Sebastian Braun

Discovered a new animal species in my bedroom. Was able to take a picture.

So proud to have been able to write these contributions for over twenty years. @iwgia.bsky.social has been building an amazing global record of testimony on inidigenous peoples and their legal and political status. Invaluable work to render viaibiloty and accountability.

Imagine being a CEO of an US energy company and thinking that you work with close associates of the Trump family, only to find out that behind them is a sanctioned Russian company, really pulling the strings.

I like walking to work. Look around, see the beauty, get inspired to stand up for it.

It is so true that when a missile hits my apartment, I am first unhappy and then think, "I need an election. My government has failed." But when federal agents shoot me in my car, I think, "wow, what a great government I nave."

I don't think I can vote for anybody who thinks Trump can fix immigration. @joshturek4iowa.bsky.social might hope to win some Republican votes but he loses mine.

Laufen F-35 eigentlich auch auf Starlink?

So done.

What I wonder in all of the mask-off Trump behavior is whether Denmark and Greenland will ratify this agreement... Democratic processes are of course something the Bully in Chief does not understand (or accept).

Had 44% charge today when I had to drive a friend to the big city here, about 35 miles away. Briefly panicked with range anxiety then took a breath and came back with over 20% charge left. Could have done it again. EV driving in Iowa? Not a problem. #NoExcuse

It never ceases to amaze me how people who think Iowa is flyover country and cannot place it on a map become experts in Iowa politics around election time and tell all those pig and soybean farmers how they have to vote. Thanks, guys.

I used to have some respect for the man. "Bringing Boris Johnson to the University of Iowa gives students the opportunity to hear directly from an international leader who can challenge them to think more deeply about the history, values, and ideas that have shaped the West into what it is today."

What are you going to do about it?

Email today from a higher ed tech company: what to do when students push back on AI use in the classroom. No. I push back on AI use. We can have an open, critical dialogue, though... But I just overheard students complain about a prof using AI in the classroom. They are fed up with it.

It's one of those days.

Bumblebee on milkweed. Small things that keep the world going a bit longer.

Happy birthday, Canada. May you stand strong and free, united, for a long time.

First time I am walking away from publishing a text. Editor said I have to scientifically reference and demonstrate that the climate crisis is caused by industrial capitalism. Claimed it was a political statement. Not playing those games anymore. I am not citing that the sky is blue, either.

This is my yearly note (a bit late) that IWGIA @iwgia.bsky.social has published their Yearbook on the state of Indigenous peoples and events affecting them in the world, a collection of accounts from around the world. iwgia.org/en/resources...

Ad on Swiss TV. Brilliant.

Nature provides. 45 mins of Mulberry harvesting. I will wait for a couple weeks, mix them with black raspberries, and make jam. There are millions of Mulberry trees, and people have forgotten that they taste good. Local, resilient, free food. What is better?

I will take time to relax. I will. I mean it. Doing nothing is underrated for your health.

If your path seems blocked, keep going.

'How far and how fast the United States has fallen!' As Trump considers 'reviewing the UK's claim to the Falklands', and suspending Spain from NATO, @mrjamesob.bsky.social reacts.

Tornado warnings are no fun for dogs.

It is wonderful to wake up to a Cardinal concert.

You kind of know we have reached the last gasps of capitalism when the only use case for AI in higher ed is that it can detect the use if AI in higher ed and the use of AI in higher ed is a bad thing which is why I get twenty phone calls ad emails to tell me that I need to use AI...

It is 3:43 pm on a Tuesday in April and everybody is waiting to see if the president of the US will give the orders for a genocide he threatened this morning because the war he started is not going too well while his VP is encouraging another nation to resist the EU. Also my plum tree is blooming.

I want to thank the president for setting the tone for Easter, when Christianity celebrates forgiveness and peace. Bombing civilian infrastructure because people resist an unnecessary war of attrition is the best example of the Easter spirit. Thank you for your service.

Just watched Apocalypse Now Rwdux with my 16 year old. He has not read Heart of Darkness and could not really appreciate all the movie. But rewatching it right now just shows that the urgency has not gone away, and neither has the genius.

Tenderloin, cheeseburgers, and free Narcan. We are open for business.

1700 people in our smallish midwestern town.

Somebody is comfortable and feels secure, I guess. She actually slept like this.

Incumbent German electricity suppliers said in 1993 that renewables could not provide more than 4% of electricity in the long run. In 2025, renewables provided 55.9% of Germany's electricity — 14 times the predicted ceiling.

What if there was a war and nobody went.

As we are thinking about oil (againn), nowmight be a good time to think about what oil booms do to communities. Hence, my new book (free to download from the press, or, if you want to support endeavors like this, buy a print copy): thedigitalpress.org/2026/03/03/n...

I am just going to post this cat. He is not on the cupboard because he is afraid. He is not there because he wants to whack people on the head. He is there bexause he wants to be. Now leave him alone.

"Les Américains et les Israéliens parlent de faire tomber le régime [iranien]. Pour l'instant, ils font tomber des têtes" mais le régime "continue de fonctionner", analyse Sébastien Regnault, spécialiste de l'#Iran, dans #ParisDirectF24

I will be truly happy when I, too, can fall asleep in this pose.

It used to be that a visit by the U.S. Secretary of State was an honor and achievemnt. Now, it is a sign that your country is descending into authoritarian abyss.

Just got the cover for my upcoming book on resource extraction and what it does to communities. 15 years of fieldwork and research coming to an end.

Just somebody sleeping in peace, that is all. Should be normal.

It is really hard to compartmentalize right now, but I am curious to see what the new semester brings.

It was cold and snowing, but people showed up anyway. Remember this.

When the kids are away babysitting, we share a life of fun, excitement, and adventure.

When it is midnight but somebody is very concerned about their playing time.

Don't know what further atrocities and depravations happened today. But we were both happy exploring new forestlands.