Prof Melanie O'Brien

@drmelob.bsky.social

Prof Int Law & AssocDean (Research) UWA. Visiting Scholar @umnlawschool.bsky.social. Aust Red Cross volunteer. Int crim law; genocide studies; IHL; human rights. All posts my opinion. ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3571

On Tuesday, the Trump Admin announced they were ending the Medicare Part D subsidy program. Touching the third rail of politics is a heckuva strategy going into midterms (part D open enrollment starts 10/15). My latest analysis for @msnowreports.bsky.social. www.ms.now/opinion/trum...

Opinion | Trump’s Medicare change comes at a curious time

Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, America’s most reliable voting bloc will receive notice of higher healthcare costs.

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The descent into authoritarianism continues as the FBI looks to prosecute people for communicating about where ICE agents were. Of course, Patel can't even say what laws they might have broken (because they know they haven't broken any & it's Constitutionally protected free speech anyway!) #USA

Chad Loder@chadloder.dev · 6mo ago

DHS and DOJ were *already* monitoring all your big Signal chats, they have been doing it for years. All unvetted chats have feds in them. And it's safe to assume every 20th person in a vetted chat is a fed too. Don't let it stop you from organizing.

UNHCR found forced displacement decreased for the first time in 10 ys last year, but still 117.8 million people were driven from their homes by violence, conflict or persecution. 39% children. Most now in low & middle-income states. Most displaced >5yrs. 4.5M stateless. apnews.com/article/refu...

Nearly 118 million people were displaced by conflict and persecution last year, UN says

The U.N. refugee agency reports that forced displacement due to conflict or persecution fell in 2025 for the first time in a decade.

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AI steals context from everywhere, incl #Indigenous data, such as art & knowledge. Part of the inherently sexist, racist, homophobic (etc) nature of these processes & their companies' cultures- taking from the more vulnerable, excluding their knowledge & views. Great piece @kerrijmalloy.bsky.social

Kerri J. Malloy@kerrijmalloy.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New in Governing: I write about #AI and why #IndigenousDataSovereignty must be central to public-sector technology policy from the start. www.governing.com/management-a... @scholars.org

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