Notices by Andrew Leahey (andrew@esq.social)

Artificial intelligence is quickly becoming part of everyday health decisions. Millions of people now consult AI tools like ChatGPT for explanations of symptoms, medical information, and possible diagnoses. The risk there is obvious, but does the conclusion follow that it’s materially worse than actual alternatives?

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3TrI3Pt2w9TfPcH0fVKWGg

In ~5 years its going to be "How Delivery Robots are Helping Cyborgs Find Enemies of the State"

https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/10/1134099/how-pokemon-go-is-helping-robots-deliver-pizza-on-time/

I made a little silly word game yesterday.

Introducing PIVOT:

https://leahey.org/pivot/

RE: https://esq.social/@andrew/115922834422150117

To the tune of 96%.

https://www.kielinstitut.de/publications/americas-own-goal-who-pays-the-tariffs-19398/

The Musk chainsaw horseshit was this year?

If America has an "imperial presidency," it is an empire, yes? And who leads an empire? Is there a title?

So then what might you say he is behaving like? Starts with an "E" and ends with an "mperor."

Why not just say it?

@thomasfuchs @siracusa

Ads for … other books? Or like magazine back page style?

@thomasfuchs @siracusa

I 100% thought this post was going to end with something like "its called BOOKS you dweebs."

Glad to find out about Kanopy.

@mhoye @siracusa

10/10 no notes.

They. Never. Do.

Tax. Them.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/11/22/rich-fleeing-manhattan-false-narrative-price-demand-up/87385511007/

Imagine dedicating your entire life to the military just to have a harried and sweaty guy with an Assassin's Creed tattoo get behind a podium and tell you to adopt a "warrior ethos."

Wealthy New Yorkers are not going to leave because you taxed them. The rich are no more inclined to pick up stakes than anyone else.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/zohran-mamdani-tax-rich-new-york-city-1235414327/

Hey remember back in the late 00s and early 10s when right wing podcasters would hypothesize about the construction of FEMA camps?

The core idea there was the fear that political undesirables would be scooped up off the street and detained without due process, right?

Just checking.

This fabrication of a massive crime wave thing has been an old saw of right wing politics back at least as far as the Obama administration. Then, it was Chicago that was some kind of post-Apocalyptic hellscape.

http://bit.ly/412DH26

"In Texas alone, projected losses from data center tax exemptions ballooned from $157 million to over $1 billion in less than two years. Virginia now devotes nearly half of its economic development incentive spending to data centers."

https://news.bloombergtax.com/tax-insights-and-commentary/ai-boom-should-prompt-states-to-rein-in-data-center-tax-losses

Imagine, in 2025, being Vice President of the United States of America and feeling like it's high time to weigh-in on behalf of all the "good" Confederates.

Vance is such an unabashed buffoon. Racist first, to be clear, but at the same time just an absolute dolt.

Re: the Noem pick for DHS. If the major threat over the next four years turns out to be ill behaved goats and dogs the naysayers are going to feel really stupid.

If we lived in a just era the Crown Prince would insist on hunting a polar bear only to ultimately be eaten himself.

https://apnews.com/article/greenland-us-trumps-son-visit-56bc01f1d3431c035b22ad6564579938

Extradition hearing for Luigi Mangione, DOJ's lawsuit against CVS over opioid prescriptions, Trump and Musk's shutdown threats, and IRS rule delays for RMDs.

Plus #thisdayinlegalhistory: A Christmas Carol is published.

https://www.minimumcomp.com/p/legal-news-for-thurs-1219-mangione

The only holiday cards I’ll be accepting this year. Thank you. https://www.keacher.com/xmas24/