Lorraine Fleck

The Paris Prosecutor's office announced they are leaving X by stating they raided their offices.

What a way to leave X.

View from rooftop of Sam the Record Man, Toronto, 1982
From the photobook "No Money Down-Toronto (1980-1986)"

#photography
#filmphotography
#believeinfilm
#filmisnotdead

Welcome to 2026.

I have a new chapter out, offering a tech-critical and feminist critique of the false “security” created by video doorbell cameras, like Ring 👀

“Whose Security are we Talking About Anyway?” co-authored with the brilliant Jane Bailey & Jacquie Burkell.

Find it here: www.uottawa.ca/research-inn...

Government to table new border bill amid privacy concerns over C-2: sources | CBC News The federal Liberals are set to introduce a new bill expected to mirror much of what's in their already tabled border legislation — but with some clauses that sparked concerns from opposition parties ...

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

ABCA says lawyer who banned firm from using AI tools responsible for contractor’s AI hallucinations The decision may mark the first time a Canadian court has ruled on liability for contractors’ AI use

Trust but verify.

www.canadianlawyermag.com/resources/le...

Using Claude? You need to check your settings BEFORE SEPT 28 and opt out if you do not want Anthropic using your data to train their models. It is opt-in by default in their new terms of service.

Rolling Stone owner Penske Media sues Google over AI summaries | TechCrunch Penske's lawsuit accuses Google of abusing its monopoly power in search to force publishers to support AI summaries.

techcrunch.com/2025/09/14/r...

Toronto lawyers’ org questions need for proposed Ontario civil rules changes on AI evidence In July, a Civil Rules Committee group unveiled potential changes to how courts handle AI evidence

www.lawtimesnews.com/news/general...

The evening sun begins to set behind a scattering of clouds in the east end of Toronto Ontario

A Chance Of Clouds.

#Toronto #Clouds #Photography

New filing: "Bartz v. Anthropic PBC (Authors v. Anthropic copyright suit)"
Doc #364: Order

Download PDF | View Full Case

#CL69058235

As predictable as night follows day.

rabble.ca/health/histo...

Sadly, that is few and far between, all across the political aisle.

Please, and thank you if you do!

The photo is a black-and-white portrait of a young man with neatly styled, wavy hair. He is wearing a formal suit with a tie and a pocket square, presenting a polished and professional appearance. The background is plain, keeping the focus on his attire and composed expression.

On this day in 1914, Joe Shuster was born in Toronto. He co-created Superman with Jerry Siegel. He put some Canadiana into the character. The Daily Planet was modelled on The Toronto Star and Metropolis was based on Toronto. His cousin was Frank Shuster from Wayne and Shuster.

Lululemon's lawsuit against Costco highlights the rise of fashion 'dupes' Less expensive versions of high-end clothing and other accessories are just about everywhere these days.

I spoke with @ap about dupes & lululemon’s suit against costco alleging trademark, trade dress, & design patent infringement

apnews.com/article/cost...

“Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.” Margaret Atwood.

Instead of getting more and more #data to train their #LLMs, researchers are now giving the models more time to come to an answer. Adding intermediate reasoning steps has significantly boosted the models’ math and logic abilities. spectrum.ieee.org/chain-of-tho...

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I assume "That 2020s Show" will be a dystopian horror series rather than a sitcom.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

Word of the Day is one I keep posting at the end of the year, hoping its time will come.

‘Respair’, from the 16th century, is fresh hope, and a recovery from despair.

Here’s to a few drops of respair in 2025.

I asked ChatGPT to brief "Trust Me v. Bro," a nonexistent case I used in response to a claim that items/information publicly released by the media is inadmissible at trial for some reason, and of course GPT was quick with the full cite and (glorious) synopsis: Trust Me v. Bro, 999 U.S. 867 (2024).

Fair Use Defenses in Disruptive Technology Cases | UCLA Law Review Abstract The fair use limitation on the scope of authorial exclusive rights is expected to be the main defense in lawsuits charging generative artificial in ...

At long last, my article about fair use defenses in disruptive technology cases--from photocopying to generative Ai--is finally out in the UCLA Law Review
www.uclalawreview.org/fair-use-def...

Yep. This was a foreseen outcome.

These kinds of written admissions are a plaintiff lawyer’s dream… and defence counsel’s nightmare.

A brief history of the AI hype:

Credit: SandSerif by cartoonist, graphic designer, and illustrator, Sandy C.

🚨 The paper "Artificial Intelligence and Privacy," by Prof. @daniel-solove.bsky.social, is an EXCELLENT read for everyone in AI & privacy; make sure to 📍bookmark📍 and read it before the year ends!