Happy #Vyshyvanka day!

Some photos from my trip and talks in NYC last week. I’m going off the grid for a short summer recharge. I have 10 or so public talks planned for the year (enough for any human, even as the superhumans I know can do more), and I need the writing time. Back in June. Thanks, all.

Iran’s president Ebrahim Raeesi leaves a legacy of brutal repression and complicity in 1988 mass executions.

Yet Iran’s repressive machinery goes beyond the power of the president. Absent fundamental change, these violations can be expected to continue.
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Toria Nuland making the case for the US allowing Ukraine to hit Russian military targets in Russia (especially those that are used to attack Ukraine). Right as usual.

We can expect a lot of disinformation as the world takes in the ICC Prosecutor's request for arrest warrants against Netanyahu and Gallant (+ Hamas leaders). Key is the claim that the ICC 'doesn't have jurisdiction' over Israeli leaders. This is not true. Short 🧵

The foreign agents law by the pro Kremlin thugs is NOT a transparency law. It is to shut down transparency in Georgia and identify people who are fighting corruption and for democracy. It is a Russian style intimidation/harassment law Charles Michel

Words matter

'UofT Occupy for Palestine' reposted a post from the 'Quds News Network' (evidently a source close to Hamas) with a Hamas statement complaining about the ICC warrants issued against its leaders.

'Uof T Occupy' could clarify whether they also oppose charges against Hamas leaders.

Pretty much

Protests have been a century-long tradition at UT-Austin, and The Daily Texan, the student newspaper, has faithfully covered and recorded these significant historical events. bit.ly/3QVnmqN

From Episode 81: Russia Re-Invades Kharkiv while Putin Shakes Up his Executive Branch

The return of scheduled power outages in Ukraine.

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The Benedict Arnold Show

5 years.

How it started... how it's going.

France and Belgium stand up for the rule of law, while the U.S., U.K., and Germany are more concerned with protecting Israel regardless of Netanyahu's war crimes against Palestinian civilians in Gaza. apnews.com/article/israel…

Earlier US leadership in European security could have stopped Hitler at far less cost, just as US leadership after 1945 prevented WWIII. We’ll never know. But the track record of US indifference to European security does not inspire confidence in a repeat.

We are never going to win this if the aid of the West keeps coming with a one year delay. #Ukraine is the investment into your own security, so why all the delays?

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Today will go down in the history of international law. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has applied for arrest warrants against Netanyahu & Gallant and Sinwar, Deif & Haniyeh. It's a game changer in global politics & the Israel-Palestine conflict.🧵 icc-cpi.int/news/statement…

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While our focus is often on war crimes, I can't emphasize how important it is that the #ICC Prosecutor is seeking warrants for Netanyahu & Gallant and Sinwar, Deif & Haniyeh for *crimes against humanity*.

These are crimes against all of us, all of humanity.

Schoolgirls in Iran❤️

BREAKING: Assad's forces and Russia bombard with heavy artillery Ma'rablit village in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria.