Bill Seitz
@billseitz.bsky.social
#wiki #ToolsForThought #Startup junkie in exile from #NYC http://webseitz.fluxent.com/wiki
Mostly on masto
Mostly on masto
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It’s cringe-comedy. Reminds me of that Stephen Merchant show from awhile back, “Hello, Ladies.”
The main character is so painfully unaware, and all the comic beats come from normal human beings trying and failing to communicate with them.
The main character is so painfully unaware, and all the comic beats come from normal human beings trying and failing to communicate with them.
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
It’s cringe-comedy. Reminds me of that Stephen Merchant show from awhile back, “Hello, Ladies.”
The main character is so painfully unaware, and all the comic beats come from normal human beings trying and failing to communicate with them.
The main character is so painfully unaware, and all the comic beats come from normal human beings trying and failing to communicate with them.
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“I do not wish to be understood, which no one seems to understand.”
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
“I do not wish to be understood, which no one seems to understand.”
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
This is what’s missing from the book. It is a 300-page meandering navel-gaze. A Joan Didion impression from someone with nothing to say, vaguely offended that readers would *expect* her to have something to say.
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Paramount (With Jared Kushner And Saudi Help) Launches $108 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Brothers
Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Paramount/CBS. But the deal still needs…
Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Paramount/CBS. But the deal still needs…
Paramount (With Jared Kushner And Saudi Help) Launches $108 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Brothers
Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Paramount/CBS. But the deal still needs regulatory approval from Trump, who has already stated several times that he'd prefer it if his bestie new owner of CBS, right wing billionaire Larry Ellison, comes away victorious. Even before the deal was finalized, Paramount and/or the Trump administration had begun seeding complaints in Republican-friendly media that the…
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December 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Paramount (With Jared Kushner And Saudi Help) Launches $108 Billion Hostile Takeover Bid For Warner Brothers
Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Paramount/CBS. But the deal still needs…
Last week Netflix announced a $82.7 billion acquisition of Warner Brothers, elbowing out rival acquisition bids (for now) by Comcast/NBC and Paramount/CBS. But the deal still needs…
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🎶 santa manna, just drip a little juice from your tomb, some rheum
The bones of Santa have been leaking liquid for 1,700 years.
December 8, 2025 at 10:09 PM
🎶 santa manna, just drip a little juice from your tomb, some rheum
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Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
LOS GATOS, CA—In an attempt to fend off growing competition from Paramount and Netflix, Plex CEO Keith Valory announced Monday that the streaming platform had submitted a $35 bid for Warner Bros. Disc...
theonion.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Plex Submits $35 Bid For Warner Bros.
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Finally a "shadow" hearing. Been wondering since February why Dems never do this.
Tomorrow at 3:00 House and Senate Democrats will be holding a "shadow hearing" on the detention of U.S. citizens. I'll be there testifying about the broader policy changes which led us to this moment.
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
/my name isn't in this press release but I'll be there! www.blumenthal.senate.gov/newsroom/pre...
Blumenthal & Robert Garcia to Hold Forum to Receive Testimony from Five U.S. Citizens Assaulted, Illegally Detained by DHS | U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut
[WASHINGTON, DC] – On Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 3 PM ET in 216 Hart Senate Office Building in Washington, DC, U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal...
www.blumenthal.senate.gov
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Finally a "shadow" hearing. Been wondering since February why Dems never do this.
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This is a quote from the cert petition, so the typo is on the folks attacking the NY policy. IMO, more embarrassing since the one place you wanna avoid typos is in the key sentence of your SUPREME COURT CERT PETITION.
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
This is a quote from the cert petition, so the typo is on the folks attacking the NY policy. IMO, more embarrassing since the one place you wanna avoid typos is in the key sentence of your SUPREME COURT CERT PETITION.
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It is true that New York had a religious exemption for student vaccines before 2019. But the reason lawmakers abolished that exemption was because parents began abusing it at an unprecedented scale and allegedly spurred a horrific measles epidemic. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
December 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It is true that New York had a religious exemption for student vaccines before 2019. But the reason lawmakers abolished that exemption was because parents began abusing it at an unprecedented scale and allegedly spurred a horrific measles epidemic. www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25...
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When I switched home insurance recently I was able to save nearly 1k/year on home insurance by switching from one Geico subsidiary to... another Geico subsidiary. The economy makes zero sense anymore
a dog is going down a green slide in a park
ALT: a dog is going down a green slide in a park
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December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
When I switched home insurance recently I was able to save nearly 1k/year on home insurance by switching from one Geico subsidiary to... another Geico subsidiary. The economy makes zero sense anymore
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Okay but like
why is *anybody* buying Warner Bros
why does Warner Bros need to be bought
how big do the entertainment conglomerates need to get before they are one single conglomerate
why is *anybody* buying Warner Bros
why does Warner Bros need to be bought
how big do the entertainment conglomerates need to get before they are one single conglomerate
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Okay but like
why is *anybody* buying Warner Bros
why does Warner Bros need to be bought
how big do the entertainment conglomerates need to get before they are one single conglomerate
why is *anybody* buying Warner Bros
why does Warner Bros need to be bought
how big do the entertainment conglomerates need to get before they are one single conglomerate
oh noes, I just realized that, by making internal-bureaucracy-compliance "cheaper", AI will result in an increase of it. #JevonsParadox.
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
oh noes, I just realized that, by making internal-bureaucracy-compliance "cheaper", AI will result in an increase of it. #JevonsParadox.
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They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
December 4, 2025 at 11:05 PM
They're not even trying to appear nonpartisan anymore.
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Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
w/ @invisible.institute
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Chicago Promoted Two Police Officers After Investigators Found They Engaged in Sexual Misconduct
The Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored. Despite years of reform efforts, nothing has changed.
www.propublica.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Horrifying story: Chicago promoted two police officers even after investigators found they engaged in sexual misconduct. That’s because the Chicago Police Department’s promotions system allows officers’ disciplinary records to be ignored.
w/ @invisible.institute
w/ @invisible.institute
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@raskin.house.gov: "President Trump directed CBS to edit his own interview after suing the network for editing his opponent’s interview, and CBS complied with his requests and omitted its anchor’s questions about President Trump’s pardons." @poynterinstitute.bsky.social mailchi.mp/poynter/top-...
Top Democrat files complaint over '60 Minutes' interview with President Trump
Jamie Raskin wrote to CBS's ombudsman, a role created in an agreement with FCC during Paramount merger to address 'media bias'.
mailchi.mp
December 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
@raskin.house.gov: "President Trump directed CBS to edit his own interview after suing the network for editing his opponent’s interview, and CBS complied with his requests and omitted its anchor’s questions about President Trump’s pardons." @poynterinstitute.bsky.social mailchi.mp/poynter/top-...
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This is one of the clearest, best-documented cases of "corrupt local leaders sell off public natural resources for personal gain" that you'll ever see printed in the news.
And somehow everybody just... missed that part?
And somehow everybody just... missed that part?
December 4, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is one of the clearest, best-documented cases of "corrupt local leaders sell off public natural resources for personal gain" that you'll ever see printed in the news.
And somehow everybody just... missed that part?
And somehow everybody just... missed that part?
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NEW: President Trump has asserted executive privilege as he attempts to thwart a long-running lawsuit against him for his role in stoking the violence on Jan. 6.
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Trump asserts executive privilege to thwart Jan. 6 lawsuit
The White House said records sought in Capitol riot litigation are “clearly constitutionally protected.”
www.politico.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:22 AM
NEW: President Trump has asserted executive privilege as he attempts to thwart a long-running lawsuit against him for his role in stoking the violence on Jan. 6.
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
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Oh right! claude.ai/public/artif...
Consulting Giants Revenue Flows - Interactive Sankey Chart
Explore revenue streams of top consulting firms like Deloitte, PwC, McKinsey through interactive Sankey diagrams. Visualize industry flows and projections.
claude.ai
December 4, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Oh right! claude.ai/public/artif...
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same but ninth grade and “betwixt”
her red ink note said “not a real word”
she wasn’t mean about it like yours was, but i will never forget
her red ink note said “not a real word”
she wasn’t mean about it like yours was, but i will never forget
December 4, 2025 at 2:42 AM
same but ninth grade and “betwixt”
her red ink note said “not a real word”
she wasn’t mean about it like yours was, but i will never forget
her red ink note said “not a real word”
she wasn’t mean about it like yours was, but i will never forget
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In sixth grade I used the word "stolid" in a paper and my teacher marked it as a spelling error, then accused me of cheating when I tried to argue, so I like to put it into each of my books as a cute little fuck you to that lady.
December 4, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In sixth grade I used the word "stolid" in a paper and my teacher marked it as a spelling error, then accused me of cheating when I tried to argue, so I like to put it into each of my books as a cute little fuck you to that lady.
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If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
December 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
If after we blow your boat up you still float, you are a witch, so we can kill you. If you drown you are not a witch.
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Gains should be stated as specifically as possible for the area addressed: simple sabotage will hasten the day when Commissioner X and his deputies Y and Z will be thrown out, when particularly obnoxious decrees and restrictions will be abolished, when food will arrive, and so on.
December 4, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Gains should be stated as specifically as possible for the area addressed: simple sabotage will hasten the day when Commissioner X and his deputies Y and Z will be thrown out, when particularly obnoxious decrees and restrictions will be abolished, when food will arrive, and so on.
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I'm editing a bilingual magazine about the wonders of Japanese regional culture for NOT A HOTEL called THE NEW JAPAN. We just released our first issue on the Yaeyama Islands.
thenewjapan.com/en
thenewjapan.com/en
THE NEW JAPAN
“THE NEW JAPAN” is a new magazine that highlights regional cultures throughout Japan. We’re in search of inspiring innovations, the successful preservation of tradition, and the creation of new hybrid...
thenewjapan.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:24 AM
I'm editing a bilingual magazine about the wonders of Japanese regional culture for NOT A HOTEL called THE NEW JAPAN. We just released our first issue on the Yaeyama Islands.
thenewjapan.com/en
thenewjapan.com/en
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Sorry, but “history” proves mass nonviolent community protests NEVER work. The ONLY thing that can bring people together is reading my miserable posts. Smiling people hugging in the sunshine accomplishes NOTHING. Reading my punishing content, indoors and alone, is the only path forward.
October 21, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Sorry, but “history” proves mass nonviolent community protests NEVER work. The ONLY thing that can bring people together is reading my miserable posts. Smiling people hugging in the sunshine accomplishes NOTHING. Reading my punishing content, indoors and alone, is the only path forward.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.