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Ian Brown

@brownoftheglobe.bsky.social
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Journalist in Toronto. Reading, writing, skiing, painting, occasional sports obsessions.

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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My highly intelligent wife, Johanna Schneller, is interviewing me onstage for the launch of my latest book, Seventy, this Thursday, Sept.3, at the Hot Docs cinema. There may be bloodshed. Come if you can. boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I’m floored not just by the ethical vacuum influencers operate In (I’m hard-pressed to find such sleaziness in the mainstream media), but by what craven dolts they are to boot. Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/u...
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Influencers Have a Lot to Say About Politics. Many Are Quietly Paid for It.
Their videos have proliferated on social media, but the payments are frequently hidden from viewers.
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
!!!!!
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Eliot Higgins @eliothiggins.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Great news for money launderers!
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
I fear that as lawless and nihilistic as Trump is, Musk is worse. He is replacing the American civil service—who manage the country—with AI bots. And has already started, via his army of techy teenaged minions. That’s the real catastrophe and the real coup.
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Heather Thomas @heatherthomasaf.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Taking my dogs out for a commemorative poop.
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Re: Trump moving his inauguration indoors because it’s cold: I keep thinking about places I have been in Nunavut where school isn’t cancelled until the temp drops below -40C. That’d be in Canada, the country Donald Trump wants to…oh, wait.
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Clip this for handy wallet reference when one of these clowns does something to offend, such as…I dunno, threaten to annex Canada: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Eliot Weinberger · Incoming! They Came from Fox News
They vow to cut two trillion dollars from the federal budget – five times the combined annual salaries of all federal...
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
This list of books is spectacular.
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
What was your Christmas screw-up? Mine was knocking over a drink on the almost-completed 1000-piece jigsaw puzzle. The wet pieces expanded like popcorn. #joinin
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
In Toronto, where I live, there are now almost as many dentistry offices downtown as there are cannabis stores. I presume the former gradually replace the latter, and that this is considered economic progress.
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
AI algorithms claim they can bring back the dead in chatbot avatar form. I tried it with my late mother. It was weird. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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This AI replica of my dead mother has plenty to say about the rise of the digital grief industry
To the tech evangelists, AI reconstructions of lost loved ones promise solace and a kind of immortality. But can they deliver?
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Eau de fromage.
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
This is the article I was trying to link to in my last post—David Frum on the Trumpian threat to journalism www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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The Sound of Fear on Air
It is an ominous sign that "Morning Joe" felt it had to apologize for something I said.
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
"Fear is infectious.” David Frum on intimidation of the media at MSNBC. Follows other news of the owner of the LA Times stepping on his reporters’ stories. Time to fight back, before it’s too late. Maybe it’s always too late. But it’s definitely time to fight back.
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Ian Brown @brownoftheglobe.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
That’s one of the Orange King’s genuine weaknesses: he can’t stand low ratings, esp on TV. Dems must use that.
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