Mark Masterson
@mastermark.me
Trying to do better. A hell of a lot less clever than I used to think I was. Recovering male human.
CEO of Ito (itoworld.com)
CEO of Ito (itoworld.com)
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They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
November 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is such a good - important - piece.
In 2009, I sat in an Amzn room full of F500 CTOs on a tour, and listened to Bezos explain that his goal was to be The Market. Capital T, capital M. For everything.
And no one believed him. Most still don't.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
In 2009, I sat in an Amzn room full of F500 CTOs on a tour, and listened to Bezos explain that his goal was to be The Market. Capital T, capital M. For everything.
And no one believed him. Most still don't.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
Has Britain become an economic colony?
The UK could’ve been a true tech leader – but it has cheerfully submitted to US dominance in a way that may cost it dear
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This is such a good - important - piece.
In 2009, I sat in an Amzn room full of F500 CTOs on a tour, and listened to Bezos explain that his goal was to be The Market. Capital T, capital M. For everything.
And no one believed him. Most still don't.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
In 2009, I sat in an Amzn room full of F500 CTOs on a tour, and listened to Bezos explain that his goal was to be The Market. Capital T, capital M. For everything.
And no one believed him. Most still don't.
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...
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american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
It’s hilarious and revelatory that a bunch of giant MAGA/America First X accounts are actually based in Eastern Europe and Nigeria.
Top MAGA Influencers Accidentally Unmasked as Foreign Actors
A new feature on Elon Musk’s X has given deeper insight into the online “America First” movement.
www.thedailybeast.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
american oligarchs uniformly abandoned a lifetime of democratic support because it was easier for them to believe that “based meme” accounts run by czechoslovakian teens were proof of a mass populist movement in service to elon musk than face the hard truth that most people hate their fucking guts
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thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
thinking about how my parents escaped vietnam, where the CIA destabilized my family's home country by spreading misinformation, and they landed in the united states, which is now getting destabilized bc someone in vietnam is spreading misinformation
I'm only a little younger than @billmckibben.bsky.social &, like his hypothesis of Pope Leo in this beautiful, heartbreaking piece, I left the US decades ago & have watched it change from afar
This essay had me in tears, mainly because Bill writing it means it's not over yet. They haven't won. Yet
This essay had me in tears, mainly because Bill writing it means it's not over yet. They haven't won. Yet
Rightwing MAGA Christianity has about as much relation to the gospels as MAGA politics does to the Constitution.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I'm only a little younger than @billmckibben.bsky.social &, like his hypothesis of Pope Leo in this beautiful, heartbreaking piece, I left the US decades ago & have watched it change from afar
This essay had me in tears, mainly because Bill writing it means it's not over yet. They haven't won. Yet
This essay had me in tears, mainly because Bill writing it means it's not over yet. They haven't won. Yet
Q: “Are you affirming you think Trump is a fascist?”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
TRUMP: “That’s ok, you can just say yes.”
ZOHRAN: “Ok. Yes.”
November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘Danish model’ is the darling of centre-left parties like Labour. The problem is, it doesn’t even work in Denmark | Cas Mudde
This week’s local elections are the latest reminder that when social democrats move rightwards, they’re making a mistake, says academic and author Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Cas Mudde spells out what has become largely the consensus among researchers: moving right on immigration will not weaken the far right nor strengthen social democracy. If your reaction is "but in Denmark" please at least familiarize yourself with Danish politics
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Good luck! I wound up at LHR getting a flight to MCR. Madness
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Good luck! I wound up at LHR getting a flight to MCR. Madness
On the train north from Euston that I abandoned at Milton Keynes, the message was a power failure meant zero signalling (and therefore zero trains in either direction) north of Rugby. #fwiw
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 PM
On the train north from Euston that I abandoned at Milton Keynes, the message was a power failure meant zero signalling (and therefore zero trains in either direction) north of Rugby. #fwiw
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You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 AM
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
This is such a big deal... And so poorly understood / visible to normies - who can only see the outcomes / downstream consequences in our society...
Follow the fucking ad money. Every time
Follow the fucking ad money. Every time
NEW: For months, my colleagues and I dug into YouTube's conservative airwaves and found a flourishing network of host-read ads on right-leaning podcasts. This phenomenon has enriched hosts, YouTube, and businesses that use ideology to sell. bloom.bg/3Kaio9w
November 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
This is such a big deal... And so poorly understood / visible to normies - who can only see the outcomes / downstream consequences in our society...
Follow the fucking ad money. Every time
Follow the fucking ad money. Every time
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For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
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Bovino, Stephen Miller, now knife-wielding pervert Teddy bears… what’s even the point of making horror movies now?
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Bovino, Stephen Miller, now knife-wielding pervert Teddy bears… what’s even the point of making horror movies now?
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Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
November 18, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Happy 40th birthday to Bill Waterson’s ‘Calvin and Hobbes’. A work of consummate, stubborn, human, and more-than-human art.
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
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The palpable sense of nostalgia and longing the headline conveys is a choice.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The palpable sense of nostalgia and longing the headline conveys is a choice.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
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A lot of their willingness to pay the political price of the civil rights and anti-poverty policies had to with the Cold War competition btw capitalism and communism as societal models. Racial inequality and poverty were America's two major failings, and the USSR never failed to hammer that home.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A lot of their willingness to pay the political price of the civil rights and anti-poverty policies had to with the Cold War competition btw capitalism and communism as societal models. Racial inequality and poverty were America's two major failings, and the USSR never failed to hammer that home.
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Our money is on Marge in this fight — all Trump is doing by attacking her is showing his MAGA base the only thing he has ever cared about is blind loyalty to him.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our money is on Marge in this fight — all Trump is doing by attacking her is showing his MAGA base the only thing he has ever cared about is blind loyalty to him.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
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This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
Sigh. Maybe it's an AI-slop fake, but the that's just a different aspect of why this timeline sucks... Either way 😭
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sigh. Maybe it's an AI-slop fake, but the that's just a different aspect of why this timeline sucks... Either way 😭