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scott dagostino
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Gay Irish-Canadian Buddhist journalist.
Chaotic good.
JEDI consultant with Breakfast Culture.
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scott dagostino @scottdagostino.ca · Nov 28
I was foolishly invited to a swanky business awards dinner Tuesday night where I mingled with the Great and the Good and found myself chatting with a proud Trump voter. Look at me, all patient and understanding of the other side! Here’s a little thread of my adventure in reasoning 👇🏼
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coachfinstock.bsky.social
Incredible things happening
Guys i love bad bunny idk what happened on my twitter last night ?? wtf
February 9, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ LAURA DERN ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤️❤️❤️❤️ IS IN THE CLOSET ❤️❤️❤️❤️
❤️ “I want to talk about some actresses...” ❤️
Laura Dern’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
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February 9, 2026 at 8:40 PM
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Say, if you could take a moment to visit “davidddxd.bsky.social‬” and then report and block him, you’d be making this site better, thanks 👍🏼
February 9, 2026 at 8:23 PM
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tylerfromtheinternet.com
Something has definitely happened in the tech space where all of these companies have decided people will put up with literally anything because these services are "essential." There's an odd arrogance accompanying "here is our new heinous policy you'll agree to because you can't live without us."
February 9, 2026 at 7:16 PM
scottdagostino.ca
Another fun fact about Steve Buscemi: during the AIDS panic of the mid-1980s, he played an HIV-positive gay man in the indie film PARTING GLANCES.
“If you’re trying to market a film, it’s probably not the thing that people would flock to see,” he said but turning that role down would be “insane” ❤️
pixelfish.bsky.social SeasonalPun @pixelfish.bsky.social · 23h
Reminder that Steve Buscemi, National Treasure, used to be a firefighter, and when 9-11 happened, he pulled 12 hour volunteer shifts with his old ladder. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

In case you want to know the first thing I remember about him. :)
February 9, 2026 at 7:57 PM
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US conservatives are boasting that their “All-American Halftime Show” scored an incredible *6 million viewers* and yeah, about that... 😂
Puppy Bowl Ratings: 12.8 Million Viewers for Animal Planet’s 2025 Dog Adoption Event
The Puppy Bowl hit
variety.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Checking in on a DEI colleague over on LinkedIn as he points out that the NFL looking beyond white boomer-rock with Bad Bunny just gave them their biggest ratings in forever (what we call *the point*) and Tiffany agrees but then Tom here chimes in and....yeah, this is why I largely avoid LinkedIn 🫤
Two posts on LinkedIn: La Tiffany Smith, MBA HR Leader | People/Talent Leader Great point and as a DEl leader, this exactly why the programs we have were created and exist, because even when the best person is selected, there will remain people who, for whatever reason, have a personal agenda that will continue to fit the historic narrative including bias and discrimination. This surely has not been the case with past half-time entertainers; U2, ColdPlay Maroon 5, Justin Timberlake, Katy Perry or Red Hot Chili Peppers. Tom Bedford Certified Agile Coach La Tiffany Smith, everyone you listed is immoral. That's what they all have in common, including the current performer. Rest assured, there are millions of God-fearing obedient Christians who are opposed to all of them.
February 9, 2026 at 7:25 PM
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THEN:
"If you're not a risk taker, you should get the hell out of business.”
~ Ray Kroc, founder of McDonald's

NOW:
michaelsderby.bsky.social Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 2h
J.P. Morgan: "Business caution, rather than AI displacement, primarily explains last year’s employment stall."
February 9, 2026 at 7:01 PM
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"Many of you have asked us if the scene with the power line workers during Bad Bunny's Super Bowl halftime show was realistic. We can confirm that's exactly how it is.
Apply here to experience this every day"
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
hydroquebec.com Hydro-Québec @hydroquebec.com · 3h
Vous avez été plusieurs à nous demander si la scène de monteurs de lignes du spectacle de la mi-temps de Bad Bunny au Super Bowl était réaliste. On confirme que c’est exactement comme ça que ça se passe.

Postulez ici pour vivre ça à tous les jours: emploi.hydroquebec.com/job/Plusieur...
February 9, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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“you might lose your job and have to find another one” right as new job openings are sinking to their lowest numbers since covid started shutting everything down is a hell of a midterm year message
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h
Hassett: "There's a chance that job creation lags, productivity skyrockets, profits skyrocket, GDP skyrockets, but then all of the sudden you're making 20 widgets and you can make 20 widgets with fewer persons, and then that person has to find a new job. I think that kind of transition could happen"
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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Next time you hear “the queers are coming for our children” or some shit, think of this news. This [redacted] needs to be [redacted] 😡
MrBeast is buying a banking app geared toward teens
YouTuber MrBeast's company is buying the banking app, Step, as it looks to expand beyond media and chocolate bars and into fintech.
www.businessinsider.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM
scottdagostino.ca
The comic book GENDER QUEER: A MEMOIR by Maia Kobabe is currently the most-banned book in the United States so please check it out at your favourite bookshop or library 💡
otsumamiboy.bsky.social Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.bsky.social · Jan 9
It has never been more important in most of our lifetimes than now to make art that deeply offends and concerns fascists.
February 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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razzball.bsky.social
roughly 1% of the Super Bowl's audience. A rousing success
The @TPUSA Halftime Show was the third most watched livestream in YouTube history. But sure, Democrats. It was a flop. 5:03 AM · Feb 9, 2026 · 202.6K Views Relevant View quotes Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec · 4h May actually have been 2nd Dustin Grage it was 6 million
February 9, 2026 at 6:27 PM
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andreapitzer.bsky.social
I've been to some countries where people live under military rule or autocracy. And without fail, one of the questions I get when they ask about life in the U.S. is whether it's true that Americans just let homeless people die on the street.
brian-goldstone.bsky.social Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 4h
During freezing temperatures in Port Arthur, Texas, a 61-year-old homeless man was found dead in his wheelchair outside a convenience store.

He was wearing a hospital gown and no shoes. Authorities say he had been released from a hospital the previous day.

This is a diseased society.
'What's wrong with the world?' Man in wheelchair found dead outside in freezing temps
The 61-year-old man had been released from a hospital the day before.
news4sanantonio.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:05 PM
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josie.zone
holy shit

holy shit

TOM DeLONGE LISTENED TO OUR BIG GAY BLINK-182 BENEFIT COMPILATION

HE HAS OFFICIALLY DECLARED IT "RAD"

AHHHHH

afewgoodrecords.bandcamp.com/album/some-g...
Email from Tom DeLonge's press team: "Hello Josie, Tom listened to it and thinks it's rad! Thank you for sending it over!"
February 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
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pbump.com
The dull teeth-gnashing about Bad Bunny should be considered in the context of how the right responded to the rise of AOC. She was criticized for having lived in the suburbs and being called Sandy by her friends. How dare she “act White”! How dare he not!
February 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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sethdklein.bsky.social
If you, like many, were confused about what to make of last week's federal auto/EV strategy – was it another climate retreat or creative new strategy? – I highly recommend latest column by @chrishatch.bsky.social 👇

Canada’s auto strategy is driving blind www.nationalobserver.com/2026/02/09/o...
Canada’s auto strategy is driving blind
The most telling revelation about the announcement of the Canadian government's new auto strategy came during the technical briefing when government experts admitted they haven’t done the modelling ye...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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carolinejmolloy.bsky.social
it really boils down to who do you hate more, rich sex abusers or the left, and I’m afraid that from Thatcher to Starmer we’ve been run by people for whom the answer to that question is “the left”
February 9, 2026 at 3:32 PM
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julieslalonde.bsky.social
I've said it before and I'll say it again and I will never stop saying it: this is not justice. This is not accountability. This is cruelty.
Driver who caused Humboldt Broncos bus crash is one step closer to deportation, lawyer says
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada has rejected one of two last bids for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu to stay in the country
www.theglobeandmail.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
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Another great thread in progress unpacking all the “easter eggs” in Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl show. I especially loved learning about Toñita here 🇵🇷🇺🇸❤️⭐
esqueer.net Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 3h
This is Bad Bunny getting a drink from the legendary Toñita who runs a Puerto Rican social club in NYC. She's a fixture in Nuyorican culture and Bad Bunny directly references her in the song saying "Un shot de cañita en casa de Toñita"

hellgatenyc.com/tonita-time-...
An over-the-shoulder shot from the Apple Music Halftime Show follows the artist Bad Bunny as he approaches a small bar set built into the stage. He is dressed in a structured cream-colored suit and faces away from the camera. Through the bar's service window, an older woman with blonde hair, wearing a blue jacket and a striped shirt, smiles as she prepares to serve him a drink. The interior of the bar is visible, featuring shelves stocked with liquor bottles and a framed photo on the wall. To the left of the window is a large Puerto Rican flag with a red "CONEJO" logo, and further left is a market stall displaying fresh oranges and watermelons with signs for "WE ACCEPT EBT".
February 9, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social
Bad Bunny performs.

The NYT: What is sugar cane?

WaPo: What are politics?

Fox News: What is Spanish?
February 9, 2026 at 5:01 PM
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Watching the rich throw money at a man who insists "the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization” and thinks the way to do that is with *a moon base* instead of, say, solving the climate crisis or world hunger is enough to drive a good person to madness. Civilization is RIGHT HERE.
jimhenleymusic.bsky.social Jim Henley Music @jimhenleymusic.bsky.social · 10h
BREAKING: “in my 24th year of my quest to settle the planet Mars, I have just been informed of a basic fact of celestial mechanics.”
Screenshot of Elon Musk post on Ex: “Elon Musk y X @elonmusk For those unaware, Space has already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon, as we can potentially achieve that in less than 10 years, whereas Mars would take 20+ years. The mission of SpaceX remains the same: extend consciousness and life as we know it to the stars. It is only possible to travel to Mars when the planets align every 26 months (six month trip time), whereas we can launch to the Moon every 10 days (2 day trip time). This means we can iterate much faster to complete a Moon city than a Mars city. That said, SpaceX will also strive to build a Mars city and begin doing so in about 5 to 7 years, but the overriding priority is securing the future of civilization and the Moon is faster.”
February 9, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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February 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM
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someforeignfield.bsky.social
Recently wife and I stunlocked a guy who works in the bleeding edge of AI (San Francisco) and asked him if, instead of putting AGI in a brain implant, he can just start with a consumer printer that works reliably. Genuinely he did not know what to say.
dmnd.me Jeremy Diamond ☕️ @dmnd.me · Jan 7
Even former Thiel Fellows are starting to realize that the tech industry hebben een serieus probleem
Our technology industry has failed to provide a coherent argument for its own existence on the national stage. If this is not solved, 2028 will become a referendum on caging, killing, and looting the technology industry over the water and power libels. The popular image of the Al boom is not uncertain. Recent polling suggests the average American understands Al is a thing that wastes water, skyrockets power costs, and scams their grandparents in exchange for exposing children to deviant sexual content, sports gambling, and all other manner of sin. If the best answer to why we should not imprison technology executives, burn down data centers, and kill the american technology sector is "so we can build better chatbots for your sports betting," voters will vote to do so. In a zero-sum world, voters do not think long term; they envy, and then they loot. We do not loot the sewage system or the power grid because we understand they are the bulwarks against chaos. We accept their costs because they hold back chaos. Does the median voter believe the same to be true about technology? Technology is the only mechanism we have for escaping the Malthusian trap. But because we have been too cowardly to articulate this, because we have substituted "rationalism" and "AGI" for a coherent theology of Progress, the state sees the industry as only a parasite to be consumed. If we cannot articulate why innovation is a moral imperative, we can expect the entire technology industry to end up like Boston. First taxed, then looted, then exhausted. And we'll be stuck wondering where it all went. Starship Troopers Brain Bug Caption: “IT’S AFRAID”
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 PM