Daniel James Brown
@danieljamesbrown.bsky.social
Author: THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, FACING THE MOUNTAIN, THE INDIFFERENT STARS ABOVE, and UNDER A FLAMING SKY. I write about the American character, as it once was. Fie on fascists, racists, and misogynists.
https://www.danieljamesbrown.com/books/
https://www.danieljamesbrown.com/books/
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I created a starter pack with links to authors of narrative nonfiction books. True tales from history, adventure, sports, and contemporary life. If you write such, let me know.
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i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
January 11, 2025 at 12:46 AM
i don’t understand how, psychologically, a person gets to a place where they interpret sign language as some kind of attack or imposition on their life. like, what the fuck is wrong with you?
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They want us to memory hole tearing down the American flag to fly Trump’s.
January 7, 2025 at 3:10 AM
They want us to memory hole tearing down the American flag to fly Trump’s.
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“McConnell laid the blame for Jan. 6 squarely at the feet of Trump. In private, he said things like: ‘If this isn’t impeachable, I don’t know what is’ and indicated he expected bipartisan support for a vote to convict Trump … And yet…McConnell refused to vote to convict.”
New, from me: Four years ago we lived through a pivot point. History could have gone one way, but went another.
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Why was Jan. 6 not the end of Trump?
At key moments, key Republicans who knew better protected or resurrected Trump. 🧵
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Jan. 6 and the path not taken
At key moments, Republicans were unwilling to defend democracy
open.substack.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“McConnell laid the blame for Jan. 6 squarely at the feet of Trump. In private, he said things like: ‘If this isn’t impeachable, I don’t know what is’ and indicated he expected bipartisan support for a vote to convict Trump … And yet…McConnell refused to vote to convict.”
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Say what you want about Biden, he’s not out there claiming he actually won the election and sending a mob to the US Capitol to “fight like Hell” or they won’t have a country anymore. Republicans rightly condemned Trump on this day in 2021. He was unfit then. He is unfit now.
January 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Say what you want about Biden, he’s not out there claiming he actually won the election and sending a mob to the US Capitol to “fight like Hell” or they won’t have a country anymore. Republicans rightly condemned Trump on this day in 2021. He was unfit then. He is unfit now.
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Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
January 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon.
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Adjudicated rapist says what?
January 1, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Adjudicated rapist says what?
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Elon Musk has changed his X profile.
His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists.
His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis.
Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists.
The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.
His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists.
His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis.
Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists.
The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.
January 1, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Elon Musk has changed his X profile.
His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists.
His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis.
Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists.
The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.
His avatar is now Pepe the Frog, a mascot adopted by white supremacists.
His name is a Latinisation of “Kek”, a phrase used by neo-Nazis.
Musk has also backed AfD in Germany, the political home for racists.
The man is telling us explicitly what he’s about.
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in a world of Donald Trumps, be a Jimmy Carter
December 29, 2024 at 9:28 PM
in a world of Donald Trumps, be a Jimmy Carter
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Musk's opinion piece for the German paper Die Welt, endorsing a right-wing extremist political party, matters a lot more for us than you might think, so I spent some time putting together a look at German politics, Musk's views, and the reaction to them. joycevance.substack.com/p/musk-in-di...
Musk in Die Welt
It did not take long for Eva Marie Kogel, the opinion editor at Die Welt, Germany’s paper of record, to decide what the right thing for her to do was.
joycevance.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Musk's opinion piece for the German paper Die Welt, endorsing a right-wing extremist political party, matters a lot more for us than you might think, so I spent some time putting together a look at German politics, Musk's views, and the reaction to them. joycevance.substack.com/p/musk-in-di...
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My latest.
I wanted to take today off but I think more Americans need to know this before it's forgotten by tomorrow.
"Elon Musk and JD Vance's Support of Germany's Nazi-Loving AfD Party Should Be Much Bigger News"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
I wanted to take today off but I think more Americans need to know this before it's forgotten by tomorrow.
"Elon Musk and JD Vance's Support of Germany's Nazi-Loving AfD Party Should Be Much Bigger News"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
Elon Musk and JD Vance's Support of Germany's Nazi-Loving AfD Party Should Be Much Bigger News
Elon Musk & J.D. Vance tweeted in support of the AfD Party whose racist, anti-immigrant ideologies are shared by a terrorist who just killed 5 people in Germany. Maybe it's not "economic anxiety."
thelefthook.substack.com
December 21, 2024 at 10:09 PM
My latest.
I wanted to take today off but I think more Americans need to know this before it's forgotten by tomorrow.
"Elon Musk and JD Vance's Support of Germany's Nazi-Loving AfD Party Should Be Much Bigger News"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
I wanted to take today off but I think more Americans need to know this before it's forgotten by tomorrow.
"Elon Musk and JD Vance's Support of Germany's Nazi-Loving AfD Party Should Be Much Bigger News"
thelefthook.substack.com/p/elon-musk-...
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Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
December 20, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Canadian MP Charlie Angus: The message I’m hearing from people across Canada is this: they’re not afraid of you. They know you’re a convicted felon. They know that the people you’re bringing in to run your, let’s call it an “organization” rather than a government, are grifters, thieves, and thugs.
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This is ridiculous. Republicans might as well cut out the middle man and make Putin Speaker.
Rand Paul floats Musk for speaker
The unconventional suggestion from one of the least conventional senators comes amid a conservative revolt over government funding legislation.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:32 PM
This is ridiculous. Republicans might as well cut out the middle man and make Putin Speaker.
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Just a reminder that in 2019, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine misinformation campaign helped cause a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly kids.
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
December 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Just a reminder that in 2019, RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine misinformation campaign helped cause a measles outbreak in Samoa that killed 83 people, mostly kids.
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
Do you really want him to lead the Department of Health and Human Services?
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This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
I'm sure many have said this before but I'm reading a student-facing document about how students might use AI in the classroom (if allowed) and one of the recs is: use AI to make an outline of your reading! But ISN'T MAKING THE OUTLINE how one actually learns?
December 11, 2024 at 10:43 PM
This is what's so baffling about so many suggestions for AI in the humanities classroom: they mistake the product for the point. Writing outlines and essays is important not because you need to make outlines and essays but because that's how you learn to think with/through complex ideas.
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When Trump says "we want our FBI back" what he really means is, he wants to make sure they can never investigate or prosecute him again. This is not democracy.
December 11, 2024 at 8:52 PM
When Trump says "we want our FBI back" what he really means is, he wants to make sure they can never investigate or prosecute him again. This is not democracy.
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A reminder that Christopher Wray, a lifelong Republican, was appointed FBI Director by Donald Trump but later became a target of Trump and MAGA after refusing to follow Trump’s illegal orders, lie on his behalf, and his role in the investigation of the Jan. 6 inssurection
🚨BREAKING: FBI Director Christopher Wray is resigning, Fox News reports
December 11, 2024 at 8:30 PM
A reminder that Christopher Wray, a lifelong Republican, was appointed FBI Director by Donald Trump but later became a target of Trump and MAGA after refusing to follow Trump’s illegal orders, lie on his behalf, and his role in the investigation of the Jan. 6 inssurection
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“We are a country that stands on the precipice, just six weeks away from swearing in, for the second time, a wannabe “dictator” with ambitions to wildly reshape our democracy. There is a desire to tune out. I get it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
We Can’t Just Tune Out Donald Trump
Exhaustion is understandable after a bitter election, but ignoring what’s happening won’t make it go away.
www.vanityfair.com
December 10, 2024 at 7:19 PM
“We are a country that stands on the precipice, just six weeks away from swearing in, for the second time, a wannabe “dictator” with ambitions to wildly reshape our democracy. There is a desire to tune out. I get it.”
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/w...
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A little louder for the folks in the back:
The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
December 9, 2024 at 2:31 AM
A little louder for the folks in the back:
The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
The development of vaccines is likely the greatest achievement of mankind.
www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202...
My daughter and I are obsessed with Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" books. There is much drinking of grog in these books, so we whipped up a batch. Not bad, though quite apt to make you start belting out sea shanties at the top of your lungs if you indulge in more than a single glass.
December 7, 2024 at 10:38 PM
My daughter and I are obsessed with Patrick O'Brian's "Master and Commander" books. There is much drinking of grog in these books, so we whipped up a batch. Not bad, though quite apt to make you start belting out sea shanties at the top of your lungs if you indulge in more than a single glass.
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Cassidy Hutchinson is one of the many people on Trash Patel's hit list.
Her "crime"?
She testified before the j6 committee. She was pressured by Trump's camp to downplay what she knew. She did not.
This is one of the many reasons Trash Patel cannot have any role in law enforcement.
Her "crime"?
She testified before the j6 committee. She was pressured by Trump's camp to downplay what she knew. She did not.
This is one of the many reasons Trash Patel cannot have any role in law enforcement.
December 5, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Cassidy Hutchinson is one of the many people on Trash Patel's hit list.
Her "crime"?
She testified before the j6 committee. She was pressured by Trump's camp to downplay what she knew. She did not.
This is one of the many reasons Trash Patel cannot have any role in law enforcement.
Her "crime"?
She testified before the j6 committee. She was pressured by Trump's camp to downplay what she knew. She did not.
This is one of the many reasons Trash Patel cannot have any role in law enforcement.
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Here is what Kushner admitted to when he pled guilty.
November 30, 2024 at 10:25 PM
Here is what Kushner admitted to when he pled guilty.
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Elon Musk thinks HE won the election and gets to be the autocrat. Fascist and delusional to the core.
November 27, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Elon Musk thinks HE won the election and gets to be the autocrat. Fascist and delusional to the core.
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Truly astonished and gratified to find The Boys in the Boat still on this list thirteen years after publication.
Truly astonished and gratified to find The Boys in the Boat still on this list thirteen years after publication.
The Year-To-Date 2024 Indie Bestsellers List
Here is the Year-To-Date 2024 Indie Bestseller List, based on sales at independent bookstores nationwide for the period of January 1, 2024 to November 24, 2024.
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November 28, 2024 at 4:00 AM
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Truly astonished and gratified to find The Boys in the Boat still on this list thirteen years after publication.
Truly astonished and gratified to find The Boys in the Boat still on this list thirteen years after publication.