Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Disagree with the premise, entirely. Also, ALI serves as a forum for thorough debate. 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyThe Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 08/10/2026"A huge problem in today’s news media political coverage is their imperative of so called “balanced” coverage, while simultaneously not having truth as the true end goal of journalism." Read more from Matthew Dowd: bit.ly/4jLAWw3 19525102
Reposted by Vince PolleyJanai Nelson @janainelson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026America, they are trying to desensitize you to violence. They want us to dehumanize one another so we become numb to their attacks on our liberty. They wish to normalize total state control thru visual terror. Attention is currency. Don’t invest it in evil. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comPentagon says execution of Fort Hood shooter will be livestreamedNidal Hasan, army psychiatrist who killed 13 people, will be executed by firing squad on 3 December 41738288
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026(Schneier) How Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators: www.schneier.com/blog/archive...schneier.comHow Technology Empowers—and Imperils—Dictators - Schneier on SecurityThis essay was written with Seva Gunitsky, and originally appeared in Foreign Affairs. Two weeks after Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in March 2022, the Russian TV Channel One editor Marina O... 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Bad content drives out good. 052
Reposted by Vince PolleyLawfare @lawfaremedia.org · 04/10/2026"What does it mean to understand the law if a machine can reason across more of it than any lawyer could possibly hold in mind?" @scottjshapiro.bsky.social introduces his new semi-regular column of essays on law and computation, ‘Posting Through the Singularity.'lawfaremedia.orgIntroducing ‘Posting Through the Singularity’A new semi-regular column of essays on law and computation, not quite ready for Substack 6529
Reposted by Vince PolleyReason Magazine @reason.com · 02/10/2026A former assistant state attorney and an immigrant rights activist both had their phones seized, despite having attorney-client privilege. They're suing to protect their data.reason.comBorder agents nabbed their phones. These two Floridians are fighting back.A former assistant state attorney and an immigrant rights activist both had their phones seized, despite having attorney-client privilege. They're suing to protect their data. 196
Reposted by Vince PolleyNathaniel Borenstein @drmime.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I'm raising money for the Electronic Frontier Foundation around my book release! Donate to EFF and get a signed "Spirit of a Cyborg" bookplate from me!nathanielborenstein.comCyborgs for Digital Freedom!Support EFF and get a custom Spirit of a Cyborg bookplate! I’m using the release of my book, The Spirit of a Cyborg, to try to raise some money for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which i… 03910
Reposted by Vince PolleyCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Four-byline alert: “.. Meta claimed that $4.1 billion of stock options exercised by Mr. Zuckerberg counted as a research expense ..” @nytimes.com $META www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t... 14826781210
Reposted by Vince PolleyJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Ivy League-ology: -Princeton has long preened on being #1 in US News rankings -DAMHIK about those rankings, as former USN editor -Most prominent Tigers on current scene are this guy, Alito, Cruz -(Yeah, Harvard has J Roberts—but also Buttigieg, KBJackson etc) -History lectures from this clown??? 3914027
Reposted by Vince PolleyTimothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026What a joke... FCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’ www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...nbcnews.comFCC head says government-funded Trump ads are ‘normal’ and ‘don’t raise any red flags’Brendan Carr said the ads are “normal-course public service announcements” and nothing that would “merit any sort of” review by the Federal Communications Commission. 53214
Reposted by Vince PolleyDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“For the last year and a half, the people of the United States have witnessed the suffering of the undocumented in our midst, purposely and strategically magnified by our government, and for the most part, we have simply passed on by.” www.headsupnews.org/p/we-are-losing… 24217
Reposted by Vince PolleyOrin Kerr @orinkerr.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The first two pages of a fascinating book on the surprising role of criminal law and courts in 19th Century Philadelphia: Allen Steinberg, The Transformation of Criminal Justice: Philadelphia, 1800–1880. 3152
Reposted by Vince PolleyDan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I’m beyond livid about tax dollars funding Trump propaganda. I do not see “two sides“ to this situation. Join me in mocking news organizations whose coverage was pathetic by extrapolating how they’d cover Trump shooting someone on Fifth Avenue... presswatchers.org/2026/09/the-...presswatchers.orgThe political equivalent of Trump shooting someone on Fifth Avenue | Press WatchTrump using tax dollars for a campaign commercial should trigger every thinking American, even White House political reporters 1221968
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The hottest new hangout for middle schoolers is NPR’s comment section? 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyJosh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 21/09/2026honestly laughing so hard. we're doomed. but we'll be able to laugh at his fails a lot as we swirl the bowl 663539479
Reposted by Vince PolleyReece @thiccreese.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Meta's new AI agent wanted my passport info. Not to help me. To train on me. Actually, it wanted everything: bank accounts, email inboxes, ID info. No surprise coming from Meta. But always worth reminding readers that AI automations come with major privacy risks. www.wired.com/story/metas-...wired.comMeta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping MeThe Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information. 12284141
Reposted by Vince PolleyElectronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 21/09/2026When you talk to an AI, you are talking to the company hosting the AI, EFF’s @falsemirror.masto.nyc.ap.brid.gy told @WIRED.com. “These chat windows—that we’re used to being connections between us and another person—are really just us directly putting information into Meta servers about ourselves.”wired.comMeta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping MeThe Muse app continues Meta’s trend of opting users into data collection for AI training. It also nudges you to share your bank account, email, and passport information. 512645
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Pretty damn interesting : reason.com/volokh/2026/...reason.comWarning Notice to Man Who Sent Critical E-Mail TO ICE Acting Director Likely Violated First AmendmentAn excerpt from the longish opinion today by Judge Rudolph Contreras (D.D.C.) in Streever v. Mullin: Americans have long voiced... 071
Reposted by Vince PolleyEuronews @euronews.com · 15/09/2026The history of Ceuta and Melilla and why they are Spanish territory ➡️ l.euronews.com/fr7E 062
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.schneier.com/blog/archive...schneier.com25 Years of Mass Surveillance Is Enough - Schneier on SecurityThis essay was written with Cindy Cohn, and originally appeared in Lawfare. One of the many legacies of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 is the government-wide shift from targeted surveillance—such a... 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyJames Grimmelmann @jtlg.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Speaking broadly, pure mathematics has consistently been appreciative of its connection to the humanities. Elegance, intuition, creativity versus computation, philosophical underpinnings, the sociology of collaboration—this is how they talk to each other. The scorn is mostly coming from elsewhere. 1184
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 12/09/2026Excellent and sobering “how’d-we-get-here”: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...lawfaremedia.orgThe Changing Face of the Department of Homeland SecurityFrom hunting al-Qaeda to hunting immigrants. 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyTerence Tao @teorth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026A group of 25 Fields Medalists, including myself, have made a joint declaration on Math and AI: mathandai.org . We welcome additional signatories. See also this article in the Economist announcing the declaration: www.economist.com/science-and-...mathandai.orgDeclaration — Math and AIRead the declaration and add your name. 422075934
Reposted by Vince Polley👋I’m working on follow backs😊 @beaches1.bsky.social · 11/09/2026VOTE BLUE! We must VOTE in huge numbers like Hungary did! Political cartoon by RJ Matson 12663452141
Reposted by Vince PolleyPaul Rosenzweig @rosenzweigp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Talk about creepy (and horribly symbolic): www.kenklippenstein.com/p/us-finds-a...kenklippenstein.comU.S. Finds A War It’s Willing to DeclareNew government logo chooses violence 042
Reposted by Vince PolleyAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Even if you aren’t aware of any such agreements missing from the State Department’s site, you can still help out by RT’ing this piece…or share it in relevant Reddit subs, email listservs, etc. Tysm 🙏 4372223
Reposted by Vince PolleyJessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026One of my favorite Old Hollywood behind the scenes stories is that allegedly Claude Rains based his Prince John performance in The Adventures of Robin Hood on Bette Davis, and that's one of those "once you see it, you never unsee it" things. 1599
Reposted by Vince PolleyDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Turns out, lots of people have studied how higher education works under dictatorship. Curious how these points echo so many of our current travails. 23617
Reposted by Vince Polleyandy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This is such dystopian hell. 'ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years' From @regret.bsky.social in @wired.com www.wired.com/story/ice-wa...wired.comICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 YearsHomeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March. 261
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026yro.slashdot.org/story/26/09/...yro.slashdot.orgLG TVs Caught Spying Even When Offline or On Standby - SlashdotA Gamers Nexus investigation found that LG smart TVs are almost constantly logging and uploading data about owners and their homes, even while they are offline or in standby mode. "The company's TV se... 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyJay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Criselda Vasquez, American, The New American Gothic, 2017, oil on canvas, 72 x 48 in, private collection The artist's father, portrayed in the painting, was kidnapped by ICE on 31 March 2026 200308655020
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 08/09/2026hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/09/...hardware.slashdot.orgA Man Charged His EV at a Dealership - and Was Billed $418 - SlashdotThe EV blog Electrek reports: A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV charging session at Elder Hyundai's Macomb Township store after finding the charger listed as publicly ... 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyVolokh Conspiracy @volokhc.bsky.social · 07/09/2026dlvr.it[Orin S. Kerr] How Often Are Articles in Top Law Reviews Written In Part By AI?A guest post from Julian Nyarko. 001
Reposted by Vince PolleyDaniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 04/09/2026It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it. 14120733350
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 01/09/2026www.schneier.com/blog/archive...schneier.comIs Someone Hacking DoD Refrigerators? - Schneier on SecurityIt sure seems like it. The stores confirmed to be affected include Fort Irwin, Calif.; F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; Fort Huachuca, Ariz.; Naval Station Newport, R.I.; Columbus Air Force Base, Mis... 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Jesus, Google Earth: Have some dignity. Two views just now: 1521510264
Reposted by Vince PolleyBrian Honan @brianhonan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Happy Skynet day to all those who celebrate 6252201723
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 29/08/2026gad, these posts are so spot-on (and with lovely, lyrical prose): open.substack.com/pub/tull/p/l...open.substack.comLake OntarioThe lake will outlast the decree 000
Reposted by Vince PolleyPatrick Chovanec @prchovanec.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Never forgiving Apple or Google for participating in this bullshit. 1646085783
Reposted by Vince Polleyandy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 28/08/2026TIL Mello Yello was named after a dildo. H/T @enbrown.bsky.social. 151
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 27/08/2026makes my head spin; “layers of an onion“: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comFake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propagandaIn effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows 010
Vince Polley @vpolley.bsky.social · 26/08/2026The Five Asymmetries of AI Procurement abhaskjha.substack.com/p/the-five-a...abhaskjha.substack.comThe Five Asymmetries of AI ProcurementWhy governments cannot buy AI the way they buy roads, and what to write into the contract instead. 000
Reposted by Vince Polleyandy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 25/08/2026She had strong words and actually took action to raise funds to support good causes and took time to engage. More then words, she was a woman of action and commitment. 0131
