Adam Brookes
@eadbrookes.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, dilatory author. 'FRAGILE CARGO: The World War Two Race to Save the Treasures of China's Forbidden City'. Also some spy novels. Opinions valid.
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Groups of dudes who self-segregate & talk each other into believing that they are uniquely brilliant & everyone else just doesn't get it ... are responsible for some of history's most florid horrors.
It's kind of mind-blowing how these tech dorks think they're so smart and have the utmost confidence in their genius, while actual smart people are constantly doubting themselves and critiquing their own arguments.
December 3, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Groups of dudes who self-segregate & talk each other into believing that they are uniquely brilliant & everyone else just doesn't get it ... are responsible for some of history's most florid horrors.
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Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
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Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
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What a bunch of shady creepers.
December 1, 2025 at 8:30 PM
What a bunch of shady creepers.
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Motion Pictures - Durty Neil - WOWD
YouTube video by David Grinspoon
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Nature Begins Reclaiming Chuck Grassley
December 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Nature Begins Reclaiming Chuck Grassley
Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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This has always been core to Trump and MAGA. Anyone expressing surprise now wasn’t paying attention.
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
This has always been core to Trump and MAGA. Anyone expressing surprise now wasn’t paying attention.
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No notes — except watch until the very end…
November 29, 2025 at 4:48 AM
No notes — except watch until the very end…
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Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
November 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Communities need used-book shops.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
As the trends in our world are increasingly standardized and entrenched by "predictive" technologies that stifle innovation and reduce human actions into economic categories...
We need a full range of possibilities for readers and communities to explore and share.
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I keep coming back to this
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I keep coming back to this
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It almost goes without saying at this point that these are *exactly* the same canards that were once used to try to deny entrance to the US of Ashkenazi Jews like Miller’s great grandparents.
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It almost goes without saying at this point that these are *exactly* the same canards that were once used to try to deny entrance to the US of Ashkenazi Jews like Miller’s great grandparents.
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
His argument is “the antisemites were basically right, they just got the specific targeting off a bit.”
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Watch this. Just watch this.
November 27, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Watch this. Just watch this.
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
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Police say he then turned the epic vulgar roast on himself
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Police say he then turned the epic vulgar roast on himself
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Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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@eadbrookes.bsky.social Hello Adam - Mick Jagger is a fan of Spy Games! www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...
Mick Jagger gets real satisfaction from reading great books
Rolling Stones frontman and his fiancée back our Get Britain Reading campaign
www.thetimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
@eadbrookes.bsky.social Hello Adam - Mick Jagger is a fan of Spy Games! www.thetimes.com/uk/get-brita...
This is a powerful critique of the peace plan and is really worth your time.
“It looks a lot like that Russians are seeking to bribe Americans to allow Russia to win a war it would otherwise lose.”
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Russian Unreality and American Weakness
Notes from a bizarre moment of diplomatic history
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is a powerful critique of the peace plan and is really worth your time.
so how would an orc know what a menu is?
November 23, 2025 at 11:17 PM
so how would an orc know what a menu is?
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The thing about Trump saying it’s fine for Mamdani to call him a fascist is that he genuinely thinks all of this is kayfabe, just as he could insult Rubio or Cruz but still work with them. It’s not possible for him to imagine other people being sincere about anything.
November 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The thing about Trump saying it’s fine for Mamdani to call him a fascist is that he genuinely thinks all of this is kayfabe, just as he could insult Rubio or Cruz but still work with them. It’s not possible for him to imagine other people being sincere about anything.
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Okay… I’m caught up
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Okay… I’m caught up
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Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
