David
@polinchock.bsky.social
Runs retail/brand lab. Playing with emerging tech for 30 years. RETHINK Retail Top Retail Expert & RTIH Top Retail Influencer. Started with VR in '92! Views my own. https://www.belunified.com/musings
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"Immigration enforcement" is about to get $175 billion to spend over the next 4.25 years.
For some perspective: Last year's budget for the entire Russian MILITARY was $146 billion.
For some perspective: Last year's budget for the entire Russian MILITARY was $146 billion.
I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.
It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.
July 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Immigration enforcement" is about to get $175 billion to spend over the next 4.25 years.
For some perspective: Last year's budget for the entire Russian MILITARY was $146 billion.
For some perspective: Last year's budget for the entire Russian MILITARY was $146 billion.
Had a great time kicking off the #retail track at #GS1Connect25 here in Nashville. Amy Reiter put together two days of great talks about retail, #AI #RFID, #2D barcodes and more!
June 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Had a great time kicking off the #retail track at #GS1Connect25 here in Nashville. Amy Reiter put together two days of great talks about retail, #AI #RFID, #2D barcodes and more!
I mean, nothing but the best people right? How the hell are you an adult in this country that doesn't know there's a hurricane season?
(Reuters) - FEMA staff left baffled after the disaster agency’s head said during a briefing that he hadn’t been aware the US has a hurricane season. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/fema-staff-confused-after-head-said-he-was-unaware-us-hurricane-season-sources-2025-06-02/
June 3, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I mean, nothing but the best people right? How the hell are you an adult in this country that doesn't know there's a hurricane season?
I am excited to be part of #GS1Connect25. I hope you can join me at the opening keynote, Tech Top Hits, How AI, AR and RFID will come together to create a great retail experience. #GS1ConnectSpeaker gs1us.org/education-an...
May 8, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I am excited to be part of #GS1Connect25. I hope you can join me at the opening keynote, Tech Top Hits, How AI, AR and RFID will come together to create a great retail experience. #GS1ConnectSpeaker gs1us.org/education-an...
Hey, any #retailers in the Buffalo, I'll be speaking next Friday at this great program on #Retail Marketing in a High-Tech World.
Hit the link for details and registration info. Hope to see you there!
bit.ly/DBPBuffalo
Hit the link for details and registration info. Hope to see you there!
bit.ly/DBPBuffalo
April 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hey, any #retailers in the Buffalo, I'll be speaking next Friday at this great program on #Retail Marketing in a High-Tech World.
Hit the link for details and registration info. Hope to see you there!
bit.ly/DBPBuffalo
Hit the link for details and registration info. Hope to see you there!
bit.ly/DBPBuffalo
For new followers, I started doing #VR work back in the early 90's. Had a chance to go through some VR history last year at the NY VR meetup. Had a lot of fun telling stories from those early days!
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David Polinchock at NYVR 2024
This is "David Polinchock at NYVR 2024" by Brand Experience Lab on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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April 24, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For new followers, I started doing #VR work back in the early 90's. Had a chance to go through some VR history last year at the NY VR meetup. Had a lot of fun telling stories from those early days!
vimeo.com/948487970?fr...
vimeo.com/948487970?fr...
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so glad she was able to speak about what happened to her (is still happening). she was selected against her will to become the subject of national attention that was extreme in its arbitrariness and in its hatefulness. just a laser-focused beam of hate directed right on this 19yp girl’s head
For more than a week, conservative media and politicians have worked themselves into a frenzy over a spectacle manufactured by a fencer who refused to compete against a 19-year-old trans woman. Here is the target of that hate campaign, finally, in her own words.
'My Entire Life Is Political': Trans Fencer Attacked by Conservative Outrage Machine Speaks Out
Red Sullivan, a fencer targeted by the anti-trans outrage machine after an opponent refused to duel her, says it was all a media stunt from the start.
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April 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
so glad she was able to speak about what happened to her (is still happening). she was selected against her will to become the subject of national attention that was extreme in its arbitrariness and in its hatefulness. just a laser-focused beam of hate directed right on this 19yp girl’s head
The GOP continues its efforts to be the party of free speech.
In public universities, the bill:
March 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The GOP continues its efforts to be the party of free speech.
TBC, if your business needs you to steal from others to make money, you don't have a business.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/17/e...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/17/e...
Editorial: Big Tech’s AI pitch seeks license to steal
Gutting generations of copyright protections for the benefit of AI bots would have a chilling effect not just on news organizations like the Orlando Sentinel but on all creative content creators, f…
www.orlandosentinel.com
March 18, 2025 at 12:53 AM
TBC, if your business needs you to steal from others to make money, you don't have a business.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/17/e...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/03/17/e...
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The First Amendment only protects breaking into the Capitol and not having to hear about DEI; it doesn’t protect protesting or representing people.
Republicans seem to have completely forgotten about the first amendment
Tommy Tuberville: "When it comes to protesters, we gotta make sure we treat all of them the same: send them to jail."
March 12, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The First Amendment only protects breaking into the Capitol and not having to hear about DEI; it doesn’t protect protesting or representing people.
For those who forgot what life was like before the EPA existed. I remember the hazy smog that used to hang over NYC.
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Vintage EPA photos reveal what New York City looked like before the US regulated pollution
Soon after the EPA's founding, the agency dispatched photographers to capture America's environmental issues. As the Trump administration rolls back several environmental regulations, some worry that ...
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March 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
For those who forgot what life was like before the EPA existed. I remember the hazy smog that used to hang over NYC.
www.businessinsider.com/photos-new-y...
www.businessinsider.com/photos-new-y...
10 years ago, Sydney & William became some of the youngest speakers ever at @sxsw.com! They were 13 & couldn't have done a better job. They got some awesome comments, like - "Great #TeenTalk panel with an utterly terrified audience of adult marketers." Simon Jones #SXSW
bit.ly/SXSWTeensTalk
bit.ly/SXSWTeensTalk
Teens Talk at SXSW
What a great day we had! A full house, an attentive audience and lots of questions! We got a lot of great feedback on Twitter and through email and we've already been invited to do the presentation ag...
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March 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
10 years ago, Sydney & William became some of the youngest speakers ever at @sxsw.com! They were 13 & couldn't have done a better job. They got some awesome comments, like - "Great #TeenTalk panel with an utterly terrified audience of adult marketers." Simon Jones #SXSW
bit.ly/SXSWTeensTalk
bit.ly/SXSWTeensTalk
The fun thing about being an old white guy with blue hair is having random strangers stop to tell me how much they like it . It's good to get compliments!
March 10, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The fun thing about being an old white guy with blue hair is having random strangers stop to tell me how much they like it . It's good to get compliments!
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Mark Cuban on federal cuts: "This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start. Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern."
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
March 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Mark Cuban on federal cuts: "This is a bigger issue than people realize. Not just jobs lost. But their families losing benefits. Landlords losing tenants. Cities and towns losing revenue. This is how recessions start. Ready Fire Aim is no way to govern."
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
#ProudBlue #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
Listen, no doubt that there are individuals who have committed Medicare fraud, but the big money is on corporate fraud. Like when HCA paid more than $1.7 billion to settle fraud lawsuits. But, no one really wants to hurt these corp guys, right?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicar....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicar....
Medicare fraud - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
March 10, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Listen, no doubt that there are individuals who have committed Medicare fraud, but the big money is on corporate fraud. Like when HCA paid more than $1.7 billion to settle fraud lawsuits. But, no one really wants to hurt these corp guys, right?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicar....
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicar....
Hey @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @mikiesherrill.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social See, this is how you all should be talking. Take the damn gloves off!
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey @democrats.senate.gov @housedemocrats.bsky.social @booker.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @mikiesherrill.bsky.social @andykimnj.bsky.social See, this is how you all should be talking. Take the damn gloves off!
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ooh la la
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
ooh la la
How sad is it that so many people admire Trump & Musk and yet the 2 of them are so, completely unlikable. They have no real friends, their families tolerate them for money/power and they don't even have pets. At least past robber barons had personality and did something good for society.
March 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
How sad is it that so many people admire Trump & Musk and yet the 2 of them are so, completely unlikable. They have no real friends, their families tolerate them for money/power and they don't even have pets. At least past robber barons had personality and did something good for society.
This is why so many people in this country hate insurance companies.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/24/f...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/24/f...
Florida insurance companies steered money to investors while claiming losses, study says
While Florida insurers claimed to be losing money in the wake of hurricanes Irma and Michael, their parent companies and affiliates were making billions of dollars, according to a study obtained by…
www.orlandosentinel.com
March 5, 2025 at 4:33 PM
This is why so many people in this country hate insurance companies.
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/24/f...
www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/02/24/f...
Huge fan of going to an actual movie theater, just saw My Dead Friend Zoe. Seeing a movie in a theater with an audience creates a group catharsis that rarely happens at home. Part of the issue is the distractions at home that don’t happen in the theater.
blog.polinchock.com/2021/06/movi...
blog.polinchock.com/2021/06/movi...
Experience Manifesto
Dispatches about Innovation, 'Oneline' Brand Experiences and the Future of Retail
https://blog.polinchock.com/2021…
March 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Huge fan of going to an actual movie theater, just saw My Dead Friend Zoe. Seeing a movie in a theater with an audience creates a group catharsis that rarely happens at home. Part of the issue is the distractions at home that don’t happen in the theater.
blog.polinchock.com/2021/06/movi...
blog.polinchock.com/2021/06/movi...
I know everyone likes to point at Twitter and say "Look at how Elon cut staff there and saved money," but that's really not the full story.
Since he took over, they've lost 40% of their revenue and 80% of their valuation.
That's not a success story.
Since he took over, they've lost 40% of their revenue and 80% of their valuation.
That's not a success story.
February 16, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I know everyone likes to point at Twitter and say "Look at how Elon cut staff there and saved money," but that's really not the full story.
Since he took over, they've lost 40% of their revenue and 80% of their valuation.
That's not a success story.
Since he took over, they've lost 40% of their revenue and 80% of their valuation.
That's not a success story.
From using private security to block elected officials from entering government buildings to making sure we have no ability to find out what they're doing, these guys are going to screw up our country for decades.
What the actual *?! The White House has designated Mr. Musk’s office, the United States DOGE Service, as an entity protected from public records requests and most judicial intervention until at least 2034, by classifying its documents as presidential records.
February 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
From using private security to block elected officials from entering government buildings to making sure we have no ability to find out what they're doing, these guys are going to screw up our country for decades.
Today's memory! 11 years ago, my wife and daughter made an igloo in our backyard. It was solid enough that we had dinner there and they spent the night.
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Today's memory! 11 years ago, my wife and daughter made an igloo in our backyard. It was solid enough that we had dinner there and they spent the night.
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Selective outrage of the right.
February 5, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Selective outrage of the right.