Ángel Arce
@angelarceortiz.bsky.social
Creative Director | Advertising - 360° Communications Consultant & Copywriter. 🧠💜 l 🗣️ 💬 | Cinephile 🎃 | Batman geek 🦇 | Metalhead.🤘🏻| 🌹🇵🇸
"This is a great lesson for those of us working in mass media: nothing, not even history, is cast in stone, we don’t have to be reverential about it.
The great lesson is: if we can invent history, we can invent anything."- #DaveTrott
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The great lesson is: if we can invent history, we can invent anything."- #DaveTrott
davetrott.co.uk/2025/11/the-...
THE PLOUGHMAN’S ADVERTISING - Dave Trott's Blog
For me, one of the reassuring things about the English pub has always been the ‘Ploughman’s Lunch’, the food traditionally served in country pubs. It’s just what a farmer needed after the thirsty work...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
"This is a great lesson for those of us working in mass media: nothing, not even history, is cast in stone, we don’t have to be reverential about it.
The great lesson is: if we can invent history, we can invent anything."- #DaveTrott
davetrott.co.uk/2025/11/the-...
The great lesson is: if we can invent history, we can invent anything."- #DaveTrott
davetrott.co.uk/2025/11/the-...
Reposted by Ángel Arce
This is what people get wrong about ‘Frankenstein’
November 12, 2025 at 1:11 AM
This is what people get wrong about ‘Frankenstein’
"Appreciating that writing the correct brief isn’t the end of the process.
Those are the sort of planners that creatives want to work with.
Someone who understands that our job is advertising, not sociology."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/10/what...
Those are the sort of planners that creatives want to work with.
Someone who understands that our job is advertising, not sociology."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/10/what...
WHAT SORT OF PLANNERS DO CREATIVES WANT TO WORK WITH? - Dave Trott's Blog
When we opened GGT, we were pitching for a draught beer called Holsten Export. The rule for draught beer advertising was you had to shoot the ad in a pub. This was more restricting than cans or bottle...
davetrott.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 10:51 AM
"Appreciating that writing the correct brief isn’t the end of the process.
Those are the sort of planners that creatives want to work with.
Someone who understands that our job is advertising, not sociology."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/10/what...
Those are the sort of planners that creatives want to work with.
Someone who understands that our job is advertising, not sociology."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/10/what...
"Leer críticamente, contrastar, discernir y respaldar voces libres se ha convertido en un acto político, casi heroico, frente a un sistema que prefiere ciudadanos distraídos antes que mentes despiertas."
Cinco verdades incómodas sobre la era digital: cómo la desinformación ha redefinido nuestra realidad – Beers&Politics
beersandpolitics.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:39 AM
"Leer críticamente, contrastar, discernir y respaldar voces libres se ha convertido en un acto político, casi heroico, frente a un sistema que prefiere ciudadanos distraídos antes que mentes despiertas."
October 11, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Este es un ejemplo de cómo la violencia generalizada en el país - con profunda penetración en la sociedad - afecta principalmente a los sectores más vulnerables de la sociedad.
¿Por qué no dirigir los programas sociales a quienes de verdad los necesitan?
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
¿Por qué no dirigir los programas sociales a quienes de verdad los necesitan?
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
“Chechito” fue baleado en panadería de Durango; el dueño lo utilizó para jugar “ruleta rusa”
Sentencian al coautor del homicidio de Sebastián, un adolescente de 14 años con autismo, asesinado cuando fue a pedir trabajo.
www.proceso.com.mx
September 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Este es un ejemplo de cómo la violencia generalizada en el país - con profunda penetración en la sociedad - afecta principalmente a los sectores más vulnerables de la sociedad.
¿Por qué no dirigir los programas sociales a quienes de verdad los necesitan?
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
¿Por qué no dirigir los programas sociales a quienes de verdad los necesitan?
www.proceso.com.mx/nacional/est...
“This poll underscores that the term ‘democratic socialism’ now communicates something very practical to American voters: the kind of economic security and fairness once associated with the New Deal tradition”.
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New Poll: Democratic Socialism Is Now Mainstream
A national poll from Jacobin, DSA Fund, and Data for Progress finds broad support for democratic socialist leaders and left-wing policies.
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September 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
“This poll underscores that the term ‘democratic socialism’ now communicates something very practical to American voters: the kind of economic security and fairness once associated with the New Deal tradition”.
jacobin.com/2025/09/new-...
jacobin.com/2025/09/new-...
"THAT is creative strategic thinking.
The traditional strategy for going faster was always power, so Ferrari, like everyone else, concentrated on the engine.
While everyone was looking that way, Jaguar strategists looked the other way."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/is-c...
The traditional strategy for going faster was always power, so Ferrari, like everyone else, concentrated on the engine.
While everyone was looking that way, Jaguar strategists looked the other way."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/is-c...
IS CREATIVE STRATEGIST AN OXYMORON? - Dave Trott's Blog
In 1953, the Le Mans 24 hour race was a foregone conclusion. As usual, Ferrari had the fastest, most powerful car. That year they had a massive 4.5 litre V12 engine, delivering 350 bhp. Plus, they had...
davetrott.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 3:09 PM
"THAT is creative strategic thinking.
The traditional strategy for going faster was always power, so Ferrari, like everyone else, concentrated on the engine.
While everyone was looking that way, Jaguar strategists looked the other way."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/is-c...
The traditional strategy for going faster was always power, so Ferrari, like everyone else, concentrated on the engine.
While everyone was looking that way, Jaguar strategists looked the other way."
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/is-c...
Reposted by Ángel Arce
#HoyEnAnimal | En la glorieta del Puente de la Concordia, Iztapalapa, vecinos crean un memorial para las víctimas de la explosión de la pipa.
Flores, veladoras, fotos y un mural en honor a Alicia Matías, la “abuela heroína”, reflejan el duelo colectivo.
Flores, veladoras, fotos y un mural en honor a Alicia Matías, la “abuela heroína”, reflejan el duelo colectivo.
El Puente de la Concordia se llena de flores y velas en memoria de las víctimas de la explosión de pipa
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September 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
#HoyEnAnimal | En la glorieta del Puente de la Concordia, Iztapalapa, vecinos crean un memorial para las víctimas de la explosión de la pipa.
Flores, veladoras, fotos y un mural en honor a Alicia Matías, la “abuela heroína”, reflejan el duelo colectivo.
Flores, veladoras, fotos y un mural en honor a Alicia Matías, la “abuela heroína”, reflejan el duelo colectivo.
The assassination of Charlie Kirk threatens to embolden the far right and provide Donald Trump with a pretext for crushing dissent. Escalating political violence corrodes democratic norms and poses a unique threat to the Left.
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Charlie Kirk’s Murder Is a Tragedy and a Disaster
The assassination of Charlie Kirk threatens to embolden the far right and provide Donald Trump with a pretext for crushing dissent. Escalating political violence corrodes democratic norms and poses a ...
jacobin.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The assassination of Charlie Kirk threatens to embolden the far right and provide Donald Trump with a pretext for crushing dissent. Escalating political violence corrodes democratic norms and poses a unique threat to the Left.
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
jacobin.com/2025/09/char...
Carney is trying to create Trump-style borders and surveillance with his Strong Borders Act. Demand he respect our rights & treat people with care and dignity. Withdraw Bill C-2! #stopbillC2 act.gp/40oxP2E
Tell Carney: We don’t want Trump-style borders & surveillance state!
Sign this petition to defend our human rights and privacy
act.gp
September 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Carney is trying to create Trump-style borders and surveillance with his Strong Borders Act. Demand he respect our rights & treat people with care and dignity. Withdraw Bill C-2! #stopbillC2 act.gp/40oxP2E
Sign the @GreenpeaceCA petition to demand action from the Canadian government: Stop arming Israel #ArmsEmbargoNow act.gp/3U7YzB4
Tell Canada to stop arming Israel.
Sign the petition to demand Action from the Canadian government.
act.gp
September 9, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Sign the @GreenpeaceCA petition to demand action from the Canadian government: Stop arming Israel #ArmsEmbargoNow act.gp/3U7YzB4
"Lack of knowledge about what the consumer society is and why it exists is responsible for this autopilot non-thinking.
Because we never learn why advertising or marketing exists, we can’t question it, so we can’t come up with fresh alternative strategies...
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/you-...
Because we never learn why advertising or marketing exists, we can’t question it, so we can’t come up with fresh alternative strategies...
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/you-...
YOU CAN’T CONTROL WHAT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND - Dave Trott's Blog
Recently, I posted a link to an Adam Curtis documentary. It was called ‘The Century of the Self’ and the first half traced the birth and growth of the consumer society. (Being an Adam Curtis documenta...
davetrott.co.uk
September 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
"Lack of knowledge about what the consumer society is and why it exists is responsible for this autopilot non-thinking.
Because we never learn why advertising or marketing exists, we can’t question it, so we can’t come up with fresh alternative strategies...
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/you-...
Because we never learn why advertising or marketing exists, we can’t question it, so we can’t come up with fresh alternative strategies...
davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/you-...
Reposted by Ángel Arce
Pero, ¿qué soberanía se defiende cuando municipios enteros obedecen a los criminales? Ahí el Estado no gobierna. Gobierna el crimen."
www.proceso.com.mx/opinion/2025...
www.proceso.com.mx/opinion/2025...
México, dilema constitucional de la seguridad
Hablar de soberanía en México se ha vuelto un mantra. Se repite al infinito. Basta salir a ciertas carreteras para comprender la contradicción. Ahí la soberanía no la ejerce el Estado, sino grupos cri...
www.proceso.com.mx
September 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Pero, ¿qué soberanía se defiende cuando municipios enteros obedecen a los criminales? Ahí el Estado no gobierna. Gobierna el crimen."
www.proceso.com.mx/opinion/2025...
www.proceso.com.mx/opinion/2025...
"Vi con claridad las opciones que tenía: o continuaba limpiando casas con una maestría y sin esperanza, y algún día alguien me denunciaría, sería expulsada y perdería a Noruega para siempre... o escribía un libro, contando cómo era ser indocumentado".
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El libro que cambió la visión de Noruega sobre los inmigrantes - BBC News Mundo
Tras vivir cuidando su anonimato, Maria Amelie hizo su vida pública. Por eso, fue celebradas pero también arrestada y deportada... y disparó un cambio en la ley.
www.bbc.com
September 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
"Vi con claridad las opciones que tenía: o continuaba limpiando casas con una maestría y sin esperanza, y algún día alguien me denunciaría, sería expulsada y perdería a Noruega para siempre... o escribía un libro, contando cómo era ser indocumentado".
www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
www.bbc.com/mundo/articl...
"Reading is in trouble. Multiple studies in multiple places seem to be showing the same thing. Adults are reading less. Children are reading less. Teenagers are reading a lot less. Very small children are being read to less; many are not being read to at all." www.economist.com/culture/2025...
Is the decline of reading making politics dumber?
As people read less they think less clearly, scholars fear
www.economist.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:57 PM
"Reading is in trouble. Multiple studies in multiple places seem to be showing the same thing. Adults are reading less. Children are reading less. Teenagers are reading a lot less. Very small children are being read to less; many are not being read to at all." www.economist.com/culture/2025...
"The optics of the new global order could not be clearer: an anti-western bloc, helmed by China, on one side, and a western alliance of democracies, lacking its traditional leader in Washington, on the other."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Xi, Putin, Kim and the optics of a new world order
Alliance of global autocrats has been accelerated by Donald Trump’s use of political and economic pressure against friends and foes alike
www.theguardian.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
"The optics of the new global order could not be clearer: an anti-western bloc, helmed by China, on one side, and a western alliance of democracies, lacking its traditional leader in Washington, on the other."
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
"In communication simplicity isn't a weakness, it's a superpower".- Dave Trott
September 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
"In communication simplicity isn't a weakness, it's a superpower".- Dave Trott
The survallince - police state - anti immigration and crimilalization of ethnic minorities movement that sadly is expanding all over the world, it's reached Canada. Here is an article that explains how.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Canadians said no to Trump – so why is Mark Carney pushing a Maga-inspired border bill? | Erica Ifill
If it goes ahead we will see the construction of a surveillance state that is in some ways worse than the US, writes political columnist Erica Ifill
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The survallince - police state - anti immigration and crimilalization of ethnic minorities movement that sadly is expanding all over the world, it's reached Canada. Here is an article that explains how.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"In order to take market share they didn’t copy the Beatles, they decided to cultivate the opposite image, bad boys.
As stories came out about drug arrests and orgies they didn’t hide it, they used it to add to their brand: the bad boys of rock and roll." davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/how-...
As stories came out about drug arrests and orgies they didn’t hide it, they used it to add to their brand: the bad boys of rock and roll." davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/how-...
HOW TO SURF CONTROVERSY - Dave Trott's Blog
I’ve often heard people quote the expression “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”. Obviously this is bollocks. Ask Gerald Ratner, he used to own the largest chain of jewellers in the UK until he g...
davetrott.co.uk
September 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"In order to take market share they didn’t copy the Beatles, they decided to cultivate the opposite image, bad boys.
As stories came out about drug arrests and orgies they didn’t hide it, they used it to add to their brand: the bad boys of rock and roll." davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/how-...
As stories came out about drug arrests and orgies they didn’t hide it, they used it to add to their brand: the bad boys of rock and roll." davetrott.co.uk/2025/09/how-...
"Those cities are all run by Democrats and, not coincidentally, have large Black populations. They are potential centres of opposition to Trump’s rule and he wants them under his control."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Step back and take it in: the US is entering full authoritarian mode | Jonathan Freedland
Trump’s dictator-like behaviour is so brazen, so blatant, that paradoxically, we discount it. But now it’s time to call it what it is, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
"Those cities are all run by Democrats and, not coincidentally, have large Black populations. They are potential centres of opposition to Trump’s rule and he wants them under his control."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Cuando el arte popular se aborda solo como negocio sin poner énfasis en la creatividad y en el contar historias de calidad basadas en emociones, la fatiga de la gente por consumir estás obras se notará. Hoy pasa esto con el cine de superhéroes.
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Los superhéroes ya no salvan la taquilla: fatiga, saturación o cambio de paradigma
Marvel ha dejado de tener una fórmula infalible para llenar salas de cine y el género deja varias decepciones este año, con ‘Superman’ como único éxito. ¿Qué le puede sustituir en la cartelera?
elpais.com
August 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Cuando el arte popular se aborda solo como negocio sin poner énfasis en la creatividad y en el contar historias de calidad basadas en emociones, la fatiga de la gente por consumir estás obras se notará. Hoy pasa esto con el cine de superhéroes.
elpais.com/cultura/cine...
elpais.com/cultura/cine...
"When we think of everything wrong in the world and we feel powerless to do anything about it, it's worth remembering the power of a single piece of creativity". #CrossOverCreativity @davetrott.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"When we think of everything wrong in the world and we feel powerless to do anything about it, it's worth remembering the power of a single piece of creativity". #CrossOverCreativity @davetrott.bsky.social
“These dreams—these diaries of the night—were conceived independently of their authors’ conscious will,” Beradt writes. “They were, so to speak, dictated to them by dictatorship.” www.newyorker.com/books/second...
How Dreams Change Under Authoritarianism
When the Nazis came to power, the writer Charlotte Beradt began collecting people’s dreams. The resulting book uncovered the effects the regime had on the collective unconscious.
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August 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
“These dreams—these diaries of the night—were conceived independently of their authors’ conscious will,” Beradt writes. “They were, so to speak, dictated to them by dictatorship.” www.newyorker.com/books/second...