Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Ntina Tzouvala

@ntinatzouvala.bsky.social

10K followers 1.8K following 780 posts

Posts Media Videos Starter Packs

Pinned

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 6d

I was lucky enough to sit down with Ardi Imseis and discuss the law, politics and history of the recent Western recognitions of the State of Palestine for Called to the Bar: soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...

54. Recognition, the United Nations and the Question of Palestine

In this episode, host Dr Ntina Tzouvala is joined by Professor Ardi Imseis (Queen’s Law School, Canada) for a timely conversation about international law, the United Nations, and the long struggle for

soundcloud.com

7 11

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Kelly Barnhill @kellybarnhill.bsky.social · 1d

We are in the most embarrassing timeline

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 1d

“The Nobel Committee is an independent body and the Norwegian government has no involvement in determining the prizes. But I’m not sure Trump knows that. We have to be prepared for anything from him.”

That they have to say this...

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Norway braces for Trump’s reaction if he does not win Nobel peace prize

US president may impose tariffs, demand higher Nato contributions or even declare Norway an enemy, analyst says

www.theguardian.com

6 42 200

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 1d

practically a requirement for this administration to be a sex pest

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

"30-year-old conservative lawyer and activist who is Trump’s nominee to lead the Office of Special Counsel, which deals with federal employee whistleblower complaints and discrimination" cancelled his colleague's hotel room so she would be forced to stay with him.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...

In late July, Paul Ingrassia, the White House liaison for the Department of Homeland Security, arrived at a Ritz-Carlton in Orlando with a lower-ranking female colleague and others from their department. When the group reached the front desk, the woman learned she didn’t have a hotel room.

Ingrassia then informed her that she would be staying with him, according to five administration officials familiar with the episode. Eventually the woman discovered that Ingrassia had arranged ahead of time to have her hotel room canceled so she would have to stay with him, three of those officials said.

78 1K 5K

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · May 18

say it again:

4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities

ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x

demolishing higher education is economic sabotage

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · May 18

There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.

University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · May 18

A must read

67 1.9K 4.8K

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 2d

3 15

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Carlos Chévere Lugo @carloschevere.bsky.social · 2d

It is my pleasure to announce my most recent publication, “Peremptory Norms and the Right to Self-Determination: The Case of Puerto Rico,” co-authored with my 🇵🇷 colleague, Associate Professor Sigrid Vendrell-Polanco.

commons.stmarytx.edu/thescholar/v...

1 3 10

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 2d

Alongside trade ‘deals’ with the USA that states have no intention (or ability) to adhere to to, we also have domestic legislation that everyone knows is simply unenforceable. The rise of governing through transparent piss-taking is here.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Denmark is planning to ban children under 15 from using social media, following Australia's world-first laws to curb social media use among teenagers.

Denmark to follow Australia in banning social media for children

Denmark is planning to ban children under 15 from using social media, following Australia's world-first laws to curb social media use among teenagers.

www.abc.net.au

1 5 20

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2d

Australia is exporting terrible ideas

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Denmark is planning to ban children under 15 from using social media, following Australia's world-first laws to curb social media use among teenagers.

Denmark to follow Australia in banning social media for children

Denmark is planning to ban children under 15 from using social media, following Australia's world-first laws to curb social media use among teenagers.

www.abc.net.au

10 18 69

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 2d

Heidegger 101

1 1 10

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 2d

100% what he was going for

1 4

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 2d

RIP Samuel Beckett, you would have loved this review

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

1 3 28

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 2d

I’m sorry, I love this

Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

18 32 180

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 3d

Remember when dense networks of strategic cross-shareholdings among firms, native to coordinated market economies, went the way of the dodo?

The Rhenish model, Germany, Inc. undone by Anglo institutional investors?

Well, the dodo is back. Say hello to USA, Inc.
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

5 35 110

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 3d

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Because for me, love is not blind loyalty – to an ideology, a state or even a community. Love is to be whole and honest, not fragmented. It struggles and wrestles. Perhaps it refuses to let go.

When you first heard me speak against this genocide, you heard my words as betrayal. But they were meant as love | Sarah Schwartz

Not speaking would go against everything I was taught to honour: the righteous among the nations – those who refused to be bystanders to injustice

www.theguardian.com

1 3 20

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 4d

News that shocks no one: Carbon offsets do nothing for climate.

Carbon offsets fail to cut global heating due to ‘intractable’ systemic problems, study says

Analysis of 25 years of evidence shows most schemes are poor quality and fail to lower emissions

www.theguardian.com

21 370 930

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not an economist but seems worrying that the whole US economy is seven companies in a trenchcoat, passing the same $20 up and down

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 3d

NVIDIA and OpenAi:

Concerns that their “increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar AI boom.“

@bloomberg.com $NVDA 👀
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

28 330 910

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 3d

Solar panels or cryoto bubbles? Impossible to tell which one is better

1 3

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 4d

Unfortunately, the choice seems to be between two models of authoritarian capitalism. Fortunately, one might have just cured diabetes while the other claims that wifi ‘opens up the blood/brain barrier’ so the choice is easy

Albert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 4d

China — here is stem cell therapy breakthrough in treating severe diabetes

US under trump — WiFI radiation opens up your blood brain barrier … VaCcINes aRE bAd www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/h...

1 2 11

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Alexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 4d

It’s boiling in October because you’re using ChatGPT to write your emails, Janice.

10 950 3K

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 4d

Not only does this create a dangerous precedent that weakens UK sovereign rights upon vessels flying its flag, it also weakens freedom of navigation for all states, particularly those without significant diplomatic or naval power to enforce their own rights criticallegalthinking.com/2025/10/07/t...

The UK’s recognition of the State of Palestine is meaningless without the proper recognition of international law on the aid flotillas

Israel has boarded the Global Sumud flotilla, representing a further escalation of their response to flotillas seeking to deliver aid to Gaza. The

criticallegalthinking.com

2 8

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 4d

I feel that this summarises the situation very well

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 4d

I have learnt so much and it is also such a model for a better version of the internet, if it hadn’t been captured by corporations

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

David Forbes @davidforbes.bsky.social · 5d

Whenever anarchism — or any idea more radical than the status quo — gets dismissed as unserious, it's worth remembering the current system runs on things like "we put all the money on a scam machine that tells rich dipshits they're god."

Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d

"The hundreds of billions of dollars companies are investing in AI now account for an astonishing 40 per cent share of US GDP growth this year... In a way, then, America has become one big bet on AI."

America is now one big bet on AI

It’s seen as the magic fix for every threat to the US economy

www.ft.com

4 290 750

Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 4d

'Whether it’s rebuilding a demolished home, harvesting olives under threat, or simply staying rooted in place, Sumud is how Palestinians turn survival into resistance. It is not just endurance. It is resistance through presence’. criticallegalthinking.com/2025/09/24/t...

The Culpable Liberal, The Latte Legalist and the End of the Settler Siege at Sea

It is the early hours of the morning on the 8th September 2025 and I am in Tunis at Sidi Bou Said Port listening to the sounds of stress, solidarity, and

criticallegalthinking.com

1 12

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Hey, you guys?

Is it a good sign or a bad sign if a federal judge has to remind you (multiple times) that you’re a lawyer and an officer of the court?

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 5d

Immergut: You're an officer of the court. Do you believe this is appropriate way to deal with my order?

Hamilton: I'm not a policy maker

Immergut: You're a lawyer

In response, Hamilton basically argues no geographic limit to federalization of CA guard...

89 440 2.4K

Reposted by Ntina Tzouvala

Francisco J. Quintana @fjquintana.com · 10d

What does de-dollarisation mean in practice? How does it relate to global law and governance?

My article 'Dollar Dominance, De-Dollarization, and International Law' is now out in JIEL. I present dollar dominance and de-dollarisation as competing legal institutions.

academic.oup.com/jiel/advance...

Dollar dominance, de-dollarization, and international law

Abstract. Recent proposals to seize Russian Central Bank assets expose how little international lawyers have engaged with the intensifying competition over

academic.oup.com

5 13