Brad Bolman
@brad.bolman.com
Historian @tulaneu.bsky.social
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~Views expressed may not reflect those of my employer~
Lab Dog is out now: www.labdogbook.com/
brad.bolman.com
~Views expressed may not reflect those of my employer~
Kind of losing it over the idea of the "Betrayal index" in football
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Kind of losing it over the idea of the "Betrayal index" in football
The new Meta facility in Louisiana uses double the energy of the entire New Orleans area (chart from the Hullabaloo)
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The new Meta facility in Louisiana uses double the energy of the entire New Orleans area (chart from the Hullabaloo)
An all-time Chotiner ending
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
An all-time Chotiner ending
I remember being amazed when I first learned how active US actors were in deposing foreign governments in Latin America, but looking back it's kind of remarkable how open people were about it at the time (image is NYT in 1911)
September 23, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I remember being amazed when I first learned how active US actors were in deposing foreign governments in Latin America, but looking back it's kind of remarkable how open people were about it at the time (image is NYT in 1911)
People without smart glasses will never be able to light money on fire to create this
September 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
People without smart glasses will never be able to light money on fire to create this
Baudrillard could never
September 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Baudrillard could never
I wanted an example for students of the limits of tools like ChatGPT and why it matters to do your own work, so I asked what sources were missing from my book. I found the answer revealing about the limitations of the model, not least because it just recommended things in the book
August 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I wanted an example for students of the limits of tools like ChatGPT and why it matters to do your own work, so I asked what sources were missing from my book. I found the answer revealing about the limitations of the model, not least because it just recommended things in the book
Love to visit my local news website
August 1, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Love to visit my local news website
Tough to pick absolute favorites, but I felt solid about these
June 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Tough to pick absolute favorites, but I felt solid about these
Extremely concerning for prospective travelers to the US
June 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Extremely concerning for prospective travelers to the US
April 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The added irony of this essay is that it’s exactly the kind of text ChatGPT can put together relatively easily
April 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
The added irony of this essay is that it’s exactly the kind of text ChatGPT can put together relatively easily
When I was little, I used to say to my parents, as I drifted off to sleep, "I hope I can someday crack the top 500 in the Amazon Emergency Medicine (books) category," so this has been a huge week for me
April 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When I was little, I used to say to my parents, as I drifted off to sleep, "I hope I can someday crack the top 500 in the Amazon Emergency Medicine (books) category," so this has been a huge week for me
Early copies of Lab Dog are trickling out into the world, including this one I found in the grass in Princeton. My sincere thanks to everyone who ordered this little book I spent many many years on!
April 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Early copies of Lab Dog are trickling out into the world, including this one I found in the grass in Princeton. My sincere thanks to everyone who ordered this little book I spent many many years on!
Today I remembered "Operation Elster," my favorite piece of espionage history. Colepaugh and Gimpel are first ballot grift Hall of Famers
April 7, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today I remembered "Operation Elster," my favorite piece of espionage history. Colepaugh and Gimpel are first ballot grift Hall of Famers
This Getty image of a worried trader with Trump “Take America Back” stickers behind him as the market whipsaws is almost too much
April 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This Getty image of a worried trader with Trump “Take America Back” stickers behind him as the market whipsaws is almost too much
Concerned about tariffs? Well let me tell you about a tariff-ic new book from UChicago Press: Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles, by Brad Bolman. Fresh copies are arriving just in time to avoid the trade war and you can preorder one now! www.amazon.com/Lab-Dog-Scie...
April 3, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Concerned about tariffs? Well let me tell you about a tariff-ic new book from UChicago Press: Lab Dog: What Global Science Owes American Beagles, by Brad Bolman. Fresh copies are arriving just in time to avoid the trade war and you can preorder one now! www.amazon.com/Lab-Dog-Scie...
This movie was so stunningly beautiful, can’t recommend it enough
March 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This movie was so stunningly beautiful, can’t recommend it enough
In the early 1900s, when my Slovak great-grandparents came to the US, newspapers and politicians spoke about them in virtually identical terms to those of the modern anti-immigrant right. I wish more people recognized that their relatives, too, were once poor "burdens" & seen as unfit to live here
March 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
In the early 1900s, when my Slovak great-grandparents came to the US, newspapers and politicians spoke about them in virtually identical terms to those of the modern anti-immigrant right. I wish more people recognized that their relatives, too, were once poor "burdens" & seen as unfit to live here
Mind-blowing not just that the NYT gives needless space to some ghoulish opinion providers but that anyone with a moral conscience could chart the persecution of minorities as some kind of net-positive
March 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Mind-blowing not just that the NYT gives needless space to some ghoulish opinion providers but that anyone with a moral conscience could chart the persecution of minorities as some kind of net-positive
I assumed the Murdoch family had thoughts on Succession but even Baudrillard might’ve been surprised at all this
December 12, 2024 at 6:58 PM
I assumed the Murdoch family had thoughts on Succession but even Baudrillard might’ve been surprised at all this
You can now judge the book by its cover, if you are that sort of person
November 10, 2024 at 3:21 PM
You can now judge the book by its cover, if you are that sort of person