I spoke w/ @kayliwewe.bsky.social for @newlinesmag.bsky.social about the search for a new ICC prosecutor. States Parties & candidates will likely face intense US pressure (re Netanyahu & Gallant warrants, Palestine investigation, & shielding US officials). To succumb would be a catastrophic mistake.

New Lines Magazine@newlinesmag.bsky.social · yesterday

NEW: The ICC is searching for a new chief prosecutor at a defining moment. As @kayliwewe.bsky.social writes in @newlinesmag.bsky.social, the new leader will inherit major cases, political pressure and questions over whether the court can regain trust. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/th...

Finished The Acolyte, thought it was great. Next up the Phantom Menace then Attack of the Clones, then The Clone Wars series

Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige@pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · yesterday

Should I use my sick leave (on sick leave till at least mid September) to do a full watch in chronological order of all the Star Wars series and movies in preparation for the release of the Zero Company game at the end of August (which I'm excited to play because XCom)?

Should I use my sick leave (on sick leave till at least mid September) to do a full watch in chronological order of all the Star Wars series and movies in preparation for the release of the Zero Company game at the end of August (which I'm excited to play because XCom)?

The morning coffee read. I don't think the prosecutors would ever do this, as it would be the end of any credibility of the office. After that, they could pack up and go home. But let's read what Kevin thinks. #ICC #Israel #Palestine opiniojuris.org/2026/08/03/c...

Could the OTP Withdraw the Netanyahu and Gallant Arrest Warrants?

In the wake of Prosecutor’s Khan’s removal from office, a number of people have asked me whether the current Deputy Prosecutors or the next Prosecutor could withdraw the arrest warrants…

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If I may offer a piece of advice, as someone from a country which has gone through similar challenges (Croatia). What may be useful is a change of thinking. By providing the best available defense to Russians, you are, in fact, providing it to your own legal system. www.thetimes.com/article/85a1...

Russians face a war trial. Ukrainians face having to defend them

As Kyiv brings landmark charges of crimes against humanity with British help, lawyers trying to ensure a fair trial are condemned as collaborators

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For Rahaeli and @elsieyork.bsky.social, who both asked: My professor was working as an assistant county attorney very early in his career when he got assigned a nuisance abatement case. The owner of property in an unincorporated part of the county was keeping exotic animals without a permit.

rahaeli@rahaeli.bsky.social · 6d ago

I am asking you about evicting an emu farm as requested!

Episode 190 of the P2 Pixelcast is live now, and it is a cracker. @pretendbeard.bsky.social and @hewso.bsky.social are joined by the supremely overqualified @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social to talk all things Pirates... in games that is, not the torrenting kind. www.player2.net.au/podcast/the-...

The Player 2 PixelCast 190 | Player2.net.au

The Player 2 PixelCast 190 Avast! Grog! Other pirate-y sounding terms! While we watch July slide slowly towards August and then the eventual avalanche of new game releases, some of us have decided to ...

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there are a lot of philosophical concepts that get egregiously misused out of the seminar room (and in the seminar room, to be fair). but in terms of sheer pernicious misuse "social construct" has gotta be top 5 somewhere and it's not number 5

Scott Bryan@scottygb.bsky.social · last wk.

Channel 4 has announced documentary “The Great ADHD Myth?” It “seeks to determine whether ADHD is a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder, or a social construct.”

'but AI is the only way i can afford to make an event flyer' notebook paper. sharpie. here is my event. photograph with phone. post. be less stupid in the future

A lot going on here

jordan@jordantyranny.bsky.social · last wk.

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter the whale up until a couple was found having sex inside it. Now the whale’s jaws are opened only for special occasions, such as Swedish election days.

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Emily Wilson · An Uncomplicated Man

As they say at the awards shows, I was humbled to learn that Christopher Nolan has read at least the first line of my...

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If your customers are writing in saying "hey your choices are funding trans genocide and I am not giving you any more money," maybe "every purchase comes with a 5% donation to GLAAD" is not the glory-restoring answer you seem to think it is.

New #CalledToTheBar! How should legal journals respond to gen AI? @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social speaks with Karen Scott & Camille Goodman, editors of Ocean Development & International Law, about AI in legal scholarship, academic integrity, & editorial responsibility. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

84. Journal Editors, Gen AI and Legal Scholarship

In this episode of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Philippa Page is joined by Karen Scott (University of Canterbury) and Camille Goodman (ANCORS, University of Wollongong), editors of Ocean Development & In

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Just your random reminder that AI companies are not your friends and do not actually give a shit about making your life better. Generative AI is built on theft & data centers are destroying the environment. If people want to use AI, no one can stop them but there's currently no ethical use of AI.

I can't speak to issues like humanitarian aid, but I can say with certainty that Elon's DOGE cuts impacted watchdogs such as the Worker Rights Consortium (WRC). Let me tell you about it. 🧵

“Churches – perhaps even more so, deconsecrated churches, which no longer hold any sacred status – are ideal spaces for reclamation by the queer community for art and performance.” Queer art emerges in all spaces. We need to cultivate queer culture by giving artists, not landlords, greater control.

The long, global history of queer art in churches

Divine Playhouse, a queer arts venue in a deconsecrated church, was forced to close its doors in Sydney last week. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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A government official in Australia says the Northern Territory needs data centres to use lots of water so......the Earth's axis doesn't flip

“There is a particular cruelty in asking queer culture to make itself smaller to accommodate the sensibilities of people who have spent so long arguing for our erasure. Queer history is, in so many ways, a history of people refusing to disappear…” We must defend queer cultures and hold our spaces.

LGBTQI+ artists have been targeted for ‘insulting Christianity’. To queer people, this feels particularly cruel | James Thorpe

A theatre pop-up in a former Sydney church has been accused of ‘offensive trade’. But if causing offence can lead to eviction, every artist is vulnerable

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So news sites using GenAI seems to be going well

Nuts

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 2w ago

Proposed $40b, 185ha data centre to use six times Top End's annual electricity consumption

So my partner, a labour lawyer, was talking about an upcoming Labor conference that someone she knows is going to but I was unsure if it was for Labor, the political party, or labour the employment law field. She said "It's Labor, the one without the U" and that's the best description of the ALP

Due to several retirements, UWA #Law School is recruiting multiple positions from Lvls B-D (lecturer, snr lecturer, Assoc Prof). See ad for topic areas BUT we could also really use a feminist/gender & the law person!! #job #jobFairy #academia #Perth #AUS external.jobs.uwa.edu.au/cw/en/job/52...

Can you even call yourself a democracy if you don't have compulsory voting?

Rob From Flailthroughs@robflails.bsky.social · 2w ago

A thing I used to tell Dems is their opponent was not the Republican but the mindset of Why Even Bother. More people stayed home than voted for Trump OR Harris, and the more you tell them "We don't care about you, we don't care what you want, your needs don't matter," the more people join them.

The thing about these bans is that they filter down to even rec leagues. These tennis associations such as the USTA also oversee amateur and rec league regulations. So a trans woman wanting to do some casual matches with friends is also banned. It's about exclusion, not fairness.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2w ago

Trans women have been allowed to compete in women's tennis for nearly fifty years since Renee Richards won her case in 1977. It hasn't been an issue in all that time. Now they're mandating these invasive genetic tests to screen out trans and intersex women. www.devdiscourse.com/article/spor...

I won't say that this was enjoyable to record because talking about how my queer community is being demonised is always awful, but it is an important conversation with people whose company I value and enjoy. Thanks to @sandraduffy.bsky.social, @senthorun.bsky.social, and @adrienneringin.bsky.social

Douglas Guilfoyle@djag2.bsky.social · 3w ago

New #CalledToTheBar episode! How did the UK become a focal point for escalating anti-trans policy? What role have law, human rights, activism and the media played? @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social is joined by Sandra Duffy, Senthorun Raj and Adrienne Ringin. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

'Hostile anti-LGBT politics occur around the world. LGBT people are censored. Some are deported. Others are denied healthcare. Many endure criminalisation.' @senthorun.bsky.social writes:

Feeling the Rainbow: LGBT Rights and Reforms

Hostile anti-LGBT politics are not confined to the USA — they refract around the world. LGBT people are censored. Some are deported...

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New #CalledToTheBar episode! How did the UK become a focal point for escalating anti-trans policy? What role have law, human rights, activism and the media played? @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social is joined by Sandra Duffy, Senthorun Raj and Adrienne Ringin. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

83. Escalation of Anti-Trans Policies, Human Rights and International Law

Across the UK - and increasingly around the world - governments, courts and public institutions are adopting policies with profound consequences for transgender and non-binary people. In this episode

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I won't say that this was enjoyable to record because talking about how my queer community is being demonised is always awful, but it is an important conversation with people whose company I value and enjoy. Thanks to @sandraduffy.bsky.social, @senthorun.bsky.social, and @adrienneringin.bsky.social

Douglas Guilfoyle@djag2.bsky.social · 3w ago

New #CalledToTheBar episode! How did the UK become a focal point for escalating anti-trans policy? What role have law, human rights, activism and the media played? @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social is joined by Sandra Duffy, Senthorun Raj and Adrienne Ringin. soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...