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I've decided to give up and just use social media to scream into the void.

Boston, MA
Joined March 2013
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California has the largest justice system in the US and is deciding how generative AI belongs in it. Administrative Presiding Justice Mary Greenwood, in a fireside chat with Cynthia Cwik of JAMS. Mon Oct 12, 3:45 PM. ambar.org/AI#AIRNI2026 #Courts
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Is there a coherent federal AI policy, and which state AI statutes are actually enforceable? A former state AG and three regulation practitioners on audits, procurement terms and enforcement theories. Mon Oct 12, 11 AM. ambar.org/AI#AIRNI2026 #AIGovernance
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Belatedly, key takeaways from @FANEXPOBoston the other weekend (1/5)
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While Ewan McGregor told the funnier story (Robert De Niro visiting the set while he and Hayden were spinning on platforms and awkwardly flailing lightsabers at each other… (4/5)
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… Hayden Christensen was clearly the favorite son. He’s Sheldon and Ewan is Georgie (5/5)
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At a planning board meeting. The lawyer speaking to the board says something that makes all the other lawyers laugh, but no one else. When the board looks around suspiciously, the presenting lawyer looks at us like “Come on guys” and has to explain that he was serious
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In 1793, each US representative had 35,000 constituents. Today each rep has 760k+ constituents. If we were to go back to the 1793 proportion, there would be app. 9700 reps, each representing 35k people. That would be much more chaotic, but much more responsive to their voters
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If we’re increasing the number of reps to make Congress more responsive, might as well increase the # of Supreme Court judges and reinstate mandatory appeals and jurisdiction to make that branch more responsive too
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I expect January 2025 to January 2029 to go more or less the same way January 2017 to January 2021 did: 2-3 years of tremendous economic activity followed by a debilitating disaster brought on by corruption and/or incompetence (Meant to post this Monday for posterity, but forgot)
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I spent yesterday morning happily listening to @MalloryRubin & @jowrotethis deep dive #Ahsoka and bring up the Orioles occasionally before taking my 7yo & his friend to their first game at Fenway. 1/3
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Our seats were by the O’s dugout, and the players and fans around us (Sox and O’s alike) made sure both boys went home with balls, delighted. 2/3
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TL;DW (too long, didn’t write) - Right now I’m having a hard time figuring out where my enjoyment of Ahsoka ends and my belief that the O’s win the World Series begins 3/3
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It’s wonderful - for several reasons - to meet in person with @BosBizEvents to discuss race, equity and business #BBJDiversity
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Listening to @TheRewatchables on Parenthood and keenly feeling the absence of @MalloryRubin who I am sure would have stanned for Willow as one of Ron Howard’s great films