A.P. Brown
@apxbrown.bsky.social
Front Range Colorado resident/ West Coast native, formerly Atl. Essayist, music critic, home baker, whiskey and barbecue enthusiast.
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In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
For a yr, I've been working on a series for The New Atlantis about the vast systems that underlie our lives. Our ancestors built them up over decades to fend off hunger, thirst, darkness and disease. But too few of us know about them—and they're all at risk. The conclusion is now available online:
Why We Are Better Off Than a Century Ago
Our ancestors built grand public systems to conquer hunger, thirst, darkness, and squalor. That progress can be lost if we forget it.
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
In 1924, Calvin Coolidge's 16-yr-old son played tennis on the White House grounds w/o wearing socks. He got a blister and was dead from infection a week later.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
This is unthinkable today—which is why I wrote this series. Cuz the systems that save us from this kind of fate are in urgent need of care.
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Food bloggers report that AI-generated "recipe slop" is distorting nearly every way people find cooking advice online, causing consumers to waste time and money on unappetizing or impossible dishes.
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet — And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Food bloggers report that AI-generated "recipe slop" is distorting nearly every way people find cooking advice online, causing consumers to waste time and money on unappetizing or impossible dishes.
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… I don’t know what this is actually about but I’m not thrilled that my brain assumed it was somehow about RFK Jr and Nuzzi.
what if wet Judy
ram a lam
what if wet Judy
ram a lam
wet Judy assume that
ram a lam
pies are not good
ram a lam
ram a lam
what if wet Judy
ram a lam
wet Judy assume that
ram a lam
pies are not good
ram a lam
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
… I don’t know what this is actually about but I’m not thrilled that my brain assumed it was somehow about RFK Jr and Nuzzi.
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It's not an accident that this kind of thing happens every time Republicans are ascendant in national politics
November 26, 2025 at 3:21 AM
It's not an accident that this kind of thing happens every time Republicans are ascendant in national politics
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Wherever I’m With You (Putnam 2027), a co-created graphic novel by Suzanne Samin and me, follows two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen, grappling with his mother’s death,
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
November 23, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Wherever I’m With You (Putnam 2027), a co-created graphic novel by Suzanne Samin and me, follows two former best friends from the Bronx: Aran, a Syrian American teen, grappling with his mother’s death,
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
and Tao, a college basketball star, who have to face life and old feelings once Tao moves back.
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btw if you saw my Jinx print at a Con in Belfast today it was NOT authorized, it's just been stolen 🙃
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 AM
btw if you saw my Jinx print at a Con in Belfast today it was NOT authorized, it's just been stolen 🙃
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Someone at the Hague is probably taking notes for a prosecution right now.
The first official confirmation that Noem herself made the decision not to turn the planes around. A couple hundred men were tortured as a result — and soon after, the Supreme Court confirmed that the Trump admin’s Alien Enemies Act process was a total violation of due process.
BREAKING:
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
“After receiving that legal advice, Secretary Noem directed that the AEA detainees who had been removed from the United States before the Court’s order could be transferred to the custody of El Salvador. “
November 26, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Someone at the Hague is probably taking notes for a prosecution right now.
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those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
We gotta normalize responding to bullshit with "dude who fucking cares"
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
those of you who are afraid of aging, please understand that one of the huge blessings of middle age is arriving at this exact station
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You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
November 26, 2025 at 3:20 AM
You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you?
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Ok I love watching the Zack Snyder Justice League but only the very specific scene where Zombie Superman freaks the fuck out and starts destroying everything because it’s very funny
Honestly, great B movie
Honestly, great B movie
November 26, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Ok I love watching the Zack Snyder Justice League but only the very specific scene where Zombie Superman freaks the fuck out and starts destroying everything because it’s very funny
Honestly, great B movie
Honestly, great B movie
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Lot of discussion about pies today when we could be talking about that fucked up turkey ice cream cake Baskin Robins makes.
November 26, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Lot of discussion about pies today when we could be talking about that fucked up turkey ice cream cake Baskin Robins makes.
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These new people are fiscally liberal and socially conservative.
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 AM
These new people are fiscally liberal and socially conservative.
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He either on the run or in pieces somewhere. No in between.
A high school football coach who disappeared days ago before his undefeated team’s playoff game is being sought on charges of "possessing child sexual abuse material and using a computer to solicit a minor," authorities say
Football Coach Who Went Missing Before Undefeated Team's Playoff Game Is Wanted On Criminal Charges
Virginia State Police say a high school football coach who disappeared days ago before his undefeated team’s playoff game is being sought on charges of possessing child sexual abuse material and using...
www.huffpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:15 AM
He either on the run or in pieces somewhere. No in between.
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Let’s run this again, was fun last year, what new adversities are we about to create for ourselves on the field, drop your menus below
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Let’s run this again, was fun last year, what new adversities are we about to create for ourselves on the field, drop your menus below
Why the fuck was chicken alfredo the go-to ”we go together” home-cooked meal 2003-2015 when most of y’all is lactose intolerant?
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Why the fuck was chicken alfredo the go-to ”we go together” home-cooked meal 2003-2015 when most of y’all is lactose intolerant?
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i agree with gregory. fruit should not be warm. pie is disgusting.
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 AM
i agree with gregory. fruit should not be warm. pie is disgusting.
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She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
Ms. Kuyateh was one of 19 third-country nationals sent to Ghana on Nov. 6. At least 61 TCNs have been removed there since September.
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Others report similar treatment. Nigerians were forced to cross into Togo w/o documents, rendering them essentially stateless
www.nbcwashington.com/investigatio...
Woman deported from Maryland shown on video being dragged in Ghana
Rabbiatu Kuyateh was detained this summer at her annual ICE check-in, her son said. She moved to the D.C. area 30 years ago as she fled civil war in Sierra Leone.
www.nbcwashington.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:46 AM
She's a nurse & grandmother who had been here for 30 years
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
She had a work permit
She was taken when she went to her annual ICE check-in
She was shipped to Ghana, where she was dragged on the floor.
She was then shipped to Sierra Leone, from which she had fled, and *despite a court order.*
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I was talking about this with some of my org's staff a while back - it's easy for things to get overly fraught right now in even low-stakes situations, because just existing in America and the world is terrifying and exhausting now.
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I was talking about this with some of my org's staff a while back - it's easy for things to get overly fraught right now in even low-stakes situations, because just existing in America and the world is terrifying and exhausting now.
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Picture, if you will, my confusion when Zeenoth appeared.
'I KNOW that voice... Who the fuck is it?'
A few sentences from Z later, now "watching" with my eyes closed: 'Aaaah, it's Commander Riker.'👀
Never been a fan of Riker, until Picard came out, but boy, Jonathan Frakes always had A VOICE... 🫠
'I KNOW that voice... Who the fuck is it?'
A few sentences from Z later, now "watching" with my eyes closed: 'Aaaah, it's Commander Riker.'👀
Never been a fan of Riker, until Picard came out, but boy, Jonathan Frakes always had A VOICE... 🫠
Hadn't planned on watching The Mighty Nein until all episodes of s1 dropped - not a fan of bite-sized watching of serials.
But as I'm still feeling like crap and got nothing better to do - and can't be arsed to read much, bc headache - I guess I'll give it a shot. Plus, episode 4 drops later today.
But as I'm still feeling like crap and got nothing better to do - and can't be arsed to read much, bc headache - I guess I'll give it a shot. Plus, episode 4 drops later today.
a picture of a cartoon character that says behold on the bottom
ALT: a picture of a cartoon character that says behold on the bottom
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November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Picture, if you will, my confusion when Zeenoth appeared.
'I KNOW that voice... Who the fuck is it?'
A few sentences from Z later, now "watching" with my eyes closed: 'Aaaah, it's Commander Riker.'👀
Never been a fan of Riker, until Picard came out, but boy, Jonathan Frakes always had A VOICE... 🫠
'I KNOW that voice... Who the fuck is it?'
A few sentences from Z later, now "watching" with my eyes closed: 'Aaaah, it's Commander Riker.'👀
Never been a fan of Riker, until Picard came out, but boy, Jonathan Frakes always had A VOICE... 🫠
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For her serious ethical lapses, Nuzzi was rewarded with an editor role at Vanity Fair.
Olivia Nuzzi wrote an entire story based on unnamed sources about Biden's decline, reinvigorating calls for him to leave the race -- and the whole time, she was working on RFK Jr.'s behalf, according to her ex-fiance. newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Olivia Nuzzi’s Real Victims
More than her fiancé, or fellow female journalists, the public will pay the price for these misdeeds. RFK Jr. will see to that.
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
For her serious ethical lapses, Nuzzi was rewarded with an editor role at Vanity Fair.
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How do you say “Keystone Cops” in Portuguese?
“Os policiais trapalhões”. 🇧🇷
“Os policiais trapalhões”. 🇧🇷
Pretty convincing evidence here that the Trump administration was planning to jailbreak and provide asylum for Bolsonaro -- and that Trump inadvertently revealed the plan.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
And this, as the now-cliche goes, would have been a paralyzing scandal for any other administration.
Trump appears to blurt out secret plan, not knowing it's already a bust
YouTube video by MS NOW
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
How do you say “Keystone Cops” in Portuguese?
“Os policiais trapalhões”. 🇧🇷
“Os policiais trapalhões”. 🇧🇷
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“..Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. .. The number of Mr. Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 percent.”
@nytimes.com
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November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
“..Trump in his second term has started scheduled events in the afternoon on average, at 12:08 p.m. .. The number of Mr. Trump’s total official appearances has decreased by 39 percent.”
@nytimes.com
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If you’re sick of reading about Olivia Nuzzi, here, read an article about Lane Kiffin www.wsj.com/sports/footb...
He’s College Football’s Most Hated Man—and He’s About to Be the Highest-Paid Coach of All Time
Lane Kiffin has enraged more fanbases than any coach in recent history. It hasn’t stopped him from emerging as the most coveted candidate in college football’s craziest hiring cycle.
www.wsj.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
If you’re sick of reading about Olivia Nuzzi, here, read an article about Lane Kiffin www.wsj.com/sports/footb...