Notices by Jeffrey Vagle (jvagle@mastodon.lawprofs.org)

@SteveBellovin Congratulations, Steve!

@SteveBellovin Steve, I'm reading your slides, and I'm thinking you need to write a memoir!

@SteveBellovin Your slides are a near-exact image of my interests and what brought me to switch from math grad studies to a JD. Only you were *inventing* the technologies I was interested in!

"Ending free speech on college campuses is the leading edge of a bigger war against dissent that could already be lost by Nov. 5, and any contest of the election result that follows."

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/campus-free-speech-crackdown-riot-police-20240428.html

Noncompete bans no longer just a California thing.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/04/23/ftc-noncompete-agreements/

"she corrects herself."

https://wapo.st/42CT5Se

It may in fact be possible to convince 25% of the American population of pretty much anything.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/01/04/fbi-conspiracy-jan-6-attack-misinformation/

"That’s what Substack is up to: branding. They’re betting that the 'we are the intellectual and moral superiors to the woke left' brand is profitable — and it is.

https://popehat.substack.com/p/substack-has-a-nazi-opportunity

Relax, everyone. Trump isn’t a fascist danger to American democracy. He’s merely “a flexible-minded businessman who favors negotiation and compromise.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/18/opinion/trump-election-2024.html

Lest we forget.

Google's Chrome browser is now a thin candy shell of browser interface around a full-time surveillance engine and personal data monetization machine. Find a better browser, folks.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/googles-widely-opposed-ad-platform-the-privacy-sandbox-launches-in-chrome/

NLRB's new FAFO Rule: "[i]f an employer who seeks an election commits any unfair labor practice that would require setting aside the election, the petition will be dismissed, and the NLRB will order the employer to recognize and bargain with the union."

https://www.vice.com/en/article/dy3xej/companies-that-union-bust-must-now-automatically-recognize-union-nlrb-rules

"Look, I’m 52 years old. I used to be way more interested in how things worked. Now I’m interested in how they fail. I don’t care how good the administration of Bluesky or Threads is today— I care about what happens if it sours tomorrow." (via @pluralistic)

https://medium.com/p/20074e311f1f

‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept Gigi Sohn, a highly qualified consumer advocate, out of the Federal Communications Commission.

https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/20/23800161/gigi-sohn-fcc-nomination-dark-money-campaign-net-neutrality-profile

Unearthing a Long Ignored African Writing System, One Researcher Finds African History, by Africans https://www.bu.edu/articles/2022/fallou-ngom-discovers-ajami-african-writing-system/