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 'whiff of Munich'
Or smell, historical 'lessons', and policy.
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Or smell, historical 'lessons', and policy.
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"I think they're smoking crack over there because they like the flavour..."
Burn GIF
ALT: Burn GIF
media.tenor.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"I think they're smoking crack over there because they like the flavour..."
Blimey, they've started with the Xmas films already??
November 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Blimey, they've started with the Xmas films already??
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Universities are assembling larger and larger teams to deal with academic integrity issues--mostly focused on AI--while simultaneously holding AI "writing" contests, AI-themed events, "hey, come play with these fun tools!" The messages are so mixed, it's criminal. Because AI is bloated with money.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
OpenAI Loses Key Discovery Battle as It Cedes Ground to Authors in AI Lawsuits
The issue has been a major battleground in discovery. OpenAI could be on the hook for hundreds of millions, if not billions, of dollars if it was aware it was infringing on copyrighted material.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The OpenAI ruling writers should know about 👀 (if your work was scraped for LLM training, this affects you). www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
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School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
Schools across Southern California are facing steeper enrollment declines as Trump immigration enforcement actions discourage or prevent students from enrolling.
www.latimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 PM
School enrollment drops amid ICE raids. 'We just don't know what happened to them.'
Just had to click on this... A spicy story of everyday rowdy werewolves humping a lot
Someone's getting this in their stocking
Someone's getting this in their stocking
November 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Just had to click on this... A spicy story of everyday rowdy werewolves humping a lot
Someone's getting this in their stocking
Someone's getting this in their stocking
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The Great Russian Spirit.
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
The Great Russian Spirit.
There are always new challenges in lecturing to new cohorts of students in tertiary education; and yes post-lockdown groups and AI have been a struggle.
Not really sure anything fundamental has changed and will freely admit I was a terrible first year undergrade who really had no idea at all.
Not really sure anything fundamental has changed and will freely admit I was a terrible first year undergrade who really had no idea at all.
November 29, 2025 at 1:20 PM
There are always new challenges in lecturing to new cohorts of students in tertiary education; and yes post-lockdown groups and AI have been a struggle.
Not really sure anything fundamental has changed and will freely admit I was a terrible first year undergrade who really had no idea at all.
Not really sure anything fundamental has changed and will freely admit I was a terrible first year undergrade who really had no idea at all.
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Ben Hania’s film, ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is released in France this week. Read her latest interview:
"As soon as I heard the voice of Hind Rajab, it had such an impact on me. I felt desperate, powerless and so angry," the director told RFI, saying she knew straight away she had to do something.
rfi.my/CE1t
rfi.my/CE1t
How the last words of a little girl in Gaza became an award-winning film
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab is based on a recording of a six-year-old girl trapped under fire in Gaza, calling the Palestinian Red Crescent for help. RFI spoke to…
rfi.my
November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Ben Hania’s film, ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is released in France this week. Read her latest interview:
A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism
Wolfgang Streeck
Streeck, W. (2024). A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism. European Journal of Social Theory, 28(1), 40-47. doi.org/10.1177/1368... (Original work published 2025)
Wolfgang Streeck
Streeck, W. (2024). A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism. European Journal of Social Theory, 28(1), 40-47. doi.org/10.1177/1368... (Original work published 2025)
A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism - Wolfgang Streeck, 2025
doi.org
November 29, 2025 at 10:51 AM
A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism
Wolfgang Streeck
Streeck, W. (2024). A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism. European Journal of Social Theory, 28(1), 40-47. doi.org/10.1177/1368... (Original work published 2025)
Wolfgang Streeck
Streeck, W. (2024). A matter of state: The politics of German anti-anti-Semitism. European Journal of Social Theory, 28(1), 40-47. doi.org/10.1177/1368... (Original work published 2025)
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Catherine Leroy, Un aller simple pour le Vietnam (Éditions Xavier Barral, 2025; #skystorians, #photography) : exb.fr/fr/home/674-...
November 29, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Catherine Leroy, Un aller simple pour le Vietnam (Éditions Xavier Barral, 2025; #skystorians, #photography) : exb.fr/fr/home/674-...
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We keep adjusting our goalposts, trying to meet students where they're at--but for some, that place is a kind of non-place, where they don't complete any work or engage with the class, but still receive a high grade. Emails are ignored. They can't meet a deadline or keep an appointment.
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
We keep adjusting our goalposts, trying to meet students where they're at--but for some, that place is a kind of non-place, where they don't complete any work or engage with the class, but still receive a high grade. Emails are ignored. They can't meet a deadline or keep an appointment.
Aah... the Dearlove delusion
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Aah... the Dearlove delusion
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Adrian Horton, ‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo? (@theguardian.com; #skystorians) www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo?
A controversial Netflix documentary follows an investigation into the truth behind one of the most important wartime photos ever taken
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Adrian Horton, ‘We have to be able to ask difficult questions’: who really took the iconic Napalm Girl photo? (@theguardian.com; #skystorians) www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
The problem is, it wasn't
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
The problem is, it wasn't
Not givin' a *uck and fighting the filth!
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Not givin' a *uck and fighting the filth!
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BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
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Massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
November 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Massive Russian attack on Kyiv and Kyiv region
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
Kinzhal missiles, cruise missiles and drones attacking simultaneously.
Two person killed, 16 more injured by the attack as of now.
Let's have a peek at the Torygasp...the whiff of amyl nitrate and pegging in the morning
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Let's have a peek at the Torygasp...the whiff of amyl nitrate and pegging in the morning