Scott Brown
Dad, lecturer, cyclist, karateka - sometimes simultaneously. I work on EU/rope-US-China relations. IR + FPA. Usual disclaimers.
PhD - Glasgow
Postdoc - Nunn School @ GA Tech
Now - Dundee
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- 🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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- Best band on the planet, and it’s not even close.
- "Hello, Mark" Rutte, probably: "Hello, daddy"
- Trump playing all his 'greatest' hits: lies about his record, racism, climate scam, etc. Sounds tired and low energy. Sad!
- Reposted by Scott BrownYesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
- Tenner says they call the kid Charlie (Charles or Charlotte)
- Reposted by Scott BrownGood news - I'm hiring at Durham University! 1-year full time postdoc in Space Security - looking for someone to join me at the Space Research Centre and a Northeast England based space tracking/analytics company to work on geopolitical analysis in Space Domain Awareness. Details 👇👇👇
- Reposted by Scott BrownTrump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
- I think we can solve Greenland fairly easily. Sample 100 Trump voters. If 50 of them can identify Greenland on a map, the US can have it.
- Trump will hear that as “I double-dare ya!”
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- I’m pleasantly surprised that the BBC has (so far) refrained from calling him ‘Nobel peace prize laureate President Trump’.
- This is from YouGov’s ‘daily chat’ poll, on the Iran protests and Western intervention. There are two options in favour of intervention and a ‘not sure’. There are no further options (I have tried scrolling down).
- PLA Daily, but make it about liberating oil reserves and threatening allies.
- Reposted by Scott BrownSums up how rubbish Badenoch is that she has been forced into a “You’re dumping me? I’m dumping you!” rather than just sacking and disbarring Jenrick over the many, many things that would have kept him out of any Tory Cabinet since 1968.
- Reposted by Scott BrownTrump's thugs are going hog wild and tossing gas around in one of the busiest commercial districts in Minneapolis, just a mile or so from where I live. Complete insanity. (vid via Ford Fischer on X)
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- Just saw someone on Instagram refer to Tommy Robinson as ‘Ewok Powell’. Absolute perfection 👌
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- Reposted by Scott Brown@chrislhayes.bsky.social: “A 37-year-old American citizen, the mother of a young child is dead tonight. She was shot in the face by an agent of the federal government, and that government has spent the day telling despicable lies about her.”
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- The BBC needs to stop inviting Trump sycophants on to its shows justify the attempt to grab territory from a NATO ally.
- Wes Streeting refuses to give any hint of criticism of the US while being questioned on Radio 4. Total cowardice.
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- Ugh, Starmer is pathetic. Can he please just go now?
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- Reposted by Scott BrownIt’s a dark night when you look at the news and are forced to admit that you no longer believe in the power of the FIFA peace prize
- Back before he finished his doctoral studies
- From the supposedly pro-life party
- BREAKING: RFKJr directs that the US instantly stop recommending all vaccinations for children. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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- Reposted by Scott BrownI guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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- I honestly don’t understand how people don’t see that this is AI. Are they seeing what they want to see, rather than what’s there? In these dark times, are we so desperate to see the good in the world that we’ll settle for fake positivity? Or is that reading too much into it?
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- Even YouGov is now running its equivalent of Spotify Wrapped. I enjoy participating in surveys to kill time, but this is a bit cringeworthy.
- Dan Roan said the peace price “risks” politicising FIFA. Aside from that ship having long sailed, the prize itself is very obviously a very blunt tool for the purpose of sucking up to Trump. Roan and the BBC do themselves no favours by refusing to report it for what it is.
- I thought conservatives didn’t like participation trophies.
- Usual suspects.
- Insert a not-family friendly movie into family friendly movie: THE NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET BEFORE CHRISTMAS
- Insert a family friendly movie into a not-family friendly movie: KINDERGARTEN ROBOCOP
- Incredible work here, shedding light on just how open Westminster is to foreign influence.
- 🔴 BREAKING: Our fake Chinese AI investor bought access to 10+ Labour MPs and minister Brand new investigation by Democracy for Sale and Led By Donkeys. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/breaking-o...
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- Close enough, welcome back Jacques Chirac
- Joined Tidal only a few weeks ago, so the 2025 rewind is not representative but still credible enough to share.
- A Christmas tradition up there with Muppet Christmas Carol. Back when Twitter was good.
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- This seems like a good policy if your objective is to further weaken higher education institutions.
- i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
- Has Zohran Mamdani taken hypnotism lessons from Zack Polanski or something?
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- Reposted by Scott BrownWe held a rally to mark one-year of the financial crisis at the University of Dundee. We resolve to continue opposing compulsory lay-offs and a radical reshaping of the institution. If we fight together we win! www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/... #SaveHE #SaveDundeeUni #WeAreTheUniversity
- I don’t understand how anyone can be mad at the BBC when it can give us headlines like this: news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3489...
- Reposted by Scott BrownAre you conducting research combining qualitative cross-case methods (comparative case studies or QCA) with process tracing? ➡️ ** We are looking to show-case your work** ⬅️ 🧵 1/
- Reposted by Scott BrownWhat you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC. This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting. iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
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- I would’ve thought Farage was quite happy with the BBC as it is, given that he’s always on it or being given disproportionate coverage.
- Reposted by Scott Brown🚨 Job Alert! Postdoc in POLITICAL TEXT ANALYSIS in the MULTIREP project You do quant text analysis? You are interested in political representation? Enjoy working in teams? Would like to live in a great city? Consider joining us in Vienna! ⏱️ Apply by 15/12/2025 wratil.eu/files/MULTIR... 1/4 🧵
- Reposted by Scott BrownUCD Ad Astra Doctoral Scholarship: Authoritarian Politics www.ucd.ie/spire/study/...
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- Spotted in local shop. Happy to pick it up for anyone who needs it.
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- Planning to switch to Tidal in place of Spotify given, well, everything about the latter. However, I'll need a separate app for podcasts. What's the best dedicated podcast app these days?
- Reposted by Scott BrownA quiet bombshell in Europe’s tech world The Dutch government seems to have effectively frozen operations of Nexperia, the Chinese-owned chipmaker, citing national security, according to corporate filing today - via @zichenwanghere
- Now Lecornu has a chance of outlasting Truss. Macron reappoints Lecornu as French PM after days of turmoil www.bbc.com/news/article...
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- Long shot, but if anyone I know can get ahold of one of those chocolate bars with 'Britian' from the Tory conference, I'd love to have one to frame and hang up in my office. To give me a good laugh every day.
- Just received terrible news
