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As promised, here are the slides I shared with students to convince them to NOT use chatGPT and other artificial stupidity. TL;DR? AI is evil, unsustainable and stupid, and I'd much rather they use their own brains, make their own mistakes, and actually learn something. 🪄

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I’m a descendant of Hungarian Jews and I agree that a commingling theory alone doesn’t/shouldn’t satisfy the commercial nexus exception to FSIA

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The snow cover on Mt. Everest has receded by a staggering 150 meters after a very warm winter with no significant precipitation. This Himalayan snow cover sustains the Indus, Ganga, Brahmaputra, Yangtze, Yellow, and Mekong. When we lose it, we lose the ability to feed ourselves.

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NOAA is in the Trump administration's crosshairs. You know the important work they do, but may now know that It's the descendant of the Coast Survey, the nation's first scientific agency, founded in 1807 under Jefferson. I spoke with maritime historians to put NOAA's legacy in context. 🧪🦑🌎🐟

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Honest, and at times sobering, reflections by former #ICC President Hofmański on jurisdiction (and jurisdictional gaps), universality, the obligations of states parties, and the Court's future. I recommend reading it, it's only five pages: academic.oup.com/jicj/advance... This part struck me:

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Interesting piece about how 'International Law' remains in hibernation when powerful actors choose to violate its most basic foundations in this age of neo-Imperialism.

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when Germany calls our government out for promoting Nazism, take them literally and seriously

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www.enr.com/articles/602...

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We've lost the area of India in global sea ice in 46 years.

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The Pentagon & its budget doesn't support real security, but it is driving the climate crisis- as our new short briefing with Grassroots Global Justice explains. It's going to be a long, tough fight to cut Pentagon spending and invest in care & community, but it won't happen if we don't start now.

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German state repression is spiralling out of control. A German climate activist has been banned from becoming a teacher. Here are some justifications from the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts—they are completely nuts: 1/7

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The neoliberal dream of fossil fuel billionaire Charles Koch was always the destruction of US democracy and the elimination of government (except for its repressive organs police, courts, prisons, military ofc), and now he has won. What now? A 🧵. 1/ t.co/FKxxmLyfce

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The statements on Gaza combined with the new sanctions against the ICC, send a signal that the US, under Trump, “is moving further from being a supporter of international criminal justice to being a perpetrator of injustice” Some thoughts for CNN on ICC Sanctions edition.cnn.com/2025/02/07/w...

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Particulate air pollution affects more than just your lungs. And your arteries. And your heart. Turns out, short term exposure can also affect brain function. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Everyone blaming the people who didn’t vote/for Harris because of the genocide should absolutely shut the fuck up after reading this because the Harris campaign actively refused to campaign for their votes and that’s a campaign problem not a voter problem

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US sends first batch of Indian migrants back to India. Using a monumentally expensive military C-17. www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/u...

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In light of this deeply illegal activity at NSF and the ongoing attack on American science, I'm posting the slides from my 2017 talk at the American Physical Society about the Nazi take over of German physics/why German is no longer science's lingua franca 🧪 🧵 1/26 drive.google.com/file/d/1_MCm...

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I was to give a talk at a big US Attorney's Office next week abt the complicity of German lawyers in the creation of the Nazi state. Yesterday the Justice Department cancelled it. Irony is dead. I've got an op/ed on this I'm looking to place. Help appreciated. #LawSky #Skystorians #Holocaust

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NOMS NOMS JURISPRUDENCE papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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I write weekly newsletter on education finance policy from a left perspective and this week I wrote about the Inflation Reduction Act and green infrastructure finance for schools under Trump 2 thus far. buttondown.com/davidibacker...

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Ever wonder what snow in the swamp would look like? This is 5 miles into the Louisiana swamps in the Atchafalaya basin... it's unreal... having lived down there for the first 28 years of my life, we never saw anything like this. Smashed records. Curtesy of Garrett Roberts.

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I’m going to talk about pages 11, 12, and 13 of this brief in depth, because that is the part where the Trump DOJ tries to defend the Trump Executive Order. The lawyers here so deeply misrepresent some of the cited material that it should be cause for sanctions in any just world. (Thread)

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Tempête #Éowyn: violentes rafales de vent sur les Îles britanniques (130 à 150 km/h) dès la nuit de jeudi à vendredi. Vendredi, le front froid lié à #Éowyn arrosera les régions du Nord-Ouest de la France. Les rafales pourraient atteindre 80 à 90 km/h près des côtes. meteofrance.com/actualites-e...

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When World War II broke out, and "nations repurposed many of their whaling ships for the global conflict, whales experienced a rare moment of respite." www.biographic.com/how-whales-f...

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Poll of Biden 2020 voters who sat out 2024: “above the economy at 24 percent and immigration at 11 percent, was Gaza: a full 29 percent cited the ongoing onslaught as the top reason they didn’t cast a vote in 2024” www.dropsitenews.com/p/kamala-har...

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These are some beautiful reflections by Pepe Mujica, the former Uruguayan president who is in his deathbed. The most decent and honorable -- the most human -- head of state of my lifetime. archive.is/Kil4J

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The tireless work of brave legal professionals at the #ICC ensures accountability and seeks to end impunity. Sanctioning justice personnel for fulfilling their professional responsibilities violates human rights. Statement of UN HR Experts on #USA sanctions bill. www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...

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NEW: 2024 has just been confirmed as the warmest year on record, and the first to breach the 1.5C threshold. We used a ridgeline (Joy Division inspired) chart to visualise daily temperature anomalies since 1940. 2024 clearly stands out with 100% of its days above 1.3C and 75% above 1.5C.

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I spoke with Irish Legal News today about Ireland's intervention in South Africa v Israel at the ICJ. My comments went to Ireland's key observations on the ICJ's 'only reasonable inference test' to establish genocidal intent based on indirect evidence. www.irishlegal.com/articles/ire... 1/9

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Meanwhile Richie Torres and co want me to tell every cop why I’m wearing an N95.

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Last year I enjoyed some #PolarLit including works by @manjushreethapa.bsky.social, Tsering Namgyal Khortsa, Samrat Upadhyay, William Bueler, and John Burdett, finished last year with 'Among the Tibetans' by Isabella Bird and starting this year with 'The Future of Ice' by Gretel Ehrlich #BookSky

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As of tomorrow, Marsh thistle (Cirsium palustre) will officially be on Washington's Noxious Weed List. It will be a class A weed, which means it is required for eradication whenever found. For more information: www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/marsh-... #botany #invasivespecies #thistle #WashingtonState #pnw

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#booksky holidays reading list

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Flags of convenience are still convenient for western interests, so my guess is there will be no support for crackdowns on shadow fleets, though its nice to see some of the issues in the ICJ's 1960 IMCO opinion still relevant.

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The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance has a post on my new article, “Criminal Investors.” In it I ask (1) when are investors culpable for corporate crime, and (2) when, if ever, should they be prosecuted? Here’s a link to the full paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Held v. Montana Affirmed! The state constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment requires analyzing GHG emissions during EIAs! Read more about the original case's potential impact on foreign constitutions with similar provisions in my paper with Prof. Bhardwaj: doi.org/10.1007/s410...

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🧵 Our annual NOAA Arctic Report Card is available today for 2024. It discusses recent changes in the #Arctic, extreme events, and broader human/environmental impacts. ⚒️🧪🌊❄️ + Report: arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/... + Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yqG... + Summary: arctic.noaa.gov/report-card/...

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Interesting discussion on the overlap of CBDR-RC in climate change law and the Technical Assistance regimes in 202/203 of UNCLOS, paving the way for some interesting discussions about the environmental scope of the IMO's Integrated Technical Cooperation Programme (ITCP).

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Today we celebrate the life, legacy, and memory of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.💙💛 Every year, we mark the death anniversary, also known as Mahaparinirvan Diwas, of the father of the Indian Constitution, a powerful advocate for Dalit communities, and a groundbreaking figure in our anti-caste movement.

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