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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · 3d

“No worries at all!” I write back when there are in fact many worries

Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · 8d

If you are interested in becoming a mentor, please fill out the volunteer form at the end of the piece! Feel free to reach out with any questions.

Gates Cambridge @gatescambridge.bsky.social · 8d

A group, led by Gates Cambridge Scholars, is helping Palestinian students navigate the admissions processes of universities across the world.

Find out more here - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s...

#gaza #education

@uniofcam.bsky.social @gatesfoundation.bsky.social

Scholars launch mentorship scheme to help Palestinian students - Gates Cambridge

A group, led by Gates Cambridge Scholars, is helping Palestinian students navigate the admissions processes of universities across the world.

www.gatescambridge.org

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · 15d

Getting ready to explain to my MAGA relatives that Tylenol doesn’t cause autism this holiday season after explaining that no, public school nurses’ offices were not performing sex changes last year…

Im Feeling This Like Deep Aching Sense Of Dread Dan Levy GIF

ALT: Im Feeling This Like Deep Aching Sense Of Dread Dan Levy GIF

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Sep 5

Timely, poignant, & funny: 10/10 no notes

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Michelle Wu 吳弭 @wutrain.bsky.social · Aug 20

To my 10th grade English teacher, who said, “Make the conclusion count.”

A screenshot of the last paragraph of the letter to AG Bondi:

On behalf of the people of Boston, and in solidarity with the cities and communities targeted by this federal administration for our refusal to bow down to unconstitutional threats and unlawful coercion, we affirm our support for each other and for our democracy. Boston will never back down from being a beacon of freedom, and a home for everyone.

Sincerely,
Michelle Wu
Mayor of Boston

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jul 24

PARIS (AP) — French President Macron announces that France will recognize Palestine as a state.

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jul 15

Live footage of me trying to stay up to date on US news

bart simpson is sitting at a desk in a room while a man in a hat stands in the doorway

ALT: bart simpson is sitting at a desk in a room while a man in a hat stands in the doorway

media.tenor.com

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jul 10

Spending hours cleaning up Zotero, knowing I’m just gonna add more messy downloads later this afternoon…

…for a moment, it was really beautiful

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jun 30

Still a few more days to submit an abstract!

Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jun 17

Call for Abstracts! Disrupting your daily doom-scroll to share the call for ILW 2025's Emerging Voices Panel. ABILA provides *full funding* specifically for junior scholars to come present their research at ILW 😱 Consider submitting an abstract and pls reach out with any questions!

ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · Jun 11

Emerging Voices 2025 Panel

The ILW Organizing Committee invites the submission of abstracts relating to the theme of “Crisis as Catalyst in International Law.” Accepted applicants will be invited to present their papers at the Emerging Voices Panel. www.ila-americanbranch.org/emerging-voi...

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City Nolan @ndhapple.bsky.social · Jun 29

"In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal: The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials." -- www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...

In Sudan, where children clung to life, doctors say USAID cuts have been fatal

The Trump administration’s cuts to USAID had an immediate and deadly impact in war-ravaged Sudan, according to civilians, doctors and aid officials.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Alanna Vagianos @alannavagianos.bsky.social · Jun 20

Abortion bans worsen intimate partner violence, according to a new study from the National Bureau of Economic Research.

There was ~9,000 additional incidents of IPV in states that limit abortion rights in 2023 vs 2017. That adds up to $1.24 billion in additional social costs.

Abortion Bans Worsen Violence in Relationships, Study Finds

A new study shows that intimate partner violence increased in places requiring far travel to abortion clinics.

time.com

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jun 17

Call for Abstracts! Disrupting your daily doom-scroll to share the call for ILW 2025's Emerging Voices Panel. ABILA provides *full funding* specifically for junior scholars to come present their research at ILW 😱 Consider submitting an abstract and pls reach out with any questions!

ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · Jun 11

Emerging Voices 2025 Panel

The ILW Organizing Committee invites the submission of abstracts relating to the theme of “Crisis as Catalyst in International Law.” Accepted applicants will be invited to present their papers at the Emerging Voices Panel. www.ila-americanbranch.org/emerging-voi...

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jun 8

Tell me you study IR without telling me you study IR. I’ll go first:

I just explained Greggs as “sausage roll hegemony”

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jun 7

Can someone PLEASE tell me the point of endnotes I just don’t get it

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Jun 3

Got a text from my dad: “best Father’s Day present ever!” with a picture.

It was worms. My brother got him worms for his compost bin and he’s delighted about it.

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Robert L. Tsai @robertltsai.bsky.social · May 31

Harold Koh: “What I’ve learned from my dad, from my wife, from my family is that courage is contagious. So is cowardice. What you decide is a choice. And when your moment come—and believe me, it will—please make sure that the decision you make is one you can live with."

GW Law Celebrates Commencement 2025 | GW Law | The George Washington University

The 158th Commencement of the George Washington University Law School was held on Sunday, May 18, 2025.

www.law.gwu.edu

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · May 19

Show us your writing process in a gif.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · May 7

This is pretty dystopian

futurism.com/facebook-bea...

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ABILA (American Branch of the ILA) @abilaofficial.bsky.social · Apr 29

Announcing: the International Law Weekend 2025 Organizing Committee! Including @jesspeake.bsky.social, @chris4short.bsky.social, @corrarino.bsky.social, @ewickeri.bsky.social, @freyadw.bsky.social and @leilasadat1.bsky.social
www.ila-americanbranch.org/announcing-i...

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Apr 27

I have exactly one skill, and it’s being able to pick up a large suitcase and go “that’s just under 23 kgs”

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Rachel Lopez @rlopez.bsky.social · Apr 23

New paper alert 🚨

Now up @ssrn.bsky.social is "Experiential Expertise: What Lived Experience Can Teach" forthcoming in BU L. Rev. It explores the contours of experiential expertise—what is it? how is it formed? how should it inform the law?

Would love any feedback!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

EXPERIENTIAL EXPERTISE IN LAW: WHAT LIVED EXPERIENCE CAN TEACH

<div> <div> This article examines the growing call for incorporating "experiential expertise" — the insights of those directly impacted by systemic

papers.ssrn.com

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Apr 4

You guys can hang out and speak Italian together it’ll be lit

Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Apr 4

(Im not subversively pressuring him to pick either of those options for that reason at alll 👀)

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Apr 4

He hasn’t decided yet but all options are trainable! 🥳 (and a couple are QUITE close to you)

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Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · Apr 4

Just found out my brother is going to grad school in Europe next year and will be just a train ride away 🥹🥹

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