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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 15m

Boksil, teach me how to live.

WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13h

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 · 24m

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 · 16h

Wow. Just speechless. #Academia #HigherEd #FascistNightmare

Audrey Truschke @audreytruschke.bsky.social · 17h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

“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 · 1d

Indeed.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 2d

The leader of ANTIFA

competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 3d

wizard frog is insane

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 2d

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 · 4d

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

dr. Marina @drmarina.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 5d

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

René Wildangel @realwildangel.bsky.social · 5d

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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Machinist Stefan @machiniststefan.bsky.social · 6d

Boetes #zwartrijden fors duurder. Helemaal prima! Al zou ik graag zien dat de overheid OV goedkoper maakt o.a. voor mensen met een kleine beurs. Ipv autorijders, die doorgaans goed verdienen, aan de pomp blijven spekken. Maarja, rechts gaat toch meestal voor de rijken.

www.ad.nl/binnenland/b...

Boete voor zwartrijden in het ov vanaf vandaag 40 procent hoger

Wie zonder geldig vervoersbewijs met de trein, bus, metro of tram rijdt, kan vanaf woensdag een hogere boete krijgen. Per 1 oktober is de boete voor zwartrijden verhoogd van 50 naar 70 euro.<br>

www.ad.nl

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Otterhouse @otterhouse.bsky.social · 6d

Ik vind dit nog steeds de beste metafoor voor een PVV of BBB kiezer ooit.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 6d

The NYT has a long long 4-part series about #WarCrimes in #Afghanistan, military culture, the current DoD leadership (I refuse to call it DoW). Take a look if you are interested. #USA #UnitedStates
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/m...

A Green Beret’s Confession Outraged the Military. Then He Found an Ally in Trump.

www.nytimes.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 6d

In the words of the journalists (and podcasters) I recognize, word for word, testimony Nedzad gave in court. The journalists use his words in the text. So many years later, I know these testimonies by heart. It's been years since I worked on any of this, and I still remember the exact words.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 6d

If you understand Italian and you're interested in #Srebrenica, here is a podcast you may want to listen to. It follows Nedzad Avdic, one of the few survivors of the genocide, and a former witness at #ICTY. I was also interviewed for it. #Genocide open.spotify.com/show/1s9Y3Sp...

TRAILER: Enclave - Sopravvivere a Srebrenica

open.spotify.com

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 6d

It's PUT SKELINGTONS IN THE INVERTEBRATES season again!

c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Sep 21

This will never not be funny.

A crab with ribs and articulated skeletal bones. It's a "Happy Halloween Mini Animal Skeleton" for $4.99 at some store.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 6d

I have only this to say.

The Edward Said meme, with a phone and a drawn person making a call.

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 7d

Not surprising. I hope states that support the court are all hands on deck on this (even though we've seen remarkable hypocrisy over the last two years). This is no time to be fooling around. #ICC
www.ft.com/content/d4fc...

ICC staff print files and prepare for blackout as US sanctions loom

International Criminal Court fears work under threat because of dependence on American IT systems

www.ft.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 7d

The morning coffee read:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The Kushner-Blair Gaza plan is a moral atrocity – and a policy catastrophe | Josh Paul

Jared Kushner and Tony Blair’s neocolonial venture would be an incompatible transplant that would be rejected by the body

www.theguardian.com

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 7d

If you commit war crimes, we'll scrub it off.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7d

Hegseth: "You should not pay for an earnest mistake for your entire career. That's why today, at my direction, we're making changes to the retention of adverse information on personnel records."

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 7d

They called it a crime because it is a crime.

Matt Cameron @mattcameron.bsky.social · 8d

hey @nytimes.com: there is no counterpoint here. There are no credible legal experts who would EVER say that the US military has any right or authority to blow civilian craft out of the Caribbean and kill their crews from afar without any provocation. There is no other side to this question.

"Some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily kill civilians not directly taking part in hostilities, even if they are believed to be smuggling drugs."

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Iva Vukušić @vukusiciva.bsky.social · 7d

Oh FFS, all they need it Tony Blair.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Postwar Gaza authority potentially led by Tony Blair ‘would sideline Palestinians’

Draft plan’s critics say it hands power to international figures and splits Gaza from Palestinian Authority in West Bank

www.theguardian.com

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · 9d

Well worth a watch. Thank you for sharing.

JazzReads📚 @jazzreads.bsky.social · 9d

So exhausting..

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