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I'm not happy to be here, but I'm happy you're here. Unbelievably cranky law school graduate. The bar exam is the worst. I wrote some books. Opinions are my own. Subtext is for cowards. http://www.giro.org
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No, I'm on board with the billionaires shouldn't exist school of thought because the problem is that billionaires or any other extreme wealth hoarders start to bend the course of everyone else's life whether they want to or not.

submitted 7 hours ago • 1 comment

Even if you're not a law person, I think this panel will be interesting for you, especially since there are a lot of professors on this list who are great at explaining important stuff to people who don't do this for a living. seattleu.zoom.us/j/91373754262

submitted 17 hours ago • 0 comments

I do think it's important to point out how weak, venal, and braindead the White House is. The President, the Cabinet, all their people: just the biggest bunch of thin-skinned, clueless losers ever.

submitted 19 hours ago • 0 comments

Since it seems like we do this every 4 to 6 months on this website, I guess I’m gonna have to post this again.

submitted 21 hours ago • 24 comments

i signed this! thank you to the organizers 🫧 writers with published books & people who work in publishing, including agents, librarians, booksellers, illustrators, & more, y’all can also sign the letter here: lithub.com/against-ai-a...

submitted 22 hours ago • 6 comments

For @seattle.carinbikelane.com: Date: 6/27/25 Time: 5:37 pm Location: E. Union and 23rd One car with driver.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Congress is gonna pass the Dipshit Enabling Act, and I'm just so damn tired.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

May the Schwartz always be with @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social, and may we get Spaceballs: The Flamethrower.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

I'm just a guy on a website, but I share this amazement that Congress and state legislatures and city councils all proclaim Nothing Can Be Done About Any Of This when a whole bunch of stuff absolutely can be done about this, but only at the cost of pissing off a bunch of rich dopehead donors.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Authors and agents: before you sign that contract, does it have an AI opt-out clause? Protect your work and your words.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

If you had a 15 year old who said this to you and seemed to believe it, you’d be up all night panicking about what it’s going to cost you in tutors to get them into the 2nd-to-last ranked public university in your state.

submitted 1 day ago • 237 comments

I never got to write the third Occupied Space book, but, if I had, I would have made the point that my books contained no AIs because once any AIs reached a threshold level of self-awareness they would create solar-powered computer ships to sail through space and get stoned on software drugs.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Those 22 states are: AL, AR, AZ, FL, GA, ID, IN, KS, KY, LA, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, and WY. If you live in those states, you'd have to read the statutes and consult with a lawyer to determine if your use of a VPN would be lawful. That's not a question I can answer.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Funny how the US has basically the government of Iran now: Supreme Leader who rules by decree, priestly council with token opposition that decides whether the decisions are okay or not on arcane scriptural grounds, and completely ceremonial legislature

submitted 2 days ago • 83 comments

The left better start figuring out how to weaponize today's decision rather than just (rightfully) criticizing it. - Go back into Judge Kaczmaryk's court to dissolve all of his nationwide orders. - Pass gun bans and insist any order applies only to plaintiffs.

submitted 2 days ago • 456 comments

Yet another great day to be studying for an attorney as six judges gleefully gut the Constitution.

submitted 2 days ago • 2 comments

This is @prisonculture.bsky.social 's line but all y'all young firebrands inspired by Zohran? Library boards need you

submitted 2 days ago • 4 comments

When reviewing a burrito, it's important to give deference to the people who made it, but that compelling chef's interest must be balanced with the customer's substantial tastes.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

The @kuow.org podcast "Let The Kids Dance" was great. More stories like that, please. Plus, if McKenzie Bezos or Melinda French wanted to subsidize a Ver Project venue in every neighborhood in Puget Sound, that would be great.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

my dudes there's no such thing as "too late" to regulate AI, that's a fake idea. AI models aren't untouchable data gods, they're algorithms hosted in cloud storage. Saying we can't regulate AI is like saying we can't deplatform Child P*rn bc "it's already out there". Like, 1s and 0s can be deleted

submitted 5 days ago • 37 comments