I am getting a lot of questions about whether Trump's threats alone are illegal. The answer is yes. 1. First, Additional Protocol I states “Acts or threats of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the civilian population are prohibited.” (also DOD LOW Manual §5.2.2) 1/

From Prof Christina Pagel's excellent substack: "The overall conclusion is that the scale of deaths in the first wave could have been much lower and the devastating second wave could have been largely avoided." christinapagel.subst... 1/13

I am really pleased to say that my latest paper with Ying Chen is out now in the George Washington International Law Review. It's called "Corporate Gender Washing and Women’s Rights: a Call for Hard Law Approaches". www.thegwilr.org/volume-58-is...

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After enough zeros, more zeros lose their meaning to the lay public and, evidently, the media. @deanbaker13.bsky.social puts costs of Trump's additional ask for Iran into perspective. Doesn't count the $1B/day, or nearly 1 yr of NSF/week, he's already spent. cepr.net/publications...

The gender friendship gap turns out to be driven almost entirely by white men's uniquely low levels of friendship closeness. And among white men, higher socioeconomic class predicted even lower closeness. The most privileged group has the least close friendships. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Is it a giant wooden horse

It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.

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Declaring that no quarter will be given is straightforwardly prohibited under international humanitarian law. When done to threaten an adversary, the declaration itself amounts to a war crime. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/u...

Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.

NEWS: The Trump administration confirmed it bombed a girl’s school in Iran. It's one of the most devastating military errors in decades. Trump lied about it. Pete Hegseth gutted the office preventing civilian casualties. 175 are dead. Most were kids. Hegseth should be fired.

I was in a 2 hour briefing today on the Iran War. All the briefings are closed, because Trump can't defend this war in public. I obviously can't disclose classified info, but you deserve to know how incoherent and incomplete these war plans are. 1/ Here's what I can share:

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Reaching net zero by 2050 is often framed as a cost burden. The UK Climate Change Committee’s latest analysis suggests the opposite. The real risk is fossil fuel dependency.

This very straight news piece buried deep within the FT never uses words like corruption or insider dealing but every detail is quietly devastating. Why is the FT virtually alone in the UK media in covering this important story?

An illegal war by USA & Israel, propped up by missions from UK air bases. Supported by Nigel Farage. Over 1000 civilians dead & now the threat of global economic fallout. Trump's disaster makes us all less safe, less secure - and we will remember those who backed it.

March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

never, ever, ever, ever accept "how will you pay for it?" as an argument against social programs.

Never forget.

Study finds ChatGPT Health did not recommend a hospital visit when medically necessary in more than half of cases. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close. That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education? #Universities #HigherEducation

Perhaps it should be The Accused Formerly Known As Prince.

ANDREW MOUNTBATTEN ARRESTED

Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist

Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work. This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time. People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.

This #GiornatadellaMemoria it is perhaps fitting now more than ever to share Primo Levi's «Se questo è un uomo»

Call for papers: Childhood, Gender and Crises: Living at the End of the World. for Gender & History

New report from doctors shows the Iranian regime slaughtered 16,500 protesters during the communications shutdown.

They are canceling youth sports across the city in Minneapolis this weekend because lawless masked armed federal paramilitaries are targeting the children and families.

This is the last part of it. It was separated in her post.

Amanda Gorman wrote this poem for Renee Good and that’s it for me tonight.

This ain't no local horror story This ain't some local blight This is the American Condition In the harsh and blinding light The fever that we warned about Has finally come to pass The future is a shadow That the past has come to cast And the choir's singin' mournful youtu.be/0xQTgdnak2Q?...

“Can we check her pulse?” “No! Back up! Now!” “I’m a physician.” “I don’t care.”

Emily Heller, an eyewitness, is speaking out to set the record straight. Officers were screaming at Renee Nicole Good, “Move, move, move.” So she moved, and they shot her multiple times? Then Noem and Trump branded her a domestic terrorist. Does everyone see how absolutely insane that sounds?

if the ICE officer is not swiftly arrested and charged with homicide, it will mean that American institutions have accepted that ICE can operate death squads on American soil

Repression may result in submission, but it can also provoke backlash

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Trading the Nobel Peace Prize to the president of the United States so he’ll militarily install you as president of your country seems a bit contrary to its intended purpose

London in the good old days - before everyone's feet pointed forwards.

“We have the biggest numbers.”

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Trump posted this without knowing Nick Reiner had been arrested. He posted it apparently assuming that one of his fans had murdered Rob Reiner. So if you want to know how Trump will react once his fans start murdering his enemies, now you know. He'll celebrate and blame his enemies.

Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.

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