“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.” -Pascal, circa 1654

Are you telling me minors raised by muggles don't have a right to an attorney or a hearing before being expelled from Hogwarts? Did they at least seal his record after Chamber of Secrets? That's this week @SidebarCNS

the trial cancelled, the settlement old news & I can still smell the smoke that lingered weeks after. I can still see the FEMA line, the trampolines & lawn chairs stripped into sticks next to houses that looked like models for a new neighborhood, knowing anywhere could be next.

Sprawling? It's like the developers who gave us the infinite scroll on Twitter had dinner with the judges

The U.S. Supreme Court is about to come back for a new term - but it didn't take much of a summer break. I got to catch up with @KelseyReichmann to talk about the shadow docket and Calvinball jurisprudence @SidebarCNS

Perfect song popped on the radio: "I'm singing this song about loving all the people that you've come to hate."

I really enjoyed getting to talk to Jon about all the different kinds of treasure in the world

Tell me your favorite not-so-secret wild place, and I'll share a few of mine @SidebarCNS podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Growing up on the cheap, I learned to love things thing were "free," making parks and public lands our go to places. In the latest @SidebarCNS we venture into the politics driving expansion and contraction of public wilds, and what it takes to keep the free in freedom

X marks the spot

Annie was 16 when she fell off a ski lift and suffered a life-changing injury that she wants to hold Crested Butte liable for. The ski resort says that kind of accident is a risk everyone excepts when they ride Colorado's mountains.

that aged poorly

Remember last week when I said on @SidebarCNS that we can still assume news content comes from people? Uhh not for long

ChatGPT tells me we can opt out of using it, but we can't opt out of the way it's going to reshape society. Consider the latest @SidebarCNS a snapshot of the cliff we're standing on as of last week when the episode posted.

Realization from researching the latest @SidebarCNS: sharing your ChatGPT conversations is like sharing pictures of your dog - people see it and empathize because they also cared for dogs, but they will never feel the emotional connection you did when the answer just popped up

Read to the end for an example of a man using AI to help bring a claim to court pro se that might have otherwise gone unheard - and a judge navigating this brave new world with an open mind