Sally Dukes
@sallydukes.bsky.social
American in Belgium, ICC enthusiast, leader of the anti-IR realism coalition, no I do not speak French 🇺🇸 🇱🇺
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Sally Dukes
@sallydukes.bsky.social
· Nov 26
I see I’ve gotten a bunch of new followers so let me introduce myself: I’m a grad student from Charlottesville now living in Belgium. I research non-state actors and genocide. Mostly I post mostly about international conflict, cats, and stuff I see around Europe.
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biscuit got an executive membership to costco for christmas #Blueskyねこ部
December 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
biscuit got an executive membership to costco for christmas #Blueskyねこ部
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WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
The USPS faces a tight squeeze. With fewer people using the mail, it’s lost more and more money: $9 billion in the 12 months ending in September alone.
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
https://cnn.it/4qkeNoF
December 24, 2025 at 5:52 PM
WHO GIVES A DAMN?
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
It’s a public service, right there in the name. It exists as a public good for all the people in this country. It’s not supposed to turn a profit, you dolts.
Go audit the Pentagon and see what kind of return on investment we’re getting there.
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cw// grinch
i just woke up. he took everything. even the who hash.
i just woke up. he took everything. even the who hash.
December 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
cw// grinch
i just woke up. he took everything. even the who hash.
i just woke up. he took everything. even the who hash.
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Going after Boko Haram / ISWAP is a decade or more too late. Won’t matter.
Glad we have a cohesive continent-wode strategy for Africa in place.
<I’m being told National Archivist Marco “Rush Rush with the Yayo” Rubio has fired 30 x career Ambos in Africa>
Glad we have a cohesive continent-wode strategy for Africa in place.
<I’m being told National Archivist Marco “Rush Rush with the Yayo” Rubio has fired 30 x career Ambos in Africa>
BREAKING
President Trump says he ordered US military strikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria.
President Trump says he ordered US military strikes against ISIS targets in Nigeria.
December 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Going after Boko Haram / ISWAP is a decade or more too late. Won’t matter.
Glad we have a cohesive continent-wode strategy for Africa in place.
<I’m being told National Archivist Marco “Rush Rush with the Yayo” Rubio has fired 30 x career Ambos in Africa>
Glad we have a cohesive continent-wode strategy for Africa in place.
<I’m being told National Archivist Marco “Rush Rush with the Yayo” Rubio has fired 30 x career Ambos in Africa>
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Int’l law: Seen a report that Nigeria consented to the action. Plausible.
Domestic law: The administration may consider ISIS in Nigeria to be covered by the 2001 AUMF. Less plausible the last time I looked into it.
Domestic law: The administration may consider ISIS in Nigeria to be covered by the 2001 AUMF. Less plausible the last time I looked into it.
December 25, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Int’l law: Seen a report that Nigeria consented to the action. Plausible.
Domestic law: The administration may consider ISIS in Nigeria to be covered by the 2001 AUMF. Less plausible the last time I looked into it.
Domestic law: The administration may consider ISIS in Nigeria to be covered by the 2001 AUMF. Less plausible the last time I looked into it.
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Merry Christmas friends.
Remember those struggling to celebrate, reeling from the trauma of war, displacement and the targeted bombings of churches.
From the Middle East Eye,
25/12/25.
Remember those struggling to celebrate, reeling from the trauma of war, displacement and the targeted bombings of churches.
From the Middle East Eye,
25/12/25.
Bombed churches and air strikes: Celebrating Christmas in south Lebanon
In Derdghaya, Lebanese Christians cling on to their communities and traditions despite Israeli attacks
www.middleeasteye.net
December 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Merry Christmas friends.
Remember those struggling to celebrate, reeling from the trauma of war, displacement and the targeted bombings of churches.
From the Middle East Eye,
25/12/25.
Remember those struggling to celebrate, reeling from the trauma of war, displacement and the targeted bombings of churches.
From the Middle East Eye,
25/12/25.
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For 2026, media could commit to not laundering the administration’s talking points in their headlines. The EU bans were not triggered by censorship but about misleading X users.
December 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
For 2026, media could commit to not laundering the administration’s talking points in their headlines. The EU bans were not triggered by censorship but about misleading X users.
🎶God to-day hath poor folk rais’ed up
and cast a-down the proud! 🎶
and cast a-down the proud! 🎶
December 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
🎶God to-day hath poor folk rais’ed up
and cast a-down the proud! 🎶
and cast a-down the proud! 🎶
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Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and Happy Chinese Takeout While The Christians Fuck Off For Once Day to those who do not.
December 25, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Merry Christmas to those who celebrate and Happy Chinese Takeout While The Christians Fuck Off For Once Day to those who do not.
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Merry christmas everybody here your favorite ornament - Christmas dragon!
December 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Merry christmas everybody here your favorite ornament - Christmas dragon!
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Why do we feast and overindulge at Christmas? To emulate the hobbit heroes who saved the world. If Pippin can eat ten thousand calories a day, so can you.
December 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Why do we feast and overindulge at Christmas? To emulate the hobbit heroes who saved the world. If Pippin can eat ten thousand calories a day, so can you.
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I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
December 17, 2024 at 6:08 PM
I bought my wife an O. Henry book for Christmas and it turns out she just sold her eyes.
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BREAKING: Santa Claus has been shot down by Houthi rebels over the Red Sea.
December 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
BREAKING: Santa Claus has been shot down by Houthi rebels over the Red Sea.
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Japanese Ministry of Defense reports PLA radar lock on Santa around the disputed Senkaku Islands
December 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Japanese Ministry of Defense reports PLA radar lock on Santa around the disputed Senkaku Islands
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Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
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A must read.
I’m struck by two things: the significant number of my fellow Americans who are active participants in this regime’s abuse of our neighbors, and the enormity of what we have lost—as individuals, as communities, and as a nation.
I’m struck by two things: the significant number of my fellow Americans who are active participants in this regime’s abuse of our neighbors, and the enormity of what we have lost—as individuals, as communities, and as a nation.
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
A must read.
I’m struck by two things: the significant number of my fellow Americans who are active participants in this regime’s abuse of our neighbors, and the enormity of what we have lost—as individuals, as communities, and as a nation.
I’m struck by two things: the significant number of my fellow Americans who are active participants in this regime’s abuse of our neighbors, and the enormity of what we have lost—as individuals, as communities, and as a nation.
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You'd better watch out!
You'd better watch out
YOᑌ'ᗪ ᗷETTEᖇ ᗯᗩTᑕᕼ OᑌT
You'd better watch out
YOᑌ'ᗪ ᗷETTEᖇ ᗯᗩTᑕᕼ OᑌT
December 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
You'd better watch out!
You'd better watch out
YOᑌ'ᗪ ᗷETTEᖇ ᗯᗩTᑕᕼ OᑌT
You'd better watch out
YOᑌ'ᗪ ᗷETTEᖇ ᗯᗩTᑕᕼ OᑌT
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The rightful place for Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad, and all those responsible for crimes against the Syrian people is the International Criminal Court—not luxury residences or safe havens abroad.
December 24, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The rightful place for Bashar al-Assad, Maher al-Assad, and all those responsible for crimes against the Syrian people is the International Criminal Court—not luxury residences or safe havens abroad.
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Pretty sure these embassies are always closed on these days but now they’re required to bestow thanks upon great Donald for his limitless blessings
December 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Pretty sure these embassies are always closed on these days but now they’re required to bestow thanks upon great Donald for his limitless blessings
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This Lithuanian national wants to be deported. Lithuania is ready to take her. Instead, she was detained by ICE for overstaying a visa waiver in February and she's *still being held*. These morons can't even deport people who want to be deported.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
All she wants for Christmas is to be deported. ICE won't let her go
An American man fell in love with a woman from Lithuania. ICE detained her. The couple thought she'd be deported right away. They were wrong.
www.usatoday.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This Lithuanian national wants to be deported. Lithuania is ready to take her. Instead, she was detained by ICE for overstaying a visa waiver in February and she's *still being held*. These morons can't even deport people who want to be deported.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...