Brad Simpson
@bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social
US foreign policy, human rights, decolonization, Indonesia, UConn, DIPG dad. #DefeatDIPG
https://www.bradleyrsimpson.com
My new book from Oxford! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-first-right-9780199944408?q=the%20first%20right&lang=en&cc=us
https://www.bradleyrsimpson.com
My new book from Oxford! https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-first-right-9780199944408?q=the%20first%20right&lang=en&cc=us
Really? He is literally doing three US stadium shows in a three week period as part of his world tour.
September 17, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Really? He is literally doing three US stadium shows in a three week period as part of his world tour.
Undated photos of death star damaged by rebel strikes.
September 17, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Undated photos of death star damaged by rebel strikes.
The Deep polishing off his FBI application.
September 15, 2026 at 5:40 PM
The Deep polishing off his FBI application.
Dual factor authentication a little bit too on the nose today.
August 24, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Dual factor authentication a little bit too on the nose today.
I’ve been obsessed with getting a cheese wheel ever since I had this pasta in the Netherlands about six years ago at an Italian restaurant. The kind where the guy takes the pasta and finishes it off in the Hollow of the cheese wheel with cheese melted and scraped by flaming brandy.
August 17, 2026 at 8:58 PM
I’ve been obsessed with getting a cheese wheel ever since I had this pasta in the Netherlands about six years ago at an Italian restaurant. The kind where the guy takes the pasta and finishes it off in the Hollow of the cheese wheel with cheese melted and scraped by flaming brandy.
Hard to pick a favorite Chris. But Chris Hemsworth in Ghostbusters is pretty awesome.
I don’t know about the rest of the heist crew, but @herberthistory.bsky.social would definitely be the muscle.
And summer ragout with shrimp, zucchini, corn, tomatoes, basil. Basically summer in a bowl.
I don’t know about the rest of the heist crew, but @herberthistory.bsky.social would definitely be the muscle.
And summer ragout with shrimp, zucchini, corn, tomatoes, basil. Basically summer in a bowl.
August 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Hard to pick a favorite Chris. But Chris Hemsworth in Ghostbusters is pretty awesome.
I don’t know about the rest of the heist crew, but @herberthistory.bsky.social would definitely be the muscle.
And summer ragout with shrimp, zucchini, corn, tomatoes, basil. Basically summer in a bowl.
I don’t know about the rest of the heist crew, but @herberthistory.bsky.social would definitely be the muscle.
And summer ragout with shrimp, zucchini, corn, tomatoes, basil. Basically summer in a bowl.
This is objectively insane. Trump wants the US Navy ships to re-engineer its ships because he liked the way they looked during WWII more. Where are the Navy officers and Republicans denouncing this bat-shittery?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
August 15, 2026 at 1:51 PM
This is objectively insane. Trump wants the US Navy ships to re-engineer its ships because he liked the way they looked during WWII more. Where are the Navy officers and Republicans denouncing this bat-shittery?
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
I am thrilled to be one of the organizers for what promises to be a landmark conference on the history of Indonesian internationalism, to be held next July 2027 at UGM In Yogyakarta. Please distribute widely @asianstudies.org m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
August 12, 2026 at 11:00 AM
I am thrilled to be one of the organizers for what promises to be a landmark conference on the history of Indonesian internationalism, to be held next July 2027 at UGM In Yogyakarta. Please distribute widely @asianstudies.org m.facebook.com/story.php?st...
To be precise, this couch
August 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
To be precise, this couch
@davidfrum.bsky.social is one of the dumbest, most malignant racists in US public life. A proud, unrepentant bigot and Islamophobe.
August 11, 2026 at 11:22 PM
@davidfrum.bsky.social is one of the dumbest, most malignant racists in US public life. A proud, unrepentant bigot and Islamophobe.
But of course he plans to make it shitty and tacky.
July 29, 2026 at 10:14 PM
But of course he plans to make it shitty and tacky.
United States greenlit Morocco and Mauritania’s invasion of Western Sahara in 1975. It’s Africa’s oldest occupation. I wrote about it in my book:
July 29, 2026 at 4:08 PM
United States greenlit Morocco and Mauritania’s invasion of Western Sahara in 1975. It’s Africa’s oldest occupation. I wrote about it in my book:
Dulles International Airport desperately needs updating, but Trump predictably wants to enshittify the whole thing. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
July 29, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Dulles International Airport desperately needs updating, but Trump predictably wants to enshittify the whole thing. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
We are entering an era of multi polarity. So what does an antiwar agenda for this era look like that doesn’t pine for the gross hypocrisy and interventionism of the Cold War, the 1990s, and the GWOT? Restraining destabilizing powers like Russia or Israel requires restraining the US as well.
July 29, 2026 at 11:13 AM
We are entering an era of multi polarity. So what does an antiwar agenda for this era look like that doesn’t pine for the gross hypocrisy and interventionism of the Cold War, the 1990s, and the GWOT? Restraining destabilizing powers like Russia or Israel requires restraining the US as well.
Augusta Dell’Omo @augustacaesar.bsky.social and her terrific new book getting a shoutout from @jamellebouie.net in his column this week. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
July 29, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Augusta Dell’Omo @augustacaesar.bsky.social and her terrific new book getting a shoutout from @jamellebouie.net in his column this week. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
Yes, @walshfreedom.bsky.social, if you were to deny the Holocaust or deny that Russia was occupying Ukraine, this would not be a mere disagreement, but evidence that you are, in fact, an awful person who does not believe that victims of genocide or occupation are actual human beings with rights.
July 23, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Yes, @walshfreedom.bsky.social, if you were to deny the Holocaust or deny that Russia was occupying Ukraine, this would not be a mere disagreement, but evidence that you are, in fact, an awful person who does not believe that victims of genocide or occupation are actual human beings with rights.
He also seems to self-consciously take photos like he is the second coming of Niall Ferguson. Some of his writing is interesting. Other parts are neocon redux.
July 21, 2026 at 9:25 PM
He also seems to self-consciously take photos like he is the second coming of Niall Ferguson. Some of his writing is interesting. Other parts are neocon redux.
Just do it you cowards.
July 18, 2026 at 10:32 PM
Just do it you cowards.
It smells like a campfire nearly 500 miles from the Canadian border in the Washington DC area and there’s thick smoky haze in the sky.
July 17, 2026 at 11:12 AM
It smells like a campfire nearly 500 miles from the Canadian border in the Washington DC area and there’s thick smoky haze in the sky.
Behold, the sum total of weeks of garden labor. A single tomato the size of a plum. Happy to sell it for what I have put into it, or $712.
July 15, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Behold, the sum total of weeks of garden labor. A single tomato the size of a plum. Happy to sell it for what I have put into it, or $712.
So Donald Trump is announcing that he will be running a giant, armed protection racket and charging everyone who wants to go through the Strait of Hormuz 20%? Is he going to fire on anyone who doesn’t?
Of course he can’t and won’t do this, but how are we supposed to keep up with this insanity?
Of course he can’t and won’t do this, but how are we supposed to keep up with this insanity?
July 13, 2026 at 2:49 PM
So Donald Trump is announcing that he will be running a giant, armed protection racket and charging everyone who wants to go through the Strait of Hormuz 20%? Is he going to fire on anyone who doesn’t?
Of course he can’t and won’t do this, but how are we supposed to keep up with this insanity?
Of course he can’t and won’t do this, but how are we supposed to keep up with this insanity?
Fyi if you are shit talking DSA right now you are doing Donald Trump’s work for him. So maybe think about whether punching left to bolster your census bona fides on here is that important?
July 13, 2026 at 2:03 AM
Fyi if you are shit talking DSA right now you are doing Donald Trump’s work for him. So maybe think about whether punching left to bolster your census bona fides on here is that important?