Molly Quell
@mollyquell.bsky.social
I've already been sent to The Hague. Tell me things: [email protected]
I regret to inform everyone, but mostly I regret to inform myself, that I am writing a book. And worse, I am writing a book on international justice.
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I regret to inform everyone, but mostly I regret to inform myself, that I am writing a book. And worse, I am writing a book on international justice.
I love logging on to this site and seeing dozens of people going "wHy isN'T thE MEdiA COverIng thIS?!1!" while linking to a story published in a major media outlet on a topic that I, and everyone I know, has written about approximately a 19 times.
November 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I love logging on to this site and seeing dozens of people going "wHy isN'T thE MEdiA COverIng thIS?!1!" while linking to a story published in a major media outlet on a topic that I, and everyone I know, has written about approximately a 19 times.
Closing statements being today at the International Criminal Court in the trial of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, an alleged commander in a mainly Muslim rebel group from Central African Republic charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes.
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Closing statements being today at the International Criminal Court in the trial of Mahamat Said Abdel Kani, an alleged commander in a mainly Muslim rebel group from Central African Republic charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes.
I am at the annual meeting of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I am at the annual meeting of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
I don't know how your weekend went but on Friday, the king told me I was too direct and too well-integrated.
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I don't know how your weekend went but on Friday, the king told me I was too direct and too well-integrated.
I want clarity on whether the "catch and kill" operations involved journalism or bear cubs.
Both is also possible.
Both is also possible.
okay so here’s the actual bad part of the article
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I want clarity on whether the "catch and kill" operations involved journalism or bear cubs.
Both is also possible.
Both is also possible.
A great story by the stellar Stéphanie Maupas, who is entirely too patient with my mocking of The French.
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...
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
November 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A great story by the stellar Stéphanie Maupas, who is entirely too patient with my mocking of The French.
I have made a mistake. I have done a dumb thing.
I went to Grokipedia.
I do not recommend.
I went to Grokipedia.
I do not recommend.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
I have made a mistake. I have done a dumb thing.
I went to Grokipedia.
I do not recommend.
I went to Grokipedia.
I do not recommend.
The Auschwitz Memorial is fighting with Elon Musk's AI baby. Get me out of this timeline.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Auschwitz Memorial is fighting with Elon Musk's AI baby. Get me out of this timeline.
I am gonna start video calling while holding up a copy of today's paper whenever I have an idea for a story.
Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local
A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.
thelocal.to
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
I am gonna start video calling while holding up a copy of today's paper whenever I have an idea for a story.
Meanwhile, in Amsterdam...
November 20, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Meanwhile, in Amsterdam...
Israel has asked the International Criminal Court to remove Karim Khan from the case against Benjamin Netanyahu, and again to revoke the arrest warrants against him and Yoav Gallant, citing a lack of "impartiality."
November 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Israel has asked the International Criminal Court to remove Karim Khan from the case against Benjamin Netanyahu, and again to revoke the arrest warrants against him and Yoav Gallant, citing a lack of "impartiality."
Clearly a fae wrote this post to cause chaos.
Turning into my father one "the problem is no one reads enough books these days" grumble at a time
November 20, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Clearly a fae wrote this post to cause chaos.
A Belgian farmer is facing off against oil giant TotalEnergies in court on Wednesday, arguing the French company should pay for damage caused by climate change, in the latest lawsuit by environmental activists against big energy companies.
Belgian farmer sues French energy giant for damage caused by climate change
A Belgian farmer is taking TotalEnergies to court, arguing the company should pay for climate change damage.
apnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A Belgian farmer is facing off against oil giant TotalEnergies in court on Wednesday, arguing the French company should pay for damage caused by climate change, in the latest lawsuit by environmental activists against big energy companies.
I finally got around to doing October's round up.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I finally got around to doing October's round up.
The Dutch have handed chipmaker Nexperia back to China following a state visit.
In a statement, economic affairs minister Vincent Karremans said the move was a "show of goodwill."
In a statement, economic affairs minister Vincent Karremans said the move was a "show of goodwill."
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The Dutch have handed chipmaker Nexperia back to China following a state visit.
In a statement, economic affairs minister Vincent Karremans said the move was a "show of goodwill."
In a statement, economic affairs minister Vincent Karremans said the move was a "show of goodwill."
Reposted by Molly Quell
How long until Trump orders Pam Bondi to appoint special counsel to investigate why the very biased fake news media wasn't banging ALL the 2020 candidates?
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
How long until Trump orders Pam Bondi to appoint special counsel to investigate why the very biased fake news media wasn't banging ALL the 2020 candidates?
How long until Trump orders Pam Bondi to appoint special counsel to investigate why the very biased fake news media wasn't banging ALL the 2020 candidates?
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
How long until Trump orders Pam Bondi to appoint special counsel to investigate why the very biased fake news media wasn't banging ALL the 2020 candidates?
M. Night Shyamalan read this and retired immediately.
oh my god you have to read this until the end www.telos.news/p/part-1-how...
Part 1: How I Found Out
Olivia had just returned from a reporting trip—at least that’s what she told me it was—and her Herschel backpack, the one with the flap that never quite closed properly, was tossed beside our bed, its...
www.telos.news
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
M. Night Shyamalan read this and retired immediately.
“You literally have an axe murderer before you,” prosecutor Julian Nicholls told judges in The Hague as Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, looked on.
ICC prosecutors seek life sentence for Janjaweed leader convicted of Darfur crimes
Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have asked for a life sentence for a Janjaweed militia leader convicted of atrocities in Darfur over 20 years ago.
apnews.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“You literally have an axe murderer before you,” prosecutor Julian Nicholls told judges in The Hague as Ali Muhammad Ali Abd–Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, looked on.
I am at the International Criminal Court today for the sentencing hearing of Ali Kushayb, who was convicted last month of of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago.
November 17, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I am at the International Criminal Court today for the sentencing hearing of Ali Kushayb, who was convicted last month of of playing a leading role in a campaign of atrocities committed in the Sudanese region of Darfur more than 20 years ago.
Tag yourself: I'm a sonker.
(Also Cooks Illustrated is great and I love reading it. The "tiny kitchen hacks" section at the front has changed how I cook in dozens of ways.)
(Also Cooks Illustrated is great and I love reading it. The "tiny kitchen hacks" section at the front has changed how I cook in dozens of ways.)
okay. so there are often a few dessert recipes that share things (type of dish; fruit) in common but this is really kicked up for fall. just about everything that isn’t pumpkin is apple or pear & one of the variety of “baked fruit w/ starch on top”, to the point where they offer a guide to the types
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Tag yourself: I'm a sonker.
(Also Cooks Illustrated is great and I love reading it. The "tiny kitchen hacks" section at the front has changed how I cook in dozens of ways.)
(Also Cooks Illustrated is great and I love reading it. The "tiny kitchen hacks" section at the front has changed how I cook in dozens of ways.)
I talked to PBS News Hour about how the Trump sanctions are impacting the International Criminal Court.
How sanctions imposed by Trump are taking a toll on the International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court, or ICC, only intervenes when national courts can't or won't prosecute crimes like genocide and crimes against humanity. But after the Trump administration sanctioned ...
www.pbs.org
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I talked to PBS News Hour about how the Trump sanctions are impacting the International Criminal Court.
Earlier this year, I wrote about a Dutch researcher working to digitalize a Jewish archive in Suriname.
For the Dutchies, you can catch her talking OVT on Radio 1 at 10:00.
For the Dutchies, you can catch her talking OVT on Radio 1 at 10:00.
Dutch-led Suriname team digitizes 100,000 documents to preserve Jewish history in the Caribbean
As firefighters in Suriname battled to save buildings in the historic city center of Paramaribo in April, volunteers were scanning documents from the Neveh Shalom Synagogue in an effort to preserve th...
apnews.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Earlier this year, I wrote about a Dutch researcher working to digitalize a Jewish archive in Suriname.
For the Dutchies, you can catch her talking OVT on Radio 1 at 10:00.
For the Dutchies, you can catch her talking OVT on Radio 1 at 10:00.
How it started How it's going
November 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
How it started How it's going