Prof Melanie O'Brien

I am ☠️😂🤣. Juice Media's ad for the new CEO of Woodside. #shitfuckery #mining

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Here are my photos from the highly significant #Stonewall Monument #NYC, which is one of the monuments stripped of its content- references to LGBTIQ+ persons, which is who the entire monument is about/for! Crucial the remember the #history of this location & its role in achieving #humanRights.

Great piece here w/ @joeeggers.bsky.social about the Saving Our Signs project in the #USA, working to preserve the signs at national parks/monuments being removed by the DT regime to deny #history & groups of people related to #humanRights. thesocietypages.org/holocaust-ge...

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Ube is the new matcha!

Desi & Jordan in the middle of this has me☠️

Ohhh what a surprise, more money to the rich of the #USA. No doubt plenty filling Trump’s own coffers.

Australia Announces Support for US Invasion of [INSERT COUNTRY HERE] — The Shovel While details of the conflict remain unclear – including a motive or exit strategy – the Prime Minister said Australia would agree with those details once they were filled in.

So much wish #ausPol leadership had a backbone to call out #intLaw violations theshovel.com.au/2026/03/02/a...

DT being paid to go to war. People are dying so he can gild his pockets (literally). #corruption

I believe we’re all on the same page here. #intLaw

The lies, the lies, the lies…

Watching #MardiGras & excited to see my dad’s cousin Steve get some solid airtime this year! He’s a 78er but in the MAG float this yr. #ecstatica 🌈♥️🧡💛💚💙💜

All the ❤️to Magda!

Survey on Research Methods in International Legal Scholarship A team of researchers at Leiden University is collecting information about the methods used by researchers in the field of public international law. The research team consists of Cecily Rose, Misha Pl...

🚨Calling all #intLaw researchers! A team at Leiden is doing a research project on what research methods we use & how we choose our research methods. Help our colleagues by filling in the survey about your #research! www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/research/...

This piece on a collective group at UMichigan is striking. The opposition & obfuscation they faced just to question 'AI' in their workplace is shocking. As intellectuals, our job is to question, so it's astounding how many people are taken in by the 'AI' hype. #tech arxiv.org/html/2508.08...

So much #corruption. They are all grifters. It's disgusting that they are fomenting so much violence & pain while they profit to extraordinary amounts & live a life of luxury. #authoritarianism

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Israel is responsible for two in three journalist killings across the globe in 2024 and 2025. The Israeli military has committed more targeted killings of journalists than any other government’s military since CPJ began documentation in 1992.

Read more in CPJ’s #2025KilledReport: cpj.org?p=553549

This story is horrific. A #Rohingya #refugee, who fled the violence of #genocide, has had completely unnecessary terrible & violent interactions w/law enforcement in the US, & has ultimately died. After no doubt thinking he was finally safe, this is a tragic & utterly preventable outcome.

Punishment for resisting this authoritarian regime. #MNStrong

barack obama is sitting in a chair making a funny face and asking why tho ? ALT: barack obama is sitting in a chair making a funny face and asking why tho ?

All my colleagues & I got hammered on the 'investigator/capablity' part, which makes no sense, because regardless of project quality, all of us were eminently qualified to do that project. It makes it feel personal (or an institutional bias!).

Rising misogyny in Australian universities: The stories of academic women Anti-gender backlash is rising in Australian universities, leaving women academics exposed, undermined and increasingly unsupported.

The manosphere & misogyny on the up in #university classrooms in #AUS, making the workplace an unsafe place for academic #women. womensagenda.com.au/latest/risin...

‘I am the enemy of death’: Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir is a remarkable tale of survival Gisèle Pelicot’s compelling personal tale is very different from her daughter’s, reflecting their contrasting ways of surviving trauma.

A powerful story of an extraordinary woman. Definitely need to buy & read this #book. #endVAW theconversation.com/i-am-the-ene...

Feminism and COVID-19 Feminism and COVID-19 explores different but common themes related to women’s experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Julia Smith and Clare Wenham bring ...

🚨This looks like a really interesting & useful #book on #women's experiences of #covid19 #pandemic. It looks at the local & the global, w/perspectives from around the world. #feminism mitpress.mit.edu/978026255403...

'Sydney is heartbroken': Beloved drag performer dies Maxi Shield was a veteran of the Australian drag scene and a regular performer at venues across Sydney's Oxford Street.

RIP Maxi Shield. And fuck cancer. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

ughhhhhhh Epstein files link to attempts to control #AusLaw mining tax...

ABC notes: "At time of writing, Four Corners is aware of more than a hundred former Simon Gordon patients who are obtaining legal advice from numerous law firms who specialise in medical negligence." I smell a class action.

'Your word against his': Women's complaints against surgeon dismissed by regulator Australia's medical regulator, AHPRA, faces criticism for failing to act on complaints from patients about surgeries by Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon.

& there should be accountability beyond the surgeon. Complaints were made & ignored. I hope these #women sue the surgeon & the regulator. #ausLaw #health #humanRights www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Victorian premier refers allegations against gynaecologist to police Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has referred allegations against gynaecologist Simon Gordon to police, but the government will not conduct its own investigation.

Good that this has been referred to police. Damn straight he should prosecuted & punished for conducting unnecessary operations on these women. Absolutely horrendous. #ausLaw www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...