The thirtieth episode (Apple Podcasts link here and Spotify link here) of Strangers on the Internet with co-host and psychologist Michelle Lange features couple Jane-Ashe and Damon who met in a Facebook group tied to a nerdy fandom podcast (Binge Mode). Damon hadn’t had much luck with dating apps, while Jane-Ashe got tired enough of people wasting her time that she became a […]
Category: Conspiracy Theories
“Retroactive Anonymity Is an Oxymoron” + “It Is Never Appropriate to Seal Entire Appeals”
Words from the Seventh Circuit, in Singh v. Amar, 2023 WL 3267851, handed down Wednesday. One can debate the merits of these conclusions, or argue that they are somewhat overstated (e.g., perhaps there might be some basis for sealed appeals in some extraordinary national security cases); and the Seventh Circuit is somewhat more skeptical of pseudonymity […]
May Open Thread (2023) – The Corbett Report
May is upon us, so let’s start the May Open Thread. Perhaps you want to reflect on the passing of 9/11 Truth titan Graeme Macqueen. Or, if you’ve already watched Meet King Charles, The Great Resetter, then you might want to check out The King Charles III File from kla.tv. Do you want to opine […]
Why CISOs should support renewal of FISA’s section 702
Lawfare has published an op-ed on this topic by Rick Salgado and me. The gist is that the government has been adapting FISA section 702 to thwart cyberspies and ransomware gangs. We argue that this gives CISOs a stake in the debate over renewing 702: For Section 702 to be an effective weapon against cyberattacks, […]
What Supreme Court Advocates Mean When We Say “Those Are Good Facts”
Recently, I was speaking to a group of high school students about Supreme Court advocacy. I referenced a recent cert grant, involving a veteran who was injured in war, and suffered a debilitating injury. I said, without thinking about it, “those are good facts.” I immediately stopped myself, and realized that I just told a […]
The First Scalia Oral Argument Since 1976?
Antonin Scalia heard hundreds of cases as an Associate Justice before the Supreme Court. But he argued one, and only one case, as a Supreme Court advocate: Alfred Dunhill Of London, Inc. v. Cuba in January 1976. You can listen to it here. Today, the Supreme Court granted cert in Murray v. UBS Securities. Counsel of […]
Justice Stevens Papers Through 2005 To Be Made Available Starting Tomorrow
Today the Library of Congress announced that, tomorrow, it will be making available the papers of the late Justice John Paul Stevens through 2005. The release of a Justice’s papers is often pretty significant for Supreme Court nerds and historians alike, as the papers include drafts of opinions and memos among the Justices that shed […]
Lawfare Podcast on AI Libel, with Prof. Alan Rozenshtein and Me
From the Lawfare blog (link to my paper revised): If someone lies about you, you can usually sue them for defamation. But what if that someone is ChatGPT? Already in Australia, the mayor of a town outside Melbourne has threatened to sue OpenAI because ChatGPT falsely named him a guilty party in a bribery scandal. […]
Johann Friedrich Baring (1747-1808) – Conspiracy Archive
Gotha Illuminati Research Base (here and here). *1747, †1808, head of the royal mining company, Hanover, member of the Illuminati under the code name Sala. (1747 Hannover – 1808) Lutheran – In 1777, he was employed by the State Grain Warehouse, then became a mining company clerk in Hannover. In 1794, he became Second Commissioner, in 1796 […]
The Sex Robot in the Closet
The twenty-ninth episode (Apple Podcasts link here and Spotify link here) of Strangers on the Internet with co-host and psychologist Michelle Lange has us chatting with international sex robots expert and “Turned On” author Dr. Kate Devlin, who explains the current state of technology and her views on the moral panic surrounding parasocial relationships with robots. Kate believes that most of people’s fears […]