Bohdan Widła
@bwidla.bsky.social
researching IT&IP law at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków (Poland) a.k.a. trying to figure it out in academia after 10 years as a law practitioner | he/him
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3030034
SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=3030034
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The interoperability of email is very similar to the existence of libraries in that it would be considered a utopian dream if we didn't already have it
Every time someone tells me that interoperable protocols are too complicated for the average person, I point out that they use email and the web.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
The goal needs to be to get atproto to the point that it is just "how the internet works" and the details fade into the background like https & smtp.
Today, your most-used interoperable protocols are probably smtp, delivering your email, and https, loading web pages
Interoperability means you can use Gmail and Outlook, or Chrome and Firefox, to access the data that's moving over the same agreed-upon (protocol) rails
ATProto does that for social
Interoperability means you can use Gmail and Outlook, or Chrome and Firefox, to access the data that's moving over the same agreed-upon (protocol) rails
ATProto does that for social
January 26, 2026 at 5:44 PM
The interoperability of email is very similar to the existence of libraries in that it would be considered a utopian dream if we didn't already have it
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🇵🇱⚖️ We've reached a crucial point in the Polish rule-of-law crisis: a court found a divorce null and void due to a "neo-judge" presiding over the proceedings. Given how quick, easy, and fast access to divorce is in the country, this story will make waves. 1/
January 19, 2026 at 9:14 AM
🇵🇱⚖️ We've reached a crucial point in the Polish rule-of-law crisis: a court found a divorce null and void due to a "neo-judge" presiding over the proceedings. Given how quick, easy, and fast access to divorce is in the country, this story will make waves. 1/
Przeczytałem w końcu zostawiony tydzień temu "w zakładkach na później" tekst @benstanley.eu i bardzo polecam. Przemawia do mnie dużo bardziej, niż przerysowany tekst redaktora naczelnego KL, na który odpowiada.
kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/12/30/b...
kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/12/30/b...
Brytyjczycy w przeciwieństwie do Polaków ufali państwu. Niepotrzebnie
Ben Stanley, Brytyjczyk od lat mieszkający w Polsce, odpowiada na esej Jarosława Kuisza o polskości.
kulturaliberalna.pl
January 11, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Przeczytałem w końcu zostawiony tydzień temu "w zakładkach na później" tekst @benstanley.eu i bardzo polecam. Przemawia do mnie dużo bardziej, niż przerysowany tekst redaktora naczelnego KL, na który odpowiada.
kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/12/30/b...
kulturaliberalna.pl/2025/12/30/b...
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I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
It's the most magical time of the year — when estimates of last year's global average temperature anomaly come out. Time to dust off my "last year was hot" auto-response.
January 5, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I'm starting to get the emails. Reporters: please see my comments below.
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30 years ago today, Netscape announced a new programming language, one that emerged from a frantic, week-and-a-half-long sprint. It ended up sticking around far longer than anyone could've expected.
In 1995, a Netscape employee wrote a hack in 10 days that now runs the Internet
Thirty years later, JavaScript is the glue that holds the interactive web together, warts and all.
arstechnica.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
30 years ago today, Netscape announced a new programming language, one that emerged from a frantic, week-and-a-half-long sprint. It ended up sticking around far longer than anyone could've expected.
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Iceland is right to consider this an existential threat.
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
Iceland declares ocean-current instability a national security risk
Iceland has classified the potential collapse of a major Atlantic current system as a national security threat, citing new scientific warnings that such a change could radically alter the country’s cl...
www.dagens.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Iceland is right to consider this an existential threat.
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
www.dagens.com/news/iceland...
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We have reached 1.4 degrees celsius #globalheating according to NASA data (smooth black trend line). Breaching 1.5 is now inevitable. From now on the fight is to keep overshoot as small and short as possible.
November 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
We have reached 1.4 degrees celsius #globalheating according to NASA data (smooth black trend line). Breaching 1.5 is now inevitable. From now on the fight is to keep overshoot as small and short as possible.
Unexpected laughs thanks to the gargantuan opinion in Getty v. Stability AI (the stuff below concerns the application of the standard of average consumer in trademark law)
November 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Unexpected laughs thanks to the gargantuan opinion in Getty v. Stability AI (the stuff below concerns the application of the standard of average consumer in trademark law)
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In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
September 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
In a UN speech today, President Trump said that "all of these [climate] predictions were wrong".
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
Back in 2019 I led a research effort to digitize old climate model projections and assess how well they did. Turns out they got future warming pretty spot on!
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On this day 44 yrs ago (Aug 29 1981) the New York Times editorialised
"7 scientists from NASA claim to have found evidence that C02 has already been warming the Earth for a century. They predict it will produce ”unprecedented” warming in the next century."
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allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/28/a...
"7 scientists from NASA claim to have found evidence that C02 has already been warming the Earth for a century. They predict it will produce ”unprecedented” warming in the next century."
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allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/28/a...
August 29, 1981 - New York Times editorial “Heating up the Atmosphere” - All Our Yesterdays
Forty four years ago, on this day, August 29th, 1981, a week after a front page story “Study finds warming trend that could raise sea levels,” the New York Times editorialised For years there have bee...
allouryesterdays.info
August 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
On this day 44 yrs ago (Aug 29 1981) the New York Times editorialised
"7 scientists from NASA claim to have found evidence that C02 has already been warming the Earth for a century. They predict it will produce ”unprecedented” warming in the next century."
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allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/28/a...
"7 scientists from NASA claim to have found evidence that C02 has already been warming the Earth for a century. They predict it will produce ”unprecedented” warming in the next century."
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allouryesterdays.info/2025/08/28/a...
Surely if we invest more in AI, we will solve it, won't we.
🐦 Bird losses driven by common species declines
A major new study finds North America's bird decline is not just about rare species, it is the common birds that are disappearing fastest, mostly due to land-use change.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Biodiversity #Birds #SciComm 🧪
A major new study finds North America's bird decline is not just about rare species, it is the common birds that are disappearing fastest, mostly due to land-use change.
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#Biodiversity #Birds #SciComm 🧪
North American bird declines are driven by reductions in common species
Declines in North American birds are driven not by rare species vanishing but by sharp losses among formerly common species.
www.science.org
August 3, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Surely if we invest more in AI, we will solve it, won't we.
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NEW CHART: Trump's "big beautiful bill" & other efforts to dismantle climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement 🫠
www.carbonbrief.org/...
www.carbonbrief.org/...
July 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NEW CHART: Trump's "big beautiful bill" & other efforts to dismantle climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030, compared to meeting its former climate pledge under the Paris Agreement 🫠
www.carbonbrief.org/...
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
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🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)
• about 340,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,640,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,270,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 340,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,640,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,270,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
June 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🚨 Friday ice update - #Arctic sea ice extent is currently the *lowest* on record (JAXA data)
• about 340,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,640,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,270,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
• about 340,000 km² below the 2010s mean
• about 1,020,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,640,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 2,270,000 km² below the 1980s mean
More: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
"If the risk of a plane crashing was as high as the risk of the AMOC collapsing, none of us would ever fly because they would not let the plane take off." (@doctorvive.bsky.social).
Exactly, this.
Exactly, this.
‘This is a fight for life’: climate expert on tipping points, doomerism and using wealth as a shield
Economic assumptions about risks of the climate crisis are no longer relevant, says the communications expert Genevieve Guenther
www.theguardian.com
June 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
"If the risk of a plane crashing was as high as the risk of the AMOC collapsing, none of us would ever fly because they would not let the plane take off." (@doctorvive.bsky.social).
Exactly, this.
Exactly, this.
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Read the story behind our new study published yesterday in Nature, unfiltered straight from the scientists: 🌊
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
Unprecedented heat in the North Atlantic Ocean kickstarted Europe’s hellish 2023 summer. Now we know what caused it
Parts of the Atlantic Ocean are again much warmer than normal, priming Europe for more extreme heat this summer.
theconversation.com
June 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Read the story behind our new study published yesterday in Nature, unfiltered straight from the scientists: 🌊
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
theconversation.com/unprecedente...
How about this - total butterfly abundance in the USA fell by 22% across the 554 recorded species within 20 years. 20 years! Obviously it's not only about butterflies, but everything that depends on them.
And here we are, discussing growth, deregulation, blah-blah.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
And here we are, discussing growth, deregulation, blah-blah.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Rapid butterfly declines across the United States during the 21st century
Numerous declines have been documented across insect groups, and the potential consequences of insect losses are dire. Butterflies are the most surveyed insect taxa, yet analyses have been limited in ...
www.science.org
March 8, 2025 at 10:59 AM
How about this - total butterfly abundance in the USA fell by 22% across the 554 recorded species within 20 years. 20 years! Obviously it's not only about butterflies, but everything that depends on them.
And here we are, discussing growth, deregulation, blah-blah.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
And here we are, discussing growth, deregulation, blah-blah.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
I only just noticed the title of the show in the 'Hackers' which Zero Cool stops after telling the racist anchor 'Yak, yak, yak...get a job'.
My brain apparently still lives in the 1990s and it's hard to get used to the fact that the tech-savvy racists actually pretty much run the show now.
My brain apparently still lives in the 1990s and it's hard to get used to the fact that the tech-savvy racists actually pretty much run the show now.
February 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
I only just noticed the title of the show in the 'Hackers' which Zero Cool stops after telling the racist anchor 'Yak, yak, yak...get a job'.
My brain apparently still lives in the 1990s and it's hard to get used to the fact that the tech-savvy racists actually pretty much run the show now.
My brain apparently still lives in the 1990s and it's hard to get used to the fact that the tech-savvy racists actually pretty much run the show now.
On the same day, I read about EU wanting to "cut the the eco-related red tape" and this. Crystal blue lakes in Greenland turning brown and becoming CO2 sources, not sinks. Just like that, abruptly. But yeah, let's keep worrying about "competitiveness" and "red tape".
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
January 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
On the same day, I read about EU wanting to "cut the the eco-related red tape" and this. Crystal blue lakes in Greenland turning brown and becoming CO2 sources, not sinks. Just like that, abruptly. But yeah, let's keep worrying about "competitiveness" and "red tape".
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
My lukewarm reaction to all the debates around "making Europe competitive again", "listen to Draghi" and "why so much regulation" are pretty much summed up by this - in a not-so-long run, it's just not gonna matter.
I have a new paper in Dialogues on Climate Change exploring climate outcomes under current policies. I find that we are likely headed toward 2.7C by 2100 (with uncertainties from 1.9C to 3.7C), and that high end emissions scenarios have become much less likely.
journals.sagepub.com...
journals.sagepub.com...
January 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My lukewarm reaction to all the debates around "making Europe competitive again", "listen to Draghi" and "why so much regulation" are pretty much summed up by this - in a not-so-long run, it's just not gonna matter.
A Polish court claims that if you grant access (via freedom of information laws) to source code of a program that pseudo-randomly matches judges with new cases, it leads to a "real and highest level of threat". More in this post by @infzakladowy.bsky.social informatykzakladowy.pl/realny-i-naj...
Realny i najwyższy stopień zagrożenia
Co robią urzędnicy, jeśli bardzo nie chcą zrealizować wniosku o informację publiczną? Zaczynają siać strach, wątpliwości i niepewność!
informatykzakladowy.pl
January 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
A Polish court claims that if you grant access (via freedom of information laws) to source code of a program that pseudo-randomly matches judges with new cases, it leads to a "real and highest level of threat". More in this post by @infzakladowy.bsky.social informatykzakladowy.pl/realny-i-naj...
In line with my rebellious nature, I finally deactivated my 'professional' X account. Which leaves me with only one more, the one used solely to follow Polish politics (what this says about my nature, I don't even want to know).
January 2, 2025 at 10:37 AM
In line with my rebellious nature, I finally deactivated my 'professional' X account. Which leaves me with only one more, the one used solely to follow Polish politics (what this says about my nature, I don't even want to know).
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Simulated reconstruction of December #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Large interannual variability, but watch what happens in recent years...
Information about this data: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI.... Data set only available through 2010.
Information about this data: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI.... Data set only available through 2010.
December 28, 2024 at 11:10 PM
Simulated reconstruction of December #Arctic sea ice thickness since 1901. Large interannual variability, but watch what happens in recent years...
Information about this data: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI.... Data set only available through 2010.
Information about this data: doi.org/10.1175/JCLI.... Data set only available through 2010.
47 stars on 25 December in #AdventOfCode - I think this is my personal best or close to it. One more task to go, but it's gotta wait for another day.
I should say that I wasted a lot of hours in December on this, but it makes no sense to call this effort a waste. Better than any crossword puzzle!
I should say that I wasted a lot of hours in December on this, but it makes no sense to call this effort a waste. Better than any crossword puzzle!
December 25, 2024 at 12:42 PM
47 stars on 25 December in #AdventOfCode - I think this is my personal best or close to it. One more task to go, but it's gotta wait for another day.
I should say that I wasted a lot of hours in December on this, but it makes no sense to call this effort a waste. Better than any crossword puzzle!
I should say that I wasted a lot of hours in December on this, but it makes no sense to call this effort a waste. Better than any crossword puzzle!
I still haven't solved today's Advent of Code, so I must post about law :( What's the status of text and data mining of code under EU copyright law? The article may or may not include words such as 'lexer' and 'tokenizer', and only a very small part is about genAI. academic.oup.com/grurint/adva...
December 19, 2024 at 8:43 AM
I still haven't solved today's Advent of Code, so I must post about law :( What's the status of text and data mining of code under EU copyright law? The article may or may not include words such as 'lexer' and 'tokenizer', and only a very small part is about genAI. academic.oup.com/grurint/adva...