Kyle Reed 🟥
@kylereed.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Amsterdam | Studying international law, language, and politics | #IntLaw (IHRL, IHL, jus ad bellum) | he/him 🏳🌈 | Lions Fan | Views are mine, nobody wants to pay for them
Schrödinger's treaty
EU Commission formally proposes signature and conclusion of EU/UK treaty regarding Gibraltar - ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
although the text is still not public yet...
although the text is still not public yet...
Commission adopts proposals for the signing, provisional application and conclusion of EU-UK Agreement in respect of Gibraltar
\nThe European Commission has adopted its proposals for the signature and provisional application, as well as for the conclusion of an agreement in respect of Gibraltar between the European Union and ...
ec.europa.eu
February 17, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Schrödinger's treaty
Rubio was the same damn message with a slightly more "traditional diplomacy speak" wrapping.
His speech boiled down to "Embrace ethno-nationalism, put the far right parties in charge (or the US will meddle in your elections to do it), and maybe we will continue some NATO deployments."
His speech boiled down to "Embrace ethno-nationalism, put the far right parties in charge (or the US will meddle in your elections to do it), and maybe we will continue some NATO deployments."
12 months ago, JD Vance made a completely divisive speech here at #MSC2026. Rubio was the complete opposite today, embracing "cherished allies and oldest friends"
Rubio has always been the moderate wing of the White House asylum, so is this his view, or a change in Washington?
Rubio has always been the moderate wing of the White House asylum, so is this his view, or a change in Washington?
February 16, 2026 at 9:57 AM
Rubio was the same damn message with a slightly more "traditional diplomacy speak" wrapping.
His speech boiled down to "Embrace ethno-nationalism, put the far right parties in charge (or the US will meddle in your elections to do it), and maybe we will continue some NATO deployments."
His speech boiled down to "Embrace ethno-nationalism, put the far right parties in charge (or the US will meddle in your elections to do it), and maybe we will continue some NATO deployments."
Newsom's "Trump will be gone in three years" approach misses the point.
Offering foreign policy reassurance is hollow unless it's paired with a commitment to domestic accountability and reform to ensure the US promises can be taken credibly.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Offering foreign policy reassurance is hollow unless it's paired with a commitment to domestic accountability and reform to ensure the US promises can be taken credibly.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Democrats seek to reassure Europe about post-Trump America
Opposition politicians flocked to a summit in Munich to offer an alternative to America First - and stake a claim as future party leaders.
www.bbc.com
February 15, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Newsom's "Trump will be gone in three years" approach misses the point.
Offering foreign policy reassurance is hollow unless it's paired with a commitment to domestic accountability and reform to ensure the US promises can be taken credibly.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Offering foreign policy reassurance is hollow unless it's paired with a commitment to domestic accountability and reform to ensure the US promises can be taken credibly.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tired: 30-50 feral hogs.
Wired:
Wired:
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Tired: 30-50 feral hogs.
Wired:
Wired:
Privately, some Evil Inc employees have concerns over the company's death ray division.
After all, they signed up to work on projects like "ocean draining" and "blotting out the sun."
After all, they signed up to work on projects like "ocean draining" and "blotting out the sun."
SCOOP: Tensions at Palantir have grown in recent weeks over the company's work with ICE.
On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
On Friday, CEO Alex Karp tried to calm concerns in an hourlong video that offered few specifics—instead offering NDAs to workers who want to understand how it's empowering ICE.
www.wired.com/story/palant...
Palantir CEO Alex Karp Recorded a Video About ICE for His Employees
In a video shared with Palantir employees, Alex Karp did not explain how ICE is utilizing the company's products. Instead, workers were told they can sign NDAs if they want detailed information.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Privately, some Evil Inc employees have concerns over the company's death ray division.
After all, they signed up to work on projects like "ocean draining" and "blotting out the sun."
After all, they signed up to work on projects like "ocean draining" and "blotting out the sun."
The universe owed Seattle at least one big interception in this game. Glad to see it paid up.
February 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM
The universe owed Seattle at least one big interception in this game. Glad to see it paid up.
Speaking as someone who loves dogs, that ring search party thing is creepy as hell
February 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Speaking as someone who loves dogs, that ring search party thing is creepy as hell
Perhaps my most upstate NY trait is my deep, deep desire to see the Patriots lose
February 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Perhaps my most upstate NY trait is my deep, deep desire to see the Patriots lose
(Still) Waiting for Podot
February 4, 2026 at 8:37 PM
(Still) Waiting for Podot
Democracy dies in darkness and this Amazon Prime Day you can get exclusive offers on light switches and blackout curtains!
February 4, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Democracy dies in darkness and this Amazon Prime Day you can get exclusive offers on light switches and blackout curtains!
The year is 2030.
There are whispers of a time when the Washington Post - a collection of three underperforming podcasts and a Substack - used to be an actual news outlet.
There are whispers of a time when the Washington Post - a collection of three underperforming podcasts and a Substack - used to be an actual news outlet.
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM
The year is 2030.
There are whispers of a time when the Washington Post - a collection of three underperforming podcasts and a Substack - used to be an actual news outlet.
There are whispers of a time when the Washington Post - a collection of three underperforming podcasts and a Substack - used to be an actual news outlet.
Option 1: Mike Johnson doesn't understand how counting works.
Option 2: Mike Johnson is a POS who's happy to use the "election was rigged" lie to justify his party's longtime policy goal of rigging elections.
Option 2: Mike Johnson is a POS who's happy to use the "election was rigged" lie to justify his party's longtime policy goal of rigging elections.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Rs to "nationalize" elections: "We had 3 Republicans who were ahead on election day in last cycle & every time a new tranche of ballots came in they just magically whittled away until their leads were lost. It looks on its face to be fraudulent. Can I prove it? No"
February 3, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Option 1: Mike Johnson doesn't understand how counting works.
Option 2: Mike Johnson is a POS who's happy to use the "election was rigged" lie to justify his party's longtime policy goal of rigging elections.
Option 2: Mike Johnson is a POS who's happy to use the "election was rigged" lie to justify his party's longtime policy goal of rigging elections.
The Friends of Epstein have some thoughts on scouting
Breaking news: The Pentagon issued a warning to Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, saying the organization risks losing its long-standing partnership with the U.S. military unless it rapidly implements “core value reforms.”
Pentagon warns Scouts to restore ‘core values’ or lose military support
The relationship dates back decades, but Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has criticized the organization for allowing girls to join and changing its name from Boy Scouts.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:56 PM
The Friends of Epstein have some thoughts on scouting
"Fascism with guardrails!" brought to you by @democrats.senate.gov
A Democratic aide says of the new deal: “Sets a 2 week clock on DHS funding by itself. If republicans don’t do shit for two weeks, DHS shuts down and there’s little incentive for us to reopen without the guardrails on ICE”
January 30, 2026 at 1:10 AM
"Fascism with guardrails!" brought to you by @democrats.senate.gov
ICE is averaging 3.5 violations *per day.*
It's mission & approach are fundamentally at odds with a rule of law society. You can't reform that. No number of body cameras can fix it. You can't train your way out of it. Sorry, @schumer.senate.gov.
You know what you can do?
Abolish it.
It's mission & approach are fundamentally at odds with a rule of law society. You can't reform that. No number of body cameras can fix it. You can't train your way out of it. Sorry, @schumer.senate.gov.
You know what you can do?
Abolish it.
Whoa. D.Minn's chief judge Patrick Schiltz dockets a list of "96 court orders that ICE has violated in 74 cases."
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72120...
www.courtlistener.com/docket/72120...
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 PM
ICE is averaging 3.5 violations *per day.*
It's mission & approach are fundamentally at odds with a rule of law society. You can't reform that. No number of body cameras can fix it. You can't train your way out of it. Sorry, @schumer.senate.gov.
You know what you can do?
Abolish it.
It's mission & approach are fundamentally at odds with a rule of law society. You can't reform that. No number of body cameras can fix it. You can't train your way out of it. Sorry, @schumer.senate.gov.
You know what you can do?
Abolish it.
Senate Democrats are chomping at the bit to negotiate some ICE reforms to go with those previously negotiated ACA tax credit extensions.
They'll look great on the shelf next to the Epstein files bill. You know, the one the DOJ keeps ignoring. That one.
They'll look great on the shelf next to the Epstein files bill. You know, the one the DOJ keeps ignoring. That one.
January 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Senate Democrats are chomping at the bit to negotiate some ICE reforms to go with those previously negotiated ACA tax credit extensions.
They'll look great on the shelf next to the Epstein files bill. You know, the one the DOJ keeps ignoring. That one.
They'll look great on the shelf next to the Epstein files bill. You know, the one the DOJ keeps ignoring. That one.
"That pack unites a lot of (elected, chickenshit) Dems (who are generally terrified of actually rising to the moment)."
Just filling in some of the unspoken bits in Murphy's statement.
Just filling in some of the unspoken bits in Murphy's statement.
Dems coalescing around 5 restrictions on ICE, I'm told:
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
DHS required to cooperate with state probes (big)
CBP stays at border
warrants for arrests
IDs, bodycams
ICE out of churches, schools
"That package unites a lot of Dems," Sen Chris Murphy tells me on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/2057...
A Dem Senator’s Harsh Takedown of Trump Hits Home: “Breaking Point”
As Trump scrambles to contain the damage from the latest ICE horrors, Senator Chris Murphy offers a sharp indictment of Trump-ICE lawlessness—and explains how Dems can meet the urgency of the moment.
newrepublic.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:20 PM
"That pack unites a lot of (elected, chickenshit) Dems (who are generally terrified of actually rising to the moment)."
Just filling in some of the unspoken bits in Murphy's statement.
Just filling in some of the unspoken bits in Murphy's statement.
"Rulemaking by AI slop," the latest front in the GOP's attack on federal regulatory system
NEW: The Trump administration is planning to use AI to write federal regulations despite the risk of hallucinations.
“We don't even need a very good rule,” the Transportation Department’s top lawyer said of the plan, per meeting notes reviewed by ProPublica. “We want good enough.”🧵
“We don't even need a very good rule,” the Transportation Department’s top lawyer said of the plan, per meeting notes reviewed by ProPublica. “We want good enough.”🧵
January 26, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"Rulemaking by AI slop," the latest front in the GOP's attack on federal regulatory system
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Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
Immigrant families protest at Texas facility housing 5-year-old boy, father detained in Minnesota
Dozens of immigrant families protested behind the fences of a Texas detention facility where a 5-year-old boy Ecuadorian boy and his father were sent this week after being detained in Minnesota.
apnews.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Concentration camp victims protest! The incredible bravery and fortitude and care involved in doing this ✊🏽
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
‘some of them holding signs that included “Libertad para los niños,” or “Liberty for the kids.”‘
Imagine being so fucking dense that you think the murders are a mistake or a side-effect.
The violence is the point.
The violence is the point.
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey: "I just saw a video of more than 6 masked agents pummeling one of our constituents and shooting him to death. How many more residents, how many more Americans need to die or get badly hurt for this operation to end?"
January 24, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Imagine being so fucking dense that you think the murders are a mistake or a side-effect.
The violence is the point.
The violence is the point.
Walz and Ellison have a very clear question here - is murder a crime in Minnesota?
If so, the next steps are very fucking clear.
If so, the next steps are very fucking clear.
January 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Walz and Ellison have a very clear question here - is murder a crime in Minnesota?
If so, the next steps are very fucking clear.
If so, the next steps are very fucking clear.
The pro-gestapo wing of the party
House Democratic yes votes on the DHS funding bill:
Cuellar, Golden, Gillen, Gluesenkamp Perez, Don Davis, Suozzi, Vicente Gonzalez
Cuellar, Golden, Gillen, Gluesenkamp Perez, Don Davis, Suozzi, Vicente Gonzalez
January 22, 2026 at 10:09 PM
The pro-gestapo wing of the party
"I’m not really a tech guy...So I wouldn’t have thought I’d be ahead of the curve here"
You aren't ahead of the curve. You're ill-equipped to realize how behind you are.
You aren't ahead of the curve. You're ill-equipped to realize how behind you are.
It strikes me that a central flaw to this argument that "professors feature the future" based in faculty distrust/rejection of MOOCs is that MOOCs turned out to NOT be the future. AI is likely different, but saying "it's the future" doesn't mean much. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...
Opinion | Why Professors Fear the Future
Academic life has barely changed in 40 years. Why? The faculty likes it that way.
www.chronicle.com
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
"I’m not really a tech guy...So I wouldn’t have thought I’d be ahead of the curve here"
You aren't ahead of the curve. You're ill-equipped to realize how behind you are.
You aren't ahead of the curve. You're ill-equipped to realize how behind you are.
Reposted by Kyle Reed 🟥
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
January 22, 2026 at 2:38 AM
🧵ICE's tactics for arresting and holding observers and protestors is ever-shifting, and I'm hearing lots of different stories. Right now, my perspective is that these are your best practices:
The EU is correctly reading this as a lane change, not a U-turn.
The extraordinary EU summit will go ahead as planned on Thursday evening, regardless of Trump’s Greenland U-turn.
The topic on the agenda remains “latest developments in the transatlantic relations and its implications for the EU.”
The topic on the agenda remains “latest developments in the transatlantic relations and its implications for the EU.”
January 22, 2026 at 8:31 AM
The EU is correctly reading this as a lane change, not a U-turn.