Russ Powell
@fruvous2.bsky.social
Leadership- and team-development consultant w/ expertise in start-ups, high-tech, bio-tech, healthcare, hospitality. Musician, reader, stunt kite enthusiast, juggler.
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Russ Powell
@fruvous2.bsky.social
· Jan 21
"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” –Edward Tufte, quoting Geo. Bernard Shaw during Tufte's course "Presenting #Data and #Information."
"You only need to read one thing today, and this is it -- Hagan Scotten’s resignation letter from his position as an assistant United States attorney (AUSA) in the Southern District of New York." --Joyce Vance
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
The Face of Courage
You only need to read one thing today, and this is it.
open.substack.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:11 AM
"You only need to read one thing today, and this is it -- Hagan Scotten’s resignation letter from his position as an assistant United States attorney (AUSA) in the Southern District of New York." --Joyce Vance
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
I found this piece by @rhodesben.bsky.social particularly insightful and a good (albeit troubling) read. I recommend it.
"When the richest man in the world can so easily undermine our place on the global stage, it is, quite simply, a harbinger of decline: a sign of a corrupted superpower so brittle that its sources of influence can be taken apart from within." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/09/o...
Opinion | This Isn’t the Donald Trump America Elected
He is making us a corrupted, brittle superpower.
www.nytimes.com
February 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I found this piece by @rhodesben.bsky.social particularly insightful and a good (albeit troubling) read. I recommend it.
Reposted by Russ Powell
Obviously illegal, immoral, and just plain disgusting for a handful of young people to seize the personal and financial data of millions of others and hand it to a centibillionaire.
Approximately 20 members of Elon Musk’s staff have begun working within the Education Department. They have gained access to multiple sensitive internal systems, including a financial aid dataset containing the personal information of millions of students enrolled in the federal student aid program.
February 4, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Obviously illegal, immoral, and just plain disgusting for a handful of young people to seize the personal and financial data of millions of others and hand it to a centibillionaire.
Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children
The direct appeal to President Trump on the first full day of his term was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that traditionally has not been political.
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Bishop Asks Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
"Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.... We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.” –Pema Chödrön
January 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"Letting there be room for not knowing is the most important thing of all. When there's a big disappointment, we don't know if that's the end of the story. It may just be the beginning of a great adventure.... We call something bad; we call it good. But really we just don't know.” –Pema Chödrön
"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” –Edward Tufte, quoting Geo. Bernard Shaw during Tufte's course "Presenting #Data and #Information."
January 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"The single biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” –Edward Tufte, quoting Geo. Bernard Shaw during Tufte's course "Presenting #Data and #Information."