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Lindsey Barrett

@lambarrett.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law | computer distruster | she/hers papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu…

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 11h
It’s also really clear to me this week that the people telling us that AI will transform work…haven’t seen a lot of jobs where people work.
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 29/09/2026
i don't think every institution in the united states should have all pushed the big red "ERODE FAITH" button in unison. what do i know though
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ponder @ponder.ooo · 29/09/2026
person talking to computer, saying "will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?"
computer replies ">you got it, boss"
person replies "oh my god."
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 28/09/2026
i don't think it's glib to say this: it's possible that nobody on earth cares less about consent than mark zuckerberg
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The War on Cars @thewaroncars.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The motorist community needs to clean up its act, especially if drivers expect taxpayers to keep building car lanes.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 26/09/2026
It’s always silly when judges insist that they are magically nonpartisan and have no political beliefs, but it’s especially funny when you have a long track record of saying things like “ANY REPUBLICAN IS BETTER THAN ANY DEMOCRAT” (all caps in original)
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Trump Nominee: For Ethical Reasons, I Cannot Discuss the Time I Called Biden a “Great National Nightmare”
Lots of judges are Republicans. Not all of them are this loud about it.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 26/09/2026
The free speech™️ people are at it again. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/dig...
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The Major Social Media Platforms Are All Rejecting Paid Ads for Alex Gibney’s ‘Musk’ (Exclusive)
YouTube, TikTok and Meta have all turned down the trailer for the Oct. 9 doc, citing “political” content. X won't even take Bleecker Street's calls. The distributor is appealing.
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Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
there is some desperate core of me that cannot accept this armando iannuci-scripted hellscape as reality
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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 26/09/2026
I assume each 6-pack comes with a copy of the collected works of Sheila Jasanoff.
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leon @leyawn.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ceo of burger king: our burgers have gone rogue again and infected people with e coli
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Ultimately what is killing higher Ed in the United States is not just hostile politics at the Federal level, but the greed and ineptitude of university leadership.
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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On one hand, AI might cause nuclear annihilation in the dumbest way possible. But on the other hand, it is semi-almost-useful at making lists. Gotta take the bad with the good!
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KPD Max von Sydnow @mpdeejay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
It's really fun to see people discover why everyone hates the Patriots.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Finding information and knowing things are different
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Prisoners paying off kids' school lunch debts speaks to the US's failures at so many levels.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 10/09/2026
SpaceX was the first tech company to get immediate investment-grade rating after going public. OpenAI and Anthropic now pushing for same. Remind me where I've heard about collusion of ratings agencies leading to a crash? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Anthropic and OpenAI bankers push for top-tier credit ratings post-IPO
Investment-grade designation would unlock cheaper financing for AI labs and their infrastructure partners
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Blake Emerson @blakeprof.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If you wanted to support home-makers you wouldn’t gut their healthcare in your big beautifully bill. This is just about further hurting working women.
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
DoD has its own research agency DARPA, which receives -5 billion in funding. A ten year contract to shift NIH funds to DoD is simply a budget cut to NIH. It’s also another example of how this Admin does policymaking by other means.
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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
In my Sociology of AI class, my students are learning just fine what GenAI gets wrong - emissions, env pollution, Global South labor exploitation & digital colonialism, and promoting tech oligarchy. All without ever opening up a GenAI program.
So go ahead and despise LLMs all you want
— but recognize that your ability to catch what they get wrong is the very skill set you want to cultivate in your students. It is on you to help them build it.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still unbeaten. RIP
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Increasingly convinced this is the most important post
Twitter post from January 24, 2019, from @Merman_Melville reading

"Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day."
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Casey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
It's cool how you can lose two different antitrust lawsuits and still not have to make any structural changes to your business at all www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/t...
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In a Big Win, Google Won’t Have to Break Up Its Ad Tech Business, Court Rules
In a long-awaited decision, a federal judge said Google must change its ad tech business to address antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026
And this is why we need to help people stop focusing on a brand name and start hating the surveillance state as a whole.
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Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
damn right
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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 29/08/2026
Look. There is a reason that Sisyphus is, for many, the patron saint of activism. You will never reach the summit. The point is the climb. And once in a glorious, rare while, the boulder rolls back downhill… and stops a centimeter higher than it started.
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Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
happy july 50th to all academics who celebrate
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 13/08/2026
COINTELPRO never ended; it just became the modern surveillance state.
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andy™ @andylevy.net · 26/12/2025
writing a horror movie about a jewish exorcist whose catchphrase is “dybbuk stops here”
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Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
the devil’s advocacy bench remains overstaffed
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Matthew Guariglia @mguariglia.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Here's the thing--rather than replace Flock with the company that wants to put taser on drones, why don't we just spend all this money on addressing the root causes of crime and not just creating a massive surveillance theater stalking machine.
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Cities Are Ditching Flock, Immediately Replacing It With Axon License Plate Readers
Rather than get rid of ALPR cameras entirely, many cities and towns are switching to Axon, whose cameras can be mounted to an existing streetlamp, helping them blend into their surroundings.
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Brawlcats @brawlcats.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
airbnb I’m staying at unintentionally created the toughest punk album cover of 2027
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Yes, the Problems are bad, but this is no time for radical things like Solutions
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Public Knowledge @publicknowledge.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We're #hiring! Join us as Senior Policy Counsel/Analyst to help fight for an open internet & affordable broadband for all. 5+ yrs policy exp, DC or remote, $100K–$121K + benefits. Apply today at the link below: publicknowledge.org/policy_analyst
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Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
“Leonard Attorney Registration Fee,” which is also what chat gpt mumbles if you ask for its favorite philip roth character
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Hannah Walser @hkpmw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
If you have ever seen Lucy and thought “I want a dog like that,” and if you’re more or less in the Philly area, please please please consider fostering or adopting this sweet boy, Whimsy! new.shelterluv.com/embed/animal...
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Whimsy is available for adoption at Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
Check out Whimsy or one of the other animals for adoption at Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)
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Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
rigorously maintaining my 'don't overthink phrasing' early draft policy
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Soraya Nadia McDonald @soraya.press · 13/07/2026
I have been expressing desire for an app that alerts me to the presence of pervert glasses in my vicinity. It exists and it's called Nearby Glasses! Immediate download.
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A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses | TechCrunch
A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.
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Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Wingnut welfare in academia. $8k to $12k for writing about vaccine injuries. Bonkers.
From the GMU Law & Econ center: Call for Proposals:
Research Roundtable on VICP: Economic Analysis Examining the Effectiveness of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and Proposed Regulations and Litigation Affecting ItAuthors of accepted proposals will receive a total honoraria of $8,000-$12,000 per project, variable upon the rigor and depth of the scholarly paper and research commitments involved.
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Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com · 11/07/2026
Thank you as always to Soccer Computer for making the cool thing not happen retroactively
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
feels like a real landmark of impunity that major corporations are making federal crimes part of the interview process
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Mamdani wants to make it easier for consumers to cancel gym memberships and magazine subscriptions…so, just like Trump’s authoritarian overreach.
But the appearance of overreach could also spook the business community, much of which is still uncertain about Mr. Mamdani. It could also invite comparisons to other executives, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whom Mr. Mamdani has cited approvingly, and President Trump, whose Justice Department has aggressively pushed the limits of the law in seeking to achieve the White House's agenda.
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Evelyn Douek @evelyndouek.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
It's hard to see or write a story about chill -- about what *isn't* said -- so it's important to pay attention to the visible signs. The Administration can silence a lot of speech without directly "censoring" anything. www.semafor.com/article/07/0...
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Exclusive: ‘The View’ throttles back political candidate bookings following FCC inquiry
Since February, the ABC daytime talk show has cut its bookings of candidates for office.
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Luke Herrine @lookheron.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
FTC issued a draft statement declaring that if LLM developers incorporate anti-discrimination objectives--even if required by state law--they may be "deceiving" consumers who expect only "accurate" output. You can comment here: www.regulations.gov/docket/FTC-2... www.ftc.gov/system/files...
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 01/07/2026
You can’t own anything physical anymore, everything is digital, you can’t own anything digital now, storage is too expensive, you cant stream anything because they took it off the service once their parent company got bought out, you can’t get a McFlurry because the machine is broken
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Lindsey Barrett @lambarrett.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
some computer princeling will swoop in with 3 zillion dollars to siphon this into his new favorite AI glop through some unholy maneuver the NIH’s lawyers swore was “insanely illegal” but somehow! happened anyway
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I’m mad about today. I’m mad that justices can’t do the bare minimum to uphold the Constitution. I’m mad that the law and our history, which I have dedicated so much of my life to, is an inconvenience than an inheritance to many. I’m mad that the academy, which I love, rewards and enables it.
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Jerry Edwards @jerryedwards.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm glad I'm going on vacation today and can take my mind on this stuff for a week. I didn't expect to be so angry after SCOTUS upheld birthright citizenship. A 5-4 split is shameful. And the "academics" who fabricated history to try and justify stripping people of rights are charlatans.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026
thomas simply couldn't join the opinion, this corrupt, misanthropic bigot had to throw in his two cents and put his bigotry into the record
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