Spencer M Ross
@srossmktg.com
• 5% associate professor: consumer welfare, marketplace justice, marketing, tech, fulbright scholar on equitable coffee markets (🇨🇴)
• 95% infodumping flaneur: politics, ND xennial, specialty coffee, judaism, bebop, #GoHabsGo
🏡 Boston area, views mine
• 95% infodumping flaneur: politics, ND xennial, specialty coffee, judaism, bebop, #GoHabsGo
🏡 Boston area, views mine
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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)
That'll elicit some denialist reactions from the non-Haaretz crowd...
The Nakba didn't end in 1948 | Opinion
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www.haaretz.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
That'll elicit some denialist reactions from the non-Haaretz crowd...
She did not give everyone a pony.
Taylor Swift spent Christmas at Arrowhead Stadium to support fiancé Travis Kelce as the Kansas City Chiefs played their last home game of the season against the Denver Broncos. on.nbcboston.com/Ib24ylk
See Taylor Swift spread Christmas cheer at Travis Kelce's Chiefs game
Taylor Swift spent Christmas at Arrowhead Stadium to support fiancé Travis Kelce as the Kansas City Chiefs played their last home game of the season against the Denver Broncos.
on.nbcboston.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
She did not give everyone a pony.
Unless there is accountability and justice for victims, he's not wrong that this is a macguffin. Meanwhile, corruption by white supremacy continues aplomb.
Trump: “Now 1,000,000 more pages on Epstein are found. DOJ is being forced to spend all of its time on this Democrat inspired Hoax. When do they say NO MORE, & work on Election Fraud etc. The Dems are the ones who worked with Epstein, not the Republicans. Release all of their names, embarrass them”
December 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Unless there is accountability and justice for victims, he's not wrong that this is a macguffin. Meanwhile, corruption by white supremacy continues aplomb.
There was a time that folks with Miller's political ideology thought Italy was "third world" (which is a "throwback" derogatory term for places with non-white majorities).
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There was a time that folks with Miller's political ideology thought Italy was "third world" (which is a "throwback" derogatory term for places with non-white majorities).
Insofar as mutually exclusive identities go, I am Jewish, I am not Israeli.
December 25, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Insofar as mutually exclusive identities go, I am Jewish, I am not Israeli.
It's Christmastime for the Jews...
December 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
It's Christmastime for the Jews...
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For some reason, the US government, which is prohibited by the First Amendment from endorsing a religion, is busy telling me, a Jew, to celebrate a messiah I don't believe in. And Jesus.
December 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For some reason, the US government, which is prohibited by the First Amendment from endorsing a religion, is busy telling me, a Jew, to celebrate a messiah I don't believe in. And Jesus.
Bull Moose is back! progressforus.org
Progressive Party
progressforus.org
December 25, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Bull Moose is back! progressforus.org
I want to show my students this. youtu.be/Q-Bp0gh86pg?...
The Cosby Show: Denise Gets a `D'
YouTube video by minniecia minnie winston
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I want to show my students this. youtu.be/Q-Bp0gh86pg?...
Coming up on 930p means it's Christmastime for the Jews time...
December 25, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Coming up on 930p means it's Christmastime for the Jews time...
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Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne
Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne
Police say the vehicle was set alight in the driveway of a property in St Kilda East in the early hours of Christmas Day
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A car with a “Happy Chanukah” sign has been firebombed in a Melbourne suburb in the early hours of Christmas morning.
The suspected antisemitic incident comes less than two weeks after the terror attack that targeted Jews celebrating the holiday of Hanukah at Sydney’s Bondi beach and claimed 15 lives. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 25, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Car with ‘Happy Chanukah’ sign firebombed in suspected antisemitic attack in Melbourne
Started this today. 1/3 done.
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Started this today. 1/3 done.
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Just a general reminder that your experience on any social media app depends a lot on what *you* make of it. It is easy to find some annoying people on any platform. But platforms like Bluesky also give *you* way more power to control your own experience and to fix whatever annoys you.
December 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Just a general reminder that your experience on any social media app depends a lot on what *you* make of it. It is easy to find some annoying people on any platform. But platforms like Bluesky also give *you* way more power to control your own experience and to fix whatever annoys you.
For some reason, the US government, which is prohibited by the First Amendment from endorsing a religion, is busy telling me, a Jew, to celebrate a messiah I don't believe in. And Jesus.
December 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For some reason, the US government, which is prohibited by the First Amendment from endorsing a religion, is busy telling me, a Jew, to celebrate a messiah I don't believe in. And Jesus.
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This is absolutely unacceptable. Jews need to resist having our pain turned into an engine of hatred and bigotry against Muslims. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Retribution fears as Australian Muslims see surge in Islamophobic hate since Bondi terror attack
Security stepped up at mosques amid spate of targeted abuse as leaders mourn Bondi victims and say community will not ‘claim victimhood’
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:36 AM
This is absolutely unacceptable. Jews need to resist having our pain turned into an engine of hatred and bigotry against Muslims. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Only in the US...
Generous Maryland Donor Pays Off School Meal Debt For Low-Income Students
Generous Maryland Donor Pays Off School Meal Debt For Low-Income Students
Generous Maryland Donor Pays Off School Meal Debt For Low-Income Students
www.huffpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Only in the US...
Santacon is bad enough...
National Guard wearing Santa hats while patrolling in DC.
December 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Santacon is bad enough...
Oh good lord we're gonna have to wait like 2 years for the next episode of Pluribus?
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Oh good lord we're gonna have to wait like 2 years for the next episode of Pluribus?
I don't regret not spending $200, but it definitely would've been worth it. #GoHabsGo
Lamenting not being downtown for #GoHabsGo v. Bruins. But tickets were going $200/pp for nosebleeds... in December. Too rich for my blood. I can sit slightly better for cheaper at the Bell Centre.
December 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I don't regret not spending $200, but it definitely would've been worth it. #GoHabsGo
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(There are "here and there" folks at cafes/roasters/importers/exporters/etc I've been in touch with especially on Instagram over the past 5-7 years, but I think this project needs to cast wider, more "institutional," and sustained,-- eventually back to all-sized farmers themselves.)
December 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
(There are "here and there" folks at cafes/roasters/importers/exporters/etc I've been in touch with especially on Instagram over the past 5-7 years, but I think this project needs to cast wider, more "institutional," and sustained,-- eventually back to all-sized farmers themselves.)
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Not sure who I know in the industry that will help as it works upstream (because, downstream, rebalancing power might not make me friends). But would appreciate any and all contacts and ears to bounce off ideas as I go.
December 23, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Not sure who I know in the industry that will help as it works upstream (because, downstream, rebalancing power might not make me friends). But would appreciate any and all contacts and ears to bounce off ideas as I go.
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Thinking of creating a "tool" for coffee farmers to become price "makers" instead of "takers," similar to the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide, but flipped on its head to give agency to farmers in a heterogeneous marketplace.
This is going to take some time, thought, planning, and execution...
This is going to take some time, thought, planning, and execution...
December 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Thinking of creating a "tool" for coffee farmers to become price "makers" instead of "takers," similar to the Specialty Coffee Transaction Guide, but flipped on its head to give agency to farmers in a heterogeneous marketplace.
This is going to take some time, thought, planning, and execution...
This is going to take some time, thought, planning, and execution...
Lamenting not being downtown for #GoHabsGo v. Bruins. But tickets were going $200/pp for nosebleeds... in December. Too rich for my blood. I can sit slightly better for cheaper at the Bell Centre.
December 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Lamenting not being downtown for #GoHabsGo v. Bruins. But tickets were going $200/pp for nosebleeds... in December. Too rich for my blood. I can sit slightly better for cheaper at the Bell Centre.