Nostr notes by James Grimmelmann

Because four of the Justices have book contracts with a ...

2026-10-19T23:47:14Z

Because four of the Justices have book contracts with a party's corporate parent, the Supreme Court LACKS A QUORUM to hear BMG v. Vetter, and one of the worst copyright decisions in recent memory is affirmed by default. It's just one bad look after another.

[www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docke...](https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-1391.html )

[Docket for 25-1391 ](https://www.supremecourt.gov/docket/docketfiles/html/public/25-1391.html )

At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from our ...

2026-10-13T21:14:14Z

At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from our accompanying technical report, Don't Create The Torment Nexus.

[www.anthropic.com/research/sel...](https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai )

[AI models may be capable of se...](https://www.anthropic.com/research/self-replicating-ai )

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2026-10-12T20:10:48Z

Napster is as old now as VCRs were when I started teaching IP law.

I'm getting increasingly tired of emails from Cornell deans ...

2026-10-06T14:40:29Z

I'm getting increasingly tired of emails from Cornell deans about "supporting our students" "in this difficult time" as though the Chi Phi gang rape and the administration's deficient response were just stressful things that have happened in the world and not in anyway Cornell's own responsibility.

Longtermism (n): the irrefutable moral postulate that the needs ...

2026-10-05T13:32:11Z

Longtermism (n): the irrefutable moral postulate that the needs of the imaginary many outweigh the needs of the actual few.

I made a big deal this spring over Kotlikoff’s refusal to take ...

2026-10-03T21:27:18Z

I made a big deal this spring over Kotlikoff’s refusal to take responsibility for hitting a student with his car, and the Board’s unwillingness to do so either.

This is why.

An administrative culture of “not our fault” is how you botch a rape investigation.

[www.cornellsun.com/article/2026...](https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/05/lykuqaweyyih )

[GUEST ROOM | Kotlikoff Makes t...](https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2026/05/lykuqaweyyih )

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2026-10-02T11:41:10Z

[www.wskg.org/regional-new...](https://www.wskg.org/regional-news/2026-10-01/cornell-quietly-edits-faq-page-about-fraternity-sexual-assault-allegations-amid-public-backlash )

[Cornell quietly edits FAQ page...](https://www.wskg.org/regional-news/2026-10-01/cornell-quietly-edits-faq-page-about-fraternity-sexual-assault-allegations-amid-public-backlash )

Love to have technically detailed issues of national importance ...

2026-06-30T18:02:16Z

Love to have technically detailed issues of national importance decided by judges who casually compare a measure of area to a measure of distance.
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