Kyle Reed 🟥
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Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam | Studying international law, language, and politics | #IntLaw (IHRL, IHL, jus ad bellum) | he/him 🏳🌈 | Views are mine, nobody wants to pay for them
The administration may well hope to use Bradley as a fall guy here, but it's important to remember that he would've knowingly gave an illegal order. He's no innocent party here.
That doesn't change anything about Hegseth trying to dodge his responsibility, but it's important to keep in mind.
That doesn't change anything about Hegseth trying to dodge his responsibility, but it's important to keep in mind.
If Admiral Bradley didn’t realize before that these cowards were setting him up to take the fall, he knows it now. Time to hire a good lawyer.
December 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
The administration may well hope to use Bradley as a fall guy here, but it's important to remember that he would've knowingly gave an illegal order. He's no innocent party here.
That doesn't change anything about Hegseth trying to dodge his responsibility, but it's important to keep in mind.
That doesn't change anything about Hegseth trying to dodge his responsibility, but it's important to keep in mind.
To be blunt, TX Tech is no longer a university.
TX Tech has a flow chat for guidance on what can be taught in the university system. Two things:
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
1. Very little content seems to be permitted. This is partisan control of the curriculum.
2. I would not enjoy teaching under these conditions, but I really would not want to be a Chair or Dean.
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
To be blunt, TX Tech is no longer a university.
It's a toss-up between "oh, so you want to run for office?" (no) and "could you solve this multivariable regression by hand?" (wtf, no, weirdo)
What’s the worst question someone can ask after you tell them your profession? For linguists, it’s definitely “how many languages do you speak?”, but I’m curious what else is happening to the rest of y’all out there?!
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
It's a toss-up between "oh, so you want to run for office?" (no) and "could you solve this multivariable regression by hand?" (wtf, no, weirdo)
My reading of the (international) law here is that, while the strikes might be war crimes, they are absolutely crimes against humanity.
If the Venezuelan sailors were enemy combatants, then the 2nd strike is a war crime.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
If the Venezuelan sailors weren’t enemy combatants, then both strikes are criminal murder.
It’s that simple.
December 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
My reading of the (international) law here is that, while the strikes might be war crimes, they are absolutely crimes against humanity.
Also, the start of paragraph 32 gives away the answer to "why did Northwestern agree to all this"
On international students:
November 29, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Also, the start of paragraph 32 gives away the answer to "why did Northwestern agree to all this"
Reminding myself that I became a Lions fan because, growing up in a house that didn't watch football, my only NFL exposure as a kid was watching them play (often not well) on Thanksgiving...
November 27, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Reminding myself that I became a Lions fan because, growing up in a house that didn't watch football, my only NFL exposure as a kid was watching them play (often not well) on Thanksgiving...
The oven is kapot, so it's a "melted cheese (raclette) for Thanksgiving" year.
This pivot, thankfully, easily preserves the main holiday tradition - watching the Lions after eating way too much.
This pivot, thankfully, easily preserves the main holiday tradition - watching the Lions after eating way too much.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The oven is kapot, so it's a "melted cheese (raclette) for Thanksgiving" year.
This pivot, thankfully, easily preserves the main holiday tradition - watching the Lions after eating way too much.
This pivot, thankfully, easily preserves the main holiday tradition - watching the Lions after eating way too much.
At best it's a "people in my group chat all agree" level of polling
"One guy, it doesn't matter who, swears there's a poll out there that says people want to be invaded." What kind of sourcing is this lol
November 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
At best it's a "people in my group chat all agree" level of polling
Forget "some scientists" saying it, Jeff is raising the question - and he's a private pilot! 😆
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Forget "some scientists" saying it, Jeff is raising the question - and he's a private pilot! 😆
"These changes were super radical and destructive, but not bad enough to make me go to a summertime meeting" is poetry
When liberals secured a majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court in 2023, they changed internal procedures—over the objection of the conservative chief justice, who claimed they were taking away her power. Today the justices released MESSY details about the affair...
www.wicourts.gov/sc/rulhear/D...
www.wicourts.gov/sc/rulhear/D...
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"These changes were super radical and destructive, but not bad enough to make me go to a summertime meeting" is poetry
Reposted by Kyle Reed 🟥
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
W/r/t b - AI is a bit like tire fires.
Are they the biggest environmental threat? No.
Are they an environmental threat serving no real purpose? Yes.
And sure, widespread backyard tire burning might motivate recycling upgrades, but there are better ways to get there.
Are they the biggest environmental threat? No.
Are they an environmental threat serving no real purpose? Yes.
And sure, widespread backyard tire burning might motivate recycling upgrades, but there are better ways to get there.
a) The social harms of AI are vastly under-appreciated and go far beyond displacement of labor
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
b) The environmental harms of AI, though not trivial, are nevertheless small potatoes compared to many other industries like farming (and AI demand may even help accelerate electrical grid upgrades)
weird header for an article about the very real dangers of modern industrial agriculture
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
W/r/t b - AI is a bit like tire fires.
Are they the biggest environmental threat? No.
Are they an environmental threat serving no real purpose? Yes.
And sure, widespread backyard tire burning might motivate recycling upgrades, but there are better ways to get there.
Are they the biggest environmental threat? No.
Are they an environmental threat serving no real purpose? Yes.
And sure, widespread backyard tire burning might motivate recycling upgrades, but there are better ways to get there.
...plans?
The crazy thing about Trump II is that we really have no idea who is drafting the war plans or the peace plans, or even how much Trump is in the loop on either.
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
...plans?
Pete is out here creating new avenues of accountability for any future Democratic administration.
1. I do not think this is going to go well for them, because it is going to be just as clown shoes as everything they've tried to throw at Comey or James
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
2. "we can go after ex-military congressmembers for things they say in public" is really not a pandora's box the GOP wants opened
latest sham investigation just dropped
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Pete is out here creating new avenues of accountability for any future Democratic administration.
Major US news outlets are increasingly unable to cover anything outside either a sports or gambling framework.
What a strange framing and characterization. How does one describe his blatantly dishonest, racist question about taxes as “press[ing] the Mayor-elect on his policy proposals”? In what way does this lying troll emerge as a “winner“?
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Major US news outlets are increasingly unable to cover anything outside either a sports or gambling framework.
The EU "peace plan" including a "US guarantee that mirrors Article 5" is so deeply representative of the EU's inability to honestly evaluate the current moment.
If you give Ukraine a US security guarantee and five euros, Ukraine walks away with five euros. The US is not a credible partner.
If you give Ukraine a US security guarantee and five euros, Ukraine walks away with five euros. The US is not a credible partner.
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The EU "peace plan" including a "US guarantee that mirrors Article 5" is so deeply representative of the EU's inability to honestly evaluate the current moment.
If you give Ukraine a US security guarantee and five euros, Ukraine walks away with five euros. The US is not a credible partner.
If you give Ukraine a US security guarantee and five euros, Ukraine walks away with five euros. The US is not a credible partner.
So, one for the NFL crowd - what's the opinion of TV commentators laughing about a QB being kicked in the head during a sack celebration?
November 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So, one for the NFL crowd - what's the opinion of TV commentators laughing about a QB being kicked in the head during a sack celebration?
So, is Dan Campbell getting paid by the screen pass?
November 23, 2025 at 7:54 PM
So, is Dan Campbell getting paid by the screen pass?
I mean, I knew Sam LaPorta was a great player and an important part of the team. I just didn't realize he was the load-bearing pillar of the entire damn thing, include defense and special teams
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I mean, I knew Sam LaPorta was a great player and an important part of the team. I just didn't realize he was the load-bearing pillar of the entire damn thing, include defense and special teams
So, the #DetroitLions - I uh...I have some questions...
November 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So, the #DetroitLions - I uh...I have some questions...
It's worth remembering, though, that Rubio speaks with all the authority of a ficus.
So, to recap, Ukraine and Europe understand that America has effectively endorsed a 28-point plan to force Kyiv to capitulate, set a Thursday deadline to accept it, and threatened to cut off all aid.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
Now Marco Rubio says it's all wrong, that's not the plan, there's no deadline and no threat.
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It's worth remembering, though, that Rubio speaks with all the authority of a ficus.
Someone had been messing around with the sliders
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Someone had been messing around with the sliders
Okay, who put happy juice in the water?
Reporter to Trump: Elise Stefanik calls Mamdani a "jihadist." Do you think you're standing next to a jihadist?
Trump: No, I don't. But she's out there campaigning, and you say things sometimes in a campaign. She's a very capable person.
Trump: No, I don't. But she's out there campaigning, and you say things sometimes in a campaign. She's a very capable person.
November 21, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Okay, who put happy juice in the water?
🙃
A reporter asks if Mamdani stands by calling Trump a fascist. Mamdani starts to give a delicate answer.
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
Trump (smiles, pats Mamdani's arm): "That's OK, you can just say yes. It's easier. I don't mind."
November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
🙃
Chuck Schumer must be losing it right now
Reporter to Trump: Would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani mayoralty?
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
Trump: "I would. I really would. Especially after the meeting, absolutely."
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Chuck Schumer must be losing it right now