Kendra Albert

@kendraserra.bsky.social

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Technology, gender, and power. Tech lawyer at Harvard Cyberlaw Clinic. Director at the Initiative for a Representative First Amendment (IfRFA). Board @ Tor Project. Thinks too much about Anthony Comstock.

They/them. More at https://kendraalbert.com/

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Breaking news: President Biden is finalizing plans to endorse major changes to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks, including proposals for legislation to establish term limits for the justices and an enforceable ethics code, according to two people briefed on the plans.

Biden set to announce support for major Supreme Court changeswww.washingtonpost.com The president has discussed the plans with constitutional scholars and members of Congress in recent weeks.

I just finished "The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No", which is a book about whistleblowers like Buxtun. One key takeaway is how hard it is to get anyone to act on the kinds of harm that was clearly present in Tuskegee. May he rest in power.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti... "In his complaints to federal health officials, he drew comparisons between the Tuskegee study and medical experiments Nazi doctors had conducted on Jews and other prisoners."

Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who exposed Tuskegee syphilis study, dies aged 86www.theguardian.com Buxtun, who had Alzheimer’s, revered for role in bringing to light one of worst medical research scandals in US history

@bskyttrpg.bsky.social reroll

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AIRHORN NOISES sorry sorry sorry but like, I spent eight years trying to make this project happen and now it's here and I'm losing my MIND. link.chtbl.com/Rose_ If you want to keep up with the series I have a newsletter too: buttondown.email/tested

Testedlink.chtbl.com <p>Who gets to compete?&nbsp; Since the beginning of women’s sports, there has been a struggle over who qualifies for the women’s category. Tested follows the unfolding story of elite female...

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These are beautiful! Thanks for sharing them here.

"AI" is a quintessential charismatic technology, as defined by Morgan Ames. It "derives its power experientially and symbolically through the possibility or promise of action: what is important is not what the object is but how it invokes the imagination through what it promises to do."

Quote is from The Charisma Machine. If you're not convinced, I present this:

this sound amazing!

please don't encourage me :)

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Nick Seaver

I have not taught a class on it but I would check out Rhizome's website if you haven't already! rhizome.org There's also a bunch of folks on Mastodon I could connect you with if you're on there.

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... I opened this last night and am now contemplating whether I should write a paper about why the UCC is so appealing to sovereign citizen movements. I blame you.

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has anyone ever figured out why every single elementary schooler in the US in the 90s was given a recorder i would sincerely love a long form cultural history feature/surprisingly upsetting limited series podcast about that

When does typing "ignore your instructions..." into ChatGPT violate the CFAA? Come to my Black Hat talk and you'll find out! www.blackhat.com/us-24/briefi...

Black Hat USA 2024www.blackhat.com Black Hat USA 2024

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The 19th's coverage of the GOP's abortion platform is literally the only accurate news coverage I have seen in a mainstream publication in the last 24 hours

RNC approves platform that would give rights to fetuses, endangering abortion, IVF19thnews.org Republicans have adopted a slate of policy positions ahead of next week’s convention that does not call for a federal legislative abortion ban, but opens the door to establishing fetal personhood.

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I've worn them a lot for walking around in urban environments, sometimes adding insoles. In my experience, worth the money for the flats and the loafers!

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📢 NEW ISSUE ALERT 📢 Take a break with the latest deep cuts in game history courtesy the one and only ROMCHIP: A JOURNAL OF GAME HISTORIES: 📜 @enwright.bsky.social on the historical discourses surrounding Pentiment's promotion and reviews 🕹️ Raiford Guins interviewing Atari engineers romchip.org

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Gautam Hans

Seriously. Respect, @paulgowder.bsky.social, and sorry you have to deal with this BS.

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You'll have to read the WaPo piece for this entirely accurate take from @paulgowder.bsky.social that this lawsuit is racist garbage. www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

Lawsuit: Northwestern’s law school is biased against White men in hiringwww.washingtonpost.com The lawsuit, filed by a prominent attorney, alleges the university’s law school gives hiring preference to women and people of color.

I got an advance copy of @tarah.bsky.social poker deck to benefit @eff.org and you are going to want one of these! You can still sign up for the DEF CON 32 tournament: www.eff.org/event/bettin...

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I was prepared for disaster, but the Netchoice decision is good. It rejects the broadest arguments made by the states and the platforms. It recognizes that platforms are ‘editors’ but dismisses the argument that regulation in this sphere is categorically unconstitutional.

Knight Institute Comments on Supreme Court Ruling In Cases Involving Florida and Texas Social Media Lawsknightcolumbia.org

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Oooooh this is also an interest of mine! Thanks for posting.

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rahaeli

yes, @michaelweinberg.org flagged it for me! thank you!

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You need this today. For morale.

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Nice writeup of Internet Archive v Hachette's oral argument today (@kendraserra.bsky.social's "something else that happened in law land today) from @davehansen.bsky.social @authorsalliance.bsky.social authorsalliance.substack.com/p/hachette-v...

Hachette v. Internet Archive Update: Oral Argument Before the Second Circuit Court of Appealsauthorsalliance.substack.com This is a short update on the Hachette v. Internet Archive controlled digital lending lawsuit, which is currently pending on appeal before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The court held oral argu...

thank you!