Just following Rapture discourse, and all I have to say is that WE WARNED YOU that Protestantism is a straight up bad idea but you wanted to read the Bible alone, you freaks.

China winning the new cold war on account of not blaming paracetamol for autism.

Polycules have gone too far www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...

It's easy to make fun of Shaun King. But I actually feel the same way about him as I do about Mayor Adams; just a Next Level Scammer. Just an astonishing committment to the bit. Like I really love how absolutely unrelenting in the grift they are, not a moment without another weird scam or pivot.

can confirm

I am old enough to remember when uttering one sceptical word about AUKUS was basically equated to treason by Australian media and now the consensus position is that there will never be any submarines.

Too late, Batman. Once this Tylenol floods the city's water supply, my wiki won't run out of editors ever again

Topical commentary from 1852 www.marxists.org/archive/marx...

A truly remarkable interview with my colleague Lana Tatour on race and the question of Palestine: rss.com/podcasts/2-p...

sky news australia having a normal one www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

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It won’t be the coked-up hooligans in Union Jack flags that get the Far Right over the line, but the Barbour-wearing retired stockbrokers in Surrey

I am not a Hannah Arendt stan, but she nailed this one: 'Under such circumstances… the Palestinian Jews would degenerate into one of those small warrior tribes about whose possibilities and importance history has amply informed us since the days of Sparta.'

what makes this even more remarkable is that Australia is one of the most urbanised countries in the OECD.

UNSW is looking for a postdoctoral fellow specialising in nuclear law: external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/53... Three-year position, no need to have existing work rights in Australia. We are a jolly bunch, so consider joining us.

The offer made to women in the enticement to become trad wives is the same as the offer made to citizens in the enticement to embrace authoritarianism: give up. Abandon the aspiration to self rule. It’s imprisonment recast as rest and relief.

I have been wanting to write a piece on the importance of being earnest as left-wing praxis in 2025, cause nihilism is truly the new style of power.

With Western states’ impeding recognition of the state of Palestine, it‘s imperative to think about the politics of statehood and recognition. Join us this Thursday as we discuss with @shahdhm.bsky.social, Lana Tatour and Adil Hasan Khan

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

this exists it is called thinking

Snake oil for all!

Why is the economy totally crashing every 8 years?

But a path to climate stabilization requires an annual new installation of between 700 and 1000 GW globally, for the foreseeable future. So, the capacity that China has built is not excessive. It is precisely on the scale that the planet needs. adamtooze.substack.com/p/chartbook-...

‘even teachers of IL who are interested in teaching “black letter” law and have no particular political commitment to the cause of Palestinian freedom may face allegations of antisemitism on account of teaching the field’s most authoritative court’s rulings on self-determination or genocide’

Absolutely excellent essay - highly recommended

Part of the success of “cancel culture” as a meme is that it makes dissimilar activity look the same. Protesting a speaker is not the same as shunning sexual predators is not the same as the federal government silencing dissent.

these people are genuinely idiots

“Adopting nativist discourse and policies does not win back far-right voters. It leads to losses for centrist and leftwing parties. Moreover, it raises the salience of the topic and the expectations of the government” @casmudde.bsky.social with a reminder for social democrats everywhere

I think a lot about Saruman lately. He claims to join Sauron becuase it’s impossible to resist the might of Mordor, he’s simply powerless against him etc, but then it’s Saruman, not Sauron, who causes almost all the problems for the fellowship in the first two books.

This one is a bit of a personal favourite

This is the state of play. This is how anti-trans hate can affect everyone. When the wife of a world leader is not immune to having to prove she's a woman to satisfy bigots, what hope do most trans and non-binary individuals have of being able to live our lives in peace www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A target of 62-70% will lead to well over 2°C of warming. This decision makes it clear that this government does not care about young people. We won’t stand by while they wreck our future.

noting grimly that with the boating drone strikes we have definitively arrived at "how bad is extrajudicial killing, really?" but I continue to find it really strange that they did "children having cancer and communicable diseases is fine actually" first

my wholly vibes-based impression is that US institutions have been uniquely quick and willing to collaborate with the demise of democracy in comparison to those in, say, India or Turkey, which is, obviously, profoundly concerning.

great news! you're not actually seeing karl rove, john yoo, and david frum criticize the administration's lawlessness more stridently than dem leadership. you, reader, were infected with rabies by a brown bat 36 hours ago and this is all just the virus working its way through your nervous system

I told them I'm canceling Disney+ unless Jimmy goes back on air. I'll tell my kids that Mickey Mouse killed a guy, I don't care.

Mergers will mark the end of the republic, facilitated by big law associates

There is a version of liberalism that is deeply nihilistic which is exactly what makes it proximate to Trumpism

Here's Mona on the Japan-US investment MOU: ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2025/09/have... And this was me on the US-UK deal: ielp.worldtradelaw.net/2025/05/the-... (The part you might be interested in is towards the end)

The @nteunion.bsky.social member who is the HSR involved in this doesn't want the spotlight, but he has been heroic on this issue. He knows who he is, and his colleagues know who he is, so I won't name him here - but congratulations on standing up for your colleagues. ✊

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"The realists, it transpires, have merely swapped wishful thinking about humanity’s ability to kick its fossil fuel habit for magical thinking about our ability to upend the laws of physics and chemistry." www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7105...

From myself & @colinmurray.bsky.social on the European Convention on Human Rights & very briefly (bc it is clear) why it is not plausible to claim that it is possible to leave & not breach the 1998 Good Friday/Belfast Agreement.

Powerful new piece from Ta-Nehisi Coates @vanityfair.com www.vanityfair.com/news/story/c...

I am 100% reaching for my pen

Klein lists a bunch of overt threats Trump has actually made to censor his enemies and then Shapiro’s response is “but we were paranoid that Obama could do that to us, so it’s only fair.” What a productive dialogue.

I kinda find it interesting that at least some in the GOP seem to want to go ahead with this as Reichstag fire moment anyway, cos it makes it all the more closely analogous to the actual Reichstag fire.

my terrific phd student @rosselle.bsky.social wrote this excellent case note on CEDAW and the rights of Filipino women survivors of Japan’s wartime sexual slavery. Important case that highlights the responsibilities (and appalling behaviour) of home states journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Hello international trade law people! Has anyone written from an IL perspective (so not the IEEPA stuff) on the trade 'deals' of the US? Especially about the legalisation/delegalisation of trade and investment governance? @monapaulsen.bsky.social @harlangcohen.bsky.social @akinkugbe.bsky.social