1. This THREAD has everything.

Jus cogens.

Hans Kelsen.

The Israel-Egypt conflict.

The right of self-defense and Article 51 of the United Nations Charter.

Buckle. Up. 🧵

2. On August 1, 1951, the UN Security Council met to discuss "Restrictions imposed by Egypt on the passage of ships through the Suez Canal" bound for Israel.

3. Mahmoud Fawzi, Egypt's UN representative, claimed that a state of war still existed between Egypt and Israel, despite their 1949 General Armistice Agreement, and that Egypt retained its belligerent right to visit and search neutral vessels for war materials.

4. Fawzi grounded this right in "the right of self-preservation and self-defence, which ... transcends all other rights," and even hinted that Article 51 of the UN Charter may not limit the right of self-defense.

5. And then ...

... it happened.

Fawzi quoted Hans Kelsen ...

... suggesting that the right of self-defense was ...

jus cogens.

A peremptory norm of general international law that "cannot be affected by any treaty," not even the Charter.

Coming to you live from the back of a police van

I was on my way from getting beer walking back to the car bangvala

Yerr it's hot back here. There's no air at all

We're driving around Kasi now. I hope we see some action. Shootout nyana

We just made a stop at a car wash. Ziyasha

The evidence is in, and the UK variant does appear to be of great concern. The viral load of infected people is higher, and it seems to be about 50% more transmissible. It doesn’t appear to cause more severe illness, but more cases will unfortunately result in greater mortality.

The estimated viral load of people infected with the new variant is substantially higher, although it is not yet clear why. Further laboratory studies will hopefully explain

In contrast to early speculation, children do not appear to be markedly more susceptible to the new variant.

An investigation using NHS contact tracing data found 15.1% of contacts of people infected with the new variant became infected, compared to 9.8% of contacts of people infected with an older

Mortality does not seem to be substantially different.

In an analysis of 2,700 people followed for 28 days, 0.89% of people with the new variant died compared to 0.73% of those with older variants. This was not statistically

I thought I would make a new end of year CHOOSE YOUR OWN RADIATION ADVENTURE, except I realized I kept running face first into "All Of The Above".

So instead, I want to discuss archetypical accidents to try to encourage you to not be the cause/victim in one.

As we approach NYE 2020 with restrictions in place and limited staffing, on top of the usual ghost towns that institutions become during the holidays as the older staff members take use-it-or-lose-it vacations, we are particularly vulnerable to the first archetype: Work Alone

As a general rule, when you are doing particularly nasty things, high power laser alignment, critical lifts, easily dispersible radioactive materials, high voltage, etc. you don't do it by yourself.

The counterpoint is "I always do this by myself to minimize the number of people exposed to $HAZARD" is valid, but more you're the hands up close and personal. But you aren't alone. Someone's in shouting distance.

This time of year, you may be the only person in the building.

For better or worse, the holidays are when people try to do some of the most hazardous work or long delayed maintenance that makes everything else more dangerous, like repairing fume hood motors, because the number of other people whose work they could impact is reduced.

🛡️#T3 - LIN WOOD TURNS SOUR ON QANON
Jake Angeli is a hard core #QAnon co-conspirator who broke into the halls of congress, took some selfies, posed for pictures with other thugs, and accomplished nothing.
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@lexfridman 12:37 This guy has too many brains for a place like Harvard, mentioning God right outta the box.

15:10 This guy gets it with the scales of ants, grains, lifespans and gratitude.

18:34 What it is, is here. #OumuamuaPropulsion

22:00 It's a light-pumper. They tend to **reflect** because it's how they move.

24:40 Yeah, "ice". Baby to go. Turn off the lights and I'll glow.

So I have been briefly looking into how OCD is assessed. I came across this image. Crikey, it just makes me think even more that PDA should be viewed as an OCD & related disorder.

I do not have time to explicitly how PDA matches up this, but if one looks at the work of Liz O'Nions

One should see that the model she is describing matches up to the OCD cycle.

So demand = obsessive thought.
anxiety = anxiety.
Demand avoidance behaviour = compulsion.
Temporary relief = temporary relief.

It is acknowledged that demand avoidance behaviours have a loose hierarchy, so the more anxious (distressed) the PDAer is, more extreme behaviour they display to assert the self-agency. This is covered in the work of @Allison66746425

201215 Withfans fansign

(This is a thread of 2 video calls by the same OP)

🐥 I haven’t seen you in two weeks, did you know I found a boyfriend in that time?
🐰 Really?
🐥 Yes, really. And he’s very handsome..

#MarkTuan #마크 #段宜恩 @marktuan
#GOT7 @GOT7Official

🐥 And very gentle, so this is my last time seeing you.
🐰 Oh … how? 🥺
🐥 Let me share my boyfriend with you, ok?
🐰 Ok
🐥 *shows a photo of Mark* How is he? What do you think of him? Is he handsome?

#MarkTuan #마크 #段宜恩 @marktuan
#GOT7 @GOT7Official

🐰 Ohh … 👍🏼
🐥 What do you think of him?
🐰 Very handsome
🐥 Then do you wanna be my boyfriend?
🐰 Don’t you have a boyfriend already?
🐥 and 🐰 both laughing

#MarkTuan #마크 #段宜恩 @marktuan
#GOT7 @GOT7Official #갓세븐

201220 Withfans fansign

🐥 You called me again today~ Is it because you finally decided to be my boyfriend?
🐰 I missed you so I called you *cringes and laughs*
🐥 So you’ve decided to be my boyfriend?
🐰 Okok 2 minute boyfriend!

#MarkTuan #마크 #段宜恩 @marktuan
#GOT7

🐥 Let’s play the ‘Of Course’ game*
🐰 Ok
🐥 This time let’s say a line each after the other
🐰 😲 Don’t make it difficult for me
🐥 I’ll start first, and the person who loses has to grant the other person one wish
🐰 *Nods*

#MarkTuan #마크 #段宜恩 @marktuan
#GOT7 @GOT7Official

Aries, Leo, Sagittarius, 2021 tarot reading -

2020 was a year of rebirth and awakening for you. A lot of you went through a massive change, which lead you to discover who you are on a deeper level, and open your eyes to a whole different side of life, and what you want from it

I see a big change happened for you last year. Something that you thought was going to be in your life forever, or someone, wasn’t anymore. There was a certain direction you saw yourself going in, but last year caused you to have to re-evaluate that, and that wasn’t easy for you.

I see here a lot of you could have dealt with a break up. This person could have lacked emotional maturity when handling this, therefore causing you a lot of pain. I see this whole situation triggered a lot within you. A lot of fears, and negative behaviours came to the surface.

This may have highlighted some of the aspects of yourself you did not want to see or face, but ultimately you had to. I do see this is something you’re still working through, which there’s nothing wrong with of course! Everything, especially healing, takes time! And that is okay

I do see that last year you spent a lot of time analysing your thoughts. You may have spent a lot of time alone, going through this rebirth and transformation. You should be proud of yourself for this, as it wasn’t easy, but you got through it!

Wangxian post canon where one night, Lwj is late home. Wwx knows Lwj has been teaching today, so he goes to find his husband instead. When he reaches lwj’s classroom and slides open the door he sees Lwj, and in his arms is a gently snoozing baby disciple

Lwj blinks slowly in a gesture to tell Wwx to move quietly, but Wwx is already barely breathing in fear of waking the sleeping little one.

The little body rises and falls with each slow breath, and lwjs hand is a cradle on the back of the child’s head

‘How long have they been sleeping?’ Wwx mouths at lwj, who replies ‘since the end of class’

The child’s breath catches and they both freeze, then let out a silent sigh when no further reaction happens.

Wwx treads carefully over to the pair

As he kneels, he catches sight of a chubby cheek, smushed against the shoulder of his husbands white robes. His heart clenches. “Hello little one,” he reaches forwards and with one finger gently strokes back the hair from the child’s face. Big eyes blink open sleepily

“Morning,” Wwx smiles, and the child stretches out two chubby arms towards him, a silent demand to be carried. Wwx accepts, of course he does. He lifts the Lan disciple into his arms, shifting to lean against lwjs side

Thanks to everyone who posted tributes to my father. I thought I might honor him with a not-too-serious thread on some of his major works, from the admittedly warped perspective of one of his offspring. 1/13

Let’s start with Japan’s New Middle Class 1963, hands-down my favorite. I am biased, of course, since my parents conducted the research together, and I know many in the cast of characters.

My parents immersed themselves in the lives of 6 families in a Tokyo suburb. The book is a testament to the payoff from intensive ethnographic research. It offers the reader a vivid portrait of everyday life in 1950s Japan. 3/13

Canton Under Communism 1969, the only one I had to read in college. That ruined it for me. But it was pretty impressive that he could write such a rich book about a country he had never been to. He interviewed refugees from the mainland in Hong Kong.

Japan as Number One 1979, Japan's all-time top-selling non-fiction work by a non-Japanese author – I think. Some claimed it was not truly a work of scholarship, or it did not treat Japan’s strengths and weaknesses evenly. But that was the point.

So, today I want to tell you about ADHD. Because I didn't call myself the 'queen of chaos' in my pinned tweet just because it's a nice alliteration with cats and crochet. 1/

A lot of people still think about hyperactive boys when they think of ADHD. And they're WRONG!

Prepare yourself for a long thread!

Also, disclaimer. I am in no way suggesting that everything in this thread is the be-all end-all of ADHD. 2/

ADHD is a lot more than just hyperactivity for starters.
It's a neurodevelopmental disorder that affects executive functions (impuls control, emotional control, planning) for instance. It can even affect your short term memory. And don't get me started on hyperfocus. 3/

There are 3 types of ADHD:
1. Hyperactive-impulsive type
2. Inattentive type (formerly known as ADD)
3. Combined type

People with hyperactive-impulsive type tend to be 'on'all the time. They can't sit still, they talk at inappropriate times, are impulsive and impatient. 4/

People with innatentive type tend to have difficulty focusing. It's not that they have a lack of focus, they just can't control their focus for a long period of time. They're easily distracted and tend to lose things (key's, hone, etc.). They are usually seen as daydreamers. 5/

Ever hear that old saying "Time is money"? I am about to take you on a journey to show you how [they] have used our understanding of time by connecting it to money to keep US in the matrix.

I don't discuss my projects on Twitter but this is an exception because it is epic.

TLDR: food will follow retail, cloud kitchens will level up local restaurants & Gary V is a genius.

Here goes

👇

In 2019, I got a chance to see a functional @cloudkitchens facility. My immediate reaction was holy s*** this is going to change EVERYTHING.

If you don't know what it is -- here's a feature I

You can now build & launch a delivery-only restaurant within minutes -- like you'd do with a DTC store on Shopify today.

Food was going to follow retail.

The next obvious idea was celebrity food brands!

So I hit up up the two ppl I thought would GET it. @nasdaily & @garyvee

Proceedings resume
Mr Fitzgerald rises
#Assange

Says that Assange's experience in the Equadorian embassy was not one he would want to repeat, also says Mexican president was misquoted on asylum offer

Fitzgerald his client is aware: "He is safest and best in this country, with the protection of the rule of law and the cloak of this courts judgement."
#Assange

Defence end by formally asking for bail, ends.

Judge asking about costs, both sides agree this can wait

For 3 1/2 years I watched as people build their Twitter accounts, I watched as they interacted with Potus drops visions of sugarplums danced in their heads with the taking down of the deep state and now with a couple minor setbacks they whine the plan isnt working. We have future