Checked in on the Jesse Brown/Canadaland dumpster fire a few minutes ago.

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#JesseBrown #Canadaland #JesseBrownMeltdown

So Jesse Brown of #Canadaland was able to gain mod access to r/Canadaland, a subreddit that he despises because people are highly critical of him.

Once he gained mod access, he used it to send accounts links to "unpublished" webpages on Canadaland with a pixel tracker installed to reveal the Reddit users IP address. So far, weird, but not really doing anything.

But! He was also sending unique webpages to journalists by email or social media so he could crossreference IP addresses to "reveal" critical accounts as journalists.

Altogether a very weird conspiratorial minded ploy.

People use VPNs and Tor, especially journalists. I'm not sure what he was trying to accomplish, but I'm guessing he was trying to create some "gotcha" podcast episode talking about journalists "working against him in the shadows on Reddit," or something.

#Reddit #JesseBrown

Watching the "Jesse Brown phishes reddit users" show with a bucket of popcorn and a vague memory of saying to people that NO, ACTUALLY, YOU WOULDN’T JUST MAGICALLY "KNOW" THAT SOMEONE IS A TOXIC AND DANGEROUS EGOMANIAC, HOW DO YOU THINK JEFFREY'S DAHMER GOT PEOPLE TO COME OVER FOR DINNER?

*cough*
At least he has to pay his immediate enablers.

(Five'll get you ten that the escalation into breakdown territory happened because of a chat with his favourite guest. Can't wait for him to start rambling on about CSIS.)

I think these are all in order, and you should be able to read all of them in a browser (though not replies):

https://x.com/i/status/2034834512287342938

https://twitter-thread.com/t/2035157021763277112

-> Luke Lebrun discovers what's going on and kicks off discussion on another platform, which is where the IP tracker gets noticed.

https://bsky.app/profile/lukelebrun.ca/post/3mhjx37zbn224

Somewhere in here Canada land staff gets mod access to the subreddit, and starts sending out phishing DMs
https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaland/comments/1rzj1tn/canadaland_website_ip_tracking_to_reveal/

Mod admitting giving access:
https://www.reddit.com/r/canadaland/comments/1rzj1tn/comment/obo0jiy/

Back to Bourrie
https://twitter-thread.com/t/2035348634351395168

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Jesse Brown was upset that his listenership dropped in the wake of refusing to let guests use the word "genocide".

What does he imagine it's about to do now?

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OH MY GOD I MISSED A DEVELOPMENT!

Lebrun has asked Brown to comment on the situation!

https://bsky.app/profile/lukelebrun.ca/post/3mhlfao7uh22g
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EDIT #2
More targets:

Gilmore
https://bsky.app/profile/rachelgilmore.bsky.social/post/3mhlgh25iwk2t

Scott of The North State (competitor)
https://bsky.app/profile/youcaughtscott.com/post/3mhlh4ydzl22i

The Maple runs the Find IDF site
https://x.com/AlexCosh_/status/2035395160725696793

And someone just pointed out that Brown's brother-in-law runs UJA
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#Canadaland #JesseBrown #NarcissistLogic

https://noraloreto.substack.com/p/criminalizing-free-speech-in-support

#Noraloreto #Canada #JesseBrown #Nationalpost #GlobeandMail

Dec 23rd @ 6pm ET

#BadHasbara (#TheWorldsMostMoralPodcast) welcomes journalist #RachelGilmore to discuss the downfall of #Canadaland and #JesseBrown's online witch hunts directed at #PalestineSolidarity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7MbBF-aP1A
#CdnPoli #polCan #Palestine #Gaza #media #médias #CanadianMedia #GazaCoverage #PalestineCoverage #socialMedia #réseauxSociaux #médiasCanadiens #traitementMédiatiqueDeGaza #traitementMédiatiqueDeLaPalestine

Today, instead of the usual Monday #Canadaland show, typically somewhere north of 30 minutes, I got a nearly 15-minute appeal from #JesseBrown to mark the beginning of his company's crowdfunding campaign. The version I heard is a little bit different from the thing that non-supporters would have heard, but it seems mostly the same. Here it is: https://www.canadaland.com/podcast/1248-were-in-the-fight-of-our-lives/

The first bit is very #ElbowsUp (he uses those words), articulating the challenges to the continued existence of #Canada as a state and any kind of distinct society from the United States. And he says that the company he, and others, built up over the years, was made for this moment. I sort of agree. And I posted it about it in the extended family groupchat, saying "maybe give these folks some money"

That's the most I'll do. For anyone reading this on the fediverse, I will say, it's cool to get no ads (no hitting the skip button) and it's cool to lock in lower prices for yourself but Jesse is doing a lot of talking the talk without walking the walk. In 2025, his company has gone all-in on using #Discord, an already enshittified and ever enshittifying U.S.-based spyware platform, as a way for Canadaland's public personalities to engage with their audience. This is understandable; there is no obvious or great option in terms of alternatives (though I think #Element / #Matrix is a good option). But then I think about it in context: Jesse's very bad take on Mastodon and the fediverse in 2022; his joining the herd that went to BlueSky, which has some federation features but still fundamentally a U.S. sovereign product

So, unless you really hate ads, I do not recommend giving Canadaland any more money than you already do - not until Jesse does the minimum, i.e. set up #BridgyFed so fediversers can follow, like Justin Ling has done

Feel free to boost

#canpol

We need more elected officials like #JesseBrown in #Indiana and #Indianapolis.

Shame on #AndyNielson and other Democrats in local government for their lukewarm tactics. Democrats in name only… cowards, all of them. Hoosiers deserve better.

#HoosierMast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLaofOKWgbs

This is an infuriating interview. I have a lot of (dwindling...?) respect for Jesse Brown and echo his concerns about rising antisemitism, however I understand the basic fact that "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" in no way procludes the simultaneous freedom of Jewish people in the same territory.

Dismissing the whole Pro-Palestinian movement because there are real instances of antisemitism at decentralised protests gets us no closer to peace because the systems of racism will be reflected in individuals in movements until racism is extinguished. The movement itself, its concerns and demands are not antisemitic. The racism is real though and must be dealt with, as too must we deal with the genocide and the occupation.

In this sorry excuse of an interview, Jesse doesnt even refer to the occuparion as such. Jesse also fails to push back when the Ambassador is flippant and dismissive about Isreal being labaled "colonialist," but Isreal is committing textbook settler colonialism (which surely Jesse knows) and that is the root of the problem.

#CanadaPoli #JesseBrown #Canadaland #Journalism #Politics #Gaza #Genocide #FromTheRiverToTheSea #Palestine