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Gotta get my screencasting chops back, I'm rusty. But I believe in this toolbox too much to wait to get it perfect, so here is a first pass at a demo of my LLM "mega" prompt *SIFT Toolbox*, which turns your LLM from a chatbot into something more like a research assistant youtu.be/dTzukP7OLuA

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we live in data privacy hell www.404media.co/license-plat...

submitted 10 days ago • 22 comments

We're out of stealth! Super jazzed to announce that I've joined minimus.io as Head of Developer Advocacy. Come say hi if you're at RSAC this week!

submitted 26 days ago • 20 comments

Hey #lawsky, I've got a weird ask. I'm actually looking for amici for a case, but it's an issue that cuts across so many different disciplines that it actually makes sense to cast a wide social media net. I don't want to go into too many details about the case publicly, but the question that I ...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

As a person who has studied history, an autism registry is a five alarm fire.

submitted 33 days ago • 1243 comments

it's important this go as viral as the original story for morale purposes if nothing else. despite the image they project these people are NOT unaccountable. consequences CAN be forced. focused anger and outrage MATTERS.

submitted 34 days ago • 194 comments

I did a user research session with the excellent @blockpartyapp.com this week and talked myself into getting the annual subscription on the call, and recommended it to friends and family this weekend. If you've been on the fence, take another look and lock your shit down.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

NEW: RÜMEYSA ÖZTÜRK prevails on the hard jurisdictional questions and Judge Sessions orders her brought to Vermont for further proceedings. 74-page opinion filed at 5:06:51 pm. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 36 days ago • 10 comments

This case started with an emergency Zoom hearing. And we're back. This is about allegedly imminent AEA Proclamation removals, in which the parties suggest they received only a perfunctory chance to seek the habeas relief SCOTUS said they were entitled to.

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

BREAKING: NC Supreme Court has temporarily blocked appeals court decision that would've disqualified roughly 267 ballots and required more than 61,000 voters to cure registration/ballot deficiencies within 15 business days in order for their votes to count. Story to come. #ncpol

submitted 47 days ago • 22 comments

The Fourth Circuit is famously succinct. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 47 days ago • 314 comments

Two Republican judges on the North Carolina Court of Appeals just effectively overturned Justice Allison Riggs' victory over Jefferson Griffin by retroactively nullifying thousands of lawful votes. A massive and outrageous blow to democracy.

submitted 50 days ago • 97 comments

another student was disappeared at the University of Minnesota

submitted 56 days ago • 64 comments

Everyone deserves due process. Even bad guys.* --- * We don't actually know who is and isn't a "bad guy" without due process.

submitted 62 days ago • 6 comments

www.pbs.org/newshour/pol...

submitted 63 days ago • 3 comments

This new @findingspress.org article about what the new USDOT policy prioritizing birthrates in determining which projects are funding is a must read. doi.org/10.32866/001...

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

Many libs over here are dunking on this, but it's indisputably correct. Since before starting kindergarten in America, I was subjected to a relentless bombardment of quotes from the gospels

submitted 64 days ago • 14 comments

Extremely concerning: A French scientist traveling to the US for a conference was detained, his phone and computer searched. He was reproached for condemning Trump's policies in personal communications, his belongings were confiscated, and he was sent home. www.lemonde.fr/internationa...

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

When there is big, ongoing news, it will often be covered for a long time. Then, something new will happen that's related. The benefit I get from podcasts and expert friends is helping me understand what's new, and how it fits into the larger context. Wish I had this for all news, all the time.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments

A federal court’s jurisdiction does *not* stop at the water’s edge. The question is whether the *defendants* are subject to the court order, not *where* the conduct being challenged takes place. Were it otherwise, the government could act lawlessly overseas and courts would be powerless to stop it.

submitted 69 days ago • 899 comments