International Law

I've had quite a few comments that I share too many links on Twitter and that after while some people just ignore most of the things that I tweet.  But I also get a lot of positive feedback about the links that I share on Twitter each day, and then link to again on this blog.  To try and help people discover a few new or interesting things each day, I've decided that starting today I am going to select three articles each day that I would highly recommend or consider must-reads as part of my Daily Twitter Links.

Here are today's must-reads:

1. In world first case, Qld judge decides when conception occurs:

Queensland District Court Judge Leanne Clare, SC, has made legal history today by ruling in a world first that conception is the act of becoming pregnant, not the act of fertilisation.

For natural conception, there is no difference, but with IVF there can be a significant difference. An embryo can be created from egg and sperm and then be frozen, sometimes for years, before being implanted in the mother to be to enable her to become pregnant.

2. 50 Things You Should Have Done If You Live In Brisbane:

3. Toilet Paper: A History:

The point is that all technology has a history and that what we now take to be innovative and revolutionary will one day become ordinary and commonplace. This, of course, borders on cliche. The key, however, is to remember that before any technology became a naturalized and taken-for-granted part of society there were choices to be made. Forgetting that technology has a history is a way of refusing responsibility.

These are some of the other things I've been tweeting about today:

• "When Judging Art?s Authenticity, the Law vs. the Market" http://pjblack.me/Mw8vzs
• "By the Next Olympics, Athletes May Be Getting Routine Gene Doping Tests" http://pjblack.me/OL8ovC #olympics
• "Mitcham most influential Aussie Olympian on Twitter" http://pjblack.me/MwH34K
• "Why Rotten Tomatoes is Bad for Film Criticism" explains @rejectnation http://pjblack.me/OKGOyH
• "New York Times launches US election Tumblr" http://pjblack.me/PCGP6v
• "Toilet Paper: A History" http://pjblack.me/PyOBhD
• "A Guide to Mass Shootings in America" http://pjblack.me/Mtzc7P
• "50 Things You Should Have Done If You Live In Brisbane" http://pjblack.me/Mwz4o6
• from @stephenpagelaw: "In world first case, Qld judge decides when conception occurs" http://pjblack.me/MwyuXH
• "Behold! Every Ball (And One Sphere) of the 2012 Summer Games" http://pjblack.me/PCxXOi #olympics
• this is interesting: "Why is the letter Z associated with sleep?" http://pjblack.me/RodClO
• "Presidential Foods And What They Say About Our Leaders" http://pjblack.me/Mw10Zr
• "France will cut funding to its piracy police" http://pjblack.me/RodCCu #lwb486
• "Facebook?s facial recognition gets probe from Norwegian officials" http://pjblack.me/MtvVW5
• "Facebook page vilifying Aborigines ?breaks Australian law?" reports @crikey_news http://pjblack.me/OKW1Qi #auspol
• from @mental_floss: "11 of the Craziest Events in Olympic History" http://pjblack.me/Mtv1ZP #olympics
• "The hidden side of mining donations" http://pjblack.me/OKOnp2 #highered
• nice work from la trobe: "La Trobe extends its reach with iTunes-U" http://pjblack.me/MvxDqe #highered
• does a university education provides the right balance between deep and broad knowledge? http://pjblack.me/Mvw8bi #highered
• all law students (and lawyers) should read this piece in the @guardian: "Is studying law boring?" http://pjblack.me/MvAuiN #auslaw
• "Lego Sally wins gold": @BreakfastNews re-enacts sally pearson's gold medal to avoid broadcast restrictions http://pjblack.me/MvoJJ2 #olympics
• a profile of perez hilton from the @FT: "Gossip guy" http://pjblack.me/PCsLd0
• "Hey Twitterverse, Let's Rename the Twitterverse" http://pjblack.me/MrFZ1R
• "Who Made Those Aviator Sunglasses?" http://pjblack.me/MrFXHl
• so true: "NASA Is the Government's One True Viral Hit Factory" http://pjblack.me/NkraJx
• from @rww: "Radio Killed The Podcasting Star" http://pjblack.me/Pz9qJQ
• "Does Cybercrime Really Cost $1 Trillion?" asks @ProPublica http://pjblack.me/MrpZNj
• alexander görlach asks is the internet a new religion?: "Into the Valley" http://pjblack.me/MrltOU
• "Internet Pirates Will Always Win" http://pjblack.me/PyKx11 #lwb486 #lws008

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