J. Brandon
@jcbrandon.bsky.social
Profound statement still in development.
Meanwhile, just a guy, living my life.
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
Meanwhile, just a guy, living my life.
Silver City, New Mexico, USA
Hey, national media editors at @nytimes.com, @wsj.com,
@washingtonpost.com, @theatlantic.com, @latimes.com, and many others. How about if you stop referring to ICE as "law enforcement"?
Because it's clear that's not what are.
@washingtonpost.com, @theatlantic.com, @latimes.com, and many others. How about if you stop referring to ICE as "law enforcement"?
Because it's clear that's not what are.
January 27, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Hey, national media editors at @nytimes.com, @wsj.com,
@washingtonpost.com, @theatlantic.com, @latimes.com, and many others. How about if you stop referring to ICE as "law enforcement"?
Because it's clear that's not what are.
@washingtonpost.com, @theatlantic.com, @latimes.com, and many others. How about if you stop referring to ICE as "law enforcement"?
Because it's clear that's not what are.
Please read this piece by Heath Haussamen. Then ask yourself if your political identity outweighs your stated values. If it does, then you are part of the problem.
Border Patrol took a man’s gun, then executed him haussamen.com/2026/01/25/b...
Border Patrol took a man’s gun, then executed him haussamen.com/2026/01/25/b...
Border Patrol took a man’s gun, then executed him
Second Amendment defenders must join this fight against fascism.
haussamen.com
January 26, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Please read this piece by Heath Haussamen. Then ask yourself if your political identity outweighs your stated values. If it does, then you are part of the problem.
Border Patrol took a man’s gun, then executed him haussamen.com/2026/01/25/b...
Border Patrol took a man’s gun, then executed him haussamen.com/2026/01/25/b...
Al Jazeera making a valiant attempt to explain our constitutional rights when we encounter the secret police seems almost quaint at the moment.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
Encountering ICE? Here’s what to know about your legal rights
Experts clarify ICE limits, detailing when agents can stop, detain or enter homes and what rights residents have.
www.aljazeera.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Al Jazeera making a valiant attempt to explain our constitutional rights when we encounter the secret police seems almost quaint at the moment.
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...
I love this.
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow!
In my attempts to re-invigorate my photography this year, I'm assessing my obstacles. Turns out, #cold is one of them.
📸 Hoarfrost in Virginia City, NV (2018)
The rest of the story 👇
valinreallife.com/postcards-fr...
In my attempts to re-invigorate my photography this year, I'm assessing my obstacles. Turns out, #cold is one of them.
📸 Hoarfrost in Virginia City, NV (2018)
The rest of the story 👇
valinreallife.com/postcards-fr...
January 24, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I love this.
This is going to be a fantastic show.
Deadline is Jan. 25th for our first official #SouthwestArtTowns member show! We're partnering with Open Space Brewing in Santa Clara, NM to bring you our inaugural member exhibit—Inspired by the Outdoors.
southwestarttowns.com/call-for-ent...
#CallForEntries #CallForArt
southwestarttowns.com/call-for-ent...
#CallForEntries #CallForArt
January 22, 2026 at 1:15 PM
This is going to be a fantastic show.
Shit's about to get real.
"Minnesota may be the first test of whether constitutional limits on domestic military force still hold – or whether the United States is about to cross a line from which it cannot easily return."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Minnesota may be the first test of whether constitutional limits on domestic military force still hold – or whether the United States is about to cross a line from which it cannot easily return."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We ran high-level US civil war simulations. Minnesota is exactly how they start | Claire Finkelstein
Developments in Minnesota closely mirror a scenario explored in a 2024 exercise conducted at the Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law at the University of Pennsylvania, which I direct
www.theguardian.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Shit's about to get real.
"Minnesota may be the first test of whether constitutional limits on domestic military force still hold – or whether the United States is about to cross a line from which it cannot easily return."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"Minnesota may be the first test of whether constitutional limits on domestic military force still hold – or whether the United States is about to cross a line from which it cannot easily return."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This is pretty exciting.
We're having our first show! We're partnering with Open Space Brewing in Santa Clara, NM to bring you our inaugural member exhibit. Application deadline is Jan. 25th.
southwestarttowns.com/call-for-ent...
#SouthwestArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration #CallForEntries #CallForArt
southwestarttowns.com/call-for-ent...
#SouthwestArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration #CallForEntries #CallForArt
January 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This is pretty exciting.
"Anger is not wisdom. It is not a plan."
This is wisdom, from Hank Shaw.
tothebone.substack.com/p/anger-into...
This is wisdom, from Hank Shaw.
tothebone.substack.com/p/anger-into...
Anger into Action
Fuel, fear, and our shared humanity
tothebone.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:56 PM
"Anger is not wisdom. It is not a plan."
This is wisdom, from Hank Shaw.
tothebone.substack.com/p/anger-into...
This is wisdom, from Hank Shaw.
tothebone.substack.com/p/anger-into...
@valwestonnm.bsky.social is rocking this. And she even lets me help with it.
[1/2] Did you know our co-founder Val Weston is an artist?
And that Southwest Art Towns sprung out of our involvement in the art community and seeing first-hand the frustrations and obstacles artists face trying to make a living in the southwest?
southwestarttowns.com
And that Southwest Art Towns sprung out of our involvement in the art community and seeing first-hand the frustrations and obstacles artists face trying to make a living in the southwest?
southwestarttowns.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:04 PM
@valwestonnm.bsky.social is rocking this. And she even lets me help with it.
"When four companies control 85% of grocery store meat, when one distributor can determine what most restaurants serve and when a few internet giants mediate nearly every online transaction, the market is not open. It is captured."
localfirstaz.com/news-blog/th...
localfirstaz.com/news-blog/th...
The Cost of Sameness: How Consolidation Threatens Local Food, Local Business and Local Identity in Arizona — Local First Arizona
Think back to the last time you went out for a simple meal. Maybe a burger. Maybe some wings. You flip through a familiar set of appetizers: the same fried pickles, the same onion rings, the same jala...
localfirstaz.com
January 10, 2026 at 6:36 PM
"When four companies control 85% of grocery store meat, when one distributor can determine what most restaurants serve and when a few internet giants mediate nearly every online transaction, the market is not open. It is captured."
localfirstaz.com/news-blog/th...
localfirstaz.com/news-blog/th...
"the AI slop ecosystem is full of scammers: people selling tips and courses on how to make viral content – who often make more money than the AI slop producers themselves."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
"the AI slop ecosystem is full of scammers: people selling tips and courses on how to make viral content – who often make more money than the AI slop producers themselves."
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
This is a beautiful memory of a wonderful day.
Happy Saturday, #BlueskyArtShow.
This is one of my favorite winter #holiday memories courtesy of @jcbrandon.bsky.social.
📸 Somewhere in the northern Nevada desert (2018)
The rest of the story 👇
valinreallife.com/postcards-fr...
This is one of my favorite winter #holiday memories courtesy of @jcbrandon.bsky.social.
📸 Somewhere in the northern Nevada desert (2018)
The rest of the story 👇
valinreallife.com/postcards-fr...
December 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
This is a beautiful memory of a wonderful day.
I can't tell you what it is just yet, but it's going to be very cool.
We're brewing up something for our members with Open Space Brewing.
Go check out the site and join.
We have free memberships to get you started and be included in our exciting plans.
southwestarttowns.com
#SouthwestArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration #OpenSpaceBrewing
Go check out the site and join.
We have free memberships to get you started and be included in our exciting plans.
southwestarttowns.com
#SouthwestArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration #OpenSpaceBrewing
December 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I can't tell you what it is just yet, but it's going to be very cool.
"Providing this kind of context isn’t just ethically permissible — it is ethically required. Good journalism requires a complete analysis. When the press ascribes Trump’s public rudeness to simple boorishness, it is only telling part of the story."
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:55 PM
"Providing this kind of context isn’t just ethically permissible — it is ethically required. Good journalism requires a complete analysis. When the press ascribes Trump’s public rudeness to simple boorishness, it is only telling part of the story."
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
thehill.com/opinion/whit...
"It’s worth noting that Trump’s proposed Patriot Games do not actually expect competitors to fight to the death."
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Trump announces 'Patriot Games' with 2 competitors from every state and territory: What we know
The president also announced a UFC event at the White House and plans for an arch monument in D.C.
www.yahoo.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"It’s worth noting that Trump’s proposed Patriot Games do not actually expect competitors to fight to the death."
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
www.yahoo.com/news/us/arti...
Do you still think that the state of the US is Democrat vs Republican? Blue vs red? Progressive vs Conservative?
That is a construct. An artificial situation created specifically to distract us so that those with power become more difficult to dislodge.
Don't fall for this.
Fight the real enemy.
That is a construct. An artificial situation created specifically to distract us so that those with power become more difficult to dislodge.
Don't fall for this.
Fight the real enemy.
Remember: The oligarchs who control our economy and democracy seek to divide us so they can become more powerful.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
They want us to turn on each other so we don't look up and see where all the wealth and power have gone.
Don't fall for it.
December 15, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Do you still think that the state of the US is Democrat vs Republican? Blue vs red? Progressive vs Conservative?
That is a construct. An artificial situation created specifically to distract us so that those with power become more difficult to dislodge.
Don't fall for this.
Fight the real enemy.
That is a construct. An artificial situation created specifically to distract us so that those with power become more difficult to dislodge.
Don't fall for this.
Fight the real enemy.
"It is not that men do not feel deeply. It’s that most have never been shown where, how, or with whom those feelings are allowed to land."
Another, from the wonderful Hank Shaw.
When the Bourbon Starts Flowing
open.substack.com/pub/tothebon...
Another, from the wonderful Hank Shaw.
When the Bourbon Starts Flowing
open.substack.com/pub/tothebon...
When the Bourbon Starts Flowing
The Roman saying, in vino veritas — “in wine there is truth” — very much applies to bourbon at a hunt camp.
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"It is not that men do not feel deeply. It’s that most have never been shown where, how, or with whom those feelings are allowed to land."
Another, from the wonderful Hank Shaw.
When the Bourbon Starts Flowing
open.substack.com/pub/tothebon...
Another, from the wonderful Hank Shaw.
When the Bourbon Starts Flowing
open.substack.com/pub/tothebon...
This is a project that @valwestonnm.bsky.social and I have been working on for quite some time.
Answering the burning question many have had! Who is Southwest ArtTowns for?
It's for anyone who supports art in the southwest. It's for artists who create or exhibit here—or want to!
southwestarttowns.com
#SouthwestArtTowns #SWArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration
It's for anyone who supports art in the southwest. It's for artists who create or exhibit here—or want to!
southwestarttowns.com
#SouthwestArtTowns #SWArtTowns #ConnectionCommunityCollaboration
December 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
This is a project that @valwestonnm.bsky.social and I have been working on for quite some time.
This data center complex is one of the reasons that @val-weston.bsky.social and I decided not to build the house we planned on our little 10-acre ranch. We were less than 10 miles away and needed to drill a 400-foot well for water.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The AI boom is heralding a new gold rush in the American west
Once home to gold and prospectors, the Nevada desert is now the site of a new kind of expansion: tech datacenters
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
This data center complex is one of the reasons that @val-weston.bsky.social and I decided not to build the house we planned on our little 10-acre ranch. We were less than 10 miles away and needed to drill a 400-foot well for water.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"I’m entitled ..."
That sums up just about everything to do with this administration.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
That sums up just about everything to do with this administration.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
thehill.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"I’m entitled ..."
That sums up just about everything to do with this administration.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
That sums up just about everything to do with this administration.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
"Industrywide, the $21 million collected from ranchers by the BLM and Forest Service was about $284 million below market rate for forage last year."
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
The wealthy profit from public lands, and taxpayers pick up the tab - High Country News
Roughly two-thirds of grazing on Bureau of Land Management land is controlled by just 10% of permit holders.
www.hcn.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Industrywide, the $21 million collected from ranchers by the BLM and Forest Service was about $284 million below market rate for forage last year."
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
www.hcn.org/issues/57-12...
"Like so many things these days, using Sora feels like it’s a little bit of a naughty thing to do, even if you don’t know exactly why."
gizmodo.com/all-the-bad-...
gizmodo.com/all-the-bad-...
All the Bad Things That Can Happen When You Generate a Sora Video
It's fun to mess around with cutting-edge AI. Here's why you still maybe shouldn't.
gizmodo.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
"Like so many things these days, using Sora feels like it’s a little bit of a naughty thing to do, even if you don’t know exactly why."
gizmodo.com/all-the-bad-...
gizmodo.com/all-the-bad-...
"Now that we’re actually targeting boats and killing people, a lot of people have a lot of questions—and I don’t feel like I can answer them wisely."
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Dear JAG: What Do I Do if I Get Unlawful Orders to Blow Up Civilian Boats
Orders are presumed to be lawful, but that presumption is rebuttable rather than conclusive.
slate.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Now that we’re actually targeting boats and killing people, a lot of people have a lot of questions—and I don’t feel like I can answer them wisely."
slate.com/news-and-pol...
slate.com/news-and-pol...
I’m currently visiting Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, with @val-weston.bsky.social.
The art in our motel room depicts a majestic herd of bison crossing a river, beneath a dramatic cliff.
The art in our motel room depicts a majestic herd of bison crossing a river, beneath a dramatic cliff.
November 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I’m currently visiting Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, with @val-weston.bsky.social.
The art in our motel room depicts a majestic herd of bison crossing a river, beneath a dramatic cliff.
The art in our motel room depicts a majestic herd of bison crossing a river, beneath a dramatic cliff.