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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 18h

Help every paper I’m writing keeps devolving into “just follow the IACtHR climate advisory opinion k thx byyyeeeee”

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Puff the Magic Hater @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 22h

AI, as a political project, is primarily focused on your devaluation. Hope this helps.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 23h

Georgia State University Law Review's Annual Legislative Forum is coming up soon. Folks in and around Atlanta who are interested in the intersection of law and public policy should not miss this!

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 22h

Always read Arundhati Roy

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 22h

"The joy and challenge of intellectual engagement has been replaced by something closed, mordant and mechanical. A taxidermists’ Shangri-La in which everything that was once alive has been skinned and stuffed, and regards you unblinkingly, with a meaningful glint in its bright, spurious eyes."

equator.org

Apocalypse Now and Then • EQUATOR

Artificial intelligence is capitalism’s final destination

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

The only way to prevent geoengineering turning into a giant shitshow is to have a robust and credible planetary governance structure, but if we had one of those we would have already stopped climate change

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 22h

Beasts of the Southern Wild

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Kate Marvel @drkatemarvel.bsky.social · 23h

please somebody make a movie where John Wick finds out who is responsible for climate change

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

And let me just add that the alleged facts that the perpetrator and victim weren't affiliated with the frat or university do not in any way absolve them of responsibility. It takes a culture to permit this, and to *CHEER IT ON.*

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This, combined with the stats on admissions rates and the lived experiences of many, many women alums, suggests that UChicago has a significant misogyny problem. As an alum who cares deeply about the institution, I would love to see the administration address it. cc @uchicagoalumni.bsky.social

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

It's a great piece and you're an amazing writer

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Edward Swaine @edswaine.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees. (Or would have, if informed by one Kevin Griess.)

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

I adored this essay and shared it with a friend who immediately just sent me back a screen shot of the absolutely wonderful intro paragraph

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Clearly need to do more to shape my Bluesky feed because while I’m very grateful that y’all showed me the cheetah cam and the Kacey Musgraves tweet, not one of y’all mentioned the Kelly Clarkson $15000 mechanical bird drama so what are we even doing here?

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

See also: "I fed him, don't believe his lies."

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Hiiiiii Remy!!! 😍😍😍😍😍

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Navanethem "Navi" Pillay became the first woman to start a law practice in South Africa's Natal Province back in 1967. A bus driver's daughter from a poor Indian section of Durban in South Africa, Pillay grew up and began her human rights work during the apartheid era. www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

bbc.com

Nobel Peace Prize live: Navi Pillay wins for 'efforts to promote peace and international law'

Some 287 candidates have been nominated for the prestigious prize, which was won last year by Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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Phineas, a corpse @phineas.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's Wold Octopus Day. Remember to hug your octopus.

O is for Octopus: A screenprint done for a show of alphabet illustrations. A pink-purple octopus posed with its arms all curling around every which way, holding a gold letter 'O' inscribed with a tentacle design. At the bottom there's a human skull nestled within the arms.

CephaLovePod: A screenprint of a red octopus posing with its mantle and arms forming a valentine heart shape. It is wrapped around a harpoon in place of Cupid's arrow.

4 Limbs Bad... 8 Limbs Good.: A screenprint of an orange octopus on the bottom of a sea wrapped around and cradling a broken human femur and a skull. A banner bears the title of the piece.

Octopus Samurai: A screenprint of a pink-ish octopus wearing blue-green Japanese samurai armor and a helmet with a gold crab-shaped crest on the front. The octopus holds a katana in one arm, a wakizashi in another, and a naginata with two other arms.

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Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Georgia State University College of Law’s Center for Law, Health & Society and Emmet J. Bondurant Center for Constitutional Law, Practice & Democracy are pleased to sponsor a moot court competition. We have teams from across the country signing up and are looking forward to welcoming folks to ATL!

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

We are so lucky to have these superb new colleagues!

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Using my Amazon account almost exclusively for Whole Foods…has impacts. I really like “Department: Artisan Cheese.”

A screenshot of part of an Amazon “about you” page that is almost exclusively about food purchases.

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Anthony. @jvagle.me and I could have already told you this.

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I thought this bot wasn't supposed to make sense/be correct

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It is such an honor and joy to be surrounded by such brilliance and insight all the time! Check out the amazing work my colleagues are doing!

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This skeet made me get out of bed 🫶🏼

A pair of legs in running tights and running shoes, next to a water fountain

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Tim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever

A tweet by SarahStarberry that says "oh god read the vertical axis" on top of a chart measuring AI models' release dates and model numbers rather than any real capabilities

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

(about to get in a fight, putting my dukes up) say hello to my good friends Isaac and Chotiner

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

You’re right, I got that wrong. I’m sorry! (See how easy that was Sen. Schmitt?!)

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Especially a Senator from Missouri! You're neighbors!! Up until 2012-13 you were in the same freaking NCAA conference!!!

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

except that that's assuming a Dem president will actually have the political courage to try, which...it's not often that I get to stake out a "more cynical than Madison" position, so this is exciting for me! I'm going to go sob with excitement!

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I mean the students already know I’m deeply uncool, so I suppose it couldn’t hurt

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SickosFC @sickosfc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

NWSL said:

Lord of the Rings Second Breakfast Meme

Merry asks "What about ACFC?"

Aragon says you've already had it

Merry says we've had one, yes

Merry says "what about second ACFC?"

The first text of ACFC is in pink approximating the colors of Angel City FC. The second ACFC is in red-orange approximating the colors of the newly announced Atlanta City FC

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Monica don’t drop your pen or pen cap during class challenge

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

lol I think those require more than 2 flight attendants

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On a flight right now with two flight attendants and their names are Dream and Sol, which I and the stranger sitting next to me both find utterly charming.

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Megan Wachspress @meganwachspress.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

For @lpeblog.bsky.social I wrote about why "bring your own power" is a false solution to the problem of datacenter energy demand and why municipalization (public ownership and control) of regional transmission organizations is necessary to protect ratepayers and accelerate decarbonization.

lpeproject.org

The Neoliberal Grid is in Crisis

To protect customers from rising electricity prices, public officials are urging data center developers to supply their own power. But this approach risks privatizing the power grid…

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Anjali Dayal @anjalikdayal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

it I had to cite a key moment from Trump's speech, it would be this one. it is a threat not just to the Iranian government but to the Iranian people, and in that sense it contravenes both the international laws prohibiting war and the international humanitarian law that protects civilians

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Trump UN speech day is my least favorite day of the year. Someone please send chocolate

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Monica Iyer @monicavisalam.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Do we think anyone on the second floor of GSU Law is annoyed that I'm currently on my 4th replay of the new Carly Rae Jepsen today?

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