I don’t think we’ve heard the end of this story, but woah is this a scary chapter
Jeremy Schulman@jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 6d agoSavanna Batten went to an anti-ICE protest. Now she’s serving 50 years in federal prison.
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@jessemerle.bsky.social
Lawyer who likes stakeholder governance and wants to help people understand corporate law. In house. On boards. Use to teach at Berkeley Law School.
Jeremy Schulman@jeremyschulman.bsky.social · 6d agoIt is very hard to turn back. I’ve fluffed NOLS on here before, but one thing they teach (on the Tetons no less) is how to make these expedition-ending decisions so you don’t end up in a Krakow embellishment. Kudos!
Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans)@iwriteok.bsky.social · last wk.I'm weirdly happy People decided to publish this article. this lady got very close to the peak and decided to turn back because she wasn't totally confident in her technical ability. That's praiseworthy wisdom, and a good example for others. share.google/d8Xi4aZ8aKkW...
I expect we’re in for another round of AI propaganda soon because it’s 2026 so here’s a reminder that corporate law still controls AI “lab” governance:
Jesse@jessemerle.bsky.social · 2mo agoYes!👇 “AI is a product that they are selling. They are not the stewards of an inevitable technology. They are building products according to business plans and trying to sell them. They need to act like consumer product companies. We need to demand that they act like consumer product companies.”
This theory of the constitution is so incredibly powerful. I do love this.
Dahlia Lithwick@dahlialithwick.bsky.social · last wk.With @mjsdc.bsky.social: Ep. 2 of By the People, our series on ordinary people making constitutional meaning. Lyle Cherneff on 8 year old Elizabeth Turner, whose mother filed a habeas petition to free her from forced "apprenticeship" after emancipation. shows.acast.com/amicus-with-...
If you’re in NYC today, my friend is performing an original orchestral piece — Stones River — at 8pm in Bryant Park with world-class chamber orchestra The Knights, as part of Carnegie Hall’s Citywide series bryantpark.org/calendar/eve...
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I will come back to this when I have more time, but I think it’s under appreciated how much this is also happening in the corporate law arena
Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · last mo.Authoritarianism is often thought of as the abandonment of law, a dynamic of constitutions being torn up and courts being shut down. But history’s most effective assaults on democracy have worked through law rather than against it. Important to remember right now. knightcolumbia.org/content/lawy...
The presumption of regularity in the journalism context
Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social · last mo.Jesus, Ezra. That isn't what happened at all. Rufo did not "try to figure out if" it's true." He gleefully amplified the lie, then offered a bounty to anyone who could retroactively "prove" it. It spurred death threats. Thousands will soon be deported because of it. Many of them will die.
This is not law. It’s just power.
Adam Serwer@adamserwer.bsky.social · last mo.The new racist double standard set up by Alito in the TPS ruling: if there’s any other motive in addition to the racism, the racism doesn’t count, but if the state wants to *prevent* discrimination against black people, that is racist and unconstitutional www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
We went to an amazing Haitian restaurant in Oakland last week and it’s such a blessing to have the whole world here - beautiful people from everywhere enriching our lives in wonderful ways
Jesse@jessemerle.bsky.social · last mo.Court Reform is the only way
Yes!👇 “AI is a product that they are selling. They are not the stewards of an inevitable technology. They are building products according to business plans and trying to sell them. They need to act like consumer product companies. We need to demand that they act like consumer product companies.”
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2mo agoHad @author-calnewport.bsky.social on Better Offline to talk about AI companies “doom-trolling” consumers using scary stories about conscious computers, and how we need to make fun of those leading the scare-mongering. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b... Linktr.ee/betteroffline
Big news for Lookout! A new partnership with the @nytimes.com
Lookout Eugene-Springfield@lookout-es.bsky.social · 2mo agoLookout Plus now includes a New York Times benefit By Dann Miller
An ethnographic study of Piedmont CA
McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 2mo ago"You need a revolutionized approach to herb cultivation and flavor enhancement tailored to the unique lifestyles of affluent suburban men trying to paper over their questionable political views with shallow displays of culinary affectation."
Not to be confused with universal ownership - the idea that some investors are so big/diversified that their value is derived not from individual company positions but from the overall economy, which thus obligates them to prohibit portcos from externalizing costs onto other businesses and public.
Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 2mo agoMy new theory paper (early draft) A new reason why concentrated wealth destroys democracy: common ownership A standalone media owner maximizes profit. A common owner like Musk (who owns X + SpaceX) will run the media firm at a loss to increase the $ of his total portfolio tinyurl.com/mcekr7cd
The Good Trouble Award is a great name! Congrats to Airielle Silva :)
Lookout Santa Cruz@lookoutsantacruz.bsky.social · 2mo agoUCSC graduate Airielle Silva was honored with the John R. Lewis Good Trouble Award after five years of student leadership and activism. As she addressed fellow graduates, Silva reflected on her advocacy work while urging the university to continue addressing longstanding Black student demands.
I would just like to point out PBC fiduciary duties do NOT require OpenAI’s D/Os to prioritize profitability, and they may find this is a useful card to play at some point in the not-too-distant future
Ed Zitron@edzitron.com · 2mo agoJoined Prof G Markets to talk about OpenAI’s financials - and its shocking losses. youtu.be/ytmKYBUfE_8?...
Babe wake up, we gotta launch a signature collecting company real quick
Matthew Sheffield@matthew.flux.community · 2mo agoTech billionaires in California considered buying up the signature-collecting companies that supporters of a wealth tax are using to get their initiative onto the ballot in the Golden State. Via @eshugs.bsky.social:
It is long past time to explain that immigration courts are not independent because they are not part of the judicial branch, but are located within the executive branch. This becomes immensely clear when lawyers are able to move to circuit courts for appeals.
Austin Kocher, PhD@austinkocher.com · 2mo ago8 immigration judges fired this year have sued over terminations they call discriminatory and unexplained. When removal-case judges can be fired at will, the court's independence is in doubt. See the data here: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...
Also - I know it might seem like a trivial issue, but we don’t know how fiduciary duties work for PBCs. There are fundamental open questions about how the governing bodies of these companies make decisions, from the officers to the directors, and ultimately even the stockholders.
Garrison Lovely@garrisonlovely.bsky.social · 2mo agoNow that the stakes have ratcheted up, sr govt people are properly engaging for the first time with things that AI people take for granted—the models are blackboxes, there is no universal defense against jailbreaks—and going 'what the actual fuck?? this is unacceptable.'
Is this new bylaw amendment lawful given congress’s role?
Liz Dye@lizdye.bsky.social · 2mo agoTo be clear, they never made this argument about the bylaws before the trial court. If the bylaws were amended, they were amended since Judge Cooper issued his order — prob yesterday. This is the Board choking off funds and saying "you have to let us break the law, or we'll lose all the funds."
And some people like to attribute things to "CAPITALISM" rather than to simply say that the root of the problem is actually immorality.
