Ann M. Lipton
@annmlipton.bsky.social
Law prof at U Colorado, business and securities. Blogging at https://www.businesslawprofessors.com/ Papers at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2365170 "Markets can remain irrational a lot longer than you and I can remain solvent.”
This article is so satisfying it's nearly sexual
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 16h agoNew York City’s business elites are long accustomed to direct access to City Hall, where even Democratic mayors felt the need to court the city’s wealthiest and most influential corporate leaders. That access is getting shredded by Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
In addition to having no experience in immigration, their website shows Ilya Shapiro (!) and disgraced former law prof Joshua Wright (!) as Senior Counsel. I don't think this massive contract was awarded to give immigrant children effective, zealous advocacy. burkegroup.law/our-team/
Our Team - BURKE LAW GROUP, PLLC
Our Team
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Politico@politico.com · 20h ago26-employee Texas law firm gets $150M to represent 24,000 children in immigration court
im not sure im ready for woke playboy
Playboy@playboy.com · 21h agoAs they amass more money and power, the public views billionaires as sweaty psychos Scrooge McDucking their way into evil amounts of cash. The collective ick emerging raises a question that wealthy men might prioritize over ethical perceptions: Have billionaires become categorically unfuckable?
Ladies, I don’t like to brag, but I’m SO FAR AWAY from being a billionaire
Playboy@playboy.com · 21h agoAs they amass more money and power, the public views billionaires as sweaty psychos Scrooge McDucking their way into evil amounts of cash. The collective ick emerging raises a question that wealthy men might prioritize over ethical perceptions: Have billionaires become categorically unfuckable?
also when it's the play, it's "rocky horror show" smdh
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · yesterdayin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
so if stevens wins the primary, will fox news concede she is "moderate" and not "far left"? www.foxnews.com/video/640277...
(7) their "Speech or Debate" immunity is solely for legislative acts
The Guardian@theguardian.com · yesterdaySix mind-bendingly amazing facts about invertebrates
"Great news organizations like CNN and CBS News are here to tell it straight down the middle." See, no.
Steve Herman@newsguy.bsky.social · yesterday"While I was silent, others were happy to write my story for me. No more." - David Ellison, chief executive of Paramount Skydance www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/op...
Paul Atkins: "What do I tell a pre-revenue biotech company that's gone public and is waiting for the FDA to say yay or nay to that particular product, so they go for sometimes years without showing any revenue.... You just have to file a 10Q anyway," Except - finance.yahoo.com/markets/arti...
SEC chair defends proposal to allow companies to report earnings only twice a year
In an interview with Yahoo Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission chair Paul Atkins defended a proposal to allow companies to disclose their financial results twice a year rather than quarterly.
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I cut my water usage down to 2 days per week and a chunk of my lawn died which led to my HOA sending me a violation letter.
Kyle Clark@kylec.bsky.social · 2d agoDenver Water asked customers to cut back 20% of their summer usage during the drought. Customers have only saved 5%.
shot: "The Trump administration considers the 'organized doxxing of law enforcement' to be a form of domestic terrorism. " www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
How ICE Is Weaponizing Social Media Against its Critics
Agency says its surveillance program searches for threats to agents, but critics see free-speech infringements.
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Late to the party, but I liked this piece by Jeff Gordon on how Slaughter relates to the 22nd Amendment. I'm embarrassed to admit that I never really thought about the 22nd Amendment in this terrain.
Balkinization: Trump v. Slaughter and the Twenty-Second Amendment
A group blog on constitutional law, theory, and politics
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gonna need an economist to explain if that's how price competition works
Paul Semenza@paulsemenza.bsky.social · 2d ago"Only a handful of stores are opening, so the damage to local grocers and bodegas may be limited at first, but they'll still have to compete against city-subsidized prices, which could drive their prices higher."
i am in a war with my thermostat. i can adjust it using an app on my phone but every time i open it the app wants me to rate whether i'm enjoying the experience and i flatly refuse - REFUSE - to converse with my thermostat in this manner