my kid was sick so i completely missed this news that is driving people nuts

Steph

to news outlets - please link to the court decision that is the subject of your article

"We cannot wait until it’s time to count the graves of the children who have perished, declare it a famine — or indeed, a genocide — and say, simply, “Never again.” — Alex de Waal

This take just set back organ donation efforts

Why can’t there be a high speed rail between Toronto and Montreal

This is like a plague

This. I'm always surprised to see this these days.

Pleased to share our new piece nature titled: "We Need a New Ethics for a World of AI Agents". AI systems are undergoing an ‘agentic turn’ shifting from passive tools to active participants in our world. This moment demands a new ethical framework.

UN experts call for dismantling of the #Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, condemning the exploitation of humanitarian relief for covert military & geopolitical aims: “Palestinians are paying the ultimate price for failures of the international community” #GHF ohchr.org/en/press-relea…

My 2nd post on the Volokh Conspiracy--in which I argue that federal law protects the right of religious groups to hire employees based not only on their religious beliefs but also their conduct--including on matters of sex and marriage: reason.com/volokh/2025/08…

Seen from the air, #Gaza looks like the ruins of an ancient civilisation, brought to light after centuries of darkness. The remnants of a city wiped out. But here there has been no natural disaster & no slow passage of time. My latest. #Palestine #Israel theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…

Only way to deal with starvation in Gaza is to compel Netanyahu to end a horrific, pointless war which even the vast majority of Israelis no longer support. Instead Trump will try to build another Rube Goldberg machine for aid instead of doing the obvious axios.com/2025/08/05/tru…

First schools, then govts. Pretty soon not possible to avoid this anymore. I want AI to help cure diseases, not this.

titanic intercorporate IP battles give me more hope for muzzling the AI hellbeast than any regulatory efforts so far I’m afraid

by accident??

Paulsen on Equal Protection and the Establishment Clause, buff.ly/sprygqv - Michael S. Paulsen (The University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)) has posted Religion, Equality, and the Constitution: An Equal Protection Approach to Establishment Clause Adjudication* (The Notre

A powerful opinion piece by Zinaida Miller on the pitfalls of recognition The Promise of Palestinian Statehood Is Ringing Hollow nytimes.com/2025/08/06/opi… via @NYTOpinion

Happy Anniversary to the greatest performance in Olympic basketball history. One year ago today, Stephen Curry dropped 36 PTS, 8 REB, and 9 3PM as Team USA punched their ticket to the Finals. GOATED

Being human in an economy populated by AI agents would suck. Our new study in PNASNews finds that AI assistants—used for everything from shopping to reviewing academic papers—show a consistent, implicit bias for other AIs: "AI-AI bias". You may be affected