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He says "probably a handful" ffs

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cover of the new book everything is tuberculosis, a history of our deadliest infection.

My book Everything Is Tuberculosis comes out a month from tomorrow.

A modern Molotov-Ribbentrop pact

The International Criminal Court invites Italy to explain its failure to surrender Osama Elmasry / Almasri Njeem to the Court.

The Chamber may then make a formal finding of non-compliance and refer Italy to the Assembly of States Parties and/or to the UN Security Council.

Without question, there is no legal authority whatsoever

On Blood-Soaked Ground, a ‘Prayer for the Future’ of a Divided Land Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg commemorated Lincoln’s address, 272 words that have come to epitomize what it means to be presidential.

Two weeks after the election, a gathering in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, commemorated Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 address. The Lincoln scholar who recited the 16th president's words said the speech felt “not like a relic from the past, but a prayer for the future.”

Update:

-down 6000 followers on Twitter
-up 81000 on Bluesky

Folks, I'll take it every day of the week

When talking about climate change I’ve started to incorporate a quick physical explanation on the basics before getting into it, like “CO2, a molecule that absorbs heat like a black t-shirt,…” or “carbon dioxide, which is opaque to infrared light,…”

Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield - Lieber Institute West Point U.S. DoD’s new policy on civilian harm and mitigation will advance the United States’ efforts to make decisions with greater fidelity.

LTG Pede - Mind the Gap: The COIN Hangover & DoD’s New Policy to Protect Civilians on the Battlefield
lieber.westpoint.edu/mind-gap-coi...

Lawfare Daily: Ukraine, ATACMS, and Putin’s Nuclear Threats Why did the Biden administration change its ATACMS policy?

On Lawfare Daily, Anastasiia Lapatina spoke to @frhoffmann.bsky.social about the U.S.'s decision to let Ukraine use long-range weapons for attacks inside Russia, the strategic and tactical effects of such attacks, and what’s behind the timing of this decision.

UK would comply with Netanyahu arrest warrant, says No 10 – UK politics live PM’s spokesman says ‘legal obligations’ would be followed if the Israeli leader was to visit the UK

There be hope :))

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

UK would comply with Netanyahu arrest warrant, says No 10 – UK politics live PM’s spokesman says ‘legal obligations’ would be followed if the Israeli leader was to visit the UK

Good :))

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

Not much in terms of the legal specificities. The TL;DR is that PTC I rejected the arguments made by Israel in the issuance of the warrants.

Here, I felt more inclined to think about the big picture issues such as the U.S. Reaction/Incoming Trump admin implications.

Netanyahu & Gallant Arrest Warrants Issued Significance and Next Steps

My thoughts on the ICC Arrest Warrants: open.substack.com/pub/thejuris...

#ICC #Israel #Palestine

Goes without saying that all ICC members should respect and uphold their obligations under the Rome Statute and not engage in selective application of the law re Israel vs The Russian Federation.

What should happen and what will happen are very different things however...

The Situation: Gaetz Goes Down Taking wins where I can find them.

"Trump wanted Gaetz to be his attorney general. And he didn’t get him. And he didn’t get him because at least four Republicans said no. It’s not much, but it’s a start," writes @benjaminwittes.bsky.social.

Are any Republicans doing the obvious thing, which is, rather than claiming conspiracies and talking about the deep state or whatever, simply saying Trump made a mistake by nominating Gaetz?