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Richard Kay

@richardkay80.bsky.social
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Wallace Stevens Professor Emeritus, UConn Law. Constitutional Law; Comparative Law; Legal History. Boston resident, Red Sox, Celtics fan. (NOT the Daily Mail reporter.) law.uconn.edu/person/richard-s-kay

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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Good grief. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...
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Why the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I.
The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
This is confusing
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I'm probably a dinosaur, but I wish students were allowed more time just to be students: to study, to read, to think, to talk to each other, to have big ideas - maybe even to have fun now & then. I'm not convinced turning unis into training centres is going to fix bigger problems in the jobs market
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The thing is, you could have written a similar terrifying prospect (with just different instances) every year of my life. And I turned 80 yesterday. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/01/o...
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Opinion | A New World Order Is Coming. We Aren’t Ready.
We must be honest about the seriousness of the situation we’re in.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Trump doubtless has similar ideas about Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/b...
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Trump Says U.S. Has Deal for Control of Large Share of Venezuela’s Oil
The president said an agreement between the countries covered more than 65 billion barrels of reserves. A U.S. official said it would involve a partnership with a private company.
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Charlotte Clymer @charlotteclymer.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Y'all... the Band of the Coldstream Guards performed "9 to 5" in front of Buckingham Palace in honor of Dolly Parton.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
'"If you can read music, you play the violin,” she told The Tulsa World in 1982. “I can’t read music, so I just play the fiddle.”' www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/a...
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Violet Hensley Dies at 109; Ozarks Fiddler Made Opry Debut at 99
She performed old-time mountain music at the Silver Dollar City theme park in Branson, Mo., for more than 50 years and appeared on “The Beverly Hillbillies.”
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Says a guy worth over $500 million. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/b...
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Bessent Declares Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor ‘Dead’
Despite data to the contrary, the Treasury Secretary made the case that the K-shaped economy no longer exists.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I might have voted for Tom Smith because, in his handwritten note to the FEC, he complained he couldn't login to their site or get through to the help desk. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
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Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Loses Primary to Rival Who Suspended His Campaign
Without running a single ad or filing a campaign finance report, Tom Smith, who had suspended his bid, soundly defeated Amir Hassan, a Navy veteran backed by President Trump.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
What about the middle?
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Shouldn't this be some kind of antitrust violation? www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...
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Dodgers land Tarik Skubal, bolster title defense in blockbuster trade with Tigers: Sources (Gift Article)
The most coveted pitcher at this year's MLB trade deadline is headed to the back-to-back World Series champions.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Vincent Pastore, 1946-2026. youtu.be/GJdc2H9qZPQ?...
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Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpensiero Educates Christopher
YouTube video by The Stoic Whinger
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
As if I had nothing else to worry about. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/w...
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A Ton of Space Junk Tumbles Unpredictably to Earth Every Week
Flaming chunks of metal crash into homes, farms and parking lots. Who’s to blame? And who pays for the damage?
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/30/u...
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Defying Trump, Cornyn Uses His Lame-Duck Power
In standing in the way of Todd Blanche, President Trump’s choice for attorney general, a liberated Senator John Cornyn is wielding his leverage.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Then shall our names. Familiar in his mouth as household words Tracy the manager, Masataka and Rafaela, Wong and Contreras, Durbin and Abreu, Be in their flowing cups freshly remember’d. This story shall the good man teach his son
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A duty on hockey sticks? Surely the unkindest cut of all. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/b...
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Trump to Impose 50% Tariff on Many Canadian Goods
The administration will use an untested legal provision to put significant duties on Canadian exports, reigniting a clash with one of America’s biggest trading partners.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
"Your Majesty may find twelve Judges of your mind, but hardly twelve lawyers" 1686, Sir Thomas Jones. Ditto federal prosecutors. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
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Trump Administration Fires U.S. Attorney Minutes After His Appointment
Federal judges had chosen the veteran Seattle prosecutor to fill the vacant seat. Now, a potential legal battle looms.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
This incident suggests some serious issues about citation practice in the Humanities and social sciences. Like a lot of people I find the law review policy of footnotes everywhere kind of maddening. (I once was obliged to drop a note explaining what a Cooks Tour. Was) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/b...
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Historian Kerri K. Greenidge and Her Book ‘The Grimkes’ Come Under Fire
Kerri K. Greenidge appeared to lose her professorship at Tufts University after scholars began scrutinizing her 2022 book, “The Grimkes,” which is no longer listed on its publisher’s website.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
@RedSox are an offensive juggernaut.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
The reflecting pool business seems like a microcosm of the whole Trump administration. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/20/u...
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Trump, Claiming Vandalism, Says Reflecting Pool Will Likely Need to Be Drained
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Apart from its substantive content, the text of this agreement is clunky, repetitive and elliptical, suggesting (as does its delayed release) that it was rushed out. Maybe the Farsi version is more carefully drafted. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
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A Look at the Text of the Agreement Between the United States and Iran
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Headlines you thought you'd never see. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/09/w...
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Pope Leo Meets Bad Bunny
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It's pretty hard to overstate the importance of Wood's scholarship in defining our understanding of the nature of the American constitutional founding. One of the very rare cases where the term "giant" was fully justified.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Eppur si muove.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/06/2026
I asked what the show meant by that: was it whether regulation of AI in commercial or public sector decision-making needed more oversight? Was it that the siting and provisioning of data-centers needed more democratic accountability? 4/
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The central problem, not mentioned in this column, isn't that complicated. Everyone knew all along they needed one or more power bats and the team just wouldn't shell out what other teams were willing to, to get them. www.nytimes.com/athletic/730...
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One month since firing Alex Cora and 6 coaches, the Red Sox are stuck in neutral
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I've got to think Mr. Pickle was a bad idea.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/25/h... Read the Times description of the way this treatment operates in the comments below.. Jaw-dropping what modern medicine is doing.
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One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
If accurately described, the deal just restores the status quo ante. What a waste. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/u...
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To Get the Strait Open, Trump Had to Leave the Hardest Issues for Later
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Something for Memorial Day. youtu.be/rgjnerS0_ns?...
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Mary Black & band - Eric Bogle, John Munro/ All the Fine Young Men
YouTube video by vrije geluiden
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
As I was saying... bsky.app/profile/rich...
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Actually posted last night by the President of the United States. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump)
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
But will doubtless find time to squeeze in a quick eighteen.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Few things better exemplify the hopeless situation of our current system of law and government. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/u...
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I.R.S. to Drop Audits of Trump and Family
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
"When asked on Tuesday how long Iran had to return to the negotiating table, Mr. Trump said: 'Two or three days. Maybe Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Maybe early next week. A limited period of time.'” That is 2,3,4,5,6,or 7 days. At least he didn't say two weeks.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/o...
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Opinion | Thomas Massie Is One of a Vanishing Breed: A Republican Who Will Stand Up to Trump
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
"The fewer men, the greater share of honour. . . . I pray thee, wish not one man more."
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Ownership ought to be blaming their own unwillingness to compete for A1 players in today's market for the team's performance-- not Alex Cora www.nytimes.com/athletic/723...
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Boston Red Sox fire manager Alex Cora after 10-17 start to season
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Jan Rosenow @janrosenow.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Denmark's coal-to-wind transition is one of the most dramatic energy transformations of the past three decades. In 1990, coal provided 90% of Danish electricity. Today it is under 3%. Wind now covers roughly 60% of electricity generation. The last coal plant is scheduled to close by 2028.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It says something about the state we're in that this monstruous cruelty by our national government is like a page 4 story in the Times.
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Preston Green @drprestongreen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Finally in print. "Preserving Rural Schools from the Voucher and Charter Threat" share.google/BOoaRovvyarK...
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Preserving Rural School Districts from the Threat of Vouchers and Charters
School vouchers and charter schools are primed to grow at a time when public school systems are experiencing a precipitous decline in enrollment. Unfortunately, for many rural school districts, this c...
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
If only we could pay with fake dollars. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
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In Las Vegas, Trump Brushes Off Rising Fuel Prices
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Is there something called hyper-megalomania? Leo "was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald J. Trump." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/u...
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Trump Attacks Pope Leo as Too Liberal and ‘Weak on Crime’
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Boy, when Alex Jones thinks you're unhinged... www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/u...
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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Sad news. Lopes was from East Providence and attended La Salle Academy in Providence. He was all-state in baseball and basketball and went on to become one of the finest MLB players from the Ocean State.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Talk about asking for trouble. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/u...
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Texas Considers Required Reading List for Schools, Which Includes the Bible
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Paulina Kewes @paulinakewes.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
A new piece on 'Visualising James VI and I in Continental Europe' which I co-wrote with Susan Doran and David Hasberg Zirak-Schmidt out in British Art Studies: Reframing King James VI and I: open access! britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/29/tr...
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
College athletics could certainly benefit from some revision and regulation. It would be nice if somebody who actually had the authority to do it got into the act. www.nytimes.com/athletic/716...
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Trump signs new executive order on college sports: Will it change anything, and how soon?
The order poses the possibility of federal funding being withheld from schools that do not comply with the rules.
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
"Saugus man killed in New York nuclear holocaust." www.bostonglobe.com/2026/04/01/m...
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UMass Boston police sergeant arrested for alleged role in New York City corruption case - The Boston Globe
The sergeant is accused of paying bribes and kickbacks to two leaders of a taxpayer-backed nonprofit that operated migrant shelters in New York City in exchange for business contracts worth millions o...
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Richard Kay @richardkay80.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
The "major onions"? www.nytimes.com/athletic/715...
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34 years after 'The Shot,' Grant Hill reflects on UConn's miracle, Duke's 'meltdown'
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