I may be right out of line here with a totally unasked for, superfluous, and, quite possibly, completely unwanted input, but I find you hilarious.
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I may be right out of line here with a totally unasked for, superfluous, and, quite possibly, completely unwanted input, but I find you hilarious.
The rise of the AI influencer - rpt here by @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social @criddle.bsky.social. Interesting to see the different pay rates and how some experts believe a wave of AI slop will lead to a revival of those people considered tastemakers www.ft.com/content/cb85...
I'm looking forward to reading this!
I'd like to see the people who have expertise in treating teenaged boys who have been identified as wanting to commit violent acts turn their wisdom to advising us how to deal with this man as well as the rest of these sick people.
I have long been of the opinion that RFK wants revenge on Americans, whether he realizes it or not, for what happened to his family. RFK saw suffering & hunger among the poor & tried to fix it. His son wants it renewed & spread. Caroline instead took her grief into service to honor her father.
I'd like to see the people who have expertise in treating teenaged boys who have been identified as wanting to commit violent acts turn their wisdom to advising us how to deal with this man as well as the rest of these sick people.
I have long been of the opinion that RFK wants revenge on Americans, whether he realizes it or not, for what happened to his family. RFK saw suffering & hunger among the poor & tried to fix it. His son wants it renewed & spread. Caroline instead took her grief into service to honor her father.
I dont actually think the above is true. Expertise in language matters just like any other expertise and it simply means one took the time to actually focus and learn. I respect it. Pretending all things one studies makes one more *intelligent* than other experienced people is another matter.
The article is worth reading in full.
I engaged with @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social on Xtwitter a year or so ago, & found her compassionate, reasoned, & thoughtful. I was therefore not surprised this morning to read her excellent piece, but so grateful that FT published it. We need voices, & souls, like hers to break through. 🚫hate
I genuinely do not understand how they aren't frozen? "A US appeals court has found most of the Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs to be unlawful, but agreed to leave them in place while the White House pursues a further appeal to the Supreme Court. " www.ft.com/content/f3c7...
Really timely.
It’s time to drench, deadhead and decapitate your garden on.ft.com/4mHpDnx
Meaning, some people's area of study & expertise *IS* the jargon, and telling them they have to pack it in to win an election is a tough sell. However, had these people more interest in the country than their egos they might actually stop keyboarding & consider the potential validity & tweak a bit.
...some hours later the FT.com published this: "...the good news for pedants is that pedantry will never be doomed because it is primarily a class signifier and a means of flashing a superior education. " Think this is what @radiofreetom.bsky.social was suggesting. www.ft.com/content/fd81...
...some hours later the FT.com published this: "...the good news for pedants is that pedantry will never be doomed because it is primarily a class signifier and a means of flashing a superior education. " Think this is what @radiofreetom.bsky.social was suggesting. www.ft.com/content/fd81...
Ship has sailed bitch www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Nato and Europe coming through! So for all those hurling abuse at them for holding their tongues while negotiating - they accomplished this! Now get those weapons there yesterday, and dont be stingy on refills. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/w...
You need to go to settings and mute our any of the profanity words - it works wonders for blocking the comments of - err - people whose vocabulary is limited. I don't actually care if that just filters out good people too - if they cant control their writing I don't need them.
I bought a 2002 book re Christy Turlington's yoga practice for no other reason than I have pretty much reached my limit on hours I can spend reading books on topics like global finance on which I am, at best, a novice. I have, however, aced standing tree pose. Touch grass. Do some Yoga. Be well.
Just imagine if Tom could just remove followers rather than have to block a whole slew of people who annoy or harass him. I am sure he'd be ok with them reading his words as long as they couldn't comment crp on his posts. I really don't understand why Bluesky prefers this angle.
Very glad The New Yorker had the professional courtesy and integrity to quote the source of it, Army General Ben Hodges. Gross, yet on the nose. The brown nose.
Very glad The New Yorker had the professional courtesy and integrity to quote the source of it, Army General Ben Hodges. Gross, yet on the nose. The brown nose.
I completely agree with this.
I dont think that's the point in the debate that I saw. I saw more of - hey, we know what we are talking about & why these terms have meaning. I did not see any moral superiority, just annoyance that they thought their life's work was getting panned, though that's not what was going in my view.
Meaning, some people's area of study & expertise *IS* the jargon, and telling them they have to pack it in to win an election is a tough sell. However, had these people more interest in the country than their egos they might actually stop keyboarding & consider the potential validity & tweak a bit.
I think it is a nuanced topic that's hard to discuss on social media due to egos. I am pretty sure I understand both sides of the debate pretty well, & it's going to be very hard to get people to agree that one type of expertise has value, but theirs doesn't, in persuading the "common voter folk".
I would like to follow more people, but their timelines are full of stuff I would find irritating so I would mute them, which would negate the whole point to following them in the first place. Better not to follow at all and just drop by occasionally.
People not in the tech industry would not have recognized it as the corporate marketing strategy championed by big data firms, and why it had zero to do with how government privacy works.
Having moderate Dems attack the crypto economy is good actually.
Not really a new attitude. The same year they honored Led Zeppelin, they honored one of the greatest ballerinas of all time, Natalia Marakova, AND Jack Black made a not so nice, but harmless, reference to her which made her raise a bemused brow. This is just the thirsty talentless grunt version.
Thank you for your generosity in sharing.
...and this...but purely for nostalgias sake...helping my Mom make blackberry preserves from our backyard tree was actually a lot of work. But one of those things you remember long after... www.amazon.com/Saving-Seaso...
I have been thinking about this a lot since lockdown, specifically spinach. I read a review of this book on WWD.com but I can't share it. www.amazon.com/gp/product/0...
This is one of the rare times I’ll disagree. They definitely imagined Trump. Half the Federalist Papers are about Trump.
Thank you.
So next time maybe lay some booby traps that make them end up doing the world some good? Imagine their uncomfortable surprise when smart people praised them.
I was struck by this prescient comment in the preface of Beattie's smart and enlightening 2009 book: Certain "myths" need correcting i.e."that the strutting vanguard of globalization cannot be routed and driven into the street". Next up 2019's : "Can the World Economy Find a New Leader?" oh dear
Your journey sounds great. I find that when we flip over the rocks of older written history we can find the most unglamorous, and fascinating, stuff hidden there. It usually surfaces around anniversaries so I think some doozies are being primed. Happy reading, friend!
Though I loved Cleo and Ben a bit more than witches, not because of her writing, but the subject matter.
They are all great, just go with your prime interest first -
Thank you for this. I absolutely love Schiff's writing - I gave not gotten to this one yet, but all the others are informative and delightful page turners, from Cleopatra to Witches to Ben Franklin. 📚 I wonder what she has up next?
His mother stole drugs from her patients - lying to them. He is just like her while trying to pretend his education puts him above her, and the people he grifts from with his lies. People have a choice as to what the privilege of education will make them. His choice is clear.
I know Vance's sense of self-worth demands he separate himself from them, from the nurse who stole pills from her patients, but he is one of them. Education level & school is irrelevant when he has neither integrity nor dignity. Just a beard to cover the weak chin. Vance is worthless.
Walk softly but send the ammo. 👍
Social media is a vacuum for people to suck up other people's ideas and present them as their own. "AI" did not start the ides of stealing other people's thoughts - people with no integrity have been with us on these platforms for years.
Not his point.
When a quarter of 15-year-olds can't understand a simple text, you know anything that gets more books in people's hands is a good move. #BookSky 💙📚
More importantly, he is putting his deliveries where his mouth is so Ukraine gets some tangible help starting next month (as the article says). Carney lives in reality while working the angles. #respect
I think he likes you.
...and I should say Tom does not restrict himself to "peers" so that is a point in his favor. He is not a hypocrite. My problem is I think everybody is no higher than my peer so I just comment, which tends to tick off snobs. 🤷♀️ Not.my.problem.
I say this quite often (and for some time) about media people on social media who purport to be experts who only want to chat with "peers", & I didn't even read the book. But I do think some less experienced people should do themselves a favor & read more, & talk/keyboard less. 📚 Learning is 👍
Very sensible advice in this article written by someone who clearly understands the value of different types of AI for different industries.
So I read it and it checked all my boxes. Plus, it is very funny. Her pub must be great.
Just read you reviews - really interesting and fun. I not only added them to my questions for when they are published, I ordered an old one by Ms Wormald. TY!
This is important.
The reference I made to lemmings is regarding the GOP members who follow whatever they are told to without thinking abut it. It's my team on the field kind of mentality, as opposed to what is good for the country at large. That isnt unity, that's brain wash. Really have to go open my new 📖 Bye 😀👋
That would indeed be smart.
I dont want to be a party of lemmings like the GOP, but I think the lack of loyalty shown to Biden was a massive turn off. I voted for Harris, dont get me wrong, but I found that whole thing was grotesque. I dont think that is why we lost, btw. I think it's more complex. Bye & TY for chat
The thing I struggle with is separating the real from the not-real, the genuinely looking for interaction from the genuinely trolling shill. I've deleted my account 3x because I got so annoyed. It's hard. So frankly, I rarely try now and just say my say and try to be patient.
I understand. No harm, not foul.
24/7 entertainment took us to this stupid place, maybe 24/7 entertainment can take us back from it. That would be a nice boomerang. Then, for all that is holy, we have to make smart fashionable again.
CJ I think we all have a right to our opinion on a candidate - & I think Newsom is running - & I agree that toning down the attacks on our own is a really good idea. Trying to find common ground rather than just attacking might be the order of the day. "I agree here, disagree there" may be better?
In other words, we have to win and to do so means finding common ground and bing adult about it, AND muting anonymous sht spewers.
I dont think that is what he means - he is talking about, I think, the trashing of a Democrat who is fighting back because they want a different candidate...usually someone with zero chance to win (&do some good). I long ago gave up on anonymous posters trash talking their own (supposedly) party ⛔
Yes. AOC was also smart enough to back off of constant attacks on her own, no doubt after Pelosi had a word*. Once she stopped she was able to shine more broadly, I believe. *Wish Pelosi had followed her own advice last year.
He was always pretty much a cypher to me. I enjoyed Steven Veerapen's book last year, and am looking forward to reading your review(s). I always wonder how he really felt about his mother, and why he went off the deep end re "witches". Ghastly business. Thanks...
Maybe its their make-up and blow dry rooms like Hegseth added to our US gov't buildings, only they are shy about it.
That should be a great event. Enjoy!
Carney lives in the real world.
Mike Pompeo in strongly-worded FT oped - Trump must not reward Putin for his aggression in Ukraine www.ft.com/content/e91d...
It's a good opinion column.
Were I maga, I'd be worried about the power of the government to sweep them off the street & throw em in jail (or worse) cause maybe they look unhealthy, or just slow. Cause when these jails no longer hold immigrants, the businesses will not shut down, can't shut down. They'll just change target.
It's a business publication for professional investors to know what is going on so it's not surprising they would cover this. It's a business, however distasteful the people may be. You & I may not be their target audience, though I enjoy it for other reasons. I will join you passing on this one
More interested in the independent backlash myself. From what I understand, when he gets one of those the choke hold is over.
They work at one of the other offices. Not earth shattering.
They were wise to follow Hermes lead to make the case refillable.
This left me a bit shaken this morning, all the more because Mr Beattie was simply relaying the facts as he sees them.
Can I go back to forgetting who this guy is now? Thanks.
Their mayor, who is truly a great guy, said he tried, but the businesses were afraid of teenaged ruffians hanging out & frightening off the shoppers. 🤷♀️ This is not a problem 5 miles off, where we have actually always insisted on teenaged ruffians hanging out as long as they do their homework later
Iamma waiting for the boomerang that inevitably finds its way back to them. It will be sharp on both ends.
Funny.
Last year I went several days from almost heat stroke to coolness & ease less than 5 miles away. The difference was trees. Just trees. When I emailed the mayor of the former he said the businesses did not want people standing under trees or sitting on benches outside their stores. Unbelievable
Gov Abbot may be a science denier, but @governor.ca.gov should remind him of Newton's third law: "Newton's third law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. If object A acts a force upon object B, then object B will exert an opposite yet equal force upon object A."
We used to find and deport nazi criminals hiding out in our country. This guy would sell them a condo in Florida and throw them a parade. It's not about religion or morality, it's not about politics, it's not about patriotism. It is the almighty dollar and the worship thereof.
That's great to read. I will look into it -
God I love NY. Truly. Who cares that it is sleazy and illegal, it's just downright cheap! 😀
Basically lunch money, which is appropriate considering it came in a brown paper bag.
"in any case"
He is making people feel like they are fighting back through mockery. You and I may not need it, but clearly some people do. In any can, it's fun to see faux-faced faux news people get upset so maybe let it ride? I am.
& do it in the most effective way based on the situation in their own state. Not everybody is the governor of the richest state like Newsom, they need to look to where they can be most effective within a short time, & that means we support them, not demand they copycat him if there is a better way.
I was just thinking that Fiona Hill is the one person I'd look to for expertise on Putin's Russia. I just searched on here and this popped up. Ms Hill does not do social media - because she does not have to.
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The reason I read a lot of things I don't "get", & ask questions when I can, is so that one day I *will* get them. My thanks to those generous enough to share their knowledge when I can't always pay for the privilege. I do try not to mooch too much. Next year I will up or add my spend with them.
It is not a choice between the two. Harris had an awesome social media game and it didn't make up for the lack elsewhere. Newsom is a governor of the largest & richest state in the Union. He can fill ALL the channels.
I am not a fan of China the gov't, but I think standing up against what really is an insult showed character. Thank goodness the CEO has better manners.
I already have the book but the review adds valuable perspective. I'm on your mailing list so was pleased to receive it in my "inbox" yesterday. I recommend the review as a companion piece. Thank you.
...and my apologies for commenting prior to reading the column. I have it open but not yet devoured. I promise never to do that again.
Ok, thank you, I will.