Fiona de Londras
@fdelond.bsky.social
Law prof; tennis lover; food fanatic; LGBTQAI+. @fdelond in the other place
Marko Milanovic, who I am sure must never sleep, offers an early analysis of legality in re Israel's attack on Iran. In short "Israel’s use of force against Iran is, on the facts as we know them, almost certainly illegal" www.ejiltalk.org/is-israels-u...
Is Israel’s Use of Force Against Iran Justified by Self-Defence?
This morning, Israel launched a major military operation against Iran targeting its nuclear programme, including facilities, individual scientists and military leadership. In this post, I will provide...
www.ejiltalk.org
June 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Marko Milanovic, who I am sure must never sleep, offers an early analysis of legality in re Israel's attack on Iran. In short "Israel’s use of force against Iran is, on the facts as we know them, almost certainly illegal" www.ejiltalk.org/is-israels-u...
As things escalate further in California, have a read of @sineadmceneaney.com on historical precedents (or the lack thereof) here theconversation.com/trumps-use-o...
Trump’s use of the national guard against LA protesters defies all precedents
Presidents have used the national guard before, but only to protect civil rights, not to deny the right to protest.
theconversation.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:13 AM
As things escalate further in California, have a read of @sineadmceneaney.com on historical precedents (or the lack thereof) here theconversation.com/trumps-use-o...
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100 MPs have now signed NC20 to give women in England and Wales the human right women in Northern Ireland have to a safe and legal abortion. Swipe to see if your MP is one of them — and what to do if they aren’t! Here’s the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
June 6, 2025 at 9:24 PM
100 MPs have now signed NC20 to give women in England and Wales the human right women in Northern Ireland have to a safe and legal abortion. Swipe to see if your MP is one of them — and what to do if they aren’t! Here’s the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/de...
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You can now pre-order the second edition of Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights that I wrote with @fdelond.bsky.social. It covers many new things that happened since the first one including climate change cases, Russia’s expulsion and many more www.bloomsbury.com/uk/great-deb...
Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights
www.bloomsbury.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:12 AM
You can now pre-order the second edition of Great Debates on the European Convention on Human Rights that I wrote with @fdelond.bsky.social. It covers many new things that happened since the first one including climate change cases, Russia’s expulsion and many more www.bloomsbury.com/uk/great-deb...
Criminalisation of abortion causes undeniable and deep harms. If you thought it was merely an historical artefact in England please think again. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Criminalisation of abortion causes undeniable and deep harms. If you thought it was merely an historical artefact in England please think again. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
If you were involved in any way in the Repeal campaign and would be interested in speaking with a US-based researcher who wants to understand the referendum--not just the simple narrative but inclusion/exclusion, pragmatism, pain, joy etc--please drop me a line here. All involvement is relevant.
May 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
If you were involved in any way in the Repeal campaign and would be interested in speaking with a US-based researcher who wants to understand the referendum--not just the simple narrative but inclusion/exclusion, pragmatism, pain, joy etc--please drop me a line here. All involvement is relevant.
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Did you know that we give away free credits to students who want to use Transkribus for their Bachelor, Master or PhD thesis?
Lean more about our Transkribus Scholarships 👇
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Lean more about our Transkribus Scholarships 👇
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April 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Did you know that we give away free credits to students who want to use Transkribus for their Bachelor, Master or PhD thesis?
Lean more about our Transkribus Scholarships 👇
www.transkribus.org/scholarship
Lean more about our Transkribus Scholarships 👇
www.transkribus.org/scholarship
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The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
April 17, 2025 at 7:56 PM
The Trump regime is now using US Attorneys to intimidate academic journals by sending them letters demanding they explain how they ensure ‘viewpoint diversity.’ Journal editors should be public about this and coordinate to refuse to comply with these fascist tactics.
Absolutely would have been fine with it being less enthralling TBQH
This has been an enthralling final round at The Masters. Sudden death playoff.
April 13, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Absolutely would have been fine with it being less enthralling TBQH
An exquisite read to accompany lunch--theology, book history, social history, and critique in one tidy package www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Vexed by Sex | Erin Maglaque
A new history of how Christianity has met the problem of desire argues for more flexibility in proclamations on gender and sexuality.
www.nybooks.com
April 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
An exquisite read to accompany lunch--theology, book history, social history, and critique in one tidy package www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
"Republicans want a disruptive president, but who’s being disrupted really matters — and if it’s the government or institutions that many Republicans believe are hostile to them...rationalizing their own constitutional violations as fighting fire with fire" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
Opinion | Trump Voters Love Him More Than Before. Four Conservative Columnists Pinpoint Why.
More registered voters think America is on the right track than at any point since 2004, a new poll says. What does that mean about Trump?
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
"Republicans want a disruptive president, but who’s being disrupted really matters — and if it’s the government or institutions that many Republicans believe are hostile to them...rationalizing their own constitutional violations as fighting fire with fire" www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/o...
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US Schools “are watching Columbia with alarm; many fear a demand for similar concessions. Their primary concern: without freedom to follow their intellectual curiosity, the discoveries and innovations that fuel the U.S.’s economy will decline or even grind to a halt”.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
www.wsj.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
US Schools “are watching Columbia with alarm; many fear a demand for similar concessions. Their primary concern: without freedom to follow their intellectual curiosity, the discoveries and innovations that fuel the U.S.’s economy will decline or even grind to a halt”.
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...
Worth reading these two pieces side by side www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Columbia Agrees to Trump’s Demands After Federal Funds Are Stripped
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
www.nytimes.com
March 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Worth reading these two pieces side by side www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
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Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
This is a dangerous, cruel move that will result in entirely foreseeable physical and psychological harm.
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
Federal prisons prep to move trans inmates as early as next week
The Bureau of Prisons is moving forward with plans to move transgender inmates out of prisons that align with their gender identity and into facilities that align with their assigned sex at birth.
www.npr.org
February 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This is a dangerous, cruel move that will result in entirely foreseeable physical and psychological harm.
Anois teacht an Earraigh, beidh an lá dúl chun shíneadh,
Is tar eis na féil Bríde, ardóigh mé mo sheol...
Finally, spring arrives (at least for us Celts)
#imbolc
Is tar eis na féil Bríde, ardóigh mé mo sheol...
Finally, spring arrives (at least for us Celts)
#imbolc
February 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Anois teacht an Earraigh, beidh an lá dúl chun shíneadh,
Is tar eis na féil Bríde, ardóigh mé mo sheol...
Finally, spring arrives (at least for us Celts)
#imbolc
Is tar eis na féil Bríde, ardóigh mé mo sheol...
Finally, spring arrives (at least for us Celts)
#imbolc
If this evening's launch at The Barber Institute of Fine Art is anything to go by, this book is a tour de force. I've just made my order and really look forward to learning much more about the artist and about the social histories of intimacy and domesticity in his art.
📕 My book, Édouard Vuillard, the Nabis, and the Politics of Domesticity, to be published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts @BloomsburyAcad has a cover and has gone to press! 💃
I am incredibly grateful to the 4 reviewers whose lovely comments grace the back cover.😊
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I am incredibly grateful to the 4 reviewers whose lovely comments grace the back cover.😊
🧵1/5
January 22, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If this evening's launch at The Barber Institute of Fine Art is anything to go by, this book is a tour de force. I've just made my order and really look forward to learning much more about the artist and about the social histories of intimacy and domesticity in his art.
I’m very sorry to hear this. Like so many interested in how states work, I learned a great deal from his work
Christopher Hood has died today. Public administration has lost one of its absolute best. RIP
January 3, 2025 at 9:26 PM
I’m very sorry to hear this. Like so many interested in how states work, I learned a great deal from his work
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This deranged, disgusting attack on Jess Phillips deserves a public rebuke, not just behind-the-scenes diplomacy
Keir Starmer must slap Elon Musk down - before someone gets killed
This deranged, disgusting attack on Jess Phillips deserves a public rebuke, not just behind-the-scenes diplomacy
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
January 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This deranged, disgusting attack on Jess Phillips deserves a public rebuke, not just behind-the-scenes diplomacy
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This morning’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital has put this last major health facility in North #Gaza out of service. Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burnt and destroyed during the raid.
December 27, 2024 at 8:46 PM
This morning’s raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital has put this last major health facility in North #Gaza out of service. Initial reports indicate that some key departments were severely burnt and destroyed during the raid.
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"Until men engage earnestly and honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change. The criminal justice system cannot change culture and consciousness; that happens elsewhere."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? | Rebecca Solnit
This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit
www.theguardian.com
December 19, 2024 at 5:27 PM
"Until men engage earnestly and honestly with the pervasiveness of sexual assault and the aspects of the culture that celebrate and normalise it, not enough will change. The criminal justice system cannot change culture and consciousness; that happens elsewhere."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The little 'ding' on Teams when one 'completes' a task is strangely motivating when one has 1 hour 21 minutes left in the 2024 working year.
December 19, 2024 at 3:39 PM
The little 'ding' on Teams when one 'completes' a task is strangely motivating when one has 1 hour 21 minutes left in the 2024 working year.
Beautiful, generous, strangely helpful.
December 14, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Beautiful, generous, strangely helpful.