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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 18h

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more.

Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

Map: Governors Public Health Alliance
* Guam is also a member of the alliance
Updated October 15, 2025
Map: @luckytran • Created with Datawrapper

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 17h

What’s it like to defend the accused at The Hague? ⚖️ @drnajimagi.bsky.social & @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social talk with veteran defence lawyer Kate Gibson about funding, fairness, and the ethics of trials in absentia. #CalledToTheBar

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55. Defending the Defence: Life on the Other Side of the Courtroom

In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Juliette McIntyre (University of South Australia) is joined by A/Prof Tamsin Phillipa Paige (Deakin Law School) and special

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 17h

Reporters from more than 30 news outlets have vacated the Pentagon, refusing to comply with new reporting restrictions.

US media return Pentagon passes, giving up access after new rules kick in

Reporters from more than 30 news outlets have vacated the Pentagon, refusing to comply with new reporting restrictions.

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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 1d

🔵 International and US news outlets including AFP, AP, The New York Times and Fox News have refused to sign new restrictive Pentagon media rules, meaning they will be stripped of their press access credentials.

AFP's statement ⬇️

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 1d

Tarte Tatindalorian.

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Bruno J. Navarro @brunojnavarro.bsky.social · 2d

www.facebook.com/share/p/1G1W...

cartoon drawing of someone standing in a frog costume against a yellow background and ‘radicallysunny’ printed on its belly.

in white letters, it says:
United we stand divided we croak

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 1d

This thread will brighten your day.

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 1d

THREAD. When my parents' cat Bridget went missing, my dad, to try to ease his worry, painted her on a variety of historical adventures. These soon multiplied. Significantly.

After much nagging, he has had some postcards printed of this brilliant series:
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Bridget Hangs Out With The Hunters In The Snow

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I started a Ph.D at 60, so that sounds right to me.

The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 1d

Perhaps it’s time we stopped treating midlife as a countdown and started recognising it as a peak.

Worried about turning 60? Science says that’s when many of us actually peak

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Lisa Pitz @lisapitz.bsky.social · 2d

📚 Recommended reading for all those interested in objectivizing again the discussions about supply chain laws, instead of following polemic debates about "bureaucratic monsters": @ecchr.bsky.social's report "2 Years of the German Supply Chain Act" out now in ENG! 👉 www.ecchr.eu/en/publicati...

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 1d

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Gaza ceasefire will not affect his country’s genocide case against Israel at the ICJ aje.io/mbmr4o

South Africa says ICJ genocide case will continue despite Gaza ceasefire

President Cyril Ramaphosa says progress and healing hinge on the case against Israel being heard.

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 1d

Even Fox New and Newsmax!

Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 1d

CNN, Fox News, NPR, Newsmax, and over a dozen other outlets refuse to accept the Trump regime’s demands on restricting Pentagon reporting: “The public has a right to know how the government and military are operating.”

US news outlets reject Pentagon press access policy

At least 20 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less comprehensive coverage of the world’s most powerful military ahead of a Tuesday deadline to accept new restrictions.

www.reuters.com

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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · 1d

Today #UniCanberra disclosed $1.5m in underpayments to casual staff. @nteunion.bsky.social raised these issues in bargaining & simplified the Agreement. Despite that, staff were still underpaid.

The issues are historic, but UC governance still needs fixing.
www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908934...

Second Canberra University reports staff were paid incorrectly

Vice-chancellor apologises after $1.5m blunder hits staff.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 1d

Setting the “days since an Australian university admitted to wage theft” back to 0 www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908934...

Second Canberra University reports staff were paid incorrectly

Vice-chancellor apologises after $1.5m blunder hits staff.

www.canberratimes.com.au

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 2d

Ping the Called to the Bar Team from ANZSIL: @djag2.bsky.social @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social @imogenmarjorie.bsky.social @drnajimagi.bsky.social @drjessiehohmann.bsky.social

Chris🌻 @chris4short.bsky.social · 2d

Live footage of a lawyer trying to write a methods section

a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his head in his hands

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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 2d

"Russia’s exit from the anti-torture convention is a stark declaration: the Russian state will act as it pleases and reject the oversight that might restrain its worst impulses," writes lawyer and serviceman Nestor Barchuk in his recent op-ed.

Russia has tortured Ukrainian POWs for years. Now they're even more vulnerable

On Sept. 29, 2025, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law withdrawing from the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, symbolically making Russia the first country in history to aban...

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European Court of Human Rights @echr.coe.int · 2d

Georgia v. Russia (IV) - Russia must pay Georgia over 253 million euros for breaches of human rights caused by hardening of boundary lines after 2008 conflict hudoc.echr.coe.int/fre-press?i=...
#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

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Commissioner for Human Rights @commissionerhr.coe.int · 2d

Read my two letters to the #UK:
1. Protests: I call for a review of the legal framework and the reconsideration of provisions in the Crime & Policing Bill that could restrict freedom of assembly.
2. Trans people: I warn against exclusion&zero-sum approaches
👇#HumanRights
www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people - Commissioner for Human Rights - www.coe.int

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 2d

This, from @catherinedevries.bsky.social, is really useful advice for young (and, tbh, old!) academics. Worth passing on if you know any, maybe? catherineeunicedevries.substack.com/p/fail-bette...

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Tom Jenkins @tomoljenkins.bsky.social · 2d

@coe.int Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people in UK www.coe.int/en/web/commi...

United Kingdom: Commissioner addresses human rights issues in policing of protests and the situation of trans people

Strasbourg 14/10/2025

www.coe.int

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Prof Clare McGlynn @claremcglynn.bsky.social · 2d

🔊New Book Announcement *Exposed: The Rise of Extreme Porn and How We Fight Back* pre-order now 🙂
Aims to spark debate about the misogynistic, racist & sexually violent nature of mainstream porn.
Pre-order discount 14-17 Oct: 25% off with OCTOBER25 at Waterstones
www.waterstones.com/book/exposed...

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 2d

For all the students at the social work uni intensive who told me they now use AI at work to write up case reports:

NDIS participant’s bid for more support failed in part because two physiotherapists used AI to write letters used to back her claim to top up her package

www.afr.com/politics/bid...

Bid to boost $200k NDIS package rejected after AI use found

The National Disability Insurance Agency warned about cut-and-paste medical reports. Throw artificial intelligence in and the results are even worse.

www.afr.com

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 3d

What she said ⬆️

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 6d

PORTLAND: “The frogs are multiplying”

(#NotAWarZone Noem Matter what Kristi says)

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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 8d

To balance the universe, my Welsh husband and I are leaving for Wales later today.

Hope you both have a wonderful time.

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