A point that I haven't seen mentioned here - Zacharia was, according to her bio, a Newsmax commentator before this. If any job should develop "say BS to a camera" as a transferable skill, that's it. A real failure of professionalization. 😔

Just gave a class on the US-ICC relationship and sanctions, so I came to Bluesky ready 😆

I know, I know...with the right wings and a running start...

An all-star meeting between two legends of the corruption game

*technically, it is feasible, if the goal is to rewrite the Rome Statute and gut the Court. Capitulation, cowardice, and wishful thinking are, technically speaking, strategies.

The Biden administration dragged its feet rescinding the 2020 sanction, but sure, 6 months to fundamentally change the whole US-ICC relationship seems feasible.*

This is akin to setting a six month goal for the ICC to start levitating.

Sam LaPorta would like to be paid now, thank you very much.

Never seen him in Honolulu Blue, but I miss Cade Mays.

The Browns lost today, as they deserve to do every day they play that guy.

The ICC is being sanctioned because it directly engaged with itself.

Reading the ICC sanctions order and yes, I know how the law is working here, but sanctioning the ICC under EO 14203 section 1(a)(ii)(A) just reads funnily. The ICC is being sanctioned because it "directly engaged in any effort by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute..."

Generally stand by my notes from last year, with a caveat that there have been (some) promising developments on point 2. The ICC deserves a lot of credit for institutional steps taken to mitigate exposure. More states are speaking are more strongly, too, but the question now is if policy will match

Nothing says "safe learning environment" quite like "step into our AI-fueled panopticon and don't dare stray from the approved line!"

In short, the goal isn't "aligning standards." It's "compelling acquiescence."