Kiwi by heart, US by circumstance. Fellow @Harvard_Law & @NYUGuarini. Attorney. Con law, envt'l law, int'l human rights, cricket. Not here on Shabbos.
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Sam Bookman retweeted
For months, folks on this website have pushed a set of "gotcha" tropes to debunk the existence of famine in Gaza.
In fact they are mostly debunking their own credibility on famine dynamics.
As we await tomorrow's IPC report, here is a pre-buttal ๐งตof some of those tropes.
๐จScoop: Famine will be officially declared in Gaza for the first time by the international global hunger monitor tomorrow
My latest for @TelGlobalHealth
telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2โฆ
Sam Bookman retweeted
ืชืืขืื ืืจืืขืื ืืืืจืื ืื: ืขืืื ืื-ืืื'ืืื ืฆืืื ืืช ืื ืื ืืื ืืืจื ืื ืืืืืช
ืืกืจืืื ืฉืืืืข ืืืื ืืฆืื, ืืฉืจ ืฆืืื ืขื ืืื ืขืืื ืืขืฆืื, ื ืจืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืขืืจื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืื ืขืืื ืืชืืืื. ืขืืื ืื-ืืื'ืืื, ืคืขืื ืืืืืืช ืืื, ืชืืฉื ืืืคืจ ืืื ืื-ื'ืืืจ ืืืจืื ืืจ ืืืจืื, ื ืืจื ื-28 ืืืืื ืืืฉ ืืื ืฉืืจื ืืขืืจื ืืืชื ืื ืื ืื ืืื.
ืืื, ืฉืืขืืจ ืืื ื ืชืื ืืกื ืงืฆืืืช ืืืจืืงืืืืช ืืฉื ืืกืคืจ ืจื ืฉื ืชืงืจืืืช ืืืืืืช ืื ืื ืชืืฉืื ืืืืืจ ืืคืืกืืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืขืืจื, ืคืืฉ ืืฉืืืข ืฉืขืืจ (28 ืืืืื) ืขื ืืจืงืืืจ ืืชืื ืงืืืืช ืืื ืื-ื'ืืืจ. ืืฉืขื ืฉืืชืืฉืืื ื ืืกื ืืืจืืืงื ืืจื ืืื ืืืงืืื ืืืจื ืืช ืื-ืื'ืืืื.
ืืื ืฉืืืจืจ ืืืจ ืืืืจืช ืืืขืฆืจ ืืืช ืืขืืื ืฉื ืืืกืจ ืจืืืืช ืืืฉื ืงืืืช ืืืช ืืืฉืคื ืืืฉืจืืื ืืช ืืขื ืชื ืืืื ื ืขืฆืืืช. ืืืื ืฉืืฉื 1 ืืืืืืกื, ืฉืืืจืจ ืืื ืื ืืืขืฆืจ ืืืืช. ืืืื ืฉื ื 4 ืืืืืืกื ืฆืืื ืืืืืืช ืืื ืื ื'ืืืจ ืืืืื ืืืชื ืื ืืืืฉ ื ืืกืฃ.
ืื ืโืืืช ืืฆืื ืืืื ื ืืืง: โืืคืืกืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืืืช ืืืื ืฉืื ืืื ื, ืื ืืืคืงืจืื ืืืืืืื ืืขืื ืืืืื ืืืขืจืืืช. ืืืจื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืื ืขืื ืืืืื ืืื ืฉืืขืืื ืขืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืฉืืืืืื ืืืืจืืื ืืฉืจืืืื ืืืจืืื ืคืืกืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืืื, ืืืืืขืื ืฉืชืืื ืืื ืืกืื ืืชโ.
ืืชืืงืืจ ืืืื >> btselem.org/hebrew/video/202โฆ
Sam Bookman retweeted
New Brazil development law risks Amazon deforestation, UN expert warns bbc.in/4fgXVLm
Sam Bookman retweeted
This map is incredible for several reasons, one that it suggests that people who actually take the subway arenโt nearly as scared of it as those who donโt.
Sam Bookman retweeted
๐จ Rabbi Indig of Satmar tells NYTimes heโs considering adding Zohran Mamdani to his slate of endorsements.
โAccording to my conversation, he told me that heโs not an antisemiteโฆ As mayor, we wouldnโt have a problem with him.โ
nytimes.com/2025/06/10/nyregโฆ
Sam Bookman retweeted
It's important to understand that online defenders of Israel's conduct in Gaza are basically conspiracy theorists.
They expect you to believe that the information sources on which you rely in every other conflict (Ukraine, Sudan) are parties to a vast anti-Israel conspiracy.
The campaign being waged online to deny the reality that 9 children were killed in an Israeli strike in Gaza this weekend is appalling.
Yahya, Rakan, Raslan, Gebran, Eve, Rival, Sayden, Luqman & Sidra were killed. There is no denying this horrific truth.
cnn.com/2025/05/24/middleeasโฆ
Sam Bookman retweeted
People at HLS or around Cambridgeโyou should go listen to @DineshaSam who is one of the most interesting comparative con law scholars out there and who is giving a talk at HLS and on zoom tomorrow hls.harvard.edu/events/the-dโฆ
Sam Bookman retweeted
I have tariffed
the penguins
that are on
Heard Island
and which
you were probably
assuming
did not export goods
forgive me
they were taking advantage of us
so cunning
and so cold
Sam Bookman retweeted
Masterpiece. @mroth78 โJews have been here before, many times, and it does not end well for us.โ nytimes.com/2025/04/07/opiniโฆ via @NYTOpinion
Sam Bookman retweeted
New from us: EU CO2 emissions fell by 2.9% in 2024, even as power sector emissions posted an eye-popping 16% drop. This highlights that the EU has been so successful in cutting power sector emissions that the sector can't make up for lack of progress in other sectors anymore.
๐ช๐บ NEW | #EU #CO2 fossil fuel #emissions decreased by 2.9% in 2024, following a steep 8.5% drop in 2023, CREA's early estimates suggest
The reduction was driven mainly by decreased coal use in the power sector, which now accounts for only 19% of EU CO2 fossil fuel emissions
Sam Bookman retweeted
NEW: ICE is hunting for Yunseo Chung, a Columbia student who attended pro-Palestine protests. Chung came to the US from Korea with her family at age 7, and was her high school's valedictorian. She's a lawful permanent resident. Here's what we know so far. ๐งต
Sam Bookman retweeted
among the orders trump signed tonight:
- an "energy emergency" ending restrictions on already-booming fossil fuel production
- ending restrictions on drilling in Alaska, incl. the Arctic national wildlife refuge, one of the US's last intact ecosystems
theguardian.com/us-news/2025โฆ
Sam Bookman retweeted
As climate change gets worse the denial is going to INCREASE, not decrease, because accepting the reality of the situation would require a lot of people to abandon core parts of their worldview, which they will cling to even if they perish in the flames
This fire is not from โclimate change,โ you ignorant asshole. Itโs because liberal idiots like you elect liberal idiots like Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass. One doesnโt understand the first thing about fire management and the other canโt fill the water reservoirs.
#INSTABLOCK
Sam Bookman retweeted
Very important development in climate law: New York adopts statute holding fossil fuel companies financially responsible for impacts of climate change.
WE DID IT!!! New York just made history, becoming the second state in the country to pass a Climate Change Superfund Act that will #MakePollutersPay for climate damages!
This kicks open the door for more states to follow. Letโs go!
Sam Bookman retweeted
Trump wants to slash EV subsidiesโwith Musk's support. Why? Bc Musk thinks this will increase his competitive advantage.
This shows how climate ppl who worship Musk fundamentally misunderstand capitalism. He's not trying to change the system, but to own a niche.
Sam Bookman retweeted
That was a cataclysm. Electoral map wipeout. Senate D practical ceiling is now 52 seats. R's is 62.
Time to rebuild the left.
We are out of touch with the crisis of meaning/purpose fueling MAGA. We refuse to pick big fights. Our tent is too small.
1/ Some early thoughts:
Sam Bookman retweeted
NZHC releases substantive judgment in the Nelson Tenths litigation:
sen.nz/0c8t03
Sam Bookman retweeted
โWe are lulled into a comfort zone โ we cannot really see the crisis.โtheguardian.com/environment/โฆ
