Dan Brown
@danielpbrownphd.bsky.social
Neither *that* Dan Brown, nor *that* Doc Brown.
MENA politics prof at College of Charleston
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Likes & RTs mean I'm saving for research later.
MENA politics prof at College of Charleston
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Likes & RTs mean I'm saving for research later.
Tell your past self about how profit+optics trump morals & IHL on THE WORST CRIME, genocide, against which this entire rules based order was constructed, and all the primary Intl Org can muster to check ethnic cleansing, multiple genocides & the collapse of the norms regime=STRONG OPERATIVE CLAUSES.
September 16, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Tell your past self about how profit+optics trump morals & IHL on THE WORST CRIME, genocide, against which this entire rules based order was constructed, and all the primary Intl Org can muster to check ethnic cleansing, multiple genocides & the collapse of the norms regime=STRONG OPERATIVE CLAUSES.
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“With passage of time, more than a year after coming to power, the Syrian authorities have gained increasing access to structures, witnesses, actors, documents, & it is expected that they can start proposing to the Secretariat specific elements to declare."
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OPCW Director-General calls for strengthened international efforts to end the Syrian chemical weapons dossier
Statement welcomes the launch of the “Breath of Freedom Task Force” and stresses urgency of ongoing mission in Syria
www.opcw.org
April 14, 2026 at 12:33 AM
“With passage of time, more than a year after coming to power, the Syrian authorities have gained increasing access to structures, witnesses, actors, documents, & it is expected that they can start proposing to the Secretariat specific elements to declare."
www.opcw.org/media-centre...
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A vastly underappreciated benefit of spending all this time learning languages, analytical methods, regional histories, policy comparisons etc is absolutely far & away the moments when electricians tell me I'm wrong because Dear Leader & the Genocidal Sycophants said so.
Dibs on the new band name.
Dibs on the new band name.
March 12, 2026 at 3:15 AM
A vastly underappreciated benefit of spending all this time learning languages, analytical methods, regional histories, policy comparisons etc is absolutely far & away the moments when electricians tell me I'm wrong because Dear Leader & the Genocidal Sycophants said so.
Dibs on the new band name.
Dibs on the new band name.
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Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.
February 27, 2026 at 4:29 PM
Lauren Boebert is asked to define “inflation.” It does not go well.
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Hello. I am also a "factory [alcoholic hiccups intensify] of anti-American resentment! [More hiccups, stifling the warm saliva and bile that inevitably signals my transformation into Sith Lord Kegstand's avatar].
Hello. I am also a "factory [alcoholic hiccups intensify] of anti-American resentment! [More hiccups, stifling the warm saliva and bile that inevitably signals my transformation into Sith Lord Kegstand's avatar].
Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of 'wokeness'
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secret...
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February 28, 2026 at 3:44 AM
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Hello. I am also a "factory [alcoholic hiccups intensify] of anti-American resentment! [More hiccups, stifling the warm saliva and bile that inevitably signals my transformation into Sith Lord Kegstand's avatar].
Hello. I am also a "factory [alcoholic hiccups intensify] of anti-American resentment! [More hiccups, stifling the warm saliva and bile that inevitably signals my transformation into Sith Lord Kegstand's avatar].
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Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
January 25, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Quite a statement by the Republican governor of Vermont
US secretary of state Marco Rubio says ‘Hamas cannot be involved in governing Gaza’ – as it happened
Which will of course go swimmingly... 🙄
Which will of course go swimmingly... 🙄
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
US secretary of state Marco Rubio says ‘Hamas cannot be involved in governing Gaza’ – as it happened
Which will of course go swimmingly... 🙄
Which will of course go swimmingly... 🙄
October 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
Still no end to the occupation, the background condition that precipitated Oct.7 in the first place.
Still no end to the occupation, the background condition that precipitated Oct.7 in the first place.
Here Is the Full Text of the Gaza Plan Released by the White House
www.nytimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/29/w...
Still no end to the occupation, the background condition that precipitated Oct.7 in the first place.
Still no end to the occupation, the background condition that precipitated Oct.7 in the first place.
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Excellent and appropriately incensed piece by @marclynch.bsky.social @abuaardvark.bsky.social
Excellent and appropriately incensed piece by @marclynch.bsky.social @abuaardvark.bsky.social
The straight line from Gaza to Kirk
The crackdown on Gaza protests paved the way to today’s full on assault on free speech.
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September 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Excellent and appropriately incensed piece by @marclynch.bsky.social @abuaardvark.bsky.social
Excellent and appropriately incensed piece by @marclynch.bsky.social @abuaardvark.bsky.social
"It meets the definition of fascism, so we're correct in that. While Nazis are one variant of fascism, fascism doesn't require (neo)Nazis, so we're maybe incorrect in applying that label. Unless you're actually dealing with neo/Nazis..." And Other Sentences I Never Thought I'd Write Seriously.
September 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM
"It meets the definition of fascism, so we're correct in that. While Nazis are one variant of fascism, fascism doesn't require (neo)Nazis, so we're maybe incorrect in applying that label. Unless you're actually dealing with neo/Nazis..." And Other Sentences I Never Thought I'd Write Seriously.
Do we even bother using the word brazen to describe Israel’s behavior anymore? Certainly calling it illegal and extrajudicial are easily skipped.
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Israeli strike targets Hamas leaders in Qatar as they weigh Gaza ceasefire proposal
Israel struck the headquarters of Hamas' political leadership in Qatar on Tuesday as the group's top figures gathered to consider a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. The strike on the ...
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September 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Do we even bother using the word brazen to describe Israel’s behavior anymore? Certainly calling it illegal and extrajudicial are easily skipped.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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I understand the allure of wanting to be a "carry guns and wear leather jackets" Black Panther but there's a case to be made that the most dangerous ones were the "feed kids breakfast and teach them about settler colonialism" Black Panthers
November 9, 2024 at 12:19 PM
I understand the allure of wanting to be a "carry guns and wear leather jackets" Black Panther but there's a case to be made that the most dangerous ones were the "feed kids breakfast and teach them about settler colonialism" Black Panthers
Authoritarian Architecture a la Brutalist Las Vegas hotel fits King Donny quite well. Then again, if you come into office having already had a love for gaudy gold toilets and the like, is the weird banner game really outside your wheelhouse?
July 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Authoritarian Architecture a la Brutalist Las Vegas hotel fits King Donny quite well. Then again, if you come into office having already had a love for gaudy gold toilets and the like, is the weird banner game really outside your wheelhouse?
I guess we're going to find out the short term impacts of the budget cuts to #NOAA #NWS here in #Charleston
Probably not a good sign that people are seemingly more upset by the cancelation of the fireworks on the beach.
Probably not a good sign that people are seemingly more upset by the cancelation of the fireworks on the beach.
July 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I guess we're going to find out the short term impacts of the budget cuts to #NOAA #NWS here in #Charleston
Probably not a good sign that people are seemingly more upset by the cancelation of the fireworks on the beach.
Probably not a good sign that people are seemingly more upset by the cancelation of the fireworks on the beach.
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If you don't think Alligator Alcatraz qualifies as a concentration camp, at least call it an internment camp
July 3, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If you don't think Alligator Alcatraz qualifies as a concentration camp, at least call it an internment camp
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🧵: It’s worth unpacking how the lines that PUP draws almost verbatim from party-state propaganda— most notably about “telling the story” of Xinjiang, which echoes Xi’s call to “tell the China story well” — have very specific applications to task the denial of abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims
not looking good for Princeton University Press is it @princetonupress.bsky.social
the video can be found on Facebook
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the video can be found on Facebook
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June 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
🧵: It’s worth unpacking how the lines that PUP draws almost verbatim from party-state propaganda— most notably about “telling the story” of Xinjiang, which echoes Xi’s call to “tell the China story well” — have very specific applications to task the denial of abuses against Uyghurs and other Muslims
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Yes, Michelle, finish the sentence. What do you think that God's special purpose for the Jewish people is?
Michele Bachmann says Christians should be thrilled about the Israel/Iran war: "We are living in the times that the Bible said that the prophets longed to see. The prophets of the Bible wanted to be alive now!"
June 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Yes, Michelle, finish the sentence. What do you think that God's special purpose for the Jewish people is?
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His mastery of the deep intricacies of international relations continues to boggle the mind.
Trump: "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the fuck they're doing. Do you understand that?"
June 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
His mastery of the deep intricacies of international relations continues to boggle the mind.
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Sean Hannity, and many others, are posting this video claiming it is the explosion at Fordow after the US military bombed it.
Its not.
This is from Syria in December 2024.
Its not.
This is from Syria in December 2024.
June 22, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Sean Hannity, and many others, are posting this video claiming it is the explosion at Fordow after the US military bombed it.
Its not.
This is from Syria in December 2024.
Its not.
This is from Syria in December 2024.
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Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
June 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Netanyahu has spent the better part of two decades trying to strong arm the United States into an unprovoked war against Iran and finally found a president stupid enough to do it for him. Unbelievable.
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Tonight affirms the influence of the hawkish top US military commander in the Middle East — who oversaw expanded support for Netanyahu under Biden & has exceptionally close ties to both Israel & Trump. Some background on Erik Kurilla, a critical player in what’s next
www.huffpost.com/entry/erik-k...
www.huffpost.com/entry/erik-k...
The Pro-Israel U.S. General Quietly Influencing Trump On Iran
Gen. Erik Kurilla “had better information about what [Israel was] up to ... than anyone else in our government,” a former U.S. official told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
June 22, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Tonight affirms the influence of the hawkish top US military commander in the Middle East — who oversaw expanded support for Netanyahu under Biden & has exceptionally close ties to both Israel & Trump. Some background on Erik Kurilla, a critical player in what’s next
www.huffpost.com/entry/erik-k...
www.huffpost.com/entry/erik-k...
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do they have a Nobel Reckless Fucking Moron Prize? thank you for your attention to this matter
June 22, 2025 at 1:36 AM
do they have a Nobel Reckless Fucking Moron Prize? thank you for your attention to this matter