When the AI bubble bursts, humans will finally have their chance to take back control | Rafael Behr

Well said, Mary-Ann Stephenson.

Eight Palestine Action activists on hunger strike in the UK while in prison awaiting trial are dying, according to a doctor

Are we falling out of love with nonfiction?

Great article.

Parents of sextortion victim sue Meta for alleged wrongful death

This is Europe's secret weapon against Trump: it could burst his AI bubble | Johnny Ryan

Not even this wet and windy morning can take the joy out of a train journey followed by a Christmas catch-up with friends.

Welcome to the twilight zone where Nigel Farage can be accused of racism yet still lead the polls | Nesrine Malik

6/ "Those attacking the European Court of Human Rights for an over-reaching jurisprudence regarding migrants’ rights misconstrue the actual case law." DANA SCHMALZ (@danaschmalz.bsky.social) on migrants’ rights before the ECtHR - and why claims of an “activist” Court miss the doctrinal reality.

Asylum Pact 2.0 My analysis of the latest developments on the plans to change EU law on 'safe third countries' and 'safe countries of origin' - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/asyl...

75 years of the ECHR ✨⚖️ A system that shaped human rights across Europe — and far beyond — now faces profound new challenges. Our new symposium with @mpil.de brings together voices from across the globe to reflect on its past, present and future. verfassungsblog.de/category/deb...

"For every inch yielded, there’s going to be another inch demanded,” he [Michael O'Flaherty] said. “Where does it stop? For example, the focus right now is on migrants, in large part. But who is it going to be about next time around?”

Challenge for Troubles legacy as Kenova Report reveals painful past of a dirty war, writes Northern Correspondent Conor Macauley

“I can’t think of any other way to describe it but an attack on the independence of the judiciary and the International Criminal Court’s independence as an institution, which is why I’m so interested in the public hearing this.” www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...

How should the European Public Prosecutor's Office be further developed? Analysis by @profjacob.bsky.social - eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2025/12/euro...

What does Gen AI mean for the work of the historian and the value of historical experience, skills and craft? 'The Historian in the Age of AI' by @chriscampbell1.bsky.social. New Comment article now available in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/4atErTB #Skystorians 1/2

Watch this. Then remember that the president doesn’t care. He cares that his old ass gets richer in the hand full of years he may have left. And his sick rich friends. The most corrupt evil man to ever serve as president is ignoring real evil

A new guest post by Helen Rutherford: 'Mapping Death: The Atlas of Victorian Coroners' Districts' legalhistorymiscellany.com/2025/12/11/m...

“It is the Brexit playbook:… It did not work then and it will not work now. Because once you agree that rights are the real obstacle, you have already handed victory to those who want rid of them altogether.” Important read on blaming the ECHR for govt failure. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So what if they weaken ECHR human rights protections? So what if they interpret protection from torture differently? Will that improve services? Help the NHS? Bring better food, air & education? Eradicate poverty? Crushing rights is the most destructive distraction from the wrongs that need fixing.

The US is not just Europe’s unwilling ally, but an adversary steeped in far-right ideology | Cas Mudde

In Trump's defence, he can't count to two.

Look what arrived in the post - congratulations to @niamhh.bsky.social @jdmccafferty.bsky.social and the other contributors!

#OpenAccess research article, 'Encountering modern Irish history: historiography, archives and imagination in the twenty-first century' by Lindsey Earner-Byrne, Roisín Higgins and Carole Holohan is available through the following link! @universitypress.cambridge.org @earner.bsky.social

Well done, C of E!

The best fiction of 2025

'Consistent evidence' of second burial ground at Tuam share.google/pMibn3c2eRoC...

Latest HSE figures show that hospitalisations and presentations to emergency departments from flu have doubled in one week, with the Health Protection Surveillance Centre saying this is largely attributable to a new variant of flu

Cambridge’s Black Atlantic connections, a major research project for the Fitzwilliam Museum - commemorating Olaudah Equiano’s Cambridgeshire family, www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

My latest article, “The Legal Somatics of Body Bequests Before the Anatomy Act 1832”, is published in Mortality, an interdisciplinary journal on death and dying. In the article, I analyze the medico-legal history of 18th- and 19th-century body bequests in England and Ireland. doi.org/10.1080/1357...

A recent verdict by the EU's top court could bring recognition for same sex couples whose marital status was previously not recognised in their home countries, writes Liam Nolan.

Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.

Video shows Israeli forces shooting Palestinians dead moments after surrender

My eight year old nephew is Joseph in his school's Christmas play. It tells the story of the birth of Jesus from the sheeps' perspective. It's "The Baativity".

Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says

To halt the far right, Europe’s progressive parties must fix its housing crisis. Our research shows how | Tarik Abou-Chadi, Björn Bremer and Silja Häusermann

Under-18s do not have constitutional right to succeed tenancies, Supreme Court rules – The Irish Times share.google/bSsjnqDzzbZD...

Don't be boring or combative in conversation. It's so simple and restful.

An absolute scandal compounded in this case by failure of French government and EU institutions to forcefully react and sanction in turn those who have sanctioned ICC judges and prosecutors. Makes a total mockery of FR/EU's repeated commitment to the rule of law/ICC www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...

Israel used widely banned cluster munitions in Lebanon, photos of remnants suggest

Trump and his ilk imagine a world without international law – but they will not achieve it | Philippe Sands

"Couple with intellectual disabilities allowed to marry" (I've put the link to the judgment in the next post): share.google/jmFZCA6TPCyt...

Israel needs to face accountability for our genocide. And so does the US | Yuli Novak

Two long-lost organ pieces by JS Bach performed for first time in 300 years

I struggle to see why turning ourselves into a society so unwelcoming that even those afraid for the lives are deterred from coming is something we would actually *want*.

#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlue Would you have stood up?