Reuben J. Brown
@reubenjbrown.com
○ MA Investigative Journalism at Cronkite School of Journalism
○ Steele Fellow at Reynolds Center for Business Journalism
○ Prev. Digital Editor at The Architectural Review
○ Steele Fellow at Reynolds Center for Business Journalism
○ Prev. Digital Editor at The Architectural Review
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A scientific report released last month announced the start of a “a grim new chapter for life on Earth.” Why aren’t our government officials and corporate leaders more alarmed?https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/C2S7qr
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
A scientific report released last month announced the start of a “a grim new chapter for life on Earth.” Why aren’t our government officials and corporate leaders more alarmed?https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/C2S7qr
old T May drops some real facts here. we should've voted for her Brexit deal, too. you don't know what you've got until it's gone I guess www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czun...
Net Zero: The inside story of the UK’s climate target
YouTube video by Grantham Institute, Imperial College London
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 AM
old T May drops some real facts here. we should've voted for her Brexit deal, too. you don't know what you've got until it's gone I guess www.youtube.com/watch?v=Czun...
Said as if smartphone videos are having more of a watchdog effect than traditional photojournalism did in the beforetimes of common trust in the press — the decline of which is causally related to social media
Just a gentle reminder that the panic about phones melting our brains could well be a convenient way to justify rules that could be used to prevent us from using our phones to film state violence.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
November 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Said as if smartphone videos are having more of a watchdog effect than traditional photojournalism did in the beforetimes of common trust in the press — the decline of which is causally related to social media
really really interesting y'all www.adweek.com/media/publis...
Why So Many Publishers Are Launching Brand Campaigns Right Now
Publishers are flooding billboards, subways, and screens with ads for themselves—many for the first time in history.
www.adweek.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
really really interesting y'all www.adweek.com/media/publis...
This would genuinely be win-win — if it can be enforced. China knows it's feeding the fentanyl crisis and it needs to be reigned in www.wsj.com/world/china/...
Exclusive | Trump, Xi to Discuss Lowering China Tariffs for Fentanyl Crackdown
The U.S. would cut in half the 20% levies on Chinese goods imposed in retaliation for the export of chemicals that make deadly synthetic opioids.
www.wsj.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This would genuinely be win-win — if it can be enforced. China knows it's feeding the fentanyl crisis and it needs to be reigned in www.wsj.com/world/china/...
The fear of seeing this guy's face in a news article
Sir David Attenborough, the British documentarian and naturalist, became the oldest person to win a Daytime Emmy on Friday at age 99. He beat the record set last year by Dick Van Dyke. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/a...
October 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The fear of seeing this guy's face in a news article
Great piece.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Would Zohran Mamdani’s Rent Freeze Keep Rent-Stabilized Apartments Empty?
Thousands of apartments in New York are run-down and vacant. Some landlords argue that a rent freeze, paired with preëxisting housing laws, would keep them that way.
www.newyorker.com
October 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Great piece.
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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All very amusing, but especially this:
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
Brits are pining for the pre-Brexit migration system
The idea was that leaving the bloc would give the U.K. back “control” of its borders and create a fairer system. But the widespread perception is it didn’t turn out that way.
www.politico.eu
October 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
All very amusing, but especially this:
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
"The most popular was an “Australian-style points-based immigration system,” with a net 46 percent support. The least popular was “Britain’s current immigration policy,” with -39 percent support."
www.politico.eu/article/labo...
"Because corporate tax (cut by Macron) is lower than income tax, they pay an effective tax rate of just 25 per cent, about half that of the average French person."
Time to guillotine France’s super-rich tax breaks
Does the country need a wealth tax?
www.ft.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"Because corporate tax (cut by Macron) is lower than income tax, they pay an effective tax rate of just 25 per cent, about half that of the average French person."
I think this is the non-grammatical third or fourth guardian headline I've seen this week 😒
October 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
I think this is the non-grammatical third or fourth guardian headline I've seen this week 😒
First long-form interview with Mamdani I've seen. Remnick naturally asks deep, penetrating questions of great import, and keeps pressing Mamdani. Surprisingly — to me — he holds up, really quite well. Well worth a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbq7...
Zohran Mamdani Says He's Ready for Donald Trump | The New Yorker Interview
YouTube video by The New Yorker
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
First long-form interview with Mamdani I've seen. Remnick naturally asks deep, penetrating questions of great import, and keeps pressing Mamdani. Surprisingly — to me — he holds up, really quite well. Well worth a listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbq7...
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‘Thoravej 29’s ‘off-the-shelf’ raw structure was still replete with idiosyncrasies and challenges to overcome to enable its full reuse; the architects’ deft navigation forms the essential dexterity of the new architecture’ writes @reubenjbrown.com on NGO Bikubenfonden’s new HQ by Pihlmann Architects
August 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
‘Thoravej 29’s ‘off-the-shelf’ raw structure was still replete with idiosyncrasies and challenges to overcome to enable its full reuse; the architects’ deft navigation forms the essential dexterity of the new architecture’ writes @reubenjbrown.com on NGO Bikubenfonden’s new HQ by Pihlmann Architects
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The more things change, the more they stay the same?
May 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The more things change, the more they stay the same?
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1,553 days until the next UK general election. Perhaps Labour MPs should spend at least some of them (the next 1000, say?) arguing and thinking about things other than electoral strategy?
Excellent myth-busting by Luke Akehurst for Labour List labourlist.org/2025/05/labo...
May 21, 2025 at 12:09 PM
1,553 days until the next UK general election. Perhaps Labour MPs should spend at least some of them (the next 1000, say?) arguing and thinking about things other than electoral strategy?
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This is so incredibly kind and thoughtful of you, Lord Woolley. Thank you so very much.
(Please see my previous post for information on how to register for the election of the next chancellor of Cambridge University.)
#cambridge #cambridgechancellor @cambridgeup.bsky.social
(Please see my previous post for information on how to register for the election of the next chancellor of Cambridge University.)
#cambridge #cambridgechancellor @cambridgeup.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 9:52 AM
This is so incredibly kind and thoughtful of you, Lord Woolley. Thank you so very much.
(Please see my previous post for information on how to register for the election of the next chancellor of Cambridge University.)
#cambridge #cambridgechancellor @cambridgeup.bsky.social
(Please see my previous post for information on how to register for the election of the next chancellor of Cambridge University.)
#cambridge #cambridgechancellor @cambridgeup.bsky.social
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Fascinated by the use of the word 'Eurosceptic' here.
May 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Fascinated by the use of the word 'Eurosceptic' here.
May 1, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Missed opportunity for Reform to not go with "Make England Great Again" hats and take the acronym MEGA ... MGBA hardly rolls of the tongue
April 29, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Missed opportunity for Reform to not go with "Make England Great Again" hats and take the acronym MEGA ... MGBA hardly rolls of the tongue
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If I didn’t want the UK to succeed, I would find all the ways the government is hobbling its growth strategy so funny. Pro the Oxford/Cambridge arc, provided we don’t make it easier for researchers to come here, and not so pro as not to pass a *one-line bill* for metro-mayors.
April 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If I didn’t want the UK to succeed, I would find all the ways the government is hobbling its growth strategy so funny. Pro the Oxford/Cambridge arc, provided we don’t make it easier for researchers to come here, and not so pro as not to pass a *one-line bill* for metro-mayors.
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Watching a recorded church service from a local Progressive Christian church. Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is mentioned.
I am laughing. I can’t escape this.
I am laughing. I can’t escape this.
April 19, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Watching a recorded church service from a local Progressive Christian church. Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is mentioned.
I am laughing. I can’t escape this.
I am laughing. I can’t escape this.
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The main reason UK electricity prices are so high isn’t net zero but the fact that gas sets the price 98% of the time.
April 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
The main reason UK electricity prices are so high isn’t net zero but the fact that gas sets the price 98% of the time.
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Some belting quotes in here
April 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Some belting quotes in here
Tim Cook once again proving himself as the greatest political operator of our times. I reckon he could set up a supply chain in Hades
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Trump Adds Tariff Exemptions for Smartphones, Computers and Other Electronics
A long list of electronic products got a reprieve for now from at least some of the levies on China, which had been expected to take a toll on tech giants like Apple.
www.nytimes.com
April 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Tim Cook once again proving himself as the greatest political operator of our times. I reckon he could set up a supply chain in Hades
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04...
Huge and mental scoop from @willdunn.bsky.social.
‘Australian media advertises the fact that a UK state pension worth “thousands of dollars” can be bought cheaply by Australians who live in Australia: “It almost sounds like a scam – too good to be true,” it observes.’
‘Australian media advertises the fact that a UK state pension worth “thousands of dollars” can be bought cheaply by Australians who live in Australia: “It almost sounds like a scam – too good to be true,” it observes.’
Exclusive: the state pension is being siphoned off abroad
And HMRC has no idea where it’s going to.
🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.social
And HMRC has no idea where it’s going to.
🖊️ @willdunn.bsky.social
Exclusive: the state pension is being siphoned off abroad
And HMRC has no idea where it’s going to.
www.newstatesman.com
April 11, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Huge and mental scoop from @willdunn.bsky.social.
‘Australian media advertises the fact that a UK state pension worth “thousands of dollars” can be bought cheaply by Australians who live in Australia: “It almost sounds like a scam – too good to be true,” it observes.’
‘Australian media advertises the fact that a UK state pension worth “thousands of dollars” can be bought cheaply by Australians who live in Australia: “It almost sounds like a scam – too good to be true,” it observes.’