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Simon Frankel Pratt

@simonpratt.bsky.social
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Political scientist at the University of Melbourne. Formerly of other places. Research: war, intelligence, innovation, and normative change in international politics. Cat paparazzo. He/Him 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈✡️

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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Meanwhile in Zagreb
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I just attended CEEISA's conference in Sarajevo. What a wonderful experience, from meeting new and old friends to being glared at by cats to watching the sun set beyond the city and the mountains surrounding it! I have fully overdosed on heavy food though.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
This cat is Kant
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
We don't usually see each other's headers. Here's mine. Quote post with yours.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This (archive.is/n9tMb) is a corrective to views that ceasefires are meaningless unless they directly lead to peace. Limited benefits are better than none but we note the weakness of ceasefires imposed on Israel and its adversaries by patrons. Thanks @beijingpalmer.bsky.social for having us 2/2
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
What's all this about a blockade of the Strait of Hormeowz?
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Post a pic you took, no context, to bring some zen to the feed
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Just had my bike mitzvah! By which I mean the first time I've had a bike stolen.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
I got a new shirt
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
I got AR glasses
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Happy 6th night!
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Now that I'm in Tokyo and relaxing a little, I was able to get photos off my camera SD. Here are a few favourites from Kyoto and area!
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Nearby Arashiyama and, of course, Nara are also both stunning at this time of year.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
I'm on a little holiday to Japan. I've spent my first day wandering Kyoto and taken about a thousand photos. Most are of the sublime forests and temple landscapes but a few photos of the people also jump out! A sample of my favourites:
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Back home for a visit.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Catfecito el Naranja de Jaffa z"l 2022-2025
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
People of BlueSky please meet and appreciate my dad's three legged and tail-truncated cat, surprisingly not named Tripod.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
A few months ago my cat lept on me during a live TV interview. Sadly when the clip was posted online that part got edited out.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Can it compete with cappuccino assassino?
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Surprising nobody, I have not yet exhausted my supply of cats. Again, these are all just photos from Istanbul. Mostly from Kadıköy (more kediköy lmao) and Cihangir.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Never mind, it's spring!
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
I wasn't done posting photos of cats, I just took a break. I did not take a break from photographing cats, though, which is why I have so many photos of cats to post.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I was basically on cat safari
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I might be a bit eccentric in the scale of my cat photography
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
I have photographed many of those cats
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
There are a lot of cats in this city
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
So many more
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Actually there are more
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Yet more
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
And a few more
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Well, I was in Istanbul recently and I photographed many cats. By popular demand, here are some of them.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Home!
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Khaki hat crew with @polymetis.bsky.social
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
It's @emilykmscott.bsky.social !!
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Made it just in time for Molloy
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Hello Bologna! Ran into @sarameger.bsky.social just minutes upon arrival!
Selfie of two Canadians from Australia standing in front of an important building
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Goodbye Istanbul, I hope to spend more time in you soon.
Galata bridge, tower, and seaside in the hazy light of mid afternoon sun, seen across the choppy water of the Bosphorus.A dark, rusty orange sunset over the Bosphorus, with the Blue Mosque silhouetted on the right.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Bosphorus vibes. Too dark for catography now.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Bike helmet hair is no deterrence to an enthusiastic and well caffeinated start to week 2 of the semester!
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
As one does on a cold dark winter's night
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
First day of winter semester! Finally back to teaching, and honestly looking forward to it! First up: International Security
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Prepping for my security course
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Did the thing.
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Home
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Goodbye Canada, it was nice to visit home!
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
Life getting you down? Consider: Toronto adventures
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
From a little earlier, because I cannot help but post more
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Simon Frankel Pratt @simonpratt.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I'm travelling through Vancouver on the way to Toronto and caught a nice sunset.
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