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Martin D.B. Brown
@martindbbrown.bsky.social
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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.

www.illiberalism.org/lost-on-the-...
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 · 1h
Armed Russians in Russia...
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 2h
Yup...
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 2h
Badly, I would suspect.
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 2h
Listening to experts on the Gaza deal and very little optimism on display
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 3h
'Despite AI’s widespread use, 62% of the students said it has had a negative impact on their skills and development at school, while one in four of the students agreed that AI “makes it too easy for me to find the answers without doing the work myself”.' 1/2
Pupils fear AI is eroding their ability to study, research finds
One in four students say AI ‘makes it too easy’ for them to find answers
www.theguardian.com
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Europe Elects @europeelects.bsky.social · 2h
Finland, Verian poll:

SDP-S&D: 25%
Kok.-EPP: 18%
Kesk.-RE: 16%
PS-ECR: 13% (+2)
Vas.-LEFT: 9% (−1)
Vihr.-G/EFA: 9%
SFP-RE: 4%
KD-EPP: 3%
Liik.~NI: 2% (+1)

+/− vs. August–September 2025

Fieldwork: 15 September–12 October 2025
Sample size: 3,598

➤https://europeelects.eu/finland
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h
Deadline day for firm linked to Tory peer to pay back millions over COVID contract scandal

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Deadline day for firm linked to Tory peer to pay back millions over COVID contract scandal
The government appears set for a protracted and costly effort to secure the money as PPR Medpro is said to have assets worth less than £700k.
news.sky.com
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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 3h
#BBCNews - European rights body urges UK ministers to review protest laws
www.bbc.com/news/article...
European rights body urges UK ministers to review protest laws
The Council of Europe's human rights commissioner warns the government about policing of demonstrations.
www.bbc.com
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h
Some mental ones left, happily, and well as a growing range of other nationalities, at least with Bolt
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h
Just voted in the Tallinn City elections with my Digital-ID, took about 5 minutes.
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h
AI-Slop-Con
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h
Trying to 'read' this book, and maybe it's better in the original German, but such a bland simulation with cardboard cut-out characters and devoid of actual human fallibility and imagination I'm struggling

If Russia Wins: A Scenario www.ft.com/content/5290...
If Russia Wins: A Scenario — a stark warning of Nato’s need to deter Putin
Carlo Masala’s chilling book war-games the consequences of future Kremlin incursions, emboldened by the west’s fear of escalation
www.ft.com
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 3h
Voted

www.valimised.ee/en
| Elections in Estonia
www.valimised.ee
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
Are some people confused about Hamas being a violent organisation committed to the use of terror as policy? Because seems some are sounding a bit 'taken aback'
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
Made my choice...
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
Digital ID: Danes and Estonians find it ‘pretty uncontroversial’ www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Digital ID: Danes and Estonians find it ‘pretty uncontroversial’
Citizens have enrolled with little opposition, albeit with some concerns over security and privacy, as UK plans system
www.theguardian.com
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
Babiš vows to personally guarantee Czechia’s foreign and security policy english.radio.cz/babis-vows-p...
Babiš vows to personally guarantee Czechia’s foreign and security policy
Babiš vows to personally guarantee Czechia’s foreign and security policy
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
Took a while for the penny to drop: The Eagle & Child in Oxford? Haven't been in for decades, but these AI slop-drops look awful, especially the customers who all look like grade A wankers

Foster + Partners unveils plans for first pub project www.dezeen.com/2025/10/14/f...
Foster + Partners unveils plans for first pub project
Foster + Partners has announced its plans to restore The Eagle and Child pub in Oxford, UK, which is the architecture firm's first-ever project involving a public house.
www.dezeen.com
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
Canadian Air Force pilots practice debut road landings in Estonia news.err.ee/1609828836/c...
Canadian Air Force pilots practice debut road landings in Estonia
Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) fighter pilots on Monday took part in what for them was a first-of-its kind exercise which saw them landing on an Estonian public highway.
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
The first Australian war crimes case in 30 years is going to trial. It raises big questions theconversation.com/the-first-au...
The first Australian war crimes case in 30 years is going to trial. It raises big questions
Former SAS soldier Oliver Schulz has pleaded not guilty to the war crime of murder. The case may raise previously untested laws both in Australia and globally.
theconversation.com
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 4h
Gaza City clashes between Hamas and clan members leave 27 dead www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Gaza City clashes between Hamas and clan members leave 27 dead
At least 27 people have been killed in one of the most violent internal confrontations since Israeli troops withdrew.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 15h
Israel imposes aid curbs in Gaza as truce comes under strain www.ft.com/content/28a3...
Israel imposes aid curbs in Gaza as truce comes under strain
Authorities said to introduce limits on supplies in response to Hamas’s delay returning dead hostages
www.ft.com
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 16h
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 15h
Israel tells UN it plans to halve aid into Gaza amid partial return of slain hostages www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
www.haaretz.com
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Martin D.B. Brown @martindbbrown.bsky.social · 16h
Had to think then, wasn't Boy George in the A-Team and not Commando?

Maybe in has more nature and stuff
a man and a woman feeding a deer in the woods
ALT: a man and a woman feeding a deer in the woods
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