Russell Brown
@publicaddress.bsky.social
Journalist, rider of bikes, cooker of food, seeker of joy. Dad-DJ. Cosmopolitan.
There is an honourable form of investigative journalism that consists of calling crazy people and just being friendly with them.
TPM called the "special government employee" involved in the Fulton County FBI raid ... it got weird.
Meet the ‘Cabal’-Hating ‘Special Government Employee’ Involved in the Fulton County FBI Raid
Clay Parikh unloaded in a nearly two hour conversation with TPM.
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:29 AM
There is an honourable form of investigative journalism that consists of calling crazy people and just being friendly with them.
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Look I want to be clear that I don't endorse all of this man's views, he's obviously a complicated individual who may well be not in the right place, job wise, but let's not throw the baby out with bath water here
February 12, 2026 at 5:12 AM
Look I want to be clear that I don't endorse all of this man's views, he's obviously a complicated individual who may well be not in the right place, job wise, but let's not throw the baby out with bath water here
Trying to get out from under a scandal about his racism by posting a pic of himself with a probable child sexual abuser may not have been the smartest move in the circumstances.
February 12, 2026 at 5:16 AM
Trying to get out from under a scandal about his racism by posting a pic of himself with a probable child sexual abuser may not have been the smartest move in the circumstances.
Colin is 19 years old and very deaf. But he still has a loving relationship with the subwoofer.
February 11, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Colin is 19 years old and very deaf. But he still has a loving relationship with the subwoofer.
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New from me: Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
Most economic damage from gas crisis 'locked in', officials warn
Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether or not the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead, new modelling has found
newsroom.co.nz
February 11, 2026 at 9:45 PM
New from me: Big industrials are slated to close or switch off gas whether the proposed LNG terminal goes ahead or not, new modelling has found.
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/12/m...
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It’s always the ones you most expect.
“A Florida handyman, Andrew Paul Johnson, who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children, prosecutors told NPR.”
“A Florida handyman, Andrew Paul Johnson, who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children, prosecutors told NPR.”
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was convicted of sexually abusing children
A handyman from Florida who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was convicted on state charges of child sex abuse and exposing himself to a child.
www.npr.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It’s always the ones you most expect.
“A Florida handyman, Andrew Paul Johnson, who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children, prosecutors told NPR.”
“A Florida handyman, Andrew Paul Johnson, who received a pardon from President Trump for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of multiple state charges of child molestation and exposing himself to children, prosecutors told NPR.”
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It certainly doesn't sound like the "suddenly new covid enquiry" setup to provide a report to the government a few weeks out from the election has a lot of space for nuanced analysis of the "while lessons can be learned we need to keep what was happening elsewhere in mind" variety.
February 11, 2026 at 6:30 AM
It certainly doesn't sound like the "suddenly new covid enquiry" setup to provide a report to the government a few weeks out from the election has a lot of space for nuanced analysis of the "while lessons can be learned we need to keep what was happening elsewhere in mind" variety.
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Trump’s name appears more than a million times in the unredacted version of the latest Epstein release.
Trump, who claims the files are a “hoax,” initially featured 5,300 times in the redacted version.
This was only half of the 6 million documents DOJ reviewed, prompting renewed fears of cover-up.
Trump, who claims the files are a “hoax,” initially featured 5,300 times in the redacted version.
This was only half of the 6 million documents DOJ reviewed, prompting renewed fears of cover-up.
President Donald Trump’s name appears in the Epstein files more than a million times, according to a top Democrat who reviewed the Justice Department’s unredacted version of the documents.
Jaw-Dropping Number of Times Trump Is Named in Epstein Files Revealed by Rep
The revelation has further inflamed fears of an Epstein cover-up.
trib.al
February 11, 2026 at 5:36 AM
Trump’s name appears more than a million times in the unredacted version of the latest Epstein release.
Trump, who claims the files are a “hoax,” initially featured 5,300 times in the redacted version.
This was only half of the 6 million documents DOJ reviewed, prompting renewed fears of cover-up.
Trump, who claims the files are a “hoax,” initially featured 5,300 times in the redacted version.
This was only half of the 6 million documents DOJ reviewed, prompting renewed fears of cover-up.
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Athanasios Orphanides is a Milton Friedman acolyte so it's got a pre-determined outcome.
He has argued against central banks having a mandate for protecting employment, so is likely to damn any such policy.
He has argued against central banks having a mandate for protecting employment, so is likely to damn any such policy.
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Athanasios Orphanides is a Milton Friedman acolyte so it's got a pre-determined outcome.
He has argued against central banks having a mandate for protecting employment, so is likely to damn any such policy.
He has argued against central banks having a mandate for protecting employment, so is likely to damn any such policy.
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Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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![The autistic community is a large, growing, and heterogeneous population, and there is a need for improved methods to describe their diverse needs. Measures of adaptive functioning collected through public health surveillance may provide valuable information on functioning and support needs at a population level. We aimed to use adaptive behavior and cognitive scores abstracted from health and educational records to describe trends over time in the population prevalence of autism by adaptive level and co-occurrence of intellectual disability (ID). Using data from the Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring Network, years 2000 to 2016, we estimated the prevalence of autism per 1000 8-year-old children by four levels of adaptive challenges (moderate to profound, mild, borderline, or none) and by co-occurrence of ID. The prevalence of autism with mild, borderline, or no significant adaptive challenges increased between 2000 and 2016, from 5.1 per 1000 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.6–5.5) to 17.6 (95% CI: 17.1–18.1) while the prevalence of autism with moderate to profound challenges decreased slightly, from 1.5 (95% CI: 1.2–1.7) to 1.2 (95% CI: 1.1–1.4). The prevalence increase was greater for autism without co-occurring ID than for autism with co-occurring ID. The increase in autism prevalence between 2000 and 2016 was confined to autism with milder phenotypes. This trend could indicate improved identification of milder forms of autism over time. It is possible that increased access to therapies that improve intellectual and adaptive functioning of children diagnosed with autism also contributed to the trends.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j76trmiofvaxxpvx2vnb2vwf/bafkreibeoudvh2b4ifuiqq7pmnzwg6y6n3caschubukvo6kzqcfn2kdf5i@jpeg)
February 10, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Increasing autism rates over the last 25 years may just be kids with mild forms getting diagnosed. Rates of moderate to severe impairment due to autism have actually fallen slightly.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Funny seeing my Jake Paul post go somewhat viral. I mean, until fairly recently, I didn't know who the hell he was either.
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Funny seeing my Jake Paul post go somewhat viral. I mean, until fairly recently, I didn't know who the hell he was either.
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February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
Why yes, I am extremely online and this is very funny.
February 10, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Why yes, I am extremely online and this is very funny.
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Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
You know, last night I was watching Julie K. Brown being interviewed on Fast Politics, and she said at the end that she and the Miami Herald had "a lot of stories lined up", having mentioned Palm Beach police. And here she is.
Breaking: Trump told Palm Beach police chief 'everyone' knew about Epstein and 'evil' Maxwell www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...
Trump told Palm Beach police chief ‘everyone’ knew about Epstein, Maxwell was ‘evil’
The new information comes as Ghislaine Maxwell was summoned to appear Monday before a Congressional committee.
www.miamiherald.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
You know, last night I was watching Julie K. Brown being interviewed on Fast Politics, and she said at the end that she and the Miami Herald had "a lot of stories lined up", having mentioned Palm Beach police. And here she is.
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we’re never going public because our goal is to build cities on mars *record scratch* okay so quick update, team
this Mars> Moon pivot actually is a big deal for Elon because he usually avoids anything resembling a climb-down, as they tend to be bad for confidence games
this suggests he is struggling to pull it off
this suggests he is struggling to pull it off
This is one of things. Bigtime.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
we’re never going public because our goal is to build cities on mars *record scratch* okay so quick update, team
Policy uncertainty seems to be hallmark of this government.
Main thing it does is maintain the policy uncertainty about the end point of the transition off gas: which of you're in the business of selling methane and methane accessories is probably what you want.
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Policy uncertainty seems to be hallmark of this government.
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Australia: let’s roll out so much rooftop solar you can have free power during the day
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
New liquified natural gas terminal: 'Vital' or 'bonkers'?
The government wants taxpayers to pay for a new liquified natural gas import terminal, but is promising lower power prices will come as a result.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Australia: let’s roll out so much rooftop solar you can have free power during the day
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
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The Epstein Files claim another high profile person outside America. Norwegian police are now investigating diplomat Mona Juul the day after she resigned as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq.
Norway police investigate diplomat over Jeffrey Epstein links
Mona Juul and her husband Terje Rød-Larsen - who played a vital role in the Oslo Accords - are being investigated for
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 11:19 PM
The Epstein Files claim another high profile person outside America. Norwegian police are now investigating diplomat Mona Juul the day after she resigned as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq.
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Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
Why not spend $2.7b on solar & batteries instead?
Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/thekaka/...
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Sensible decision from the Crown, I think.
Had a decent chance of winning on appeal (the judge in the High Court clearly signaled things had only just got over the line), but an unhelpful precedent for government is MUCH more of an issue when it comes from the Court of Appeal than the High Court.
Had a decent chance of winning on appeal (the judge in the High Court clearly signaled things had only just got over the line), but an unhelpful precedent for government is MUCH more of an issue when it comes from the Court of Appeal than the High Court.
Paul Goldsmith tells me today he has decided not to appeal this decision.
"I didn't see the point of dragging it out for more months and more expense."
"I didn't see the point of dragging it out for more months and more expense."
NEW: The High Court has ruled that Paul Goldsmith's appointment of Dr. Stephen Rainbow as Human Rights Commissioner was unlawful
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
February 9, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Sensible decision from the Crown, I think.
Had a decent chance of winning on appeal (the judge in the High Court clearly signaled things had only just got over the line), but an unhelpful precedent for government is MUCH more of an issue when it comes from the Court of Appeal than the High Court.
Had a decent chance of winning on appeal (the judge in the High Court clearly signaled things had only just got over the line), but an unhelpful precedent for government is MUCH more of an issue when it comes from the Court of Appeal than the High Court.
Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PQ...
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Post a banger not in English www.youtube.com/watch?v=X2PQ...