Tom Schott
@plasmatini.bsky.social
Wine, Bicycles, Soccer, Investing, Travel, Art?, NYC, Catskills.
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Full post is below! But this week gave us the perfect trifecta of a context-dominated economy and I actually think some unrelated things could be illustrative of that:
(1) The signal group chat leak
(2) The studio ghibli AI trend
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kyla.substack.com/p/studio-ghi...
(1) The signal group chat leak
(2) The studio ghibli AI trend
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kyla.substack.com/p/studio-ghi...
Studio Ghibli AI, Classified Leaks, and the Context Shift
The Signal chat, even more tariffs, and the value of meaning-making
kyla.substack.com
March 27, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Full post is below! But this week gave us the perfect trifecta of a context-dominated economy and I actually think some unrelated things could be illustrative of that:
(1) The signal group chat leak
(2) The studio ghibli AI trend
(thread continued below)
kyla.substack.com/p/studio-ghi...
(1) The signal group chat leak
(2) The studio ghibli AI trend
(thread continued below)
kyla.substack.com/p/studio-ghi...
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Like Christoph Waltz trying to turn his forehead scar into a flower.
March 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Like Christoph Waltz trying to turn his forehead scar into a flower.
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This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
This affidavit, filed by a former Social Security employee in one of the DOGE cases, reveals a shocking exposure of personal info to DOGE operatives & possible compromise of parts of the system. Everyone should read this. Start at para 9. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Hassett was always a hack, from years and years before Trump. But this is such an abject, willful, absurd level of lying.
Kevin Hassett suggests Canadian authorities are covering up major fentanyl operations: "I can tell you that in the situation room I've seen photographs of fentanyl labs in Canada that the law enforcement folks were leaving alone. Canada's got a big drug problem."
March 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hassett was always a hack, from years and years before Trump. But this is such an abject, willful, absurd level of lying.
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Interesting that Musk shows more respect, in terms of his dressing, when he is with the Chinese government than with the American government, but MAGA doesn’t care.
March 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Interesting that Musk shows more respect, in terms of his dressing, when he is with the Chinese government than with the American government, but MAGA doesn’t care.
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“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
One of the Grimmest Days in American Diplomacy
At an Oval Office meeting, the president of the United States ambushed a loyal ally.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:06 PM
“Friday, February 28, 2025, will go into the history books as one of the grimmest days in American diplomacy,” writes @radiofreetom.bsky.social.
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
Now “Putin, along with other dictators around the world, can finally look at Trump with confidence and think: one of us”: theatln.tc/FHJeRVAj
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Strong words from Bret Stephens: “Roosevelt and Reagan must be spinning in their graves, as are Churchill and Thatcher. It’s up to the rest of us to reclaim America’s honor from the gangsters who besmirched it in the White House.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
Opinion | A Day of American Infamy (Gift Article)
A dreadful moment for Ukraine, for the free world, for the legacy of an America that once stood for the principles of the Atlantic Charter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Strong words from Bret Stephens: “Roosevelt and Reagan must be spinning in their graves, as are Churchill and Thatcher. It’s up to the rest of us to reclaim America’s honor from the gangsters who besmirched it in the White House.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/o...
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“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
The Great Resegregation
The Trump administration’s attacks on DEI are aimed at reversing the civil-rights movement.
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February 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“That is why Trumpists are so focused on “ending DEI” in the federal workforce. They see anti-discrimination and inclusion as a ladder of upward mobility for people they do not believe should have one.”
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Admonitions to obey the law will not stop Trump and will not dissuade his supporters,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones.”
“Admonitions to obey the law will not stop Trump and will not dissuade his supporters,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones.”
Opinion | The Barrage of Trump’s Awful Ideas Is Doing Exactly What It’s Supposed To
Amid an onslaught of bad ideas, Democrats need to muster a better vision for the future.
www.nytimes.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Admonitions to obey the law will not stop Trump and will not dissuade his supporters,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones.”
“Admonitions to obey the law will not stop Trump and will not dissuade his supporters,” our columnist M. Gessen writes. “Trump’s bad ideas must be countered with good ones.”
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I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
February 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I’m having great difficulty right now seeing how our political system doesn’t devolve into violence.
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Shocked, shocked to discover that Trump officials don’t understand VAT. Next they’ll be complaining about the Florida sales tax on imported BMWs. Or not…
February 10, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Shocked, shocked to discover that Trump officials don’t understand VAT. Next they’ll be complaining about the Florida sales tax on imported BMWs. Or not…
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February 10, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
USAID would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people,
reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
USAID would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people,
reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
youtu.be
February 9, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Elon Musk reportedly spent $40M on #Superbowl ads calling #USAID wasteful. Here’s how
USAID would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people,
reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
USAID would’ve spent that $$:
🏈Bought 29K tons of produce and vegetable oil from American farmers to feed people,
reducing mass migration youtu.be/PqUESHfuO_8 #saveforeignaid
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My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
January 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
My first and definitely last time working with the Los Angeles Times. Editing out the most urgent point of an OpEd in the minutes before sending to press while then also assigning a title and image that suggest an argument entirely opposite to the author’s clear intent is pretty shitty.
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Thank God eggs will be cheaper on Monday!
January 18, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Thank God eggs will be cheaper on Monday!
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Merrick Garland’s inaction may have ended democracy in the United States. But at least he’ll always have his norms.
January 17, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Merrick Garland’s inaction may have ended democracy in the United States. But at least he’ll always have his norms.
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Old enough to remember when the Speaker of the House of Representatives was more than an organ grinder's monkey.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
Johnson Ousts Turner as Intelligence Chairman, Bowing to Trump
Representative Michael R. Turner, Republican of Ohio, had at times been critical of the president-elect. He told people that he was removed after an edict from Mar-a-Lago.
www.nytimes.com
January 17, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Old enough to remember when the Speaker of the House of Representatives was more than an organ grinder's monkey.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/15/u...
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REM was my favorite band when I was in college. Hard to imagine that Michael Stipe is 65...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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Opinion | How the biggest rock band in the world disappeared
R.E.M. taught Gen X it’s better to fade away than to burn out.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:20 AM
REM was my favorite band when I was in college. Hard to imagine that Michael Stipe is 65...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
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Trump's sentencing today could have a chilling effect on future presidents' ability to use campaign money to bribe porn stars into keeping quiet about the sex you had with them when your wife was home with a baby.
January 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Trump's sentencing today could have a chilling effect on future presidents' ability to use campaign money to bribe porn stars into keeping quiet about the sex you had with them when your wife was home with a baby.
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There is never a moment when he can be anything but a roaring asshole. No sympathy, no reason, just self-serving onanism to own the libs. He's a sociopath and I just don't know if we're going to get through it this time.
January 8, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There is never a moment when he can be anything but a roaring asshole. No sympathy, no reason, just self-serving onanism to own the libs. He's a sociopath and I just don't know if we're going to get through it this time.
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Mr. "Step Back and Go Fuck Yourself in the Face" has opened a Cyber Charm School.
December 29, 2024 at 6:59 PM
Mr. "Step Back and Go Fuck Yourself in the Face" has opened a Cyber Charm School.
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Who was in charge of font spacing for this episode of MR. ED?
December 29, 2024 at 11:29 PM
Who was in charge of font spacing for this episode of MR. ED?
