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ecolawdude @ecolawdude.bsky.social · May 25

From Extraterritorial Obligations to Aggravated Responsibility: How Regional Human Rights Courts Could Shape the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

In March 2023, the United Nations General Assembly requested an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on states’ responsibilities under international law to protect the climat...

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 25

I'm still exploring how common law and Māori law work together within this distinct legal system. It's so complicated, with cultural details and various pathways of legal reasoning.

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 25

Writing my research paper on climate displacement in New Zealand using certain critical theories feels both overwhelmingly challenging and satisfying at the same time. The key is I need to get the first draft done by tomorrow so that I achieve a small win and feel more motivated to finish it.

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Ratto with Bday's flowers @daradaratto.bsky.social · May 25

ปลาวันเกิด 25 พ.ค. "ปลาแมงป่องโฟร์สไปน์”
5月25日 "カマクリ(คะมะคุริ)"
May25th "Fourspine sculpin"

#Rattowith366days
#Rattoinmar2025

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · May 24

Stunning. May was brutal for Trump in federal court: 96% loss rate ⚖️. Even GOP-appointed judges have ruled against the admin 72% of the time. District courts are doing their job defending the Constitution. Soon the Supreme Court may be the only court unwilling to defend the rule of law.

Infographic titled “Judges reject Trump at an accelerating pace” with subtitle “Federal district court rulings against the administration.”

The first bar chart, labeled “By month, %”, shows the percentage of federal district court rulings against the Trump administration:
• February: 53.8% (7 out of 13)
• March: 74.3% (26 out of 35)
• April: 76.1% (51 out of 67)
• May: 96.3% (26 out of 27)

The second bar chart, labeled “By appointing party, %”, shows rulings against the Trump administration by the party of the judge’s appointing president:
• Republican-appointed judges: 72.2% (26 out of 36)
• Democratic-appointed judges: 80.4% (74 out of 92)

Source: Bonica, Adam; Sen, Maya, 2025, “Common-space Measures of Judicial Ideology for Federal Judges (2024 update),” https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CK3EEL
Note: Coding scheme details available at data4democracy.substack.com/p/when-judges-become-targets-judicial

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 24

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อักษรศาสตร์สู่สังคม | แถวบ้านฉันเขาไม่พูดกันอย่างนี้: วิดีโอสอนภาษาผ่านมุมมองภาษาศาสตร์สังคม

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · May 24

the great principle of light, for ever remains white or colorless in itself

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 24

คืนนี้ต้องอ่านสองชิ้นเพื่อให้มั่นใจว่าหัวข้อที่ทำชัดเจนแล้ว

Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 24

ฝันสนุกอีกแล้ว แต่อยู่ในช่วงการนอนที่ไม่ได้ตั้งใจ

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Migoto★ @yukibar512.bsky.social · May 24

ขออนุญาตโปรโมทหนังสือแปลโดยเพื่อนผมหน่อยฮะ

"โลกครึ่งใบให้สังคมนิยม: แผนปกป้องอนาคตจากการสูญพันธุ์ โลกร้อน และโรคระบาด"

อ่านเบื้องต้นเกี่ยวกับเล่มนี้ได้ที่ → www.facebook.com/share/p/1999...
ผมกดพรีไปและเพิ่งได้รับมาวันนี้สดๆ ร้อนๆ ยังไม่ได้อ่านแต่เชื่อว่าสนุกแน่นอน 555 (และคิดว่าหลายๆ คนก็คงสนใจประเด็นนี้กันอยู่แล้วด้วย)

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 23

นอกจากอาหารเสริมแล้วชาคาโมมายล์ก็ดีมาก ชอบความเบาและกลิ่นหอมดอกไม้จางๆ ตอนนี้ก็จิบอยู่ ช่วงนี้จะดื่มชามากกว่ากาแฟ ชอบความรู้สึกเบาและมีสมาธิเวลาจิบ เหมาะกับช่วงที่ต้องใช้พลังงานสมองเยอะอย่างตอนนี้

Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 23

เมื่อวานเริ่มกลับมากินวิตามินบีและอื่นๆ ที่ช่วยเรื่องความเครียด เมื่อเย็นนอนไปตื่นมาเที่ยงคืนรู้สึกว่านอนได้เต็มอิ่มมากขึ้น ไม่ค่อยเพลีย

หลายปีมานี้ไม่ได้กินวิตามินเกี่ยวกับความเครียดและสมองอย่างเป็นประจำมานานมาก ทั้งที่อายุก็มากขึ้น

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 23

Bob Nicholls Art @bobnichollsart.bsky.social · May 23

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

My 2023 illustration of #Palaeeudyptes & #Gastornis, from DINOSAUR BEHAVIOUR, by Prof Benton (@princetonupress.bsky.social). 50% off: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #Dinosaurs #Birds #JurassicWorld #WildlifeArt #FossilFriday

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 22

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Chevaliers De Sangreal (From The Da Vinci Code Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

YouTube video by Hans Zimmer - Topic

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 20

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TSS Lecture: Colonial Law Making: Cambodia Under the French

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Cephalopodophil. @cephalopodophil.bsky.social · May 20

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อักษรศาสตร์สู่สังคม | ศกุนตลา - บรรณาธิการกิจ: กว่าจะเป็นอภิชญานศากุนตลัมภาษาไทย

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · May 20

Today many of the indigenous species fish in New Zealand rivers are the threat from over development, pollution and lost of habitat to invasive species. 6/8

Hinaki (eel/fish trap)

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · May 20

Fish, both saltwater freshwater, were more than just food but also a form of gift and currency between communities on the coast and on the interior. Coastal people traded dried fish, dried edible seaweed, and shark oil in return for forest products and sometimes forest game. 5/8

Fish trap, Waiapu River (Ethnology Expedition)
ProductionJames McDonald; photographer; 1923
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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · May 20

Freshwater fishes and rivers and streams, played a big role Māori diet and culture. Weirs were on rives and lakes made to catch lamprey (family Geotriidae); eels (family Anguillidae); southern graylings and smelts(family Retropinnid). 4/8

New Zealand longfin eel
Anguilla dieffenbachii

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · May 20

Fishing was a seasonal activity shaped by the movements and behavior of the various fish species. Coastal fish like tāmure (snapper) tarakihi, pōrae (trumpeter fish), rāwaru or taipua (rock cod), kehe (marble fish) and kumukumu (gurnard) during the spring and summer. 3/8

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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · May 20

#Māori are the Indigenous Peoples of #Aotearoa ( #NewZealand) who fished in various environments as marine and freshwater resources were of great value to their communities. All fishing grounds, banks, and rocks were specially named. Some were several kilometers out to sea. 2/8

Peter Buck, and others, setting a trap in a fish weir, Waiapu River - Photograph taken by James Ingram McDonald.
Date
[192-?]
By
McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935
Reference
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Paul Montgomery @stonefishweirs.bsky.social · May 20

#Fishweirs "hīnaki" from the land of the long white cloud! #NewZealand (Māori: #Aotearoa) fished by both #Māori and later #Europeans. Waiapu river fish species #eels, now-extinct grayling, and later brown trout, rainbow trout & chinook #salmon.
#coastalhistory
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · May 15

The fall in power sector emissions came despite surging electricity demand growth

This is the first time on record that clean energy growth has been sufficient to cut into coal power, without the help of weak power demand

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · May 15

In Q1 of 2025, the clean-energy driven drop in power sector CO2 outweighed small increases in other sectors of China's economy, driving a 1.6% fall year-on-year overall

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