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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 12h

Extra-judicial murder should be grounds for impeachment, if not extradiction

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 15h

Reports of the death of Woke are slightly exaggerated

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 1d

Great suggestions about the cleansing power of screenlessness

Steve Embry @sembrytechlaw.bsky.social · 1d

I write about legal tech. I love GenAI. But I fear its making us lazy thinkers.
Every Sunday I try to go screenless. The more I stick to it, the sharper my work and the clearer my thinking.
Thanks Cat Moon, David Sparks and David Sax for encouraging analog.

www.techlawcrossroads.com/2025/10/goin...

Going Analog: Is It Just for Luddites? | TechLaw Crossroads

The world of GenAI: get an answer to anything and everything within seconds. No thinking required: just prompt and go. I’m all about technology and the

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 5d

My feeble effort to awaken friends on X:

"Nominal 'Republicans' are paving the road to serfdom

while actual conservatives busily gawk at anti-woke sideshows"

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 5d

Darn it, my own next piece on why the most important things lawyers should be doing now is to be better humans is still weeks from completion

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 6d

I'm sure there are defensible reasons behind these studies, but after four decades of seeing our legal assistance system serve less than a fifth of those who need help I'm starting to get a little impatient

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 6d

Every time I see another RFP for a "statewide civil legal needs assessment" I wonder if the money might better be spent actually addressing needs that have already endlessly been assessed

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Suffolk LIT Lab @suffolklitlab.org · 6d

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² www.youtube.com/watch?v=AECH... sample of what we do

Suffolk University is looking for DevOps Engineer, Legal Innovation and Technology Lab – Clinical Fellow (Remote).

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 7d

If not, perhaps they can make like a tree and leave

Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 10d

Black

Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 11d

An homage to a revolutionary outsider

Dennis McCarthy @dennismccarthy.bsky.social · 11d

The Singular Daring, Genius, and Compassion of Jane Goodall: dennismccarthy.substack.com/p/the-singul...

The Singular Daring, Genius, and Compassion of Jane Goodall

Sometimes, seemingly small and insignificant events in the life of a talented individual can set into motion a chain of choices that eventually transforms the world.

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 11d

Great to talk shop with Dennis and Tom
legaltalknetwork.com/podcasts/ken...

Fresh Voices on Legal Tech with Marc Lauritsen - Legal Talk Network

Is true technology competence possible? The speed at which technology advances is now impossible to stay completely ahead of, but as lawyers, a commitment Discover insightful episodes on Legal Talk Ne...

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 13d

All of the below.
(Aptronym + etymological confusion)

David Colarusso @davidcolarusso.com · 13d

I wonder if one day the etymology of "trumped-up charges" will get confused because of the current administration's use of the DOJ et al. or if the originally etymology will stick (i.e., from words that mean "to deceive") & folks will feel his name was just a really on-the-nose aptronym.

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 15d

From Hisham Matar's chilling The Return:
"History remembers Mussolini as the buffoonish Fascist, the ineffective silly man of Italy who led a lame military campaign in the Second World War, but in Libya he oversaw a campaign of genocide."

Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 21d

The miniature horse in the foreground is Munchie

Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 21d

No shame
No care
No sense

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 21d

No evidence.
No science.
No solutions.

Just Trump peddling another dangerous lie — this time about Tylenol and autism — that sows chaos, scares parents, and puts our health at risk.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump: "Taking Tylenol is, uh, not good. I'll say it. It's not good."

Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 23d

Had a wonderful lunch on this gorgeous fall New England day with friends, who recollected the 1938 hurricane on this day that they personally experienced
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_Ne...

1938 New England hurricane - Wikipedia

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 25d

Black (and white) Beauty

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 25d

@tribelaw.bsky.social - I know there are Supremacy Clause issues, but when federal agent misbehavior is so contrary to public safety might the state's police power prevail over them?

Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 26d

How about a state law prohibiting masked and unidentified people from engaging in such "enforcement"? Anyone tried that yet?

Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 26d

The Trump administration’s cruel immigration enforcement tactics are recklessly endangering all Illinoisians, including hardworking immigrants and US citizens.

This isn't the nation I know or grew up in — know your rights, stand up, and speak out.

U.S. citizen tased and detained during ICE operation in Des Plaines, Illinois

Edgar Ruiz said he was tased in the face during an ICE operation outside a 7-Eleven store in Des Plaines on Tuesday morning.

www.cbsnews.com

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 26d

He thought he was a king but he was only Prince Charming

🎃 Scare-ah G. 🎃 @sglassmeyer.bsky.social · 26d

There's a lot going on but I have to tell you that I have never seen Kate look this happy and relaxed at an official function. She usually is pulling manic faces or looking sullen. So she's either drugged to the gills or....

Kate Princess of Wales and Trump smiling at each other.

Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 26d

You mean we can't just sit here and expect things to get better?

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 27d

When all the nominal 'leaders' of important federal agencies are in fact abject followers of a demented would-be autocrat, honest criticism is essential

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 27d

Reviewing papers for JURIX
(A great conference I've yet to attend, although I co-authored a paper there with Carole Hafner)

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Marc Lauritsen @marclauritsen.bsky.social · 28d

Just caught a great talk by David Mindell about this new book, which brought back memories of visiting the Matthew Boulton house in Birmingham and reading about the Lunar Society some years back.

Is genAI the steam engine of the legal "industry"?

mitpress.mit.edu/978026204952...

The New Lunar Society

Climate change, global disruption, and labor scarcity are forcing us to rethink the underlying principles of industrial society. In The New Lunar Society, Da...

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