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 road to Ponar(y), Bud Dajo & Punta Arenas
Reading about atrocities and the lies told to obscure them
open.substack.com
Me on Chris Heath's, 'No Road Leading Back: An Improbable Escape from the Nazis...'; Kim A. Wagner's 'Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History'; and Philippe Sands's '38 Londres Street', and yes, in that order
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New: I can confirm hasty US-Russia proposal being pushed to Ukrainians via Dmitriev-Witkoff to Umerov. It would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation, with people familiar saying it’s Kremlin’s maximalist demands.
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New: I can confirm hasty US-Russia proposal being pushed to Ukrainians via Dmitriev-Witkoff to Umerov. It would amount to Ukraine’s capitulation, with people familiar saying it’s Kremlin’s maximalist demands.
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
-Ukraine army cut 1/2
-Give up certain weapons
-Give up Donbas
-Zelensky displeased
More tk
Zoom...although sadly not Fat Larry's Band
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Zoom...although sadly not Fat Larry's Band
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Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
November 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Trump's economy is being held up by a massive AI bubble.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
A recent study found that of 300 companies that owned generative AI tools, 95% reported zero return on their investments.
We will not entertain a bailout of these companies should this bubble pop.
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UK 🇬🇧 Ministry of Defence (MOD) image of Russian spy ship Yantar, presumably in or near UK waters.
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
UK 🇬🇧 Ministry of Defence (MOD) image of Russian spy ship Yantar, presumably in or near UK waters.
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Note that the ROV (remote operated vehicle, a deep-sea robot) A-frame is deployed (red). It’s doing something on the seabed.
Also two new radomes (yellow)
Well, so all those Trump appeasers who thought it was OK to 'solve' the Hamas-Israel conflict without the Palestinians then here you go
November 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Well, so all those Trump appeasers who thought it was OK to 'solve' the Hamas-Israel conflict without the Palestinians then here you go
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As European Democrats, we stand united with the brave citizens of Slovakia who yesterday flooded the streets in protest — denouncing austerity, the undermining of democratic institutions and a drift away from Europe under Robert Fico. 1/2
November 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
As European Democrats, we stand united with the brave citizens of Slovakia who yesterday flooded the streets in protest — denouncing austerity, the undermining of democratic institutions and a drift away from Europe under Robert Fico. 1/2
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German armed forces train in the centre of Berlin.
@wiegold.de was there and has all the details: augengeradeaus.net/2025/11/kamp...
@wiegold.de was there and has all the details: augengeradeaus.net/2025/11/kamp...
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 AM
German armed forces train in the centre of Berlin.
@wiegold.de was there and has all the details: augengeradeaus.net/2025/11/kamp...
@wiegold.de was there and has all the details: augengeradeaus.net/2025/11/kamp...
From Curated Nostalgia to Cheerful Kitsch: The Remaking of 17 November | 19. 11. 2025 | Muriel Blaive | Britské listy
blisty.cz/art/129949-f...
blisty.cz/art/129949-f...
From Curated Nostalgia to Cheerful Kitsch: The Remaking of 17 November | 19. 11. 2025 | Muriel Blaive | Britské listy
This year’s 17th November celebrations in Prague offered a strangely endearing mixture of retro charm, commercialized nostalgia, and gentle absurdity. Eve...
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November 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
From Curated Nostalgia to Cheerful Kitsch: The Remaking of 17 November | 19. 11. 2025 | Muriel Blaive | Britské listy
blisty.cz/art/129949-f...
blisty.cz/art/129949-f...
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How can European history be integrated into global history? This is the question at the heart of „Globalizing Europe“ edited by @davidmotadel.bsky.social. Here is my review.
Rez: D. Motadel (Hrsg.): Globalizing Europe
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-152277
D. Motadel (Hrsg.): Globalizing Europe
https://www.hsozkult.de/publicationreview/id/reb-152277
D. Motadel (Hrsg.): Globalizing Europe
www.hsozkult.de
November 19, 2025 at 7:14 AM
How can European history be integrated into global history? This is the question at the heart of „Globalizing Europe“ edited by @davidmotadel.bsky.social. Here is my review.
Profoundly triggered by the squirts of 'sauce' on this otherwise unremarkable breakfast *checks notes* candle
November 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Profoundly triggered by the squirts of 'sauce' on this otherwise unremarkable breakfast *checks notes* candle
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“Spreading these kinds of lies stigmatises autistic people and makes life harder for them and their families.”
National Autistic Society
They’ve had enough of Richard Tice’s constant attempts to sound tough
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-start...
National Autistic Society
They’ve had enough of Richard Tice’s constant attempts to sound tough
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-start...
Reform starts to reveal its thinking on SEND reform
Councils should trial scrapping annual reviews of education and health care plans, Reform has said, as its deputy leader claimed there is a "crisis of over diagnosis" of special educational needs. Ric...
schoolsweek.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“Spreading these kinds of lies stigmatises autistic people and makes life harder for them and their families.”
National Autistic Society
They’ve had enough of Richard Tice’s constant attempts to sound tough
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-start...
National Autistic Society
They’ve had enough of Richard Tice’s constant attempts to sound tough
schoolsweek.co.uk/reform-start...
Gallery: First heavy winter snow falls across Estonia news.err.ee/1609861011/g...
Gallery: First heavy winter snow falls across Estonia
More than 20 centimeters of snow fell overnight in some parts of Estonia, with the highest amounts recorded in Lääne-Viru County and Ida-Viru County.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Gallery: First heavy winter snow falls across Estonia news.err.ee/1609861011/g...
Ixi introduces "auto-focus glasses" that switch from reading to long-distance prescriptions www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
Ixi introduces "auto-focus glasses" that switch from reading to long-distance prescriptions
Ixi has revealed what it describes as the world's first "auto-focus glasses", which change their optical power depending on where the wearer is looking.
www.dezeen.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Ixi introduces "auto-focus glasses" that switch from reading to long-distance prescriptions www.dezeen.com/2025/11/18/a...
Joggers. The bain of all honest folk on their way to the pub
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Joggers. The bain of all honest folk on their way to the pub
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New piece! Grace Truslow traces the right wing's relationship to environmentalism, historically and today, in its conservative, populist, and fringe iterations. Check it out!
Ideological Innovation and Environmentalism on the Right: An Introduction to a Shifting Landscape illiberalism.org |
Grace Truslow traces the right-wing's relationship to environmentalism historically and today, in its conservative, populist, and fringe variations.
www.illiberalism.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New piece! Grace Truslow traces the right wing's relationship to environmentalism, historically and today, in its conservative, populist, and fringe iterations. Check it out!
On LinkedIn?
What are they going to do, bore them into revealing secrets ?
What are they going to do, bore them into revealing secrets ?
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
On LinkedIn?
What are they going to do, bore them into revealing secrets ?
What are they going to do, bore them into revealing secrets ?
