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Sep 7, 2020 5 tweets 2 min read Read on X
An angry thread about mankind: LA today registered an all-time temperature record. 121° is over 49° C. /1 latimes.com/california/sto…
The UK will host the COP26 “crucial climate change conference” to tackle climate change /2 ukcop26.org
We all sort of know (in the back of our heads) that this is important. But what do we do, showing mankind’s infinite capacity for messing up our priority list?
The country organising the COP26 appoints this guy to a trade body. He has no expertise on trade, mind you. Nor is the body in any way significant. But his appointment makes ”the other side” angry.
theguardian.com/australia-news…
That’s mankind today in a nutshell: Top of the priority list: triggering others. And I fear it’s not just counterproductive by accident. Boy do we want to run away from the real problems.

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Jan 27
Sorry to emphasize this again, but please note the "direct and public incitement to commit genocide" aspect of the case, which weirdly is often left out of commentary on the ICJ case. It is incredibly important. /1
South Africa submitted numerous statements that show that a cavalier attitude has developed to say truly horrendous things. Now that does not equal showing a state policy of genocide. But it is deeply troubling. And the court decided to remind Israel of what needs to be done /2
And the order of the Court in this regard is all the more stronger by who voted for it: Also Israel's ad hoc judge Barak, the former President of Israel's Supreme Court. /3 Image
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Dec 31, 2023
Some thoughts on the South Africa-Israel case before the ICJ, as I am unhappy with some comments. I’ll try to keep this untechnical. /1
1) South Africa files the case as a state party to the genocide convention against Israel as another state party alleging violations of the convention. This is permissible, as every state party is held to have an interest in upholding the convention.
2) This is not the first time that this has happened. The Gambia has filed a case concerning genocide against Myanmar. If you are interested… icj-cij.org/case/178
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Dec 17, 2023
Ofcom has published a list of swearwords by degree of offensiveness, which really is a f****** great service for non-native speakers. So here it is (thread) Image
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Apr 4, 2023
The Trump indictment: 34 counts of Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree (if I'm not mistaken) manhattanda.org/wp-content/upl…
This is the offense at issue: NY Penal Law $ 175.10 Falsifying Business Records in the First Degree, a class E felony
Art. 70 of the Penal Law gives details on sentencing. Here's a chart from ypdcrime.com/penal.law/felo…
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Apr 3, 2023
On stamping passports: why is that done? Regulation 2133/2004 on the requirement ... to stamp systematically the travel documents says why: no stamp: you can presume you are not respecting the conditions relating to short stays /1
While that regulation is no longer in force, the currently in force regulation 2016/399 did not change anything in that regard. Here's Art. 11 on stamping of travel documents. /2
Now that presumption of course only works if you take the stamping seriously. So stamping also happens where border checks are relaxed (Art. 9) /3
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