lex gill

@lexis
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lawyer. litigation for the people. citizen lab fellow. teaching at mcgill law. former scc clerk (cj). constitutional red team. be brave.
personal websitehttps://lexgill.com
twitter@lex_is

More heartfelt, catty group chats. More time in art galleries, more public readings, more workshops and shows. More coffee with the people I actually like here.

So from now on—at least for a while—I'm not checking DMs. Find me here: http://lexgill.com/contact

Happy new year. ❤️

contact

and I don't really think it makes me a better friend or citizen or advocate. At least not anymore.

So this year, more long form journalism and old-school blogs. More thoughtful, lovingly-written newsletters. More podcasts for running. More books, and more tipsy book clubs.

I'm not sure that I'm leaving twitter or its competitors, but I do know that I'm ready for a real, long break. And to be honest, I'm not convinced (personally, culturally) that we need something to "replace" this space or this genre either. It doesn't make us kinder or smarter—
RT @eayers0
Every semester I let students choose between a “traditional” paper + a creative project of their choosing. Both require research, full bibliographies, check ins, etc. Here are some of the creative projects I received this year: @NYUGallatin
just retweeting to say hi to the nerdy lil FTC lawyers giddily screenshotting this on a sunday night
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RT @twittersupport
We recognize that many of our users are active on other social media platforms. However, we will no longer allow free promotion of certain social media platforms on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/TwitterSupport/status/1604531261791522817
RT @Azi
🧵 Accounts suspended, a thread
Micah is also the creator of this neat little tool, which lets you mass delete tweets and DMs: https://semiphemeral.com
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RT @oneunderscore__
@drewharwell The Intercept journalist @micahflee has been suspended. He had been writing critically about Elon Musk.
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603558021120118784
Semiphemeral

Automatically delete your data from tech platforms, except for what you want to keep

Semiphemeral
RT @Nader_Hasan_law
One of the more troubling aspects of the #SCC majority’s decision in R v Beaver is its departure from decades-old precedent on s. 24(2) of the Charter without acknowledging it. 1/

RT @SimonWallace
To support access to legal information and demonstrate the capabilities of modern AI tech, I am releasing over one hundred AI-generated transcripts of Supreme Court of Canada (@SCC_eng) hearings. Soon I'll release my source code.

https://obiter.ai/blog/posts/2022-12-05-scc-transcripts/

Obiter.Ai - Supreme (AI) Transcripts

Leveraging state-of-the-art artificial intelligence models to transcribe Supreme Court of Canada hearings

chatgpt, an underrated tool to help articling students practice cross-examination without completely losing it on an actual witness
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RT @itstimconnors
This fucking guy
https://twitter.com/itstimconnors/status/1599544717943123969
Tim Connors • 101 on Twitter

“This fucking guy”

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