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No photos with @erincook.bsky.social from coffee today but I swear it happened

Last week, the International Criminal Court #ICC held hearings for the confirmation of charges relating to Rodrigo #Duterte. The pre-trial judges have 60 days for their decision on the charges, and whether there is sufficient evidence to move to trial. share.google/KDEf6RaVTSzY...

The absolute whiplash experienced by Philippine "international law professors" (Bar review enthusiasts) who have cheered on international law to work last week (vs Duterte) and now publicly declaring their feelings of bewilderment over what is happening, that perhaps international law should fail.

A Filipina carer was killed in Israel, super sad www.rappler.com/philippines/...

Imperialist violence is always bad thx

My favourite bit of DDS disinfo: troll script now says Judge Sebutinde is with the ICC. Jeeeez

News cycle in the Philippines has been difficult to watch lately.

Great essay. I don’t know these words

Centerlaw is not yet on Bluesky, but they have shared Joel Butuyan’s opening statement in the ICC on their Facebook page. A statement that should go down in Philippine history. (1/2)

Can I show this to answer “What is the original contribution of your PhD?”

Kaufman credits Duterte for 4Ps. Kaufman calls the victim's presentation as mere politicking, no evidence. Here is data, showing how the victims of Duterte's onslaught were beneficiaries of the 4Ps. jied.lse.ac.uk/articles/10....

The lines of Joel Butuyan’s opening statement should be seared in all of our minds, in our history forevermore. This is what the ICC proceedings mean for the victims. That last boat. And he reminds us what Duterte did to all of us. To our society. To our culture.

Those Drug War years felt like hell and maybe we will never truly patch those parts of ourselves, even as we are now away. I find great comfort in what Raffy Lerma told me: “andito tayo ngayon dahil trabaho natin to.” We are here today because this is our work. May Duterte’s victims get justice.

I am not sure if Bluesky is an appropriate platform for gym progress photos AND announcement of academic things like Twitter was

So I recently sat down with Sainted Judge Hilary Charlesworth (blessed be her name), Prof Di Otto, and Prof Christine Chinkin to record the Season 3 opener of #CalledToTheBar Go have a listen: on.soundcloud.com/Vaq9CC1yiokQ...

Think I’m done w microblogging or whatever it was Twitter started. Or social media. Idk this is no fun anymore

Is this part of the Lucy Dacus concert marketing

I have the privilege of working with many fabulous feminist scholars as part of the @flsjournal.bsky.social editorial team. Those of you interested in critical feminist socio-legal issues (intersecting with a range of other topics), please read/follow the journal and think about contributing to it.

On The President’s Orders (2019), a PBS documentary on police and vigilante masked killings at the height of Duterte’s Drug War—“If they’re stubborn, shoot them.” My country’s policing and surveillance architecture came by way of American imperialism. youtu.be/Iit4R9mgjFs?...

It's been a long time coming. After several years of revisions, my book Emotional Filipinos is coming out on April 15th. Please share and retweet! It would really mean a lot to me. Preorder sales available here: ugapress.org/978082037545...

“and then our goons will kidnap that life and send it to a concentration camp if we deem them the wrong color”

Everything is so bleak, man

Getting PTSD reading these words, 2016, 2022, how we all lost it here. I wish I had more comforting thoughts but yeah

Acquitted of illegal possession of explosives but guilty of terrorist financing. In colloquialism, ano ‘to, grading by darts?

I’m moving on to my next niche hyperfixation all thanks to the reels about Emilio Aguinaldo being abducted by Americans in 1901

Imperyalismo, ibagsak.

Hey there was this guy Rodrigo who once said, I will protect you! And Rodrigo is living the rest of his days as a cardboard standee

Living through a madman’s regime marked by withdrawal from international institutions and arbitrary use of lethal force by law enforcement is a nightmare we lived in not too long ago, and something I would never want any people to go through but here we are!!!

Gonna have an aneurysm over Pinoys on Facebook posting stuff like be careful of criticizing the US because you might need a visa soon or that Pinoys should support Trump because doing otherwise means falling for woke propaganda.

If you want to know how bad this situation is, I am out here doing doctrinal analysis. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

A lingering anxiety we’ve always had from any sort of war talk in this country is the idea that however it goes, “maiipit kami”—we will get caught in the middle, entangled in the conflict of great powers. Being tethered to the fortunes of empire has always been our reality and it SUCKS.

very precedented times

What passes for international law expertise in this country is mostly: Allying with US = the most optimal thing to avoid war with China. I beg these Filipino lawyers to stop cosplaying expertise.

Reason-giving is good, actually. The problem with liberal legalism is that it reduced any vision of the good society to reason-giving (or the appearance of it) but this doesn’t mean that making power account for itself isn‘t A Good Thing

America’s violent imperialism only ever gets more grotesque but also still the same? The Ship of Theseus of empires??

International lawyers often equivocate or speak in uncertainties when discussing if a particular act breaches international law. The fact that leading international lawyers have said in unequivocal terms that the US invasion of Venezuela is illegal shows how egregiously bad the situation is now.

If this doesn't come with a UNGA Uniting for Peace resolution and global condemnation then the prohibition on the use of force is finished and the UN will go the way of the League of Nations. Ask the international lawyers in your life how they are because right now I wish I weren't 10 years sober

US Trillion Dollar Imperial War Machine

The Violent Urge to Do Quiet Academic Work During the Holidays Because I Have Been Overwhelmed By Unexpected Media Attention That I Did Not Ask For: A One Act Play

I’ve recently been extra dedicated on calling out Generative AI enjoyers. Wrote a bit for Rolling Stone PH about it. Slop is already breaking down our sense of shared reality. rollingstonephilippines.com/state-of-aff...

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The Philippines is imploding Jesus Christ

Can someone point to me which legal culture uses “legal luminary” on such a commonplace level. Because istg I think it is the penultimate combo of Pinoy tackiness and toxic reverence for anyone lucky enough to pass the Bar exam. Architect of Martial Law should be on every obituary not legal luminary

What an insane force of an album

I wrote about Rosalía's "Lux," martyrdom, and our collective gastrointestinal health johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/eat-me

Imelda Marcos outlives JPE, both of them had not spent a day being accountable for their sins to the nation. Powerful men retire and die quietly after their great political games while generations struggle

Risked not wearing the n95 mask for this photo lol.

All that spectacle on flood control corruption and not a single person criminally charged. Filipinos do not deserve this.