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Looking at narratives in business, and adjacent areas of advertising, marketing, politics, and propaganda. Interested in how different types of stories and our own cognitive biases are used to persuade and exploit us. Love infographics & data visualization
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The cheapest way for America to access Greenland's mineral resources is to buy them. Greenland is happy to do business with its allies.
Trump thinks it will be less expensive to deploy the American military to the Arctic to steal what he wants.
Trump doesn't understand how business works.
Trump thinks it will be less expensive to deploy the American military to the Arctic to steal what he wants.
Trump doesn't understand how business works.
January 7, 2026 at 4:05 AM
The cheapest way for America to access Greenland's mineral resources is to buy them. Greenland is happy to do business with its allies.
Trump thinks it will be less expensive to deploy the American military to the Arctic to steal what he wants.
Trump doesn't understand how business works.
Trump thinks it will be less expensive to deploy the American military to the Arctic to steal what he wants.
Trump doesn't understand how business works.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
A reminder that the US killed 80 people in Venezuela, and it would be nice if the US media cared enough to think that the life of a grandmother in Caracas whose building is destroyed by a US bomb matters as much as the life of a person in the US.
January 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM
If the DEA had killed 80 innocent Americans in the course of apprehending one drug dealer, there would be riots. But we are so ghoulishly indifferent to the lives and humanity of people abroad that it's barely even part of the conversation.
What’s the exit strategy? Is this another war without end? Didn’t we learn anything from last time?
January 5, 2026 at 5:54 AM
What’s the exit strategy? Is this another war without end? Didn’t we learn anything from last time?
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Perpetual gadfly Bernie Sanders can get invited on TV week in and week out to lecture Democrats about what they NEED TO BE doing while spending 30 years sabotaging Democrats every time they try to do it because its not the perfect solution he alone dreamed of.
Bernie Sanders: "We need to be thinking seriously about a moratorium on data centers. You gotta slow this process down. It's not good enough for the oligarchs to tell us 'you adapt.' Are they gonna guarantee healthcare to all people? What are they gonna do when there are no jobs? Make housing free?"
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Perpetual gadfly Bernie Sanders can get invited on TV week in and week out to lecture Democrats about what they NEED TO BE doing while spending 30 years sabotaging Democrats every time they try to do it because its not the perfect solution he alone dreamed of.
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Might I petition you add "escalation" to the list?
Holy hell the number of stories that have treated something deemed an escalation the news rather than describing yet another Trump abuse as such.
Holy hell the number of stories that have treated something deemed an escalation the news rather than describing yet another Trump abuse as such.
December 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Might I petition you add "escalation" to the list?
Holy hell the number of stories that have treated something deemed an escalation the news rather than describing yet another Trump abuse as such.
Holy hell the number of stories that have treated something deemed an escalation the news rather than describing yet another Trump abuse as such.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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oh no all the fake journalists funded by billionaires to divide the electorate and destroy informed consensus are now fighting with each other
Megyn Kelly Hits Back at ‘Coward’ Ben Shapiro, Says Bari Weiss Is ‘Afraid’ of Her
Megyn Kelly sparred with CBS News editor-in-chief Barri Weiss on Friday, calling her and Ben Shapiro "cowards" and accusing them of attacking her in public "without so much as a phone call."
www.mediaite.com
December 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
oh no all the fake journalists funded by billionaires to divide the electorate and destroy informed consensus are now fighting with each other
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I'm old enough to remember when the networks refused to carry an incredibly important speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia by President Biden about creeping fascism in the U.S. because it was "too political".
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
December 18, 2025 at 3:03 AM
I'm old enough to remember when the networks refused to carry an incredibly important speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia by President Biden about creeping fascism in the U.S. because it was "too political".
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
Sure, but they'll broadcast every minute of Trump's propaganda bullshit. 🙄
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Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
December 18, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Trump: “One year ago, our country was dead!”
The Economist, one year ago:
The Economist, one year ago:
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Do you remember when the broadcast networks declined to air primetime speeches by Obama and Biden they deemed too overtly political? Because I do apnews.com/20ccd7a90e43... www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
ABC, CBS, NBC won't carry Obama
NEW YORK (AP) — ABC, CBS and NBC decided against covering President Barack Obama's speech on immigration live on Thursday, although the Spanish-language Univision network is delaying its telecast of t...
apnews.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Do you remember when the broadcast networks declined to air primetime speeches by Obama and Biden they deemed too overtly political? Because I do apnews.com/20ccd7a90e43... www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/0...
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CBS News has now made 13 posts about Erika Kirk in the last 2 days, dominating their news page over all other stories.
December 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
CBS News has now made 13 posts about Erika Kirk in the last 2 days, dominating their news page over all other stories.
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These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
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December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
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Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
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When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
November 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
When a politician says: we’ll deregulate health insurance and send you a “freedom account” check, ask: freedom to buy what? If insurers don’t offer real policies or can cherry-pick only healthy people, that money is a coupon for a store that’s not open.
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"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"My mentor always tells me, 'Kim, dogs don’t bark at parked cars." They’re coming after critical race theory, 1619, intersectionality because these ideas mobilized people. They gave them the language to actually articulate what they were seeing with their own eyes," says Kimberlé Crenshaw.
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Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
November 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Oddly enough, in media coverage of Dems' video warning against carrying out illegal orders, there's very little discussion of *whether it's actually reasonable to fear Trump is giving illegal commands or not.*
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
The evidence is strong that he is. Media should say so:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
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Many of us learned long ago that there is no "Legal Philosophy" in the Federalist Society. It is a club that gives members a leg up in the competition for certain judicial clerkships and jobs in the Trump administration. That is it. Period.
How does the NY Times not know this?
How does the NY Times not know this?
November 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Many of us learned long ago that there is no "Legal Philosophy" in the Federalist Society. It is a club that gives members a leg up in the competition for certain judicial clerkships and jobs in the Trump administration. That is it. Period.
How does the NY Times not know this?
How does the NY Times not know this?
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November 23, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
NYT isn’t worth reading because they are in the bag for Trump
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Very well put. Reminds me of the observation that Goebbels (and, as it happens tho' not necessarily because of direct imitation, the Argentine military in 1976-83) would retain the font and typographic style of the newspapers they "intervened", which wd reassure readers that nothing had changed.
November 21, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Very well put. Reminds me of the observation that Goebbels (and, as it happens tho' not necessarily because of direct imitation, the Argentine military in 1976-83) would retain the font and typographic style of the newspapers they "intervened", which wd reassure readers that nothing had changed.
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journalism when the govt wants to scan your retinas: “children, some as young as 25, are using encryption (classified as a munition by US export agencies) to evade common sense safety monitoring”
journalism when the govt is raping children: “the minor woman interacted with the esteemed senator”
journalism when the govt is raping children: “the minor woman interacted with the esteemed senator”
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 AM
journalism when the govt wants to scan your retinas: “children, some as young as 25, are using encryption (classified as a munition by US export agencies) to evade common sense safety monitoring”
journalism when the govt is raping children: “the minor woman interacted with the esteemed senator”
journalism when the govt is raping children: “the minor woman interacted with the esteemed senator”