Douglas Guilfoyle

@djag2.bsky.social

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Professor of International Law and Security, UNSW Canberra. ARC Future Fellow. International law & maritime security. Posting in a personal capacity. He/him.

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 1d

Beautiful misty morning on Black Mountain #canberra

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 2d

TFW you put a sleeve head in beautifully, but for the fact that it is inside out and back the front. #sewing

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 3d

Frock coat dammit!

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 3d

My brown velvet #fourthdoctor inspired frog coat is really coming along. The fabric is darker than it appears in this photo, also pictured a new bowtie project. #sewing

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 3d

On this day in 1992, George H.W. Bush sent a memo to all White House staff about how fat his dog was

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 4d

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.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 4d

Soon!

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 6d

Academic selfie: still too hot for real clothes in Canberra but a cool snap Monday allowed me to wear a jacket/waistcoat/trousers combo I’d made myself to work - along with new shoes! #sewing

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Diamond Ashiagbor @diamondashiagbor.bsky.social · 6d

Devastatingly sad.
Every Labour MP should be forced to read this. In fact, every MP, who rushed back to Parliament to vote to save one steel mill, whilst hastening the collapse of dozens of universities - and harming the students, staff, communities and economies universities sustain and support

Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 6d

'When it opened, the campus housed a GP surgery and a new dental clinic offering free treatment to local people. This was followed later by the forum – a library and art gallery shared by the university and local people.' 1/2

‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?

When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 8d

When the Venn Diagram of malefactor oligarchs, kleptocrats, and powerful creeps turns out to be a circle.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 10d

#sewing ! A real challenge for the novice sewer, especially one interested in menswear, is collars. Trickier still when they meet a lapel. My first two frock coats have bodgy collars, so I thought I’d make a toile (mock up) in cotton to practice before #fourthdoctor coat. Getting there!

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 11d

Absolutely delighted to receive my copy of Thomas Weatherall’s “The right to self-determination international law”. It is a privilege to serve on the editorial team for the Elements of International Law series and be able to provide a venue for this type of doctrinal scholarship.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 12d

Super excited to start #sewing with this fabric custom printed with a design by @thedoctorswardrobe on insta.

Many nerd bonus points to anyone who noticed that the pattern replicates that of the #fourthdoctor ‘s “Shada” waistcoat.

Reposted by John McLaren, Douglas Guilfoyle

Veteran Fighting Fascist @vetsfighfascist.bsky.social · 12d

States are coming together to bring state charges against ICE agents. It's about freaking time!

www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

Philly DA joins nationwide coalition to prosecute ICE agents who break laws

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has joined a nationwide coalition of prosecutors to hold ICE agents accountable for breaking state laws.

www.nbcphiladelphia.com

Reposted by Ian Hall, Douglas Guilfoyle, Thomas Elliott

lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12d

every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 13d

Your periodic safety warning (unless you are already straight edge/sober):

Do not go to dinner on a weeknight with retired Australians.

My *god* they pour with a glad hand.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 13d

New moment in being a "senior" academic. Went to pilates for the first time in a month yesterday.

I am now creaking like a Spanish galleon in full sail.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 14d

New test for being a "senior" academic just dropped. Received a flattering email soliciting an update to a book chapter published 8 years ago for the 2nd edition. But had no memory of having written it. Check original book, find surprisingly good chapter under my name that I now - dimly - recall.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 15d

This long weekend I’ve spent about 7 or 8 hours cutting the 47 pieces of my next project (interfacing included). It’s going to be a brown velvet frock coat to accompany these earlier efforts in black and green.

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 20d

S Korea’s former PM found guilty of insurrection, given 23 years in prison https://aje.news/plnhoe

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 20d

Friends: how’s the weather been on holiday?
Me: … Variable.

(Pictured: Tathra headland; Bar Beach, Merimbula)

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Dmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 21d

It's so exhausting to to be constantly told by American leaders that the defining policy of the 80 odd years during which the US became the most wealthy and powerful country in the history of the world was a grossly unfair failure for them.

Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 21d

US trade secretary Howard Lutnick really not mincing his words here at Davos: "We are here to make a v clear point: globalisation has failed the West and the USA. It's a failed policy. It's what the WEF has stood for, which is, export, offshore, find the cheapest labour in the world."

Reposted by Douglas Guilfoyle, Erin O’Donnell

Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 21d

Little note in the new Bill on Hate Speech

Good thing there will never be a Minister who acts in bad faith when they go about banning groups.

Conviction not required
(4) A person does not need to have been convicted of a hate crime in order for the AFP Minister to be satisfied an organisation has engaged in conduct of a kind mentioned in paragraph (1)(a).

No procedural fairness required
(5) The AFP Minister is not required to observe any requirements of procedural fairness in deciding whether or not the AFP Minister is satisfied for the purposes of this section.

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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 26d

This year I've done an op-ed on the UN with @drnajimagi.bsky.social, finished a monograph and sent it to publishers with @djag2.bsky.social, dealt with assessments and taught 3 subjects with @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social, sent a manuscript to co-authors to finish, and I'm about to examine a PhD

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · Jan 8

#CalledToTheBar, the official host’s mug! Can confirm it is rated for coffee. Will provide updates on its capacity to hold wine.

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · Jan 8

38°C at 6 pm today in Canberra!

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Nicolai von Ondarza @nvondarza.bsky.social · Jan 7

One week into 2026, and this is as fitting as ever.

Captain it’s Wednesday @wednesday.bsky.social · Jan 7

Captain it's Wednesday

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Captain it’s Wednesday @wednesday.bsky.social · Jan 7

Captain it's Wednesday

Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · Jan 7

Useful? Well, at least cathartic … ?

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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · Jan 7

New Called to the Bar episode: the full crew unpacks the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro. UN Charter violations, head of state immunity, and why Washington no longer seems troubled by illegality. Bleak, sharp, and very 2026.
#CalledToTheBar
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63. Bombing Caracas: The Use of Force, Abducting a Head of State, and the Unravelling of International Law

In this special bonus episode of Called to the Bar, the full podcast crew assembles to confront the legal fallout from the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of its sitting president, Nicolás M

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