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Dude, you're in charge. Send yourself. Go pick a fight with the Buckingham Palace guards and give us all a good laugh.

Great news for the "'Happy Birthday' is my favorite song, since everyone sings my name and it's all about me" crowd, I guess?

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"The court's job is to call balls and strikes (as requested and preferred by Trump)."

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fuck it, prosecutions as part of SCOTUS reform.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The big brains at BCG want to add Clippy to your org chart (after you pay them a few million, ofc).

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

When I first saw this and heard the warmonger bit, I thought it was a (very poorly done) Democratic Party ad. The reality is infinitely worse.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I can feel myself growing more superstitious every time the broadcast mentions the "Jet's no interception streak."

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A quick note about that (blatantly fucking illegal) ad: one of the hallmarks of a competitive authoritarian system is the uneven playing field, where the regime uses state resources to 'stack the deck' against the opposition.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hearing Rakestraw and Vaki mentioned on the broadcast, in positive situations, seems like a very nice sign for this Lions team.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

At this point, the NATO coffin is 90% nails.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I'm afraid I'll never be as dedicated to anything as this foster kitten is to eating every wire and cord in the house.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I low-key hate when the attitudinal model holds up.

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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

President Trump-Rubio are reportedly preparing to unleash sweeping sanctions to cripple International Criminal Court. One potential consequence: The release of some of the world's worst criminals held by the Court. Case 1: Philippines' Duterte held for crimes against humanity

justsecurity.org

Proposed U.S. Sanctions Against the ICC Could Lead to Detainees’ Release

A list of individuals currently in ICC custody awaiting trial or judgment, who could be released if U.S. sanctions dismantle the Court.

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Sergey Vasiliev @sevslv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

"Hands off the ICC, and all those other institutions that protect the international legal order." Finally. The words I've been waiting to hear from the Prime Minister of the ICC's Host State for a long time. Great speech, @robjetten.bsky.social #UNGA81 www.rijksoverheid.nl...

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sacking Schnell - and in doing so, drawing a clear institutional red line on LLM use - would actually be an important part of the conversation.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The sort of big brain negotiation and diplomatic skills that get a fella a spot on the "Board of Peace."

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Whatever challenges AI creates, I don't think we answer them by reinventing Grotius.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

+31% for giving democracy the Old Yeller treatment? Ouch.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The thing about Gavin Newsom, the trick to understanding what he stands for and why he does what does, is that he fucking sucks.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Not a great sign that the Netherlands is seemingly scrambling for a response now when the US has been signaling this for months (years, really).

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MP Broache @mbroache.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In case you're wondering how #ICC States Parties might respond to the Trump administration's latest attacks on the Court, check out my @fpajrnl.bsky.social piece (from 2023) w/ @kylereed.bsky.social on responses to the Trump I sanctions against the Court academic.oup.com/fpa/article-...

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Who Stands Up for the ICC? Explaining Variation in State Party Responses to US Sanctions

Abstract. On September 2, 2020, the United States sanctioned two International Criminal Court (ICC) officials, under an executive order issued 3 months pre

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Welcome to the Pentagon, where we've installed the world's strongest - and dumbest - fog of war machine.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My favorite 'defense' of the rational actor model goes something like - "Okay, but the rational actor assumption holds once you account for different interests, preferences, and the actor's identity!" Yea. That's called constructivism, welcome to the party.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Great, it's the Ed Sheeran of trust and safety.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

They can self-regulate in the same way I can, in theory, stop after just one chip. It's theoretically possible. Technically in the realm of reality. It also won't happen, because that isn't how the world works.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Just as scientifically valid (which is to say, not at all) as the one, too.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Reading the ISA September newsletter and...uh...are we comparing a shit association budget situation and 9/11?

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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

📢 The Call for Papers for EPSS 2027 is open! After a fantastic first conference in Belfast, we’re heading to Copenhagen 🇩🇰, 24–26 June 2027. ⏰ Deadline: 13 Nov 2026 👉 Call for papers: epssnet.org/2027-copenha... 1/2

epssnet.org

Call for Papers | EPSS Belfast 2026 Conference

Submit your abstract or full paper for EPSS Belfast 2026. Share cutting‑edge political science research, network with peers & contribute to academic impact.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Better ten million be disenfranchised than one (imaginary) fraudulent vote be cast. That's the quote, right?

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

After spiking through most of the second half, my heartrate should - hopefully - return to normal sometime this week. #OnePride

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

"Listen, we can't just turn AI off - a concrete thing that we very much could do - because it could (hypothetically) be copying itself (it isn't, but what if it could) to other systems (that don't have the hardware to run it). (We like to pretend that) Our hands are tied!"

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A dual whammy of coming out against academic freedom AND fair trial rights.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

South Boston has entered the chat.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"The technology [AI] is set to become completely pervasive..." Would you like to cite a source, Mr Draghi, or is this more of a vibes-based policymaking situation?

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Don't know (leave me alone)" is the ideal response when a survey asks you to opine on almost 1,000 years of history and all the possible counterfactuals.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The thing with the US' anti-ICC campaign is that, on their own, none of the steps are new. Using security assistance to pressure states about the Court is a well established US practice. What's different is the scope and the blatantness of it all.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The general principle of "when someone tells you who they are, believe them" remains strong.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Nation-wide transit strike ("work from home if able") meets "routine power grid work in your neighborhood"

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Consistently, and frankly impressive, shit framing by @npr.org. From calling it Canada's trade war to blindly accepting the regime's claims to have renamed Lake Ontario, NPR remains committed to being as disappointing as possible.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"It was zero before, but we moved it to 'not that.'"

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

"Sensible moderates" love their potential influence. Influence in the abstract. The type that would vanish if they ever tried to use it, so they don't. Instead they hold onto it like a stretched rubber band. Full of potential energy. As long as they never use it.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A quick #PEC2026 tip - the planes are on a (roughly) 5 minute cycle. So, if you're hearing a second plane during your presentation, it's probably time to wrap it up.

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Kyle Reed 🟥 @kylereed.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Experiencing some true identity crisis stuff at EISA.... I've never considered myself a big pastries guy, but Lisbon is challenging that on a deep level.

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