Kerstin Bree Carlson

What have you found to be the most useful definition of racism?

Ruth Wilson Gilmore defines racism as ‘the state-sanctioned or extralegal production and exploitation of group-differentiated vulnerability to premature death.’

New York City, I can see a future with you. And it’s one we can afford.

Our new ad just aired during The Golden Bachelor.

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026.

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“Samsam was a Danish asset who had been abandoned by the state he served and wrongly convicted.”

One of the wildest stories ever published at JiC, by @kerstincarlson.bsky.social

How a State Agent Wrongfully Convicted on Terrorism Charges won his case: justiceinconflict.org/2025/09/10/v...

“Every political movement in history, including the most bloodthirsty, has condemned political violence by its opponents. The only real test is whether you also oppose political violence by your allies. This is a test Trump has repeatedly failed.”

i am once again posting this article for no particular reason

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.

74 killed in Gaza as Israeli forces strike cafe and fire on people seeking food Air strikes left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire killed 23 others as Palestinians tried to get desperately-needed food, witnesses and health officials said

"Air strikes left 30 dead at a seaside cafe and gunfire killed 23 others as Palestinians tried to get desperately-needed food, witnesses and health officials said."

www.irishexaminer.com/world/arid-4...

We know what we have to do to save our city from Andrew Cuomo.

We're cross endorsing 🤝 @bradlander.bsky.social

I’m joining the war on woke… on the side of woke, and this is the general I’m serving under. Super inspired by this project!

we went in under a year from the whole world being aghast at israel bombing a hospital and then denying it profusely to israel bombing hospitals as a matter of course and no one saying jack shit

“A couple days later, on March 6, I was working from home at around 11:30 when I got a notice that my VPN had gone down,” he says. “I didn’t think much about it. It can cut out from time to time. About 10 minutes later, I got a knock at the door.” Two men were outside Jackson’s door, dressed in slacks and polos. They were not wearing badges. “I first thought they were going to try to sell me something. But as soon as I opened the door they said, ‘Are you Clayton Jackson?’ I think I shook my head or said ‘yeah,’ and then I heard, ‘We have information that you are obstructing an ongoing immigration investigation.’” Jackson says alarms went off in his head. “My first instinct was to want to know what this was about. That it must be a misunderstanding. So I started to tell them about how I’ve been involved in some pro bono work. Then this voice in my head kicked in and just said, you need to shut the fuck up — don’t say anything.” The officers never identified themselves. They did ask if they could come inside. “I said absolutely not,” Jackson says. “I asked for their names and badge numbers. They said they didn’t have to provide that information at this time. So I told them I’d be calling my lawyer and I shut the door behind me.” Jackson says his mind started racing. “I needed to know who they were, what agency they were with. Then I remembered that I have the Ring camera. Maybe I could watch the video of the incident and figure out who they were from that.” There was no video. “That’s when I learned why my VPN had gone down. It wasn’t the VPN. Someone had shut off my Wifi.” About 15 minutes after the interaction at his front door, Jackson’s Wifi was up and running again.

It's a high bar, but this from @radleybalko.bsky.social might be one of the most fucked up things I've read in the new Trump era. For context, this TX lawyer had just had an informal conversation with a family caught up in ICE raids.

Seriously. Read this. radleybalko.substack.com/p/the-courag...

This statement about the transphobic Supreme Court ruling by the UK's Crab Museum (yes a museum about crabs) is better than 99% of the statements I've seen on the topic

www.crabmuseum.org/visit

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They are trying to murder Rumeysa Ozturk.

For writing a fucking op-ed.

A photo of Elon Musk in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C., overlaid with the headline, "DOGE’s Pentagon Budget Cuts Don’t Touch Elon Musk’s SpaceX."

Funny how that worked out. interc.pt/43EvQtQ

The U.S is the wealthiest country in the history of the world. We should not have the highest rate of child poverty of nearly every major country on earth. We should have the lowest.
 
It's time to end this international embarrassment & create an economy that works for all.

The Existential Threat of Ultra-Billionaires A handful of rich guys will burn human society to the ground rather than pay a dime in tax.

“In one year, Jeff Bezos made so little traditional income that he claimed and received the Child Tax Credit” prospect.org/power/2025-0...

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Hvad ville vi have talt om, hvis Trump ikke havde stjålet nyhedsbilledet? Nok de her fire ting Donald Trump har kun været præsident i lidt over to måneder. Og siden den 20. januar har det meste handlet om, hvad der foregik ude i verden. I USA, Rusland, Ukraine, Polen, Tyskland, Frankrig, Storbr...

www.zetland.dk/historie/sxG.... What we missed while the US has been taking all the oxygen…

“Knowing fully that this moment transcends my individual circumstances, I hope nonetheless to be free to witness the birth of my first-born child.”

inthesetimes.com/article/mahm...

What a treat it was to spend two days in Copenhagen debating the future of human protection in the changing global order. A discussion led by @chiara-defranco.bsky.social and @ligelot.bsky.social with plenty of strong and diverse contributions.

🇨🇩 #DRCongo [opinion] - Is there a role for #InternationalLaw in what’s happening in North Kivu, and more generally in international peace, at a time when #Rwanda is seeking to extend its control in the DRC.

By Kerstin Bree Carlson - @kerstincarlson.bsky.social
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No Legal Term – Even Genocide – Can Fathom Israel’s Atrocities in Gaza | Novara Media Israeli soldiers filming themselves killing civilians surpasses legal definition, writes international law professor Rob Howse.

"This is not just about genocide. It is also about legicide – destroying the whole notion of legal limits in war – as well as the mass destruction of the moral lives of soldiers, their souls and consciences."
— Rob Howse
novaramedia.com/2025/01/02/n...

After almost a decade of thinking, researching and writing... this came in the post today. 🤓 🥂

Scenes of Violence: Between Ultraobjective and Ultrasubjective Forms of Violence In the context of the 'claims adjuster' assassination of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Jason Read suggested that readers might return to this

criticallegalthinking.com/2024/12/12/s... Critiques of violence risk collapsing into reaction celebrations of the existing social order unless they are capable of perceiving and rendering explicit the violence that passes as daily life.

Cathay Pacific apologises over inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene Hong Kong carrier removes episode from entertainment system after social media complaint that it might breach national security laws Hong Kong’s flagship airline, Cathay Pacific, has apologised over the inclusion of a Family Guy episode in its inflight…

Cathay Pacific apologises over inflight Family Guy episode with Tiananmen Square scene

Destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. If you use your library, please share. Picture of library aisle filled with books.

@goodwilllibrarian.bsky.social