Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026"These treaties demonstrated that international humanitarian law can advance when the protection of people from unacceptable harm is placed above the preferences of the most powerful military actors. That history should inform the debate over autonomous weapons." 010
Reposted by Jennifer RookeRest of World @restofworld.org · 22/09/2026The U.S. is framing its rivalry with China as one of technical superiority, failing to recognize that public trust and robust consumer protections are necessary for long-term dominance. restofworld.org/2026/america-china-…restofworld.orgAmerica is in the wrong AI race with ChinaThe U.S. is framing its rivalry with China as one of technical superiority, failing to recognize that public trust and robust consumer protections are necessary for long-term dominance. 2169
Reposted by Jennifer RookeJason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 18/09/2026HUGE EXCLUSIVE from @bloomberg.com Inside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian School Pentagon investigators discovered that flawed intel, outdated imagery & overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab 🎁 www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...bloomberg.comInside the US ‘Kill Chain’ That Destroyed an Iranian SchoolPentagon investigators have discovered that flawed intelligence, outdated imagery and an overreliance on AI contributed to a missile strike that killed 123 children in Minab. 11026691410
Reposted by Jennifer RookeJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Who could have ever thought AI intelligence reports could have accuracy problems? kesq.com/news/nationa...kesq.comExclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources sayBy Katie Bo Lillis, Zachary Cohen, CNN (CNN) — The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: A Chinese ship... 15311
Reposted by Jennifer RookeDemocracy Now! @democracynow.org · 11/09/2026"The bar for proving proving yourself innocent was so much higher than the bar for intelligence used to lethally target and kill someone." 110536
Reposted by Jennifer RookeAirwars @airwars.bsky.social · 03/09/20261/ A year ago the US launched an unprecedented military campaign on small boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific Our team spoke to Al Jazeera for their new documentary, Killing at Sea www.aljazeera.com/video/fault-...aljazeera.comKilling at SeaThree families, two bombings and a hidden war: uncovering the lives behind Operation Southern Spear's dead. 141
Reposted by Jennifer RookeLuke Moffett @lukemoffett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Deadly strike on Iranian wedding was likely a direct hit by a US munition, analysis shows #Iran www.reuters.com/investigatio...reuters.comDeadly strike on Iranian wedding was likely a direct hit by a US munition, analysis showsAn explosion that ripped through a wedding celebration in southern Iran likely resulted from a direct hit by a U.S. munition and not a ricochet off another target. 012
Reposted by Jennifer RookeChristiaan Triebert @trbrtc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Using weapon remnants, satellite images, witness accounts, here's our report on the U.S. airstrike on a wedding gathering in Kuhestak, southern Iran, that killed 5 and wounded 67. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/v...nytimes.comIn Small Iranian Town, a U.S. Attack Turns a Wedding Into a Tragedy (Gift Article)The bomb that hit the residential area was American, according to a weapons expert and a visual analysis by The Times. It killed five people and wounded 67 others, the Iranian authorities said. 11434269
Reposted by Jennifer RookeThe Independent | Latest news and features from US, UK and worl… @the-independent.com.web.brid.gy · 31/08/2026the-independent.comAmerica’s war on international law shows deep fear of accountabilityThe United States’ relentless campaign against international justice is not a sign of a calm and self-assured sovereignty 011
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 25/08/2026"Nothing in that sequence was autonomous. A person watched a live feed, understood what he was looking at, and initiated a lethal explosion anyway ...The real failure would be to keep treating the autonomy of the weapon as the whole of the moral problem ..." 010
Reposted by Jennifer RookeIain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Investigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV’s event on AI and Warfare aoav.org.uk/2026/investi...aoav.org.ukInvestigating the Military-Technological Complex: an overview of AOAV's event on AI and Warfare - AOAVAOAV and SOAS brought together journalists, researchers and experts to examine how artificial intelligence, surveillance, big tech and automated targeting are reshaping warfare, civilian harm and the ... 055
Reposted by Jennifer RookeAirwars @airwars.bsky.social · 28/07/2026Anatomy of an AI Kill Chain A visual project from Airwars and @ainowinstitute.bsky.social breaks down how artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of war - and how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to flawed technologies ai-killchain.airwars.orgai-killchain.airwars.orgInteractive: Anatomy Of An AI Kill ChainBreaking down how militaries are offloading life and death decisions to flawed technologies 23638
Reposted by Jennifer RookeJanina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Everyone who uncritically repeats "hospitals used for military purposes become legitimate targets" has a role to play in this epidemic of attacks against healthcare facilities in war! A) The law is more demanding than that! B) Without concrete evidence for "use" attacks are presumptively illegal. 45126
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"Over time, this risks normalizing civilian harm as an incidental by-product of high-tempo, AI-mediated operations, rather than treating it as a signal of legal and operational failure." 2/2 000
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"Minab is illustrative of this more general transformation in which the friction necessary for legal and factual assessment is being progressively eroded by design, resulting in a targeting environment in which outdated or uncertain intelligence is continuously reproduced as actionable truth." 1/2 110
Reposted by Jennifer RookeAirwars @airwars.bsky.social · 24/07/2026AI warfare is much discussed, but often little understood A partnership between AI experts, conflict specialists, and storytellers, Anatomy of a Kill Chain is a visual project illustrating how AI is transforming all aspects of war Online launch tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-ana...eventbrite.co.ukLaunch: Anatomy of an AI Kill ChainA new visual project from Airwars and AI Now breaking down how artificial intelligence is transforming every aspect of war 052
Reposted by Jennifer RookeEmily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 24/07/2026No, no and no. These weren't "rogue AIs" -- what happened here is that OpenAI kicked off a software process and let it run. OpenAI was always in control and could have stopped the process (or actually paid attention to what it was doing) at any time. >> 9518148
Reposted by Jennifer RookeBoyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 20/07/2026My new article is out in open access @iojournal.bsky.social. The norms for armed conflict are usually seen as state-centric. Drawing on archival work in Algeria & Southern Africa, I show how armed groups shaped them too, from the margins, and why that matters. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgNorm Making from the Margins: Armed Groups, the Algerian War, and South–South Legal Politics | International Organization | Cambridge CoreNorm Making from the Margins: Armed Groups, the Algerian War, and South–South Legal Politics 0123
Reposted by Jennifer RookeNot (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 16/07/2026First an elementary school in Minab, now a paediatric cancer hospital in Ahvaz. Catalogue this along with the many hospitals and schools targeted and destroyed by the "world’s most moral army” in Gaza. www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/7/...aljazeera.comIran condemns ‘barbaric’ US attack near children’s cancer hospitalIran accuses US of 'cowardly war crime' as doctor says blast was 'so close' they thought the hospital was struck. 041
Reposted by Jennifer RookeMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026More war crimes: In its fourth strike on water infrastructure, the US has destroyed two water tanks in Sirik, Iran, completely cutting off water distribution in all villages of the Bemani district and the city of Kohstak, the Hormozgan Water and Sanitation Authority says. 15832031543
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026"We argue that the way the coalition previously counted civilian casualties erased certain harms from view, including the indirect, cumulative, and reverberating violence that civilians suffered during this conflict." 2/2 010
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 18/07/2026"We trace coalition metrics back to concerns about consequence management, showing how martial considerations about optimizing violence—rather than moral concerns about constraining violence—governed the enumerative enterprise." 1/2 110
Reposted by Jennifer RookeChris Osieck @chrisosieck.bsky.social · 06/07/2026For anyone without a short-term memory, this brings back memories of Talon Anvil, the U.S. military strike cell that ostensibly targeted ISIS but was later found to have repeatedly killed Syrian civilians.theguardian.comIsraeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplierElbit Systems supplied Tzayad digital army programme to map people, vehicles and other objects in real time 1104
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 08/07/2026"Groups that are often labelled “terrorists” by states - or even by the international community as a whole - are sometimes more willing to respect the basic principles of international humanitarian law than states themselves." 020
Reposted by Jennifer RookeBrian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 07/07/2026"Messages indicating the intelligence was based on years-old intelligence that needed to be re-vetted were embedded in a system used for developing targets and required a senior officer to approve adding a site to the strike list, according to the sources." www.cnn.com/2026/07/07/p...cnn.comExclusive: US commanders bypassed warnings about outdated intelligence ahead of strike that hit school in Iran, sources say | CNN PoliticsSenior US military commanders bypassed warnings in critical databases that intelligence about potential targets in Iran was severely out of date and approved some strikes — including one that hit a sc... 1016398
Reposted by Jennifer RookeNot (A.) I. @aerialeverything.cryptoanarchy.network · 29/06/2026"In this convergence, the synthetic and the documented have fused into a single continuum of representation -- a feedback loop in which anticipation and action constantly reinforce one another." 042
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 21/06/2026"[T]he US & Israel declared hitting more than 17,000 separate targets in 40 days – a rate of strikes near unprecedented in modern conflict...Tehran bore the brunt of these attacks, with 87 civ casualty events recorded in Tehran province – more than half of those reported in heavily populated areas. 000
Reposted by Jennifer RookeAirwars @airwars.bsky.social · 19/06/2026To name more than 150 people killed or injured in the school strike on Minab, our team worked with hundreds of sources and built on community-led memorials by Iranian groups. We group the children who died by age, starting with the six year olds. airwars.org/civilian-cas... 410060
Reposted by Jennifer RookeDrone Wars UK @dronewarsuk.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Put simply, long-range OWA drones are enabling belligerents to conduct punishment attacks on civilian populations. As these systems spread, we will see more civilians impacted. 'Ukraine hit Moscow with nearly 200 drones in its largest-ever attack on the city' giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comUkraine hits Moscow with largest-ever drone attackAlmost 200 drones strike Russian capital, several damaging the city’s largest oil refinery 012
Reposted by Jennifer RookeThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 16/06/2026Killed walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of US drone strikes?theguardian.comKilled walking home from school: why did Somali children become targets of US drone strikes?Six months ago, at least 12 people, including eight children, died during a US attack. The US has never admitted the civilian deaths. Here, the Guardian pieces together what happened that day 1013490
Reposted by Jennifer RookeFrank Slijper @frankslijper.bsky.social · 17/06/2026New report by @privacyinternational.org & @paxforpeace.nl out today: 'When algorithms go to war Tech giants, the arms industry and the weaponisation of AI paxforpeace.nl/publications...paxforpeace.nlWhen algorithms go to war - PAXTech giants, the arms industry and the weaponisation of AI 0127
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 20/05/2026"[S]hifting the blame to an “AI problem” to avoid responsibility is another long-standing concern raised by the US’ use of AI in Iran. The intel failure was more likely a result of poor human judgement, which may have been exacerbated by the employment of AI systems in contexts of pressure & speed." 011
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 18/05/2026"But democracies that stop systematically counting civilian deaths risk abandoning something fundamental: the principle that the use of force must remain publicly accountable to the societies in whose name it is exercised." 010
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 17/05/2026"There is also moral value in recognising and naming the terrorism committed by the Trump administration within the Unites States and abroad. Doing so reveals the illegitimacy of the administration’s actions and highlights the extraordinary toll inflicted by these actions on innocent people..." 000
Reposted by Jennifer RookeCraig Martin @craigxmartin.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Reporting on an investigation into the victims of US extrajudicial killing in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, identifying 13 of the victims. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.com13 men killed by US military boat strikes identified: ‘These were flesh-and-blood people’All victims of US strikes in eastern Pacific and the Caribbean identified so far came from extremely poor communities 032
Reposted by Jennifer RookeJust Security @justsecurity.org · 15/05/2026Countries need to strengthen their ability "to review intelligence provided by the U.S. at a time when Washington has removed many of the institutions and teams responsible for mitigating harm to civilians." Megan Karlshoej-Pedersen on what steps the Dutch are taking:justsecurity.orgThe Netherlands Sets New Path for Investigating Evidence of Civilian Harm in Modern ConflictDutch investigation of Mosul airstrikes reveals how outdated intelligence and flawed assessments led to civilian death, and what militaries must change. 12513
Reposted by Jennifer RookeJanina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026NOT TO BE MISSED: Insightful interventions by @gaborrona.bsky.social on the connections between aggression and the (mis)application of IHL and the use of AI in targeting and by @eliavl.bsky.social on the legal relevance of the US President’s rhetoric and the vain logic of reprisals. 143
Reposted by Jennifer RookeJanina Dill @janinadill.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Is it possible to legally evaluate US targeting in the air war against Iran, 28 February-8 April? In this discussion I defended why a preliminary legal analysis is possible & necessary and address 4 types of targets struck by the US (& Israel) in Iran that raise distinct legal questions: 184
Reposted by Jennifer RookeAirwars @airwars.bsky.social · 14/05/2026NEW: Airwars-supported cross-border investigation identifies victims of US boat strikes. Journalist collective reveals victims are labourers, fishermen, cab drivers. Almost 200 have been killed since Sept 2025. No trial, no defence. 🔗 www.elclip.org/los-bombarde... #LosBombardeadoselclip.orgLos Bombardeados: sin derecho a la defensaUna investigación que busca revelar quiénes son las víctimas y cuáles han sido los efectos colaterales de los bombardeos de Estados Unidos a supuestas narcolanchas en el Caribe y el Océano Pacífico de... 56352
Reposted by Jennifer RookeHagen Blix @hagenblix.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Haven't watched it yet, but given the speaker list ( @kevinbaker.bsky.social, @sophiagoodfriend.bsky.social, @beenwrekt.bsky.social, and Lily Hu), I am sure this will be excellent!bostonreview.netArtificial ReasonA conversation on AI, rationality, and violence. 0101
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Pesky EU regs (sarcasm): "Microsoft's investigation uncovered "usage patterns" consistent with terms of service violations. Some of Microsoft's services to Israel are delivered via Europe—abuse of which which could put Microsoft in legal trouble w/ European regulators."windowscentral.com"Unethical use of Azure" leads to the firing of Microsoft Israel leadersMicrosoft fires several senior Israeli staffers an internal investigation reportedly uncovered "unethical" use of its products. 000
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 13/05/2026"[D]aily usage hit approx 20 billion tokens. For comparison, in civilian contexts, a single Q&A w/ a chatbot can require several hundred tokens, while an individual power user w/ a high-level paid account—someone using AI to write code, for instance—can burn up to a quarter-million tokens a day." 000
Reposted by Jennifer RookeBoyd van Dijk @boydvandijk.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"If history is any guide, we could be living through yet another historical cycle, during which dismay about lack of efficacy of, and widespread disregard for, IHL ultimately gives rise to reinvigorated efforts to innovate and strengthen its application." opiniojuris.org/2026/05/05/t...opiniojuris.orgThe Future of the Law of Armed Conflict Warrants Hope[Rob Grace is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of San Diego’s Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and a Senior Researcher for the Beyond Compliance Consortium, based at the University of York… 031
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Former Google employa, Laura Nolan on the risks of military AI: "Systems trained to detect anomalies or correlations will, by design, produce false positives...These are not edge cases. They are structural properties of how such systems operate when deployed at scale."stopkillerrobots.substack.comThe risks of military AI are clearer than everLaura Nolan left Google in 2018 over Project Maven. Now, she reflects on advancements in military AI and recent employee pushback within the tech giant. 001
Jennifer Rooke @jenrooke.bsky.social · 02/05/2026"[T]here's something undeniably sinister..irreducibly degrading in the combo of intimacy & detachment in the footage..by these FPV drones of their victims’ final moments..the aestheticisation of the act of killing, its rendering as a kind of viral entertainment..feels ethically wounding to witness." 000
Reposted by Jennifer Rookekeep your electric eye on me @ubisurv.net · 24/04/2026Excellent article on the lawless form of #war that #Israel and the #USA are pursuing in #Gaza, #Lebanon, #Syria, #Iran... and wherever is next. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...theguardian.comIs this what war looks like now? | Mohamad BazziBefore the war on Gaza, the seed of Israel’s strategy of wholesale destruction was planted in a 2006 war on Lebanon. Today, the playbook repeats itself 013
Reposted by Jennifer RookeElke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 24/04/2026One of the problems with the tech elite celebrity is that all attention is garnered by the individual & their shiny toys, not the vast scale of human suffering they cause. It creates an aversion to seeing this suffering in favour of the spectacle. We see this a lot in the context of AI warfare too. 0104
Reposted by Jennifer RookeZeteo @zeteo.com · 19/04/2026"[Palestinians] are not superior to any other life, but no other life is superior to us." Palestinian-American activist, academic, and author Noura Erakat tells @mehdirhasan.bsky.social about the double standard the West applies to war crimes against Palestinians. Watch: zeteo.com/p/iran-gaza-... 643687
Reposted by Jennifer RookeMark Coeckelbergh @coeckelbergh.bsky.social · 19/04/2026If you’re looking for an example of technofascism this is it: Palantir’s manifesto. See also my article on technofascism link.springer.com/article/10.1... 212266