Nathan Brown
@natebrown.bsky.social
Assistant city editor, Santa Fe New Mexican. Politics reporter in Arizona and Idaho before that. Every calculation based on experience elsewhere fails in New Mexico.
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If you think Falangism is the answer, it’s not really “censorship” that you object to www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
If you think Falangism is the answer, it’s not really “censorship” that you object to www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/w...
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
I don’t know what I ever did to Georgia O’Keeffe.
I don’t know what I ever did to Georgia O’Keeffe.
November 27, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You've just died. 6th picture in your gallery is what killed you.
I don’t know what I ever did to Georgia O’Keeffe.
I don’t know what I ever did to Georgia O’Keeffe.
Thanksgiving Eve chicken riggies almost ready.
November 27, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Thanksgiving Eve chicken riggies almost ready.
I’ve met people of all political leanings who like poker. There are certain hobbies and interests that are politically coded but I really don’t think poker is one of them.
November 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I’ve met people of all political leanings who like poker. There are certain hobbies and interests that are politically coded but I really don’t think poker is one of them.
I’ve never liked cherry anything. Reminds me of cough syrup. Although I agree blueberry and blackberry are underrated.
We usually make pumpkin pie but this year we’re getting one from Jambo. You need to try their banana coconut cream pie if you’re in Santa Fe.
We usually make pumpkin pie but this year we’re getting one from Jambo. You need to try their banana coconut cream pie if you’re in Santa Fe.
Just FYI:
My most controversial tweet ever, from Thanksgiving three years ago, back when Twitter was Twitter and Bluesky didn’t exist.
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Pies ranked.
1. Cherry (if not too sweet).
2. Mixed berry.
3. Peach/blackberry.
4. Peach.
5. Apple.
…
9. Key lime.
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99. Pecan.
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999. Pumpkin.
My most controversial tweet ever, from Thanksgiving three years ago, back when Twitter was Twitter and Bluesky didn’t exist.
_____________
Pies ranked.
1. Cherry (if not too sweet).
2. Mixed berry.
3. Peach/blackberry.
4. Peach.
5. Apple.
…
9. Key lime.
…
99. Pecan.
…
999. Pumpkin.
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I’ve never liked cherry anything. Reminds me of cough syrup. Although I agree blueberry and blackberry are underrated.
We usually make pumpkin pie but this year we’re getting one from Jambo. You need to try their banana coconut cream pie if you’re in Santa Fe.
We usually make pumpkin pie but this year we’re getting one from Jambo. You need to try their banana coconut cream pie if you’re in Santa Fe.
Throwing my plate of couscous across the room because I remember the Barbary Wars.
November 25, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Throwing my plate of couscous across the room because I remember the Barbary Wars.
The fact that England and France were still deporting thousands of criminals overseas at the same time as they were building those empires weighs against the idea that they had successfully eradicated the crime gene.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 AM
The fact that England and France were still deporting thousands of criminals overseas at the same time as they were building those empires weighs against the idea that they had successfully eradicated the crime gene.
Green bean casserole definitely. Never had it.
with charity and goodwill, i must here part ways with rolls.
November 24, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Green bean casserole definitely. Never had it.
Was too taken aback by the scenery to get many pictures but here are a few shots of Ghost Ranch. Definitely heading back up that way soon.
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Was too taken aback by the scenery to get many pictures but here are a few shots of Ghost Ranch. Definitely heading back up that way soon.
Glad I wasn’t the only one who had to google that.
November 22, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Glad I wasn’t the only one who had to google that.
Went to the Meow Wolf here this morning for the first time in more than a year. It was fun seeing what’s new and what’s stayed the same.
November 22, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Went to the Meow Wolf here this morning for the first time in more than a year. It was fun seeing what’s new and what’s stayed the same.
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one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
It gets lost in the shuffle, but the Speaker of the House is someone who, by all rights, should’ve had his career ended a decade ago by a Shreveport TV news investigative team.
Fond memories of that time Mike Johnson was president of a local law school that never opened its doors, in part because it was attached to a Baptist college that was losing its accreditation, and in part because it was always a scam from the start
November 21, 2025 at 3:09 PM
one of the underrated factors for the rise in scamming across U.S. society is the death of local media.
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One of my positive qualities as a journalist is that I always friendzone my sources
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
One of my positive qualities as a journalist is that I always friendzone my sources
I get that there’s a natural instinct to push back when it feels like a place you love is being criticized by outsiders but this is pretty blinkered. I’ve got my quibbles with the NYT piece but it hit the mark more than this response does.
Focusing on divisions, New York Times missed where Idaho is united | Opinion
If we are to steer clear of the fever tearing North Idaho apart, we have to find issues less likely to provoke the Legislature | Opinion
www.idahostatesman.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I get that there’s a natural instinct to push back when it feels like a place you love is being criticized by outsiders but this is pretty blinkered. I’ve got my quibbles with the NYT piece but it hit the mark more than this response does.
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I'm now convinced that Nick Offerman was born to play Chester A. Arthur, and we deserve an Arthur biopic starring Mr. Offerman now-ish. At turns hilarious and calculating and ridiculous, he's the warm blood of the flick.
November 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I'm now convinced that Nick Offerman was born to play Chester A. Arthur, and we deserve an Arthur biopic starring Mr. Offerman now-ish. At turns hilarious and calculating and ridiculous, he's the warm blood of the flick.
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Also i'm so fucking tired of people talking about the end of the roman *empire* as if it were relevant to the current era (no you fucking idiots, can you look up from your military history novels for ONE SECOND and read about the end of the roman *republic* for once ffs)
November 17, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Also i'm so fucking tired of people talking about the end of the roman *empire* as if it were relevant to the current era (no you fucking idiots, can you look up from your military history novels for ONE SECOND and read about the end of the roman *republic* for once ffs)
Just saw Keeper. 7/10, it was great at creating an unsettling atmosphere and finding horror in the small details but it sometimes came at the expense of the pacing and storytelling. I get that movies don’t have to explain everything but it felt too slow at first and too rushed after the big reveal.
November 17, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Just saw Keeper. 7/10, it was great at creating an unsettling atmosphere and finding horror in the small details but it sometimes came at the expense of the pacing and storytelling. I get that movies don’t have to explain everything but it felt too slow at first and too rushed after the big reveal.
Here’s number 13. I bought it a few years ago — the author was one of the architects of the Medicaid expansion campaign in Idaho — but just got around to reading it.
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Here’s number 13. I bought it a few years ago — the author was one of the architects of the Medicaid expansion campaign in Idaho — but just got around to reading it.
Looking forward to the editorial about how this is a bold, praiseworthy move and the preservationists are like NIMBYs who oppose housing construction.
Preservationists sue Trump over plans to paint Eisenhower building
The complaint alleges Trump’s plan would ‘permanently alter one of the most architecturally significant and historic structures in the Nation’s Capital’
www.washingtonpost.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Looking forward to the editorial about how this is a bold, praiseworthy move and the preservationists are like NIMBYs who oppose housing construction.
Some late night anniversary snacks with my baby at one of our favorite places.
November 15, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Some late night anniversary snacks with my baby at one of our favorite places.
No way for this to go bad.
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November 14, 2025 at 9:55 PM
No way for this to go bad.
The past couple years have pretty much cured me of any desire I might have once had to work in national media.
Olivia Nuzzi's memoir is a combustive portrait of America, President Trump and the scandal with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that upended her career.
In an exclusive interview with The New York Times, she recalls the infatuation that consumed her, Kennedy’s use of psychedelics and much more.
In an exclusive interview with The New York Times, she recalls the infatuation that consumed her, Kennedy’s use of psychedelics and much more.
Olivia Nuzzi Did It All for Love
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The past couple years have pretty much cured me of any desire I might have once had to work in national media.
I get there are obvious parallels with Mamdani but it’s also a little grating seeing every piece about other parts of the country get the “View of the World from 9th Avenue” treatment.
Katie Wilson, Seattle’s next mayor, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
Seattle Elects a Left-Wing Mayor With a Light Résumé but Mamdani Appeal
Katie Wilson, who narrowly defeated the incumbent, Bruce Harrell, emerged from the city’s left-wing activist class and brings with her little experience in governing.
nyti.ms
November 14, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I get there are obvious parallels with Mamdani but it’s also a little grating seeing every piece about other parts of the country get the “View of the World from 9th Avenue” treatment.
I’ve had fun editing our 175th anniversary history series. Here’s the latest installment about New Mexico’s flip from Republican to Democratic in the 1930 and 1932 elections.
175 Years of Service: Two days after Democrats swept the 1930 state election, The Santa Fe New Mexican sounded the alarm about the newfound unreliability of New Mexico’s political leanings. sfnm.co/43lvkji
Against backdrop of Great Depression, 'New Mexican' was mixed on state's party flip
The shift began with the 1930 state election, then continued through the 1932 presidential election of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
sfnm.co
November 12, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I’ve had fun editing our 175th anniversary history series. Here’s the latest installment about New Mexico’s flip from Republican to Democratic in the 1930 and 1932 elections.