Scott Gunther
@scotteaux.bsky.social
Professor of French and Francophone Studies Wellesley College
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The incredible feat has landed the former socialite in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Ghislaine Maxwell Becomes Only Person in America Who Has Not Seen Trump Act Inappropriately
The amazing feat has landed the former socialite in the Guinness Book of World Records.
open.substack.com
August 25, 2025 at 1:47 PM
The incredible feat has landed the former socialite in the Guinness Book of World Records.
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Just dropped a new piece on my newsletter.
Were the trades made before Trump’s April 9 tariff announcement luck or insider trading?
I estimate the odds it was luck alone.
1 in 4,484.
And the payout amount?
Over 1 in 10 million.
data-and-politics.ghost.io/3-500-return...
Were the trades made before Trump’s April 9 tariff announcement luck or insider trading?
I estimate the odds it was luck alone.
1 in 4,484.
And the payout amount?
Over 1 in 10 million.
data-and-politics.ghost.io/3-500-return...
3,500% Returns In 3 Hours: The Extreme Case of April 9, 2025
At 12:58 pm EST on April 9, 2025, someone placed perhaps the most perfectly-timed options bet in recent market history. Just 32 minutes before Trump's surprise tariff announcement, thousands of SPY ca...
data-and-politics.ghost.io
April 12, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Just dropped a new piece on my newsletter.
Were the trades made before Trump’s April 9 tariff announcement luck or insider trading?
I estimate the odds it was luck alone.
1 in 4,484.
And the payout amount?
Over 1 in 10 million.
data-and-politics.ghost.io/3-500-return...
Were the trades made before Trump’s April 9 tariff announcement luck or insider trading?
I estimate the odds it was luck alone.
1 in 4,484.
And the payout amount?
Over 1 in 10 million.
data-and-politics.ghost.io/3-500-return...
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9:30 pm PST.
INSIDER TRADING.
The S&P gained $4.7 trillion in less than an hour today.
Some people got in on the action early.
Let me show you what that looks like, minute by minute.
INSIDER TRADING.
The S&P gained $4.7 trillion in less than an hour today.
Some people got in on the action early.
Let me show you what that looks like, minute by minute.
April 10, 2025 at 4:34 AM
9:30 pm PST.
INSIDER TRADING.
The S&P gained $4.7 trillion in less than an hour today.
Some people got in on the action early.
Let me show you what that looks like, minute by minute.
INSIDER TRADING.
The S&P gained $4.7 trillion in less than an hour today.
Some people got in on the action early.
Let me show you what that looks like, minute by minute.
There is no word for how disgusting this nazi shit is.
Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem making content in front of the imprisoned men of El Salvador's notorious Terrorism Confinement Center mega-prison www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
March 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
There is no word for how disgusting this nazi shit is.
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re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:25 PM
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
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Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens
March 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.
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Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
zeteo.com
March 9, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
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I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an “ASMR” video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, it’s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths
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Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
February 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.
I just learned the term "malicious compliance."
The reason malicious compliance is so effective is that it makes the underlying logic of a mandate plain.
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I just learned the term "malicious compliance."
Did others in the Boston area just feel an earthquake?
January 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Did others in the Boston area just feel an earthquake?
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PSA: you do not have to watch the news tomorrow. You do not have to keep track of everything day 1. This is a marathon not a sprint. Take care of yourself and spend time with friends and family. I'll be out on the slopes wfh my partner enjoying nature. They can't take our joy, I won't let them.
January 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
PSA: you do not have to watch the news tomorrow. You do not have to keep track of everything day 1. This is a marathon not a sprint. Take care of yourself and spend time with friends and family. I'll be out on the slopes wfh my partner enjoying nature. They can't take our joy, I won't let them.
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TikTok shut down in the US for a few hours, and then restarted again, praising Trump both times, even though Trump is not yet President, and has no formal power at this point.
January 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
TikTok shut down in the US for a few hours, and then restarted again, praising Trump both times, even though Trump is not yet President, and has no formal power at this point.
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I have been thinking a lot about how becoming more informed and aware over the next four years in a way that’s really useful might mean more books about history and less getting sucked into the daily firehose of bad news which is the present
I was raised in a multi-generational organizing family and I can say with firsthand knowledge that 20th century organizers read theory and they studied history and literature quite closely
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
The need to do that hasn’t changed
If studying history isn’t part of your organizing work, change that
January 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I have been thinking a lot about how becoming more informed and aware over the next four years in a way that’s really useful might mean more books about history and less getting sucked into the daily firehose of bad news which is the present
Is anyone on Mastodon? If you are, please follow me at @Scott_Gunther 😀
January 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Is anyone on Mastodon? If you are, please follow me at @Scott_Gunther 😀
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"As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the [Washington] Post." anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the [Washington] Post." anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...