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
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Basically a slur on law enforcement
February 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Basically a slur on law enforcement
"...has been a devout storyteller his whole life.."
Oh, a truthstorian then...
Oh, a truthstorian then...
a man talking to another man with the words u wot m8
ALT: a man talking to another man with the words u wot m8
media.tenor.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:21 PM
"...has been a devout storyteller his whole life.."
Oh, a truthstorian then...
Oh, a truthstorian then...
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here goes nothing
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
Showreel 2014
Screenwriting showreel, 2014 Andras Forgacs W. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3416508/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/andras-forgacs-w/25/56/86 http://amegofilm.com/management/screenwriters/w...
vimeo.com
February 18, 2026 at 10:56 AM
here goes nothing
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
Hi, I'm a screenwriter, with film and TV credits, open to work or collaborate, here's a showreel I made some years ago. (I know, I need to do a new one.)
Feel free to hit me up for all your comedy and or drama needs.
www.imdb.com/name/nm34165...
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This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
Grammarly Revisited - Carleton College
A close look at Grammarly's new AI tools
www.carleton.edu
February 18, 2026 at 9:08 AM
This (about the 'new' Grammarly AI toolset) is absolutely terrifying, not because the tool is good, but because it is an easy, all-in-one, way to avoid thinking any thoughts or doing any work at all *and 3000 universities say its OK to use*.
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
www.carleton.edu/ai/blog/gram...
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'If they choose to take up the Voluntary Severance Scheme, open to all academic staff in the School of Humanities and the School of Modern Languages, staff essentially make themselves redundant in return for a good pay-out.'
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
University of Bristol asks Humanities and Languages academic staff to voluntarily quit
Certain departments are being run into a ‘managed decline’, says Bristol UCU's co-President, as a new Voluntary Severance Scheme is announced.
epigram.org.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:34 AM
'If they choose to take up the Voluntary Severance Scheme, open to all academic staff in the School of Humanities and the School of Modern Languages, staff essentially make themselves redundant in return for a good pay-out.'
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
9 months' pay; 3 weeks to decide. 1/3
Some fascinating nuggets buried away in this, but also indicative of the rambling too long podcast
February 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Some fascinating nuggets buried away in this, but also indicative of the rambling too long podcast
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#BBCNews - Climber on trial for leaving girlfriend to die on Austria's highest mountain
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Climber on trial for leaving girlfriend to die on Austria's highest mountain
Kerstin G's boyfriend is accused of leaving her unprotected and exhausted close to the summit during a blizzard.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 8:52 AM
#BBCNews - Climber on trial for leaving girlfriend to die on Austria's highest mountain
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: ‘It’s a coup’.
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The US coup: one year on
I re-publish my piece from a year ago. It's not yet over. But it's nearly there...
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 7:21 PM
NEW: ‘It’s a coup’.
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
One year on from when DOGE entered the US treasury & Trump’s blitzkrieg on the rule of law began, I’ve republished an article I wrote then about what the headlines weren’t saying.
NB: They’re still not.
1/
open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
Bizzness wanker on the wireless forgets to mention austerity, brexit or Tories
February 18, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Bizzness wanker on the wireless forgets to mention austerity, brexit or Tories
Margus Tsahkna: Estonia's goal is peace in Ukraine, but not Munich or Yalta news.err.ee/1609943834/m...
Margus Tsahkna: Estonia's goal is peace in Ukraine, but not Munich or Yalta
Minister of Foreign Affairs Margus Tsahkna said in a speech, outlining the main priorities and objectives of Estonia's foreign policy, that today we are no longer speaking of the end of an era in…
news.err.ee
February 18, 2026 at 7:49 AM
Margus Tsahkna: Estonia's goal is peace in Ukraine, but not Munich or Yalta news.err.ee/1609943834/m...
Macho Man
The US Department of Health and Human Services just released this video.
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Macho Man
And the 1940s?
February 18, 2026 at 7:39 AM
And the 1940s?
Epstein files and Israel: Barak's preference for 'quality' immigrants and Belarusian girls | Opinion www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
www.haaretz.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Epstein files and Israel: Barak's preference for 'quality' immigrants and Belarusian girls | Opinion www.haaretz.com/opinion/2026...
Marko Mihkelson: Estonia's survival strategy is values-based realism news.err.ee/1609944104/m...
Marko Mihkelson: Estonia's survival strategy is values-based realism
Estonia's foreign policy has never been naive idealism, nor has it been or ever can be cynical power politics driven solely by self-interest. The foundation of Estonia's foreign policy has been and…
news.err.ee
February 18, 2026 at 7:33 AM
Marko Mihkelson: Estonia's survival strategy is values-based realism news.err.ee/1609944104/m...
X-68A LongShot Air-To-Air Missile-Carrying Drone Moves Closer To F-15 Launch www.twz.com/news-feature...
X-68A LongShot Air-To-Air Missile-Carrying Drone Moves Closer To F-15 Launch
LongShot drones are also seen as a new way for bombers and cargo planes engage aerial threats and reduce vulnerability.
www.twz.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:32 AM
X-68A LongShot Air-To-Air Missile-Carrying Drone Moves Closer To F-15 Launch www.twz.com/news-feature...
Pentagon designates LongShot air-launched drone X-68A defence-blog.com/pentagon-des...
Pentagon designates LongShot air-launched drone X-68A
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Pentagon's research and technology arm, has designated its air-launched missile-carrying uncrewed aircraft developed under the LongShot program…
defence-blog.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:31 AM
Pentagon designates LongShot air-launched drone X-68A defence-blog.com/pentagon-des...
Jaak Aaviksoo: Chain has fallen off the Estonian education bicycle news.err.ee/1609943810/j...
Jaak Aaviksoo: Chain has fallen off the Estonian education bicycle
Just as a cyclist first tries to compensate for fading drive by shifting gears and pedaling faster, so too have we sought to treat concerns about education with internal reforms — but more and more…
news.err.ee
February 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Jaak Aaviksoo: Chain has fallen off the Estonian education bicycle news.err.ee/1609943810/j...
A Bitter Winter in Ukraine | Tim Judah www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
A Bitter Winter in Ukraine | Tim Judah
Four years after their full-scale invasion, the Russians are trying to freeze Ukraine into submission by relentlessly attacking the country’s energy grid.
www.nybooks.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:28 AM
A Bitter Winter in Ukraine | Tim Judah www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
Follett on Bond
February 18, 2026 at 7:26 AM
Follett on Bond
Genuinely terrifying only managed to watch half of it and that was only bceause Jezzer was in it
www.ft.com/content/62da...
www.ft.com/content/62da...
The Tony Blair Story TV review — former PM gets a grilling in a gripping docuseries
Channel 4’s astute three-parter examines his domestic legacy and Iraq, with candid contributions from Jeremy Corbyn — and Cherie Blair
www.ft.com
February 18, 2026 at 7:04 AM
Genuinely terrifying only managed to watch half of it and that was only bceause Jezzer was in it
www.ft.com/content/62da...
www.ft.com/content/62da...
Trying to think of favourite Robert Duvall performances but there are so many, looking at IMDB apparently he even played Stalin (haven't seen that one)
Don't see his role in M*A*S*H getting much love, and enjoyed him in Reacher
Don't see his role in M*A*S*H getting much love, and enjoyed him in Reacher
February 17, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Trying to think of favourite Robert Duvall performances but there are so many, looking at IMDB apparently he even played Stalin (haven't seen that one)
Don't see his role in M*A*S*H getting much love, and enjoyed him in Reacher
Don't see his role in M*A*S*H getting much love, and enjoyed him in Reacher
Partly raises one eyebrow and realises i can't be bothered to respond further
Reform’s new shadow cabinet team:
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
Leader: Nigel Farage
Chancellor: Robert Jenrick
Home: Zia Yusuf
Business, Trade & Energy: Richard Tice
Education & Skills: Suella Braverman
Chief Whip: Lee Anderson
February 17, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Partly raises one eyebrow and realises i can't be bothered to respond further
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Watched the Blair docs. Here's the quote – from Cherie – that has stayed with me:
“He is an amazing politician. As a husband and as a human being, that’s a different matter. But that’s really between me and him.”
What does she *mean*?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
“He is an amazing politician. As a husband and as a human being, that’s a different matter. But that’s really between me and him.”
What does she *mean*?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
Tony Blair’s never-ending legacy tour
A new documentary reminds us of what a consummate politician he was - and how much his achievements are tarnished by Iraq
www.thenewworld.co.uk
February 17, 2026 at 10:50 AM
Watched the Blair docs. Here's the quote – from Cherie – that has stayed with me:
“He is an amazing politician. As a husband and as a human being, that’s a different matter. But that’s really between me and him.”
What does she *mean*?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...
“He is an amazing politician. As a husband and as a human being, that’s a different matter. But that’s really between me and him.”
What does she *mean*?
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-t...