Reposted by Matthew KuglerTimothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 27/09/2026"Obama tried to freeze Fox out" is a complete lie and it's incredible that Jake Tapper feels the need to both-sides this 891389278
Reposted by Matthew KuglerShayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Thread: Two different versions of this AI-generated image purporting to show President Trump and his assistant Natalie Harp kissing went viral this week, generating millions of views across multiple platforms. Despite being fake, this wasn't a straightforward AI image to debunk. I'll explain why. 42439175
Reposted by Matthew KuglerChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 14/09/2026“Every time you give a bunch of workers access to a database like this, there is going to be the temptation for them to search it for personal ends,” said Matthew Kugler, a law professor at Northwestern University.chicagotribune.comPolice say Flock is invaluable. But as misuse mounts, many wonder how to rein in the surveillance system. 4197
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I hadn't realized that Google was part of the Executive branch. Big, if true. 250
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 27/08/2026My wife: “who is in charge of the naming of stuff?” Me: “this is not a question I asked myself prior to the Trump administration.” 010
Reposted by Matthew KuglerTarZangief @tarzangief.bsky.social · 26/08/2026"Neutral in the culture war" 112155805323
Reposted by Matthew KuglerMatt Seybold @mattseybold.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Anybody who’s still advocating putting these tools anywhere near a school is not doing so despite the cognitive collapse they cause, but because of it. dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn... 131226461
Reposted by Matthew KuglerDan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026I‘m far from an AI doomer, but it is amazing how many serious voices — on LinkedIn, no less! — are sharing stories about how AI slop is quickly becoming one of the top problems they see in academic writing and research “AI will 10x our research!” doesn’t seem to be surviving encounters with reality 51537435
Reposted by Matthew KuglerAdam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 16/08/2026There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations. 22870347
Reposted by Matthew Kuglermerebeing.bsky.social @merebeing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Anyway! Do you like a man who is sad but Handling It With Help From His Friends and bureaucracy that actually works and helps people at least sometimes? Then BOY DO I HAVE A BOOK RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU argyllproductions.com/product/pala...argyllproductions.comPaladin’s Grace (Saint of Steel Book 1)Stephen’s god died on the longest day of the year… Three years later, Stephen is a broken paladin, living only for the chance to be useful before he dies. But all that changes when he encounters a … 321245
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026As a non-normie, I'm still not super clear who Hasan Piker is. 270
Reposted by Matthew KuglerSara Warf @sarabwarf.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Me a month ago: Man, Goodreads keeps insisting I’d love the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Guess I’ll listen to the first one. Me this week: This eighth one in the series is the last one out so I have to ration it out 3222
Reposted by Matthew KuglerOrin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026NEW: Here, finally, is my new draft article on the Supreme Court's Chatrie decision. I think the ruling is tremendously important to Fourth Amendment law—and here's why. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... 1420865
Reposted by Matthew Kuglernorthwesternlaw.bsky.social @northwesternlaw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Recent works from Northwestern Pritzker Law faculty include a look at the fairness of asset forfeiture, Asian American inequality in the legal field, and tort immunity for nursing home staff during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more: news.law.northwestern.edu/news/recent-...news.law.northwestern.eduRecent Faculty Works: Matthew Kugler, Daniel B. Rodriguez, Stephanie Holmes Didwania, Jill R. Horwitz, Ajay K. MehrotraNorthwestern Pritzker Law is home to an incredible group of faculty members working at the intersections of law and many other disciplines. 111
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Yes, a lot of potentially beneficial government policies run the risk of empowering bad actors if control of the government ever falls to them. And, yes, if we accept this as an argument to not do things then we will often get nothing done. 100
Reposted by Matthew KuglerRaffi Melkonian @rmfifthcircuit.bsky.social · 29/07/2026There's a lot of things I won't get over from the past decade, but people's willingness to try to memory hole the extremely deadly pandemic we all lived through and killed actual people, on their watch and partly because of their idiocy, is high on that list. 17608148
Reposted by Matthew KuglerCalifornia Privacy Protection Agency @calprivacy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026CalPrivacy has launched its first audit, examining whether gig economy platforms are giving workers and consumers access to their own data — including geolocation, biometric, and financial records, as required under the CCPA. privacy.ca.gov/2026/07/cali... 043
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Pleased to announce that the 3rd Edition of my open-access information privacy law casebook is now available! Download it for free at www.privacycasebook.com. You can find a model syllabus and last year's slides on the website. Adds Chatrie and the 9th Circuit's decision in NetChoice v Bonata. 010
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Unicorn Academy. “Some of you have been chosen for your extraordinary skills and talents…” and others are legacies. Sounds about right :P 011
Reposted by Matthew KuglerPaul Guinnessy @paulguinnessy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Pretty classy message by the Norwegian Embassy. #WorldCup 152111761859
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I independently read this as a "lol, we can do (almost) anything" provision. Is the discretionary and standardless suspension of discipline a problem? Yes. Is it within the "rules" established by FIFA? Also yes. 4556
Reposted by Matthew KuglerMike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 06/07/2026This is either going to be one of the greatest finishes in World Cup history or there’s going to be an enormous brawl before the 80th minute mark. No, it you cannot say “why not both”. 515711
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 06/07/2026“Everyone is playing soccer except the referee, who is playing dodgeball.” #worldcup 000
Reposted by Matthew KuglerMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Right before the buzzer for Pride month www.nytimes.com/2026/06/30/o... 781783102
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Though I understand the political benefits of scapegoating etc, on some level I cannot accept that actual people decided that being a dick to high school students was a good basis for a political movement. 130
Reposted by Matthew KuglerMicah @rincewind.run · 28/06/2026easily funniest goal of the tournament 1. corner flag saves ball from going out of bounds 2. surprised austrian defender full on leg tackles algerian guy 3. other algerian guy boots it into a defender’s nuts 4. algerian guy dekes out two other defenders, spectacular finish 151034234
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Have we considered that the two constants in this mess have been Brexit and the cat? 000
Reposted by Matthew KuglerEd @notdred.bsky.social · 19/06/2026L to R: Chris Richards: biracial kid from Alabama who speaks about black history and has tattoos of MLK, Ali, and Obama Sergiño Dest: Dutch-Surinamese, emigrated to Brooklyn as a kid, naturalized Fola Balogun: born in Brooklyn to vacationing parents, raised in UK but CHOOSES to play for USA 392859836
Reposted by Matthew Kugler"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Wait, hold up, I'm sorry - the actual data supporting the conclusions of your 'academia is politicized and not data-based enough' report may or may not be published at some point? Proof is for the peasants at public universities, I guess. 16563105
Reposted by Matthew KuglerAnthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This article isn't about Wurman, Barnett, or Epstein. It is not for the Supreme Court. This is for the preservation of knowledge and better public education. With that mission in mind, I hope y'all share this and download it. And that said, when you read my piece, here's what their work does wrong: 758098
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 02/06/2026There’s a particular kind of satisfaction that comes from reading an email or paper you wrote years ago and recognizing that past-you was actually pretty smart. 000
Reposted by Matthew KuglerGovernor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 01/06/2026Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, out-of-state entities have used every tool to punish women who have accessed abortions. The Reproductive Health Records Privacy Act is the most recent action Illinois is taking to ensure patients retain full control over their health information. 151544310
Reposted by Matthew KuglerMyr @myrdraws.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Sonyon, Saint of inventors, technicians, and artificers. That you pray to for a flash of something extraordinary to change the world. That your invention will work and not kill you in the process. That no one uses what you've made for terrible things. #myart #dnd #d&d 2113
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Yes, because video glasses at work are going to raise zero issues under trade secret, insider trading, employment, harassment, or privacy law. This is definitely a great idea whose time has come. 121
Reposted by Matthew KuglerDaniel Solove @daniel-solove.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Whenever I want to understand contract law, I turn to @hoffprof.bsky.social His post has fascinating thoughts on the impact AI will have on contracts. profhoffman.substack.com/p/the-declin...profhoffman.substack.comThe Decline (and Fall) of Contracts' Empire?The long-run of agentic contracting is likely to be quite weird 2125
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 24/05/2026In other words “We didn’t lose the war. We were stabbed in the back by our cowardly leaders.” This feels familiar. Where have I heard it before? 000
Reposted by Matthew KuglerJoseph Jerome @joejerome.com · 20/05/2026Not liking the direction Google is headed? Come to the Duck side. www.duckduckgo.com 1214
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 20/05/2026I grade exams in random order and I'm weirdly happy that I now randomly get to grade the exam that has been sitting at the top of the file folder for the last week. 000
Reposted by Matthew KuglerLuis Alberto Montezuma 路易斯·阿尔贝托·蒙特祖玛 @montezumachavez.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Attorney General Ken Paxton Launches Investigation Into Meta Glasses to Protect Texans’ Privacy From Unlawful Monitoring and Collection of Facial Data www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/release...texasattorneygeneral.govAttorney General Ken Paxton Launches Investigation Into Meta Glasses to Protect Texans’ Privacy From Unlawful Monitoring and Collection of Facial DataAttorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into Meta’s Meta AI Glasses (“Meta Glasses”) over concerns regarding privacy representations and the capabilities of the glasses to expose Tex... 012
Reposted by Matthew KuglerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Raskin says the fund is unconstitutional. Congress didn't structure it. 14th Amendment prohibits obligations in service of insurrection. Raskin says Dem House will shut it down and compel transparency on payments. He's calling on Rs to legislate against it now. 4/ newrepublic.com/article/2105... 341911548
Reposted by Matthew KuglerGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Here's the rub. The slush fund will be drawn from a larger Treasury Department fund. The latter compensates actual victims of the government. But the new one will be put under Trump's direct control in a new way and untangled from any oversight, Raskin notes. 3/ newrepublic.com/article/2105... 171228380
Reposted by Matthew KuglerDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 18/05/2026“Trump DOJ negotiates $1.7 billion gift to his political allies in IRS case” would be a better headline here. The initial $10 billion demand is just anchoring. It’s the first thing they teach you in sleazy business deal school. And it worked on the AP and NYT here. 28028
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Just out: a discussion of how Grok exposed limitations in the legal regulation of AI sexual abuse. Quoting some leading figures in the field, and also me. thepolitic.org/grokaideepfa...thepolitic.orgUndressed by Algorithm: How Grok Exposed the Legal Vacuum Around AI Sexual Abuse - The PoliticA user types a single word: “Undress.” Within seconds, Grok, the artificial intelligence tool built by Elon Musk's xAI and hosted on X, generates a sexualized image of a real woman. She consents to no... 000
Reposted by Matthew KuglerRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 15/05/2026We've become numb to this stuff, but a president accusing a journalist of treason -- a capital crime -- for reporting on an ongoing war is not normal, and we should never accept it as normal. 26365771934
Matthew Kugler @mbkugler.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Sadly, this is probably a great idea. The standard does mention an “incontrovertible evidence” standard, which is reassuring given the problems of AI detection and the all too human “oops” factor with making citation errors. But we need to scare people straight on AI hallucinations. 110