Mitchell Lennan
@mitchlennan.bsky.social
Lecturer in Environmental Law at the University of Aberdeen. Co-Director of Aberdeen Centre for Energy Law. Glaswegian.
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I cannot explain how wild it is to describe to folks from sunny places like Miami that I come from a region that had an 18-day consecutive streak of rain pishing doon and nae sun. No wonder we’re aw miserable x
February 10, 2026 at 8:04 PM
I cannot explain how wild it is to describe to folks from sunny places like Miami that I come from a region that had an 18-day consecutive streak of rain pishing doon and nae sun. No wonder we’re aw miserable x
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The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The defection of Suella Braverman, who was sacked twice from Government in disgrace, spent £700m of taxpayers' money to send four volunteers to Rwanda on a deportation scheme that was then scrapped and has a public approval rating of minus 32 is currently being described as a "major coup" for Reform
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Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
January 26, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Homeland Security doesn’t like it when we call ICE and Border Patrol “the Gestapo.”
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
So let’s set the Gestapo aside. Instead I’ll use this thread to compare Trump’s thugs to other secret police and terror squads from different times and places. It’s tyranny, no matter where it comes from. 1/10🧵🧵🧵🧵🧵
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Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Globally, no single day in 2025 was cooler than its 1991-2020 average.
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
climate.copernicus.eu/global-clima...
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It was time to build this weekend (with LEGO).
Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
January 13, 2026 at 2:41 AM
It was time to build this weekend (with LEGO).
Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
Thanks to Ambassador Harris for the gift. Solidarity with Denmark. 🇨🇦🇩🇰
Mantra for this semester: having less teaching ≠ needing to absorb more voluntary commitments.
January 9, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Mantra for this semester: having less teaching ≠ needing to absorb more voluntary commitments.
The University of Aberdeen School of Law is recuriting two Lecturers. One in Maritime and Commercial Law and another in Public Law and Anti-SLAPP.
More details in the links below. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to chat about the Maritime Law post: www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
More details in the links below. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to chat about the Maritime Law post: www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
Lecturer in Maritime and Commercial Law, Law (LAW083A) | The University of Aberdeen
University of Aberdeen Research Jobs
www.abdn.ac.uk
January 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The University of Aberdeen School of Law is recuriting two Lecturers. One in Maritime and Commercial Law and another in Public Law and Anti-SLAPP.
More details in the links below. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to chat about the Maritime Law post: www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
More details in the links below. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to chat about the Maritime Law post: www.abdn.ac.uk/jobs/vacanci...
My neighbours are snowboarding in the park outside our building while I am stuck in non-snowy Glasgow until the trains start running again :(
January 5, 2026 at 4:15 PM
My neighbours are snowboarding in the park outside our building while I am stuck in non-snowy Glasgow until the trains start running again :(
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Very normal press we have here treating it like some sort of game
January 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Very normal press we have here treating it like some sort of game
Just out: My short essay in the IJMCL 40th anniversary special issue reflects on three recent climate change advisory opinions and their implications for international fisheries law.
brill.com/view/journal...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Just out: My short essay in the IJMCL 40th anniversary special issue reflects on three recent climate change advisory opinions and their implications for international fisheries law.
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com/view/journal...
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Pretty unreal that the President launching a war from his private golf club is just a thing that happens now
They’ve got Twitter up on the big screens in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago makeshift “situation room.”
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
Photos from Trump’s Truth Social account.
January 3, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Pretty unreal that the President launching a war from his private golf club is just a thing that happens now
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Lots to unpack in the Peggie v Fife judgment, and much of it has already been covered on here, but it's useful imo to highlight a single sentence from para 1024: "a protected belief does not give carte blanche to say whatever the person holding those beliefs wishes".
December 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Lots to unpack in the Peggie v Fife judgment, and much of it has already been covered on here, but it's useful imo to highlight a single sentence from para 1024: "a protected belief does not give carte blanche to say whatever the person holding those beliefs wishes".
In exciting news at this busy time I am pleased to announce I am now Co Director of Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL) www.abdn.ac.uk/law/news-eve...
AUCEL Appoints Dr Eddy Wifa and Dr Mitchell Lennan as New Co-Directors
www.abdn.ac.uk
December 8, 2025 at 3:15 PM
In exciting news at this busy time I am pleased to announce I am now Co Director of Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law (AUCEL) www.abdn.ac.uk/law/news-eve...
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If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
Aardman Animations will ’embrace AI’ while also being ‘cautious’, says Nick Park
www.independent.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
If only there were a cautionary tale about being too eager to accept the apparent time-saving capabilities of new technology.
Today I showed a TikTok in my lecture but I was also Rickrolled in an internal Reply-all email chain so I am now very confused as to what year it is.
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Today I showed a TikTok in my lecture but I was also Rickrolled in an internal Reply-all email chain so I am now very confused as to what year it is.
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This latest "barrister meets AI" disaster is something all stage 1 law students should read. It is vital about the key skill of case reading - you mustn't use AI to substitute for the skill of being able to find cases and find key content in cases:
tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ui-202...
tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ui-202...
October 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This latest "barrister meets AI" disaster is something all stage 1 law students should read. It is vital about the key skill of case reading - you mustn't use AI to substitute for the skill of being able to find cases and find key content in cases:
tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ui-202...
tribunalsdecisions.service.gov.uk/utiac/ui-202...
Really enjoyed being a part of this! Thanks so much to the panelists for their insightful viewpoints. Learned a great deal.
Concluding the dialogue of Day 1⃣ of the UN Forum on #HumanRights, Democracy and the Rule of Law, the third panel will feature an expert discussion on reimagining climate governance.
▶ genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/fifth...
📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q...
▶ genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/events/fifth...
📺 webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1q...
October 15, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Really enjoyed being a part of this! Thanks so much to the panelists for their insightful viewpoints. Learned a great deal.
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Literally everyone I know with indefinite leave to remain is either in the NHS or education - so I’m not sure how they can prove they’ve contributed more to society than they’ve always done. They’ve certainly done more than any no mark Labour politician whose sat on their lazy arse their entire life
September 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Literally everyone I know with indefinite leave to remain is either in the NHS or education - so I’m not sure how they can prove they’ve contributed more to society than they’ve always done. They’ve certainly done more than any no mark Labour politician whose sat on their lazy arse their entire life
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Why recognize the State of Palestine?
Isn't it pointless?
Mere symbolism?
Isn't the two-state solution an illusion?
Or even a trap?
Whatever your view, take a minute to read this speech by Palestine's Deputy Ambassador to the UN from June 30.
digitallibrary.un.org/record/40861...
Isn't it pointless?
Mere symbolism?
Isn't the two-state solution an illusion?
Or even a trap?
Whatever your view, take a minute to read this speech by Palestine's Deputy Ambassador to the UN from June 30.
digitallibrary.un.org/record/40861...
September 21, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Why recognize the State of Palestine?
Isn't it pointless?
Mere symbolism?
Isn't the two-state solution an illusion?
Or even a trap?
Whatever your view, take a minute to read this speech by Palestine's Deputy Ambassador to the UN from June 30.
digitallibrary.un.org/record/40861...
Isn't it pointless?
Mere symbolism?
Isn't the two-state solution an illusion?
Or even a trap?
Whatever your view, take a minute to read this speech by Palestine's Deputy Ambassador to the UN from June 30.
digitallibrary.un.org/record/40861...
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A must-read piece by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
Defining Away Palestine
voelkerrechtsblog.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
A must-read piece by @ntinatzouvala.bsky.social
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
voelkerrechtsblog.org/defining-awa...
“As academic and other institutions in the Global North closed ranks in support of a nuclear state unleashing unspeakable violence against an intentionally starved population, /1
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Turns out it’s very easy to entertain a law of the sea academic in Belfast @mitchlennan.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Turns out it’s very easy to entertain a law of the sea academic in Belfast @mitchlennan.bsky.social
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I used to go at enormous lengths debating my fellow Ukrainians (especially pro-Israel ones) telling them that if we lose the war, our situation will be very much like that of Palestine. People laughed at me.
"Russia and the United States have discussed Israel’s occupation of the West Bank as a model for ending the war in Ukraine"
“Ukraine will never give up its sovereignty. But the reality is it’ll be occupied territory and the model is Palestine.”
An abomination.
“Ukraine will never give up its sovereignty. But the reality is it’ll be occupied territory and the model is Palestine.”
An abomination.
August 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
I used to go at enormous lengths debating my fellow Ukrainians (especially pro-Israel ones) telling them that if we lose the war, our situation will be very much like that of Palestine. People laughed at me.
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"We cannot afford to despair. Plastics producers know that change is possible and that the case for it grows stronger by the day. They have fought it off for now, but they must not prevail."
Read more in @theguardian.com bit.ly/4lB2CBl
Read more in @theguardian.com bit.ly/4lB2CBl
August 16, 2025 at 11:47 AM
"We cannot afford to despair. Plastics producers know that change is possible and that the case for it grows stronger by the day. They have fought it off for now, but they must not prevail."
Read more in @theguardian.com bit.ly/4lB2CBl
Read more in @theguardian.com bit.ly/4lB2CBl
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People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
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To be honest so far the Opinion could be summed up as OBEY THE LAW ASSHOLES
July 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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