Every now and then I start to think it could be fun and even useful to buy a Kindle. Then I read stuff like Amazon remotely wipes woman’s Kindle, and come to my senses.
Recent Bluessky Posts- 2-1 with Rao in dissent. (And stayed pending appeal to SCT.) Which makes me wonder, when is the last time Rao voted against Trump? If any.... www.nytimes.com/live/2026/08... August 7, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Torts: Christopher J. Robinette, Gaming the Standard, JOTWELL (August 7, 2026) (reviewing Ani B. Satz & Liza Vertinsky, Customary Corruption, 66 Wm. & Mary L. Rev. 693 (2025)), torts.jotwell.com/gaming-the-s.... August 7, 2026 Jotwell
- TIL that disgraced former NC Congressman Madison Crawthorn is trying to carpetbag himself into an open Florida seat, kick-started by $500,000 of this own money. (Apparently it's not going great.) floridapolitics.com/archives/777... August 7, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- At least five of these are already true or will be true by the end of next week. August 7, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- I have a personal and maybe political commitment against cannibalism. Oh, and one against genocide. Good thing we don't have that code here. August 6, 2026 Michael Froomkin
I’d recommend an alternate reader and uploading the books via app (e.g., I have a nook color hacked into running android and upload content using Calibre or Dropbox). The convenience of the kindle is amazon’s whispernet, which is how the manage/remotely wipe the content; remove whispernet and you lose the one-click convenience but also the worry that your recently bought book will disappear.