Reposted by Thomas FraiseDenis Colombi @uneheuredepeine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Attendez… mais c’est une énorme entorse à toute déontologie et même à tout conception de l’honneur. Le mec fait des accusations anonymes puis les relaie en tant que « journaliste » ? Il devrait être mis à la porte de tous les médias sérieux. 33772286
Reposted by Thomas FraiseDare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Going from claiming your company is working on technology that might destroy humanity to leaking you’re on track to generate $100 billion in sales this year, just in time for the IPO. Makes it hard to defend the claims that this hasn’t all been a cynical form of marketing and regulatory capture. 33420116
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 19/09/2026@ucph.bsky.social @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social @wellerstein.bsky.social 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 19/09/2026If you are interested in this, I have a different, more theoretical piece about France specifically. Hopefully, at some point I will have a book. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 110
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Our understanding of nuclear secrecy is heavily influenced by US-based (and to an extent, UK) case studies. This piece attemps to correct this tendency by looking at Sweden and France. 110
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I have a new paper out! It looks into the early history of nuclear secrecy and examines how US standards of secrecy diffused toward European allies through coercion and imitation, shaping their domestic practices. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comExporting nuclear secrecy. The transatlantic diffusion of nuclear secrecy practices in the postwar period (1945-1953)Published in Cambridge Review of International Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2026) 120
Reposted by Thomas FraiseStars and Stripes @starsandstripes.bsky.social · 26/08/2026A civilian geography professor was fired from West Point for pushing back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change.stripes.comWest Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit saysAdam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says. 49077463703
Reposted by Thomas Fraiselastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Shilling your book off a bloke's suicide is just so classless wtf, is he not rich enough already!? Bring back shame. 3377398
Reposted by Thomas FraisePieter T. L. Beck @ptrbck.bsky.social · 15/08/2026His comment about becoming "head of the department of eugenics and race science at Harvard" seems to confirm that his whole DEI/race/woke-obsession is just him never having gotten over the fact that he was rejected at Harvard 261030182
Reposted by Thomas FraiseBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14/08/2026christ, what a depressing story all round, and what a series of failures of responsibility to get to this. 141037167
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 14/08/2026An opportunity to repost my favorite Hume atheism persecution story 130
Reposted by Thomas Fraise👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 13/08/2026I dunno who needs to hear this (yeah I do it’s Americans) but. multiple countries on this earth have had civil wars. like. a lot of countries 5191287
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Think twice about when to launch your nuclear war: traffic jam may ruin your day! 000
Reposted by Thomas FraiseBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 05/08/2026honestly, the fact that we have made it through the atomic age *without* another use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a miracle we don't fully appreciate 562124284
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 29/07/2026My review of Rebecca Lubot’s book on the (nuclear) history of the US 25th Amendment is out with H-Diplo. It is a timely contribution, highlighting how deterrence constraints shape the institutions of democratic states. I recommend it! networks.h-net.org/group/discus...networks.h-net.orgH-Diplo|Jervis Forum Review 190: Fraise on Lubot, _Keeping a Finger on the Button_ | H-NetThe Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumReview 190Rebecca C. Lubot, Keeping a Finger on the Button. Presidential Continuity and the Nuclear Age. Palgrave Macmillan,... 010
Reposted by Thomas FraiseTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 27/07/2026In that context: July 23, 2026, was the busiest day for commercial air travel ever, according to data from @flightradar24.com A whopping 153,359 commercial flights were tracked worldwide. This is absurd. 42610
Reposted by Thomas FraiseTheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Jason Hickel: "This new study finds that the total death toll in Europe during the June heatwave exceeds 20,000 people." "This result highlights the accelerating threat of mass heat mortality events in Europe despite previous adaptations to heat." Pre-print below. 13209154
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 24/07/2026"I don't accept the argument that people that look like me should be held accountable for anything, really." 12129
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Pour être complètement honnête, je ne l'ai pas lu non plus, mais c'était un élément récurrent de l'excellent podcast Project 1933 d'@adriandaub.bsky.social 110
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 13/07/2026Victor Klemperer avait le malheur de faire refaire sa maison en 1933 il me semble 120
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 10/07/2026"What is developing is so far beyond any global climate event that has impacted modern industrial civilization that predicting much of what’s coming is educated guesswork" climatecasino.substack.com/p/some-monst...climatecasino.substack.comSome Monsters are RealWhat's coming has never been seen before in the history of modern global industrial civilization ... and it's just getting started. 045
Reposted by Thomas FraiseErin Sikorsky @erinsikorsky.bsky.social · 07/07/2026A whole dang story about NATO contemplating resilience at the Port of Rotterdam (a key hub for military logistics in case of a conflict in Europe) without a single mention of sea level rise: www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe...csmonitor.comAhead of summit, NATO eyes the security of Europe’s ports and bridgesIf war breaks out in Europe, the resilience of civilian hubs – such as ports – might be as critical as the size of armies. This will be a major theme of NATO’s annual summit. 1266
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 07/07/2026www.newscientist.com/article/2533...newscientist.comCollapse of AMOC ocean current may already be locked inThe fate of the Atlantic Ocean current that keeps Europe’s climate warm depends on our carbon emissions and the rate of ice melt from Greenland, but there is a chance that a shutdown is already inevit... 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 03/07/2026Quite a bit of convergent sources. www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...telegraph.co.uk 000
Reposted by Thomas FraiseBrandon T. Snider @brandontsnider.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Back on my bullsh 15893972131
Reposted by Thomas FraiseAndré Loez & podcast Paroles d’histoire @andreloez.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Un texte qui me semble tout à fait important: critique des orientations du directeur de ScPo Luis Vassy en matière d'études internationales, avec de très bons rappels sur l'efficacité des outils des sciences sociales, y compris pour penser de façon "réaliste" la "puissance" aoc.media/analyse/2026...aoc.mediaPenser le monde d’aujourd’hui avec des idées d’hier : Luis Vassy et l'international - AOC mediaLe directeur de Sciences Po a publié dans Le Grand Continent sa vision des études internationales : un retour au réalisme stratégique, une méfiance assumée envers le droit, une approche réduite à ce q... 1156
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 29/06/2026This is really funny inpreparation.substack.com/p/opinion-i-...inpreparation.substack.comOpinion: I Was Not Allowed To Type Prompts Into ChatGPT During My Chalk Talk And This Is DiscriminationBy Dr. Rachel Simmons, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stanford University 010
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 25/06/2026From this piece www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...foreignaffairs.comThe Broken Nuclear UmbrellaWhat comes after extended deterrence. 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I don't see how they could field those weapons before 2030/2035, which is presumed to be our next year of maximum danger. Also, with what budget, and to the sacrifice of which other programs? The problem is a bit different for France, but timeline issues are not different. 100
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 25/06/2026What is the timeline of this kind of proposals? The UK retired the WE.177 in the 90s. It would probably have to redesign a warhead, or rework existing designs, without the possibility of testing and, presumably, with strained US support (French support maybe?). 100
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Must be nice to live one's life is a fantasy world and still get to claim you are doing science. 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 19/06/2026I think this is particularly true for military related research, thanks to all the former engineers or vet who self-publish edited books who do not look like much and may be poorly written but know they subject like no one else or have mindblowing details you never saw before. 130
Reposted by Thomas FraiseJohn Carl Baker @johncarlbaker.bsky.social · 18/06/2026"This thing is an environmental nightmare" - @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social on Burevestnik www.npr.org/2026/06/18/n...npr.orgReport: Russia's nuclear-powered 'Skyfall' missile is dirty and dangerousMIT researchers think they've worked out exactly how Russia's Burevestnik nuclear-powered missile flies. "It's almost certainly a terrible idea," one analyst said. "But it's not an impossible idea." 001
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Not the first time for the author retractionwatch.com/2023/08/25/e...retractionwatch.comEx-cops tangle with journals over strip clubs and sex crimesBrandon del Pozo A study by two economists who found opening strip clubs or escort services caused sex crimes in the neighborhood to drop contains “fatal errors” and should be retracted… 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 18/06/2026A great critique of dangerously irresponsible science journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 100
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The Journal of American-East Asian Relations has some interesting new articles on the atomic bomb and the end of the Pacific war. brill.com/view/journal...brill.com 020
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Oui, je suis tout à fait d'accord avec ça. On voit beaucoup ça avec l'essor des survey studies et des designs expérimentaux (qui ont leur mérite, évidemment) qui reproduisent la logique incrémentale du progrès en sciences dures, mais sont en décalage avec ce que l'innovation peut être en SHS. 120
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Ce n'est pas idéal, et je vois comment le terme science peut venir limiter l'activité intellectuelle, mais je crois qu'il peut aussi servir de protection dans certains cas. 110
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026la conception que des professionnels de la sécurité se font de la réalité et de "l'intérêt national". Et le terme "science", et les standards qui vont avec, me paraît une bonne façon de symboliser cette différence et d'éviter l'idée selon laquelle tout se vaut plus ou moins. 110
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026légitimer différentes positions politiques. Dans le domaine des études de sécurité spécifiquement, il me paraît important de maintenir une distinction entre un résultat qui est vrai selon des critères globalement partagés au sein du champ, et un résultat qui est dit vrai parce qu'il résonne avec 110
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Je comprends l'argument mais, particulièrement aujourd'hui, il me paraît important de trouver une façon de distinguer qualitativement les résultats qui respectent des standards académiques/scientifiques, et peuvent prétendre à une forme de véracité différente de travaux "experts" qui ne visent qu'à 110
Reposted by Thomas FraisePaul N. Edwards @avastmachine.bsky.social · 20/05/2026tipping point crossed. This won’t save the world but it will help. 033
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Interesting story about (likely US?) efforts to slow down a (likely the Iranian) nuclear program through cyber-sabotage of physics simulation sofwares. www.zetter-zeroday.com/experts-conf...zetter-zeroday.comExperts Confirm the Fast16 Malware Was Sabotaging Nuclear Weapons Tests, Likely in IranFast16 didn't predate Stuxnet but was contemporaneous with it. It also wasn't aimed at altering nuclear weapons but was simply feeding false data to engineers about the nuclear detonation tests they w... 000
Thomas Fraise @thfraise.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Fun bit from FRUS, where Stalin seems unaware of what Voice of America was. history.state.gov/historicaldo... 000