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drew brown

@drewfoundland.bsky.social

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writer. therapist-in-training. recovering journalist. ex academic. prodigal poster. i'se the bi.

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · Nov 11

good time for a reintroduction?

once upon a time i was a phd candidate in poli sci. then i was a columnist for vice. then i was editor-in-chief of the independent. currently retraining as a psychotherapist, & finding my way back to writing for the public. (amateur standup too, but that's shameful.)

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 11h

i stand corrected. feeling a lot of hometown pride rn www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

‘You’re a liar’: Fiery debate between PC and Liberal candidate in Grand Falls-Windsor sees both hurl accusations

PC incumbent Chris Tibbs and Liberal challenger Barry Manuel spent time attacking each other, and afterwards said they would do it again. The CBC’s Troy Turner has the story.

www.cbc.ca

drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 1d

unfortunately they don't make em like this anymore

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The Independent @independentnl.bsky.social · 2d

Twelve out of 40 MHAs elected since 2021 are landlords, a higher percentage than most provinces and an unknown fact to most Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. #nlpoli #Election2025

Read the story from Isaac Peltz 👇
theindependent.ca/news/seismic...

Seismic shift needed to address N.L. housing crisis, experts say – The Independent

Housing is a human right in Canada, yet unchecked rent hikes, Airbnb pressure, and landlord-lawmakers have left thousands in Newfoundland and Labrador one paycheck away from homelessness

theindependent.ca

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The Independent @independentnl.bsky.social · 3d

We’re cutting through the undergrowth to find out why our political parties feel dead — and what might liven them up

Read Part 2 of Drew Brown's analysis of N.L.'s political system ahead of the 2025 provincial election on Oct. 14.
#nlpoli
theindependent.ca/commentary/a...

How N.L. became the life (and death) of the party – The Independent

We’re cutting through the undergrowth to find out why our political parties feel dead — and what might liven them up

theindependent.ca

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 3d

for part 2/2 of my "NL Politics 101" series, I survey the breadth of newfoundland history to show that the reason all the problems keep repeating is because the party system hasn't changed since the last time it broke our democracy.

it doesn't have to be this way! theindependent.ca/commentary/a...

How N.L. became the life (and death) of the party – The Independent

We’re cutting through the undergrowth to find out why our political parties feel dead — and what might liven them up

theindependent.ca

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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 4d

The Anna Karenina principle states that for success to occur in a complex endeavor, all key factors must be present and work correctly. The endeavor does not succeed when even one essential element is missing, meaning there are many different ways to fail. It is named for Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel Anna Karenina, which begins:

All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
This suggests happy families resemble one another because they possess the necessary traits for happiness, whereas unhappy families may have any variety of

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 5d

The whole discourse about whether the plagiarism machine is a person, has been poisoned by the fact that the people on one side of it have used the plagiarism machine to destroy their ability to think.

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 5d

Turn from the ruin. Turn and go *forward*.

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Truckstop Vigilante @brenthor.bsky.social · Oct 27

I bet you the group of men who own rick and morty branded raw denim jeans are fun to talk to.

Naked & Famous selvedge jeans with Pickle Rick branding

Naked & Famous selvedge jeans with Morty branding

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 8d

when the primary source is so good the secondary author prefaces it with "worth quoting at length" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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JVG 骨 @jasonv.bsky.social · 10d

Absolute all-timer sentence in today's @nytimes.com

"some legal experts have called it a crime to summarily execute civilians" says today's New York Times, continuing their long tradition of whitewashing fascism

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 14d

(part 2 is coming as soon as i get enough breathing room from school to type up the handwritten draft 😭)

drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 14d

wherein i break down politics in newfoundland & labrador to the absolute fundamentals. as in "what do 'Left' and 'Right' even mean?" fundamentals. part 1 of a 101-level crash course in everything you (n)ever wanted to know about the unique political dynamics of canada's other Distinct Society.

Justin Brake @justinbrake.bsky.social · 14d

Can standard dichotomies like ‘left and right’, ‘nationalist and federalist’, or ‘populist and technocratic’ help us understand politics in the province? #nlpoli

Read Part 1 of Drew Brown's new 2-part analysis of Newfoundland and Labrador's political system.
theindependent.ca/commentary/a...

Defining Newfoundland and Labrador’s political system in 2025 – The Independent

Can standard dichotomies like ‘left and right’, ‘nationalist and federalist’, or ‘populist and technocratic’ help us understand politics in the province?

theindependent.ca

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Rick Scott 🇨🇦 @shadowspar.bsky.social · 16d

this archetype remains undefeated

Screenshot of tweet that says:

me: hey does anyone have any readings on medieval north African trade networks

17 follower alcoholic who works at a bakery:
[link to 157 page pdf] yeah I think this is pretty enlightening

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Thomas Hansen @thomashansen.bsky.social · Nov 25

#GoldenAgeOfFraud

#Crypto

From Twitter:

Sick of people calling everything in crypto a Ponzi scheme. Some crypto projects are pump and dump schemes, while others are pyramid schemes. Others are just standard issue fraud. Others are just middlemen skimming of the top. Stop glossing over the diversity in the industry.

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21d

this is something you just have to live with if you are even barely well-known online; people make up elaborate stories about you in their heads. it will always happen and you cannot give a shit about it, only stomp on it if they try to spread these weird tales to anybody you actually know.

jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · 26d

its so strange to be a public figure. people build such elaborate mythologies around you. and im not even like, famous famous

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 21d

they should let you put the group chat as a reference on your resume

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Ryan @5280orange.bsky.social · 22d

The year is 1999. You are watching The Man Show with Adam Carolla and Jimmy Kimmel. By 2025 one will be a right wing grifter, the other will be fired as a bellwether of encroaching Fascism. You take a drink of Mountain Dew code red and change the channel.

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staring blankly into the abyss @ianmosby.bsky.social · 23d

If you aren't picking D you're out of your damn mind.

Brilliant Maps @brilliantmaps.bsky.social · 23d

For the rest of your life, you can only eat food from one of these regions. Which do you choose?

For more maps: brilliantmaps.beehiiv.com/s...

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 24d

you can really feel the enthusiasm for NL's 2025 provincial election!!!

(from vocm.com/2025/09/15/p...)

VOCM headline: "Premier Must Call Provincial Election Today" above photos of NDP leader Jim Dinn, Liberal leader John Hogan, and PC leader Tony Wakeham.

Text: "The minimum length of an election is 28 days. For Premier Hogan to meet the mandatory fixed election date of October 14 he has to make the call today. The betting is that the call will come at about 6:00 tonight."

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 25d

man. that first season of True Detective really is flawless television.

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yoshimi red @yoshimired.bsky.social · 27d

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?"

BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao"

1. "It, um, doesn't say anything."

2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe."

3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

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olive consumer's ambulatory skeleton @machete.gay · 27d

You're going to see a lot of "he's a violent antifascist leftist" and "he's a groyper" but the core of Tyler Robinson's motivation is almost certainly that he's an online-poisoned idiot gamer.

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drew brown @drewfoundland.bsky.social · 28d

"digital asbestos" is such a good term for the ai-ification of everything

Sarah J. Martin @eatingpolitics.bsky.social · 28d

Digital asbestos at work.
Major report on provincial education policy advocates for AI.
Major report on provincial education policy cites 12+ hallucinations.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.L.'s 10-year education action plan cites sources that don't exist | CBC News

A major report on modernizing the education system in Newfoundland and Labrador is peppered with fake sources some educators say were likely fabricated by generative artificial intelligence.

www.cbc.ca

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