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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 17h

GenX list, i'd say ✊

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 23h

haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”

So, we asked Pritzker to weigh in on the go-to debate for every "Star Wars" nerd: Which movies are the best? Here's his ranking of the 11 major films in the series:
1. "The Empire Strikes Back" (1980)
2. "Star Wars" (1977)
3. "Return of the Jedi" (1983)
4. "Rogue One" (2016)
5. "The Last Jedi" (2017)
6. "Revenge of the Sith" (2005)
7. "The Force Awakens" (2015)
8. "Solo" (2018)
9. "The Phantom Menace" (1999)
10. "Attack of the Clones" (2002)
11. "The Rise of Skywalker" (2019)

Harry Shearer @harryshearer.bsky.social · 18h

This Just Not In: At this year’s annual Thanksgiving ceremony at the White House, the President is reported to be pardoning a turkey accused of sexually attacking several other turkeys as well as three chickens.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 20h

he's not getting one anyway but what does he know

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 20h

aggression is indeed an international crime under the amended Rome Statute of the ICC, though its applicability is somewhat limited. still, remind trump - nobody's getting a nobel who uses force aggressively (twice in a year, if you count the june attack on iran, as i would).

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 20h

it's common to think about the nuremberg tribunal as focused on war crimes & crimes against humanity. but especially when trump is using force on the seas & threatening it against venenzuela, it's worth remembering this: the first crime was aggressive use of force. www.un.org/en/genocidep...

Crimes against peace: namely, planning, preparation, initiation or
waging of a war of aggression, or a war in violation of international
treaties, agreements or assurances, or participation in a common
plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of any of the foregoing;

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 21h

but at least the media is on it

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:

-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 22h

hard to believe it's only been three years, but here's what i expected back then, almost to the day

What’s going to happen to Twitter? A few thoughts.

Here’s what I think is going to happen with Twitter. I doubt any of this is news to people but I wanted to put it down in one place. Not…

dkisaway.medium.com

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 22h

i get that it remains a source of info for some regions of the world. pretty sure that won't last either.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 22h

as if serving up a nazi bar were not enough, those institutions, outlets & journalists who stayed on X should now finally realize the hollow nature of its 'engagement'. it's not a platform for info/debate, certainly not for US folks.

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.

Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:

paul khruangbin (Dan Lehner) @danlehner.bsky.social · 23h

haven’t seen ROS or Solo but this seems like a pretty ball-knowing list from Pritzker, particularly if he volunteered the name “Star Wars” rather than “A New Hope”

Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 1d

Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:

-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 1d

i recently had to move mason & dixon to another shelf and almost pulled a muscle

Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 1d

Although the scale of this is still to be assessed, this is the inevitable outcome of the monetization of the algorithm. Rage-bait becomes a personal revenue model. Nothing about this should be a surprise.

Aaron Parnas @aaronparnas.bsky.social · 1d

NEWS: I spent the past 24 hours going through major MAGA accounts on Twitter, and a bombshell development has become clear: most of the right-wing ecosphere is being fed propaganda from foreign actors.

This impacts elections. This impacts discourse. This is major. Subscribe to support my work:

NEWS: Major MAGA Accounts on Twitter Exposed as Foreign Actors

A stunning development over the past 24 hours.

open.substack.com

Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 2d

Despite there being an ongoing constitutional challenge against the mandatory death penalty for drugs, the Singapore government has issued three new execution notices for next week, to three people given mandatory death sentences for drug offences.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 2d

to be fair, the US position on the ICC has been bipartisan rogue-ishness from the beginning - accountability on *our* terms. but this is so over the top. bullying to protect netanyahu essentially.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 2d

not only is trump transforming the united states into a rogue player on accountability (unsurprisingly), but europeans are not fighting back. this is awful and it's not gonna stop. see brazil, too. vindictive & selective - all in the service of impunity.

Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · 4d

An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC

www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

this is the bureaucratic path john yoo and tim flanigan et al innovated tbh

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

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David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

never have i been so psyched to read the words, ‘behind a paywall.’

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

never have i been so psyched to read the words, ‘behind a paywall.’

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

lol

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani forged an unlikely friendship at the White House on Friday, with the US president saying at one point, 'I would feel very, very comfortable being in New York' under Mamdani. on.ft.com/43MAcy5

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3d

Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani forged an unlikely friendship at the White House on Friday, with the US president saying at one point, 'I would feel very, very comfortable being in New York' under Mamdani. on.ft.com/43MAcy5

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

so well played

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

trump is normalizing mamdani, not the other way around

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.

"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

faculty on the left & the right join together to "vehemently and unanimously reject" trump's so-called compact with universities. highly recommend. www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

Universities must unequivocally reject the proposed compact and the invasive federal oversight it entails. In doing so, they will preserve the innovation, research excellence and fearless pursuit of truth that have made American higher education, with all its flaws, the envy of the world. And they will protect the liberties and structural constraints on government power that are vital to our democracy.

Richard W. Garnett is the Paul J. Schierl Professor of Law and director of the Program on Church, State & Society at Notre Dame Law School.

Serena Mayeri is the Arlin M. Adams Professor of Constitutional Law and a professor of history (by courtesy) at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.

Amanda Shanor is an associate professor of legal studies and business ethics and a Wolpow Family Faculty Scholar at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Ilya Somin is a professor of law at George Mason University and the Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Cato Institute.

Alexander “Sasha” Volokh is a professor of law at Emory University.

We write in our individual capacities, listing institutional affiliations for identification purposes only.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

i don't see @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social posting himself fawning all over trump. his post didn't even refer to him as 'the president'. but trump, LOL.

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

trump is normalizing mamdani, not the other way around

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.

"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."

Zohran Mamdani standing in front of a portrait of FDR at the White House

Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump standing next to each other with their backs turned, just outside the White House

Zohran Mamdani and Donald Trump (who's got his hand giving a thumbs up) in front of the portrait of FDR at the White House

David Kaye @davidakaye.bsky.social · 3d

example of the administration's demands, outrageous on so many levels. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

4. Produce a list of staff and faculty members who participated in the Listening
Sessions held in March 2024 as part of the University of Pennsylvania Task Force
on Antisemitism (TFAS). For each staff or faculty member listed, produce the
following information:
a. First and last name;
b. Position Title;
c. Date of employment; and
d. Last known contact information to include personal email address,
phone number, and mailing address.
5. Produce all notes taken as part of the seven (7) listening sessions conducted in
March 2024 as part of the University of Pennsylvania Task Force on Antisemitism
(TFAS).

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 3d

Trump also just posted these photos to Truth Social, including the one with Mamdani standing next to a portrait of FDR. Trump mentioned Mamdani asked if he could have his picture taken there.

"It's an amazing portrait in the cabinet room," Trump said. "So he's a big fan of the New Deal, I guess..."

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