Federico Ortino

@federico-ortino.bsky.social

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Professor of International Economic Law, King's College London

🇮🇹 in Hackney, London

https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/federico-ortino

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'D66 “have really embraced” universities’ call for the Netherlands to “grow towards a 3 per cent of GDP investment in research and innovation”, said van den Berg, while the party has pledged that “they won’t enter a government coalition that wants to cut back on the whole educational sector”.'

Dutch universities hope for change after far right falters

D66 election victory encouraging, sector leaders say, but financial and demographic pressures remain

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 4d

Remember the time Obama personally caught a fainting woman during his speech — rather than just blankly staring like a sociopath?

Character isn't something you tell people about.

It's something you live.

Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · 7d

BBC News - Italian couple's families seek to bring hope out of Grenfell tragedy
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Legacy created for Italian couple who died in Grenfell Tower fire

Gloria Trevisan and Marco Gottardi moved into the tower months before they were killed in the fire.

www.bbc.com

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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @leximcmenamin.com · 7d

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 14d

Farage: epic grifter

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23d

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Oct 11

I recently sat down with three leaders who are part of the @obamafoundation.bsky.social's alumni network to hear more about their work to strengthen democracy in Hungary and Poland. They’re an example for us all. Take a look:

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Roman Sheremeta @rshereme.bsky.social · Oct 5

She was 15 — Anastasiia Hrytsiv. Killed by a Russian missile in Lviv overnight, along with her entire family.

They died together, in their own home — torn apart in seconds.

Just another Ukrainian family wiped out by Putin’s war.

Source: Kyiv Post

Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · Sep 21

I think the politicisation is rampant. But what is worse is that the system seems to allow for this: if a President can nominate and fire federal prosecutors at will, does the system provide any remedies against any abuse? Congress, not sure... The ballot box may be the only remedy.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Aug 29

The radical right in Britain increasingly claims to represent "Christian values" & "Christian civilisation" - though its leaders rarely go to church or pretend to believe anything.

It's especially important that Christian leaders speak out against this, as it's their tradition that's being claimed.

Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · Aug 28

A courteous but very impressive rebuke to Nigel Farage from the Bishop of Oxford.

"I heard no compassion in what you said...".

"I disagree profoundly with your attempts to ... increase fear of the stranger in our communities".

Do read.
blogs.oxford.anglican.org/an-open-lett...

An open letter to Nigel Farage - Bishop Steven's Blog

Bishop Steven writes an open letter in response to Nigel Farage MP's immigration policy which was launched in Oxford this week.

blogs.oxford.anglican.org

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Dr Pınar Artıran @pinartiran.bsky.social · Aug 22

www.wto.org/english/news...

WTO panel issues report regarding EU duties on imports of biodiesel from Indonesia

On 22 August the WTO circulated the panel report in the case brought by Indonesia in “European Union — Countervailing Duties on Imports of Biodiesel from Indonesia” (DS618).

www.wto.org

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · Aug 12

You can't teach U.S. history without "divisive" narratives. Slavery wasn't "unifying." The Japanese incarceration wasn't "unifying." The anti-immigrant Operation Wetback (real name) wasn't "unifying."
It's history's job to tell the truth, not cover up past racism to pave the way for future racism.

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

www.nytimes.com

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Marc Elias @marcelias.bsky.social · Aug 3

🚨BREAKING: A group of Texas Democratic lawmakers fled the state Sunday, activating their emergency plan to block a hastily-drawn Republican congressional map that’s poised to set off a national redistricting battle between red states and blue states. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Texas Democrats Leave the State to Block GOP Congressional Map

Read more here.

www.democracydocket.com

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Mona Paulsen @monapaulsen.bsky.social · Jul 23

ICJ Advisory Opinion on climate change:

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jul 25

The British trade deal wasn't what they said it was, the Vietnamese are still yet to confirm Trump's announcement, and the Japanese say they're not signing a binding agreement. The White House has released the text of ZERO (0) deals, and maybe it's all just social media posts all the way down.

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jul 25

"Japanese officials said there was no written agreement with Washington — and no legally binding one would be drawn up", and surprise surprise, they deny giving Trump $550b to arbitrarily spend however he wants. www.ft.com/content/c118...

Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · Jul 20

www.ft.com/content/3162...

Universities in England at risk of long-term decline, says British Academy

Outgoing president Dame Julia Black calls on ministers to overhaul their ‘confused’ approach to higher education

www.ft.com

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Thomas Frampton @tframpton.bsky.social · Jul 17

Proud to be a signatory on this letter.

And, as if to prove the point, here’s the DOJ official responsible for ousting Jim Ryan and leading the “negotiations” with our Board of Visitors. It has nothing to do with protecting Jews; 100% with advancing a far-right partisan agenda.

Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · Jun 29

www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/u...

The Army Was the Only Life She Knew. Trump’s Trans Ban Cast Her Out.

www.nytimes.com

Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · Jun 26

BBC News - Misogyny is an epidemic fuelled by social media, Amy Hunt tells BBC in first interview
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Misogyny is an epidemic fuelled by social media, Amy Hunt tells BBC in first interview

People “should be very concerned” about sexist, hateful content on social media and “every single one of us” needs to do something about it, she says.

www.bbc.com

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WorldTradeLaw.net @worldtradelaw.bsky.social · Jun 26

IELP blog post: The UK Joins the MPIA

The UK Joins the MPIA

The UK has just set out its new trade strategy, and one point in there is that it will be joining the MPIA: The WTO has an almost unique function to resolve trade disputes. That trade dispute system is busier...

dlvr.it

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🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 @teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · Jun 15

Honestly I still can’t stop laughing 😂😅🤣

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Jun 14

personal favorite that i saw today

a sign on the back of a protester’s wheel chair that says “the word king and the name trump only go together as ‘fucking trump’”

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Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · Jun 10

🚨🚨"It is hard to predict how this will end, other than badly. It will take years to rebuild America’s constitutional checks and balances, institutions, and international standing, but possibly decades to restore political trust." Excellent by @alexhh.bsky.social on the #LA military deployment:

Federico Ortino @federico-ortino.bsky.social · Jun 5

Frightening

Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · Jun 5

The actual day that Ferris Bueller took off in Ferris Bueller's Day Off was this day, June 5, in 1985. That means his day off is as many years removed from today as it is from the end of World War II.

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Christian Christensen @chrchristensen.bsky.social · Jun 5

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Enviro Matters @enviromatters.bsky.social · Jun 4

Just stunning at how quickly Greece has transformed it's energy mix.

In a decade, coal has been pretty much driven out from 50% to 6%

More to come as solar expands 👍

#energysky

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Alex Gallagher @alexgallagher.bsky.social · Jun 3

Water privatisation was always stupid, wrong-headed, anti-public and destined to fail.

I knew it, you knew it, everybody knew it.

But the Tories cared more about allowing shareholders to gorge on our assets than any public good, economic, health or environmental.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...