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@jules26965.bsky.social
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“Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.”
— Leila Janah

"The axe forgets but the tree remembers"
-- Shona tribe proverb
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rgoodlaw.bsky.social
4/ Look three steps ahead.

Now that the U.S. has triggered an "international armed conflict," Venezuelan nationals residing in the USA are "protected persons" under Geneva Convention IV.

Several significant legal implications flow from that. ...
A suite of protections also kicks in for other civilians who are nationals of one party to the conflict and find themselves in the hands of the adverse State. Accordingly, Venezuelans in the United States are now “protected persons” under the Fourth Geneva Convention, as are Americans inside Venezuela. This has far-ranging implications for U.S. immigration and related policies. For example, Venezuelans who are protected persons have rights including protection against “brutality” (GC IV art. 32), against collective punishment and reprisals (GC IV art. 33); parity of employment opportunities (GC IV art. 39), rules for return of detainees transferred to a third State as in CECOT/El Salvador (GC IV art. 45), and family unity in detention (GC IV art. 82).
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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thosjleeper.bsky.social
And measles causes immune amnesia that likely explains a significant portion of cases of other childhood diseases.

asm.org/articles/201...

Plus 1 in 5000 people who contract measles will die a decade later of incurable encephalitis caused by that infection.

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Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis - Wikipedia
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January 3, 2026 at 1:18 AM
jules26965.bsky.social
I got a lady in Portland's Nordstrom receipts and her kids PTA notices. Who knows what she got of mine.
January 1, 2026 at 12:20 AM
jules26965.bsky.social
If landlords cooperate they can.

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December 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
This is the one that really gets me. Hegseth treated a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart as a photo op, putting on makeup, telling an aide to “look commanding.” When the Ukrainian asked for honesty about what was going to happen, Hegseth refused to answer, just nodded for the photo. Hollow man.
Part 3 headquarters in Brussels and met with Ukraine's defense minister, Rustem Umerov. The Ukrainians had repeatedly requested a proper sit-down. Instead it would be a brief stand-up affair in an anteroom. Beforehand, according to an American official present, Mr. Hegseth dabbed his nose with powder from a small compact. "Look commanding," he told one aide. The handshake with the Ukrainian might be shown on Fox; the president might be watching. Then the standing meeting began, Mr. Umerov coming in close, taking his voice down to a whisper, assuring the secretary that he knew America's political and security agenda might be changing. He didn't ask for new aid. He just needed to know one thing: Would the U.S. military continue to supply the munitions Ukraine was counting on, the ones approved by Mr. Biden? Every delivery sustained the lives of Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines; every delivery that didn't arrive one day meant those soldiers would die the next. Again and again, Mr. Umerov repeated his plea: "I just need you to be honest with me. Just be honest with me." "I got goose bumps," said an American official standing nearby. "He wasn't pleading for the answer that he wanted, but just for honesty, some indication. He was saying: You can trust me; you can trust us. Just tell me what you guys are thinking." Mr. Hegseth, aides said, simply nodded.
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 PM