Not the 'arrest warrant news' people are waiting for, but this is huge. The Special Criminal Court in the Central African Republic has made public an arrest warrant for the former president, François Bozizé (who is currently in exile in Guinea-Bissau).

Relatedly: The research people learn of early in grad school is almost exclusively from the top 1% in quality.

Partly why second-year Ph.D. students are a brutal audience—they are comparing the random paper they are seeing to the top 50 ever.

It really is this easy. Highlights how the heavy handed responses are a choice.

New piece in Opinio Juris about the IDF’s use of AI in Gaza and what it says about its targeting practices. This is not me coming out of journalistic retirement, just reconciling facts and adding value where I can.
opiniojuris.org/2024/04/26/exp…

“The State Department’s leaked confirmation that Israel has restricted the transport and delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance leaves no doubt: U.S. law requires the suspension of military aid to Israel” huffpost.com/entry/leaked-m…

No, I think many dont understand that the practical implications of her nuanced distinction are frankly meaningless. You can still deduce plausible genocide from the order even if you note that the ICJ’s express wording was that the right not to be genocided was plausibly at risk

Just been to a scarecrow festival with the theme of sci-fi. I was unprepared for how folk horror it was.
A thread 🧵 of images...

In some cases such as Ukraine 2017 the court said that a finding of 'plausibility of rights' indicates the existence of 'evidence' that shows a 'sufficient basis' that elements of the alleged crime 'are present'.

A key dimension of fascism deniers: They are not experts on fascism.
In contrast, I have dedicated my academic life to study fascism & populism. Like most historians of fascism, I actually see key links between fascism & the present...Of course, Trumpism belongs to this history.

The University of Texas, which mass arrested protesters, has a video promoting free speech saying that anybody from the public can come to campus and engage in protest.

They delisted the video from YouTube and turned off the comments but I'm posting the whole thing here.

'If you don't know those things, just shut up and read. Stop talking.'

Please read this, from one of the best columnists in the country, on stopping women being killed by their partners and ex-partners.

x.com/JennaPrice/sta…

Sealioning (a 🧵):
Sealioning is harassment that consists of pursuing people with persistent requests for evidence or repeated questions, while maintaining a pretense of civility and sincerity. It manifests as incessant, bad-faith invitations to engage in 'civil' debate.
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Look man, there is only 'a risk of irreparable harm to the Palestinian right to be protected from genocide' if someone is plausibly threatening that right.

INT. CAFETERIA -DAY

POPULAR GIRL: that table in the back corner is for the nose pickers, then youve got you metal heads, your jocks, your burnouts, and over there are the guzmen

NEW GIRL: sorry the what?

POPULAR GIRL: Guzmen? Fans of veteran character actor Luis Guzmán?