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.
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.
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.
Wasn’t expecting to find the obelisk here.
November 22, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Wasn’t expecting to find the obelisk here.
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.
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.
I mean come on look at the tags and attached stories.
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I mean come on look at the tags and attached stories.
I’m not going to dignify this by sharing the link but the “bizarre detail” is there’s a black man and an Asian woman in a crowd shot.
November 10, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I’m not going to dignify this by sharing the link but the “bizarre detail” is there’s a black man and an Asian woman in a crowd shot.
I suppose they’re consistent in the sense that they’re consistently advocating for a particular partisan outcome.
November 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I suppose they’re consistent in the sense that they’re consistently advocating for a particular partisan outcome.
The creator of the list blocked me the day the Dodgers won the World Series which I suspect had something to do with it.
November 6, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The creator of the list blocked me the day the Dodgers won the World Series which I suspect had something to do with it.
The discourse earlier this week on blocking and lists spurred me to check which ones I’m on. Most of them are innocuous follow lists — “New Mexico,” “local news,” etc. — but this one was pretty funny. This man is very mad about beans.
November 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The discourse earlier this week on blocking and lists spurred me to check which ones I’m on. Most of them are innocuous follow lists — “New Mexico,” “local news,” etc. — but this one was pretty funny. This man is very mad about beans.
A club sandwich at Sunrise before going to work is our new Election Day tradition.
November 4, 2025 at 8:42 PM
A club sandwich at Sunrise before going to work is our new Election Day tradition.
Wings ready for halftime. Go Bills! 🦬
November 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wings ready for halftime. Go Bills! 🦬
Me every time a new pitcher comes up:
October 28, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Me every time a new pitcher comes up:
My wife offers this delicious plate of homemade mac and cheese and chicken tenders to the baseball gods if the Dodgers pull this out.
October 28, 2025 at 5:02 AM
My wife offers this delicious plate of homemade mac and cheese and chicken tenders to the baseball gods if the Dodgers pull this out.
“You got the new designs for the Duolingo owl?”
“Sure did boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.”
“What?”
“Sure did boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.”
“What?”
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
“You got the new designs for the Duolingo owl?”
“Sure did boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.”
“What?”
“Sure did boss, real fucking sexy just like you asked.”
“What?”
You know someone’s a real piece of shit when molesting his nieces isn’t even the worst thing about him.
October 22, 2025 at 3:36 AM
You know someone’s a real piece of shit when molesting his nieces isn’t even the worst thing about him.
Had a great time at the Mob Museum, definitely worth a stop when you’re in Vegas.
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Had a great time at the Mob Museum, definitely worth a stop when you’re in Vegas.
Here’s one more in which their commanding officer makes sure they don’t get in trouble for stealing a pig.
October 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Here’s one more in which their commanding officer makes sure they don’t get in trouble for stealing a pig.
As you can see in the last excerpt they made an effort to target slaveowners and pro-Confederates. Here’s another where they steal some cabbages.
October 12, 2025 at 9:39 PM
As you can see in the last excerpt they made an effort to target slaveowners and pro-Confederates. Here’s another where they steal some cabbages.
Last year I read the memoirs, written as letters to his local paper 50 years later, of an ancestor of mine who fought in the Union Army. A lot of them are about stealing food. Here’s one. (They get the tomatoes and killed the dog when it tried to attack them.)
October 12, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Last year I read the memoirs, written as letters to his local paper 50 years later, of an ancestor of mine who fought in the Union Army. A lot of them are about stealing food. Here’s one. (They get the tomatoes and killed the dog when it tried to attack them.)
The steak menu certainly looks different than what you’d see today. I don’t even know what a “club steak” is — a cheaper cut I assume, maybe like a petite sirloin or something.
They also really liked their pineapple rings.
They also really liked their pineapple rings.
October 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The steak menu certainly looks different than what you’d see today. I don’t even know what a “club steak” is — a cheaper cut I assume, maybe like a petite sirloin or something.
They also really liked their pineapple rings.
They also really liked their pineapple rings.