I had a good conversation with Chad de Guzman at #TIME just prior to #Anutin's selection today as PM of #Thailand. Always pleased to be quoted alongside colleagues Napon Jatusripitak & Titipol Phakdeewanich. Four months will fly by, but will also feel like forever. time.com/7314811/anut...

A new commentary from me on #xenophobia in #Japan for Geopoliticalmonitor Intelligence Corp. What erupted after a Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) miscommunication turned into another wave of national anxiety about foreigners. www.geopoliticalmonitor.com/japan-must-a...

Look at the trend lines - especially for young people. What do we need to do to fix this?

#TIME's Miranda Jeyaretnam has a new story about #MarcoRubio's challenges in #Asia. (His first being the President himself! 😅) Happy to have been quoted alongside Sharon Seah from @iseas-singapore.bsky.social and Ian Chong of National University of Singapore. time.com/7301508/marc...

Just an observation: #BlueSky is a pretty dull place. I'm fine with the followers, but what's the point if there is not much interaction. Feels like a wasteland.

This is the most ignorant, ill-prepared President I've ever seen. How did they not brief him on #Liberia's basic history? Does he not care? edition.cnn.com/2025/07/09/a...

Huh, I didn’t know it was 2003. America never learns. Probably never will. www.cnn.com/world/live-n...

I’m fortunate to only I have written just two conference papers. I did not enjoy writing either of them. I don’t understand the need, nor is it something I think I’d like to do again. #academia

Thanks to #TIME’s Chad de Guzman for reaching out on the huge story of the day in #Thailand, where the Pheu Thai government and #Paetongtarn Shinawatra are seemingly on their last legs. Is it a question of ‘if’ or just a matter of ‘when’? time.com/7295978/thai...

#poetry #yeats

Fun Fact: It's very difficult to arrest everyone. So get out there and show ICE and Trump these Gestapo tactics are un-American. edition.cnn.com/us/live-news...

Thousands of people marching through Lower Manhattan now demanding ICE get out of New York City.

@pelosi.house.gov: "On January 6th...we begged the president of the United States to send in the National Guard. He would not do it...And yet, in a contra-constitutional way, he has sent the National Guard into California. Something is very wrong with this picture."

While Angel Reese was asked a non-basketball related question after the Chicago Sky's loss, Ariel Atkins came to the defense of her young teammate.

🗳️🇰🇷 Webinar tomorrow (June 12): South Korea elected its new president after historic elections held on June 3rd. 🔹Can we already say something about possible policy shifts in foreign and defense policies? Find out more and register: www.isdp.eu/event/korea-...

Do you want to learn more about Central Asia? The @caci-silkroad.bsky.social is organizing a webinar on June 11, check it out!

Yeah, so this sucks. Better now than in October, I guess. #Yankees global.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

Yes, I say this in anger, but I'm pissed off that so few were publicly willing to stand up for #PaulChambers during his ordeal. Many played into the hands of #Thailand's government, where your silence meant they can continue to oppress without reservation. You know who you are.

"This is what we were voting for!" From a friend in academia: >>I was with a public health professor from [major university] last weekend and he said that NIH is now euthanizing whole cohorts of animals from animal studies because there is nobody around to feed them<< Great work.

I’ve never seen a bigger bunch of cowards than this group of DOD losers.

I'm giving you a mission for this Memorial Day holiday weekend. I want you to talk to two people—friends, neighbors, cookout attendees—about why Trump's proposed budget would be a disaster for American kids. We owe the next generation every chance, and this isn't it.

My #Yankees in a groove now. Great pitching lately. #RepBX

The Thai–Myanmar border is the home of a multi-billion-dollar transnational crime empire that thrives on state complicity, writes Greg Raymond.

Coming soon via Routledge. A book chapter on #PressFreedom in #Japan with norm entrepreneurship as a potential remedy—a much-deserved early tip of the cap to the great legal mind, Harold Koh.

Jasson Dominguez walk-off home run!

A side note from the #Yankees 4-3 win over the #Texas Rangers tonight. How good is Luke Weaver? He works an inning in the 9th, throws six pitches, 4 for strikes. Gets the W. Last night he threw just two pitches for the save. Brilliant! #RepBX

To honor his legendary impact, Chairman Khaldoon unveiled a mosaic and dedicated a road to KDB at the CFA 🩵

At the #PENGala, novelist and PEN America trustee Dinaw Mengestu presented the 2025 PEN/Barbey #FreedomToWrite award to Egyptian poet, lyricist, and pro-democracy activist Galal El-Behairy who was arrested and has been unjustly imprisoned since 2018 on multiple charges. More: pen.org/press-releas...

🗓 WEBINAR THIS WEEK: What challenges do Taiwanese semiconductor firms experience while expanding into Europe? 📍 On Wednesday, May 21, we will look into this question during our digital Taiwan lecture: www.isdp.eu/event/digita...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/w...

If you’re among those doing so, you’re a blithering idiot and we’ve all lost. #academia #ChatGPT www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/t...

President Trump and his allies have long made false claims of widespread noncitizen voting. Now, as the GOP pursues new restrictions, experts worry isolated arrests will be used to push the new rules.

A must read article by Pavin Chachavalpongpun of #112Watch, who talked to @reuters.com on the #lesemajeste charge against Dr. Paul Chambers. Pavin sees the developments in the case as a legal trap against critics of #Thailand's #monarchy. Please repost for reach! 112watch.org/pavin-chacha...

Presented my research today on the #TakBai incident in the context of #time and #temporality today at the International Academic Forum #IAFOR Social Sciences Conference held in #Tokyo.

Experts tell NPR the gift violates the Foreign Emoluments Clause and raises questions about what Qatar might expect from Trump in return. It's not clear whether critics in Congress can stop it from happening.

Jon Ungphakorn, former Senator (2000-2006) and co-founder of Thai legal watchdog iLaw and Thai media outlet @prachatai.com has passed away at the age of 77. Jon started out as an activist for many different causes incl. awareness for HIV/AIDS in the early 1990s.

As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.

Yep. People can love a murderer. #Duterte #Philippines edition.cnn.com/2025/05/09/a...

How stupid has America become? @cnn.com now has to explain the concept of #habeascorpus. I learned about it in the 8th grade, in a shitty rural public school. Embarrassing. edition.cnn.com/2025/05/10/p...

Interesting discussion on #US-#Japan #trade negotiations in this #TIME piece by Miranda Jeyaretnam. I don’t see this is as a good move to let American agriculture into this country. It’s not just about short-term trade. I see it as a #foodsecurity issue. time.com/7283809/japa...

#Yankees win! 👏👏👏👏👏

Devin Williams is terrible for the cardiac health of all #Yankees fans. Where's my paper bag? #RepBX

Addicted to cheap, pocket-sized books of classic #poetry. I got this tiny #Byron volume for next to nothing.

This #Yankee pitching staff is a killer. Pretty upset that Williams gave up three, then Weaver struggles and gets the L. The moment he's not perfect, he gets caught with the consequences of Devin's mistake. #RepBX

Pardon me, but damn… Fascist motherfuckers.

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie. The Bridge of Madison County

Implement a 100% tariff and ruin a movie Abandoning Private Ryan

Along a path a girl, a child Tiny steps tread on mud and fever. Brown eyes met mine I stopped and smiled, but she did not return the favor. Africa child, lost among the crowd, where the people scream and shuffle past. Alone to walk past the low and proud, the Juba child left alone, outcast. #poetry

Must be terrible being a #LAClippers fan. Ouch.