T. Austin Brown

@AustinB
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New Yorker in Paris, or Parisian in New York. Lawyer. Food enthusiast. Doctoral student.
Possibly contains attorney advertising. None of this is legal advice.
https://www.theses.fr/s308285
https://transatlanticlaw.blogspot.com
OK. I'm moving to esq.social
I think everything will migrate but my posts.

41 years ago today
Combat Rock, the fifth studio album by the English punk rock band The Clash, released on this day in 1982, featuring "Know Your Rights" and "Rock the Casbah"

#punk #punks #punkrock #theclash #combatrock #history #punkrockhistory #otd

Somebody threw the cremated remains of their mother in a city trashcan. I took a picture of the label on the box, but excluded the name of the deceased.
A shelf full of colored pigments with labels from the Soviet Union. All of these things are highly toxic.
Crimes de guerre ou contre l’humanité : la Cour de cassation consacre la compétence universelle de la France https://www.lemonde.fr/societe/article/2023/05/12/crimes-de-guerre-ou-contre-l-humanite-la-cour-de-cassation-consacre-la-competence-universelle-de-la-france_6173093_3224.html#xtor=AL-32280270-%5Bdefault%5D-%5Bios%5D
Que pensez-vous? Les DdH sont universelles alors la compétence universelle ou compétence territoriale existe pour une raison
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Crimes de guerre ou contre l’humanité : la Cour de cassation consacre la compétence universelle de la France

Elle était saisie dans deux affaires concernant des ressortissants syriens, soupçonnées de crimes de guerre et de torture. Leurs avocats faisaient valoir que la Syrie ne reconnaît pas ces crimes.

Le Monde

These frozen peas say they’re “farm picked”. I mean. What would the alternative be?

Vat grown? Robotically assembled? Procedurally generated?

Rosalind Franklin update!

“A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.”

https://www.livescience.com/health/genetics/rosalind-franklin-knew-dna-was-a-helix-before-watson-and-crick-unpublished-material-reveals?fbclid=IwAR3AhaUWlB4QejBW6ESk1IAn-IPKqF8PUUs4KHPbZ2jMnQcCgCDcGPOjA74#lgymp4kotadc1a3pafg #HistoryRemix #history #science /2

Rosalind Franklin knew DNA was a helix before Watson and Crick, unpublished material reveals

A new paper based on long-lost documents confirms that DNA discoverer Rosalind Franklin should be credited for discovering the double helix.

Live Science

The #CNN "don't you think you should hear from both sides" defense of the #Trump town hall is intellectual dishonesty.

To be an informed citizen you should know the arguments and policy positions of the major players/parties on the political stage. You needn't continually soak yourself in the excruciating minutia of their implications.

I.e. You should be aware the GOP views women and minorities as second class citizens. You needn't delve and engage on a point by point basis.

Client: I'm sorry it's late, I need a lawyer for something.
Me: Does it involve going to a police precinct?
C: No.
Me: Oh good. I was already settled in for the night.