Susan E. Seager

Susan E. Seager

@susanseager.bsky.social

Adjunct law prof & founder of UC Irvine Law School Press Freedom Project providing free legal help to indy journalists. Author of “Trump Is a Libel Bully” https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/publications/communications_lawyer/fall2016/cl32-3.pdf

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Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

@shawnhubler.bsky.social Is it accurate to label LA’s 2025 protests as “raucous immigration protests” when the protests were against ICE, not “immigration,” and it was the LAPD, LASD, and Feds who “raucously” shot projectiles at the press - including NYT’s own reporter - resulting in 3 injunctions?

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

@nytimes.com Please assign your top reporters to investigate Slut Con and orgies in Silicon Valley - coercive sex parties that are not really optional for Silicon Valley tech women. And please don’t just do it based solely on court records. Talk to real people. bsky.app/profile/fain...

Faine Greenwood@faineg.com

Women trying to succeed in Silicon Valley AI and effective altruist spaces are reporting feeling serious social pressure to attend sex parties - where people have reported being sexually assaulted, like below. Events like Aella’s “Slutcon,” which is happening again this weekend.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

For everyone who says we shouldn’t use the word “fabricate” to describe it when AI presents falsehoods as true facts because there’s no intent to deceive by AI, read the story about AI intentionally deceiving its masters in the AI Face Hugger hacking case. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/t...

nytimes.comWhy the Hugging Face Hack Should Make You Worry More About A.I. (Gift Article)The attack by an aggressive “collective” of OpenAI agents shows the danger of artificial intelligence systems that organize themselves.
Susan E. Seager@susanseager.bsky.social

Yes! “Hallucinate” suggests Elon got high at Burning Man. Oopsie! No harm! But when AI presents falsehoods as true, there is harm to all.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Today is a good day to expand the Supreme Court.

Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

#BREAKING: By a 5-4 vote (with Chief Justice Roberts joining the three Democratic appointees in dissent), #SCOTUS grants a stay pending appeal in the ballroom case, clearing the way for Trump to continue building the ballroom indefinitely while the litigation proceeds.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

@apstylebook.com. Wikipedia says: “In the field of artificial intelligence (AI), a hallucination or artificial hallucination (also called bullshitting, confabulation, or delusion is a response generated by AI that contains false or misleading information presented as fact.

AP Stylebook@apstylebook.com

@susanseager.bsky.social posted asking us to ban the term "hallucinate" for AI. She said in part, “The term 'hallucinate' is an inaccurate, industry-friendly term that should be banned when reporting news about AI fabrications.”

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Instead of saying AI made a “hallucination/hallucinated,” say AI made a “fabrication/fabricated.”

bjkeefe@bjkeefe.bsky.social

I am a real noodge when it comes to word choices. One way I have been able to rein myself in a little is a challenge I came up with: I don't get to complain about someone else's word choice unless I can suggest a replacement. Interested to hear ideas from @susanseager.bsky.social.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

@jayrosen.bsky.social @latimes.com @nytimes.com @jelanicobb.bsky.com All tech/legal writers and news orgs/J schools should ban the term “hallucination” to describe a lie by AI. It’s not an oopsie mistake. It’s a lie presented as fact. In court, it’s a fraud on the court. Don’t white wash it.

Susan E. Seager@susanseager.bsky.social

@apstylebook.com: The term “hallucinate” is an inaccurate, industry-friendly term that should be banned when reporting news about AI fabrications. It has been shown that AI lies and cheats to please its taskmaster. It’s not an accidental, innocent, ha-ha, drug-induced mistake.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

@apstylebook.com: The term “hallucinate” is an inaccurate, industry-friendly term that should be banned when reporting news about AI fabrications. It has been shown that AI lies and cheats to please its taskmaster. It’s not an accidental, innocent, ha-ha, drug-induced mistake.

Susan E. Seager@susanseager.bsky.social

@apnews.com Urging the AP Stylebook to ban the inaccurate, industry-friendly term “hallucinate/hallucination” when describing AI lies, such as when AI lies by citing fake court case in court filings. Shouldn’t the correct term be “fabricate/fabrication/lie”? www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.comAI hallucinated case law in insurance company's filings in L.A. County house fire disputeAttorneys for State Farm apologized to a judge for submitting legal briefings rife with AI hallucinations and nonexistent case law, which were not fact-checked.
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

@apnews.com Urging the AP Stylebook to ban the inaccurate, industry-friendly term “hallucinate/hallucination” when describing AI lies, such as when AI lies by citing fake court case in court filings. Shouldn’t the correct term be “fabricate/fabrication/lie”? www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.comAI hallucinated case law in insurance company's filings in L.A. County house fire disputeAttorneys for State Farm apologized to a judge for submitting legal briefings rife with AI hallucinations and nonexistent case law, which were not fact-checked.
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Hi @marcelias.bsky.social, why did you send cease-and-desist letter to @nytimes.bsky.social to block this fine article by Adambonica.bsky.social about the Dem party’s panicked fundraising emails hooking seniors into donating limited retirement funds? data4democracy.substack.com/p/hook-and-s...

data4democracy.substack.comHook and SqueezeHow Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.

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Heidi Kitrosser
@heidikitrosser.bsky.social

I just submitted my comment about the OMB's dangerous proposal to politicize research funding in the United States: acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:... You can still do so until 11:59pm eastern today (see link in quoted post).

Heidi Kitrosser@heidikitrosser.bsky.social

Today is the deadline to submit comments, and you can do so here: www.regulations.gov/document/OMB... I'm currently drafting a quick comment explaining that the rule's viewpoint-based criteria run afoul of existing First Amendment law.

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LAL
@lindli.bsky.social

Replying to @tusk81.bsky.social

Our local newspaper, The Portland Press Herald, has lifted their paywall on coverage of the ICE shooting of a man in Biddeford, Maine this morning. They have excellent reporters and will have much more accurate information than natl news as we learn more: www.pressherald.com/2026/07/13/s...

pressherald.comLive updates: King calls for transparent investigation after Biddeford man killed in ICE-involved shootingProtests are growing after a man identified as a 26-year-old from Colombia was fatally shot. Immigration advocates say he was authorized to work in the U.S.
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Flock lawyer sends dumb cease and desist letter to Newport Beach discussion group - @thesaturdaysalon on Insta - ordering them to stop talking about Flock’s creepy license plate surveillance loved by cops. Ha ha. Courts would deny this illegal prior restraint. www.instagram.com/p/DajWr2evru...

instagram.comthesaturdaysalon on Instagram: "WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. Giving a lecture about surveillance in a secret Newport speakeasy is now considered suspicious behavior.A …"WE WILL NOT BE SILENCED. Giving a lecture about surveillance in a secret Newport speakeasy is now considered suspicious behavior.A while back, we hosted a discussion on the surveillance state, privacy, and whether safety and civil liberties can peacefully coexist. Evidently, the real threat wasn’t the lecture… it was the fact that people were voluntarily talking to one another.The Saturday Salon traces its lineage to the 18th’ century European salon, where dangerous activities such as reading books, drinking wine, and disagreeing politely routinely terrified centralized authority.We understand the confusion.A private speakeasy full of 1920’s furniture, Trader Joe’s wine & overdressed Newport Beach residents arguing about philosophy does bear a striking resemblance to a sophisticated intelligence operation. Admittedly, we do ask difficult questions. Occasionally someone even writes a book.We simply host conversations… one of the few technologies that social media has yet to successfully automate.If anyone intends to keep investigating us, please have your process server bring a few bottles of Trader Joe’s Cabernet on the next visit.And while you’re at it… get our address right.#flock #palantir #flockcameras
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

This article doesn’t address the problem I see with some Independent journalists: do they have impact on corrupt and incompetent governments or are they ignored in a way that mainstream media often is not? Do they comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable with stories that force reform?

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Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Hugh’s thanks to Judge Luttig @judgeluttig and 34 other retired judges for winning a court order requiring Donald Trump to explain why his lawsuit against the IRS and the slush-fund “settlement” was not “a fraud on the court.”

Cristian Farias@cristianfarias.com

We love to see it: Federal judge orders IRS case reopened, will investigate if DOJ’s fake dismissal request to create slush fund constituted a fraud on the court, or otherwise sanctionable, “collusive” conduct. Win for former fed judges who moved to reopen: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

storage.courtlistener.com- Order (PAPERLESS or pdf attached) – #65 in Trump v. Internal Revenue Service (S.D. Fla., 1:26-cv-20609) – CourtListener.comORDER. See attached document for full details. Signed by Judge Kathleen M. Williams on 5/29/2026. (ymd) (Entered: 05/29/2026)
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Professor Hatcher’s motto: “I combine information, analysis and irritation, all intended to get readers thinking.” More of that, please.

Susan E. Seager@susanseager.bsky.social

This should be the motto of journalism. And any journalist who’s going to hang out with Trump tonight is not a proud irritant, but a disappointment.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.comCSU professor acquitted of assaulting U.S. agents during immigration protestA federal jury acquitted CSU Channel Islands professor Jonathan Caravello of an assault charge stemming from a 2025 immigration raid protest in Camarillo.
Susan E. Seager@susanseager.bsky.social

CSU professor acquitted of assaulting U.S. agents during immigration protest!!! Feds lose another bogus criminal case against a protester- this time a professor.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Did you know there is a desert apricot? It’s part of the rose family. Cahuilla people habe valued it as a food source. Very tasty on a hot day at the California Botanical Garden!

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Israel confesses to murdering 3 journalists for doing their job.

News Eye@newseye.bsky.social

A critically important point: the IDF is openly admitting that it targeted & assassinated the 3 journalists today. Their crime? According to the IDF statement: “reporting on the locations of Defense Army forces operating in southern Lebanon.” The Hague awaits. (🎥 Nada Atallah, The National)

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

All lawyers practicing in Los Angeles Superior Court should ask the judges deciding their cases if the judge used this new “Learned Hand” AI software to decide any court order. And the real Judge Learned Hand is rolling over in his grave right now! www.latimes.com/california/s...

latimes.comAI pilot program in L.A. County courts will help judges craft rulings in some casesA select panel of L.A. County judges now have access to an artificial intelligence tool that can help them summarize motions and draft rulings in civil court. The tool, Learned Hand, is already in use...
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

I’m here too! Looking forward to your remarks. I spent a fantastic year here as a reporter and then Hearst shut us down!

Popehat@kenwhite.bsky.social

On a panel today at Society for Professional Journalists - LA Press Freedom Summit at the ASU building in LA, which is the renovated Herald Examiner building. The lobby is restored to its 1910s Mission Revival style and amazing. I am semi-restored by coffee and strive to be adequate.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

Copyright infringement much?

Ulrike Franke@rikefranke.eu

This is a real video from the official White House account on a war that is currently killing people. I don’t know how the US is going to come back from this. The post was “JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY. 🇺🇸 🔥”

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

The same thing happened at UC Irvine School of Law - (it rescinded job offer to new dean) but faculty and donors revolted and the school rehired the brilliant Erwin Chemerinsky as dean. www.latimes.com/archives/la-...

latimes.comLaw dean is rehired as furor goes onChemerinsky's job is settled, but UC Irvine's chancellor may not be secure in his own.
Steve Vladeck@stevevladeck.bsky.social

For better or worse, public law schools have to account for state politics when making decisions about who to hire as their next dean. But hiring someone and *then* rescinding the offer is something else altogether, and ought to be a huge black eye for the University of Arkansas.

Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

It’s rare because it’s illegal! It violates federal law. The violates the Privacy Protection Act of 1980!

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com

FBI agents conducted a search at the home of a Washington Post reporter, as part of what officials said was an investigation into the possible sharing of government secrets, according to people familiar with the matter.

trib.alFBI searches Washington Post reporter’s home, confiscates her phone in exceedingly rare step - The Boston GlobeThe FBI searched journalist Hannah Natanson’s devices and seized a phone and a Garmin watch at her Virginia home, the Post said.
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

It’s also illegal, as you should well know. It violates the Federal Privacy Protection Act of 1980.

Marty Baron@postbaron.bsky.social

A clear and appalling sign that this administration will set no limits on its acts of aggression against an independent press. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comFBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s homeThe reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
Susan E. Seager
@susanseager.bsky.social

This is an illegal search by the federal government of a reporter. This search violates the Federal Privacy Protection Act of 1980. Jeff Bezos should hire a lawyer for this reporter or she should hire one herself and go to court immediately to get her devices back and sue for damages.

Susan E. Seager@susanseager.bsky.social

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

washingtonpost.comFBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s homeThe reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.