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=ushttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkgsxbsz3s2cVisiting my dad in San Luis Obispo, CA near Los Osos, where my grandparents lived for many decades. And coming back here is always magical. Truly, one of the most beautiful places anywhere in the country, or anywhere else for that matter.27 Apr 2026 00:30 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgsxbsz3s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkgmvz5as223Alternate headline: Trump Admin seeks to eliminate foreign online scam competitors, consolidate control over online scam industry. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 22:42 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkgmvz5as223https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkfpvfnsik25These people absolutely do not give a shit about democracy, the first amendment, a free press, or anything. They both sides genocide, fascism, one of the most corrupt regimes in world history, and for what? [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Apr 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfpvfnsik25https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkeeyvefn22xIts a pity that Trump was evacuated from the WHCD before he could hear the applause of the assembled journalists as he told them that they are horrible people who deserved to be imprisoned or killed for reporting on him.26 Apr 2026 01:16 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkeeyvefn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkebuz7p5c2oTo be fair, I think there are more people on Bluesky hate watching the White House correspondents dinner than are watching on CNN. Almost no one except media junkies pays any attention to this sadomasochistic journalistic circle jerk.26 Apr 2026 00:20 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkebuz7p5c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mke6dojvhk2sIf the elephants are reading.. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke6dojvhk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mke6d2qyjs2sIf the elephants are reading.. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mke6d2qyjs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkdwr7s3ec2mI was a shy, insecure 8th grader whose front teeth wouldn’t come in until 10th grade and the high school speech and debate coach told me I would take her speech class next year and she became my first adult mentor and i haven’t shut up since. Here we are this past Tuesday, 35 years after graduation. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdwr7s3ec2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkdqoytmz22mIf i clicked on and subscribed to every colleague, article, recipe, etc. that had a link to paid subscription I’d be spending about $1000 a month in subscriptions. journalists have to work but I would like to just read something without constantly being redirected to someone’s subscription page.25 Apr 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdqoytmz22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mkdpt273q22mYou can 100% be sure that Trump or other Admin folks have mused about having public executions, or executions on TV or some other completely grotesque but utterly predictable thing. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Apr 2026 18:56 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkdpt273q22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mk3jma3luk25Happy birthday to my dear sweet boy Elijah. Who should be turning 18 today but instead was stolen from us the day after his ninth birthday by DIPG. My love for him never dims, nor does the grief I carry with me every day at his loss.22 Apr 2026 12:44 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3jma3luk25https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjwvq75pzs22I will vote for any US presidential candidate who pledges to arrest Netanyahu and enforce the ICC warrant against him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Apr 2026 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjwvq75pzs22https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjs2hyj4ik2fThere is a centuries long history of white guys going to other countries, often colonies or former colonies, to find submissive girlfriends and wives. This is just a new name for a very, very old practice. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjs2hyj4ik2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjrkmcupc22jInsert joke about psychedelics here [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Apr 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrkmcupc22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjpviukfak23If this actually happens, it may rank as the single most corrupt act in the history of American politics. I cannot believe this is even under discussion. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 21:45 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjpviukfak23https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjp2folw322uOk @shafrhistorians.bsky.social I have a proposal for Columbus, Ohio in June. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp2folw322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjp22f6s3k2uThe thing to remember about Chait is that his anti-Palestinian racism makes it hard for him to entertain minimally coherent thoughts, and so we get this nonsense. Yes we should cut off military and financial support for Israel, but not for these dumb and racist reasons. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjp22f6s3k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjos4sdsi227@hpe-project.bsky.social folks might have students interested in this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Apr 2026 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjos4sdsi227https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjnjpfyeqk2h@lalehkhalili.bsky.social on fire today on @democracynow.org talking about the Straits of Hormuz. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/16/global_crises_iran_war16 Apr 2026 23:08 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnjpfyeqk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjmvjocams2wJD Vance: “ I would advise the pope to not weigh in on topics where, unlike us, he is not an expert, namely ‘dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth.’” [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmvjocams2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjmol75vj22tThe US and Israeli position is effectively “you give in to all of our demands and in exchange we reserve the right to attack you whenever we want, and you have no security guarantees, forever.“ [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 15:03 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmol75vj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjmoc7jv6s2tPope Leo is not mincing words. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmoc7jv6s2thttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjl4p2nfx22cThis is real progress [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 00:10 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjl4p2nfx22chttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjk4c6nubs23We need to burn this racist and abominable system to the ground, exact legal and moral retribution against its architects, and salt the Earth to prevent it from ever emerging again, in any form. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjk4c6nubs23https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjhrn3rhcc2wNYC friends - I’m giving a talk today at NYU at 4:30 PM. Hope to see some of you there.14 Apr 2026 16:14 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhrn3rhcc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjhpmkgwss23Super interesting project on technological decolonization. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhpmkgwss23https://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mjbcsij7kc2jSo I was talking to someone today while driving and all of a sudden my phone started talking to me and asking if I wanted more news about whatever it is I was talking about. It’s sort of freaked me out. Has anyone else had this happen to them?12 Apr 2026 02:33 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjbcsij7kc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social/post/3mj6pxpxgt226Went to see my daughter, who is a first year high school student, perform in the spring musical, frozen. It was shambolic in all of the best ways. Botched microphones, computer prompts coming up on the screen behind everyone. Totally glorious. Everyone screamed and cheered.11 Apr 2026 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:ztgudft5ho6nfmcwsw7lajvx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6pxpxgt226