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The Atlantic Gift Article: “Chain-link fences, construction cranes, armed guards, and portable toilets everywhere…In Washington, Trump’s dreams have been slowed by lawsuits. The Cultural Landscape Foundation, Birnbaum’s Washington-based nonprofit, has filed a challenge to Trump’s renovations to the Reflecting Pool and joined as a co-plaintiff on suits related to the president’s plans for the Kennedy …
Inside Hook: “…I’ve put together a list of ways to live a more analog lifestyle. As I make the rules here, I’ve stretched the definition of “analog” a bit to accommodate a reasonably modern lifestyle. I’m not suggesting you cancel your wifi. This is more about adopting sustained, analog-adjacent routines — and while there are …
The New York Times Gift Article: “Pretty much everyone agrees that artificial intelligence has the potential to reshape the economy in the coming decades. But no one is sure what effect the technology is having right now. According to some measures, A.I. is contributing to high unemployment rates among new graduates and might already have …
The New York Times Gift Article: “President Trump is trying to use the levers of the federal government, along with personal influence over state and local lawmakers, to reshape the rules governing the 2026 midterms and future elections in extraordinary ways. Many of these efforts have been blocked by courts, stymied by the Constitution or …
Above the Law: “A new poll from Verasight dropped this week, and its findings should be a wake-up call for everyone currently pretending the Supreme Court’s legitimacy crisis is a partisan fever dream. Short version: it isn’t. We’ve been tracking the Court’s legitimacy crisis for years now, and the numbers keep getting grimmer. Registered voters …
Fast Company: [Note – beSpacific added links to subject matter not found in the original article] “Tim Heidecker’s favorite form of comedy wastes your time. So there’s no better punch line than the internet, society’s ultimate time suck, which has woven its addictive, algorithmic tendrils into every single aspect of our lives, bottoming out in …
Gizmodo “Meteorologists simply aren’t able to gather as much data as they used to, and you’re suffering for it. Is there anything more annoying than leaving the house in shorts and flip flops, only to get caught in an unexpected downpour? The weather report is rarely spot-on, but if forecasts have seemed particularly inaccurate recently, …
Washington Post – no paywall: “Fireworks for this year’s July Fourth celebration are expected to cause hazardous levels of pollution around the National Mall and “very unhealthy” conditions in central D.C., according to internal National Park Service documents reviewed by The Washington Post. The show, billed by the Trump administration as the largest pyrotechnic display …
Murray, Michael D., Exposing the Risk Surface of Agentic AI in the Practice of Law (April 14, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6576480 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6576480 This article examines how the legal profession’s shift from passive generative AI tools to autonomous or semi-autonomous agentic AI systems dramatically expands the “risk surface” of AI in law practice. It …
