Mistake to think Twitter is a medium for academic exchange. It's not, it's a madhouse, and everyone on it is mad, in both senses of word.

I think it’s fairly clear that the Israeli public have said they want a proper inquiry into the security and intelligence failures of October 2023. Quite right too.

Well they’ve obviously all got the memo on this one. Occupied people have to right to vote in the elections of the occupying state. The 400k in Jerusalem has some validity, but the vast majority of them have never applied for Israeli citizenship, and probably don’t want it. Their choice. But if you aren’t a citizen you don’t get a vote. It’s not hard.

Since the Jews control the world, shouldn’t we all have a vote in the Israeli elections? 🙄

The far-left pattern of affirming indigenous rights everywhere except when Jews are the claimants is a real puzzle isn’t it (not).

Guesses for how much Jacinda Ardern is getting paid at USYD?

Man Utd are crazy. Last season Carrick oversaw the final 17 Premier League games and recorded 12 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses (39 points). That was the highest points total of any Premier League side in that period. United finished 3rd overall with 71 points, qualifying for the Champions League after finishing 15th the previous season. And now after 8 games and terrible Champions league performances they’re probably going to get rid of him. I wouldn’t have given him the job anyway, but you’ll get nowhere by chopping and changing like this. Eddie Howe would be mad to join this lot.

Ever the master of understatement. “But in this thread we are focusing on the far right” (everyone that doesn’t agree with her. But you have to hand it to her. She’s consistent. She demands the ability to define the far right, the left, and the one true feminism. Cynics might think this is an exclusionary project.

Worth reading. Academic malpractice or malfeasance. You decide.

It’s good to know the poor judgment is fungible. From lauding Owen Jones to this.

Professor of practice was always a dumb idea. abc.net.au/news/2026-10-27/n…

He’s right about one thing. The Arabs should have taken the L in 1948, 1967, or 1973 (add as required). Just like defeated people have done throughout history. It’s not nice, it’s not just, but it is international politics.

The terrible attack on Helen Haines, has sent Australia into a tail spin about violence. In particular, listening to Parliament today you’d think this was an attack on the basis of political beliefs. But, from everything we know, it wasn’t, it was the kind of mindless attack from a mentally ill person that could happen to anyone. That won’t stop Australian politicians, aided and abetted by the media, putting more controls on free speech. Australia is in an authoritarian spiral.

This thread is an allegory of Alonso’s last several years: claim after claim, none of them backed by evidence. Hardly surprising if you’ve read his PhD. Nor is his persistent effort to reinterpret international law in ways that limit Western states’ capacity to defend themselves. Alonso invokes international law constantly, but once you read the thesis it becomes clear he is not defending the existing framework; he is reframing it to suit his purposes.

A reading list that proves critical thinking is alive and well, and exploring alternative perspectives is alive and well. 🤦🏻‍♂️