Amanda Levendowski Tepski

Cannot wait to dive into this!

Ideally not SSRN—no need to consolidate scholarship on a platform owned by colluders with ICE.

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Access for All: Bridging the Gaps in Library Accessibility Research and advocacy for the future of libraries.

Accessibility--it don't mean a thing if it's not working for the people who need it. LF intern Moriah-Taylor Rutherford rounds up more takeaways from Bridging the Gap: Accessibility and Digital Collections for All Patrons.

www.libraryfutures.net/post/access-...

contrary to what Radiohead would have you believe, there's nothing "OK" about Computer.

The final version of my "Corruption and the Supreme Court" has been published in the Yale Journal of Law & the Humanities, and is available for download here: ssrn.com/abstract=497...

Wikipedia Editors Adopt ‘Speedy Deletion’ Policy for AI Slop Articles “The ability to quickly generate a lot of bogus content is problematic if we don't have a way to delete it just as quickly.”

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Grok’s ‘spicy’ video setting instantly made me Taylor Swift nude deepfakes I didn’t even ask it to take her clothes off.

www.theverge.com/report/71897...

Google’s healthcare AI made up a body part — what happens when doctors don’t notice? The basilar ganglia does not exist.

www.theverge.com/health/71804...

I also encourage everyone to set up
a “When You’re Low” folder for emailed compliments you wanna remember. It helps!

California police misconduct records now available in public database A database of 1.5 million pages of records from 12,000 California officer-misconduct and use-of-force cases is now available online.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Federal Agency Publication Policy Overview & FAQ . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. In response to the 2022 Nelson Memo, federal agencies are required to update their public access policies by the end of this year. New policies are now in effect for several agencies: the NIH, CDC, AH...

Reminder: Tomorrow, Tuesday, Aug. 5 @ 1 pm Eastern we will co-host a webcast w/ @authorsalliance.bsky.social. If you work at an academic institution, register now for this free update on new federal agency publication sharing policies. sparcopen-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

What Happened When Their Art Was Banned

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Confederate general statue toppled in 2020 to be reinstalled in D.C. The bronze statue depicting Confederate Gen. Albert Pike, which was torn down and burned by protesters in 2020, is being restored, the Park Service said Monday.

A statue of a Confederate general that demonstrators toppled and burned in D.C. in 2020 will be reinstalled, the National Park Service announces.

ChatGPT dissidents, the students who refuse to use AI: ‘I couldn’t remember the last time I had written something by myself’ Some college students are beginning to limit their use of artificial intelligence, so as not to hinder their own creativity, discipline and critical thinking

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You know, your own imagination is far more wonderful Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Than any computer could ever be. You know why? Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

You’re a living human being. And a computer is just a machine. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Human beings are far more wonderful than machines. Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood

Mister Rogers never misses

The Box — The World's First Anti-Deepfake Wearable Feel safe in public again. Our elegant, full-size wearable has you covered.

The world’s first anti-deepfake wearable is here👀

Created by #MozillaFellow @louisbarclay.bsky.social The Box is elegant, innovative & most importantly...100% fake 🙃 (at least for now)

Louis’ dystopian satire is a reminder of what happens when we let adult deepfakes run wild ⤵️ wearthebox.com

I’d like to introduce yall to Rosner’s Law of Double Garnish:

Every savory dish is made better by not one but TWO finishing elements added just before serving: one brightening (green herbs, lemon zest/juice, pickled onion), one deepening (cheese, nuts/seeds, toasty breadcrumbs, oil drizzle)

Tesla found partially liable for fatal 2019 crash, hit with $243 million in damages The outcome is a stunning rebuke for Tesla, which for years has fought to absolve itself of responsibility when its technology is involved in a crash.

www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Censorship Whac-A-Mole: Google search exploited to scrub articles on San Francisco tech exec A novel method of de-indexing websites from search results was used to bury critical reporting and commentary.

NEW: Google admits to a vulnerability that was used to de-index legitimate web pages from search results and bury critical reporting, commentary.

man remember when we were all mad that horse_ebooks *wasnt* AI

Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content Submit to biometric face scanning or risk your account being deleted, Spotify says, following the enactment of the UK's Online Safety Act.

getting my phrenology checked by my laptop camera before I can listen to WAP, a future I always wanted www.404media.co/spotify-uk-a...

And why does this matter? ⤵️
theweek.com/culture-life...

A picture showing how to make an alert: 1. Do a search in the RECAP Archive 2. Click the bell icon in the query bar. 3. A modal pops up where you can edit the details for the alert (give it a name, set the timing, etc.)

News! CourtListener now lets you keep up with everything that's happening in PACER. Save a query to CourtListener, and we'll tell you when there are new results.

RECAP Search Alerts are finally live!

Follow people, organizations, topics, and anything else you can imagine. Learn how below: 👇

EFF fights surveillance…and we do so in 14 languages in our educational resource, Surveillance Self-Defense.

Journalist Discovers Google Vulnerability That Allowed People to Disappear Specific Pages From Search Negative articles about a tech CEO vanished from Google after someone made fraudulent requests using the Refresh Outdated Content Tool.

www.404media.co/journalist-d...

Are you a rising 3L or recent law grad and an aspiring public defender? Want great supervision and training? If so, consider applying for the E. Barrett Prettyman fellowship and come work with us. apply.interfolio.com/170321

Book Talk: Preserving Government Information Virtual; August 28, 1pm ET / 10am PT REGISTER HERE Join us for a timely conversation with librarians James Jacobs and Jim Jacobs about their new book, PRESERVING GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, covering ho…

Join us and @archive.org for a conversation with librarians James Jacobs and Jim Jacobs about their book, Preserving Government Information, on how libraries and research organizations safeguard public information in the digital age.

8/28, 1pm ET / 10am PT

www.authorsalliance.org/2025/07/29/b...

AI deepfake panic is leading to bad laws + SylvanianDrama lawsuit, robot cannibalism, New Yorker sponcon, kitschcore, Roblox dating, Gen Z spying, Spencer Pratt vs Newsom, the most popular girl in Soho,

“CDT published an open letter opposing the [NO FAKES ACT], saying that ‘as written, the NO FAKES Act would threaten user privacy and risk the censorship of constitutionally-protected expression, including parody, satire, and critical commentary of elected officials.’" www.usermag.co/p/ai-...

AlHathloul v. DarkMatter Group EFF is representing prominent Saudi human rights activist Loujain AlHathloul in a lawsuit against spying software maker DarkMatter Group and three of its former executives for illegally hacking her iP...

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