Nick Brumfield
@nickjbrumfield.bsky.social
Researcher on Yemen, MENA, Maritime Domain | Posts about MENA, Appalachia, Rivers, increasingly Thailand | Words in Daily Beast, FPRI, Amwaj, Al-Jazeera, Arab Center DC | Contact info.nickjbrumfield@gmail.com for work, media inquiries | he/him
I'm sorry anthropologists I didn't recognize your game
November 18, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I'm sorry anthropologists I didn't recognize your game
Scenes of flooding in Sing Buri, although the water is receding
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Thai PBS World
November 17, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Scenes of flooding in Sing Buri, although the water is receding
Source: Thai PBS World
Source: Thai PBS World
At an honest-to-god Bangkok fashion show with a bunch of celebrities dressed like your tourist dad and can't help but feel like Ron Swanson at the club
November 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
At an honest-to-god Bangkok fashion show with a bunch of celebrities dressed like your tourist dad and can't help but feel like Ron Swanson at the club
Hard to communicate the artistry and scale of all the music and stagecraft because they don't let you record during, but here's the curtain call
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Hard to communicate the artistry and scale of all the music and stagecraft because they don't let you record during, but here's the curtain call
The annual khon performance of scenes from the Thailand's Ramakien national epic (the Thai version of the Ramayana) at Thailand Cultural Center
November 16, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The annual khon performance of scenes from the Thailand's Ramakien national epic (the Thai version of the Ramayana) at Thailand Cultural Center
Broke: The Germanic Migrations and the Late Western Roman Empire
Woke: The Tai Migrations and the Late Khmer Empire
Woke: The Tai Migrations and the Late Khmer Empire
November 16, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Broke: The Germanic Migrations and the Late Western Roman Empire
Woke: The Tai Migrations and the Late Khmer Empire
Woke: The Tai Migrations and the Late Khmer Empire
The mighty Mekong, still mostly a wild river of free-flowing water and twisting meanders along its middle portion
November 14, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The mighty Mekong, still mostly a wild river of free-flowing water and twisting meanders along its middle portion
That's not great
November 14, 2025 at 6:47 AM
That's not great
It's a nice place. Definitely check out the Laos People's Army History Museum for the podcast. The did it up nice for one of the anniversaries a few years back. Has like six rooms devoted to specific battles and is a really well-done museum presenting basically the counter-US narrative to the war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's a nice place. Definitely check out the Laos People's Army History Museum for the podcast. The did it up nice for one of the anniversaries a few years back. Has like six rooms devoted to specific battles and is a really well-done museum presenting basically the counter-US narrative to the war.
And of course, the trip to one of the world's few remaining Communist states isn't complete without a bunch of shots of hammers and sickles and monumental architecture
November 13, 2025 at 2:26 PM
And of course, the trip to one of the world's few remaining Communist states isn't complete without a bunch of shots of hammers and sickles and monumental architecture
Just found out the flag of Laos is meant to represent a full moon reflected in the Mekong River, which dominates the country's geography
I already liked Lao aesthetics, but this quickly catapults it to one of my favorite flags
I already liked Lao aesthetics, but this quickly catapults it to one of my favorite flags
November 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Just found out the flag of Laos is meant to represent a full moon reflected in the Mekong River, which dominates the country's geography
I already liked Lao aesthetics, but this quickly catapults it to one of my favorite flags
I already liked Lao aesthetics, but this quickly catapults it to one of my favorite flags
Scammers are getting so sophisticated these days
November 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Scammers are getting so sophisticated these days
Ok it was assuring at first but ngl the more they insist it's not gonna be like 2011 (one of the most damaging natural disasters of the 21st century) the more disconcerted I am
November 11, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Ok it was assuring at first but ngl the more they insist it's not gonna be like 2011 (one of the most damaging natural disasters of the 21st century) the more disconcerted I am
Does this look good, my friends?
November 11, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Does this look good, my friends?
Wow they must've built it on really high ground huh
*Not from this round of flooding
*Not from this round of flooding
November 11, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Wow they must've built it on really high ground huh
*Not from this round of flooding
*Not from this round of flooding
The same root is also related to the German suffix "burg" as in Nuremberg, and through loanwords from Ancient Greek or Middle Persia the Arabic word for tower, "Burj," with the root having the connotation of a fortified or high place
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
The same root is also related to the German suffix "burg" as in Nuremberg, and through loanwords from Ancient Greek or Middle Persia the Arabic word for tower, "Burj," with the root having the connotation of a fortified or high place
That, my friends, does not look good
November 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
That, my friends, does not look good
With worries about flooding in Bangkok right after I finished a book about the decline of the city's traditions of living with the river (stilt/floating houses, etc) in favor of "modern" solutions like levees & dams, been thinking about what a "modern" city using the old ways might look like
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
With worries about flooding in Bangkok right after I finished a book about the decline of the city's traditions of living with the river (stilt/floating houses, etc) in favor of "modern" solutions like levees & dams, been thinking about what a "modern" city using the old ways might look like
Had to buy a new printer after having one of those HP Wi-Fi ones for years and we got the cheapest, low-tech one available that you have to plug in with a USB to use and
November 9, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Had to buy a new printer after having one of those HP Wi-Fi ones for years and we got the cheapest, low-tech one available that you have to plug in with a USB to use and
We give The Nice Guys its due, but American Hustle is also a great bit of 70s nostalgia
November 9, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We give The Nice Guys its due, but American Hustle is also a great bit of 70s nostalgia
"This isn't an omen from the Old Ones. This is a business opportunity."
November 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
"This isn't an omen from the Old Ones. This is a business opportunity."
Capitalism really did look at the hellish flames of naturally occurring hydrocarbon surface fires viewed as places of supernatural power for millennia and say "hrm, what if we could commodify this?"
November 9, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Capitalism really did look at the hellish flames of naturally occurring hydrocarbon surface fires viewed as places of supernatural power for millennia and say "hrm, what if we could commodify this?"
Orientalism makes people think its older, but Old City Bangkok was developed at roughly the same time as Washington, DC and its Chinatown port district basically the same time as classic migration era New York
November 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Orientalism makes people think its older, but Old City Bangkok was developed at roughly the same time as Washington, DC and its Chinatown port district basically the same time as classic migration era New York