Martin D.B. Brown
@martindbbrown.bsky.social
Historian, parent, husband, occasional Bondologist
#BondianColdWar book
https://martindbrown.substack.com/
https://www.routledge.com/The-Bondian-Cold-War-The-Transnational-Legacy-of-a-Cultural-Icon/Brown-Granieri-Blaive/p/book/9780367569365
#BondianColdWar book
https://martindbrown.substack.com/
https://www.routledge.com/The-Bondian-Cold-War-The-Transnational-Legacy-of-a-Cultural-Icon/Brown-Granieri-Blaive/p/book/9780367569365
Pinned
On the road to Ponar(y), Bud Dajo & Punta Arenas
Reading about atrocities and the lies told to obscure them
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Me on Chris Heath's, 'No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis...'; Kim A. Wagner's 'Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History'; and Philippe Sands's '38 Londres Street', and yes, in that order
open.substack.com/pub/martindb...
open.substack.com/pub/martindb...
Lääne-Viru County woman creates retro apartment museum after 'big clean-up'
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Lääne-Viru County woman creates retro apartment museum after 'big clean-up'
Merike Õun, from Rakke, Lääne-Viru County, has built a 1980s-style retro apartment museum from a shipping container. Õun said she got the idea three years ago while doing a big clean-up.
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November 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Lääne-Viru County woman creates retro apartment museum after 'big clean-up'
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Monty Python?
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Monty Python?
Woke this morning to a discussion of ruminant semen on Farming Today
a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a red and green striped shirt
ALT: a man with glasses and a mustache is wearing a red and green striped shirt
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November 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Woke this morning to a discussion of ruminant semen on Farming Today
This box of coffee filters is on my level whenever I go in the kitchen to use the kettle... And over the last few days I've began to have serious doubts about the French translation of the English phrase...
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
This box of coffee filters is on my level whenever I go in the kitchen to use the kettle... And over the last few days I've began to have serious doubts about the French translation of the English phrase...
I had to look him up...
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I had to look him up...
I'm fully onboard with the widest possible definitions of Noir but there are limits...
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I'm fully onboard with the widest possible definitions of Noir but there are limits...
Oh come on...
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Oh come on...
Flower print wellington boots...
I have thoughts that I should probably keep to myself
I have thoughts that I should probably keep to myself
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Flower print wellington boots...
I have thoughts that I should probably keep to myself
I have thoughts that I should probably keep to myself
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My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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Beijing carries out emergency launch to relieve space station crew left without working return capsule.
China sends spacecraft to pick up stranded astronauts
Beijing carries out emergency launch to relieve space station crew left without working return capsule.
bit.ly
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Beijing carries out emergency launch to relieve space station crew left without working return capsule.
"I discovered. .." a load of files sat in the archives and catalogued by archivists...and written about extensively
*Turns off podcast
*Turns off podcast
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"I discovered. .." a load of files sat in the archives and catalogued by archivists...and written about extensively
*Turns off podcast
*Turns off podcast
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thewire.in/world/mamdan... -The mayor’s post-meeting statement –“pragmatic collaboration on housing and infrastructure” – is the sound of a potential critic being neutralised? @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
Trump, Mamdani, MTG, and the Concealment of an Emerging MAGA Revolt
Machiavelli warned that when a prince must choose between being loved and being feared, he should choose fear – but only if he can avoid being hated. Trump may soon be reminded that hatred is the one ...
thewire.in
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
thewire.in/world/mamdan... -The mayor’s post-meeting statement –“pragmatic collaboration on housing and infrastructure” – is the sound of a potential critic being neutralised? @bradleyrsimpson.bsky.social @vanjackson.bsky.social @martindbbrown.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social
7:55am...having already replied to several e-mails from 'people' about stuff they should have fixed a month ago...
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November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
7:55am...having already replied to several e-mails from 'people' about stuff they should have fixed a month ago...
Not that it's important or anything
November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Not that it's important or anything
US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan but defer biggest decisions www.ft.com/content/883e...
US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan but defer biggest decisions
The most politically sensitive elements are left for Trump and Zelenskyy to discuss
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:24 AM
US and Ukraine draft new 19-point peace plan but defer biggest decisions www.ft.com/content/883e...
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Reminder that In the 1990s Farage sought the backing of the disgraced former Conservative MP and notorious racist Enoch Powell and twice asked him to stand as a candidate for UKIP.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Nigel Farage asked former Conservative MP Enoch Powell to back Ukip
Despite his ‘rivers of blood’ speech, the Ukip leader has said the central thrust of Powell’s immigration arguments hold true
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Reminder that In the 1990s Farage sought the backing of the disgraced former Conservative MP and notorious racist Enoch Powell and twice asked him to stand as a candidate for UKIP.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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US army secretary Dan Driscoll is holding talks in Abu Dhabi with Ukraine’s military intelligence chief and a Russian delegation as Washington pushes for a deal to end the Kremlin’s war. on.ft.com/3Kj1CVP
November 25, 2025 at 7:15 AM
US army secretary Dan Driscoll is holding talks in Abu Dhabi with Ukraine’s military intelligence chief and a Russian delegation as Washington pushes for a deal to end the Kremlin’s war. on.ft.com/3Kj1CVP
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'Ahead of the autumn budget on 26 November, Universities UK (UUK) has calculated that funding per student for teaching in 2025-26 is at 64 per cent of the level it was in 2015-16.' 1/3
University teaching income ‘£6.4 billon less’ than 10 years ago
UUK says shortfall in teaching money is ‘baked in’ to higher education funding system as institutions brace for new tax in upcoming budget
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
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Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
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The professor was detained on his way to an academic conference in Washington, D.C., according to the colleague.
ICE Detains University of Oklahoma Professor With H-1B Visa, Colleague Says
www.newsweek.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The professor was detained on his way to an academic conference in Washington, D.C., according to the colleague.
A) I was racist at school 40 plus years ago.
B) I am still a racist but pretend I am not.
B) I am still a racist but pretend I am not.
a man with long hair and a beard is holding a glass and says huh
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November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
A) I was racist at school 40 plus years ago.
B) I am still a racist but pretend I am not.
B) I am still a racist but pretend I am not.
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Farage really on the ropes there.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Farage really on the ropes there.