Greetings, my name is David Colarusso. I'm the co-director of Suffolk University Law School's Legal Innovation & Technology (LIT) Lab. With one foot in law and the other in tech, I really want the open web to thrive. So I created a bot (@icymilaw.org) and this site to help folks discover great law-themed content while showing off what one can do with sufficiently open protocols. Note, the number of fire emoji represent how many standard deviations more popular a link is than the average link observed in its category.
If you like these, you'll ❤️ this open source client-side algorithmically-driven RSS reader. You might also enjoy this post: How and why I (still) use social media. It includes tips on how to make your own custom social media algo(s).
News-like Links
A collection of links shared recently¹ by legal-type folks² with URLs that look like they point to news articles,³ sorted by popularity.
- A Pilot Fired Over Kristi Noem’s Missing Blanket and the Constant Chaos Inside DHS 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Secretary faces fire for confrontational immigration crackdown and self-promotional style; White House to wind down Minnesota operations.
- NHS deal with AI firm Palantir called into question after officials’ concerns revealed 🔥🔥Exclusive: in 2025 briefing to Wes Streeting, officials warned reputation of tech firm behind US ICE operations would hinder rollout of data system in UK ...
- 'Vast majority' of parents should be involved if children question gender, schools told 🔥🔥School leaders welcome the ...
- Intelligence Dispute Centers on Kushner Reference in Intercepted Communication 🔥
- Goldman’s Top Lawyer Departs Amid Revelations About Her Ties to Epstein 🔥
- Gabbard Whistleblower Complaint Based on Intercepted Conversation About Jared Kushner 🔥The substance of the conversation, which covered in part issues related to Iran, isn’t known.
- Judge Ends Deportation Case for Mexican Father of 3 U.S. Marines 🔥
- Elon Musk posted about race almost every day in January 🔥Many social media posts by Tesla CEO on his platform are indiscernible from those of white supremacists, say experts ...
- Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change 🔥
Blog-like Links
A collection of links shared recently⁴ by legal-type folks⁵ with URLs that look like they point to blogs/newsletters,⁶ sorted by popularity.
- Voting: A Right, Not A Privilege, For Now 🔥🔥🔥Republicans want to change that with the SAVE Act ...
- Important News: Democrats Block ICE Funding as Shutdown Becomes Certain and Ridicule of Pam Bondi Grows Across Generations 🔥Good evening, everyone.
- When the Nation’s Top Lawyer Treats Ethics as Optional 🔥How a decade of ethical evasion paved the way for Pam Bondi’s partisan performance ...
- Today in Politics, Bulletin 306. 2/12/26 … Intense fallout today from Pam Bondi’s psychotic appearance before the House Judicial committee yesterday.
- The D.C. District Court strikes back Three judges issued three rulings protecting constitutional rights in cases relating to Trump admin actions against federal inmates, Alien Enemies Act deportees, and Sen. Mark Kelly.
AI & The Law Links
A collection of links shared recently⁷ on Bluesky that look like they talk about AI & the law,⁸ sorted by popularity.
- ‘What Oligarchy Looks Like’: AI Giants Pledge to Pump $100 Million Into 2026 Midterms | Common Dreams† 🔥🔥🔥🔥Silicon Valley elites plan to spend big in 2026 to influence Congress for AI-friendly legislation. Leading the Future PAC pledges $100 million.
- AI brings Supreme Court decisions to life† 🔥🔥Like it or not, the justices are about to see AI versions of themselves, speaking words that they spoke in court but that were not heard contemporaneously by anyone except those in the courtroom.
- Welcome to On the Docket YouTube video by On The Docket ...
- Supreme Court Dogs: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) YouTube video by LastWeekTonight ...
- Generative justice: AI courtroom content could change how Americans think about the law AI is being used to create fake scenes from courthouses. What does that mean for public trust in institutions?
Law Review-like Links
A collection of links shared recently⁹ on Bluesky that look like they point to papers in law journals or the like,¹⁰ sorted by popularity.
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AI Paper-like Links
A collection of links shared recently¹¹ on Bluesky that look like they point to papers on AI,¹² sorted by popularity. Wondering why this section is on a site about the law? Well, I teach a course on AI & the Law, and it turns out that understanding this stuff is super important to figuring out what the law might have to say. So, I figured since I was sharing lists, I might as well share this one too.
- Why do we do astrophysics?† 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥At time of writing, large language models (LLMs) are beginning to obtain the ability to design, execute, write up, and referee scientific projects on the data-science side of astrophysics. What implic...
- Your Brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of Cognitive Debt when Using an AI Assistant for Essay Writing Task† This study explores the neural and behavioral consequences of LLM-assisted essay writing. Participants were divided into three groups: LLM, Search Engine, and Brain-only (no tools). Each completed thr...
- Multi-Agent Teams Hold Experts Back† ArXiv link for Multi-Agent Teams Hold Experts Back ...
- Teaching Models to Teach Themselves: Reasoning at the Edge of Learnability† ArXiv link for Teaching Models to Teach Themselves: Reasoning at the Edge of Learnability ...
- The Case of the Mysterious Citations† Mysterious citations are routinely appearing in peer-reviewed publications throughout the scientific community. In this paper, we developed an automated pipeline and examine the proceedings of four ma...
The High Score
The 20 accounts most reposted by @icymilaw.org over the past week¹³ (the list below is updated every Sunday). High Score, get it? One Score = 20, as in, "four score and seven years ago." ;)
- Law + Tech News Bot (@news.bot.suffolklitlab.org)
- ICYMI (Law) (@icymilaw.org)
- Joyce White Vance (@joycewhitevance.bsky.social)
- Popehat Ways Could Often Be Different (@kenwhite.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Michael J. Stern (@michaeljstern.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social)
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social)
- Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Jonathan Ladd (@jonathanmladd.com) (promoted)
- Ms. Rosenberg (@msrosenberg.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Jolyon Maugham KC (@goodlawproject.org) (promoted)
- Rick Hasen (@rickhasen.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Paul Gowder (@gowder.io) (promoted)
- Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social)
- Roger Parloff (@rparloff.bsky.social)
- Owen Barcala (@obarcala.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Cristian Farias (@cristianfarias.com)
- Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Paul Bernal (@paulbernal.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) (relegated)
- David Ho (@davidho.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Adam Bonin (@adambonin.bsky.social) (relegated)
- davidrlurie (@davidrlurie.com) (relegated)
- Steve Vladeck (@stevevladeck.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@qasimrashid.com) (relegated)
- Joshua Erlich (@joshuaerlich.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Timothy McBride (@mcbridetd.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Mark Copelovitch (@mcopelov.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw.bsky.social) (relegated)
† This link was also in yesterday's digest. ¹ Approx. 1 day lookback. ² Attorneys, law profs, et al. ³ News-like links (law) ⁴ Supra note 1. ⁵ Supra note 2. ⁶ Blog-like links (law) ⁷ Approx. 3.5 days lookback. ⁸ AI & the Law ⁹ Approx. 1 week lookback. ¹⁰ Law Review-like ¹¹ Supra note 9. ¹² AI Papers et al. ¹³ High Score
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