T.M. Brown
@tmbrown.bsky.social
Writer 😓 New York Times, the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, the Baffler, LARB, etc.
This is the major talking point re: gentrification that I think is deeply stupid and also widely held. Why are people obsessed with telling people they’re not allowed to live in a given place? It’s such a funny evolution of a deeply reactionary impulse.
May 19, 2025 at 11:19 AM
This is the major talking point re: gentrification that I think is deeply stupid and also widely held. Why are people obsessed with telling people they’re not allowed to live in a given place? It’s such a funny evolution of a deeply reactionary impulse.
you know those videos where Chinese manufacturing sourcers tell you they can get you Lululemon and Dyson Airwraps directly from the factory? i wrote about how they're a new frontier in diplomacy for
@nytimes.com magazine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
@nytimes.com magazine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
Chinese Manufacturers Have Been Turning to TikTok Diplomacy
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May 17, 2025 at 12:43 PM
you know those videos where Chinese manufacturing sourcers tell you they can get you Lululemon and Dyson Airwraps directly from the factory? i wrote about how they're a new frontier in diplomacy for
@nytimes.com magazine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
@nytimes.com magazine www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/m...
First time in @gqmagazine.bsky.social and I wrote about how goofy the fits are in rightwing politics and what they say about where these people want the country to go www.gq.com/story/what-t...
What the Trump Team Is Communicating With Their Very Chaotic Clothes
Trump 2.0 is a bonanza of odd menswear. Writer T.M. Brown decodes the lapels and collars of Washington, DC’s sundry power players.
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April 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
First time in @gqmagazine.bsky.social and I wrote about how goofy the fits are in rightwing politics and what they say about where these people want the country to go www.gq.com/story/what-t...
He’s right you dorks www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
Bluesky Can’t Take a Joke
Bluesky has been a safe haven for users fleeing X and Threads. But while there’s less hate, there’s also fewer lolz.
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April 8, 2025 at 6:25 AM
He’s right you dorks www.wired.com/story/bluesk...
paging @jamellebouie.net to let me on the pod
for @thenation.com, i wrote about the evolution on conspiracy thrillers from the 1970s to now — and why we seem a lot less interested in ambiguous conclusions about how the world works. www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema
Why did Hollywood lose interest in making paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor? Was it a change in the culture? Or a change in the marketplace?
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April 1, 2025 at 3:54 PM
paging @jamellebouie.net to let me on the pod
Got to write about steroids, male body image, and the question on everyone's minds: Are you natty or not? for the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/s...
‘Natty or Not’ Influencer Kenny Boulet Wants People to Be More Honest About Steroids (Gift Article)
The fitness influencer Kenny Boulet, who asks gymgoers if they’re “natty or not,” wants people to be more honest about their steroid use.
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April 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Got to write about steroids, male body image, and the question on everyone's minds: Are you natty or not? for the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/s...
for @thenation.com, i wrote about the evolution on conspiracy thrillers from the 1970s to now — and why we seem a lot less interested in ambiguous conclusions about how the world works. www.thenation.com/article/cult...
The Life and Death of Conspiracy Cinema
Why did Hollywood lose interest in making paranoid thrillers like The Parallax View and Three Days of the Condor? Was it a change in the culture? Or a change in the marketplace?
www.thenation.com
March 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
for @thenation.com, i wrote about the evolution on conspiracy thrillers from the 1970s to now — and why we seem a lot less interested in ambiguous conclusions about how the world works. www.thenation.com/article/cult...
few things more humbling and irritating than looking at what your NYC housing budget can get you in Los Angeles ☹️
March 24, 2025 at 5:26 PM
few things more humbling and irritating than looking at what your NYC housing budget can get you in Los Angeles ☹️
for @thepointmag.bsky.social i wrote about reality TV's postmodern appeal and why we long for the banal in the face of such overwhelming anxiety thepointmag.com/criticism/sp...
Spectacles of Banality | The Point Magazine
As not only a straight guy but also a writer, I don’t seem to fit into the usual picture people have of a reality TV enthusiast, and it is assumed that I must, for some reason, have enough sense to kn...
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March 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
for @thepointmag.bsky.social i wrote about reality TV's postmodern appeal and why we long for the banal in the face of such overwhelming anxiety thepointmag.com/criticism/sp...
deeply funny that i do not post on here (and probably will never post on here) and yet people keep finding me
January 31, 2025 at 10:15 PM
deeply funny that i do not post on here (and probably will never post on here) and yet people keep finding me
Hello from my hangover. Here’s my last piece of the year, a Hunt column about an amazing woman named Diane who broke up with New York and found a home and community in Philadelphia. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Priced Out of New York, She Took Her $350,000 Budget to Philadelphia. Here’s What She Found. (Gift Article)
After a near-death experience gave her a new lease on life, a writer ‘broke up with New York’ and headed south to find a one-bedroom or two-bedroom apartment.
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December 19, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Hello from my hangover. Here’s my last piece of the year, a Hunt column about an amazing woman named Diane who broke up with New York and found a home and community in Philadelphia. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Still hanging onto the lead slot on the culture page
December 18, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Still hanging onto the lead slot on the culture page
god the nerds on bluesky are somehow more annoying than anyone on twitter
December 17, 2024 at 2:05 AM
god the nerds on bluesky are somehow more annoying than anyone on twitter
i wrote about why the discourse around algorithms and culture ignores much wider structural issues for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Technology That Actually Runs Our World
The most dominant algorithms aren’t the ones choosing what songs Spotify serves you.
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December 16, 2024 at 4:48 PM
i wrote about why the discourse around algorithms and culture ignores much wider structural issues for @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
there's sort of an interesting dynamic that is playing out both here and on substack, where it's effectively a land grab for influence that *should be* of interest to someone like me that missed out on the initial days of twitter audience building
December 12, 2024 at 12:45 AM
there's sort of an interesting dynamic that is playing out both here and on substack, where it's effectively a land grab for influence that *should be* of interest to someone like me that missed out on the initial days of twitter audience building
people yelled at me about this piece about who should be able to call themselves a writer and now i bring it to bluesky tedthoughts.substack.com/p/who-should...
Who should write?
Expansionists vs. Limiters
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December 9, 2024 at 7:48 PM
people yelled at me about this piece about who should be able to call themselves a writer and now i bring it to bluesky tedthoughts.substack.com/p/who-should...
I wrote about gift guides lol
December 7, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I wrote about gift guides lol
Just going to post the full spread of my Zyn story since apparently there’s like a critical mass of people here now?
November 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Just going to post the full spread of my Zyn story since apparently there’s like a critical mass of people here now?
Happy spooky szn everyone 🧙🏼♀️🔮🧙🏼♀️🔮👻👻🧙🏼♀️🔮🧙🏼♀️ I wrote about the witches of Etsy for the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/s...
Practical Magic: The Lucrative Business of Being a Witch on Etsy and TikTok
Modern witches no longer lurk in dark alleys or operate out of the back rooms of stores, you can instead buy their services online for a pretty penny or two.
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October 28, 2023 at 3:19 PM
Happy spooky szn everyone 🧙🏼♀️🔮🧙🏼♀️🔮👻👻🧙🏼♀️🔮🧙🏼♀️ I wrote about the witches of Etsy for the @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2023/10/28/s...
@davidehrlich.bsky.social so is if any better over here or should we just not have social media anymore?
October 15, 2023 at 12:18 PM
@davidehrlich.bsky.social so is if any better over here or should we just not have social media anymore?