profit. What did the nonprofit get in return? Was it fair market value? What did we get?

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My friend Justin wrote this :)

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

My friend’s little brother was sucked into ChatGPT, and he used it to learn how to tie the knot on his noose

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Sam Levin @samtlevin.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

For a year, California's largest ICE facility has barred all detained residents from hugging loved ones. The policy has sparked so much fury that residents have launched campaigns across dorms demanding contact visits In my latest, see video from one detained organizer + how CoreCivic has responded

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ICE bans hugging inside California’s largest detention center. Families are fighting back

In the California City facility, ‘contact visits’ are strictly forbidden – but detained residents aren’t staying quiet. Are officials listening?

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A topic for your next c3 board meeting: US Treasury just issued new proposed 501c3 rules for schools that include a "nondiscrimination requirement" (see below). They are certain to be challenged, likely all the way up to SCOTUS. While this proposed rule doesn't directly affect other c3s yet…

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

To be sure we’re all clear, this is prison for not having your papers in order

Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Circulate widely to the tax-exempt legal world :)

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

One wonders what oversight role the foundation is playing, if any at all

Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

At some point, someone with actual influence will start writing about PBC fiduciary duties in AI companies and will thoroughly bungle it

Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

This is partly why ChatGPT in transaction lawyering creates so much slop and busywork (I’ll call it slopwork) … it doesn’t know what problems are so doesn’t know what to solve for

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

When @edzitron.com notes that MSFT is sitting in a pretty good position to scoop up OpenAI assets when the music stops, this is the genesis of their relationship. They came in relatively early, commingled the IP, and have much more flexibility than SoftBank.

Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Hadn’t picked up that this kid is from Santa Cruz, which has a conservative streak for sure, but still seems incongruous

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The levels of annoyance I am experiencing as a result of non-lawyers using gpt to cosplay as lawyers is driving me insane. Stop making work for me. No, that slop language sucks, I’m not using it. No I’m not explaining why either. Go to law school if you want to learn. Waste. Of. Time.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Nearly had an off-ramp for this before the deal fell apart :(

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This is so funny I did a real laugh!

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I really think reporters quoting DHS about detention center conditions should note that the statements are contradicted by available evidence. “While offering no arguments or evidence to contradict available evidence, a DHS mouthpiece asserted that [loud fart noise].”

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For the love of all that is human, let’s please keep AI out of grade school

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

The essay reinforces my firm belief that real life human creativity will be in high demand in the coming years

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As someone who founded a social enterprise in the diamond industry, I’d say the “value” of a diamond is almost entirely socially created. The value of independent thought is consciousness itself.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

It seems like we’re building the Duel State What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/o...

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Opinion | What’s Happening in Kansas Should Alarm Us All

Is Kansas just the beginning?

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

These people and their stories should get far more attention

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

This is heavy man. You’re not alone though. Of course. You also know that maybe more than most. And your impact is felt by your community. But yeah, the decade is full of new griefs.

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Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Huh, that wasn’t disclosed in my 2003 Pastoral Societies course at all

Jesse @jessemerle.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I’m hearing rumors of California maybe wanting its own public/academic-oriented compute fyi