Betcy Jose
@betcy.bsky.social
global norms | IHL | civilians in war | part-time baker | Proud Keralite
This PBS piece is really well done:
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This PBS piece is really well done:
She was one of the reasons I repeatedly watched Annie as a kid- she was so incredible in it. What an enormous talent.
Celebrating Ann Reinking on her birthday with this astonishing Jack Mitchell photo. Annie was elegant, intelligent, hilarious, bawdy, ferocious, silly, empathetic, and deep as the ocean. 💔💜
November 11, 2025 at 1:49 AM
She was one of the reasons I repeatedly watched Annie as a kid- she was so incredible in it. What an enormous talent.
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November 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Because it needs to be repeated: they pepper-sprayed a 1 year old
A Berwyn family was driving with their 1-year-old child Saturday when they were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, a video taken by the family shows. The action appears to violate a judge’s restriction on use of force.
1-year-old pepper-sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Because it needs to be repeated: they pepper-sprayed a 1 year old
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What an absolutely shocking thing to say out loud. If standing up ceding more powerful, what would be the result of this admission?
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What an absolutely shocking thing to say out loud. If standing up ceding more powerful, what would be the result of this admission?
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Diffusion of illiberal norms
The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Donald Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook.
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Diffusion of illiberal norms
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The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
November 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
The U.S. military is being used inside the United States. There's a lot we don't know about how, why, and under what authorities.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Today, Lawfare is launching a new project–which includes a tracker and a map–to follow where and how the military is being domestically deployed.
Columbia knows
simple as that:
Some of the most powerful and well-paid people in the world don't understand a lesson that every schoolchild knows: if you surrender to bullies, they will only bully you more
November 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Columbia knows
What is the status of this provision?
🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨
Senate update: Republicans are now trying to sneak a backdoor national abortion ban into their government funding bill. Republicans will stop at nothing to control women's health care decisions.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
What is the status of this provision?
Diffusion of illiberal norms
The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Donald Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook.
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Diffusion of illiberal norms
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#Canada announces that it has indeed lost its #measles elimination status.
(Feels timely to receive the announcement while in Toronto, watching the #ASTMH @astmh.bsky.social session on recent outbreaks of emerging & re-emerging viruses, which kicked off with...measles)
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
(Feels timely to receive the announcement while in Toronto, watching the #ASTMH @astmh.bsky.social session on recent outbreaks of emerging & re-emerging viruses, which kicked off with...measles)
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
#Canada announces that it has indeed lost its #measles elimination status.
(Feels timely to receive the announcement while in Toronto, watching the #ASTMH @astmh.bsky.social session on recent outbreaks of emerging & re-emerging viruses, which kicked off with...measles)
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
(Feels timely to receive the announcement while in Toronto, watching the #ASTMH @astmh.bsky.social session on recent outbreaks of emerging & re-emerging viruses, which kicked off with...measles)
www.canada.ca/en/public-he...
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Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Israeli soldiers speak out on killings of Gaza civilians
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
IDF soldiers tell documentary of opening fire unprovoked and arbitrary designations of who was an enemy
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
What an absolutely shocking thing to say out loud. If standing up ceding more powerful, what would be the result of this admission?
November 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What an absolutely shocking thing to say out loud. If standing up ceding more powerful, what would be the result of this admission?
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Damning w/a hopeful end:"I am reminded..of what Sen RFK said..about ending apartheid in South Africa:“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.”Enough of these ripples can become a tidal wave"
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Damning w/a hopeful end:"I am reminded..of what Sen RFK said..about ending apartheid in South Africa:“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.”Enough of these ripples can become a tidal wave"
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10 November 1941 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Frederika Madeleine van Coevorden, was born in Amsterdam.
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
10 November 1941 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Frederika Madeleine van Coevorden, was born in Amsterdam.
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video about gas chambers and crematoria of the Auschwitz camp: https://youtu.be/-A05i25j9Ck
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This is a breaking news story.
Explosion near Red Fort in India’s New Delhi
This is a breaking news story.
bit.ly
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is a breaking news story.
Elected officials make it really hard to maintain even the tiniest sliver of hope
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Elected officials make it really hard to maintain even the tiniest sliver of hope
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NYT: Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Gift link1
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Gift link1
Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NYT: Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Gift link1
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Gift link1
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Damning w/a hopeful end:"I am reminded..of what Sen RFK said..about ending apartheid in South Africa:“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.”Enough of these ripples can become a tidal wave"
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Damning w/a hopeful end:"I am reminded..of what Sen RFK said..about ending apartheid in South Africa:“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope.”Enough of these ripples can become a tidal wave"
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Oh my god
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Oh my god
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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this is a big and extremely dangerous deal. pegasus has been a tool of repression around the world.
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
UPDATE: NSO just hired former Trump ambassador to Israel.
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
They're trying to push Pegasus spyware to 🇺🇸America.
Your rights and freedoms are in danger.
NSO Group is no friend to the US & has spent years undermining our security & values 1/
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 PM
this is a big and extremely dangerous deal. pegasus has been a tool of repression around the world.
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
is this the pivot to attacking american journalists, lawyers, civil society activists?
Oh my god
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
“We're seeing a level of proliferation of bodies & body piles from space that's unlike anything I've ever seen…”
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
Human rights investigator Nathaniel Raymond explains how more people could be killed within a week in Sudan, compared to the past two years in Gaza.
🔗 zeteo.com/p/sudans-dea...
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Oh my god
#KeepEyesOnSudan
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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As horrific as the photo is, there’s something captivating about it. Taken by Allan Tannenbaum in Kuwait.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
As horrific as the photo is, there’s something captivating about it. Taken by Allan Tannenbaum in Kuwait.
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Civilian self-protection #KeepEyesOnSudan
My latest report highlights the work of Sudan's Emergency Response Rooms. And the multiple crises they face. And the mental health impact on first responders.
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
www.yorku.ca/dighr/civili...
Civilians trapped by massacres in Sudan - Dahdaleh Institute for Global Health Research
Sudan is experiencing “the biggest and worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” Hanin Ahmed told Dahdaleh Community Fellow Chris Houston on November 2. Ahmed is a communication officer for Sudan’s gra...
www.yorku.ca
November 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Civilian self-protection #KeepEyesOnSudan