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“Destructive scanning is not the same as book burning” Sure. I guess
404 Media@404media.co · 2w agoISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
We continue to be advocates for bringing FOIA to the federal judiciary, and we're thrilled to support @schiff.senate.gov's push to make that happen. 1/2 www.schiff.senate.gov/news/press-r...
NEWS: Sen. Schiff Launches Push for Judicial Reforms, Increased Transparency Amid Historic Democratic Rollbacks by Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, launched his push for Congress to pass legislation to strengthen accountability, transparency...
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A 30 year old court just got its first case. A Friday night scoop on the Alien Terrorist Removal Court’s only docket. www.courtwatch.news/p/alien-terr...
Alien Terrorist Removal Court Has Its First Case
Created in 1996, the Alien Terrorist Removal Court has never reviewed an application. Until now
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A Florida police officer met a woman on a TV set, surveilled her for weeks, stalked her, and nearly caused a head-on collision while chasing her to pull her over.
Footage Shows Cop Stalking Woman He Met on a TV Set After Surveilling Her With a License Plate Reader
A Florida police officer met a woman on a TV set, surveilled her for weeks, stalked her, and nearly caused a head-on collision while chasing her to pull her over.
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The grift starts at the top.
Zach Everson@zacheverson.com · last mo.Trump borrowed more than $50 million from Charles Schwab Bank last year. But what we don't know— 💰️ why he needed the funds 💰️ how he used the funds 💰️ what assets he pledged as collateral 💰️ the exact amount he borrowed 💰️ when it's due ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @danalexander21.bsky.social for Forbes
Laws requiring people to provide ID to access the Internet are going to backfire. Moral panics produce bad laws; these laws will not protect children but they DO erode privacy protections for everyone.
The federal judiciary just announced that its raising PACER fees to pay to modernize the system. They are estimating about $125,000,000 per year to do the work. That number is simply unmoored from reality. It's enough money to pay over 600 people $200k salaries! 1/3 www.uscourts.gov/data-news/ju...
Judiciary Approves Funding for Case Management and Public Access Modernization
To fund the accelerated initiative to modernize and strengthen the security of its case management and public access system, the Judiciary is implementing a modest temporary increase in fees for elect...
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The majority of the Supreme Court is intellectually dishonest, brazenly corrupt, and nakedly partisan. #scotus
Sam Alito: It is the worst kind of discrimination to create majority-minority congressional districts and so we are going to kill the Voting Rights Act. Also Sam Alito: There is nothing we can do if the president cancels legal status because he thinks the United States is a white country.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social · last mo.Fourth (and *last*) ruling from #SCOTUS is in TPS. For the usual 6-3 majority, Justice Alito holds that federal law forecloses judicial review of statutory challenges to the executive branch's termination of temporary protected status for Haiti, Syria, etc.: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/25p...
CourtListener memberships are now free for Legal Services Organizations. This brings our new and wildly powerful AI integration and our best-in-class alert systems to those who need them most: free.law/2026/06/23/l...
Free Law Project Now Offers Free Group Memberships for Legal Services Organizations
Legal aid attorneys deserve the same powerful research tools as the most well-resourced firms in the country. Free Law Project is making that possible with a new free group membership tier for nonprof...
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New: the tokenpocalypse is here, companies scrambling to stop spending so much on AI. I got leaked audio from consulting giant Accenture showing AI token spend/'chewing' is not from supercharged engineers. It's non-technical workers converting PDFs to presentations! www.404media.co/the-tokenpoc...
The Tokenpocalypse Is Here: Companies Are Scrambling To Stop Spending So Much on AI
Leaked audio from Accenture says a big source of AI token ‘chewing’ is people just converting PDFs to presentation slides.
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Rakuten Kobo Rejects 45% of Submissions After Slew Of AI-Generated #Books Uploaded (via @thebookseller.com) www.thebookseller.com/news/rakuten... #publishing #GenAI #AI #ebooks
We’re a proud signatory to this letter. Make PACER free and secure.
Fix the Court@fixthecourt.com · 2mo agoNEW: Two dozen good-government groups urge Senate Judiciary Chairman Grassley & Ranking Member @durbin.senate.gov to mark up the Kennedy / @wyden.senate.gov "free PACER" bill before August recess, as they did 2 Congresses ago fixthecourt.com/wp-content/u....
@lawfaremedia.org has a fantastic new tool for legal research that builds on the CourtListener database. You start with a keyword search, then you ask a question about the result set using AI to filter the results further. It's really neat and quite powerful! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/intr...
Introducing RAGtime
A Lawfare research platform now available in beta
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Fantastic initiative by IL Secretary of States office. Now all in Illinois have access to reliable information sources. www.ilsos.gov/departments/...
We elected this unrestrained, delusional, ass-ignorant brat to the United States presidency twice. Our republic is tragedy and farce.
Once again wondering where the book from @jaketapper.bsky.social is, discussing the obvious and severe mental decline of someone who already started off low on the IQ totem pole.
Mrs. Betty Bowers@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 2mo agoSome call it sleeping. I call it rehearsing.
Running a small independent news site covering the courts, we’re stuck by how many stories bigger news orgs missed. For example, a pro se litigant in Oregon filed a lawsuit to stop the production of a U.S. mint 24 carat Trump commemorative coin. He convinced a judge yesterday.
He’s always unaware when something inconvenient comes out.
404 Media@404media.co · 2mo agoMicrosoft's CEO seems unaware of what's going on at his own company.
Highly recommend subscribing, this read was great.
Court Watch@courtwatch.bsky.social · 2mo agoSpying to buy a second BMW. A colonel texting secrets to a dating-app match. A sergeant warning China about a brain chip. Our Sunday long-form story about the federal employees 'open to work' for America's adversaries. www.courtwatch.news/p/the-rabbit...