Spencer M Ross
@srossmktg.com
• 5% associate professor: marketplace justice, consumer welfare, marketing, fulbright alum (🇨🇴) on equitable coffee markets
• 95% infodumping flâneur: politics, hockey, specialty coffee, judaism, ∞ xennial, fakenadian
🏡 Boston area, views personal #GoHabsGo
• 95% infodumping flâneur: politics, hockey, specialty coffee, judaism, ∞ xennial, fakenadian
🏡 Boston area, views personal #GoHabsGo
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Spencer M Ross
@srossmktg.com
· Nov 11
"[Rabbi Tarfon] used to say: It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it." (Pirkei Avot 2:16)
"That which is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary; go and learn." (Hillel, Shabbat 31a:6)
"That which is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary; go and learn." (Hillel, Shabbat 31a:6)
What I'd prefer to self-driving cars is personal transporters (teleportation). There are too many anxiety-inducing things that can happen in the liminal spacetime between point A and B.
February 10, 2026 at 12:18 PM
What I'd prefer to self-driving cars is personal transporters (teleportation). There are too many anxiety-inducing things that can happen in the liminal spacetime between point A and B.
In 2016, my three year old asked how Trump got to be president if Clinton got more votes...
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 AM
In 2016, my three year old asked how Trump got to be president if Clinton got more votes...
"Paste gobbler..." 🤔
I think the thing that infuriates me most about the spineless Dem leadershits currently wasting oxygen in this party is that I get why people like Stephen Miller do what they do. They’re just evil assholes.
Schumer and Jeffries were supposed to be the adults in the room, and they’re gobbling paste.
Schumer and Jeffries were supposed to be the adults in the room, and they’re gobbling paste.
February 10, 2026 at 4:05 AM
"Paste gobbler..." 🤔
If not one car catastrophe (wife's car stolen in Canada back in Fall '23), it's another...
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 PM
If not one car catastrophe (wife's car stolen in Canada back in Fall '23), it's another...
Coffee farmers in the Global South are sold the promise of better incomes to take considerable financial risks to "adapt" to trends in consumer tastes, with little guarantee these trends stick.
Cafes across the U.S. are embracing the low- and no-caffeine lifestyle, with options that are a far cry from dusty tea bags and rewarmed decaf. nyti.ms/3XKlqoj
February 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Coffee farmers in the Global South are sold the promise of better incomes to take considerable financial risks to "adapt" to trends in consumer tastes, with little guarantee these trends stick.
@marisakabas.bsky.social tried to warn us...
Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:15 PM
@marisakabas.bsky.social tried to warn us...
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Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one.
Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”
news.wisc.edu
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Not at all surprised to learn that Bad Bunny has a historical adviser. His halftime show was a reminder that our history and culture are deeply intertwined with the rest of the western hemisphere. We should think of his performance as part of #America250. #SuperBowl
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...
Also, the Stanley Cup doesn't get presented to owners... It gets presented to the team captain, who usually passes it to teammates after his lap. Eventually makes it to coaching staff and owner.
February 9, 2026 at 3:41 AM
Also, the Stanley Cup doesn't get presented to owners... It gets presented to the team captain, who usually passes it to teammates after his lap. Eventually makes it to coaching staff and owner.
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- AI
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Beer
- You're fat
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Cyber security
- Mr. Roger's Mortgages
- AI
- Erotic vodka drinking robots
- Fat is bad
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- Do your taxes
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Beer
- You're fat
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Cyber security
- Mr. Roger's Mortgages
- AI
- Erotic vodka drinking robots
- Fat is bad
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- Do your taxes
- AI
- Beer
- AI
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 AM
- AI
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Beer
- You're fat
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Cyber security
- Mr. Roger's Mortgages
- AI
- Erotic vodka drinking robots
- Fat is bad
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- Do your taxes
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Beer
- You're fat
- Gamble from your phone
- AI
- Cyber security
- Mr. Roger's Mortgages
- AI
- Erotic vodka drinking robots
- Fat is bad
- AI
- Beer
- AI
- Gamble from your phone
- Do your taxes
- AI
- Beer
- AI
My time in Colombia taught me there's a difference between "americano" and "estadosunidense."
Bad Bunny listing all the countries/territories in "America" was a political act of linguistic nuance. When you travel/live abroad and speak with locals-- especially in their language-- you understand it.
Bad Bunny listing all the countries/territories in "America" was a political act of linguistic nuance. When you travel/live abroad and speak with locals-- especially in their language-- you understand it.
When Trump screeches “Nobody understands a word this guy [Bad Bunny] is saying”, he is saying that anyone who understands Spanish is a “Nobody” to him.
That is over 45 million Americans who are “nobodies” to Trump.
www.census.gov/library/stor...
That is over 45 million Americans who are “nobodies” to Trump.
www.census.gov/library/stor...
February 9, 2026 at 3:06 AM
My time in Colombia taught me there's a difference between "americano" and "estadosunidense."
Bad Bunny listing all the countries/territories in "America" was a political act of linguistic nuance. When you travel/live abroad and speak with locals-- especially in their language-- you understand it.
Bad Bunny listing all the countries/territories in "America" was a political act of linguistic nuance. When you travel/live abroad and speak with locals-- especially in their language-- you understand it.
As someone who was a captive audience as a child to my mother's Neil Diamond tapes in the car... The "ba ba ba" in crowds' renditions of "Sweet Caroline" drives my neurodivergence mad.
February 9, 2026 at 2:58 AM
As someone who was a captive audience as a child to my mother's Neil Diamond tapes in the car... The "ba ba ba" in crowds' renditions of "Sweet Caroline" drives my neurodivergence mad.
Eufy lets you record locally on a base unit with encrypted access.
So uh Ring just up and said they've got a huge centralized private surveillance network they can leverage all at once huh
February 9, 2026 at 2:42 AM
Eufy lets you record locally on a base unit with encrypted access.
Apparently I missed the surprise Bad Bunny guests and need to watch before everything and everyone spoil it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Apparently I missed the surprise Bad Bunny guests and need to watch before everything and everyone spoil it.
Why didn't I cancel my online class office hours? Which are in 3 minutes.
February 9, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Why didn't I cancel my online class office hours? Which are in 3 minutes.
When I was living in Colombia, there was plenty of music. 95% of what I heard was not American.
February 9, 2026 at 12:27 AM
When I was living in Colombia, there was plenty of music. 95% of what I heard was not American.
Lol
Shn Juay, the co-CEO of "serious dating app" Coffee Meets Bagel, said using an AI chatbot to flirt could cause an "expectation mismatch."
Coffee Meets Bagel's CEO says using AI chatbots to flirt won't help you find a love match
Shn Juay, the co-CEO of "serious dating app" Coffee Meets Bagel, said using an AI chatbot to flirt could cause an "expectation mismatch."
www.businessinsider.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Lol
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We once again shouldn’t politicize sports, as we make it all about overt displays of the military power of the United States 🤔
February 8, 2026 at 11:30 PM
We once again shouldn’t politicize sports, as we make it all about overt displays of the military power of the United States 🤔
I guess this is my Super Bowl ads thread.
February 8, 2026 at 11:17 PM
I guess this is my Super Bowl ads thread.
The annual TurboTax bowl, brought to you by @propublica.org, who now has a repository of its investigative journalism on Intuit. www.propublica.org/series/the-t...
The TurboTax Trap Archives
ProPublica has long detailed how Intuit, the maker of TurboTax, and other companies have worked against making tax preparation easier and less costly.
www.propublica.org
February 8, 2026 at 11:10 PM
The annual TurboTax bowl, brought to you by @propublica.org, who now has a repository of its investigative journalism on Intuit. www.propublica.org/series/the-t...
Remembering the time Green Day was the 2023 Grey Cup halftime show...
February 8, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Remembering the time Green Day was the 2023 Grey Cup halftime show...
You can have your Lombardi Trophy,
Lord Stanley's Cup: Hardest Trophy to Win in Professional Sport
Year after year, 16 captains lead their team into the Stanley Cup Playoffs in hopes of winning the most sacred trophy in all of professional sport...
bleacherreport.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:56 PM
You can have your Lombardi Trophy,
I'm glad I don't need to post all my marketing takes on every Super Bowl ad because the university set up that expectation of me.
I'll provide takes here... as I want.
I'll provide takes here... as I want.
February 8, 2026 at 10:29 PM
I'm glad I don't need to post all my marketing takes on every Super Bowl ad because the university set up that expectation of me.
I'll provide takes here... as I want.
I'll provide takes here... as I want.
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Philanthropy is neoliberalized charity. Equitable taxation regimes would democratize outcomes, rather rely on the moral hazard of a billionaire.
I haven’y seen a piece on it (please point me to it if it exists), but Gates has had a PROFOUND effect on global public health, especially regarding HIV, and the Epstein stuff has not yet, I believe, caused an overdue reckoning with his extremely problematic influence in pub health
Back in 2020 it wasn't a good career move in the climate space to shit talk Bill Gates' and point out his climate hypocrisy. I was the only person quoted in an article on that issue in a VICE piece.
And that was before we knew of the Epstein connections.
However, I was right.
And that was before we knew of the Epstein connections.
However, I was right.
February 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Philanthropy is neoliberalized charity. Equitable taxation regimes would democratize outcomes, rather rely on the moral hazard of a billionaire.
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"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
February 8, 2026 at 7:30 PM
"It's OK to Be White" has been a slogan for literal Nazis for some time now, if you want to know where the Republican Party is at the moment
Fellow Americans don't seem to be fans. #fakenadian
February 8, 2026 at 5:31 PM
Fellow Americans don't seem to be fans. #fakenadian