Lawrence Lessig
@lessig.bsky.social
Law professor; activist; not convinced we have time; acting as if we do.
Ten years ago today, I ended my effort to get corruption at the center of the Democratic presidential debate. Flawed and impossible in many ways, it was right. Then, and even more so now.
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The Democrats have changed the rules
We were on our way to qualifying for the second debate — then the Democrats changed the rules. Watch Lessig describe what this means for the campaign.
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November 2, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Ten years ago today, I ended my effort to get corruption at the center of the Democratic presidential debate. Flawed and impossible in many ways, it was right. Then, and even more so now.
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Reposted by Lawrence Lessig
I'm going to make this even easier for @jay.bsky.team - I'm willing to be a PR person at a very reasonable rate. I've worked in tech marketing for 10 years and was a software engineer for another 10. I've run the social media & tech side of a $11M campaign for Larry Lessig. I'm qualified. DM me.
October 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I'm going to make this even easier for @jay.bsky.team - I'm willing to be a PR person at a very reasonable rate. I've worked in tech marketing for 10 years and was a software engineer for another 10. I've run the social media & tech side of a $11M campaign for Larry Lessig. I'm qualified. DM me.
Hey, the future. There were a few. Too few, but some.
BREAKING NEWS: Rand Paul Absolutely Trashes Trump's Tariffs After Outrage Over Canada's Reagan Ad
During remarks on the Senate floor Tuesday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) criticized President Trump's tariff policies.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Hey, the future. There were a few. Too few, but some.
Colorado AG Phil Weiser has filed suit against Trump for moving Space Force b/c Colorado has mail-in voting. My favorite line in the complaint: "Trump’s statements and beliefs on mail-in voting are simply untethered from the facts."
Let this become the refrain everywhere.
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Let this become the refrain everywhere.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Colorado AG Phil Weiser has filed suit against Trump for moving Space Force b/c Colorado has mail-in voting. My favorite line in the complaint: "Trump’s statements and beliefs on mail-in voting are simply untethered from the facts."
Let this become the refrain everywhere.
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Let this become the refrain everywhere.
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Re health care costs: "These are insane numbers."
Two ways to think about this story. One: the "insane numbers." The other: that 1/2 of America has no clue about these facts, because of the bubbles we've allowed media to become.
THAT is the insanity.
Two ways to think about this story. One: the "insane numbers." The other: that 1/2 of America has no clue about these facts, because of the bubbles we've allowed media to become.
THAT is the insanity.
Maddow: This is what Democrats have been screaming about
The real numbers on the impact of Republican changes to health insurance subsidies are being made public, and they are extreme to say the least. Suddenly, the abstract fight over the federal…
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October 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Re health care costs: "These are insane numbers."
Two ways to think about this story. One: the "insane numbers." The other: that 1/2 of America has no clue about these facts, because of the bubbles we've allowed media to become.
THAT is the insanity.
Two ways to think about this story. One: the "insane numbers." The other: that 1/2 of America has no clue about these facts, because of the bubbles we've allowed media to become.
THAT is the insanity.
A former GOP official has privately financed the purchase of the second-largest voting technology vendor in America? What could possibly go wrong...
Here's what could go right: We urgently need a demand by election officials for open-source voting technology.
Here's what could go right: We urgently need a demand by election officials for open-source voting technology.
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October 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A former GOP official has privately financed the purchase of the second-largest voting technology vendor in America? What could possibly go wrong...
Here's what could go right: We urgently need a demand by election officials for open-source voting technology.
Here's what could go right: We urgently need a demand by election officials for open-source voting technology.
This is the most important political speech IN a generation FOR this generation. Let it begin the fight back.
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
Jimmy Kimmel returns to the air and talks about all of the people who have reached out over the last six days including fellow late night talk show hosts, fans of the show, and those who don’t…
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September 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is the most important political speech IN a generation FOR this generation. Let it begin the fight back.
Yes, let's spend American wealth to prop up yet another right-wing fantasist.
US offers financial lifeline to Argentina’s Javier Milei
Treasury secretary Scott Bessent says ‘all options’ are on the table to support the country through bout of market volatility
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September 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Yes, let's spend American wealth to prop up yet another right-wing fantasist.
We are a nation of cowards.
Where are all the free speech warriors who were going to start a revolution because Twitter was throttling Hunter's d*ck pics?
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Where are all the free speech warriors who were going to start a revolution because Twitter was throttling Hunter's d*ck pics?
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Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We are a nation of cowards.
Where are all the free speech warriors who were going to start a revolution because Twitter was throttling Hunter's d*ck pics?
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Where are all the free speech warriors who were going to start a revolution because Twitter was throttling Hunter's d*ck pics?
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August 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
August 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
The ghost of a (much dumber) Nixon returns. Criticize the President, suffer an FBI search at your home.
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FBI Searches John Bolton’s Home: Trump News and Live Updates
Year will end with 300,000 fewer federal workers, a Trump official says.
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August 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The ghost of a (much dumber) Nixon returns. Criticize the President, suffer an FBI search at your home.
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Super-interesting essay by one of my favorite legal historians about the 1872 story of a child born to enemy alien parents deemed a US citizen, even though the child left the US almost immediately. #ImagineIfOriginalismAppliedConsistently.
Birthright Citizenship of Child Born to Enemy Alien Visitors – Washington University Law Review
This is the story of Mogridge v. United States, in which the United States asserted, and a multinational commission held, that a child born in Pennsylvania to enemy alien visitors was a U.S. citizen…
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August 19, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Super-interesting essay by one of my favorite legal historians about the 1872 story of a child born to enemy alien parents deemed a US citizen, even though the child left the US almost immediately. #ImagineIfOriginalismAppliedConsistently.
After repeatedly failing to render a cartoon correctly, ChatGPT offered this advice. Got to admire the honesty (also, saves server cycles).
August 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
After repeatedly failing to render a cartoon correctly, ChatGPT offered this advice. Got to admire the honesty (also, saves server cycles).
This is not difficult. EVERY Democrat in the 117th Congress voted for a bill that would have ended partisan gerrymandering, and EVERY Republican voted against it. The GOP didn't want to disarm; this is the consequence of their decision.
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Newsom: 'Donald Trump, you have poked the bear'
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that the state will move forward with a plan to redraw congressional maps, as Democrats push back against President Trump and the GOP's gerrymandering…
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August 15, 2025 at 11:52 AM
This is not difficult. EVERY Democrat in the 117th Congress voted for a bill that would have ended partisan gerrymandering, and EVERY Republican voted against it. The GOP didn't want to disarm; this is the consequence of their decision.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:51 PM
On settling with an extortionist: open.substack.com/pub/lessig/p...
August 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
On settling with an extortionist: open.substack.com/pub/lessig/p...
And thus does the end begin?
AI companies need to commit firmly not to permit truth to be bought. "Joe's Tavern seems to be the most liked restaurant in Anytown" should not be a function of whether Joe's Tavern pays an LLM.
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AI companies need to commit firmly not to permit truth to be bought. "Joe's Tavern seems to be the most liked restaurant in Anytown" should not be a function of whether Joe's Tavern pays an LLM.
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Elon Musk says X plans to introduce ads in Grok's responses | TechCrunch
The move would help power X's struggling ads business following the departure of former CEO Linda Yaccarino.
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August 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
And thus does the end begin?
AI companies need to commit firmly not to permit truth to be bought. "Joe's Tavern seems to be the most liked restaurant in Anytown" should not be a function of whether Joe's Tavern pays an LLM.
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AI companies need to commit firmly not to permit truth to be bought. "Joe's Tavern seems to be the most liked restaurant in Anytown" should not be a function of whether Joe's Tavern pays an LLM.
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August 5, 2025 at 10:39 AM