Douglas Guilfoyle

@djag2.bsky.social

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Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Posting in a personal capacity. He/him.

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 1d

Beginning to look good! #sewing

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 1d

@anzsil.org Webinar: 'Nostalgia is not a Strategy': What Next for International Law in 2026?

Date: Tuesday 24 February 2026 (1-2PM AEDT)

Speakers:
Charles-Emmanuel Côté (Laval University)
Toni Erskine (ANU)
Luis Eslava (La Trobe)
Devika Hovell (LSE)

Register: events.unimelb.edu.au/IILAH/event/...

Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · 2d

And another bites the dust?

The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial

Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported

www.theguardian.com

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 4d

Academic selfie: paisley, herringbone and check - too much, or just enough? (TGIF)

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 4d

And season 3 of #CalledToTheBar is live! We open with a powerful conversation on feminist careers in international law. Tamsin Paige is joined by Dianne Otto, Christine Chinkin, and Judge Hilary Charlesworth to talk mentorship, activism, academia, and feminist practice
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64. Feminist Careers in International Law

In the Season 3 opener of Called to the Bar, Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) is joined by an extraordinary panel to reflect on what a feminist career in international law can look like in pr

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 8d

Beautiful misty morning on Black Mountain #canberra

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 9d

TFW you put a sleeve head in beautifully, but for the fact that it is inside out and back the front. #sewing

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 10d

Frock coat dammit!

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 10d

My brown velvet #fourthdoctor inspired frog coat is really coming along. The fabric is darker than it appears in this photo, also pictured a new bowtie project. #sewing

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 11d

On this day in 1992, George H.W. Bush sent a memo to all White House staff about how fat his dog was

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 11d

Enormously excited to announce that we will soon launch Season 3 of #CalledToTheBar with a blockbuster first episode on feminist careers in international law featuring Judge Hilary Charlesworth and Professors Christine Chinkin and Di Otto, chaired by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 11d

Soon!

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 13d

Academic selfie: still too hot for real clothes in Canberra but a cool snap Monday allowed me to wear a jacket/waistcoat/trousers combo I’d made myself to work - along with new shoes! #sewing

Reposted by Steve Peers, Colin Murray, Kirsty Horsey , and 3 more Steve Peers, Colin Murray, Kirsty Horsey, Douglas Guilfoyle, Melanie O’Brien, José Pina-Sánchez

Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 13d

Devastatingly sad.
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 13d

'When it opened, the campus housed a GP surgery and a new dental clinic offering free treatment to local people. This was followed later by the forum – a library and art gallery shared by the university and local people.' 1/2

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 15d

When the Venn Diagram of malefactor oligarchs, kleptocrats, and powerful creeps turns out to be a circle.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 17d

#sewing ! A real challenge for the novice sewer, especially one interested in menswear, is collars. Trickier still when they meet a lapel. My first two frock coats have bodgy collars, so I thought I’d make a toile (mock up) in cotton to practice before #fourthdoctor coat. Getting there!

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 18d

Absolutely delighted to receive my copy of Thomas Weatherall’s “The right to self-determination international law”. It is a privilege to serve on the editorial team for the Elements of International Law series and be able to provide a venue for this type of doctrinal scholarship.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 19d

Super excited to start #sewing with this fabric custom printed with a design by @thedoctorswardrobe on insta.

Many nerd bonus points to anyone who noticed that the pattern replicates that of the #fourthdoctor ‘s “Shada” waistcoat.

Reposted by John McLaren, Douglas Guilfoyle

Veteran Fighting Fascist @vetsfighfascist.bsky.social · 20d

States are coming together to bring state charges against ICE agents. It's about freaking time!

www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

Philly DA joins nationwide coalition to prosecute ICE agents who break laws

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has joined a nationwide coalition of prosecutors to hold ICE agents accountable for breaking state laws.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

Reposted by Ian Hall, Douglas Guilfoyle, Thomas Elliott

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 20d

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 20d

Your periodic safety warning (unless you are already straight edge/sober):

Do not go to dinner on a weeknight with retired Australians.

My *god* they pour with a glad hand.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 20d

New moment in being a "senior" academic. Went to pilates for the first time in a month yesterday.

I am now creaking like a Spanish galleon in full sail.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 21d

New test for being a "senior" academic just dropped. Received a flattering email soliciting an update to a book chapter published 8 years ago for the 2nd edition. But had no memory of having written it. Check original book, find surprisingly good chapter under my name that I now - dimly - recall.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 22d

This long weekend I’ve spent about 7 or 8 hours cutting the 47 pieces of my next project (interfacing included). It’s going to be a brown velvet frock coat to accompany these earlier efforts in black and green.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 27d

S Korea’s former PM found guilty of insurrection, given 23 years in prison https://aje.news/plnhoe

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 27d

Friends: how’s the weather been on holiday?
Me: … Variable.

(Pictured: Tathra headland; Bar Beach, Merimbula)

Reposted by Steve Peers, Douglas Guilfoyle, Jacob T. Levy , and 1 more Steve Peers, Douglas Guilfoyle, Jacob T. Levy, Simon Lester

Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 28d

It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.

Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 28d

US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."

Reposted by Douglas Guilfoyle, Erin O’Donnell

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 28d

Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech

Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.

Conviction not required
(4) A person does not need to have been convicted of a hate crime in order for the AFP Minister to be satisfied an organisation has engaged in conduct of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).

No procedural fairness required
(5) The AFP Minister is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness in deciding whether or not the AFP Minister is satisfied for the purposes of this section.

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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · Jan 15

This year I've done an op-ed on the UN with @drnajimagi.bsky.social, finished a monograph and sent it to publishers with @djag2.bsky.social, dealt with assessments and taught 3 subjects with @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social, sent a manuscript to co-authors to finish, and I'm about to examine a PhD

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · Jan 8

#CalledToTheBar, the official host’s mug! Can confirm it is rated for coffee. Will provide updates on its capacity to hold wine.

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