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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · Nov 16

Ok @mikeschmitt.bsky.social made me realise there was no proper international humanitarian law starter pack so I’ve created my first one. It is far from being complete so please feel free to mention yourself and/or others who should be included!

go.bsky.app/N6Bw1E7

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 21m

Der Punkt ist halt schon auch, dass zivilisierte Staaten eher auf Amnesty hören als Terrorgruppen. Würde man zumindest meinen.

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 6h

When Trump asks other leaders what they can do for "us", he doesn't mean the US but himself and his family.

Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 8h

The UAE bought $2B of Trump’s crypto — and gets computer chips

Saudi Arabia gave Kushner $2B for a new Trump Tower — and gets weapons

Qatar gives Trump a private jet and a $5.5B real estate deal — and gets US military protection

This is how bribes work.
popular.info/p/quid-pro-p...

Quid Pro Presidency

Nations that have bestowed lavish gifts to President Trump — or enriched Trump and his family by striking business deals with Trump-connected companies — have later received extraordinary benefits fro...

popular.info

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 7h

maybe I should write a book about Russia. If der Felber can write one about fundamental rights restrictions during pandemic, I can write one about Russian politics

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 7h

fwiw I don't think of Khodorkovsky, one of the richest men in the history of Russia, as a liberal savior

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 7h

Putin is afraid of his own people. He needs scapegoats, he needs external and internal enemies. Without them, people would MAYBE realize that there endless wars and propaganda don't improve anyone's life.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7h

Russia accuses Mikhail Khodorkovsky of plotting coup on.ft.com/47pinHy

Russia accuses Mikhail Khodorkovsky of plotting coup

FSB launches fresh criminal case against former Yukos oil magnate and 22 other dissidents in exile

on.ft.com

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 11h

While Erdogan openly spoke of Hamas as "freedom fighters", his intelligence chief and alleged successor was crucial in ending the war in Gaza.

Clément Plaisant @cplaisant.bsky.social · 1d

"Kalin’s main advantage lies in his direct contact with Hamas leadership in 🇶🇦 and certain figures inside Gaza —connections that helped him reach those holding Israeli hostages. Such direct communication did not exist before Trump’s decision to bring 🇹🇷 into the talks"
www.ynetnews.com/article/by90...

Turkish spy chief who pressed Hamas: empathetic to hostages, seeks renewed ties with Israel

Ibrahim Kalin, Turkey’s intelligence chief and President Erdoğan’s chosen successor, played a key role in the Gaza talks; known for his ties with Israeli officials, he aims to rebuild relations and ev...

www.ynetnews.com

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 11h

via @jannisgrimm.bsky.social

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 11h

"Israeli victims often receive highly personalised coverage, which highlighted individual stories, family backgrounds, and emotional narratives ... Palestinian casualties are predominantly portrayed as statistics, trivialised as collateral of war, embedded within abstract conflict narratives"

Hierarchies in death: coverage of Palestinian and Israeli victims in the context of October 7 and the war on Gaza

This study examines the framing of Israeli and Palestinian deaths in German media, focusing on the construction of grievability within public discourse after 7 October 2023, during the early stages...

www.tandfonline.com

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 12h

Uncertainty was probably always normal. But nothing was uncertain as it has been in recent years (since around 1945) I guess.

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

IMF chief warns ‘uncertainty is the new normal’ in global economy

Kristalina Georgieva outlines mounting risks to economic stability before fund’s annual meetings next week

www.theguardian.com

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 12h

Europe cares less and less about Ukraine. It's not only sad but also strategically dumb.

bsky.app/profile/kyiv...

The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 15h

⚡️Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says.

Military aid to Ukraine has fallen dramatically in recent months, a report by the Kiel Institute published on Oct. 14 has found.

Military aid to Ukraine declines sharply in recent months, report says

In July and August, total military aid to Ukraine fell 43% lower than the amount received in the first half of the year, a report by the Kiel Institute finds.

kyivindependent.com

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 12h

"as the accession process grinds forward, Ukrainians are watching nervously as public enthusiasm in parts of Europe falters, making the early momentum harder to sustain...That sense of fading attention abroad jars against the reality in Kyiv, where the war remains impossible to ignore."
It's so sad

Under Russian drones, Ukrainians wonder if Europe still cares

More than three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion, Ukraine’s capital endures constant Russian attacks while watching European solidarity fray.

www.politico.eu

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 12h

but would they even let someone from China enter the country?

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 12h

I am ready to hope that someone as ignorant (of history) and as rude as Trump is exactly the type of person this conflict needs to end. All reasonable alternatives have been exhausted anyhow.

Stefan Kappacher @kappachers.bsky.social · 1d

„He acknowledged the weirdness of how this path became possible, by the efforts of “this strange guy in the White House” who came from nowhere “like Superman”, somehow imagining what can be, unburdened by what has been.“ Sari Nussebeih über den Peacemaker Trump. 💯 www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

One Era Ends in Gaza, and Another Begins

A moment for radical hope

www.theatlantic.com

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 12h

Yep. Maybe there will be one soon anyhow.

Meme saying "I feel like if asbestos was banned today there'd be a huge pro-asbestos movement"

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13h

manchmal wird man auch "vielzitiert", weil man trotz großen Namens Blödsinn schreibt und die anderen ausrücken, um das zu korrigieren.

InViennaVeritas @yousitonmyspot.bsky.social · 13h

Haha. Jetzt erst gelesen. Q.e.d.

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13h

dazu müssten Sie Ihre Identität lüften und mir Namen und Adressen geben...

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13h

Ich freue mich, auf Einladung der @sn.at am Freitagabend in Salzburg unser Buch zur Neutralität vorzustellen. Anmeldung und Infos hier
events.sn.at/organizer/sa...

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13h

also fängt der Courtois sie doch nicht alle #Schenkelklopfer

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13h

no fake news, no satire, Taliban representatives visited Austria on 9/11 this year, here's the press release

www.bmi.gv.at/news.aspx?id...

www.bmi.gv.at

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13h

Austria's minister of interior refuses to make the names of Taliban representatives invited to Austria on 9/11 public. Transparency like in the good old days of the Monarchy.

Florian Klenk 👨🏻‍💻 @klenkflorian.bsky.social · 15h

Ich habe Innenminister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) gefragt, wie die Vertreter des islamistischen Taliban-Terrorregime geheissen haben, die in Österreich von seinen Leuten empfangen wurden. Seine Antwort nach dem Informationsfreiheitsgesetz kam nach vier Wochen und lautet:
„Es wird keine Auskunft erteilt“.

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 13h

Dazu passend: Sowas passiert, wenn man zu Dingen schreibt, mit denen man sich nur bedingt, wenn überhaupt, auskennt. Sowas meine ich mit "Selbstvertrauen". Oder eben Selbstüberschätzung.

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Ulrich Berger @varulle.bsky.social · 12d

Laut @christian-felber.bsky.social hätte man schon 2020 wissen können, dass Corona kaum gefährlicher als die Grippe ist. Wir haben uns diese Behauptung ein wenig genauer angeschaut... www.derstandard.at/story/300000...

Covid-19, Grippe und der "Fake-Faktor": Eine Corona-Aufarbeitung

Christian Felber versucht, Covid-19 als kaum gefährlicher als die Grippe darzustellen – und scheitert an den Fakten

www.derstandard.at

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 1d

Nope

Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 1d

“To convert this ceasefire into a lasting peace will require sacrifices that neither Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor Hamas leader Khalil Al-Hayya show any indication of making.”

www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Why the Gaza ceasefire won’t lead to lasting peace

“A new Middle East” will require sacrifices that Israelis and Palestinians show no sign of making.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 1d

... ein Artikel zu "Verfassungsrechtswissenschaft in Zeiten der Corona-Krise". ALso fast nichts. Obwohl die von Ihnen behandelten Themen in der juristischen Fachwelt intensiv diskutiert wurden. Sie gehen auf diese Diskussionen aber anscheinend nicht ein. Was ist Ihr Beitrag also?

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Ralph Janik @ralphjanik.com · 1d

ich hab mich jetzt durch ihr Literaturverzeichnig gekämpft. Die einzigen unmittelbar COVID-relevanten juristischen Quellen sind ein Blogbeitrag, ein Auftragsgutachten im Auftrag der Initiative freie Impfentscheidung, eine Website mit allgemeiner Information zu Grundrechten während der Pandemie und

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