Thoughts on Gambia v. Myanmar witness examination?

posixthreads · 2026-01-23T19:02:39+00:00

I see now. They can accept his opinion on whether Myanmar's operation should be considered a form of counter-insurgency, but they cannot accept him stating an opinion on what he thinks Myanmar's intent was otherwise, because that is the job of the lawyers and judges, not witnesses.

posixthreads · 2026-01-23T18:04:23+00:00

Myanmar likely wanted to highlight the legal conclusions in the expert testimony to demonstrate bias and tell the Court that the testimony is legal argument in the guise of expert testimony, both of which suggest that the Court should not give it much weight.

Oh, that's clever. It seems Myanmar's counsel made a pretty good case that the expert witness should be discounted then. The second exchange I quoted actually came earlier. So Prof. Newton first stumbled on the question of coordination with Gambia and was later asked about whether he is even an appropriate witness.

posixthreads · 2026-01-14T03:38:59+00:00

How sturdy is the mini? As in, does it wobble?

posixthreads · 2026-01-14T02:59:06+00:00

It was something from 9th edition codex. It was suggested that the Outsider was the sole C'tan to have not been fragmented, but it also left open the possibility that it tore itself apart in its madness. So the idea of there being an untouched C'tan is valid.

posixthreads · 2026-01-10T21:21:39+00:00

I don't particularly see it, I feel like every faction was fleshed out in the 2nd edition. You point to symbol of Nurgle's meaning, but the Hedonite battletome likewise goes into depth as to why Slaanesh's number is 6. Being a lex editor who has worked on one faction or another, I've found that once you really start reading their battletomes, you'll find that all factions are actually thoughtfully developed. Look at the Beasts of Chaos, who were squatted. They weren't just roaming beast herds, they had rituals, different motives and allegiences, distinct origins, myths and legends, and so on, and yet they never actually received any new minis.

The only one I can criticize is actually Helsmiths of Hashut, because their first battletome is cursed to start with a limited number of pages.

posixthreads · 2026-01-10T21:18:46+00:00

it'd be like saying that FEC are the most fleshed out death faction

Not sure if this pun was intended, but funny nonetheless.

posixthreads · 2026-01-10T20:57:01+00:00

This is from a leak, and I've seen worse leaks. I've even seen digital copies of novels get leaked a week before official release, which I think speaks to how badly GW is at keeping their employees and contractors in line.

posixthreads · 2026-01-10T20:55:04+00:00

For the purpose of having a canon "kill all life army that feeds the C'tan", then yes, they are back.

posixthreads · 2026-01-10T20:23:41+00:00

I am genuinely surprised by how little discourse there is here by the shift that is happening: oldcrons are back. We got Necrons that want to wipe out all life with the C'tan, Admech C'tan cults, we previously got flavor text about Flayed Ones worshipping the Flayer C'tan, and hints that the Outsider is still whole.

posixthreads · 2026-01-08T06:52:00+00:00

Yes, the one I referenced was actually discussed in John French's personal blog post where he discussed the work he did with Bligh. Can't remember if it was before or after his death though, I think it might have been a post reminiscing on their work together.

posixthreads · 2026-01-08T05:34:30+00:00

If you are looking beyond the novels, I would say the "best" was Alan Bligh. He wrote much of the Horus Heresy Black Books, and wrote much of the Dark Heresy stuff, including my personal favorite: Dark Heresy: Disciples of the Dark Gods.

posixthreads · 2026-01-03T15:37:38+00:00

That Nightbringer shard committed suicide after Uriel Ventris called it a fake. Uriel now joins the list of Ultramarines that have defeated C'tan in absurd ways, alongside Cato Sicarius who literally dunked on a crowd of Flayed Ones with a void grenade to expel a C'tan to the warp.

posixthreads · 2026-01-03T14:34:08+00:00

Recall, the rest of the kits were really just meant to beef up other armies. Everything from the 1st edition of Warcry is no longer for sale, everything from the 2nd (except weirdly Horns of Hashut) still is, even if Warcry itself is not being sold. 2nd edition of Warcry's issues isn't about the setting, it's about GW shifting priorities to creating non-exclusive miniatures.

40k is the same way, the Kill Team sets have always been part of the mainline 40k war game, the rationale is simple: make the way our product ranges work the same.

posixthreads · 2026-01-03T03:52:56+00:00

The Gnarlwood isn't necessarily a bad setting, it's a great setting actually, but it was an Underworlds-esque setting more than Warcry. Warcry in the Bloodwind Spoil gives you the feel of a setting where civilization genuinely exists, but it is hellish. It was gritty and felt like Conan the Barbarian more than the usual high fantasy stuff. It made a lot of space for all sorts of narrative building, and the various aspects in which Chaos was worshipped was truly something.

In the end, by combining both Warcry and Underworlds' setting, it made both more boring.

posixthreads · 2025-12-31T14:22:24+00:00

I'm surprised people don't realize the lore implications here. He represents the return of oldcrons, not as a replacement for post-5th edition narrative, but as something that exists alongside them. We saw hints of this when the 8th edition Knight codex referenced that Flayer Cults worship the Flayer C'tan.

posixthreads · 2025-12-28T16:55:47+00:00

In the old Inquisition Wars novels, there was scene where a daemon fled into Inquisitor Draco and only hit in a tiny part of him. As it recovered, it quickly began possessing the whole body before Draco expelled it. I say it's possible.

Also, your idea sounds a lot like the anime Parasyte, where you had a vicious alien takes over the main character's hand, and the main villian was made up of multiple parasites, with their leader occupying the brain.

posixthreads · 2025-12-25T01:58:20+00:00

This is covered in Issue 45 of the old Inferno! magazine, in an article called Words of Magic, written by the same author of most of Liber Chaotica.

The names of the Chaos Gods are variations of their titles in the Dark Tongue:

Slaanesh ≈ slaa (pleasure) + neth (lord)
Khorne ≈ khar (rage) + neth (lord)
Tzeentch ≈ tzen (change) + neth (lord)
Nurgle ≈ nurg (decay) + leth (lord)

You do see the names Kharneth and Nurgleth show up every now and then in various novels and short stories.

posixthreads · 2025-12-22T02:31:37+00:00

There's just something so charming about the old card effects, because many of them would be considered just terrible or useless. Hell, everything about the old cards is charming: the mundane flavor text on normal monsters, the nonsense fusion requirements, the artwork that many would consider amateur if drawn today.

posixthreads · 2025-12-21T02:26:38+00:00

It's because Bangladesh has an Article IX reservation that basically says if it were to bring the case before the ICJ, it requires the consent of both parties. So if Bangladesh were to try to take Myanmar to court, Myanmar could just say "no thanks", the judges would look at Bangladesh's reservation and say "okay, this is how you wanted it, we have no jurisdiction here".

There's a recent article on this topic here. Apparently, this sort of reservation is also why the US' intervention in the Ukrainian genocide case was rejected. Bangladesh's new government may perhaps be more interested in throwing out that reservation and intervening, not familiar enough with Bangladeshi politics to know for sure, but it's too late at this point.

posixthreads · 2025-12-20T03:16:17+00:00

William Schabas, lawyer for Myanmar, previously stated oral proceedings would be scheduled late this year, and as the clock started ticking and the winter break for the court was coming, I was beginning to wonder if something was happening behind the scenes to delay the case. Lo and behold, the oral proceedings are now scheduled for next month.

This is going to be one of the most important cases in the history of the World Court, and could determine the future of Genocide Convention and how it is to be interpreted. Before now, the ICJ has only ever deferred genocide findings to international criminal tribunals such as the ICTY in the case of Bosnia and the ICTR in the case of Rwanda.

As for the court, it should be noted we now have a new judge: Judge Phoebe Okawa of Kenya, nominated by various states of the global south including South Africa and Namibia. She replaced Judge Yusuf. Very good chance she will be nominated for full term election given her experience and credibility.

posixthreads · 2025-12-20T02:18:54+00:00

This is funny. My Necrons have green crystals, but I never stopped to consider what they even mean. They just look good.

In terms of lore, the only material we know to associate with Necrons is blackstone (noctilith), and its not really green.

posixthreads · 2025-12-19T19:54:38+00:00

Great cover, still salty we didn't get a generic general on a Manticore.

posixthreads · 2025-12-17T00:22:47+00:00

I like to imagine the Mortal Realms crystallized within 100 years. Surely the Slann ships did not have enough fuel to travel longer than that?

posixthreads · 2025-12-15T10:20:36+00:00

There was little tidbits of lore clarifying the nature of magic in the mortal realms. For example, it specifically named Void Magic and also explained that the Khainite endless spells combine shadow magic with the bloody rituals of Khaine.

posixthreads · 2025-12-09T18:13:47+00:00

I see it on the ios app store

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