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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 32m

Where does ‘random found object’ fit?

caasbrey @caasbrey.bsky.social · 18h

Book Alignment Chart
Lawful Good Neutral Good. Chaotic Good
Book ribbon. Sentence pointer. Scrap paper/receipt

Lawful Neutral. True Neutral Chaotic Neutral
Ebook. Proper bookmark. Leaf

Lawful Evil. Neutral Evil. Chaotic Evil
Memorising Book face-down. Dog Ear.
Page Numbers

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 1d

“As the first comprehensive international human rights instrument dedicated to the protection of persons with variations of sex characteristics, the Recommendation marks a historic and much-needed milestone.”

This is a very encouraging move in Europe to better protect intersex people.

Council of Europe Adopts Landmark Intersex Rights Recommendation

The Council of Europe adopts a landmark Recommendation on Equal Rights for Intersex Persons, setting a new gold standard for intersex human rights across Europe.

www.ilga-europe.org

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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 2h

Commercial law, human rights law, EU law

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 10h

Just quietly, this is why we always go beyond studying what the law currently says.

Doctor The Frog @skipbidder.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry about that, lawyers. All that stuff you learned in law school doesn't matter anymore.

Unlike doctors. All the stuff we learned in med school and thought we'd never have to actually know about is now becoming very critical again (measles, diphtheria, pertussis)

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Kimberley Crofts 🍉 @ktcita.bsky.social · 11h

Just putting this out into the world. Come March next year I’ll be looking for #PostDoc research assistant work in Sydney (or remote). Please keep me in mind and send any ideas my way. Looking for projects in one or any of #EnergyTransitions #Decarbonisation #EnvironmentalPlanning #HumanGeography

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 22h

I love this meditation on the human-ness of teaching. It’s all about relationships, and people connecting and feeling seen.

Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 23h

wowwww this is incredibly beautiful. tagging some friends who will love this: @ladyofsardines.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com @marcusluther.bsky.social

therumpus.net/2025/10/02/h...

Human Error Is the Point: On Teaching College During the Rise of AI - The Rumpus

My syllabus is a mess of half-remembered intentions. I re-use icebreakers that I know don’t work. I forget to grade the first assignment until Week Four. I write emails that begin with “So sorry for t...

therumpus.net

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 1d

Electric cargo bikes can replace many everyday car trips for the average family and “reshape suburban family mobility”, say Oxford University researchers. 49 British households were loaned e-cargo bikes for school runs, shopping trips, family outings and other day-to-day use.

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 2d

Happening now: live broadcast of oral submissions on the advisory opinion request from the ILO on the right to strike under ILO Convention No 87 on Freedom of Association.

THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings in the advisory proceedings on the Right to Strike – International Labour Office; International Trade Union Confederation; In...

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) holds public hearings on the request for an advisory opinion concerning the Right to Strike under ILO Convention No. 87 on 6 October 2025.

webtv.un.org

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

Just absurd.

enuffsaysv.bsky.social @enuffsaysv.bsky.social · 16d

Heroic middle schooler
An 11-year-old Michigan boy was expelled after disarming a classmate who brought a loaded gun to school. Sakir Everett removed the bullets and dismantled the weapon but didn't immediately tell staff.
Read in Daily Mail: apple.news/AaWksDOJWTKa...

Heroic middle schooler, 11, expelled after disarming student who came to school with gun — Daily Mail

An 11-year-old Michigan boy was expelled after disarming a classmate who brought a loaded gun to school. Sakir Everett removed the bullets and dismantled the weapon but didn't immediately tell staff.

apple.news

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

Hopefully it’s a compilation of stories rather than a single factual one…

Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

I’d be asking for 100%

Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

icymi - “Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including… a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.” www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 1d

icymi - “Deloitte Australia will issue a partial refund to the federal government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a $440,000 report littered with errors including… a made-up quote from a Federal Court judgement.” www.afr.com/companies/pr...

Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

www.afr.com

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

www.lawlithum.org

Law, Literature and Humanities Association of Australasia

The association for scholars within Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific investigating the intersections between law and culture.

www.lawlithum.org

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

Doctrinal, socio-legal, law-lit-humanities

Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · 1d

Editor in chief, city editor, features editor

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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · May 6

Everyone in the past was neurotypical, which is how we got things like this single-author, eight-volume encyclopedia of ferns

eight leatherbound books all titled "FERNS" volumes 1 through 8

650 5.3K 34K

Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

Episode 12 of Law at the End of the World is out, featuring the fabulous @emilyjones.bsky.social

Bouncing off Liz’s chat with Emily,
@prof-mac.bsky.social and I talk about how academics can contribute to positive transformative change, especially within environmental law.

Challenging the foundations of environmental law - Episode 12 (with Emily Jones) - Law at the End of the World

In this episode we are joined by critical environmental law scholar Emily Jones to explore the intersections of environmental law, feminism, and academia. Emily discusses her personal journey into aca...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

I agree that bin chickens are cool and improbable, but they already won once.

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

‘The Gang-gang cockatoo is a distinctive and charismatic Australian bird. … It is easily identified by its distinctive call, which is described as resembling a creaky gate, or the sound of a cork being pulled from a wine bottle.’

THEY ARE THE BEST

animalia.bio/gang-gang-co...

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

They don’t need the vote! They already know they rule.

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 1d

Now is an excellent time to vote for the Gang Gang.

Australian bird of the year 2025: vote for your favourite #birdoftheyear in the Guardian / BirdLife Australia poll

From little penguins to (very big) cassowaries, every bird has its fans. Vote for your favourite in the 2025 Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll

www.theguardian.com

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 5d

David Harvey at 90: A Verso Series www.versobooks.com/en-gb/blogs/... @versobooks.bsky.social First essay by Eric Sheppard now posted.

Harvey at 90: A Verso Series

Last year, we celebrated Fredric Jameson's ninetieth birthday with a month long series commemorating his impact on literary criticism, critical theory and philosophy. This month, in honour of David H...

www.versobooks.com

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 5d

Whenever I think I’m beyond shock…

southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 5d

I love when student journalists break a crazy story, especially about their own school. This one is extraordinarily macabre. www.uscannenbergmedia.com/2025/10/01/u...

USC sold dead bodies to U.S. military to train IDF medical personnel

A review of seven years’ worth of contracts unveiled more than $860,000 to use cadavers in surgical trainings involving the Israeli Defense Forces.

www.uscannenbergmedia.com

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 6d

Horrendous

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 6d

Three people have died, including the suspected perpetrator, after a car was reportedly driven at pedestrians and people were stabbed near a synagogue in Manchester, British police say.

Three people dead, including suspect, after Manchester synagogue attack

Three people have died, including the suspected perpetrator, after a car was reportedly driven at pedestrians and people were stabbed near a synagogue in Manchester, British police say.

www.abc.net.au

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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.bsky.social · 6d

One to watch for the ESCR nerds out there.

The first complaint from Germany to the UN CESCR, since the country relatively recently (Apr 2023) accepted the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR.

Focused on withdrawal of benefits from some asylum-seekers.

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Freiheitsrechte.org - GFF @freiheitsrechte.org · 7d

Keine Sozialleistungen für Geflüchtete? Wir reichen die erste Beschwerde aus Deutschland beim UN-Sozialpaktausschuss ein: Der Beschwerdeführer bekommt keine Leistungen mehr & ist obdachlos. Wir fordern schnelle Hilfe & die Abschaffung des Leistungsausschlusses: freiheitsrechte.org/existenziell...

Lena Frerichs, Juristin bei der GFF: „Jeder Mensch hat das Recht auf ein Dach über dem Kopf und ein Leben ohne Hunger – unabhängig vom Aufenthaltsstatus. Deutschland verletzt dieses soziale Menschenrecht. Dagegen haben wir die erste Beschwerde bei den Vereinten Nationen eingereicht.“

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Cristy Clark @cristyclark.bsky.social · 6d

Vale Jane Goodall. One of the best humans.

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