Ellen P. Goodman

Rutgers Law prof. Love M-dash, Oxford comma. Info and animal law, urban policy, Jewish life, Philly.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

Calls worked.

[Lewis Bollard @Lewis_Bollard]

Great news: the Senate farm bill base text won't include the Save Our Bacon Act, which would wipe out state bans on pork from crated pigs.

Senate Ag Chair John Boozman said it's too controversial to include. That's thanks to everyone who called and posted about this.

But the fight's not over. Iowa's Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst will likely now try to add the SOB Act to the bill as a committee amendment.

Keep the calls to your senators going: [phone]. Tell them: no farm bill with the Save Our Bacon Act in it. We can win this.

Photo credit: WeAnimals.

[Aaron Terr @aaronterr1]

An NJ town council refused to pay its bill for ads in a local news outlet, not because of any problem with the ads, but because council members are mad about "false" reporting.

Wildly unconstitutional and an apparent breach of contract. All on video: https://t.co/CgkYVrr9qk

[Zen and the Art of Persuasive Writing @Zenpersuasion]

I’m an appellate court judge.

I’ve read thousands of briefs.

Here’s what no one told you about persuasion and how to win. Thread.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

Disgusted that House passed Farm Bill with pork industry provision to preempt state law protections against pig torture and promotion of ethical animal husbandry. Good that @RepBrianFitz (R. PA-1) voted against.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

The conversation between @VanJones68 and @havivrettiggur is glorious on this point. We Jews feel betrayed by our allies. But some of our allies feel betrayed by us. Our alliances run through civil rights and shared opportunity. https://t.co/dzNU3ep98Z

[The Nexus Project @NexusProjectUS]

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt just went on Shai Davidai's podcast to rant about the "pathology of victimhood,” liberalism, and intersectionality.

As Jews committed to stopping antisemitism and protecting democracy & civil liberties, Greenblatt’s attitude completely undermines the fight against Jew hatred. 🧵

[Not a Good Jewish Girl✡️ @estherzelda0514]

This is such a good essay on the antisemitic narcissism of the Western creative writing industry around Gaza, and how all of these people are mythmaking the foundations of a new Holocaust, but not before denying the first.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@Daniel_Sugarman Just horrific.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

On OpenAI policy paper: “There is no real economy in this picture. No wealth creation, no ownership, no productive capability. There is a class of people who operate AI systems and capture the returns, and [rest of us] who circulate government transfers through care services.”

[Andrew Hires @AndrewHires]

Most important piece I’ve read on AI this year.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

In the race between defense and diffusion, how can defense win? The strategy has to be resilience. https://t.co/ulJnvFCFic @asad09

[Ethan Mollick @emollick]

In different hands, Mythos would be an unprecedented cyberweapon

I am not sure how we deal with this, except to note a narrow window where we know only 3 companies could be at this level of capability. But it may be Chinese models (maybe open weights ones?) get there in 9 months

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@mattyglesias Haredim. Not quite right. Policy towards Palestinians is much broader than state, including tolerance of West Bank rampages.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@Nadav_Eyal בדיוק ותודה 🙏🏻

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@NewYorker This magazine, revered for its rigor, makes the (motivated) mistake of equating Zionism with support of Israel’s current government. It’s like equating American patriotism with MAGA. In fact, they’re pretty much opposites.

[Jeremy Ben-Ami @JeremyBenAmi]

Yes - pro-peace candidates who care about Israel and about Palestinians can beat AIPAC.

@DanielBiss lays out the playbook in the Nation.

This is the @jstreetdotorg playbook: Support Israel. But not this government. Support Palestinians. But not Hamas. Support regional security. But not this war.

That's where the majority of American Jews are. That's where the majority of Democrats are. That's where the majority of Americans are.

It's just not where AIPAC is.

https://t.co/CSp988GwGT

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@marcyrw @WalshFreedom B’tselem, Breaking the Silence, and ESPECIALLY the New Israel Fund are NOT anti-Israel or Pro-Islam (whatever that means). They are pro human rights in Israel. As are most liberal Zionists. The point about the Dems and Israel is well-taken. Don’t spoil it by over-shooting.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

This piece not only applies to war but to the frictionless world of algorithmic determination. “culture has increasingly ceded authority to systems that mistake information for understanding and speed for judgment.” Thank you @Yonatan_Touval

[Ami Dar @AmiDar]

This is the best piece I’ve read since this war started. I hope this link works. https://t.co/QoJjDRHAbP

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@JewishWonk @mattyglesias Thank you Alex. Your point about involvement in organized Jewish life is exactly right. The “as a Jew” who can “pass” may not understand that the “israel is bad” (whatever that means) discourse = threats to and attacks on visibly Jewish kids, shuls, JCCs, festivals, etc

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@AdamThierer @neil_chilson @HouseCommerce Look forward to this Adam!

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

@joekent16jan19 @larry_irving https://t.co/76Rjm0sQQx

[נדב איל Nadav Eyal @Nadav_Eyal]

I saw a letter circulating today repeating this claim yet again. So, once more: Israel did not draw the United States into the Iraq war; on the contrary, it warned against it. No clip of Netanyahu- then a private citizen with no official role- can alter that reality. Read my full text below.

[Ellen P. Goodman @ellgood]

Nice treatment by law student https://t.co/XO13Rmz2SU on FA argument Anthropic might have made: govt was coercing speech (a change to Claude constitution) à la 303 Creative. https://t.co/OaxEQaYhgr

[Wesley @WesleyLowery]

Here’s the close of Jesse’s 1988 DNC speech “keep hope alive.” The challenge for politicians on the left remains unsparing critique that doesn’t descend into cynicism. There’s a reason that churched, black political figures navigate this more seamlessly than others