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Tim Stephens
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Professor of International Law, University of Sydney Law School.

Former Councillor, Inner West Council, Sydney, 2021-2024.

www.sydney.edu.au/law/about/our-people/academic-staff/tim-stephens.html

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Tim Stephens is Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Stephens' main areas of research are the international law of the sea and international environmental law. .. more

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · Jul 19
Very pleased (proud even!) that I'm now ProudlyHuman™ certified.

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 8h
If so then Bob Brown was wrong too. Self defence is lawful under international law, and other states may support the victim state.

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Matthew Spillane @spillanemj.bsky.social · 10h
Even worse Shoebridge says they’d agree to military support to Ukraine if Russia voted for it at the UN. What sort of mental gymnastics does it take to hold that as an ideological position?

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 10h
The Greens abandoning Ukraine. This is no longer the party of Bob Brown (whom I admire).

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Shane Carrow @shanecarrow.bsky.social · 15h
I was already probably going to break from 15 years of voting Green and return to Labor at the next election, but this is the final straw for me www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
The Greens’ defence red lines: No weapons for Ukraine, curtail the US alliance
David Shoebridge believes the Greens can win votes by campaigning to scrap the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pact and legalise recreational cannabis.
www.theage.com.au

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Wajahat Ali @wajali.bsky.social · 15h
This is why technofascists, oligarchs, and their servants, such as JD Vance, hate this Pope.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
it didn't even occur to me that the government might try to execute someone a second time if they torture the person but fail to kill them during a first botched attempt. truly grotesque and a moral stain upon all involved.

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Peter Hannam @peterhannam1.bsky.social · 2d
Here’s a fuller view of September weather… by maximum temperatures, it was Australia’s third warmest September on record:

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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
“no fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no radicals. Just warriors”

But drunk former weekend TV show co-hosts are welcome.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Hegseth confirms plan to cut 20% of US top military brass and rails at ‘beardos, weirdos and wimps’
Amid latest extraordinary attack on diversity, US defense secretary also suggests military is retaining service personnel at ‘record’ rates
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 2d
Republicans say they are pro life but are in reality very pro death.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Tennessee execution of Christa Pike can go ahead, US supreme court rules
Pike, sentenced to death over 1995 murder, set to be executed Wednesday night after justices lift lower-court ruling
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