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Hand-stitched Indian ship arrives in Oman to rousing welcome: The Indian Navy's traditional wooden sailing vessel, INSV Kaundinya, arrived in Muscat, Oman on Wednesday after a 17-day voyage from Porbandar, India, retracing ancient maritime trade routes. Constructed us… https://ranked.news/135389?u=b

A painting of the Statue of Liberty, constructed out of bricks, in a pose expressing sadness, mourning, or melancholy

Martin Wong, "Untitled (Statue of Liberty)," 1990

"The Big Thaw: Who Governs Antarctica's Ice?"

Pleased to see my 2024 Royal Society of NSW Ideas at the House Lecture has now been published in the proceedings of the society.

#antarctica #internationallaw #climatecrisis

www.royalsoc.org.au/wp-content/u...

»Um tolerant zu sein, muß man die Grenzen dessen, was nicht tolerierbar ist, festlegen.«

Umberto Eco
geboren am 5. Januar 1932

Carmel’s confirmation as Marad administrator just went through so good luck to him.

According to the ILO's flagship report 2024-26, dealing with climate shocks and implementing just transition policies 'requires comprehensive social protection systems to be in place ex ante". There is already a massive shortfall:

Guy rubbing his hands behind the tree meme but it’s Mike Wolfe and the crew of American Pickers

Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway

The U.S. Antarctic research ship was decommissioned this year by DOGE. Fortunately, there is one remaining vessel operated by the Korea Polar Research Institute. We already know the Thwaites glacier is going to raise sea levels by 2 feet but we don’t yet know exactly how quickly and what comes next.

Organ-tuning books in English churches provide notes on a warming climate Researchers have realised the records are a ‘goldmine’ to study changes in environmental conditions

Church organ tuning books and climate change. If any #libraries and #archives have historic organ tuning books, these researchers would like to know!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

1/2 #JobAlert: We’re #hiring a Research Associate/ Senior Research Associate, Adaptation and Resilience, in New Delhi. As we explore the future of work in a warming world, we're looking for a capable young researcher with strong quantitative and statistical skills to join our team.

U.S. Coast Guard Boards Tanker Carrying Venezuelan Oil

NY Times reports that this tanker was not on any OFAC sanctions list, and there was no seizure warrant authorizing it under domestic law - even more lawless than the first seizure.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...

And once again I'm tapping the sign that privateering and the issuing of letters of marque is a violation of international law as the 1856 Declaration of Paris has been custom for over a century

I'm still looking for (the right) lawyer to help me challenge gender affirming care bans in court under religious liberty claims. Is that you, or do you know the right person? DMs are open #ProtectTransKids

So the plan is Don Jr. and Eric Trump corner the market to become the biggest drug cartel in the Western hemisphere.

CIA controls production, the US military kills the competition with Hellfire missiles, CBP controls drug routes into and out of the US, and ICE raids the local distributors?

#OtD 17 Dec 1927 in revenge for the death of an anti-colonial activist, Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh and Shivaram Rajguru assassinated a British policeman. They were later executed, but their actions drew support to India's liberation struggle stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8867...

Seems good that Fakafanua has apparently become prime minister of Tonga and also is an alum of my institution.

Am also friends with some of those students and occasionally we wonder about a world where that was not the first one but the last one.

Just arrived in Udaipur for a wedding and sharing a similar ride from the airport through town, wondering what they thought looking out the window on the way, how or if the inequalities even register or are rationalized.

In high school, a friend and I got to a theatre for an 11:30am showing and then five movies later at midnight came out zonked but proud.

At the Indian Society of International Law today for a writing workshop on Asian Cities and International Law, moderating a panel on ‘Cities as the subject/source of International Law,’ lots of interesting questions on the emergence (or reemergence?) of urban agency and role of global south cities.

Today at #WOWVirtual Summit, we'll be convening a high-level panel bringing together leading voices in ocean law, diplomacy, and justice to examine how legal frameworks can drive real, lasting ocean sustainability.

Join us Here
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🚨🚨 Call for papers!!! 🚨🚨
Together with @jenhendry.bsky.social, I am excited to ask for contributions to a special issue of the Journal of Comparative Law, dedicated to the legacy of the late and wonderful William Twining. Full details to follow:

How cities with geography like Delhi dealt with air pollution: Researchers answer A new report has provided detailed pathways to improve air quality in India, including Delhi, by examining how other countries addressed their diverse pollution challenges

2/3 SFC's latest issue brief, ‘Different Pathways to Clean Air: Global Insights for India’s Reform Agenda'. Read the full conversation here: indianexpress.com/article/expl...

Head of "The Indian Independence".

I finally got my hands on a copy of "The Indian Independence", a short-lived Indian anticolonial periodical brought out by Bhupendra Nath Datta from Berlin in 1923. The German authorities instructed Datta to cease publication or leave the country. Datta did both.

You will be visited by three spirits

Just finished Pynchon's #ShadowTicket. Was worth the wait and will need another read (to keep the characters straighter). Empathized too much with Hicks as an ex-pat trying to figure things out, watching America decline helplessly. It's both serious and whimsical, silly and cutting. Worth a read.

Operation Southern Spear: Why the Crews, Drugs, and Boats are Not Targetable A deep dive on the international law applicable to the U.S. military's lethal operations against suspected drug boats

For policymakers, lawmakers, commentators and the public:

We provide a detailed review of the international law relevant to lethal operations against suspected drug boats

I teamed up with @mikeschmitt.bsky.social and @tessbridgeman.bsky.social

thorough opinion allows CT's greenwashing claims against Exxon to proceed

MP Randeep Singh Surjewala writes that the recent SC decision allowing post-facto environmental clearances is an unsettling and deadly rollback of constitutional rights to a clean and healthy environment.

indianexpress.com/article/opin...

Really don’t like the comparisons with the 1990 Bangalore crash: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_...