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[–] gerikson@awful.systems 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

anyone remember how Assange and his Russian handlers tried to file a criminal complaint against the Nobel Foundation for their lack of prescience regarding Trump's attacks on Venezuala?

The complaint was dismissed 2 days later.

Writeup in Swedish here by yours truly:

https://gerikson.com/m/2026/01/index.html#d21p01_wed

Update I went through the trouble of reading the will itself (short and sweet), and the statutes of the foundation

Para 10:

https://www.nobelprize.org/about/statutes-of-the-nobel-foundation/#par10

No appeals may be made against the decision of a prize-awarding body with regard to the award of a prize.

Also short and sweet. There's simply no legal way to hold the foundation itself responsible for the decisions of the prize-awarning committees.

[–] sansruse@awful.systems 5 points 5 days ago

while it's obviously stupid and misguided to try to hold the nobel foundation criminally liable for making yet another bad selection for a prize that has been given to egregious war criminals (kissinger), it is a very funny joke.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Worldwide hinge shortage continues