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Judge Howell's opinion in the Perkins Coie case is here. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

Okay I admit it, ChatGPT o3 (released April 16) is legitimately impressive particularly because it seems to overcome many of the worse tendencies of previous versions

This letter from the Secretary of Education to Harvard is just a giant category error

I have nothing against Columbia's hospitals, but the H's necessary reliance on federal government and tort liability make me wonder if Columbia U and Columbia hospitals would be better off as separate legal entities so they can't make trouble for each other

Polymarket, before yesterday, had Robert Prevost at 11th or 12th most likely to become Pope.

Trump’s new AI directive (quoted below from David Sacks) argues the US should take care to: - respect our trading partners/allies rather than punish them with dumb rules that restrict trade - respect “due process” It’d be interesting to apply these values outside of AI!

Am reading the twitter feed from the man formerly known as Robert Prevost (now pope Leo) - x.com/drprevost

Sad news -- Souter embodied the spirit of New England character and judgment and had enough wisdom to enjoy a decent retirement

Justice David Souter was old-fashioned and removed from time in the best sense of that word. The last movie he'd seen in the theaters was "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

This network model did a decent job of predicting that the current pope was one of the top contenders and def outperformed the prediction markets

Was needing to call an international landline and remembered that Skype is retiring. If the word "VoIP" isn't already lost to history, it will be soon

This is so correct. Especially when, if an appliance is spying on you (eg SmartTV), it should actually be paying you for the data

So do people think we have already reached peak MAGA and things are now leveling out, or is the current level of insanity just the proverbial tip of the iceberg?

Sometimes a plain language reading of the Constitution is hard to beat: "No Person holding any Office ....shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."

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The junk fees rule we finalized FTC last year goes into effect today. That means businesses selling live-event tickets or short-term lodging can no longer surprise you with mystery charges that inflate your bill when you check out. theverge.com/news/665087/ti…

The US border has become a risk even for US citizens with global entry newsweek.com/florida-woman-…