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.
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In addition to the RSS feeds below, here's the legal tech feed 
powering @news.bot.suffolklitlab.org (another bot of mine).
Note, the number of fire emoji represent how many standard deviations more popular a link is than the average link observed in its category.
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.
- US judge blocks Trump's executive order restricting mail-in voting 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥A federal judge in Boston on Thursday blocked implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump'sexecutive order aiming to tighten rules for mail-in voting, preventing it from taking effect ahead of Nove...
- He wrote a scathing message to ICE. Federal agents showed up at his door. 🔥🔥David Streever of Rochester, New York, sued Department of Homeland Security officials on Monday, saying the agency’s actions violated his First Amendment rights.
- Administration Demands States Change Voting Rules or Lose Antiterrorism Funds 🔥🔥
- ICE Officer Kills a Mexican Man in Houston 🔥🔥
- Ex-girlfriend of Graham Platner says he removed condoms without consent during sex 🔥The campaign for the Democratic Senate candidate in Maine called the allegation “categorically false and politically motivated.”
- Trump Administration Guts Efforts to Prevent Gun Violence, Suppressing Reports 🔥
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.
- Trump's Chief Design Officer Just Boosted the John Birch Society 🔥🔥🔥Joe Gebbia, the founder of AirBNB, blames immigrants for rising housing costs ...
- Major News: White House Rushes to Block Major Epstein Files Release, War Erupts Again, Trump's "Lewinsky Room," McConnell Update, and More 🔥Good afternoon, everyone.
- NEWS: Belgium Mocks Trump After Victory, Americans Decry the "Trump Curse," Trump Attacks NATO at Summit, and More 🔥Good morning, everyone.
- Ep 154: Jacob Helberg on Pax Silica & the New Global Order in the AI Age Listen now | Jacob Helberg is leading the State Department's efforts to secure critical supply chains and win the global AI race.
- Bullshit Reporting: The Intercept’s Story About Government Policing Disinfo Is Absolute Garbage Do not believe everything you read. Even if it comes from more “respectable” publications. The Intercept had a big story this week that is making the rounds, suggesting that “leak…
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.
- Wildfires rage across southern Europe, forcing thousands to flee homes† 🔥🔥🔥🔥Tour de France spectator ban as country along with Spain, Portugal and Greece faces ‘powder keg’ after heatwave ...
- ‘Killer Robots’ Must Be Banned, U.N. Secretary-General Says† 🔥🔥🔥António Guterres labels lethal autonomous weapons “morally repugnant,” resurfacing issue that was central to Anthropic’s clash with the Pentagon.
- UK regulator warns of "arms race" to keep up with AI use in financial services 🔥FCA official makes case for greater powers for watchdog as millions use technology for personal finance decisions.
- AI startup CEO pleaded guilty in US to trading on insider tips from lawyers 🔥The founder and chief executive of an AI startup secretly pleaded guilty last year to participating in a vast scheme in which attorneys at major law firms tipped traders about mergers their employers were advising on.
- Nearly half of early career lawyers use AI daily, survey finds 🔥Most early career lawyers are using AI in their work — primarily to conduct legal research and compile information, a new survey has found.
- Why We Need a 'Truth Campaign' for the AI Era 🔥A massive public education campaign is necessary to equip everyone with the knowledge and means to live with AI, write Gaurav Laroia and Charlotte Slaiman.
- A Judicial Wake-Up Call on Government by AI 🔥As agencies craft best practices for LLM use, the Learned Societies decision should serve as a handbook of what not to do, writes Jordan Ascher.
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.
- Critical Theory & Commercial Law in the Sunshine In recent years, Florida and other states have attempted to expel critical legal theory, critical race theory, and all things “woke” from their institutions of ...
- Parody of What? Reconceptualizing the Scope of Parody for Copyright Fair Use Barbie. Barney. The Elf on the shelf. Gone with the Wind. Grease. The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. Walt Disney. Don Henley. WWF wrestlers. Viral music videos. Pr ...
- Democracy Talk: The Roberts Court on Democratic Ideas and Practice This Article takes a novel approach to questions surrounding democracy and the Supreme Court by training its lens on the Court’s “democracy talk.” Relying on a ...
- The Art Critics Won't Save You from the Robots: Confronting A.I. as Misappropriation† Artificial intelligence (A.I.) systems require a wealth of training data, which is often harvested from creators without their consent, and then used to train s ...
- Amicus Brief in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg (9th Cir. 2026) (en banc) This amicus brief was submitted to the 9th Circuit for the en banc rehearing in Sedlik v. Von Drachenberg. In it, we argue that the Ninth Circuit should ...
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.
- From Astronomy to Astrology: Testing the Illusion of Zodiac-Based Personality Prediction with Machine Learning 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Astrology has long been used to interpret human personality, estimate compatibility, and guide social decision-making. Zodiac-based systems in particular remain culturally influential across much of t...
- Correct Looks Better: Pairwise Comparisons Reveal Accuracy Rankings 🔥Pairwise comparisons combined with aggregation methods like Elo have become central to evaluating generative models, yet concerns remain that they reward superficial stylistic cues or display judge bi...
- Engineering Reliable Autonomous Systems: Challenges and Solutions
- StoryScope: Investigating idiosyncrasies in AI fiction† As AI-generated fiction becomes increasingly prevalent, questions of authorship and originality are becoming central to how written work is evaluated. While most existing work in this space focuses on...
- [2301.08727] Neural Architecture Search: Insights from 1000 Papers† The survey 'Neural Architecture Search: Insights from 1000 Papers' details the NAS field, highlighting advancements, algorithms, and resources. It analyzes trends from 1,000 papers, emphasizing NAS's ...
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." ;)
- ICYMI (Law) (@icymilaw.org)
- Law + Tech News Bot (@news.bot.suffolklitlab.org)
- Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Roger Parloff (@rparloff.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Adam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) (@axidentaliberal.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Asha Rangappa (@asharangappa.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social)
- Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie (@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app)
- Don Moynihan (@donmoyn.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Jonathan Ladd (@jonathanmladd.com) (promoted)
- Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Anna O. Law (@unlawfulentries.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Harry Litman (@harrylitman.bsky.social)
- Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Dan Kaszeta FRHistS (@dankaszeta.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Dan Sohege (@danielsohege.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Heba Gowayed هبة جويد (@hebagowayed.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Jenny Cohn (@jennycohn.bsky.social) (promoted)
- Peter Stefanovic (@peterstefanovic.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Quinta Jurecic (@qjurecic.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Jamal Greene (@jamalgreene.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Rick Hasen (@rickhasen.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Dr. SkySkull (@drskyskull.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Ciara Torres-Spelliscy (@profciara.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE (@leftistlawyer.com) (relegated)
- Leah Litman (@leahlitman.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Mark Copelovitch (@mcopelov.bsky.social) (relegated)
- David Burbach 🇺🇸 (@dburbach.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Ann M. Lipton (@annmlipton.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Michael C. Dorf (@dorfonlaw.bsky.social) (relegated)
- Jay Willis (@jaywillis.net) (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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