valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.

I'm really excited to be giving this talk next Friday, even if it will be midnight here while doing it. Log in and join me so you can hear me talk about my current obsession: Stories

Lauterpacht Centre for International Law@lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us for next Friday's lunchtime lecture, 1 pm 20 February 2026: 'Reading International Law as Stories' with Prof Tamsin Paige, Deakin Law School. Sandwich lunch from 12.30 pm for all attendees. More info: buff.ly/TPCzOd3

From research on academic presentations by economists:

John Holbein@johnholbein1.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Here’s what they found: Women are interrupted more often than men—by about 10–20% in economics seminars. Those interruptions are more likely to: - Cut women off mid-sentence - Come from men - Be adversarial rather than clarifying in nature

New implied freedom of political communication case coming up.

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Two independent Victorian political candidates will ask the High Court to overturn a state law capping political donations to just under $5,000 but allowing an exception for the major parties.

"Kreis, along with professors @evanbernick.bsky.social and @gowder.io, anticipated [historically unfounded claims] in a Cornell Law Review piece. Their assessment of academics who suddenly discovered anti-birthright citizenship arguments is appropriately brutal." abovethelaw.com/2026/01/tort...

Torts Professor Who Botched COVID Prediction Suddenly Expert On Birthright Citizenship - Above the Law

The law professor who predicted only 500 Americans would die of COVID is back with another expertise-free take.

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"Don't forget to add the bit about people only having rights if they agree with what the government is doing."

Bird watching

The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down

My cat ran inside all of a sudden and looked a bit spooked. I went outside to see a pigeon just hopping around. I suspect my cat would not have survived in the wild.

It gets crazier by the minute.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo ago

Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States

Tan on Legal Knowledge and Inference David Tan (Deakin University, Geelong, Australia - Deakin Law School) has posted Is it possible to have legal knowledge without legal inference? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Is there a systematic and proper method of legal reasoning or is legal reasoning more…

Tan on Legal Knowledge and Inference

David Tan (Deakin University, Geelong, Australia - Deakin Law School) has posted Is it possible to have legal knowledge without legal inference? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Is there a systematic and proper method of legal reasoning or is legal reasoning more open-ended and organic and leading to pluralistic conclusions? I refer to a system of legal inference as a system of legal reasoning that fits the first description; ie there is a systematic and proper methodology for drawing conclusions based on certain premises.

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Trump says eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland – Europe live

Trump says eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland – Europe live

Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Finland will face tariffs from 1 February

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I don't know about all of you, but I am finding it difficult to process Venezuela, Greenland, Minneapolis, and the Fed all at once.

I was looking up a paper on legislatures and public policy, and the publisher's algorithm suggested this to me???

Dear god www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...

Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell

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I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.

Have a chapter out on the connections between the idea of rules of inference and whether it's necessary for legal knowledge: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

“These findings provide clear evidence that data collected on MTurk simply cannot be trusted.”

academic life in a nutshell.

We’re withdrawing from the International Law Commission??? This whole list is absolutely insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States

MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United

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New Called to the Bar episode: the full crew unpacks the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro. UN Charter violations, head of state immunity, and why Washington no longer seems troubled by illegality. Bleak, sharp, and very 2026. #CalledToTheBar soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

63. Bombing Caracas: The Use of Force, Abducting a Head of State, and the Unravelling of International Law

In this special bonus episode of Called to the Bar, the full podcast crew assembles to confront the legal fallout from the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of its sitting president, Nicolás M

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day one in mamdani’s new york

Someone is working on their Jesus MMA script/novel

Great to see @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social's review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community in the @iclq.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Deakin law school is going to be running a webinar information session on our JD course. If you’re considering the JD or know someone who is, we'd love for you to join us this January. Register here: study.deakin.edu.au/webinar/juri...

This! For it to be a war crime there needs to be a war (question of fact – Tadic) and to exercise self defence there needs to be an armed attack (Oil Platforms). Neither condition is satisfied at a factual level. As such this is a Crime Against Humanity (or just murder)

Dr Juliette McIntyre 🩷💚 🏳️‍🌈@drnajimagi.bsky.social · 8mo ago

can we all please stop calling the Venezuela shit war crimes I know it's catchy but they're not war crimes coz there is no war thank yew

Call for papers for the 2026 Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference is now open! For more details please see our website: www.aslp.org.au/conference

Returned from Japan where the trains run every few minutes to see this...

For all the reasons why this conduct from the US (or any other government) is unlawful and reprehensible have a listen to this episode of #CalledToTheBar on.soundcloud.com/HuJwiOOFAF2V...

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In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Professor Rob McLaughlin and Dr Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg to unpack a troubling event:

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Jameel Jaffer@jameeljaffer.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Don’t believe anyone who tells you that intelligence shows anything “without a doubt,” but even if the intelligence was water-tight, this strike was still murder. No law permits the deliberate, premeditated killing of civilians.