Law prof + sociologist thinking and writing about property, land, cities, democracy, sometimes Philly. Posts ≠ speaking for the institution where I work (obvs).
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Potentially of use to land use profs: a nice explainer of some reasons why people don't use land use law/planning to avoid hazards and avert potential disasters.
We were told they were getting rid of school-associated research paper series.
But subject-matter ones? That's a HUGE blow to learning in your field. Huge.
Clarifications from SSRN. I continue to think that these changes aren’t that substantively bad but are being rolled out in a ham-fisted way that illustrates just how much control over its scholarly communications the legal academy has ceded to a for-profit corporation.
blog.ssrn.com/2026/06/04/s...
I *knew* I’d seen that before. I assembled that thing myself.
The majestic Alaskan landscape, littered with unbuilt bridges and tunnels to nowhere.
Big tech to Philly schools: drop dead. (Or, dig around for loose change.)
Disappointing decision by city council on this one.
Having slept on this, still thinking about best way to help law profs break the SSRN habit and move to SocArXiv or equiv.
Qs for the law profs: do you think your school/library would help support a move? Maybe by chipping in to create ejournals on SocArXiv? Would you make the move?
#exodussrn
This was not in the law. CMS chose this. This is how Social Security Disability works. And we have an entire field of law built around helping people navigate that Byzantine bureaucracy. It’s not unusual to take years to access benefits. Lots of sick people are going to lose their health insurance
We are aware that Professor Bainbridge raises understandable concerns about changes at SSRN, particularly given how central the platform is to legal scholarship. For many o…
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SSRN with some crisis comms in response to Bainbridge's post, which had prompted a flurry of concern among law profs and some thinking about alternatives.
Curious whether this will get folks to SSRN and chill, or if interest in alternatives might remain piqued...
Nate Ela
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The most well-known bridge to have never been built
For provocation and discussion: Local governments largely have the authority to keep development out of hazardous areas. Why don't they? Eight explanations, supported by science:
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not sure if everyone can access this, but I just learned about some dramatic changes to SSRN from Steve Bainbridge's Substack. This is really bad; SSRN has been how I keep up with scholarship in my field from a variety of researchers
www.stephenbainbridge.com/p/the-social...
Pam Herd
Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules. n.pr/3RK4U7X
City Council will reject Mayor Cherelle L. Parker's increased taxes on gig economy companies, like Lyft and DoorDash.
Welp there’s no unseeing this
Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev says Russia and America are about to sign a Memorandum of Understanding on building a tunnel under the Bering Strait between Chukotka and Alaska.
