Yesterday, Paul Rosenzweig resigned from the Data Protect Review Court, writing that if "one thinks that Trump is a fundamental threat to America’s essential democratic institutions, one cannot, in good conscience, offer any aid and comfort to the prospect." https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/never-means-never

"The Terrorgram designation is a necessary, yet in and of itself insufficient, step to continuing the fight against white supremacists, neo-Nazis, and other violent extremists."

Colin P. Clarke, Ph.D., Camden Carmichael, and Seamus Hughes on the terrorism designation of Terrorgram. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/why-the-terrorgram-collective-designation-matters

Myself and @ayoub spoke with Wendy Pearlman about her latest book, Syrians in exile and more on The Fire These Times.

Recorded before the Assad regime fell, the interview still provides important context
https://thefirethesetimes.com/2025/01/17/making-home-in-exile-w-wendy-pearlman/

This is such an important issue. Many Syrians now want to travel home but are fearful of loosing asylum in Europe when Syria's future is still uncertain and the country is destroyed
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jan/16/syrians-germany-ask-allowed-visit-home-keep-protected-status?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

It is my day off work tomorrow. So I will be able to actively not watch the Inauguration of the Orange Führer.

Oh well, at least the actuarial charts offer some hope. Alas, the rabid followers and entourage may be more worrying even if the Double Macs finally get the bastard.

With Assad gone, Suwayda’s protest movement endures, turning a watchful eye towards the new government in Damascus and planning for the future.
https://syriadirect.org/suwaydas-movement-endures-post-assad/

In January, the ICJ ruled in Ukraine v. Russia, finding that there was a violation of the convention on racial discrimination concerning the lack of access to education in the Ukrainian language in Crimea. Anastasiia Vorobiova explains what the ruling does and doesn't include. https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/missing-histories-in-the-icj-s-ukraine-v.-russia-case

Elon Musk could and should already be held accountable under European law for inciting violence in last year's riots in the UK when he promoted the posts of far-right extremist Tommy Robinson and spread the false narrative that the suspect in question was an asylum seeker who arrived in the UK by boat in 2023.As a result,X should be forced to comply with EU law before it is too late and he has managed to create an alternate reality significant enough to change the...1/2 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg55we5n3xo

Results are in for Worst Person in Tech of the year 2024, no suprises. Scary episode though...

https://www.techwontsave.us/episode/255_the_year_in_tech_w_molly_white_brian_merchant__eric_wickham

On a side note, related to the episode: @parismarx is right, Mexico and Canada people don't know much about each other. Sadly in my case is not their food, but mainly due to Canadian mining companies willing to destroy entire cities and creating conflicts in Oaxaca for fucking gold.

Cartoonist Ann Telnaes quits the Washington Post after a cartoon mocking Post-owner Jeff Bezos is refused. Cartoon for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/

#JeffBezos #WashingtonPost #StandWithAnn #pressfreedom

#AmazingWorld

🙃 FTSE 100 bosses make more money in 2025 by noon today than average worker in a year

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/06/ftse-100-bosses-more-pay-by-noon-today-than-average-worker-in-a-year

Cardiff City fan with prostate cancer leads campaign for incontinence bins in Welsh stadium toilets
#News

https://nation.cymru/news/cardiff-city-fan-with-prostate-cancer-leads-campaign-for-incontinence-bins-in-welsh-stadium-toilets/

Saint Andrew's East Church on Alexandra Parak in Glasgow. Built in 1903, it was designed in an Arts and Crafts interpretaton of the Perpendicular Gothic Style by James Miller. The golden band is the sun hitting the upper most sections as it rises above the tenements on the opposite side of the road.

#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #church #glasgowchurches #alexandraparade #architecturephotography

The crescent moon over the Needles, taken just before it set yesterday. The moon appears full thanks to Earthshine and the super clear conditions.

The light on the water is actually coming from Venus, which was very bright in the sky. I'll post a wider angle view shortly, where Venus is very prominent.
#AvailableLight #LandscapePhotography #Moon #IsleofWight

My interview: The future of Syria will be decided by Syrians and no one else
https://freedomnews.org.uk/2024/12/18/leila-al-shami-the-future-of-syria-will-be-decided-by-the-syrians-and-nobody-else/

The Birth of a New Syria
The Walls Have Stopped Listening
https://aljumhuriya.net/en/2024/12/19/the-birth-of-a-new-syria/

"The global left exists in a state of profound cognitive dissonance, clinging to a fundamentally flawed logic that loudly proclaims our struggles are intersectional while simultaneously denying Syrians the justice they are seeking and deserve."
https://www.hurriya.net/post/you-cannot-raise-a-fist-for-palestine-while-crushing-syrians-under-your-boots

Yesterday, two Kurdish journalists Nazim Dastan & Cihan Bilgin were killed by Turkish drone strikes close to Kobane.
Journalists are not a target!