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Jeffrey Vagle

@jvagle.me
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Law professor | Privacy, AI*, and Technology & Society | Veteran | Offering bespoke mentor-mentee relationships | There is music yet to play | tractatus.org

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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 13m
Writing something where I will be liberally citing @lilymasonphd.bsky.social's latest and realizing that I can't cite every single thing I would like to because then I'm just reprinting her work. So, I've gotta thread about it instead. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Screenshot of the article website. Title is: Polarization Is Not the Problem. Author is Lilliana Mason. Journal is the Journal of Democracy, Volume 37, Number 4, October 2026. From Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 1h
The problem isn’t that they’re moving past it—it’s that they’re trying to rehabilitate it. Would be better for everyone if people who don’t want to engage with the facts just talked about the play on the field and left it at that.
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Drug Monkey @drugmonkey.bsky.social · 51m
Burrowing owls are very disappointed in everything they observe.
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Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 2h
There are a lot of debates about when and whether antisemitism accusations are used to shield Israel from criticism. But the Israeli government and its allies increasingly seem to feel that, at least post-1948, *only* criticism of Israel is antisemitism. www.jta.org/2026/09/30/g...
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French far-right leader accused of antisemitism, defended by Israeli minister - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
National Rally president Jordan Bardella said the allegations were "blatant falsehoods."
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 41m
My man looks like his next words are "Just sign these financing papers and you can take this bitchin' jet ski home today."
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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 2h
This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever
A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For anyone interested in the story
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Russia - Ukraine war | Olga Bigar callsign "Witch" has a nasty surprise for aggressor
YouTube video by Aphex Gaming
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hammancheez but spooky @hammancheez.bsky.social · 18h
Yall wanna see a 2 hour old highland cow
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 16h
How much is Nola’s contract worth again?
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 16h
You’re way too good at this, Kevin.
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Aidan Moher @aidanmoher.com · 01/10/2026
I’m a professional writer. The NYT opinion section isn’t as important as we think.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 01/10/2026
The dangers associated with AI* come not from the software per se but from the humans building/using it. We can start by talking about our tendency toward automation bias. Excellent essay from @timnitgebru.blacksky.app and @emilymbender.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Forget ‘superintelligence’: error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three this month | Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender
The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 01/10/2026
The man was indeed versatile.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The first panel shows Sarah, the protagonist, holding a red ball labeled "A SILLY MEME".
The second panel shows Sarah taking the ball and going through a door labeled "GROUP CHAT".
The third panel shows a group of women sitting together and consoling one woman in the center. The woman in the center is saying "...And that's how it happened. It's been the worst day of my life."
The fourth panel shows Sarah standing in the doorway behind them awkwardly holding the red ball.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I, uh, I can't help but notice you left out the slaver's rebellion or the Nazis on the list of people to go fight. Funny, that.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
But Arthur was likeable.
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The answer to the age-old question of what would it be like if Dudley Moore’s character Arthur played George C. Scott’s character Patton.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
Brilliant. Another world beater from FedSoc.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
I often wonder how will the histories of this American era be written, and will the outright insanity be properly captured by them?
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
At the same time that Hegseth is boasting about his new army of "patriotic cowboys,":
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
Hegseth has clearly assembled a team of our best, brightest, and manliest.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
"Patriotic cowboys"?
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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
You're losing the war you started for no reason, dumbass.
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Atrios @eschatonblog.com · 30/09/2026
The kids won't remember peak Newt.
If combat means living in a ditch, females have biological problems staying in a ditch for 30 days because they get infections and they don't have upper body strength. I mean some do, but they're relatively rare.

"On the other hand, men are basically little piglets, you drop them in the ditch, they roll around in it, it doesn't matter, you know. These things are very real.

"On the other hand, if combat means being on an aegis-class cruiser managing the computer controls for 12 ships and their rockets, a female may again be dramatically better than a male who gets very, very frustrated sitting in a chair all the time because males are biologically driven to go out and hunt giraffes.
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Carolyn Fiddler @cfidd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Bruh, you literally JUST SAID "no fatties" and "no weirdos"
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
An older photo, but still captures his essence. bsky.app/profile/jvag...
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
I'm on the cusp of finishing my book on the Tech Ideology. Please don't make me have to add another chapter now.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
Hegseth out here just running through all the Torment Nexus meme variants.
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
One of the nation's best minds. Apparently.
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heck yeah.
Human-made over 5 years

No AI has been used to generate any code or content in or about the game, and never will be. Slow Roads has been a labour of love since the project began in 2021, and has been built with a decade of experience in 3D graphics and creative software development. Textures are hand-drawn, sounds are recorded locally, and all systems are designed and engineered specifically for the unique context of the game. This is a solo-developed project that I take great care over, and I believe AI simply doesn't belong in creative projects like these.

Please note that procedural generation is not a form of generative AI; the procedures used to generate the world in the game are mathematical functions that have been derived and defined by hand, with direct creative intent.
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Just talk to another human already jesus fucking christ
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
Yes! Including Meg Leta Jones, @tepski.tech, @kendraserra.bsky.social, @elizabethjoh.bsky.social, @hbwhbwhbw.bsky.social, et al www.ucpress.edu/books/femini...
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Feminist Cyberlaw by Meg Jones, Amanda Tepski - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tech industry is laser focused on solving the problem of humans enjoying each other’s company bsky.app/profile/down...
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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"If America ends up an autocracy, Trump will not be its culmination but something closer to its forerunner." And the next one probably won't be such an extraordinarily delusional and incompetent buffoon. Disgrace and disincentives on him and his enablers have to be imposed now, while we still can.
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America Can Pull Back From the Slippery Slope to Rome
The decline of the rule of law and our republic is not inevitable
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
(I’m not sure I could sell CUP on it)
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I may just recommend this to my editor.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
this really is impeachable for any president, but really grotesque coming from a regime that cut life-saving development aid because they said it was not efficient
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Anne Helen Petersen @annehelen.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This is *the* piece. Kate Manne, professor of philosophy at Cornell, speaks truth to the totality of failures at the university — and why students protesting the war in Gaza have faced far harsher consequences than any of the Cornell 7: www.thecut.com/article/what...
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What It Feels Like at Cornell Right Now
As a professor at the Ivy League school, Kate Manne has known many, many victims. There’s a palpable feeling on campus, she writes, that this is big.
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Springtime for Hegseth @schroedinger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Dedra Meero being interrogated
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
How many times must we say this? AI* software does not “go rogue” any more than your printer “got religion” when it stopped working Sunday. Software does not have intent or agency. People do. And this feels like some people might be exposed to liability. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
Months before OpenAI’s artificial intelligence went rogue, two employees raised an alarm with top executives. They were ignored.

In emails, the employees said they worried that OpenAI’s newest artificial intelligence models were not being appropriately monitored during testing to gauge the technology’s sophistication and to secure the models, according to messages viewed by The New York Times.
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William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Fuck Netanyahu forever www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-as...
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Netanyahu flew to UAE to ask MBZ to deny giving him pre-Oct. 7 warning of Hamas attack – sources
Both sides confirm trip one day later, but PMO denies it had anything to do with trying to quash report about Emirati leader's alert; Shin Bet files complaint to military censor, claiming network that...
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 30/09/2026
I continue to see very disappointing evidence that mainstream media is doing an absolutely horrible job of telling stories about AI* that all end up being some version of doom or hype.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 29/09/2026
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Doja Cat: Kermit 'Do It' Meme
ALT: Doja Cat: Kermit 'Do It' Meme
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 29/09/2026
Sen. Eric Schmitt: Not a sports fan and not terribly bright, it seems. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/u...
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Jack Smith Defends Trump Charges as Senator’s Perjury Claim Falters (Gift Article)
A Republican eager to prove the former special counsel was dishonest appeared to instead demonstrate his own confusion over basic facts.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Fuck that." "I'm Sherrod Brown and I approve of this message."
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 29/09/2026
Our transactional presidency operating a mafia state.
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