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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 20h

I LOVED this. Amazing actors, incredible music, speaks to our time. Piece of accompanying trivia: I met Paul Thomas Anderson 22 years ago, when we were all cool and young, at the Motovun film festival. I was cool and worked at the radio. He slept on our couch. #Movies
www.youtube.com/watch?v=feOQ...

One Battle After Another - Official Trailer - Warner Bros. UK & Ireland

YouTube video by Warner Bros. UK & Ireland

www.youtube.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 1d

What a title. Goes on the read list. Thank you.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 1d

It's fascinating how it's always such fucking kitschy trash...Racist kitschy garbage. Reminds me of muscular Trump riding an eagle while holding a flag, or some other horseshit...Muscular hot Jesus.. These are always such a "bottom of the barrel" sort of images and messages.

Fabio Votta📊🐧 @favstats.eu · 1d

If you ever wanted to delve into the AI-generated world of far-right imagination.. now you can.

See our CampAIgn Tracker 🇳🇱 here:
www.campaigntracker.nl/en/

#tk2025

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 1d

The morning pre-yoga coffee read: "We're literally boiling the planet so that people can generate mediocre poetry and corporate communications that no one will ever read." collectivefutures.blog/the-infrastr... #AI #LLMBullshit #Slop #AISlop

The infrastructure of meaninglessness

Listen, there are two realities that we should be aware of. AI exists to make your job obsolete because the alternative is that AI makes managers obsolete. Let me try to break down this theory, which...

collectivefutures.blog

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 1d

This self-destruction of the US will be studied by historians forever.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Helen McAra @hedgerownibbler.bsky.social · 1d

Violet webcap (Cortinarius violaceus) growing under gorse today near the Devil’s Punchbowl in Surrey. An absolute stunner of a mushroom and nationally rare - it’s always good to see these beauties.
#ukfungi

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 1d

For Londoners who are around KCL, this will be insightful.

War Crimes KCL @warcrimeskcl.bsky.social · 1d

On Thursday we’ll be joined by Prof. Payam Akhavan for a talk on ‘Genocide in International Law: The Problem of Indeterminacy’.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/genocide-i...

@warstudieskcl.bsky.social

Genocide in International Law: The Problem of Indeterminacy

Professor Payam Akhavan explores the challenges courts face in interpreting genocide amid legal complexities.

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Jonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 2d

It was two OUP books.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 3d

it's just total daydreaming....

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah....We're cutting staff, and time you have for stuff. You'll teach more and bigger groups. But the quality won't drop and you won't have increased work pressure. Like HOW will that work. HOW?

Lisa Westerveld 🌱 @lisawesterveld.bsky.social · 3d

Een week geleden was ik bij het studentendebat in Ede, waar de VVD de megabezuinigingen op onderwijs verdedigde. Want het zou geen gevolgen hebben voor kwaliteit en ‘de plek op de lijstjes’.

Die bewering lijkt me duidelijk ONWAAR 👇🏼

www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...

Nederlandse universiteiten scoren opnieuw slechter op wereldwijde ranglijst

Voor het tweede jaar op rij zijn de meeste Nederlandse universiteiten gezakt op de wereldranglijst. Drie Nederlandse universiteiten, waaronder de Radboud Universiteit in Nijmegen, staan op de slechtst...

www.rtl.nl

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 3d

Haha. That's a very tight race. My heart is divided.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 3d

Celebrating 16 years today as an immigrant in the Netherlands. 16 years. Made quite a way forward. When I moved here (from Sarajevo, where I worked before), it was all really foreign. I live in #DenHaag and love it more than words can describe. My city <3 #DenHaag #Migration #AmImmigrant

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 3d

My God. Clio. What a face.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 3d

This is Clio. She did not study for the test today. Also does not know how to read. 12/10 (IG: paspastotoro)

a black and gray long-haired yorkiepoo sits at a desk in a university classroom. a piece of paper lays on the desk in front of her, her paws propped up on the desk as if she's bracing herself. there are students in the background hunched over and working on paper in front of them. the pup looks at the camera with a concerned side eye. she's realizing she probably should have read some of the homework before eating it.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 4d

Boksil, teach me how to live.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 4d

This is Boksil. She is reaching levels of cozy previously unheard of. 12/10 a trailblazer (IG: with_bokdanji)

a small cream colored dog stares up at us. this is Boksil, swaddled in a grey robe, and tucked underneath a thick blanket on a bed. her little paws poke out of the robe's sleeves, and her toe beans are in full view. her tiny pink tongue mlems from her grinning mouth.

a higher angle of Boksil. a small yellow pillow rests beside her for scale, and her eyes are closed peacefully as she rests swaddled under a white blanket, looking very cozy.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 4d

Are you in #Wageningen soon? Do you want to come to our talk? @finaud8.bsky.social and I are coming to talk about #InternationalLaw #Justice and #Accountability. Come to the Science Cafe, October 22, 8.00 PM, Hotel De Wereld. See you there maybe!

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 4d

Wow. Just speechless. #Academia #HigherEd #FascistNightmare

Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 4d

A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.

I'm horrified.
I'm angry.

A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations

Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence

www.theguardian.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 5d

It's the 7th of October today. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

‘I hear him screaming’: brother of Israeli hostage describes agonising two years

Guy Gilboa-Dalal was taken from Nova festival in 7 October Hamas attack that led to Israel’s devastating assault on Gaza

www.theguardian.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 5d

I did read it. I must have missed it. It was early in the morning. Apologies. The piece in its totality frames it around the Israeli officials arrest warrants. Why I assume the worst about people immediately?

Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 5d

We will be able to say the international justice project has improved once the face of the convicted person is not one of a black man. It cannot only ever be black men. #ICC

Mark Kersten @markkersten.bsky.social · 5d

“The accused was not only giving orders…but was personally involved in the beatings & later was physically present & giving orders for the execution of those detained.”

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The first senior perpetrator of atrocities in Darfur is convicted at the ICC! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

ICC convicts former Sudan militia leader for war crimes in Darfur

Janjaweed commander Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman, known as Ali Kushayb, found guilty over atrocities

www.theguardian.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 5d

Indeed.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 6d

The morning "drama at the #ICC" read. BTW, the article omits that the Prosecutor also went after Hamas, it's not only the two Israeli officials. It's just that all the Hamas suspects got assassinated (by Israel). Maybe there's more warrants, who knows...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Hague on Trial

The chief prosecutor has obtained warrants against Israeli leaders for war crimes—but faces allegations of sexual misconduct.

www.newyorker.com

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Tahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 @rochaa.bsky.social · 6d

The leader of ANTIFA

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 7d

wizard frog is insane

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 6d

In #Amsterdam today, protesters demand action. #RodeLijn #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #Genocide #Nederland
nos.nl/artikel/2585...

In Amsterdam staat Museumplein vol voor derde Rode Lijn-protest

De demonstranten eisen actie van de regering tegen Israël. Amsterdam is volgestroomd met mensen in rode kleding en met rode paraplu's.

nos.nl

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 8d

The VVD went with Wilders. Therefore, goodbye forever. Bye.

dr. Marina @drmarina.bsky.social · 8d

Rutte -die er nog steeds trots op is dat hij 4 keer de verkiezingen won- weet het zeker: de #vvd gaat goede verkiezingen maken. “Het gaat om onze veiligheid. En dat gaat een grote rol spelen. Dat betekent een trek terug naar het brede midden.” 🧐is de #vvd nog een “middenpartij”?

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 9d

This is a good read on the totally bonkers Trump "plan" for Gaza.

René Wildangel @realwildangel.bsky.social · 9d

How do wars end? (spoiler: not like this)

My comment on Trumps "plan" for ipg-journal @fesonline.bsky.social

www.ips-journal.eu/topics/forei...

How do wars end?

Trump’s plan for peace in Gaza was drafted without key parties, then presented with ultimatums — hardly a foundation for lasting peace

www.ips-journal.eu

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