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Author of Tell It To The World. Former war crimes prosecutor, Crown Attorney and tech lawyer. Interested in international justice, privacy and tech.

Joined September 2014
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“Rather than leave a forest intact, we clear-cut it, then plant a new one. My troupe of planters thought we were making things better. I spent this summer watching that youthful idealism literally going up in smoke.” nytimes.com/2023/09/15/opini…
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Judge Kevin Parker, the distinguished lead judge in the Dordevic case, passed away today. He was a fantastic judge who had a truly remarkable legal career. A very sad day for the legal community and the world at large. irmct.org/en/news/former-ict…
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A #Paris court has made history in convicting former #Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara for complicity in #CrimesAgainstHumanity under the principle of #universaljurisdiction @Civitas_Maxima was a civil party in the trial & is doing incredible work 👏 theguardian.com/world/2022/n… – at Miami Beach, FL
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“Simply put, instead of honestly reckoning with the true causes of his pain, Ye offloaded it onto the Jews. Which meant that, in the end, the rapper was left with his pain and not much else.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
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"What we need, in other words, is technology that breathes new life back into our data." Read @eliottbehar on how Inrupt's Solid technology creates a better data consent model for organizations and individuals. inrupt.com/blog/the-graveyar…
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“In 2014 when the International Windship Association was formed, shipowners would laugh or walk out of the room when the group’s secretary brought up wind energy for commercial vessels. Now shipowners line up to get the latest on wind news…” apple.news/A8upae5vJQOijK52Z…
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30 years ago today - The destruction of the National Library of Sarajevo during the Bosnian War was a symbol for one of the conflict's central objectives: crushing the cultural identity of an entire society. 22 years after, with the effort of many, the library was reborn.
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“We have conceded moral authority to howling mobs, and the louder the howls, the more we have agreed that the howls were worth heeding.” theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
How have I never read this before? If you look, the evidence is everywhere. samharris.org/blog/the-firep…
A clip from Don’t Look Up, and then a real TV interview that just happened
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Would never have guessed 20 years ago that “easy listening” would become cool. Just needed to be renamed “Yacht Rock.”
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“In the absence of consequences or any mechanisms for meaningful accountability, State-sponsored cyberattacks have escalated in the shadows.” wired.com/story/cyber-war-cr…
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Given the deep-seated problem of misinformation on Twitter, why not build a “Sources” function so posters can cite the source of their claims? Claiming vaccines are ineffective, civilians are being targeted, or that a celebrity said something racist? Show your source. @Twitter?
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Tech investors 2021 2022
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