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Martin D.B. Brown

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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

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · Apr 26

Me on the right-wing influencer Candace Owens, her forays into "hidden" histories, and the costs of the right's attack on epistemology.

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Lost on the Wrong Side of History: The Case of Candace Owens illiberalism.org |

Martin D. Brown on the right-wing influencer Candace Owens, her forays into "hidden" histories, and the costs of the right's attack on epistemology.

www.illiberalism.org

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 2h

Not quite so many, thankfully

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Why the hell do i have so many meetings over the rest of the week?

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 3h

Something grimly predictable about the way that the conversation about 'ripoff degrees' in the UK is always about degrees that aren't rip-offs, but are instead fairly obvious 'this student has chosen something unlikely to pay off economically' rather than the short tail of crap business degrees:

Everyone needs educating in the fight over university degrees

Political confusion over the purpose of these institutions means the obvious fixes are being neglected

www.ft.com

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h

NSS

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Bank of England warns of growing risk that AI bubble could burst

Possibility of ‘sharp market correction has increased’, says Bank’s financial policy committee

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

Errr...

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The Israeli influence operation aiming to Install Reza Pahlavi as Shah of Iran

Citizen Lab Found That an Online Network Pushed Out Deepfake Videos During Israel's Airstrikes on Tehran's Evin Prison. An Investigation by TheMarker and Haaretz Reveals the Persian-language Online Ca...

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Well if Gove ain't there with a big bag of Party Favours then of course is vibe is off

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 5h

Not sure I have the strength to even bother

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 6h

Yup

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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 6h

"If enough of us move towards peace, it will happen."

Sharone Lifschitz talks to Jackie Long two years after her parents were abducted by Hamas terrorists. Her father was killed, but her mother was freed as part of a prisoner swap.

Read and watch:
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‘We need more understanding of each other’s pain’ – daughter of Israeli hostage

Two years ago, Sharone Lifschitz learned that her mother and father had been abducted by Hamas terrorists.

www.channel4.com

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 7h

Off to brainwashed undergrads for a Mickey Mouse degree

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Josie Glausiusz @josiegz.bsky.social · 8h

Some of the saddest stories are the ongoing trauma suffered by survivors of the Nova Festival.

Arad Katz fled the festival in a car with friends. He saw Eden Ben Rubi standing with police officers at a junction, so didn't offer her a ride. She was later shot dead.

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

They survived the Nova party massacre. Two years on, they are still hiding

The State Expects Survivors of the Nova Festival to Recover, but With Hostages Still in Gaza and the War Dragging On, the Personal Tragedy Persists. 'I Knew We Had an Army, We Hade a Police Force; I B...

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Matt Knight 𓀦 @mattknight.bsky.social · 8h

Myanmar: At least 24 killed as paraglider bombs Buddhist festival

Locals tell the BBC the carnage has made it hard to identify victims in the aftermath.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Crisis Group @crisisgroup.org · 8h

🎧 SPECIAL EPISODE | Hold Your Fire!

We speak with Rob Malley about the latest Gaza talks, his new book on the collapse of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, and the region after 7 October 2023.

www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-...

Special Episode: Rob Malley on Gaza, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the wider Middle East | International Crisis Group

Richard speaks with Rob Malley, former Crisis Group president and former official in several U.S. Democratic administrations about the latest Gaza talks, his new book on the collapse of the Israeli-Pa...

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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 12h

Important commentary from my @crisisgroup.org colleague @mairavz.bsky.social.

I will add that American domestic politics are slowly shifting on this relationship.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/o...

Opinion | Israel Cannot Go On Winning Like This

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Ravi Nayyar @ravirockks.bsky.social · 9h

My review of the second volume of the official history of ASIO.

As a student of organisational governance, I love how this book is as much an organisational history as an operational one, especially when looking at ASIO under the Whitlam Government.

cc: @tonycomer.bsky.social

Book Review — The Protest Years: The Official History of ASIO: 1963-1975

A lesson in organisational and stakeholder dynamics

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Times Higher Education (THE) @timeshighered.bsky.social · 19h

Tory leader Kemi Badenoch is expected to announce plans to cut the number of UK university places by about 100,000 annually by reintroducing student number controls, reports Patrick Jack #edusky
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/badenochs-number-caps-plan-would-cut-100000-university-places

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The James Bond Dossier @007dossier.bsky.social · 9h

Dr No was released in the UK on this day in 1962.

#JamesBond #dates #OTD

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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 9h

This makes me so angry. These people view all life as training for lifelong servitude/work. There's no room for interest, enjoyment, and culture in their bleak vision of education. At least she'll never be in power to see it through. Though Reform are probably worse.

Badenoch: Curb students taking "rip-off" degrees such as English. The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 9h

'obliging different areas to bid against one another and then leaving the ultimate say-so down to Whitehall has proven hugely misguided in all sorts of different levelling-up-adjacent funding opportunities in recent years.'

So this is what devolved research funding looks like

A couple of recent policy announcements show how the government is attempting to navigate the niceties of regional funding distribution

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 9h

Morning sing-a-long

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Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa Roachford Clip

YouTube video by Film3Sixty

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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 9h

Really Kemi, really?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Badenoch to set out new rule to cut borrowing and taxes

In a conference speech, the Tory leader will say the Conservatives are the only party