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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige
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Associate Professor at Deakin Law. Apparently International Law's cool queer aunt. Once had an ANU student call me a handmaiden of Satan. Disabled. Aces. Editor of Queer and Feminist International Law book series (Routledge). She/Her
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · Nov 12
Look people now that the migration from the platform Elon Musk is forcing us to dead name is well and truly on foot, you may want to check out this podcast that is all about international law and current events (with sweary and snarky takes from me, more earnest ones from my co-hosts)
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kostiagorobets.bsky.social
Marko Milanovic does not mince words.
In 2025, we international lawyers—and the legal system in which we operate—are standing at the precipice. That things are beyond bad should not be in doubt. This is not some run-of-the-mill crisis of the kind that international lawyers revel in, as Hilary Charlesworth warned us against. This is collapse, or something collapse-adjacent. And we are not alone, here at the precipice. Everyone else is here too. Some don’t think things are as catastrophic as they first seem. Some are delighted with how things are going (though there are few international lawyers among them). Some are despairing (and here the international lawyers are legion). Everyone is anxious. I, too, am anxious, standing here at the precipice. I see the looming catastrophe, for our world and for our field. The catastrophe is already here. It is in Gaza, in Sudan, in Ukraine. It is in the global decline of democracy and rising authoritarianism, including in the United States, the linchpin of the current international order. The question is how big this catastrophe is going to get, and what will come after it. And that we just don’t know. We can’t know, standing, as we are, here at the precipice.
February 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
I really appreciate an institution that has "pass with revisions" instead of me having to decide if they are minor or major revisions
February 6, 2026 at 12:33 AM
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djag2.bsky.social
Enormously excited to announce that we will soon launch Season 3 of #CalledToTheBar with a blockbuster first episode on feminist careers in international law featuring Judge Hilary Charlesworth and Professors Christine Chinkin and Di Otto, chaired by @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social.
February 5, 2026 at 11:36 PM
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adhaque.bsky.social
Highly recommended.
February 5, 2026 at 8:26 PM
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seananmcguire.bsky.social
This is only related in a sideways manner, but: the story of any small slice of humanity is the story of humanity, just boiled down and distilled. So:

In 2020, we had a lot of conversations about harassment at SF/F conventions, and Isaac Asimov came up several times.
karenho.bsky.social Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 1d
the Epstein files are really devastating because they remind me of how many girls and women miss out on professional opportunities, mentorship and careers because of how many powerful, rich and influential men only view girls and women — and interactions with them — through the lens of sex
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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jgstewart.bsky.social
Comrades, if you want to read about CLS at a more accessible price, the good people at @edinburghup.bsky.social have released my book The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies in paperback - edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-the-ris...
A picture of two paperback copies of The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies by James Gilchrist Stewart in front of a bookshelf.
February 5, 2026 at 3:43 AM
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nickfeik.bsky.social
"The (UN) commission of inquiry has found that Herzog has incited genocide... Someone who incites genocide does not satisfy the good character test for entering Australia. On the contrary, a person who incites genocide should be arrested on arrival and tried under Australian and international law."
Isaac Herzog is accused of inciting genocide in Gaza. He shouldn’t be welcomed to Australia | Chris Sidoti
Anthony Albanese should recognise he made a terrible mistake in inviting the Israeli president to Australia and put a stop to this divisive political visit
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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jessimckenzi.bsky.social
good day to reshare direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff...
February 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
Everything by Radiohead (except Talk Show Host – that's their only good song, the rest are terrible)
charlypudding.bsky.social Charly, smiling politely @charlypudding.bsky.social · Mar 29
Fuck your favourite song. Tell me your least favourite song. The one that makes you die inside the moment you hear the first 3 seconds.
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
A good read from @richarddenniss.bsky.social "My advice? There's no such thing as the 'centre right'" for @thepointau.bsky.social
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My advice? There's no such thing as the 'centre right'
Leaving aside the fact that it was John Howard who buried so many of the landmines blowing up the Modern Liberals' backyard, he was right about a few things, including his observation that ‘politics i...
thepoint.com.au
February 4, 2026 at 4:40 AM
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luigiprosperi.bsky.social
This is Libya the week it celebrates 15 years since the start of a civil war that destroyed the country & the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. Which tells you why a lot of international lawyers have never supported “responsibility to protect” (was it ever about R2P?) and NATO intervention.
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 AM
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antoinettelattouf.bsky.social
Albanese's baby photo opp and caption that it's a reminder of "who we are for" is posted on the eve of welcoming Israel's Herzog - a man who signed bombs that blow up children and who is complicit in a genocide.
February 3, 2026 at 11:37 PM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
I'm pleased to announce that I was not successful in my application to be the DFAT Visiting Legal Fellow but I was encouraged to apply again in 2 years
February 4, 2026 at 1:01 AM
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rebeccasolnit.bsky.social
Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...
I'm sorry. As a technology writer, I'm supposed to be telling you that this bet will some day pay off, because one day we will have shoveled so many words into the word-guessing program that it wakes up and learns how to actually do the jobs it is failing spectacularly at today. This is a proposition akin to the idea that if we keep breeding horses to run faster and faster, one of them will give birth to a locomotive. Humans possess intelligence, and machines do not. The difference between a human and a word-guessing program isn't how many words the human knows. I'm sorry. I know that when we talk about "digital sovereignty," we're obliged to talk about how we can build more data-centres that we can fill up with money-losing chips from American silicon monopolists in the hopes of destroying as many jobs as possible while blowing through our clean energy goals and enshittifying as much of our potable water as possible.
January 18, 2026 at 5:29 PM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
I'd like to remind everyone who thinks that policing has always existed that modern policing is less than 200 years old, having begun in London in 1829
February 2, 2026 at 6:49 AM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
Microsoft. All of Microsoft
fionatribe.bsky.social Fiona Tribe @fionatribe.bsky.social · 6d
What tool/platform are you forced to use (by your employer or client) that you’d rather toss into an open fire?
February 1, 2026 at 12:48 PM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
I really wish people would remember that the expression "beyond the pale" is super racist
January 31, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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asymmetricalh.bsky.social
Out Now: Genocide and how to prove it. What are Gambia and Myanmar each saying at the ICJ about Myanmar's clearance operations of 2017? What's the evidence? How do patterns of behaviour show genocidal intent?

www.asymmetricalhaircuts.com/episodes/jus...
Justice Update – Genocide Evidence and Intent with Gambia and Myanmar
We discuss the Genocide case at the ICJ brought by Gambia against Myanmar on behalf of the Rohingya. If it’s interesting, do like, subscribe and leave us a review. Want to find out more? Check out …
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January 29, 2026 at 1:36 PM
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jewishcouncilau.bsky.social
Read our advisory committee member, Josh Bornstein's important contribution in the ABC today (link in bio) about why Albanese should not have invited Herzog to Australia.

Rescind the invitation, now.
January 29, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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senthorun.bsky.social
“The Spanish government has announced a plan to legalise the status of undocumented migrants, a measure expected to benefit at least half a million people.”

This is great news from Spain! 🇪🇸

It’s possible for governments to refuse racist politics and provide greater security for people who migrate.
Spain plans to give 500,000 undocumented migrants legal status
The process will be available to foreign nationals without a criminal record who can prove they lived in Spain for five months prior to 31 December 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2026 at 9:05 PM
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joshbornstein.bsky.social
The folly of inviting Israel’s President, Isaac Herzog, to Australia.
My column for the ABC.
Why the looming visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog may backfire on Anthony Albanese - ABC Religion & Ethics
The Prime Minister is not known for taking big risks — but the visit of Isaac Herzog risks jeopardising his government’s efforts to address escalating tensions within the Australian community over Gaz...
www.abc.net.au
January 29, 2026 at 3:09 AM
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legallyfeminist.bsky.social
If I have to see another blurred image of a woman in a sexual pose or clearly naked alongside stories about deepfakes, I'm going to throw my phone into the ocean. Can you report on this stuff without implicitly replicating the content? Omg.
January 28, 2026 at 4:52 AM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
Adventures in my post accident hire car:

How do people drive petrol cars? Took me a few minutes to realise that the car wouldn't lock and was yelling at me because I didn't hit an off button upon exiting the vehicle
January 28, 2026 at 1:43 AM
pagingdrpaige.bsky.social
You know what sucks, people letting debris fall their vehicles and it hitting my car puncturing a tyre and cracking a rim and me being stuck for 4 hours (so far) in Albury while insurance tries to work out what to do with the car and how to get me home
January 27, 2026 at 4:11 AM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
"The Australian Centre for International Justice has formally requested the AFP investigate Israel's president for alleged incitement to genocide."
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Lawyers request AFP probe into Israeli president as Australian visit looms
The Australian Centre for International Justice has formally requested a police investigation into Israel's president for alleged incitement to genocide. He is expected to visit to Australia next mont...
www.abc.net.au
January 26, 2026 at 10:31 PM