Category Archives: Tumblr

So people are often intrigued by my “power point slides.” I explain, patiently, that my slides are Keynote. (Repeat: legitimate Free Software objection; repeat: criticism accepted).  The latest version of Keynote breaks my slide show. (E.g., the deck that produced … Continue reading →

This comment was also apparently just deleted:  Re: wifi greyed out after update to ios7 created by tarinib in Using iPhone – View the full discussion Dear Apple Im writing to you regarding issues around my iphone 4s. I upgraded … Continue reading →

I upgraded my iPhone (“what, you have an iPhone” — ok, you win, sin #1) to iOS 7.0.3. It killed wifi. I went to the Apple discussion site to see what the community had to say about it. Seems there … Continue reading →

http://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?u=/watch?v=aGmiw_rrNxk&feature=share&a=9QlmP1yvjcllp0h3l0NwuA: EFF’s latest, great NSA PSA by the director who is doing the @aaronsw film. (Original post on Tumblr)

The shutdown — and the threat of default — cost the economy billions. (Here’s one estimate of $24 billion. The NYT has some lower (though in the billions) estimates.) It also triggered a flood of campaign contributions to both Democrats … Continue reading →

Thursday, at Brookline’s Lawrence School, something that should be happening at every school everywhere: a focus on healthy food.  (Original post on Tumblr)

Twitter / matthewstoller: The reformers (@lessig) have …: Matt Stoller, arbiter of all things lib, thinks me “intellectual[ly dis]honest” because I am quoted as saying:  if we had a clean system for funding elections, some sort of public funding system, … Continue reading →

Josh Blackman has an interesting piece following up on my point about the original meaning of “corruption” as applied to McCutcheon. On these pages (pages?), I had written:  The fundamental question for a judge is always this: What sanctions the … Continue reading →

Twitter / rickhasen: New @RosenJeffrey piece …: What’s puzzling about Rick Hasen’s position on the originalist argument for why “corruption” means more than “quid pro quo” corruption is that he uses language like this — “New @RosenJeffrey piece channeling @Lessig … Continue reading →

“Rather than advancing the one argument that the five originalists on the Court might be able to hear, the government insists on standing with an argument that all five conservatives on the Court have already rejected.” – On the argument … Continue reading →