David Beckwith
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In his book "Ogilvy on Advertising," David Ogilvy said, "If each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants." This quote emphasizes the importance of hiring skilled and capable individuals to achieve great results.
Making America great? Au contraire.
Making America great? Au contraire.
Trump fills administration with 'big team of losers' that voters have already rejected
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February 11, 2025 at 10:51 AM
In his book "Ogilvy on Advertising," David Ogilvy said, "If each of us hires people who are bigger than we are, we shall become a company of giants." This quote emphasizes the importance of hiring skilled and capable individuals to achieve great results.
Making America great? Au contraire.
Making America great? Au contraire.
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New from me. Please read, comment, subscribe. https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/the-split-personality-of-big-journalism?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios
The split personality of Big Journalism in covering this nightmare
The reporting is essential. But what about the ability to make sense of the chaos and sound the alarm?
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February 3, 2025 at 11:53 AM
New from me. Please read, comment, subscribe. https://open.substack.com/pub/margaretsullivan/p/the-split-personality-of-big-journalism?r=1yc91&utm_medium=ios
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YES! Thank you! I'm so sick of this crap
'Offensive': Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov issues searing takedown of GOP myth in confirmation hearing
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'Offensive': Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov issues searing takedown of GOP myth in confirmation hearing
www.rawstory.com/robert-f-ken...
'Offensive': Senator issues searing takedown of GOP myth in confirmation hearing
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) stepped in to dispel one of many myths repeated during Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation hearing on Wednesday.Toward the end of the hearing, Whitehouse said that ther...
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January 29, 2025 at 10:38 PM
YES! Thank you! I'm so sick of this crap
'Offensive': Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov issues searing takedown of GOP myth in confirmation hearing
www.rawstory.com/robert-f-ken...
'Offensive': Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov issues searing takedown of GOP myth in confirmation hearing
www.rawstory.com/robert-f-ken...
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There is zero excuse for any Democrat to accept unqualified hacks to lead federal executive agencies or departments. Zero. And just to be very clear, @johnfetterman.com I will not give you one more cent and I regret my past support.
3 Senate Dems just voted for cloture for Lee Zeldin, a climate denier with a 14% lifetime score from the League of Conservation Voters for his time in Congress, for EPA Administrator:
John Fetterman
Ruben Gallego
Mark Kelly
Bad on the merits; even worse in how it normalizes Trump's actions
John Fetterman
Ruben Gallego
Mark Kelly
Bad on the merits; even worse in how it normalizes Trump's actions
January 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
There is zero excuse for any Democrat to accept unqualified hacks to lead federal executive agencies or departments. Zero. And just to be very clear, @johnfetterman.com I will not give you one more cent and I regret my past support.
A progressive hip hop analysis of wokeness.
Who Woke
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January 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A progressive hip hop analysis of wokeness.
To be labeled "woke" by its critics often means one has displayed precisely those qualities that moral philosophy has long considered virtuous: truthfulness, compassion, justice, and moral courage.
On the Inversion of "Woke" as a Cultural Signifier
The observation that "woke" has become a pejorative term among those who often oppose moral progress, social consciousness, and factual reality presents a fascinating study in linguistic evolution and...
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January 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
To be labeled "woke" by its critics often means one has displayed precisely those qualities that moral philosophy has long considered virtuous: truthfulness, compassion, justice, and moral courage.
Who let out the criminals from prison into America?
Donald Trump of course.
Donald Trump of course.
Trump's interview with Sean Hannity included light manspreading and heavy profiling. #DailyShow
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January 28, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Who let out the criminals from prison into America?
Donald Trump of course.
Donald Trump of course.
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I have often suggested that cats are really another form of liquid, and now Scientific American has an article about just that!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
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Are Cats Actually Liquid?
A physicist weighs in on the fluid feline meme
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January 23, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I have often suggested that cats are really another form of liquid, and now Scientific American has an article about just that!
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-...
Reality, Facts and Truth are essential tools in the toolbox of real visionaries. Many of today's so-called visionaries seem to buy into any second-rate fantasy and thereby relinquish those powerful tools still available to actual visionaries.
What Real Visionaries Demand
The Power of Reality, Facts, and Truth in Visionary Work
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January 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reality, Facts and Truth are essential tools in the toolbox of real visionaries. Many of today's so-called visionaries seem to buy into any second-rate fantasy and thereby relinquish those powerful tools still available to actual visionaries.
The essay celebrates the potential of prompts to inspire and guide us toward new ideas. This is a podcast of the essay.
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Love the Prompts
David Beckwith's essay, "Love the Prompts," argues that in our digital age, prompts—unlike the questions of the past—represent open doors to creative possibilities. He suggests that embracing prompts
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January 23, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The essay celebrates the potential of prompts to inspire and guide us toward new ideas. This is a podcast of the essay.
soundcloud.com/mrwondrous/l...
soundcloud.com/mrwondrous/l...
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This from @aoc.bsky.social.
The targeting of migrants for detention & deportation, without due process, is an outrage in itself. But it’s also about profiteering.
“I want folks at home to look at which members of congress are invested in private prison companies…& look at the votes on this bill.”
The targeting of migrants for detention & deportation, without due process, is an outrage in itself. But it’s also about profiteering.
“I want folks at home to look at which members of congress are invested in private prison companies…& look at the votes on this bill.”
January 23, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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This is not disruption. This is destruction.
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 23, 2025 at 2:13 AM
This is not disruption. This is destruction.
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Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde will be @maddow.msnbc.com 's guest tonight at 9pm ET on MSNBC!
Religion must be celebrated, protected, and venerated, Trump apparently thinks — just so long as the faith community is telling him what he wants to hear. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...
Following sermon, Trump and his allies target Episcopal bishop
Religion must be celebrated, protected and venerated, Trump apparently thinks — just so long as the faith community is telling him what he wants to hear.
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January 22, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde will be @maddow.msnbc.com 's guest tonight at 9pm ET on MSNBC!
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BREAKING NEWS:
Donald Trump orders all federal employees identified as DEI hires to placed on leave by 5pm.
The order is said to target trans federal employees and some people of Color.
This is arbitrary and evil. No other way to describe it.
Donald Trump orders all federal employees identified as DEI hires to placed on leave by 5pm.
The order is said to target trans federal employees and some people of Color.
This is arbitrary and evil. No other way to describe it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Ovid's Metamorphoses, with a new beginning performed virtually by young master Wondrous from little league days as a budding Wiccan (Wican).
January 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Ovid's Metamorphoses, with a new beginning performed virtually by young master Wondrous from little league days as a budding Wiccan (Wican).
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EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. 🔥🔥🔥
January 21, 2025 at 11:55 PM
EVERY. SINGLE. WORD. 🔥🔥🔥
In "100 Years of Solitude", ice appears as an object of pure wonder - a crystalline miracle that transforms the tropical world of Macondo. Today, for many, ICE inspires dread, fear & division.
The Dual Nature of Ice: From Wonder to Terror
In "100 Years of Solitude", ice appears as an object of pure wonder - a crystalline miracle that transforms the tropical world of Macondo. Today, for many, ICE inspires dread, fear & division.
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January 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
In "100 Years of Solitude", ice appears as an object of pure wonder - a crystalline miracle that transforms the tropical world of Macondo. Today, for many, ICE inspires dread, fear & division.
Instead of the billionaire club's clout rubbing off on their greatest of life's mistakes, it is exactly the other way around. The damage he has already done is on their heads and that place where a heart should have been...as will be all that going forward. I mean backward.
January 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Instead of the billionaire club's clout rubbing off on their greatest of life's mistakes, it is exactly the other way around. The damage he has already done is on their heads and that place where a heart should have been...as will be all that going forward. I mean backward.