Sebastian Braun
@mitakuye.bsky.social
Mixed bag. Anthropologist, ethnohistorian, American Indian Studies director, professor of Political Science.
Nothing I say here stands in any relation to my institution or should be taken as a criticism of the institution or the state.
Nothing I say here stands in any relation to my institution or should be taken as a criticism of the institution or the state.
"When law degenerates into a situation where the historical facts determined by a lower court can be challenged by a SCOTUS Justice on the basis that he prefers a different version coinciding with his own personal perspective ... law is merely a matter personal emotional preference."
December 8, 2025 at 11:34 PM
"When law degenerates into a situation where the historical facts determined by a lower court can be challenged by a SCOTUS Justice on the basis that he prefers a different version coinciding with his own personal perspective ... law is merely a matter personal emotional preference."
Wait - he is a fraud??
December 8, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Wait - he is a fraud??
"citing corruption" 🤣😂😂🤣😅😅
December 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"citing corruption" 🤣😂😂🤣😅😅
I am not capitulating to that idea. It is the only reasonable way out of the situation.
We can do it planned or wait for it all to collapse.
We can do it planned or wait for it all to collapse.
December 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
I am not capitulating to that idea. It is the only reasonable way out of the situation.
We can do it planned or wait for it all to collapse.
We can do it planned or wait for it all to collapse.
I think we all know what kind of person they both are.
December 7, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I think we all know what kind of person they both are.
Honor can be had in war, but it rests on empathy.
Hence, honor cannot be had in murder.
Therefore there is no honor here.
Hence, honor cannot be had in murder.
Therefore there is no honor here.
December 7, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Honor can be had in war, but it rests on empathy.
Hence, honor cannot be had in murder.
Therefore there is no honor here.
Hence, honor cannot be had in murder.
Therefore there is no honor here.
"This is not about politics, it is about truth" - we have to control student admissions to make sure they align with the center or it will fail.
Sure. No contradictions there.
Sure. No contradictions there.
December 7, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"This is not about politics, it is about truth" - we have to control student admissions to make sure they align with the center or it will fail.
Sure. No contradictions there.
Sure. No contradictions there.
American cars have not been able to compete globally for decades. Just digging in for more of the same.
December 7, 2025 at 12:32 AM
American cars have not been able to compete globally for decades. Just digging in for more of the same.
Not if you understand that it has lasted since Iraq.
December 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Not if you understand that it has lasted since Iraq.
We are all wrong. The Labour party is not a political party that runs a government. It is a public experiment about how to shoot oneself in the foot unnecessarily.
December 6, 2025 at 1:55 PM
We are all wrong. The Labour party is not a political party that runs a government. It is a public experiment about how to shoot oneself in the foot unnecessarily.
And so the current pressure campaign by this admin to bring the Americas in line is actually providing the incentives for the Americas to look elsewhere for a reliable partner. And contrary to the 19th century, there is a seemingly stable country that might stand at the ready.
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And so the current pressure campaign by this admin to bring the Americas in line is actually providing the incentives for the Americas to look elsewhere for a reliable partner. And contrary to the 19th century, there is a seemingly stable country that might stand at the ready.
Not that obvious, but smarter and much more consequential: In Chile or Peru, in Ecuador or Colombia?
The Monroe Doctrine was backed up by economic and military threats to the Americas. The economic threat is vaning rapidly and Chinese presence helps to thwart the military threat
The Monroe Doctrine was backed up by economic and military threats to the Americas. The economic threat is vaning rapidly and Chinese presence helps to thwart the military threat
December 6, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Not that obvious, but smarter and much more consequential: In Chile or Peru, in Ecuador or Colombia?
The Monroe Doctrine was backed up by economic and military threats to the Americas. The economic threat is vaning rapidly and Chinese presence helps to thwart the military threat
The Monroe Doctrine was backed up by economic and military threats to the Americas. The economic threat is vaning rapidly and Chinese presence helps to thwart the military threat
What is wrong with higher education is thatt politicians without experience in higher ed think they are threatened by a factual evaluation of ideas and want to tell higher ed what to think.
December 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
What is wrong with higher education is thatt politicians without experience in higher ed think they are threatened by a factual evaluation of ideas and want to tell higher ed what to think.
As an anthropologist, I say with confidence that "civilizational erasure" is a term that carries no meaning apart from a nuclear war or climate catastrophe.
Immigration does not cause cultural erasure, because culture is not inherited. It is learned.
Like racism.
Immigration does not cause cultural erasure, because culture is not inherited. It is learned.
Like racism.
December 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As an anthropologist, I say with confidence that "civilizational erasure" is a term that carries no meaning apart from a nuclear war or climate catastrophe.
Immigration does not cause cultural erasure, because culture is not inherited. It is learned.
Like racism.
Immigration does not cause cultural erasure, because culture is not inherited. It is learned.
Like racism.
Money goes to the EU.
December 4, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Money goes to the EU.
Can we use that money to supply Ukraine?
December 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Can we use that money to supply Ukraine?
New consittution.
Proportional representation.
More than two parties in Congress.
Things getting done.
Proportional representation.
More than two parties in Congress.
Things getting done.
December 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
New consittution.
Proportional representation.
More than two parties in Congress.
Things getting done.
Proportional representation.
More than two parties in Congress.
Things getting done.
They once heard about EVs when Tesla was the most hyped, and since then every single car is a "Tesla fighter"... although, really? Nobody needs to fight them, they are closing the door on themselves.
December 2, 2025 at 2:49 PM
They once heard about EVs when Tesla was the most hyped, and since then every single car is a "Tesla fighter"... although, really? Nobody needs to fight them, they are closing the door on themselves.
This is so true. I have charged at one once, for 3 minutes, to see if it worked. It did.
Doing just fine without them, though, even driving in the upper Midwest.
Doing just fine without them, though, even driving in the upper Midwest.
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
This is so true. I have charged at one once, for 3 minutes, to see if it worked. It did.
Doing just fine without them, though, even driving in the upper Midwest.
Doing just fine without them, though, even driving in the upper Midwest.