Juan Cole's dark sense of humor brings us Iraq-themed chicken jokes. This being about Iraq, things do not usually go very well for the chicken. Let's hope Heidi Bond doesn't see these.
Recent Bluessky Posts- Got quoted in an article taking on proposed state legislation banning AIs from being considered a legal person. It's totally unnecessary, but it comes from a good place: trying to ensure the right people are liable for AI-generated harms. But this is not the way... san.com/cc/states-ru... February 2, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Only in fringe media like NY Post and UK Telegraph, but many articles about Epstein's ties to Putin, including claims he was funded as a Russian 'honey-trap' op. I suppose it's too simple to be true, but is this possibly how Putin got such control over Trump? www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2... February 2, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Jurisprudence: Brian Bix, Theorizing for Insiders and Outsiders, JOTWELL (Feb. 2, 2026), juris.jotwell.com/theorizing-f.... February 2, 2026 Jotwell
- death from disease in concentration camps is so widespread and so predictable that it's pretty clearly a feature, not a bug. February 2, 2026 Noah Berlatsky
- Great question from the former SIGAR: February 1, 2026 Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News
Put this up the other day:
Rumskull:
Reports that say that the chicken crossed the road are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known chickens; there are chickens we know we know. We also know there are chicken unknowns; that is to say we know there are some chickens we do not know. But there are also unknown chickens the chickens we don’t know we don’t know.
(For which he won this award)