On a totally and utterly unconnected matter, today my shit list just crested page two.

Alexandra Lahav@alahav.bsky.social · 4w ago

Thinking of naming your article [this ] As [ that ]? Don't do it. That is my sage advice. Contract As Promise? No. Either a contract is a promise, in which case say that, or you're just saying words with a preposition between them and doing no analytical work.

Day 1 complete! Cats, conference, coffees, and cocktails @glexareen.bsky.social @drfoxpopuli.bsky.social

It was such a pleasure to discuss my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, 'Statehood as Political Community' during the presentation of the 2026 IVR Best Book on the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. I am honoured by the award and so happy I got to celebrate in person.

Can anyone recommend me some really good philosophical work in anarcho-feminism?

Sweating so much in my poorly air-conditioned Hong Kong gym I lost vision in one eye. I call it Odin-maxing.

Oh boy, I just love it when expensive books are marginally less expensive! Here is one of mine, with a global economy-shifting 20% off, right up until 30 June 2027! Apparently it won some sort of prize so, you know, fill your boots.

I guess being cheating bastards doesn't pay.

A symposium in memory of Jürgen Habermas will be held at Goethe University Frankfurt on Friday, 19 June 2026, with contributions by Axel Honneth, Simone Chambers, Peter Gordon, Michael Zürn, Seyla Benhabib, Hauke Brunkhorst and Vera King: normativeorders.net/en/veranstal...

Given the systematic destruction of public reason being perpetrated by our new masters, the tech giants, I am increasingly disposed to vote for almost any leader who refuses to make announcements other than over state television broadcasts. (He said, in a statement on Bluesky.)

Alice Lilly@aliceolilly.bsky.social · 2mo ago

“He says in a post on X”

Recommended.

Alex Green (文浩航)@glexareen.bsky.social · 2mo ago

🚨🚨 DISCOUNT TIME!!! 🚨🚨 In celebration of my @asilorg.bsky.social monograph, Statehood as Political Community, winning the 2026 IVR Prize for Best Book on the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, the folks at @universitypress.cambridge.org are offering a 20% discount with the code "SAPC2026". 1/2

🚨🚨 DISCOUNT TIME!!! 🚨🚨 In celebration of my @asilorg.bsky.social monograph, Statehood as Political Community, winning the 2026 IVR Prize for Best Book on the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, the folks at @universitypress.cambridge.org are offering a 20% discount with the code "SAPC2026". 1/2

🚨🚨 DISCOUNT TIME!!! 🚨🚨 In celebration of my @asilorg.bsky.social monograph, Statehood as Political Community, winning the 2026 IVR Prize for Best Book on the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy, the folks at @universitypress.cambridge.org are offering a 20% discount with the code "SAPC2026". 1/2

Does anyone have the faintest clue how to get in touch with author-side marketing at @universitypress.cambridge.org if your Author Hub account refuses to work? (Asking for an award winner who doesn't want to have to buy their own book to make sure it actually appears at the prize ceremony...)

This award is an unexpected honour - one for which I am joining pretty exalted company in terms of previous winners. Buy the book here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Statehood as Political Community

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Statehood as Political Community

cambridge.org

American Society of International Law@asilorg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congrats to Alex Green's "Statehood as Political Community", which has been awarded the 2026 International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR Prize) for the Best Book on Legal or Social Philosophy. Published in the ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory series.

Been demoralising watching universities mindlessly embrace genAI "inevitability", mouth platitudes about AI ethics, principles & fairness even as it contaminates & degrades knowledge & infrastructure, undermines learning, erodes trust & creates massive burdens from all the above REFUSE. RESIST👇

Charles Logan@charleswlogan.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Solidarity with Emily Tucker and her open letter to students. Tucker writes, "But the great thing is, you don’t have to go along with this, and I urge you not to. You can refuse to use the chatbot. You can tell your professors that you don’t want them to use it or to require you to use it."

This award is an unexpected honour - one for which I am joining pretty exalted company in terms of previous winners. Buy the book here: www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

Statehood as Political Community

Cambridge Core - Public International Law - Statehood as Political Community

cambridge.org

American Society of International Law@asilorg.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Congrats to Alex Green's "Statehood as Political Community", which has been awarded the 2026 International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR Prize) for the Best Book on Legal or Social Philosophy. Published in the ASIL Studies in International Legal Theory series.

Also explains why tech bros like it so much.

Stephanie Kollmann@slkollmann.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

Our book, Legal Pluralism: New Trajectories in Law has just come out in paperback and is staggeringly cheap! Buy it now and help fund my future retirement.

Jen Hendry (文林言)@jenhendry.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New on the JLS blog: our Meet the Book Authors post celebrating the paperback release (May 22, 2026) of our 2024 hardback Routledge publication Legal Pluralism: New Trajectories in Law journaloflawandsociety.co.uk/blog/legal-p... @glexareen.bsky.social

For me, this effectively symbolises much of what is unimpressive about AI (yes, I know *this* is robotics, but still). Marginally improved speed with everything that matters entirely removed. A marathon without runners, pointless to its core.

CNN@cnn.com · 4mo ago

Lightning, a running robot developed by Chinese smartphone maker Honor, finished a 21-kilometer (13 mile) run in Beijing in a stunning 50 minutes and 26 seconds, beating the human world record by more than six minutes. https://cnn.it/4mLRxQ8

🎉 Publication day! My book 𝙎𝙪𝙛𝙛𝙞𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙇𝙖𝙬 is out in the Edward 𝘌𝘭𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘐𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘓𝘢𝘸 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴. If you want to know more about the ICC, the interpretation of its statute, prosecutorial decisions & policies, and judicial review, this book might be your next reading 1/

Pope Leo:

ooooh #operas_I_may_get_to_watching 👀

Alex Green (文浩航)@glexareen.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Just out in the German Law Journal @cambup-law.cambridge.org, my open access paper: 'Towards a Wagnerian Jurisprudence'. Looking for a distinctive legal philosophy within the musical score of Western opera - as far as I know, the first attempt ever to do so. cup.org/4slXeW9

Just out in the German Law Journal @cambup-law.cambridge.org, my open access paper: 'Towards a Wagnerian Jurisprudence'. Looking for a distinctive legal philosophy within the musical score of Western opera - as far as I know, the first attempt ever to do so. cup.org/4slXeW9

Working as I do, mainly with words, norms, and obligations, it can all feel a bit unreal at times. When I feel like that, I am always reminded how proud I am of my brother's artisanal woodturning career. Check out his website and give his Instagram a follow: www.ejgwoodcraft.uk?utm_content=...

Edmund Green Woodcraft

Woodturning on the Isle of Wight. Local timber used for premium woodturned items. Original designs, bespoke work, repairs.

ejgwoodcraft.uk

My paper, 'The State Itself as a Vulnerabile Subject: Existential Resilience under International Law' will be coming out soon in the Modern Law Review. For now, you can read the accepted version on my SSRN: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

AI marketing really is a triumph of fiction over reality. We all know, basically, that most widely available LLMs are more than a bit silly and way more than a bit dangerous, yet somehow there are countless people willing to throw their lot in with the mega-rich backing them, just on the off chance.

Such a pleasure for @glexareen.bsky.social & me to participate in the USQ-hosted workshop ‘Deliberation & Contestation in Multinational Democracies’ and present (the latest instalment of) our work on the limits of legal pluralism. Many thanks to the participants for the engagement & feedback.

Many thanks to everyone who submitted abstracts to @jenhendry.bsky.social and me for "Global Law and Particular Legalities: Essays in Honour of William Twining". We received an overwhelming number of submissions (well over 80 abstracts), with a very high standard of work across the board. 1/2