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David Tan

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Academic at Deakin Law. Legal Philosophy| Legal Interpretation | Law and Language | Public Law Theory| Master of Tom Yum My stuff: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAu…

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
valentine's day isn't just for couples, it's also a day to celebrate love. for instance, i would love it if housing prices came down.
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I'm really excited to be giving this talk next Friday, even if it will be midnight here while doing it. Log in and join me so you can hear me talk about my current obsession: Stories
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Holly Cullen @hollycullenfreo.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
From research on academic presentations by economists:
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New implied freedom of political communication case coming up.
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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
"Kreis, along with professors @evanbernick.bsky.social and @gowder.io, anticipated [historically unfounded claims] in a Cornell Law Review piece. Their assessment of academics who suddenly discovered anti-birthright citizenship arguments is appropriately brutal." abovethelaw.com/2026/01/tort...
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Torts Professor Who Botched COVID Prediction Suddenly Expert On Birthright Citizenship - Above the Law
The law professor who predicted only 500 Americans would die of COVID is back with another expertise-free take.
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Connor Ewing @cmewing.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
"Don't forget to add the bit about people only having rights if they agree with what the government is doing."
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Bird watching
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5 foot Home Depot skeleton @redderbeanpaste.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
The guy that runs the Reddit where people post about patting their cat on the butt like bongos has put his foot down
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
My cat ran inside all of a sudden and looked a bit spooked. I went outside to see a pigeon just hopping around. I suspect my cat would not have survived in the wild.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
It gets crazier by the minute.
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Lawrence Solum @lsolum.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Tan on Legal Knowledge and Inference David Tan (Deakin University, Geelong, Australia - Deakin Law School) has posted Is it possible to have legal knowledge without legal inference? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Is there a systematic and proper method of legal reasoning or is legal reasoning more…
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Tan on Legal Knowledge and Inference
David Tan (Deakin University, Geelong, Australia - Deakin Law School) has posted Is it possible to have legal knowledge without legal inference? on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Is there a systematic and proper method of legal reasoning or is legal reasoning more open-ended and organic and leading to pluralistic conclusions? I refer to a system of legal inference as a system of legal reasoning that fits the first description; ie there is a systematic and proper methodology for drawing conclusions based on certain premises.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 17/01/2026
Trump says eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland – Europe live
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Trump says eight European countries face 10% tariff for opposing US control of Greenland – Europe live
Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Finland will face tariffs from 1 February
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I don't know about all of you, but I am finding it difficult to process Venezuela, Greenland, Minneapolis, and the Fed all at once.
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I was looking up a paper on legislatures and public policy, and the publisher's algorithm suggested this to me???
Journal paper on fitness of horses
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Dear god www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/u...
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Federal Prosecutors Are Said to Have Opened Inquiry Into Fed Chair Powell
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 10/01/2026
I don’t think we should have ceded control quite so quickly and without so much as a fight.
A giant yellow sign on the side of the road announces “YOU ARE ENTERING A FRUIT FLY CONTROLLED AREA” and below that in smaller letters “Make sure you know the rules.”
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
Have a chapter out on the connections between the idea of rules of inference and whether it's necessary for legal knowledge: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
“These findings provide clear evidence that data collected on MTurk simply cannot be trusted.”
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eraldo.bsky.social @eraldo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
academic life in a nutshell.
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Melissa Stewart @melissastewart.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
We’re withdrawing from the International Law Commission??? This whole list is absolutely insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
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Douglas Guilfoyle @djag2.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
New Called to the Bar episode: the full crew unpacks the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of Nicolás Maduro. UN Charter violations, head of state immunity, and why Washington no longer seems troubled by illegality. Bleak, sharp, and very 2026. #CalledToTheBar soundcloud.com/calledtotheb...
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63. Bombing Caracas: The Use of Force, Abducting a Head of State, and the Unravelling of International Law
In this special bonus episode of Called to the Bar, the full podcast crew assembles to confront the legal fallout from the US bombing of Venezuela and the abduction of its sitting president, Nicolás M
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
day one in mamdani’s new york
a guy wearing a “i ❤️ ny” cap reading the qur’an in one hand and the communist manifesto in the other
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 26/12/2025
Someone is working on their Jesus MMA script/novel
Reddit post asking what martial arts jesus would have access to
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Alex Green (文浩航) @glexareen.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Great to see @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social's review of my @cambup-law.cambridge.org monograph, Statehood as Political Community in the @iclq.bsky.social! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Statehood as Political Community: International Law and the Emergence of New States by Alex Green [Cambridge University Press, 2024, ISBN: 978-10091-7-6309, 254pp, £95 (h/bk)] | International & Co...
Statehood as Political Community: International Law and the Emergence of New States by Alex Green [Cambridge University Press, 2024, ISBN: 978-10091-7-6309, 254pp, £95 (h/bk)]
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
Deakin law school is going to be running a webinar information session on our JD course. If you’re considering the JD or know someone who is, we'd love for you to join us this January. Register here: study.deakin.edu.au/webinar/juri...
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
This! For it to be a war crime there needs to be a war (question of fact – Tadic) and to exercise self defence there needs to be an armed attack (Oil Platforms). Neither condition is satisfied at a factual level. As such this is a Crime Against Humanity (or just murder)
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Call for papers for the 2026 Australasian Society of Legal Philosophy Conference is now open! For more details please see our website: www.aslp.org.au/conference
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Returned from Japan where the trains run every few minutes to see this...
Sign displaying that buses replace trains
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
For all the reasons why this conduct from the US (or any other government) is unlawful and reprehensible have a listen to this episode of #CalledToTheBar on.soundcloud.com/HuJwiOOFAF2V...
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In this episode of Called to the Bar: International Law Over Drinks, host Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige is joined by Professor Rob McLaughlin and Dr Alonso Gurmendi Dunkelberg to unpack a troubling event:
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Shear (pronounced Cher (but like how she pronounces it)) @choob.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Bullet casings collected from the scene were engraved with the words "has enough time passed now that we can collectively admit that the Barbie movie wasn't that amazing"
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
A paper of mine and Steph's has been reviewed in Jotwell!
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I had a blast talking about to my old friend and mentor Rob McLaughlin and the phenomenal @alonso-gd.bsky.social about why sinking random "drug" vessels is lawless AF
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Stefan Theil @stheil.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
My paper 'Carefully tailored' is now out in the OJLS: doi.org/10.1093/ojls.... It defines the core assumptions of doctrinal research, explains where empirical observations help and how to avoid some common pitfalls. A thread on doctrinal methods 👇 I'll do the same for the other two later 1/n
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Carefully Tailored: Doctrinal Methods and Empirical Contributions
Abstract. Doctrinal research is the distinct methodological approach of lawyers and a core contribution of legal studies to human knowledge. Yet, lawyers d
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Lucky visitors might get a free trip to American detention centres
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Republicans - the party of States' rights and small government
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/08/2025
Chairman Mao touts his state-run economy
It is my Great Honor to report that the United States of America now fully owns and controls 10% of INTEL, a Great American Company that has an even more incredible future. I negotiated this Deal with Lip-Bu Tan, the Highly Respected Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The United States paid nothing for these Shares, and the Shares are now valued at approximately $11 Billion Dollars. This is a great Deal for America and, also, a great Deal for INTEL. Building leading edge Semiconductors and Chips, which is what INTEL does, is fundamental to the future of our Nation. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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Dr Tamsin Phillipa Paige @pagingdrpaige.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Join us for our mostly quirky and fun but sometimes serious 50th episode with the best colleagues an accidental podcaster could ask for
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Matthew Stiegler @matthewstiegler.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Luttig is communicating vastly more clearly and honestly about Roberts and Scotus than most Democratic officials are. It’s absolutely flabbergasting.
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Jon Piccini @jonpiccini.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
ANU and the Search Foundation are offering a PhD with $100,000 top up to complete the final (1970-91) volume of the history of the Communist Party of Australia. 👇
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Calling for Applicants to the Australian National University-SEARCH Foundation PhD Scholarship | School of History
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Claerwen O’Hara @claerwen.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
The Australian Feminist Law Journal is looking for a Publication and Media Support Officer. If you are a Melbourne-based graduate researcher with an interest in feminism and law, consider joining our team!
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noam @noamchompers.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
good take on twitter
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Random finds at second hand bookstores
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 17/08/2025
Bacteria glowing with green fluorescence move inside a fungal cell. In this video, the bacteria seem like an infection, but in successive generations, the two organisms will adapt to each other until they find endosymbiotic balance.
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Scientists Re-Create the Microbial Dance That Sparked Complex Life | Quanta Magazine
Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the first time, biologists made it happen in the lab.
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Overheard in Melbourne- 4 year old: i found some treasure! Mum: that's not treasure, that's just grass
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Blowing up your small-town writers festival because your local university needs to crack down on free speech because there’s a genocide we can’t talk about is so utterly on-brand for Australian culture. Cowards and fools 3-deep at the canapés tray
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Michael Bench-Dracula @mikebenchcapon.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
If the mind is a computer, where's the monitor? Where's the keyboard? It doesn't have a single USB port
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David Tan @davidtandw.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
And also this time the one using AI is a KC?
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Preparing slides for a talk on Marxism in the 21st century I asked an AI programme to give Marx a contemporary hairstyle. I’m sure he served me once at a craft beer place in Shoreditch.
Marx with a fashionable haircut, shaved at the sides, but still with a huge beard.
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