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Prof David Whetham
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Interested in military ethics, issues relating to justice, and trombones

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · 22d
They do, but it’s the fully automatic ones you have to be most concerned about

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · 22d
Quite useful if you’re in a tight space or matching and worried about hitting saxophone players in the head though

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · 22d
Valve trombones never really caught on except for marching bands. The trombone (in small bore form anyway) predates valved instruments by several hundred years so adding valves didn’t really enhance it.

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · 22d
Sorry - missed this! That big brown one looks like a besson euphonium case (I think they’re referred to as baritones in the US, while in the U.K., the baritone is smaller and fits between the euph and the tenor horn). But those trombones look v interesting!

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Shannon E French @sefrench.bsky.social · Aug 7
“Secretary of the Navy John Phelan…has directed [the] purge of 60 civilian professors from the U.S. Naval Academy.…The humanities, he ordered, should be particularly targeted.”

Gutted. As a former USNA prof, I know I made a positive difference in my mids’ lives.
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Hegseth’s Headlong Pursuit of Academic Mediocrity
His military-education reforms seem designed to ensure fighting men can’t think and thinking men can’t fight.
www.theatlantic.com

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ICRC Law & Policy Outreach @icrclawpolicy.bsky.social · Jun 11
📅 Just one week to go!

AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance is happening 17 June.

Join legal, military & tech experts to explore IHL risks & safeguards.

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#ICRC #IHL #MilitaryAI #AIinWarfare #TechAndConflict
EVENT: AI in Military Decision Making: A Dialogue on How to Enhance IHL Compliance
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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · May 20
Thanks Hina. There’s military ethics, and military medical ethics versions available as apps - all free to use and download. The ai edition is only web based for now, but we hope to add an app for that too soon.

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Neil deGrasse Tyson @neildegrassetyson.com · May 19
If a foreign adversary snuck into our Federal budget and cut science research and education the way we’re cutting it ourselves — strategically undermining America’s long-term health, wealth, and security — we would likely consider it an act of war.

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Mar 1
Given this week in world events, it feels even more poignant to be playing the Peacemakers tonight in Tewkesbury Abbey.

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Feb 24
I imagine Mr Gill will be wary of open windows until his court hearing www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ex-Reform UK Wales leader accused of taking Russian bribes
The ex-MEP and former UKIP Wales leader made favourable statements about Russia for money, a court hears.
www.bbc.co.uk

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Feb 24
Israeli authorities will discuss the approval of the construction of 1,170 illegal Israeli settlement units in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, according to Israeli anti-settlement group Peace Now.

🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/p8araf

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Feb 5
We had tacos for dinner and Mrs W has been buying up stocks of maple syrup.

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Ghost of Hugo Grotius @hugogrotiusghost.bsky.social · Jan 16
2% killed
5% wounded
95% internally displaced

Comparative numbers in US would be:
6.7M killed
16.75M injured
318.25M displaced

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The human toll of Israel’s war on Gaza – by the numbers
After 15 months of war, Israel and Hamas reach a ceasefire. Al Jazeera breaks down the impact on human life.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · Jan 7
Palestinian music teacher in Gaza turned Israeli drone sounds into a lesson, using them to teach children the musical scale.

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 13
Happy to have a look as long as you don’t have any imminent deadline concerns!

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 12
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Disaster happens when soldiers don’t act ethically. We can provide better training to support them
The Brereton Inquiry recommended reassessing the Australian Defence Force’s ethics training approach. Four years later it’s improved a bit, but could be much better.
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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 7
Cambridge University urged to apologise over jailing of thousands of ‘evil’ women without evidence or trial - The Guardian

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 6
youtube.com/shorts/V-c95... only a matter of time though
Tainted Love
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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 6
I don’t think anybody’s shot a phaser at me while playing yet, but the lighting was questionable here…so maybe

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 6
Thanks Shannon! So far, this is like finding a really nice pub after finally getting fed up with the awful behaviour and bad beer in the once popular bar round the corner

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 6
My favourite dedication in any book, found in Kevin Beresford’s classic Roundabouts of Great Britain.

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Prof David Whetham @profdavidw.bsky.social · Dec 3
An excellent end to a fascinating day in London.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · Dec 1
after 9 minutes of writing

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Peter Lundberg @peterlundberg.bsky.social · Nov 24
aje.io/80lhbf

The promises of “never again” made after WWII appears to be forgotten, as war continue to plague humanity in Sudan, Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, Lebanon and elsewhere, RWI has embarked on a groundbreaking initiative that promises to revolutionise the way we monitor IHL.

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ICMD: A new tool to end impunity for those who violate the rules of war
A new initiative by RWI promises to revolutionise the way compliance with the rules of war is monitored globally.
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