Scott E
@sc0tte.bsky.social
Marketing Leader in Vancouver, B.C. He/Him. Living on unceded Kwikwetlem territory. Sharing marketing and personal views. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Great to have @nathangrayson.bsky.social back on the show to understand how video games are part of Saudi Arabia reputation-laundering effort.
We also discussed the @aftermath.site refresh that you should definitely check out!
We also discussed the @aftermath.site refresh that you should definitely check out!
The Saudis are buying Electronic Arts in a massive $55 billion deal — but why would they want a games publisher?
This week @nathangrayson.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Saudi Arabia uses games to try to improve its image.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/302_...
This week @nathangrayson.bsky.social joins @parismarx.com to discuss how Saudi Arabia uses games to try to improve its image.
Full ep: techwontsave.us/episode/302_...
November 14, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Great to have @nathangrayson.bsky.social back on the show to understand how video games are part of Saudi Arabia reputation-laundering effort.
We also discussed the @aftermath.site refresh that you should definitely check out!
We also discussed the @aftermath.site refresh that you should definitely check out!
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I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
Here's what each federal department plans to cut under Budget 2025 | CBC News
Tuesday's federal budget offers a glimpse into how dozens of government departments plan to rein in spending following this summer's comprehensive expenditure review. Here's a department-by-departmen...
www.cbc.ca
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
I missed the detail that Mark Carney ditched the luxury tax on private jets, yachts, and vehicles over $100,000 in the budget, though I also can’t say I’m surprised.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
The banker-in-chief is serving his Bay Street buddies.
Sign the petition to establish policies to safeguard domestic control of media. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
Sign this Petition - Petitions
www.ourcommons.ca
November 9, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Sign the petition to establish policies to safeguard domestic control of media. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
For years, the Liberal Party of Canada has promised to end charitable status for anti-choice organizations like unregulated ("crisis") pregnancy centres. www.bchumanist.ca/antichoicech...
End anti-choice abuse of charity status
Email your MP to demand action in Budget 2025
www.bchumanist.ca
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
For years, the Liberal Party of Canada has promised to end charitable status for anti-choice organizations like unregulated ("crisis") pregnancy centres. www.bchumanist.ca/antichoicech...
Internal documents have revealed that Meta has projected it earns billions from ignoring scam ads that its platforms then targeted to users most likely to click on them.
Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI
Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.
arstechnica.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Internal documents have revealed that Meta has projected it earns billions from ignoring scam ads that its platforms then targeted to users most likely to click on them.
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The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying. “Tariffs are the most obvious example” but also food prices rising due to the immigrant crackdown, rising energy prices bc of the regime’s anti-solar bias. And the tax is flowing into corporate coffers. [theatlantic.com]
The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying
Better broke than woke, right?
www.theatlantic.com
October 21, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The ‘Anti-Woke’ Tax That All Americans Are Paying. “Tariffs are the most obvious example” but also food prices rising due to the immigrant crackdown, rising energy prices bc of the regime’s anti-solar bias. And the tax is flowing into corporate coffers. [theatlantic.com]
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Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.
September 30, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Please - stop doing the screenshot no link thing on Bluesky. This platform does not punish you for posting a URL. You picked up the habit from Meta apps? Stop doing Mark Z's bidding. Link ESPECIALLY to authors, reporters, bloggers, etc. where you quote the work.
Sinclair Broadcasting Corporation TV stations akl reading thr same script written by corporate headquarters as news. www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
From the interestingasfuck community on Reddit: Local news stations reading off of the same script
Explore this post and more from the interestingasfuck community
www.reddit.com
September 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Sinclair Broadcasting Corporation TV stations akl reading thr same script written by corporate headquarters as news. www.reddit.com/r/interestin...
@unocha.org should be investigating this.
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
@unocha.org should be investigating this.
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It's cool how Nexstar and Sinclair are making the point in real time that it would be incredibly dangerous for any one company to have a monopoly on the distribution of television shows, given the implications for free expression.
Unfortunately I think this administration will view that as a plus.
Unfortunately I think this administration will view that as a plus.
Breaking news: “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” will return to nighttime television Tuesday, but station owners Nexstar and Sinclair are refusing to air it, setting up a battle between the network and those who carry its programming in dozens of U.S. markets.
ABC bringing Kimmel back to air, but some station owners are boycotting him
Nexstar and Sinclair say they will continue to preempt the late-night show, a move that affects dozens of markets, including D.C., Seattle and Nashville.
wapo.st
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It's cool how Nexstar and Sinclair are making the point in real time that it would be incredibly dangerous for any one company to have a monopoly on the distribution of television shows, given the implications for free expression.
Unfortunately I think this administration will view that as a plus.
Unfortunately I think this administration will view that as a plus.
Does the City of Surrey not do any auditing?
#SurreyBC - City of Surrey defrauded of $2.1 million in second case to emerge this year vancouversun.com/news/city-of...
City of Surrey defrauded of $2.1 million in second case to emerge this year
Most of the money stolen was recovered while the case involving a former employee continues and is before the courts
vancouversun.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Does the City of Surrey not do any auditing?
We’re being pushed into groups.
It makes it easier for us to hate each other.
It makes it easier for us to hate each other.
Your Politics Are Not a Costco Membership
Why Left and Right Are Less Real Than a $1.50 Hot Dog
www.brittlestar.com
September 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We’re being pushed into groups.
It makes it easier for us to hate each other.
It makes it easier for us to hate each other.
You have a rare opportunity to protect 100 acres (40.5 hectares) in Desolation Sound—one of British Columbia’s most dramatic and world-renowned marine areas.
BC Parks Foundation
You have a rare opportunity to protect 100 acres (40.5 hectares) in Desolation Sound.
bcparksfoundation.ca
September 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
You have a rare opportunity to protect 100 acres (40.5 hectares) in Desolation Sound—one of British Columbia’s most dramatic and world-renowned marine areas.
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Bluesky is dying, science edition...
[Narrator: Bluesky is not dying.]
[Narrator: Bluesky is not dying.]
Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement
Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.
www.nature.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Bluesky is dying, science edition...
[Narrator: Bluesky is not dying.]
[Narrator: Bluesky is not dying.]
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Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
August 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.
How Domestic and World Orders Change
YouTube video by Principles by Ray Dalio
youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Metaâs AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
www.reuters.com
August 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
Ditto - Your life in lists:
An app that allows users to create and share lists, transforming them into shared experiences.
onditto.com/invite/LB7K_O
An app that allows users to create and share lists, transforming them into shared experiences.
onditto.com/invite/LB7K_O
scotte is inviting you to join Ditto
scotte is inviting you to join Ditto. Download the app and join them!
onditto.com
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Ditto - Your life in lists:
An app that allows users to create and share lists, transforming them into shared experiences.
onditto.com/invite/LB7K_O
An app that allows users to create and share lists, transforming them into shared experiences.
onditto.com/invite/LB7K_O
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Scrolling through Instagram means experiencing a Frankenstein-like app of disjointed features stitched together. It’s an AI search tool! It’s a shopping app! It’s a map to find your friends! It’s getting on my last nerve.
What Even Is Instagram Now?
Long after shifting your feed away from friends and toward influencers, Instagram is adding new features intended to make the app more personal. The turnabout exposes the platform’s identity crisis.
wrd.cm
August 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Scrolling through Instagram means experiencing a Frankenstein-like app of disjointed features stitched together. It’s an AI search tool! It’s a shopping app! It’s a map to find your friends! It’s getting on my last nerve.