Karangitnon
@haididntdoit.bsky.social
Law student | Economist | Debate and Moot
I'm a master yapper that trains aspiring yappers to yap.
I like to learn new things and I also like good news and all kinds of tea except earl.
I'm a master yapper that trains aspiring yappers to yap.
I like to learn new things and I also like good news and all kinds of tea except earl.
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I’ve done some terrible things for money. . .
Like getting up early and going to work
Like getting up early and going to work
January 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I’ve done some terrible things for money. . .
Like getting up early and going to work
Like getting up early and going to work
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
December 15, 2024 at 1:22 PM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
Just had finals week & learned:
1. The human mind isn’t a machine. Skipping meals & sleep backfired. The mind doesn't thrive on constant strain.Effort needs rest to be sustainable.
2. Learning isn’t a race
Falling short of standards is not failure but part of the natural process of learning.
1. The human mind isn’t a machine. Skipping meals & sleep backfired. The mind doesn't thrive on constant strain.Effort needs rest to be sustainable.
2. Learning isn’t a race
Falling short of standards is not failure but part of the natural process of learning.
December 9, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Just had finals week & learned:
1. The human mind isn’t a machine. Skipping meals & sleep backfired. The mind doesn't thrive on constant strain.Effort needs rest to be sustainable.
2. Learning isn’t a race
Falling short of standards is not failure but part of the natural process of learning.
1. The human mind isn’t a machine. Skipping meals & sleep backfired. The mind doesn't thrive on constant strain.Effort needs rest to be sustainable.
2. Learning isn’t a race
Falling short of standards is not failure but part of the natural process of learning.
Until we establish ethical frameworks for transparency, consent, and fair compensation, AI art is unethical. It sources its datasets from artists’ works without their consent. This violates intellectual property rights while threatening the livelihoods of artists by commodifying their styles.
At this point it’s been said in a hundred different ways, so I think people are being intentional about not getting it.
December 2, 2024 at 11:46 AM
Until we establish ethical frameworks for transparency, consent, and fair compensation, AI art is unethical. It sources its datasets from artists’ works without their consent. This violates intellectual property rights while threatening the livelihoods of artists by commodifying their styles.
"The fear of the Chinese grew out of their purported ability to outcompete the Europeans"
It's fascinating how OP views colonial expansion as driven by commerce, not just racial ideologies.
The idea of racial capitalism, linking economic exploitation to cultural oppression, is compelling.
It's fascinating how OP views colonial expansion as driven by commerce, not just racial ideologies.
The idea of racial capitalism, linking economic exploitation to cultural oppression, is compelling.
My article on the political economy of anti-Chinese racism is out in the latest issue of the American Political Science Review (open access).
The baton of Sinophobia that awaits the next US administration has a longer and more ambivalent history in British colonial capitalism in Southeast Asia. 👇
The baton of Sinophobia that awaits the next US administration has a longer and more ambivalent history in British colonial capitalism in Southeast Asia. 👇
From “Chinese Colonist” to “Yellow Peril”: Capitalist Racialization in the British Empire | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
From “Chinese Colonist” to “Yellow Peril”: Capitalist Racialization in the British Empire - Volume 118 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
December 1, 2024 at 5:01 PM
"The fear of the Chinese grew out of their purported ability to outcompete the Europeans"
It's fascinating how OP views colonial expansion as driven by commerce, not just racial ideologies.
The idea of racial capitalism, linking economic exploitation to cultural oppression, is compelling.
It's fascinating how OP views colonial expansion as driven by commerce, not just racial ideologies.
The idea of racial capitalism, linking economic exploitation to cultural oppression, is compelling.
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I tartle a lot recently (signs of aging)
Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.
December 1, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I tartle a lot recently (signs of aging)
A thought-provoking read on ecocide 🤍
I agree with the questions by OP 🎯 "does the activity serve a pressing need; do long-term benefits outweigh harms; is it the least harmful alternative; and are all feasible measures taken to minimize harm?"
It's uncomfortable but a must-read for all.
I agree with the questions by OP 🎯 "does the activity serve a pressing need; do long-term benefits outweigh harms; is it the least harmful alternative; and are all feasible measures taken to minimize harm?"
It's uncomfortable but a must-read for all.
Here is a post I did on EJIL:Talk!, posing three questions about the simpler stances on ecocide. Regardless of what one thinks, these are issues that should be discussed. I raise them in the hopes that we find some new ideas for the trickiest problems. www.ejiltalk.org/ecocide-a-ca...
Ecocide: A Call to Discuss Some Hard Conundrums
Following a proposal by Vanuatu, the crime of ecocide will be discussed on the margins of the ICC Assembly of States Parties (December 3-7). Subsequent deliberations could be informative for the …
www.ejiltalk.org
December 1, 2024 at 12:03 PM
A thought-provoking read on ecocide 🤍
I agree with the questions by OP 🎯 "does the activity serve a pressing need; do long-term benefits outweigh harms; is it the least harmful alternative; and are all feasible measures taken to minimize harm?"
It's uncomfortable but a must-read for all.
I agree with the questions by OP 🎯 "does the activity serve a pressing need; do long-term benefits outweigh harms; is it the least harmful alternative; and are all feasible measures taken to minimize harm?"
It's uncomfortable but a must-read for all.
We shouldn't bypass established norms for political expediency.
By excluding intra-EU disputes, this declaration threatens the treaty’s uniformity and its core purpose: fostering global energy cooperation. Soon, we risk states that can rewrite treaties at will to suit domestic priorities.
By excluding intra-EU disputes, this declaration threatens the treaty’s uniformity and its core purpose: fostering global energy cooperation. Soon, we risk states that can rewrite treaties at will to suit domestic priorities.
🔍Kartik Sharma explores the #Komstroy Declaration & #Hungary's contrasting stance, revealing that withdrawal from the #EnergyCharterTreaty 📜 may be more complex than anticipated.
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voelkerrechtsblog.org/the-conundru...
The Conundrum of the Komstroy Declaration
voelkerrechtsblog.org
December 1, 2024 at 11:43 AM
We shouldn't bypass established norms for political expediency.
By excluding intra-EU disputes, this declaration threatens the treaty’s uniformity and its core purpose: fostering global energy cooperation. Soon, we risk states that can rewrite treaties at will to suit domestic priorities.
By excluding intra-EU disputes, this declaration threatens the treaty’s uniformity and its core purpose: fostering global energy cooperation. Soon, we risk states that can rewrite treaties at will to suit domestic priorities.
What I wouldn't give for a cup of real chai from Kolkata or, if I'm lucky, a food trip here 🤤
Goodbye Kolkata. It wasn't long enough to savour everything but I did get some *real* chai.
Starbucks: please stop.
Starbucks: please stop.
December 1, 2024 at 4:59 AM
What I wouldn't give for a cup of real chai from Kolkata or, if I'm lucky, a food trip here 🤤
GOOD NEWS!
This is the only mass deportation I support, but I hope proper measures are in place to ensure they can survive in the wild. Monitoring their reintegration over the first few years may be a good way to ensure this is successful 🤍
This is the only mass deportation I support, but I hope proper measures are in place to ensure they can survive in the wild. Monitoring their reintegration over the first few years may be a good way to ensure this is successful 🤍
Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to Madagascar in a landmark victory against animal trafficking. The repatriation is the largest ever between the two countries, according to Thai officials.
Nearly 1,000 endangered animals repatriated to Madagascar in anti-trafficking landmark | CNN
Thailand is sending almost 1,000 highly endangered tortoises and lemurs home to Madagascar in a landmark victory against animal trafficking, with the first batch on its way on Saturday.
www.cnn.com
December 1, 2024 at 4:42 AM
GOOD NEWS!
This is the only mass deportation I support, but I hope proper measures are in place to ensure they can survive in the wild. Monitoring their reintegration over the first few years may be a good way to ensure this is successful 🤍
This is the only mass deportation I support, but I hope proper measures are in place to ensure they can survive in the wild. Monitoring their reintegration over the first few years may be a good way to ensure this is successful 🤍
I agree.
The homeless, immigrants, and beggars are often scapegoats for systemic issues. Poverty is a result of larger structural problems.
Blaming the marginalized is a distraction from the real sources of economic inequality and injustice which is EXACTLY what the 1% wants to escape liability
The homeless, immigrants, and beggars are often scapegoats for systemic issues. Poverty is a result of larger structural problems.
Blaming the marginalized is a distraction from the real sources of economic inequality and injustice which is EXACTLY what the 1% wants to escape liability
November 30, 2024 at 4:18 AM
I agree.
The homeless, immigrants, and beggars are often scapegoats for systemic issues. Poverty is a result of larger structural problems.
Blaming the marginalized is a distraction from the real sources of economic inequality and injustice which is EXACTLY what the 1% wants to escape liability
The homeless, immigrants, and beggars are often scapegoats for systemic issues. Poverty is a result of larger structural problems.
Blaming the marginalized is a distraction from the real sources of economic inequality and injustice which is EXACTLY what the 1% wants to escape liability
Does the right to life include the right to choose death?
Is this true autonomy or is the concept of choice an illusion shaped by external forces? How do we ascertain that such decisions aren't tainted by negative yet reparable/preventable issues eg: bullying, chronic illness, or mental health?
Is this true autonomy or is the concept of choice an illusion shaped by external forces? How do we ascertain that such decisions aren't tainted by negative yet reparable/preventable issues eg: bullying, chronic illness, or mental health?
BREAKING: British lawmakers vote to support assisted dying legislation, a move that would allow terminally ill people to end their lives
UK lawmakers vote to allow assisted dying | CNN
British lawmakers have voted to allow assisted dying, a move set to make the UK one of a small handful of countries to allow terminally ill people to end their lives.
www.cnn.com
November 29, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Does the right to life include the right to choose death?
Is this true autonomy or is the concept of choice an illusion shaped by external forces? How do we ascertain that such decisions aren't tainted by negative yet reparable/preventable issues eg: bullying, chronic illness, or mental health?
Is this true autonomy or is the concept of choice an illusion shaped by external forces? How do we ascertain that such decisions aren't tainted by negative yet reparable/preventable issues eg: bullying, chronic illness, or mental health?
Just watched Moana 2 and without spoiling anything, with how it was written, I really thought colonizers would come to Montunui 😅 (maybe because my ancestors were colonized islanders)
Side note: anyone heard of the dark forest theory?
Side note: anyone heard of the dark forest theory?
November 29, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Just watched Moana 2 and without spoiling anything, with how it was written, I really thought colonizers would come to Montunui 😅 (maybe because my ancestors were colonized islanders)
Side note: anyone heard of the dark forest theory?
Side note: anyone heard of the dark forest theory?
Enshittification AKA crapification/platform decay is a pattern where online products and services decline in quality.
Interesting new word. Wonder how it relates to recent practices of software tethering on physical products.
Interesting new word. Wonder how it relates to recent practices of software tethering on physical products.
The Macquarie Dictionary word of the year is ’enshittification’.
November 28, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Enshittification AKA crapification/platform decay is a pattern where online products and services decline in quality.
Interesting new word. Wonder how it relates to recent practices of software tethering on physical products.
Interesting new word. Wonder how it relates to recent practices of software tethering on physical products.
Homelessness has never been a failure on the part of the individual but is indicative of the failure of society.
No one should have to choose between food and shelter, between survival and hope.
Basic needs are rights, not privileges.
No one should have to choose between food and shelter, between survival and hope.
Basic needs are rights, not privileges.
#Homelessness is a scourge that is only increasing, & support systems are wholly inadequate. Govts are not fulfilling their obligations on the right to housing under adequate std of living.
November 28, 2024 at 12:32 AM
Homelessness has never been a failure on the part of the individual but is indicative of the failure of society.
No one should have to choose between food and shelter, between survival and hope.
Basic needs are rights, not privileges.
No one should have to choose between food and shelter, between survival and hope.
Basic needs are rights, not privileges.
Law without ethics turns what should be justice into the ramblings of old grumpy men
A good reminder that law without ethics is hollow, and institutions without accountability are dangerous.
November 27, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Law without ethics turns what should be justice into the ramblings of old grumpy men
Wicked is out. Popular is my new fave:
🎶 Celebrated heads of state or specially great communicators.
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh! They were popular!
But in our elections, remember that popularity should never outweigh principles. Charisma cannot substitute competence.
🎶 Celebrated heads of state or specially great communicators.
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh! They were popular!
But in our elections, remember that popularity should never outweigh principles. Charisma cannot substitute competence.
November 27, 2024 at 4:27 PM
Wicked is out. Popular is my new fave:
🎶 Celebrated heads of state or specially great communicators.
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh! They were popular!
But in our elections, remember that popularity should never outweigh principles. Charisma cannot substitute competence.
🎶 Celebrated heads of state or specially great communicators.
Did they have brains or knowledge?
Don't make me laugh! They were popular!
But in our elections, remember that popularity should never outweigh principles. Charisma cannot substitute competence.