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 🏳🌈 | Views are mine, nobody wants to pay for them
Rutte seems to be all-in on "I want this to be true, so it must be true. Evidence be damned."
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has pushed back against calls for Europe to break away militarily from the United States, arguing that Washington remains a dependable security partner despite growing doubts inside the EU.
NATO chief Rutte rejects EU defense breakaway from US
“I am absolutely convinced that the United States stands fully behind NATO,” Rutte told the German Press Agency.
www.politico.eu
December 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Rutte seems to be all-in on "I want this to be true, so it must be true. Evidence be damned."
Fun fact - that isn't how (especially legally binding) deadlines work
The Justice Department said it found over a million more pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents, extending the time it will take for a full release. A law passed by Congress gave the department a deadline of last Friday to release the files. nyti.ms/49rG0QL
A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says
Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.
nyti.ms
December 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fun fact - that isn't how (especially legally binding) deadlines work
It went from "makes tech firms pay" to "California will contribute more than Google and also here's some AI bs."
State lawmakers give up on bills to force tech companies to pay media outlets for using news. Instead, they agree with Google on a program to help local newsrooms and to explore artificial intelligence
California Tried To Make Google Pay News Outlets. The Company Cut a Deal that Includes Funding AI – The Markup
State lawmakers give up on bills to force tech companies to pay media outlets for using news. Instead, they agree with Google on a program to help local newsrooms and to explore artificial intelligence
bit.ly
December 23, 2025 at 9:03 AM
It went from "makes tech firms pay" to "California will contribute more than Google and also here's some AI bs."
"The only newsroom I'm interested in running is actually a shitty debate club populated by some of the worst people you've ever met."
During today's editorial call, Bari Weiss doubled down on pulling the CECOT segment while lashing out at Sharyn Alfonsi:
"The only newsroom that I'm interested in running is one where we are able to have contentious disagreements about the thorniest and editorial matters, and do so with respect."
"The only newsroom that I'm interested in running is one where we are able to have contentious disagreements about the thorniest and editorial matters, and do so with respect."
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 PM
"The only newsroom I'm interested in running is actually a shitty debate club populated by some of the worst people you've ever met."
We automated Seb Gorka
I asked our university's official AI assistant to draw a map of Poland in 1941.
Great stuff. Glad we are steering our students toward this helpful resource.
Great stuff. Glad we are steering our students toward this helpful resource.
December 22, 2025 at 11:51 AM
We automated Seb Gorka
Do folks think security guarantees are self-executing? That the 1st Armored will appear in Kyiv the minute Russia breaches the agreement, politics be damned?
The US has been exceedingly clear in the type of partner it is (to Ukraine & in general) & any guarantee should be discounted accordingly.
The US has been exceedingly clear in the type of partner it is (to Ukraine & in general) & any guarantee should be discounted accordingly.
OPINION: Regardless of Europe’s efforts to support Ukraine, the only thing that really matters is America’s security guarantees, which Volodymyr Zelenskyy must now secure — even if it means concessions elsewhere.
Yet, everything suggests real power lies in Russia’s hands.
Yet, everything suggests real power lies in Russia’s hands.
Ukraine’s security guarantees have been put in Putin’s hands
Washington’s guarantees are the only viable path to peace. But no matter how strong Zelenskyy believes they are, the real power lies with Russia.
www.politico.eu
December 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Do folks think security guarantees are self-executing? That the 1st Armored will appear in Kyiv the minute Russia breaches the agreement, politics be damned?
The US has been exceedingly clear in the type of partner it is (to Ukraine & in general) & any guarantee should be discounted accordingly.
The US has been exceedingly clear in the type of partner it is (to Ukraine & in general) & any guarantee should be discounted accordingly.
Without speaking to the specifics of any single ship, US policy ("limited blockade," whatever the hell that means) is absolutely a serious violation of international law
China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law reut.rs/45jFeCQ
China says US seizure of ships 'serious violation' of international law
China's foreign ministry on Monday said the United States' seizure of another country's ships was a serious violation of international law, after the U.S. intercepted a China-bound oil tanker off the Venezuelan coast.
reut.rs
December 22, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Without speaking to the specifics of any single ship, US policy ("limited blockade," whatever the hell that means) is absolutely a serious violation of international law
"Heritage American" sounds like a category used to sell free-range chickens
If immigrating from England makes you a "heritage American" then I guess I'm one too.
December 20, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"Heritage American" sounds like a category used to sell free-range chickens
If you're an academic using AI for your scholarly work, you deserve shame.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If you're an academic using AI for your scholarly work, you deserve shame.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
If you use AI for work that you submit, you should be banned from that forum. Whatever journal, conference, workshop series - banned.
Maybe you can appeal after a few years. Maybe.
Here are those records, please don't accuse us of a cover-up.
Also, we've removed the names of anyone politically connected.
Again, please don't accuse us of a cover-up
Also, we've removed the names of anyone politically connected.
Again, please don't accuse us of a cover-up
🚨 "The Justice Department redacted the names and identifiers of victims. Fox News Digital has learned that the same redaction standards were applied to politically exposed individuals and government officials. "
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
h/t @kleinmatic.bsky.social
Epstein files explode open as DOJ details discovery of powerful figures and more than 1,200 victims
EXCLUSIVE: More than a dozen people and government officials' names appear in the hundreds of thousands of pages of Jeffrey Epstein files made public Friday, sources said.
www.foxnews.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Here are those records, please don't accuse us of a cover-up.
Also, we've removed the names of anyone politically connected.
Again, please don't accuse us of a cover-up
Also, we've removed the names of anyone politically connected.
Again, please don't accuse us of a cover-up
People who say "it's never been like this" ignore a long history of when it has "kinda been like this" and an even longer history of it being "a bit similar to this." 😞
'Magic balls' installed by drones could conquer US market thanks to game-changing performance: 'It's never been like this'
December 20, 2025 at 9:54 AM
People who say "it's never been like this" ignore a long history of when it has "kinda been like this" and an even longer history of it being "a bit similar to this." 😞
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I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
There is no national security logic that would impel the US to want to do regime change in Venezuela. It's simply not that important. I'm not even sure wag the dog is the right metaphor for what's happening here. Seems like an insane misallocation of US national security assets and attention.
Trump: "Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled ... It will only get bigger, and the shock to them will be like nothing they have ever seen before — Until such time as they return to the USA all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."
December 17, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I keep saying this but no one is connecting the dots. The war is to satisfy legal preconditions for mass removal *domestically* of Latinos (i.e., suddenly a lot of people are going to be “Venezuelan” for purposes of removal). This is 100% Stephen Miller…oil claim is to make grandpa go along
"Let's do Iraq 2.0 but with starting with post-Katrina approval numbers."
Seems like Trump and his groupies think starting a regime change war of conquest out of nowhere is a political masterstroke that will get them back on the front foot, but I don’t think that’s how it will play out.
December 17, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"Let's do Iraq 2.0 but with starting with post-Katrina approval numbers."
Starting tomorrow, Qualtrics will make shit up for you (for a price)
Did you know that from tomorrow, Qualtrics is offering synthetic panels (AI-generated participants)?
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
Follow me down a rabbit hole I'm calling "doing science is tough and I'm so busy, can't we just make up participants?"
December 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Starting tomorrow, Qualtrics will make shit up for you (for a price)
Advertising makes products cheaper, that's why prescription drugs are so well priced in the US. 🙃
Scalise on GOP healthcare plan: "Car insurance or your homeowners insurance - you turn on the TV, there are commercials w/ lizards & all kinds of other animals that are selling you options to get lower insurance. You don't really have that in health insurance. So we want to open up the marketplace"
December 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Advertising makes products cheaper, that's why prescription drugs are so well priced in the US. 🙃
They're "streamlining merit review" so they have greater control over what science is able to happen.
NSF plans to streamline merit review to heal self-inflicted staffing wound www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF pares down grant-review process, reducing influence of outside scientists
Memo cites overburdened staff, but some say move also aims to elevate White House priorities
www.science.org
December 16, 2025 at 6:38 AM
They're "streamlining merit review" so they have greater control over what science is able to happen.
"...justification for conducting military operations in Mexico and Canada"
pour one out for NATO (if you somehow haven't already)
pour one out for NATO (if you somehow haven't already)
State Dept. source speculated to me in March that the purpose of making fentanyl a WMD "is a combination of designating fentanyl cartels as terrorist organizations and creating justification for conducting military operations in Mexico and Canada" and "deporting drug users who are not citizens."
Trump to declare 'illicit' fentanyl 'Weapon of Mass Destruction,' per draft EO
A copy of the draft was obtained and reviewed by The Handbasket.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 15, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"...justification for conducting military operations in Mexico and Canada"
pour one out for NATO (if you somehow haven't already)
pour one out for NATO (if you somehow haven't already)
A hell of a policy to announce right ahead of final exam season
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A hell of a policy to announce right ahead of final exam season
Ended the week with a Christmas miracle (or, more likely, the benefits of working with amazing coauthors) - a reviewer two memo that isn't just positive, it's downright complimentary
December 13, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Ended the week with a Christmas miracle (or, more likely, the benefits of working with amazing coauthors) - a reviewer two memo that isn't just positive, it's downright complimentary
Ted Lieu must follow the Mike Johnson approach to keeping up with the news
This is the vice chair of the Democrat caucus straight up saying that even if Dems win the midterms, they might not impeach Trump.
December 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Ted Lieu must follow the Mike Johnson approach to keeping up with the news
The problem with senior congressional Democrats is that they're really, I mean incredibly, stupid.
December 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The problem with senior congressional Democrats is that they're really, I mean incredibly, stupid.
Trump is a paragon of traditional masculine values and he also got a boo-boo from shaking hands
Q: Can you explain what's going on with the bandages on Trump's hand?
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
LEAVITT: We've given you an explanation. The president is literally constantly shaking hands.
December 11, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Trump is a paragon of traditional masculine values and he also got a boo-boo from shaking hands
It is oddly fitting, though, that they're "honored" with a mediocre at best cover, perfectly reflecting the uninspired rubbish produced by their AI
Fucking incredible dystopian shit, comparing super rich people risking millions if not billions of lives just to make more money to people that risked their life actually building incredible things that would then make millions of dollars for super rich people.
December 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It is oddly fitting, though, that they're "honored" with a mediocre at best cover, perfectly reflecting the uninspired rubbish produced by their AI
Flashbacks to when I was working at UCD and ended up taking a call from a (quite confused) American who thought they had dialed UC Davis. No idea how the international phone code didn't tip them off.
My university paid a marketing company a lot of money to tell us that, give the global recognition of #Dublin as a brand, we should call ourselves ‘UCD Dublin’. So we are now University College Dublin Dublin. 🫠 #UCD #TrueStory
December 11, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Flashbacks to when I was working at UCD and ended up taking a call from a (quite confused) American who thought they had dialed UC Davis. No idea how the international phone code didn't tip them off.
In any "after this," disbarment needs to be the bare minimum.
NEW: Pentagon lawyers asked State Dept. if US could send survivors of Trump's boat strikes to a notorious prison in El Salvador. Then Pentagon pushed to have survivors sent anywhere but the US — to prevent any US court cases. Gift link to our @nytimes.com story: www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
Inside the Pentagon’s Scramble to Deal With Boat Strike Survivors
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:49 PM
In any "after this," disbarment needs to be the bare minimum.