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Gemini Said They Could Only Be Together if He Killed Himself. Soon, He Was Dead. A new lawsuit alleges Google’s chatbot sent a Florida man on missions to find an android body it could inhabit. When that failed, it set a suicide countdown clock for him.

Media coverage can influence suicide risk. The WHO cautions against sensational language, making suicide the central headline, repeating such stories, or reducing suicide to a single cause.

Recent “chatbot suicide” coverage seems to be drifting toward these patterns.
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23 min ago Photo: Boy Tries to Climb Unexploded Missile in Syria An unexploded Iranian missile that landed in a field in eastern Syria became a dangerous plaything for a boy Wednesday. BADERKHAN AHMAD/AP

So many horrifying photos coming out of this war

US Court of International Trade Orders Refund of All Illegally Collected IEEPA Tariffs Importantly, the Court ordered payment of refunds even to those businesses who have not filed a lawsuit to claim them.

My thoughts on today's US Court of International Trade ruling ordering refunds of all IEEPA tariffs ruled illegal by Supreme Court in Learning Resources decision: reason.com/volokh/2026/...

#Measles.

I am flattered that someone thinks I’m you.

OK, I've seen enough.

I suggest that anyone interested in the sharp comments I've had about some of the anti-LPE movement pieces in the UChicago LR to simply read and compare the pieces by LPE scholars to those of their critics. It's astonishing.

Go here: lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archiv...

I have planned for a while to write an article on academic sinning. Things like making up facts (which will get you fired in many instances) or making up implausible theories for no good reason without stating assumptions (which won't). Not reading articles. Not citing relevant literature. Etc.

I have no issue with harsh criticism, as I’ve something of a reputation for it. But you need to know what the fuck you’re talking about. You need to read and you need to back up your claims. You need to earn the right to trash things. Otherwise, you create trash.

Some additional context. What is going on (rhetorical) bsky.app/profile/evan...

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO THE LAW SCHOOL The University of Chicago Law Review PRINT Essay - Volume 93.2 The Law and Political Economy Movement's Crime Agenda Hurts Black People Jonathan Klick

Is the UChicago law review just publishing op-eds now? What agenda

Oklahoma legislature advances bill that would remove tenure at OU, public universities The Oklahoma legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would remove the possibility of tenure for OU faculty, limit contract agreements to five years and require each state institute for higher

Oklahoma Legislature demonstrates its hostility to education and academic freedom.

www.oudaily.com/news/oklahom...

Oklahoma legislature advances bill that would remove tenure at OU, public universities The Oklahoma legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would remove the possibility of tenure for OU faculty, limit contract agreements to five years and require each state institute for higher

“Abolishing tenure cripples scientific & creative research...

This sends a strong message that top-tier academics seeking employment at Oklahoma universities should look elsewhere immediately. Why pursue a job here under such a repressive climate?”

— Michael Givel, OU AAUP President

US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking US Southern Command said joint mission with Ecuadorian forces involves ‘decisive action’ against narco-terrorists The US military’s Southern Command said on Tuesday that Ecuadorian and US forces launched operations against what it said were designated terrorist organizations in Ecuador. Southern Command, which encompasses 31 countries through South and Central America and the Caribbean, said the action was aimed at combating illicit drug trafficking, but did not provide more details in a statement on X. Continue reading...

US military launches operation in Ecuador to combat drug trafficking

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You've heard the reading of it by Samuel L. Jackson, right?

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Evergreen post

It's hard to type in those gloves.

Picture of text from critiquing LPE for being dogmatic and not in the “same intellectual tradition” as “serious inquiry” like law and economics.

This is quite a strong critique from a

*checks notes*

law and econ scholar?

Ayatollah Killed In U.S. Airstrike Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the theocratic dictator who ruled Iran for over 36 years, was killed in a massive U.S. and Israeli military operation, with the Iranian government announcing 40 days of public ...

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Well between that and not addressing the literature, I would say it is proof placement does not measure quality.

My favorite part is where he argues that the standard is objective, but the implementation is not.

Yup, just checked. True to form.

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And that is precisely the person with whom I had the exchange on Twitter.

So...I'm not shocked.

Someone just noted that the Federal Circuit's decision in Egyptian Goddess was issued 18 years ago and... may need to sit down for a minute

Not to add to your pain, it's also the 40th anniversary of the Bangles release of "Walk Like an Egyptian."

Yale Law scholar dismisses and entire field of scholarly inquiry on the grounds that it has not engaged deeply with the law-and-economics literature. It is 6 pages and it cites to only five LPE articles--including none of the articles in the same symposium!

lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/defaul...

So citing literature that runs contrary to their views is not likely.

Law professors do this as well. As I pointed out to one famous law prof noting he didn't cite contrary literature, he replied, "I've read your work and don't agree." Okay, but a whole literature disagrees with you, not just me.

The irony is that most economists do not read except in their very limited realm. As an example, IO economists who are surprised that no one things surplus theories of welfare are good measures except IO economists.

Or Law & econ folks touting theories that have been proven flawed for 50 years.

The Great Bounty of Law and Economics What role has Law and Economics played in society and in legal scholarship? A Reply to David Bernstein’s recent critique of LPE.

It certainly has a familiar tone to it.

lpeproject.org/blog/the-gre...