Evelyne Schmid

We can have a serious convo about overproduction of PhDs vs. the academic job market & inadequate prep for non-academic markets, but this + the staff hiring freeze is balancing budgets in ways that hurt the most vulnerable—not to mention devastating for Harvard teaching by eliminating most TA labor.

With deep sadness, we remember Catarina de Albuquerque, a pioneering human rights advocate who advanced water and sanitation as fundamental rights. Her legacy shapes global policy and lives worldwide. May her memory guide us in the pursuit of justice, dignity, and equality for all

Team Portugal mourns the passing of Catarina de Albuquerque, a renowned & tireless Portuguese Human Rights Defender who contributed to promote significant advances of #Economic, #Social & #Cultural Rights, being also the first Special Rapporteur on the Human Right to safe drinking water & sanitation

WGN-TV producer violently detained during Chicago ICE enforcement action A DHS spokesperson said that Debbie Brockman was placed under arrest for ‘assault on a federal law enforcement officer,’ claiming the WGN employee threw objects at the agent.

A producer and editor for WGN-TV was violently forced to the ground this morning by two Border Patrol agents, before having her hands cuffed behind her back, during an ICE action in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood.

Debbie Brockman has worked for the local television station since 2011.

SOUTH CAROLINA… “Judge Goodstein was walking on the beach when the fire started. Her husband, Arnie, was in the house with children and perhaps grandchildren. The family had to escape by jumping from a window or balcony...” www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

🥐Der Dünger der im Getreide steckt kommt unter anderem aus Russland.
🇪🇺Die EU sagt: Das füllt Putins Kriegskassen.
🇨🇭Ich habe recherchiert, welche Rolle dabei die Schweiz spielt und wieso Düngerimporte aus Russland indirekte Gasimporte sind.

Moments before being slammed to the ground, masked ICE agents took this woman's husband - no warrant, no explanation.

This is ICE: Assaulting a distraught woman, frightened by the disappearance of her husband, in front of her children and the cameras.

What a strange time to be a journal editor.

Nach ZDF-Moderator und Washintong-Büroleiter Elmar Theveßen trifft es nun auch @dunjahayali.de.

Sie selbst zieht sich jetzt für einige Tage aus dem öffentlichen Leben zurück, nachdem sie Morddrohungen und viele weitere Hassnachrichten erhielt.

Wofür? Seht selbst.

All political tribes can be hypocritical but the right's current level of hypocrisy on free speech is deliberate. It's an assertion of power not a blindspot.

The killing of Charlie Kirk is part of a grim pattern of political violence in America. This is what the data show econ.st/4nqZysO

Es könne keine Einheit mit der Linken geben, denn sie setze „das amerikanische Haus in Brand“. Nun werde hart gegen NGOs wie Soros Stiftung vorgegangen. Historische Vergleiche immer schwierig, aber das Attentat auf Kirk spielt in der Propaganda gerade eine ähnliche Rolle wie der Reichstagsbrand.

Introducing the Symposium ‘Knowledge Under Occupation: Academic Freedom and Palestine on the Global Stage’

📣 Our new symposium, #KnowledgeUnderOccupation: Academic Freedom and #Palestine on the Global Stage, is finally online! Throughout this week and the next, #Ö brings together diverse voices reflecting on how #AcademicFreedom is increasingly restricted:
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⏰ Jetzt noch zu unserem Online-Workshop anmelden! ⏰

Nächsten Dienstag diskutieren wir mit @stefanschlegel.bsky.social, @klinglergeorg.bsky.social und @evelyneschmid.bsky.social über das EGMR-Urteil im Fall der #Klimaseniorinnen.
Hier gehts zur Anmeldung ➡ www.humanrights.ch/de/anlaufste...

The Private Life of the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Climate Change

In a new blog post at @voelkerrechtsblog.org, I discuss the implications of the ICJ's Advisory Opinion for corporate climate accountability.

Though the Court doesn't say much explicitly, the key is to read between the lines.

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A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.

A Chinese-owned mining company has been accused of covering up the extent of a disastrous toxic spill in Zambia that polluted a major river that millions rely on with cyanide and arsenic.

Climat: des habitants d’une île indonésienne attaquent Holcim en justice en Suisse, une première

Climat: des habitants d’une île indonésienne attaquent Holcim en justice en Suisse, une première

“It is a famine. The Gaza Famine.
It is a famine that we could have prevented, if we had been allowed. Yet food stacks up at borders because of systematic obstruction by Israel.”

Avec quelques remarques de ma part.

Tous les juges de tous les tribunaux ont la responsabilité d'appliquer le droit applicable.

No Safe Zones: How Fadi Al-Wahidi Got Shot in the Neck While Wearing a Press Vest On October 9, 2024, Fadi Al-Wahidi was reporting alongside a crew of journalists from Al Jazeera, Al Araby TV, and others, in the Al Saftawi area near Jabalia, when what they claim was an “Israeli qua...

Last October, Anas al-Sharif saw his colleague Fadi Al-Wahidi being shot in the neck. There, footage from the Gaza Project and forensic analysis is available here: forbiddenstories.org/en-fadi-al-w...

Tomorrow is the anniversary of the Geneva Conventions. Journalists are protected unless they take a direct part in the hostilities. If a party to an armed conflict does not like the reporting, this does not make the reporting direct participation in hostilities.

Maybe universities should rethink their dependency on Microsoft, as well as enthusiasm for AI for educational purposes.

He helped Microsoft build AI to help the climate. Then Microsoft sold it to Big Oil. A former Microsoft product manager reveals how the tech giant is using AI to help Big Oil drill—and how he and his partner are now pushing for change.

"Microsoft eventually released 'energy principles' for work with oil companies, but only required a public commitment to reach net zero by 2050. They didn't require oil companies to meet net zero goals. Notably, 4 years later, MS’s Responsible AI principles still don’t include environmental impact."

39 Prozent Strafzölle für die Schweiz: Wie konnte es so weit kommen? Das 39-Prozent-Drama: wie es so weit kommen konnte und wie es jetzt weitergehen könnte.

Nun also die Version Neuhaus/Tanner.

Ziemlich plausibel.
Mit einem kleinen Gastauftritt des Nebelspalters.

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Two political prisoners in Iran 🇮🇷, Behrouz Ehsani & Mehdi Hassani, were executed today. According to @amnesty.org, they were tried in a 5-minute trial. Stop executions, arbitrary detention, unfair trials and torture. Urgent action is needed. @un-spexperts.bsky.social

🔥 HUGE NEWS FROM THE WORLD'S HIGHEST COURT 🔥

Today the International Court of Justice (ICJ) confirmed that, under international law, countries MUST act now to avoid climate catastrophe. 🧵

@wy4cj.bsky.social

A Defining Moment for Climate Justice: What to Watch For in the ICJ Climate Ruling - Center for International Environmental Law ICJ’s climate ruling could make climate justice a legal mandate—holding polluters accountable and catalyzing global action.

www.ciel.org/icj-climate-...

Unreal.

They think data is the plural of anecdote

If I can sum up what just happened as neatly as possible: a Federal Court judge found the Australian government had ignored climate science when setting emissions targets, appeared to want to find for the applicants, but said his hands were tied by the law of negligence in Australia.

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