James Brownsell
@jamesbrownsell.bsky.social
Journalist, editor, consultant, occasional DJ
Formerly of @the_newarab, @AlJazeera
RTs≠endorsement
brownsellj@gmail.com
PGP key: http://bit.ly/2epcjnk
Formerly of @the_newarab, @AlJazeera
RTs≠endorsement
brownsellj@gmail.com
PGP key: http://bit.ly/2epcjnk
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The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
November 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The important thing is not whether the Trump performing sexual favors for Bill Clinton thing is true. The important thing is that we all pretend it’s true, and that someone asks Trump about it every day.
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We must reveal all the terrible secrets of our elites! ... no, that's too many secrets, put some back
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
We must reveal all the terrible secrets of our elites! ... no, that's too many secrets, put some back
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Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.
November 12, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Donald Trump was President when Epstein died and Donald Trump is on the Epstein list. Let’s talk about it.
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Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Trump Still Polling Well With Working-Class American Pedophiles https://theonion.com/trump-still-polling-well-with-working-class-american-pedophiles/
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Palestine's Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards.
Other showings and all information on the official website
www.watermelonpictures.com/films/palest...
Other showings and all information on the official website
www.watermelonpictures.com/films/palest...
November 14, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Palestine's Official Selection for the 98th Academy Awards.
Other showings and all information on the official website
www.watermelonpictures.com/films/palest...
Other showings and all information on the official website
www.watermelonpictures.com/films/palest...
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I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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"the revolt of the bosses" is a good way of framing the elite reaction to woke 1. what's particularly interesting is that this isn't a reaction to an attack on profits--it's a reaction to changes in workplace culture--
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
I suspect that the revolt of the bosses element of all this really is explained by: a bunch of upper echelon Americans really didn't like the cultural and workplace changes induced by Woke era, some portion of them were pushed into internet insanity, but most just wanted a shift slightly right....
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
"the revolt of the bosses" is a good way of framing the elite reaction to woke 1. what's particularly interesting is that this isn't a reaction to an attack on profits--it's a reaction to changes in workplace culture--
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
which is to say, the psychic wage of hierarchy
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Our country is still not close to being a true autocracy, in the mold of Russia or China. But once countries begin taking steps away from democracy, the march often continues. We offer these 12 markers as a warning of how much Americans have already lost and how much more we still could lose.
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Our country is still not close to being a true autocracy, in the mold of Russia or China. But once countries begin taking steps away from democracy, the march often continues. We offer these 12 markers as a warning of how much Americans have already lost and how much more we still could lose.
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Something approaching a moral panic has taken hold in many countries over the impact of digital technology on young people. Yet a less-noticed explosion in screen time is happening within a different generation
Meet the real screen addicts: the elderly
The digital habits that defined youth are transforming old age
econ.st
October 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Something approaching a moral panic has taken hold in many countries over the impact of digital technology on young people. Yet a less-noticed explosion in screen time is happening within a different generation
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And in so doing re-enforces the sense in which the current bout of flag-flying isn't a symbol of shared belonging but a political, and, here, an explicitly party political, statement.
🙄 Reform UK will spend £75,000 putting up 150 Union flags across Nottinghamshire in a bid to "strengthen community spirit"
October 24, 2025 at 1:32 PM
And in so doing re-enforces the sense in which the current bout of flag-flying isn't a symbol of shared belonging but a political, and, here, an explicitly party political, statement.
Can anyone at the Caerffili Caerphilly count give any clues as to how far off they are from announcing?
October 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Can anyone at the Caerffili Caerphilly count give any clues as to how far off they are from announcing?
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Men only want one thing and it's disgusting:
Caerphilly result before 3am
Caerphilly result before 3am
October 24, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Men only want one thing and it's disgusting:
Caerphilly result before 3am
Caerphilly result before 3am
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The only people still denying Israel's genocide are Nazis, whether they accept the label or not. They will never be forgiven or forgotten. Never given a moments peace
The only people who still deny that Israel is committing genocide are those who want to make sure nobody does anything to stop Israel from committing genocide.
September 17, 2025 at 6:33 AM
The only people still denying Israel's genocide are Nazis, whether they accept the label or not. They will never be forgiven or forgotten. Never given a moments peace
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In June, a Democratic state rep in Minnesota was murdered, and a state senator was shot.
And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"
And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"
Trump says he is ordering all U.S. flags lowered to half-mast in honor of Charlie Kirk
September 10, 2025 at 9:21 PM
In June, a Democratic state rep in Minnesota was murdered, and a state senator was shot.
And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"
And a couple of days later, Trump said he wouldn't phone Gov. Walz, calling him "whacked out" and "a mess"
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Utah was the first state to allow open carry on campus. A would-be assailant could walk right onto campus armed as they please and nobody could’ve done a thing about it.
In 2014, Anita Sarkeesian canceled an event at Utah State after a credible assassination threat because the school’s response was that Utah allows guns on college campuses.
People have warned about this kind of violence for years. But they weren’t the people the powers at be wanted to protect.
People have warned about this kind of violence for years. But they weren’t the people the powers at be wanted to protect.
September 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Utah was the first state to allow open carry on campus. A would-be assailant could walk right onto campus armed as they please and nobody could’ve done a thing about it.
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anyway
Trump team ends $18m program designed to ID domestic terrorists before they attack
Administration is axing an $18 million program designed to identify and prevent attacks committed by individual perpetrators, an increasingly growing trend in domestic terrorism
www.independent.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
anyway
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They are forcibly detransitioning people. They are denying life saving abortion care. They used the lifeless body of Adriana Smith as an incubator without her or her family's consent. They are denying millions vaccines which prevent deadly & chronic illness.
These too are violence.
These too are violence.
"they are going to use this against us."
where you been, they are murdering black people in the streets for selling CDs, they are rounding up hispanic people for being at a home depot, they are sending people to foreign torture prisons for tweeting about Palestine.
The terrain is SHIFTED
where you been, they are murdering black people in the streets for selling CDs, they are rounding up hispanic people for being at a home depot, they are sending people to foreign torture prisons for tweeting about Palestine.
The terrain is SHIFTED
September 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
They are forcibly detransitioning people. They are denying life saving abortion care. They used the lifeless body of Adriana Smith as an incubator without her or her family's consent. They are denying millions vaccines which prevent deadly & chronic illness.
These too are violence.
These too are violence.
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"Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty."
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
September 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Having an armed citizenry comes with a price, and that is part of liberty."
Charlie Kirk
Charlie Kirk
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Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
September 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Let’s make one thing clear from the start: Charlie Kirk was the victim of a shooting in a country where he, along with other right-wing extremist influencers, have been inciting violence for years. — Kirk is neither a martyr nor a hero, he is a cause.
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Looking forward to the President who pardoned rioters that attacked Congress weighing in on political violence never being acceptable.
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Looking forward to the President who pardoned rioters that attacked Congress weighing in on political violence never being acceptable.
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Right-wing Americans claiming there’s no place for political violence a day after they were celebrating the attempted assassination of the Hamas delegation is on brand.
September 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Right-wing Americans claiming there’s no place for political violence a day after they were celebrating the attempted assassination of the Hamas delegation is on brand.
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the equivalent of Soviet broadcasters playing Swan Lake
July 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
the equivalent of Soviet broadcasters playing Swan Lake
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Pen-blwydd hapus Gruff Rhys! 🎂 🥳 🎈
... a anwyd ar y dydd hwn yn 1970 (55 mlynedd yn ôl).
Ef yw prif leisydd a gitarydd y band Super Furry Animals. Cafodd ei eni yn Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_R... #aydh
... a anwyd ar y dydd hwn yn 1970 (55 mlynedd yn ôl).
Ef yw prif leisydd a gitarydd y band Super Furry Animals. Cafodd ei eni yn Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_R... #aydh
July 18, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Pen-blwydd hapus Gruff Rhys! 🎂 🥳 🎈
... a anwyd ar y dydd hwn yn 1970 (55 mlynedd yn ôl).
Ef yw prif leisydd a gitarydd y band Super Furry Animals. Cafodd ei eni yn Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_R... #aydh
... a anwyd ar y dydd hwn yn 1970 (55 mlynedd yn ôl).
Ef yw prif leisydd a gitarydd y band Super Furry Animals. Cafodd ei eni yn Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro.
cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gruff_R... #aydh
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Publish it again. Every journalist who has published Epstein stuff before should just publish it again.
July 17, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Publish it again. Every journalist who has published Epstein stuff before should just publish it again.