I am new to Canvas (previously in moodle ecosystem) "SPEEDGRADER" is the most ironically named product in human history

THis is a great thread on an absolutely shocking set of prosecutorial behaviours. I gave a lecture last week entitled 'The Rule of Law and the Rise of the New American Autocracy', and damn, but the evidence keeps rolling in

Genuinely so excited to share this call for papers for the expert meeting “Choosing the Bench? Selection and Standards in International Adjudication”, which I’m co-organising with my dear colleagues @kyrawigard.bsky.social and David Donat Cattin on 9 September! www.uu.nl/en/news/call...

I just did one of the more terrifying things in my job so far - a live press conference with our AG. Pretty nerve wracking standing in front of all the cameras.... but also a heap of fun! Will post a link when it goes live

The UKHE sector needs ofc government intervention asap. But we also need to find a way to end the professionalisation of university upper management. We need to end the insulation of upper management from the rest of colleagues. We need to end revolving doors for VCs between institutions.

Interesting pseudolaw case study here. And the real problem, as highlighted, is that the gurus selling the snake oil are preying on (often alienated and vulnerable) people.

So a student was struggling to get a copy of Hart's Concept of Law. Currently almost none second hand anywhere and new is $100 paperback/ $200+ hard cover. Like wtf?!? Can't get any copy in Oz under $80 Apparently all Law goes through straight of hormuz

As an aside, there are two main strands of British comedy. The first, the surrealist one, is very Irish; it all stems from Spike Milligan and the Goon Show. The second, which is very English, is built around the agony of the embarrassing situation that can’t be escaped; Fawlty Towers, The Office.

Need this on a t shirt

Thanks work. This is "unscheduled disassembly" level dissembling

Be considerate when AI guys try to mansplain LLMs to you. They only asked Claude about it yesterday, and still think that this is net new human knowledge and they have stolen fire from the gods.

This is excellent. Depressing, but excellent. One line really stuck out: "Apparently, the human brain under stress doesn't want deliberation; it wants authority" I wonder how much the rise of genAI has been preconditioned by the ***everything** of the '20s?

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It appears the policy *is* achieving the desired "social cohesion" This is glorious

The "Straight of Vermouth"

This is such a fantastic and fascinating project. Please check it out

Oooofff. This physically hurts. Well done

Dear MAGA, can you please confirm I have this correct?

This is a critical insight. A blockade is a direct threat to China. This is ***very*** dangerous

The crime rate is lower in the Vatican than it is in the White House.

Can't suffer a strategic defeat...if you have no strategy.

Hahahahahhaha Good www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

I mean most have no idea where Iran even is...

This is easily the best, most considered and most compelling analysis of the strategic implications of the war in Iran. Absolutely worth your time

I genuinely believe we are living through the early stages of peak genAI. VC money will dry up (is drying up) and we soon won't have the access we currently have

Amongst the analysis about SA election result, I haven’t seen any discussion of structural reasons for the Liberals’ shellacking. Here are my thoughts. Liberal voters used to vote Liberal because they believed the party was better at managing the economy. Labor seen as better on health, education…

Try harder AI scam publishers

If you’re now fighting to restore the status quo ante bellum in a war you began, you lost the war

This from Jimmy Rees is brilliant satire of the 🇺🇸 "War" youtu.be/ZHWY2qIS1w0?...

We have lost a legal titan today

This is a terrifyingly beautiful smackdown of a US DoJ attorney by a deeply frustrated judge. A pleasure to read for all those with a passing interest in legality

Right now a weakened IRGC surviving in a ruined Iranian state and economy still on a path to collapse alongside a weakened United States no longer able to command allegiance from allies or fear from adversaries seems a likely outcome from this disastrous war.

I am teaching Hobbes this week. Feels very pertinent. In a state of war, life is nasty, brutish, short. The first imperative is to seek peace. The second, that we must give up some freedom for peace. It seems we are due for an object lesson ...

I am having a problem with the tide. Can I get an Executive Order ordering back the tide please?

I finally figured it out: this Iran war feels like the kinds of wars I used to have in Civilization II after I saved the game and felt like seeing how big a mess I could make.

What i like about this post is that because he's an idiot, he doesn't mention WHO will surrender. Every word here is consistent with US surrendering

"For Adelaide University to crumble in fear of possible criticism by imposing a regime of censorship in Australia is reprehensible,” Sidoti said. “A university incapable of upholding free speech no longer merits to be called a university www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Occasionally, the human race redeems itself

Wtaf. This is an actual sentence in an actual book. The 2nd edition of Natural Law and Natural Rights published in *2011* I knew Finnis was an un reconstructed arsehat, but ...

Oh God the truth of this hurts far too much.

Make no mistake, today’s carnage was designed by two corrupt wannabe dictators (Trump & Netanyahu) to kill a third brutal dictator in order to keep the first two in power. This had nothing to do with Democracy in any way, shape or form.

I just don't have the energy to keep up with the latest Trumpish war. Like it is monumentally awful, a profound threat to prohibition against the use of force. But I am.just exhausted

Been thinking about this for a few days. Unfortunately this is absolutely 💯 legally wrong. Citizenship is a statutory concept & can be taken away from anyone. Unfortunately it's wildly misunderstood. The whole Citizenship regime is on shaky constitutional ground - potentially unconstitutional

The Grand Ex Duke of York He had ten thousand trade documents He sent them up to old mate Epstein Now he'll end up doing time And when they were sent they were sent And now he's down and going down And now the Epstein files are still coming out we know were only halfway done

I *genuinely* believe that Learned Hand's Book Review of Cardozo Nature of the Judicial Process is word-for-word the best piece of writing on legal theory ever written. It is beautiful, elegant and accessible. It uses masterful imagery. And communicates complex ideas so well. All in 2 pages

I am frantically writing a new Legal Theory course that I begin to deliver next week (our new Uni gave me three weeks to prep). What really strikes me is how much my thinking about teaching, and what is important, has really evolved since I last taught Jurisprudence in 2016.

WHO'S IN THE CAGE NOW BITCH?!?

As an Australian cricket fan, the only option here is: HMS Moral Victory