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by Michael Froomkin
Laurie Silvers & Mitchell Rubenstein Distinguished Professor of Law
University of Miami School of Law
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Recent Bluessky Posts- I'd write a reply, but it would take a thread made of hundreds of Bluesky posts. April 14, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Tax: Diane Ring, Showdown or Balancing Act: Reconciling Our Commitments to the Tax System and the Legal System, JOTWELL (April 14, 2026) (reviewing Siddesh Rao, Client-Attorney Privilege: The Last Barrier to Tax Transparency, 18 World Tax J. 1 (2026)), tax.jotwell.com/showdown-or-.... April 14, 2026 Jotwell
- Published a blog post about how I got my congressperson to convince SFO to change their illegal mandatory biometrics collection blog.yomna.net/opting-out-o... April 14, 2026 yomna
- I gather it might be several weeks before the Hungarian election is officially certified, and the Parliament can meet to elect a new Prime Minister. Plenty of time for mischief if the outgoing crew is so minded. April 13, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- I am very proud and excited to share that a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Technology featuring We Robot 2025 conference papers is now published and fully open access, with thanks to funding support from @windsorlaw.bsky.social: digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/cjlt/vol23/i... April 13, 2026 Kristen Thomasen
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Hey,
I guess I’m going to have to start learning Apache, Fetchmail, & Sendmail now. I just got vmware going on my ubuntu hd and was thinking about redoing my whole setup anyway… ubuntu/XP home.
Looks like every rose has its thorn
As for topic – Wikipedia really rules and I hate those who put false info in it