Brandon Gates
@thebgates.bsky.social
journo. director. writer. indie filmmaker. 🌏 traveler. powerlifter. southern gent turned brooklynite. estudiando es
🎧 TODAY WE ALMOST DIED: https://linktr.ee/todaywealmostdied
Journalism: https://bit.ly/m/gates
Creative: https://linktr.ee/irongatesmedia
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Journalism: https://bit.ly/m/gates
Creative: https://linktr.ee/irongatesmedia
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@thebgates.bsky.social
· Jun 27
🚨 The pilot episode of my new narrative podcast is officially out.
TODAY WE ALMOST DIED follows four Brooklyn roommates trapped together in lockdown — and the pandemic is just the beginning of their unraveling.
🎧 Listen: rss.com/podcasts/tod...
💥 Support the fundraiser: igg.me/at/todayweal...
TODAY WE ALMOST DIED follows four Brooklyn roommates trapped together in lockdown — and the pandemic is just the beginning of their unraveling.
🎧 Listen: rss.com/podcasts/tod...
💥 Support the fundraiser: igg.me/at/todayweal...
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month a mis dominicanos, puertorriqueños,
colombianos, ecuatorianos, mexicanos, costarricenses, salvadoreños, guatemaltecos, hondureños, nicaragüenses, panameños, cubanos, argentinos, bolivianos, chilenos, paraguayos, peruanos, uruguayos, venezolanos y ecuatoguineanos. 🙌🏾✊🏿🤌🏾💪🏿
colombianos, ecuatorianos, mexicanos, costarricenses, salvadoreños, guatemaltecos, hondureños, nicaragüenses, panameños, cubanos, argentinos, bolivianos, chilenos, paraguayos, peruanos, uruguayos, venezolanos y ecuatoguineanos. 🙌🏾✊🏿🤌🏾💪🏿
September 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month a mis dominicanos, puertorriqueños,
colombianos, ecuatorianos, mexicanos, costarricenses, salvadoreños, guatemaltecos, hondureños, nicaragüenses, panameños, cubanos, argentinos, bolivianos, chilenos, paraguayos, peruanos, uruguayos, venezolanos y ecuatoguineanos. 🙌🏾✊🏿🤌🏾💪🏿
colombianos, ecuatorianos, mexicanos, costarricenses, salvadoreños, guatemaltecos, hondureños, nicaragüenses, panameños, cubanos, argentinos, bolivianos, chilenos, paraguayos, peruanos, uruguayos, venezolanos y ecuatoguineanos. 🙌🏾✊🏿🤌🏾💪🏿
MAYOR ADAMS: “#AndrewCuomo is a snake and a liar, I am in this race, and I am the only one that can beat #Mamdani.”
The gloves are off.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
The gloves are off.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
September 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
MAYOR ADAMS: “#AndrewCuomo is a snake and a liar, I am in this race, and I am the only one that can beat #Mamdani.”
The gloves are off.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
The gloves are off.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
In journalism, comparison is a constant. Colleagues measure each other by titles, beats, and bylines. It’s not just ego… it’s survival. The field is shrinking, layoffs are routine, and prestige often substitutes for stability. But does that really define what makes someone a journalist? (🧵)
September 5, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In journalism, comparison is a constant. Colleagues measure each other by titles, beats, and bylines. It’s not just ego… it’s survival. The field is shrinking, layoffs are routine, and prestige often substitutes for stability. But does that really define what makes someone a journalist? (🧵)
Today We Almost Died has hit *12% of our goal! 🙌🏾
Indiegogo is done but the journey continues on Buy Me A Coffee ☕️. Every listen, share, and support helps this indie #audiodrama reach new ears. 🖤
🎧 Listen: linktr.ee/todaywealmos...
💸 Support: buymeacoffee.com/todaywealmos...
Indiegogo is done but the journey continues on Buy Me A Coffee ☕️. Every listen, share, and support helps this indie #audiodrama reach new ears. 🖤
🎧 Listen: linktr.ee/todaywealmos...
💸 Support: buymeacoffee.com/todaywealmos...
August 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Today We Almost Died has hit *12% of our goal! 🙌🏾
Indiegogo is done but the journey continues on Buy Me A Coffee ☕️. Every listen, share, and support helps this indie #audiodrama reach new ears. 🖤
🎧 Listen: linktr.ee/todaywealmos...
💸 Support: buymeacoffee.com/todaywealmos...
Indiegogo is done but the journey continues on Buy Me A Coffee ☕️. Every listen, share, and support helps this indie #audiodrama reach new ears. 🖤
🎧 Listen: linktr.ee/todaywealmos...
💸 Support: buymeacoffee.com/todaywealmos...
Trump went on @cnbc.com this morning and said this about undocumented farm workers:
“They do it naturally… they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die.”
Not a compliment. Just a blunt admission: they exploit the same people they criminalize.
#Trump #Immigration #Labor
“They do it naturally… they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die.”
Not a compliment. Just a blunt admission: they exploit the same people they criminalize.
#Trump #Immigration #Labor
August 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trump went on @cnbc.com this morning and said this about undocumented farm workers:
“They do it naturally… they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die.”
Not a compliment. Just a blunt admission: they exploit the same people they criminalize.
#Trump #Immigration #Labor
“They do it naturally… they don't get a bad back, because if they get a bad back, they die.”
Not a compliment. Just a blunt admission: they exploit the same people they criminalize.
#Trump #Immigration #Labor
TRUMP on Newsmax, on Karoline Leavitt:
“It’s that face, it’s that brain, it’s those lips, the way they move. They move like she’s a machine gun.”
Real quote. Real broadcast. 2025 journalism is just keeping receipts.
#Trump #Newsmax #KarolineLeavitt #Politics
“It’s that face, it’s that brain, it’s those lips, the way they move. They move like she’s a machine gun.”
Real quote. Real broadcast. 2025 journalism is just keeping receipts.
#Trump #Newsmax #KarolineLeavitt #Politics
August 2, 2025 at 4:31 AM
TRUMP on Newsmax, on Karoline Leavitt:
“It’s that face, it’s that brain, it’s those lips, the way they move. They move like she’s a machine gun.”
Real quote. Real broadcast. 2025 journalism is just keeping receipts.
#Trump #Newsmax #KarolineLeavitt #Politics
“It’s that face, it’s that brain, it’s those lips, the way they move. They move like she’s a machine gun.”
Real quote. Real broadcast. 2025 journalism is just keeping receipts.
#Trump #Newsmax #KarolineLeavitt #Politics
In a 2024 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Donald Glover said, “No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.’”
July 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
In a 2024 interview with the Los Angeles Times, Donald Glover said, “No one on their deathbed is going to look back and say, ‘Thank God I avoided being cringe.’”
Gov. #DeSantis was mid-sentence about #HulkHogan when a protester started shouting accusations, including “You bow down to a f–king pedophile.”
The outburst stunned the room before security stepped in. These disruptions are becoming more common—and more pointed.
The outburst stunned the room before security stepped in. These disruptions are becoming more common—and more pointed.
July 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Gov. #DeSantis was mid-sentence about #HulkHogan when a protester started shouting accusations, including “You bow down to a f–king pedophile.”
The outburst stunned the room before security stepped in. These disruptions are becoming more common—and more pointed.
The outburst stunned the room before security stepped in. These disruptions are becoming more common—and more pointed.
July 21, 2025 at 1:48 AM
#Trump says the #EpsteinFiles are a hoax.
Yet in Feb 2020, conservative influencers literally walked out of the West Wing carrying DOJ-labeled binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”
Pam Bondi claimed she had the client list “sitting on my desk.”
But now? Hoax. Blame the Democrats. 🧐
Yet in Feb 2020, conservative influencers literally walked out of the West Wing carrying DOJ-labeled binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”
Pam Bondi claimed she had the client list “sitting on my desk.”
But now? Hoax. Blame the Democrats. 🧐
July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
#Trump says the #EpsteinFiles are a hoax.
Yet in Feb 2020, conservative influencers literally walked out of the West Wing carrying DOJ-labeled binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”
Pam Bondi claimed she had the client list “sitting on my desk.”
But now? Hoax. Blame the Democrats. 🧐
Yet in Feb 2020, conservative influencers literally walked out of the West Wing carrying DOJ-labeled binders titled “The Epstein Files: Phase 1.”
Pam Bondi claimed she had the client list “sitting on my desk.”
But now? Hoax. Blame the Democrats. 🧐
From the “he said what?” files:
Trump to Liberian President Joseph Boakai:
“Such good English… where did you learn to speak so beautifully?”
For context: English is Liberia’s official language. 🇱🇷
#ForeignAffairs #USAfricaRelations #TrumpDiplomacy #Liberia #PostColonialism #InternationalNews
Trump to Liberian President Joseph Boakai:
“Such good English… where did you learn to speak so beautifully?”
For context: English is Liberia’s official language. 🇱🇷
#ForeignAffairs #USAfricaRelations #TrumpDiplomacy #Liberia #PostColonialism #InternationalNews
July 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
From the “he said what?” files:
Trump to Liberian President Joseph Boakai:
“Such good English… where did you learn to speak so beautifully?”
For context: English is Liberia’s official language. 🇱🇷
#ForeignAffairs #USAfricaRelations #TrumpDiplomacy #Liberia #PostColonialism #InternationalNews
Trump to Liberian President Joseph Boakai:
“Such good English… where did you learn to speak so beautifully?”
For context: English is Liberia’s official language. 🇱🇷
#ForeignAffairs #USAfricaRelations #TrumpDiplomacy #Liberia #PostColonialism #InternationalNews
July 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Laura Coates on CNN: “I kid you not, people are pouring baby oil on one another outside this courthouse.” #Diddy #DiddyTrial
July 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Laura Coates on CNN: “I kid you not, people are pouring baby oil on one another outside this courthouse.” #Diddy #DiddyTrial
🚨 The pilot episode of my new narrative podcast is officially out.
TODAY WE ALMOST DIED follows four Brooklyn roommates trapped together in lockdown — and the pandemic is just the beginning of their unraveling.
🎧 Listen: rss.com/podcasts/tod...
💥 Support the fundraiser: igg.me/at/todayweal...
TODAY WE ALMOST DIED follows four Brooklyn roommates trapped together in lockdown — and the pandemic is just the beginning of their unraveling.
🎧 Listen: rss.com/podcasts/tod...
💥 Support the fundraiser: igg.me/at/todayweal...
June 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
🚨 The pilot episode of my new narrative podcast is officially out.
TODAY WE ALMOST DIED follows four Brooklyn roommates trapped together in lockdown — and the pandemic is just the beginning of their unraveling.
🎧 Listen: rss.com/podcasts/tod...
💥 Support the fundraiser: igg.me/at/todayweal...
TODAY WE ALMOST DIED follows four Brooklyn roommates trapped together in lockdown — and the pandemic is just the beginning of their unraveling.
🎧 Listen: rss.com/podcasts/tod...
💥 Support the fundraiser: igg.me/at/todayweal...
Wrote Sly Stone’s obituary for @npr.org.
Hard to sum up a man who shaped the sound of America—and then disappeared from it.
RIP to a true original.
🎧 www.npr.org/2025/06/09/1...
#SlyStone #NPR #obituary #music #freelancejournalist
Hard to sum up a man who shaped the sound of America—and then disappeared from it.
RIP to a true original.
🎧 www.npr.org/2025/06/09/1...
#SlyStone #NPR #obituary #music #freelancejournalist
June 9, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Wrote Sly Stone’s obituary for @npr.org.
Hard to sum up a man who shaped the sound of America—and then disappeared from it.
RIP to a true original.
🎧 www.npr.org/2025/06/09/1...
#SlyStone #NPR #obituary #music #freelancejournalist
Hard to sum up a man who shaped the sound of America—and then disappeared from it.
RIP to a true original.
🎧 www.npr.org/2025/06/09/1...
#SlyStone #NPR #obituary #music #freelancejournalist
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
That shared gum scene nearly made me turn it off; absolutely one of the most revolting things I’ve ever seen.
And yet… I’m intrigued enough to keep going. #Sirens #sirensonnetflix
And yet… I’m intrigued enough to keep going. #Sirens #sirensonnetflix
May 31, 2025 at 6:42 AM
That shared gum scene nearly made me turn it off; absolutely one of the most revolting things I’ve ever seen.
And yet… I’m intrigued enough to keep going. #Sirens #sirensonnetflix
And yet… I’m intrigued enough to keep going. #Sirens #sirensonnetflix
REPORTER: "Mr. Musk, is your eye okay?"
MUSK: "Well, I wasn't anywhere near France... I was just walking around with Lil X, and I said, 'Go ahead,' punch me in the face, and he did. Turns out even a five-year-old punching you in the face actually does-- That was X."
MUSK: "Well, I wasn't anywhere near France... I was just walking around with Lil X, and I said, 'Go ahead,' punch me in the face, and he did. Turns out even a five-year-old punching you in the face actually does-- That was X."
May 31, 2025 at 1:37 AM
REPORTER: "Mr. Musk, is your eye okay?"
MUSK: "Well, I wasn't anywhere near France... I was just walking around with Lil X, and I said, 'Go ahead,' punch me in the face, and he did. Turns out even a five-year-old punching you in the face actually does-- That was X."
MUSK: "Well, I wasn't anywhere near France... I was just walking around with Lil X, and I said, 'Go ahead,' punch me in the face, and he did. Turns out even a five-year-old punching you in the face actually does-- That was X."
Discovered the latest addition to the #HighLine last night: a bridge now links the park to the Whole Foods terrace in #HudsonYards. The oversized pigeon sculpture was a bit unsettling but great to see more green & communal spaces popping up in the city.
#NYCArchitecture #UrbanExploration #NightWalk
#NYCArchitecture #UrbanExploration #NightWalk
May 27, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Discovered the latest addition to the #HighLine last night: a bridge now links the park to the Whole Foods terrace in #HudsonYards. The oversized pigeon sculpture was a bit unsettling but great to see more green & communal spaces popping up in the city.
#NYCArchitecture #UrbanExploration #NightWalk
#NYCArchitecture #UrbanExploration #NightWalk
I’ve never seen Rockefeller Plaza empty.
May 25, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I’ve never seen Rockefeller Plaza empty.
A bit of magic and wonder faded when the world moved past animatronics. Glad to see Universal bringing that enchantment back.
How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk at Universal’s Epic Universe features over 30 animatronic dragons.
May 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A bit of magic and wonder faded when the world moved past animatronics. Glad to see Universal bringing that enchantment back.
#ElonMusk, President #Trump’s biggest presidential campaign donor in 2024, said he plans to scale back his political spending.
"I'm going to do a lot less in the future," he said in a video interview with @bloomberg.com at the Qatar Economic Forum.
"I think I've done enough."
"I'm going to do a lot less in the future," he said in a video interview with @bloomberg.com at the Qatar Economic Forum.
"I think I've done enough."
May 21, 2025 at 1:42 AM
#ElonMusk, President #Trump’s biggest presidential campaign donor in 2024, said he plans to scale back his political spending.
"I'm going to do a lot less in the future," he said in a video interview with @bloomberg.com at the Qatar Economic Forum.
"I think I've done enough."
"I'm going to do a lot less in the future," he said in a video interview with @bloomberg.com at the Qatar Economic Forum.
"I think I've done enough."
“In a notable change from the HBO deal, new episodes of Sesame Street will also run day and date on PBS and the PBS Kids app, ensuring that they are easily accessible.”
Netflix is stepping in to save Sesame Street.
The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children’s show, just months after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew: bit.ly/3ZqxTyp
The streaming giant has inked a deal with Sesame Workshop for new episodes of the long-running children’s show, just months after Warner Bros. Discovery opted not to renew: bit.ly/3ZqxTyp
May 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“In a notable change from the HBO deal, new episodes of Sesame Street will also run day and date on PBS and the PBS Kids app, ensuring that they are easily accessible.”
Today We Almost Died, my fiction podcast about Brooklyn roommates surviving the pandemic (& each other) drops June 26 (my birthday!)
On launch day, I’m also launching a $20K fundraiser to finish Season 1 + support the cast & crew.
#TodayWeAlmostDied #Podcast #IndieArt #fictionpodcast #screenwriter
On launch day, I’m also launching a $20K fundraiser to finish Season 1 + support the cast & crew.
#TodayWeAlmostDied #Podcast #IndieArt #fictionpodcast #screenwriter
May 15, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Today We Almost Died, my fiction podcast about Brooklyn roommates surviving the pandemic (& each other) drops June 26 (my birthday!)
On launch day, I’m also launching a $20K fundraiser to finish Season 1 + support the cast & crew.
#TodayWeAlmostDied #Podcast #IndieArt #fictionpodcast #screenwriter
On launch day, I’m also launching a $20K fundraiser to finish Season 1 + support the cast & crew.
#TodayWeAlmostDied #Podcast #IndieArt #fictionpodcast #screenwriter