Ken Norton
@kennorton.com
Executive Coach to Product Leaders (he/him). Previously: 14 years at Google. 💚
https://www.bringthedonuts.com
https://www.bringthedonuts.com
This post has been living rent-free in my head for eight months
American politics makes a lot more sense when you realize that the GOP is afraid of pissing off the GOP base, and the Dems are afraid of pissing off the GOP base, but neither party is afraid of pissing off the Dem base.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This post has been living rent-free in my head for eight months
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Sure we put you through a month of hell, but on the other hand we got nothing for it.
November 10, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Sure we put you through a month of hell, but on the other hand we got nothing for it.
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This is how I sound when my D&D players ask about an area I didn't write any lore about ...
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is how I sound when my D&D players ask about an area I didn't write any lore about ...
The hits just keep on coming
Democratic Rep. Jared Golden, facing a primary challenge from state Auditor Matt Dunlap, says he won't seek reelection in #ME02
Jared Golden: I won’t seek reelection. Here’s why.
"What I could accomplish in this increasingly unproductive Congress pales in comparison to what I could do in that time as a husband, a father and a son."
www.bangordailynews.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The hits just keep on coming
Billionaires going supernova 🍿
TRANSITION CO-CHAIR LINA KHAN!?!?!??!
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Billionaires going supernova 🍿
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NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
November 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
NYC is going to have the world's biggest media-manufactured crime panic in history the second Mamdani is elected. They aren't even going to wait until he is inaugurated. Whether or not you like the guy, you need to start preparing now for the fire hose of disinformation that is about to activate.
Beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Beautiful. www.newyorker.com/culture/cove...
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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Zohran has already gotten 250k more votes than Eric Adams did 4 years ago when he was hailed as the future of the Democratic Party.
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Zohran has already gotten 250k more votes than Eric Adams did 4 years ago when he was hailed as the future of the Democratic Party.
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the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
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Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
June 25, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Zohran at the rally for trans youth on february 8 ❣️ he was polling single digits.
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roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
November 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
roses are red
big laughs are hearty
big laughs are hearty
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
16% thinking Obama was President during Hurricane Katrina is wild.
The analysis you've been waiting for: "Do you remember who was actually president when that happened?" Turns out the answer is often...no.
1 in 3 forgot Trump was in office on Jan. 6.
HALF didn't say Biden was President during the Afghanistan withdrawal!
yougovamerica.substack.com/p/how-many-a...
1 in 3 forgot Trump was in office on Jan. 6.
HALF didn't say Biden was President during the Afghanistan withdrawal!
yougovamerica.substack.com/p/how-many-a...
October 31, 2025 at 7:31 PM
16% thinking Obama was President during Hurricane Katrina is wild.
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AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
AI sitcom accidentally a Lynchian fever dream. The sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and insane lament.
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Had some thoughts on how certain organizations hide behind false claims of "neutrality" and "free speech" to actually make a definitive (if cowardly) choice to support bigotry at the expense of the targets of bigotry, whose voices they suppress.
How “Neutrality” And “Free Speech” Become Excuses For Driving Out The People You Claim To Value
Mike Brock's piece on Sequoia Capital last week laid out a pretty damning case study: a well-respected COO complains about a partner's Islamophobic posts, senior leadership invokes "institutional…
Mike Brock's piece on Sequoia Capital last week laid out a pretty damning case study: a well-respected COO complains about a partner's Islamophobic posts, senior leadership invokes "institutional…
How “Neutrality” And “Free Speech” Become Excuses For Driving Out The People You Claim To Value
Mike Brock's piece on Sequoia Capital last week laid out a pretty damning case study: a well-respected COO complains about a partner's Islamophobic posts, senior leadership invokes "institutional neutrality" and declines to act, she resigns, he stays because he made them billions on SpaceX. Brock correctly calls this out as a choice, not neutrality—a calculation about whose value to the firm matters more.
www.techdirt.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Had some thoughts on how certain organizations hide behind false claims of "neutrality" and "free speech" to actually make a definitive (if cowardly) choice to support bigotry at the expense of the targets of bigotry, whose voices they suppress.
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The AI mind virus, brought to you by the Silicon Valley reactionary billionaires who created the moral panic around the “woke mind virus” because someone they knew changed their pronouns.
by OpenAI’s own estimates, hundreds of thousands of ChatGPT users are showing signs of manic or psychotic crisis every week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
OpenAI Says Hundreds of Thousands of ChatGPT Users May Show Signs of Manic or Psychotic Crisis Every Week
www.wired.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The AI mind virus, brought to you by the Silicon Valley reactionary billionaires who created the moral panic around the “woke mind virus” because someone they knew changed their pronouns.
I’ve been awake for 10 minutes and I’m already mad at the NYT for three different reasons. Good morning!
October 25, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I’ve been awake for 10 minutes and I’m already mad at the NYT for three different reasons. Good morning!
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If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
October 16, 2025 at 11:29 PM
If I had explain American history in one sentence, I could do worse than "John Brown was hung for treason, but Robert E. Lee was not."
DoNaLd ThE dOvE
CNN reports the Trump Administration is considering bombing Venezuela.
Trump considering plans to target cocaine facilities inside Venezuela, officials say | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump is considering plans to target cocaine facilities and drug trafficking routes inside Venezuela, though he has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with them, three...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
DoNaLd ThE dOvE
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The way Dems treat Mamdani versus Platner... hm
"Not one senator said Platner’s tattoo or other controversies were disqualifying, and several acknowledged he’s bringing excitement to a party that has been struggling in the political wilderness since President Donald Trump took back power in January."
da fuc is wrong with these people
da fuc is wrong with these people
Senate Democrats tread lightly on Maine primary as new poll shows Graham Platner leading Janet Mills
Despite recent controversies, Platner has a huge lead in a recent poll and is drawing big crowds, while the two-term governor Mills is counting on her experience and achievements.
www.nbcnews.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 AM
The way Dems treat Mamdani versus Platner... hm
Somebody who is good at the economy please help me
Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."
October 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Somebody who is good at the economy please help me
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Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
October 21, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Mamdani is already getting the criminals out of NYC!
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So No Kings 2 protests were:
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston
Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
So No Kings 2 protests were:
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston
75x as big as initial Tea Party rally in Philly
About 200x in DC
200x in Boston
20x in Austin
7x in Houston