Hard to believe that the same scholar (Benny Tai) who organised Rule of Law seminars in Hong Kong (at HKU), is now serving ten year sentence in prison (subversion). I attended these seminars in 2016 and my memory is that they simply tried to combine the rule of law and peaceful civil disobedience.

Our Law Faculty (Helsinki University) received 6344 applications per 203 places we offer (LL.B.). However, the system allows applicants to apply to several places. The number of applicants that placed us in the first place is 3927.

I thought that Donald was the peak idiot but now I see that Pete puts up a good fight.

This law is a straightforward case of apartheid. Apartheid is an international crime. Every legislator who voted for it, every military police office who prosecutes a crime under it, every judicial officer who applies it, is committing an international crime. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

I am nothing but ecstatic that ResearchGate has managed to find content that matches my skills and expertise: Diagnostic Stewardship in Community-Acquired Pneumonia. Perhaps I should give it a go?

Hear hear!

I am not disappointed with legal academia but there are legal academics who disappoint me.

Me: "How about the ability to make footnotes?"

WP is clueless. The judgment is not about religious views/convictions. The judgment concerns author's (she is a doctor) medical views. False and derogatory medical claims made within the context of religious scripture do not enjoy the protection of religious freedom.

WTF man?

Busy Friday at the Helsinki Law Faculty...

Living with a Yorkie Our Yorkie does not tolerate neighbours having the audacity to talk in the hallway.

Very enjoyable movie.

In 2017 I traveled from Edinburgh to Glasgow to give a talk in a seminar. One of the locals knew me from Twitter. She said to me: "I can't believe you're real; you actually exist". I keep wondering the very same thing.

Over the years, I've become allergic to stupidity. The problem is how to deal with my own stupidity.

I am slightly skeptical about the world happiness report putting Finland, once again, in the first place. The thing is that I do not think that we Finns are the happiest people in the world. However, I believe that we may be the least unhappy people in the world.

I wonder what rest of the world would want to say to them.

What does one say to relatives when they hear about how much university pays for the professors?

RIP Jürgen Habermas (1929 - 2026).

The Strait of Hormuz is perfectly safe...

Dear America, WTF? I get it, you like pain but WTAF?

So, as everybody guess, Cadet Bone Spurs has no actual plan on Iran war. Surrounded by ignorant sycophants and almost no brain power of his own, the result is what it is.

Me looking at 2026 so far.

Deeper down the rabbit hole...

Learning Finnish...

Two year international law teaching oriented gig in Helsinki. jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

Writing and presenting are supposed to be the two sides of the same coin. In reality, they can be very different...

People who live with Yorkshire terrier are familiar with "pre-bark". It's a grunting or huffing noise Yorkie makes to "warm up" before letting out a full bark. I do the same when I see endnotes used by legal scholars.

I'm not buying this.

"Friendly reminder" is the most common form of academic passive-aggressive behaviour.

"His job is just to make a f*cking mess and expect others to fix it"

Bombing for democracy, again. When has it actually worked as intended?

When publisher thanks me for taking the time to provide "an honest review" it makes me think. Was I too blunt or do others provide dishonest reviews?

We can learn so much from the movies. For instance, one great wisdom is said by Kurgan in the cult classic Highlander (1986): "It's better to burn out than to fade away!" Deep wisdom,eh?

After 32 years there are some benefits in academia. For instance, having nerve to withdraw your submission when you think that feedback is shite. Back in the day, I would have just rolled with the punches. No more.

This is beyond horrible. Legalisation of slavery, violence, and repression of women in Afganistan. giwps.georgetown.edu/2026/01/30/t...

This place is decent but silent. Mastodon was too complicated for me. LinkedIn is what it is; performative professionalism and endless humblebrags. I miss Twitter before October 2022.

They: "Do you ever regret your career choice?" Me: "Twice a day"

This will no doubt lead to a claim in Glasgow's promotional literature that the University 'is at the forefront of embedding generative AI into every level of our curriculum'.

Where the hell does the idea of treating the UK *differently* comes from? Third country is a third country.

Submit your manuscripts like Alex Honnold climbs.

The one time I was rooting for Canada. Sigh.

Rebellious and high-octane lifestyle, two versions: Rock'n roll: "Live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking corpse" (W Motley) Legal scholarship: "if you want to avoid having to write obituaries and to contribute to festschrifts, die young" (W Twining)

I reveiced an email titled "Tired of Journal Rejections?" Answer is clear, no. Why? That's clear too.

So, he can make sense also beyond cases about tribal sovereignty based on a textualist interpretation of treaties and statutes.

😂😂😂

Advertise your accent with a GIF

Finally, even I find olympics interesting.

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When you realise that it would be useless to respond to the absurdly bad reviewer demands, replying to the editor becomes very easy...