2025-12-13 19:01:21
Ukraine to disband international legions and reassign fighters to assault units, sparking backlash: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/ukraine-to-disband-international-legions.html
Ukraine to disband international legions and reassign fighters to assault units, sparking backlash: https://benborges.xyz/2025/12/13/ukraine-to-disband-international-legions.html
Guerre en Ukraine : ces drones navals qui ont « interdit » la mer Noire Š la flotte militaire russe
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/02/12/guerre-en-ukraine…
CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle an der Saale (15.03.2026) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20135187/pietism-and-rule-vii-international-congress-pietism-research-h…
One point this Economist piece also misses is that China's impressive high speed trains are mostly built with German technology..
Are liberal values a luxury the West cannot afford?
https://www.economist.com/international/2026/02/10/are-liberal-values-a-luxury-the-west-cannot-afford?giftId=NjBhM2I5MDUtZjI2MC00YTFmLWJmYzYtN2ZmN2Q4YmJmYTc1&utm_campaign=gifted_article
49ers could be facing unprecedented NFL travel schedule during 2026 season with reported game in Mexico
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-mexico-city-game-2026-inter…
“The images and data broadcast by the international media do not represent even one percent of the reality, because the information simply does not reach them.”
https://iranhumanrights.org/2026/01/ex
« Epstein était un prédateur financier, social, sexuel » Très bonne émission. https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/120226/epstein-etait-un-predateur…
A misanthrope calling Anthropic misanthropic.
https://thefederal.com/category/international/elon-musk-anthropic-claude-ai-bias-criticism-229715
The US, following a directive from President Trump, is withdrawing from several key international cybersecurity and hybrid threat organisations, citing concerns over mismanagement and conflicts with national sovereignty. Experts are worried about the impact on global cybersecurity.
https://www.
All the photos here are important, and true.
One that captures something that I think has been less visible in the national and international coverage is the second to last photo: the person in the bathrobe, standing outside in the cold, recording video. Presumably just heard the whistles and walked out the front door in a hurry.
C'est de plus en plus horrible.. Quand-est-ce qu'on va arrêter la Russie?!
"Ce que nous voyons aujourd’hui rappelle les pires précédents de l’histoire humaine, quand des empires malfaisants tentaient de briser la résistance des civils en utilisant le froid, la faim et les ténèbres comme armes"
Le Monde – EN DIRECT, guerre en Ukraine : le pays a subi la plus intense attaque aérienne russe depuis le début de l’année ; quat…
International postdocs: Come to Bochum for a two-week stay to plan a research project and learn how to apply for funding for it in Germany.
I'm available as a host for any topic related to my research interests: digital forensic linguistics, experimental semantics/pragmatics, emojis, (computational analyses of) harmful language, metaphors, discourse, etc.
https://www.research-academy-ruhr.de/programm/researchexplorer/
I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
#news
China cites Biden’s message to Xi
that Japan could build nuclear weapons ‘overnight’
Beijing releases 30-page report that includes a call for international community to
‘take concrete and strong measures’
against Japan’s nuclear ambitions
https://…
Réfutation des affirmations de Soteria International sur la "communauté bouddhiste persécutée OKC" et son fondateur Robert Spatz
https://blog.rmendes.net/2024/12/15/rfutation-des-affirmations.html
Sources: Dentsu's efforts to sell its UK-based international unit are nearing collapse after Apollo Global and other buyers withdrew from negotiations (Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/cd37655c-2f7e-4ca2-beeb-53a258f696be
Say no to intervention in Cuba and Latin America. Sign the urgent call for Peace and Sovereignty today! #Cuba
Remember the 2002 Winter #Olympics in Salt Lake City (USA)?
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US_Navy_020208-N-3995K-002_2002_Olympics_-_W…
Central bankers worldwide ‘stand in full solidarity’ with Powell
https://thehill.com/policy/international/5686192-central-bankers-overseas-support-powell/
Classified legal memo argues Trump wasn't constrained by US or international law for Maduro capture operation (CNN)
https://cnn.com/2026/01/13/politics/memo-maduro-capture-olc
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p137#a260113p137
En Hongrie, des milliers de manifestants demandent la démission de Viktor Orban après la révélation de maltraitances dans l’aide sociale Š l’enfance
https://www.
"Trump Slump": Im ersten Jahr unter Trump gingen die Besucherzahlen in den USA um 4,2 Prozent zurück. Das meldete jüngst die International Trade Administration, die zum US-Handelsministerium gehört. Es war der erste Rückgang seit dem Ende der Corona-Pandemie. Das bedeutet elf Millionen Touristen weniger als im Vorjahr und damit einen Verlust von 50 Milliarden Dollar. #Tonline
apologists gotta apolgist :-) Mr. Mearsheimer you are wrong!
https://universeodon.com/@KFuentesGeorge/115633495500461068
Scientists call for 'systems reset' to redefine sustainable development #environment
International Congress on Narrative and Aesthetics in Film, Series, TV, and Audiovisual Experimentation https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/11/international-congress-on-narrative-and-aesthetics-…
In case you ever wondered what it costs to sell an item on Ebay Australia but with a German Ebay account. Yes, that's entirely possible and the system handles it all beautifully. Kudos to the programmers who had to work this out.
As you can probably see, I'm not doing this for profit, but for fun and to prevent waste.
Are you into old Pokémon stuff? Everything is $5 now: …
From 350.org
We’re calling on governments to send ministers to the first-of-its-kind international summit in Colombia this April and turn words into concrete road maps that end fossil fuels for good. Public pressure can move the needle. Let’s make the transition to renewable energy inevitable so that even Trump and the oil lobby can’t save fossil fuels.
🪪 A shadowy L.A. crime ring is hijacking the IDs of foreign scholars, fraud expert says
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-07/former-international-scholars-become-prime-prey-for-l-a-identity-theft-r…
"Die Justiz wird unter Trump gerade zu schamlos zur Waffe gemacht, die nun gegen politische Gegner gerichtet wird.
Teilweise forderte Trump das Justizdepartement sogar öffentlich zu solchen Strafuntersuchungen auf. Auch das jetzige Vorgehen gegen Powell hat den Anschein einer politisch motivierten Strafverfolgung, eines beispiellosen Druckversuchs auf die Zentralbank […]"
🔊 #NowPlaying on #BBCRadio3:
#ThroughTheNight
- 2025 Banff International String Quartet Competition
Beethoven, Bartók and Hindemith performed by quartets in the Canadian competition: Quatuor Elmire, Viatores Quartet and Quartett HANA.
Relisten now 👇
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002qr1k
Fall #Epstein - Interview mit der Journalistin Anne McElvoy zu #GhislaineMaxwell
https://www.
We had our QUASAR #research group meeting at the @… today. We had great discussions around r package development on nurse staffing, an international study on triage in the ED, surveying pre-implementation perceptions on medical indicators in
Rest in Peace
US Constitution
Effective March 4, 1789
Terminated January 8, 2026
On January 8, 2026 trump declared himself dictator (but avoided using that word):
'In a new interview with the New York Times, Trump said the only constraint to his power as president of the US is “my own morality, my own mind”.'
<…
euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…
International Congress on Narrative and Aesthetics in Film, Series, TV, and Audiovisual Experimentation https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/11/international-congress-on-narrative-and-aesthetics-…
#SCOTUS conservatives and esp #ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts must be so proud of what they have accomplished.
I, on the other hand, am horrified.
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
#SCOTUS conservatives and esp #ChiefJusticeJohnRoberts must be so proud of what they have accomplished.
I, on the other hand, am horrified.
‘I don’t need international law’: Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’
The International Committee of the Red Cross, which runs major research archives, warned that AI models are fabricating research papers, journals, and archives (Dan Vergano/Scientific American)
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/…
What kind of person [allegedly] brings their own food for foreign travel when the foreign country they're traveling to is ITALY?
https://www.economictimes.com/news/international…
Ich freue mir einen Keks: Das #KinoInternational ist fertig saniert! Haarscharf zu knapp für die #Berlinale, aber immerhin machen sie einen Tag der Offenen Tür am Publikumssonntag.
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Jesus Jones:
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The International Committee of the Red Cross warned that artificial intelligence models are making up research papers, journals and archives
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/ai-slop-is-spurring-record-requests-for-imaginary-jour…
‘I don’t need international law’: #Trump says power constrained only by ‘my own morality’.
Which he doesn't have...
#GrabThemByThePussy #Epstein https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/08/trump-power-international-law?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Trump on Wednesday (January 7, 2026) signed an executive order suspending U.S. support for 66 organisations, agencies and commissions
following his instructions for his administration to review participation in and funding for all international organisations,
including those affiliated with the United Nations.
Most of the targets are UN-related agencies, commissions and advisory panels that focus on climate, labour and other issues that the Trump administration has categori…
“‘Ownership gives you things and elements that you can’t get from just signing a document,’” Trump told NYT.”
And how, pray tell, does this former real estate developer think ownership of things like real estate is established?
From just signing a document. 🤦♂️
His mind is mush wrapped in malicious childhood disappointment.
What I've Learnt
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Update on International Series Could Have Dallas Cowboys Making History https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/update-nfl-international-series-could-dallas-cowboys-making-history
What’s amazing to me is that *anyone* still visits the US as a tourist.
“Hey, I know, let’s go to Fascistland… maybe we’ll get deported to fuck-knows-where and it’ll be a real adventure!” https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration/115696148277070484
The US withdrawing from many organisations including GFCE (Global Forum on Cyber Expertise) doesn’t look promising about their commitment to cybersecurity.
#us #cybersecurity
When International Criminal Court judge Kimberly Prost goes on vacation, she needs to phone hotels in advance to explain that she can’t pay for a room with a credit card — because she’s been sanctioned by the Trump administration.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canad…
Hamas urges more international pressure on Israel amid ceasefire violations | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/9/hamas-urges-more-international-pressure-on-israel-amid-ceasefire-violations?traffic_source=rss
We had our QUASAR #research group meeting at the @… today. We had great discussions around r package development on nurse staffing, an international study on triage in the ED, surveying pre-implementation perceptions on medical indicators in
CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle an der Saale (15.03.2026)
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euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…
NASA considering bringing astronauts home early from International Space Station due to medical issue (Mike Wall/SPACE.com)
https://www.space.com/space-exploration/international-space-station/nasa-considering-bringing-astronauts-home-early-from-international-space-station-due-to-medical-issue
http://www.memeorandum.com/260108/p9#a260108p9
HarperCollins France says it is testing using AI-assisted translation, citing declining sales and following in the footsteps of Taylor & Francis and others (Eva Baron/Publishers Weekly)
http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-to…
CFP: Pietism and Rule: VII. International Congress for Pietism Research, Halle an der Saale (15.03.2026)
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Trump Lays Out a Vision of Power Restrained Only by His Own Hubris
On topic after topic, Trump made clear that he thinks he is the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.
"My own mind. It’s the only thing that can stop me.”
“I don’t need international law,”
he added.
“I’m not looking to hurt people.”
When pressed further about whether his administration needed to abide by international law,
Trump said,
Isn't it time for the UN to consider moving its headquarters away from the US? Not ro any of the so-called superpowers, but to a civilised country that is reasonably neutral? Switzerland (e.g. Geneva)? I'd be for it.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/j
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Jesus Jones:
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https://open.spotify.com/track/4xdXojWN3Uo5dMH3yWMHk3
Meta says it is pausing the release of its Ray-Ban Display glasses to the UK, France, Italy, and Canada due to "unprecedented demand and limited inventory" (Steve Dent/Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/social-media/meta
Im Gremium konstatiert man international eine geringere Bereitschaft von Bewerber*innen auf Tenure-Track-Stellen oder Professuren zum Umzug, hauptsächlich mit persönlichen und familiären Motiven begründet. Stellen können im Ergebnis nicht besetzt werden. Strukturell würde es vermutlich helfen, wenn die Institutionen Dual-Career mehr Aufmerksamkeit widmen würden, gerade auch bei TT-Stellen.
The Paris agreement is 10 years old today.
How time flies. But how little really has changed.
"Paris Climate Change Agreement, 2015: the good, the bad and the ugly."
https://steadystatemanchester.net/2015/12/1…
Cowboys to Make NFL History in 2026 International Series Game https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/onsi/news/dallas-cowboys-make-nfl-history-2026-international-series-game
Various thoughts on the Maduro case:
1. Did they read him his Miranda rights when they arrested him?
2. Does anyone remember the international law Head of State doctrine? That would seem to create immunity. (See URL below)
3. I notice that in photos the guards have DEA badges - which suggests that nobody has an actual indictment.
4. I see that the trumpies want to charge gun violations. Wouldn't it be amusing if he defeated that on 2nd Amendment grounds?
…
Center for Strategic and International Studies: China helped Russia triple Iskander missile production, skirting sanctions: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/02/center-for-strategic-and-international.html
The Arctic has entered a new era of extreme weather, study suggests #Arctic
A Hongkong, on n’attaque pas impunément les échafaudages en bambou
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/01/09/a-hongkong-on-n-attaque-pas-impunement-les-echafaudages-en-bambou_6661086_3210…
49ers 'likely' to play international game in 2026: Here's where they could be headed
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/49ers-likely-play-international-game-2026-where/
product_space: Atlas of Economic Complexity export network
Two networks of economic products, where a pair of products are connected if they are exported at similar rates by the same countries. The data are a projection from a bipartite network of nations and the products they export. Edges weights represent a similarity score (called "proximity"). Data based on UN Comtrade worldwide trade patterns. SITC network based on the Standard International Trade Classification and HS …
After the building fire, Hong Kong summoned AFP, FT, NYT, AP, Bloomberg, and WSJ journalists, telling them to avoid "trouble making", and arrested a commentator (Committee to Protect Journalists)
https://cpj.org/2025/12/hong-kong-arre
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #HuwStephens
Jesus Jones:
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https://open.spotify.com/track/4xdXojWN3Uo5dMH3yWMHk3
Meet New York's 'Bodega Boys,' the Yemeni shopkeepers caught in Trump's immigration crackdown
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/international/article/2026/02/10/meet-new-york-s-bodega-boys-the-yemeni-shopkeepers-caught-in-trump-s-immigration-crackdown_6750321_4.html
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States (President Donald J. Trump/The White House)
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/01/withdrawing-the-united-states-from-international-organizations-conventions-and-treaties-that-are-contrary-to-the-interests-of-the-united-states/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260107/p153#a260107p153
Few know the lengths to which the Trump administration is paving the way -- and the part it's playing
-- in deregulating a highly regulated industry
to ensure that AI data centers have the energy they need to shape the future of America and the world
To say the nuclear people are bullish on AI is an understatement.
“I call this not just a partnership but a structural alliance.
Atoms for algorithms. Artificial intelligence is not just powered by nuclear ene…
Investigation: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used two UK-registered companies to move ~$1B in stablecoins since 2023, evading international sanctions (TRM Insights)
https://www.trmlabs.com/resources/blog/how
Guerre en Ukraine : la Russie inflexible après onze ans d’échecs des négociations de paix
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2025/12/08/guerre-en-ukraine-la-russie-infl…
Caliban Speaks: International Conference on Recentering Indigenous Thought in the Age of Decolonialism and Technology
https://ift.tt/mFOgcfZ
updated: Monday, January 12, 2026 - 3:16pmfull name / name of organization: International Islamic…
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euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…
The 'International Law' Illusion in Venezuela (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/international-law-venezuela-nicolas-maduro-united-nations-china-russia-c68f4427?st=skbVt7
http://www.memeorandum.com/260106/p107#a260106p107
La prison de Saydnaya, microcosme de la barbarie du régime Al-Assad
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/visuel/2025/01/12/la-prison-de-saydnaya-microcosme-de-la-barbarie-du-regime-al-assad_6493842_321…
Source: Ant Group's Ant International grew revenue by 20% to 25% in 2025 to an estimated $3.7B, or ~10% of Ant's total 2025 revenue, as it competes with Visa (Jing Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ant-…
euroroad: Euroroad network (2011)
A network of international "E-roads," mostly in Europe. Vertices represent cities and edges represents roads. Metadata includes names of cities.
This network has 1174 nodes and 1417 edges.
Tags: Transportation, Roads, Unweighted, Metadata
https://networks.skewed.de/net/euroroa…
The Trump administration is reportedly trying to strongarm the International Criminal Court (ICC) into changing its founding document
to carve out an exception for Donald Trump and his top officials
ensuring that they are never prosecuted by the court for potential war crimes.
The administration is threatening the ICC with yet more sanctions
if they do not amend the Rome Statute, which established the court in 2002,
to ensure Trump and his administration’s top …
International Congress on Narrative and Aesthetics in Film, Series, TV, and Audiovisual Experimentation
https://ift.tt/9g6YCkZ
updated: Monday, January 12, 2026 - 3:16pmfull name / name of organization: congresocinecontact…
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« Aucun répit en vue » : le service de renseignement allemand alerte sur la menace russe avant les élections régionales de 2026 - Le Parisien
https://www.leparisien.fr/…
CFP> International Journal of Buddhist Thought & Culture, "Buddhism and Literature” https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20134438/call-papers-international-journal-buddhist-thought-culture-buddhism
Allan Grapard - In Memoriam
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Allan Grapard - In Memoriam
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Allan Grapard - In Memoriam
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Allan Grapard - In Memoriam
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SEMINAR> Dr. Phramaha Anon Anando, “Empress Wu Zetian and Her Faith in Maitreya Bodhisattva”
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H-Diplo|RJISSF Roundtable Review 15-42 on Selverstone, _The Kennedy Withdrawal_ H-Diplo |…
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CFP: Conference "Old Ideas in New Minds: Strategies of 'Autonomy' from Antiquity to the Renaissance,” Jena (29.03.2026)
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Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
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CFP: Conference "Old Ideas in New Minds: Strategies of 'Autonomy' from Antiquity to the Renaissance,” Jena (29.03.2026) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141563/call-abstracts-conference-old-ideas…
CFP: Conference "Old Ideas in New Minds: Strategies of 'Autonomy' from Antiquity to the Renaissance,” Jena (29.03.2026) https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20141563/call-abstracts-conference-old-ideas…