Bruce Buchan
@brucealexb.bsky.social
Scholar. Historian of ideas. Mostly Enlightenment & race, quite a bit on empire & colonisation, plus some corruption and a little piracy for good measure.
Something akin to the Denis Sievers House in London could work. A subtle background profile of noise that heightens the tension resting on everyday artefacts.
January 25, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Something akin to the Denis Sievers House in London could work. A subtle background profile of noise that heightens the tension resting on everyday artefacts.
Soundscapes. The warning signs of mutiny. Murmuring. Shot rolling. The dramatised dialogue in court records. Piratical oaths. Dampier’s and Wafer’s publications and their illustrations.
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Soundscapes. The warning signs of mutiny. Murmuring. Shot rolling. The dramatised dialogue in court records. Piratical oaths. Dampier’s and Wafer’s publications and their illustrations.
I understand this person’s fear and frustration. But no person deserves sympathy for knowingly voting for who they thought would advance their own interests by persecuting someone else.
January 20, 2026 at 10:16 PM
I understand this person’s fear and frustration. But no person deserves sympathy for knowingly voting for who they thought would advance their own interests by persecuting someone else.
He’s a paradox. He remains critically over-theorised, yet frustratingly under-determined.
January 20, 2026 at 9:15 AM
He’s a paradox. He remains critically over-theorised, yet frustratingly under-determined.
He’s already turned the US into a an extended dementia clinic where his every senile whim is indulged. Now he wants to globalise the indulgence he’s always received.
January 19, 2026 at 6:24 AM
He’s already turned the US into a an extended dementia clinic where his every senile whim is indulged. Now he wants to globalise the indulgence he’s always received.
Trumperialism. He’s the unchallenged Emperor of Dementia.
January 19, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Trumperialism. He’s the unchallenged Emperor of Dementia.
Foreign policy by dementia. So much winning.
January 19, 2026 at 5:56 AM
Foreign policy by dementia. So much winning.
This (non) apology is a perfect primer for a game of Bullshit Bingo.
January 13, 2026 at 6:06 AM
This (non) apology is a perfect primer for a game of Bullshit Bingo.
1.5 trillion is simply the price he’s prepared to pay for a distraction.
January 8, 2026 at 4:18 AM
1.5 trillion is simply the price he’s prepared to pay for a distraction.
For someone who clearly sees himself as ‘a player’, Vance gives off a helluva lot of Spiro T. Agnew vibes.
January 6, 2026 at 12:53 AM
For someone who clearly sees himself as ‘a player’, Vance gives off a helluva lot of Spiro T. Agnew vibes.
Empires never die in darkness. Their final humiliations are always laid bare in the full glare of day.
January 5, 2026 at 7:42 PM
Empires never die in darkness. Their final humiliations are always laid bare in the full glare of day.
I don’t know it, I regret to say.
January 5, 2026 at 5:53 AM
I don’t know it, I regret to say.
I am tempted by the madness of king George as my historical analogy, except for the fact the George was always more lucid than Trump is, even when he was ‘mad’.
January 5, 2026 at 5:22 AM
I am tempted by the madness of king George as my historical analogy, except for the fact the George was always more lucid than Trump is, even when he was ‘mad’.