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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- COVID not at a high level nationally but rate is increasing. (Rt over 1 in lots of places.) But of course we don't have data for Florida which operates on the "if we're not tracking it, people can't make us do anything about if" principe. www.cdc.gov/cfa-modeling... July 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Ok this is a little bit concerning.... July 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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- By popular demand (yes, really) I've posted this year's recommendations for the Miami-Dade judicial elections on my blog. www.discourse.net/2026/07/2026... July 24, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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Three Facts That Caught My Eye

Teardown of pregnancy test (from BBC)
Three not-quite-random facts that caught my eye recently, two about COVID, one about computers.
- Scientific American: COVID-19 Can Wreck Your Heart, Even if You Haven’t Had Any Symptoms
- ‘Bradykinin Storms’ may be the method by which COVID-19 harms so many organs
- So-called electronic home pregnancy tests are just regular paper tests with a computer chip that scans the results and outputs a word to an LCD. The disposable test carries onboard computing power nearly as good as the first IBM PC. And after one use, it and its battery become electronic waste.
Posted in COVID-19, Sufficiently Advanced Technology
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CDC’s Latest COVID-related Deaths Data
The vertical axis is deaths per million. Spot the outlier.
Click for a bigger image. Via Kevin Drum. Note that COVID death counts are likely undercounts as they do not include all “excess deaths“. [CORRECTED]
Posted in COVID-19
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Banned by Facebook
Used to be “Banned in Boston” was the way to sell books. Now the way to make a video go viral is to say it was banned by Facebook. Susie Madrak reports that,
JoshSchwerin, Priorities USA’s comms director, wrote on Twitter, “They are refusing to let @prioritiesUSA run this ad because, according to them, it violates their sensational content policy. ‘Ads must not contain shocking, sensational, inflammatory, or excessively violent content.'”
“[S]hocking, sensational, inflammatory, or excessively violent content”???
You be the judge:
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Powerful Stuff: Doc Rivers on Racial Injustice
Doc Rivers, coach of the LA Clippers, after their blowout victory over the Dallas Mavericks, had things on his mind that go way beyond sports.
I’ve never been real fond of Doc Rivers. I may have to reconsider.
Posted in Basketball, Civil Rights
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