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✨ A Goddess has NO KING ✨ @the-goddess-speaks.bsky.social · 12h

AI is a runaway train and I’d like to get off at the nearest station.

I’ll jump off and roll down a hill like they do in the movies if I have to.

Video: @varunmayya.bsky.social

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Ruwan Subasinghe @ruwansubasinghe.bsky.social · 5h

This week we were at the International Court of Justice in The Hague for the oral hearings on the request for an advisory opinion on the Right to Strike under ILO Convention 87.

The @ituc.bsky.social participated in these proceedings representing the workers of the world.

#RightToStrike

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 8h

Sharing my Israeli colleague Michal Erlich's thoughts on what has transpired over the last two years: theprint.in/opinion/isra...

Israeli society is in collective denial over what is happening in Gaza. Media isn't helping

There is silence in Israeli media about the occupied territories, indifference to Palestinian suffering, and a political preference for “managing the conflict” over pursuing real peace.

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Ntina Tzouvala @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Clean Arctic Alliance @cleanarctic.bsky.social · 1d

Heavy fuel oil also produces black carbon, a kind of soot that can settle on the ice and accelerate melt by darkening the surface, meaning more of the sun’s energy is absorbed. edition.cnn.com/2025/10/03/c... @laurapaddison.bsky.social

This sea route has been dismissed as too treacherous. China’s taking the risk. | CNN

The Arctic journey is billed as the first step in China’s quest to open a “Polar Silk Road,” a commercial shipping route across the top of the world, and it’s only made possible by climate change.

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 2d

How deferential should the ICJ be to this decades-long interpretation? I analyzed this question using the framework of US Admin Law in light of Loper Bright's destruction of Chevron deference: thelegalpeepal.in/administrati...

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 2d

We have agreed that attempting to maintain a habitable planet is not in shareholders' interests.

Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 2d

Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch

- ‘Net zero’ financial sector group votes to cease operations after losing members under political pressure

#climatechange
Story by @kenzabryan.ft.com
HT @carbonbrief.org
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Global banking climate alliance folds four years after launch

‘Net zero’ financial sector group votes to cease operations after losing members under political pressure

www.ft.com

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Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 4d

in case you might wanna read about polar exploration while its cold & ur cozy

Talia Lavin @swordsjew.bsky.social · 4d

ooo hmmm ok here are my top 6

1. ninety degrees north by fergus fleming
2. the worst journey in the world by apsley cherry gerard
3. in the kingdom of ice by hampton sides
4. terra incognita by sara wheeler
5. the man who ate his boots by anthony brandt
6. weird & tragic shores by chauncey loomis

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Dr Melanie O'Brien @drmelob.bsky.social · 6d

Don was onto this pretty quick smart: why #Israel's interception of the aid #flotilla trying to reach #Gaza is in violation of #intLaw. theconversation.com/israels-inte...

Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law

Flotilla organisers say the Israeli military boarded their ships in international waters, where they have the right to freedom of navigation.

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Evan George @evanlgeorge.bsky.social · 7d

Pope Leo XIV is giving his first official climate speech at the Raising Hope conference, to mark the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si, that groundbreaking papal address by Pope Francis. Here's the livestream:
raisinghope.earth/conference/

Raising Hope Conference | Raising hope

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 8d

Neil Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co v Sawyer, 343 US 579 (1952)

Or as it’s commonly known,

Youngstown Steely Dan

Corey Rayburn Yung @coreyryung.bsky.social · 9d

Ruin a band with law:

A Tribe Called Questions Presented

andy jabbour @andyjabbour.bsky.social · 9d

Ruin a band with law:

Bruce Springsteen and the Ex parte Band.

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 8d

Post a banger that's not in English

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmTz...

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Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · 10d

Methane from US oil and gas infrastructure causes more climate change than the entire US buildings and agriculture sectors. It has surged since ~2007 when the fracking boom began. Nations who are considering importing US natural gas should think carefully about its underestimated climate impacts.

Kevin J. CREATURE @kevinjkircher.com · Jun 30

New paper. I wish this wasn't the case, but most progress on reducing US greenhouse gas emissions is likely spurious. Why? EPA underestimates methane emissions from oil and gas. Relevant today as Repubs vote to gut IRA's methane monitoring/mitigation program. 🧵

authors.elsevier.com/a/1lL4K_6se4...

Two graphs from the paper.

The left graph shows US net greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2022. The official EPA estimates decline fairly steadily from 6.6 gigatonnes per year in 2005 to 5.5 in 2022 (17% below 2005 levels), largely reflecting natural gas displacing coal for electricity generation. The adjusted estimates, which reflect independent measurements of methane emissions from oil and gas infrastructure, end at 6.3 gigatonnes per year in 2022 (only 5% below 2005 levels).

The right graph shows 2022 emissions increasing linearly with the assumed global warming potential of methane. Climate scientists are divided on whether to use the 100-year GWP, 20-year GWP, or something in between. With methane warming impacts assessed via the 20-year GWP, the central 2022 emissions estimate is 7.9 gigatonnes per year - 20% *above* the EPA's official 2005 estimate.

Caption: Figure 1: Left: United States net greenhouse gas emissions over time. Right: Scaling of 2022 net emissions with methane’s GWP. After adjustment to reflect recent measurements of methane emissions from natural gas infrastructure, United States net emissions remain nearly as high as their 2005 level.

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 11d

Recent versions are embarrassingly bad at basic fundamentals like making sure the lineup you set before the match is actually the team that appears on the field. How do you release a game that can’t even do that right?

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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · 12d

I hear the President has decreed that it is possibly a crime to refer to Americans as "fascists," but "fascism" is a word that has a relatively clear meaning that's worth understanding. Here's how an official publication of the US Army defined "fascism" in 1945.

Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Aug 1

The central point is that when fascism came to America it wouldn't call itself that, nor would it be wearing a swastika. It would call itself "patriotic" and "100% American."

Can We Spot It?
(Question: How can we identify native American fascists at work? )
An American fascist seeking power would not proclaim that he is a fascist. Fascism always camouflages its plans and purposes. Hitler made demagogic appeals to all groups and swore: "Neither I nor anybody in the National Socialist Party advocates proceeding by anything but Constitutional methods." Any fascist attempt to gain power in America would not use the exact Hitler pattern. It would work under the guise of "super-patriotism" and "super-American-ism." Fascist leaders are neither stupid nor naive.
They know that they must hand out a line that "sells." Huey Long is said to have remarked that if fascism came to America, it would be on a program of "Ameri-canism."
Fascists in America may differ slightly from fascists in other countries, but there are a number of attitudes and practices that they have in common. Following are three. Every person who has one of them is not necessarily a fascist. But he is

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 14d

I'm guessing you're not convinced by this defense by Kraska and Perdomo suggesting there is an immanent threat and grave national emergency and that limits on use of force by ICJ are ultra vires? www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...

U.S. Exercises Self-Defense To Destroy Narco-Terrorist Boats

On September 2, U.S. armed forces struck an identified narco-terrorist fast boat in international waters transiting at high speed in the Caribbean Sea. The vessel reportedly carried on board eleven pe

www.realcleardefense.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15d

What the WTO’s deal to curb fisheries subsidies means and what it could achieve

For decades, government subsidies have helped industrial fishing fleets to expand, often with little regard for sustainability.

theconversation.com

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Emily Herring @emilyherring.bsky.social · 15d

Yes everyone stop what you're doing and just watch it trust me
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8al5...

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Janina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 15d

Grateful for the opportunity to provide a longer explainer on DW about

❎ Germany's duties under the Genocide Convention
❎ the UN Commission of Inquiry's Report
❎ in what sense Germany is drawing the wrong lesson from its history

www.youtube.com/watch?v=APSJ...

German support for Israel a 'legal and moral mistake' - Law and ethics professor Janina Dill

YouTube video by DW News

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Monica Marks @monicamarks.bsky.social · 15d

Rather stunning admission in Kamala’s new book:

www.ynetnews.com/article/sjje...

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 15d

For the sports people, this is basically an 'unbiased umpire' calling a batter out on strikes after the first ball of an intentional walk (back from when that was a thing).

Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 15d

NEW: SCOTUS majority says Trump can ignore precedent if the majority doesn't like it.

A 90-year-old precedent meant nothing to the majority allowing Trump to fire an FTC commissioner during litigation. This is no way to run a court, let alone a country.

Tonight, at Law Dork:

SCOTUS majority says Trump can ignore precedent if the majority doesn't like it

This is no way to run a court, let alone a country.

www.lawdork.com

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 16d

NEW WRITING:

I talk about a new memoir that’s set to debut next week from Gazan physics student Wasim Said, aspiring astrophysicist, who has created a forceful record of the genocide. I also share parts of my conversations with Said.

The book is a must read. #BookSky 🧪⚛️🔭

Gazan Physicist: "This is happening to human beings like yourself"

New book by Gazan student Wasim Said on life and death during genocide is a cry for justice

news.chanda.science

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Dan Stein @dstein.bsky.social · 16d

For further reading on this, I would also recommend the 'classical study on cultural imperialism and children's literature' by Dorfman & Mattelart, "How to Read Donald Duck," available for free here: archive.org/details/howt...

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · Apr 30

The biggest project I've worked on for the last chunk of years was just published. It asks, how big are US Black-white lifespan differences?

This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.

Three Ways of Looking at Black–White Mortality Differences in the United States | Annual Reviews

Everyone agrees that US Black deaths happen earlier than white deaths on average, but it is surprisingly challenging to find the best ways to summarize, quantify, and compare this gap. This review arg...

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Rishika Pardikar @rishpardikar.bsky.social · 21d

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