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Posts by Lawrence Lessig

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Trump warns Iran: 'Whole civilization will die'
Trump warns Iran: 'Whole civilization will die' President Trump imposed a deadline for the Strait of Hormuz to open or face heavy strikes.

"A whole civilization will die tonight" is the threat of a war crime. The only way to achieve that result is nuclear.

Those charged by the 25th Amendment to police his fitness to serve need to realize this: If they don't act to stop it, they are responsible.

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Review: THE AI DOC: Or How I Became An Apocaloptimist Missing the elephant in the room

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In Boston and want to see THE AI DOC: OR HOW I BECAME AN APOCALOPTIMIST 3/28 at 6pm AMC Boston Common FOR FREE?

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Ossoff: I get why people voted for him Jon Ossoff is the only Democratic U.S. Senator up for re-election in a state Trump won. This is the most important Senate race in the country. He needs our support, join at ElectJon.com Subscribe…

#JonOssoff is always the clearest on just why #ItsTheCorruptionStupid:

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Coming to SXSW? I’m joining The Knowledge Paradox: When Does Sharing Become Theft? at SXSW Innovation.

➡️ Sat, Mar 14 | 2:30–3:30 PM CT
➡️ Thompson Austin, Red River Ballroom

A session to confront complexity (and to out myself as an alien in this debate).

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An extortionist caving: www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

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Statement from Dario Amodei on our discussions with the Department of War A statement from our CEO on national security uses of AI

This is a beautiful act of integrity and principle, incredibly rare for our time. Thank you, Anthropic.

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UCLA Faculty Beat the the Trump Admin. Other Schools Should Take Notes. Trump's DOJ drops appeal of court order blocking massive UCLA settlement that would have banned diversity programs and declared transgender people don't exist.

tl;dr: An injunction against Trumpian extortion. Finally. The first clear ruling against the business model of this Capo in Chief.

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Sam Wang for New Jersey | Join the Democratic Reform Movement Support Sam Wang's campaign for a fair, transparent, and accountable government in New Jersey. Join the movement to reform democracy and challenge gerrymandering.

Someone who understands neurons, numbers, and democracy is running for Congress. Pay attention: Sam Wang is in the race in NJ. Greast news for evidence-based self-government.

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Sam Wang for New Jersey | Join the Democratic Reform Movement Support Sam Wang's campaign for a fair, transparent, and accountable government in New Jersey. Join the movement to reform democracy and challenge gerrymandering.

Sam Wang—neuroscientist, Princeton professor, democracy reformer, gerrymandering nemesis—is running for Congress. From mapping brains to fixing maps. New Jersey is on the clock.

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How to get dark money out of politics
How to get dark money out of politics Lawrence Lessig — Harvard law professor, former presidential candidate, and founder of Equal Citizens — joins Kara to explain why Super PACs are one of the root causes of political corruption in the…

Grateful to have a chance to talk to Kara Swisher:

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Sam Wang for New Jersey | Join the Democratic Reform Movement Support Sam Wang's campaign for a fair, transparent, and accountable government in New Jersey. Join the movement to reform democracy and challenge gerrymandering.

I’ve admired Sam Wang’s work on gerrymandering and democracy for years. Now he’s running for Congress in NJ. A Princeton neuroscientist who actually uses evidence to defend democracy? Yes please.

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Sam Wang for New Jersey | Join the Democratic Reform Movement Support Sam Wang's campaign for a fair, transparent, and accountable government in New Jersey. Join the movement to reform democracy and challenge gerrymandering.

Sam Wang is running for Congress. Yes, THAT Sam Wang: Princeton professor, neuroscientist, democracy reformer, relentless opponent of gerrymandering. Serious brains + serious commitment to democracy = very good news.

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Sam Wang for New Jersey | Join the Democratic Reform Movement Support Sam Wang's campaign for a fair, transparent, and accountable government in New Jersey. Join the movement to reform democracy and challenge gerrymandering.

Big news from New Jersey: Sam Wang—neuroscientist, Princeton professor, and one of the nation’s leading anti-gerrymandering voices—is running for Congress. Evidence-based democracy is stepping onto the ballot. This is how change happens.

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New episode in The Gino Case posted From The Law, such as it is

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On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Buckley v. Valeo, I'm participating in an event at the AEI in DC about originalism and the First Amendment. Register to attend in person or online here: buff.ly/SaJGigQ

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Our founder @lessig.bsky.social is going live on Lawrence O’Donnell’s MSNOWNews The Last Word segment with Ali Velshi tonight at 10:20 pm ET!

Tune in to learn how our legal strategy can get dark money out of politics WITHOUT overturning Citizens United.

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Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager
Dear America, We’d Like to Speak to the Manager Talks in Washington among Greenland, Denmark and the United States over Greenland’s future have stalled, with no compromise in sight. Greenlanders have made it clear that they want to remain under…

Seriously, truly brilliant. Yo, time to get off the train.

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Jason Crow is really pissed #short

Remember when Trump (who has bombed 7 countries, invaded 1, and is threatening at least two others (not counting Mexico)) was to be the anti-NeoCon president?

I respect the anti-NeoCons. But hey, Trump-supporting-anti-NeoCons: Do you respect yourself? @TulsiGabbard

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Nemik's eulogy for Renee Nicole Good.
Nemik's eulogy for Renee Nicole Good. It's always a bad sign when there are Andor memes in your feed. Thanks to the many photographers whose work I've borrowed. You can find a full list of all the photos used in the montage here:…

Wow. #JustWow

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Good vs. Ice
Good vs. Ice

The revolution will be YouTube-ified.

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Aaron Swartz - Wikipedia

- @aaronsw, +13.

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The idiocy of "empire" it is.

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