Mark Masterson
@mastermark.me
Trying to do better. A hell of a lot less clever than I used to think I was. Recovering male human.
CEO of Ito (itoworld.com)
CEO of Ito (itoworld.com)
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The palpable sense of nostalgia and longing the headline conveys is a choice.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
November 16, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The palpable sense of nostalgia and longing the headline conveys is a choice.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
If unintentional, it's incompetent. If intentional, it's unconscionable.
Either way, it's grounds for dismissal for any editor.
As my partner just put it, tone matters.
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Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics
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This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
November 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
This rancid trash understands the significance of Labour's anti-refugee policies.
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According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
November 15, 2025 at 5:25 PM
According to Fox News, if you are a racist Young Republican you are still a "kid" when you are 34, but if you are an Epstein victim, you are an adult when you're 15.
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A lot of their willingness to pay the political price of the civil rights and anti-poverty policies had to with the Cold War competition btw capitalism and communism as societal models. Racial inequality and poverty were America's two major failings, and the USSR never failed to hammer that home.
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A lot of their willingness to pay the political price of the civil rights and anti-poverty policies had to with the Cold War competition btw capitalism and communism as societal models. Racial inequality and poverty were America's two major failings, and the USSR never failed to hammer that home.
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Our money is on Marge in this fight — all Trump is doing by attacking her is showing his MAGA base the only thing he has ever cared about is blind loyalty to him.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
November 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our money is on Marge in this fight — all Trump is doing by attacking her is showing his MAGA base the only thing he has ever cared about is blind loyalty to him.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
Those Epstein files must be wild.
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This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is gotta be the press photo of the year 2025
WTAF? How is this a real picture of an actual US government official?
This timeline sucks
This timeline sucks
Our wannabe Nazis all suck except bovino he’s got some Nazi rizz
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
WTAF? How is this a real picture of an actual US government official?
This timeline sucks
This timeline sucks
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Labour is high on Farage’s supply.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Labour is high on Farage’s supply.
"Nothing," said the sociopath. "Just ignore it."
FFS
FFS
New VC flex: I’m raising a horrible, spoiled brat but it’s OK because they’re good at math.
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
"Nothing," said the sociopath. "Just ignore it."
FFS
FFS
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This is even better: household electricity bills are lowest in the net zero scenario, basically everywhere.
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
November 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
This is even better: household electricity bills are lowest in the net zero scenario, basically everywhere.
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
Of course they are: buying fossil fuels and burning them is obscenely expensive and unreliable and requires constant, expensive support
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also in the culture almost literally everyone is trans by current standards. changing your gender is easy and it's weird if you've never done it.
November 11, 2025 at 7:30 PM
also in the culture almost literally everyone is trans by current standards. changing your gender is easy and it's weird if you've never done it.
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Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Study Finds Most Americans Can't Find Where They Are Being Deported On Map
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Again, media literacy seems to have dropped through the floor
"Apocalypse Now, the triumphant story of US military success"
"Apocalypse Now, the triumphant story of US military success"
September 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Again, media literacy seems to have dropped through the floor
"Apocalypse Now, the triumphant story of US military success"
"Apocalypse Now, the triumphant story of US military success"
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When you’re the paper of record and have definitely understood the franchise up until this point
September 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
When you’re the paper of record and have definitely understood the franchise up until this point
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One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 PM
One of the most self-destructive things Germany could do is to reverse the green transition now.
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
Renewables expansion has been on a tear but Germany has seen reversals before, unfortunately. And the country still does not have oil or gas and isn’t getting any anytime soon (ever).
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AI is already superhuman. So are libraries, cars, and calculators. Not a reason to abandon the strong history of science-led digital policy in the EU.
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
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November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
AI is already superhuman. So are libraries, cars, and calculators. Not a reason to abandon the strong history of science-led digital policy in the EU.
Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
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Please sign if you have a PhD in or near AI.
#digitalGovernance #AIEthics
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This is a deeply cowardly government.
Just look at their response to the recent attacks on migrants.
Starmer will eventually make a clunky speech saying he supports the BBC while further cutting the licence fee and saying that there are "legitimate concerns" about their coverage of Trump.
Just look at their response to the recent attacks on migrants.
Starmer will eventually make a clunky speech saying he supports the BBC while further cutting the licence fee and saying that there are "legitimate concerns" about their coverage of Trump.
I do not understand the Labour government's reticence over defending the BBC and social media regulation. Their long-term survival basically depends on it. Their cowardice in the face of it may be the single thing they are most remembered for.
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
on.ft.com/3JVxC1Z via @FT
BBC faces ‘existential’ threat after exit of top executives
Broadcaster’s deepest crisis in recent history comes amid fresh questions over its future role in British society
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
This is a deeply cowardly government.
Just look at their response to the recent attacks on migrants.
Starmer will eventually make a clunky speech saying he supports the BBC while further cutting the licence fee and saying that there are "legitimate concerns" about their coverage of Trump.
Just look at their response to the recent attacks on migrants.
Starmer will eventually make a clunky speech saying he supports the BBC while further cutting the licence fee and saying that there are "legitimate concerns" about their coverage of Trump.
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"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
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When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:14 AM
When deception’s more profitable than honesty, users lose.
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
Internal documents suggest that Meta earns $3.5B(!) every 6 mo. from scam ads, revealing a deeper systemic problem: the economic incentive to tolerate “higher legal risk” content still outweighs any penalty. www.reuters.com/investigatio...
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Collaboration and cooperation are foundations of human development. But we force our species’ story to fit one of relentless competition, because a certain sort of dickhead likes that version. Probably because they can exploit it, and declare themselves a Magic King. Ridiculous.
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Collaboration and cooperation are foundations of human development. But we force our species’ story to fit one of relentless competition, because a certain sort of dickhead likes that version. Probably because they can exploit it, and declare themselves a Magic King. Ridiculous.
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Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
For anyone still tempted to take Dominic Cummings at all seriously, he's now an advocate of Donald Trump-style open racism.
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Is there a prominent Brexiter left who hasn’t torn off their mask to reveal the rancid racism beneath? Boris Johnson’s chief fluffer accusing anyone else of being over-promoted is peak process. The bitterness of insanely privileged men with empty souls knows no bounds.
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When it comes to the ghouls that crawled to the top of the muck heap during the global war on terror (which never ended), there's no one I'd rather read than @attackerman.bsky.social. His Cheney obit is no different. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
His Works Completed, Dick Cheney, Mass Murderer of Iraqis and American Democracy, Dies
As much as the Trumpists claim to disavow the War on Terror, they walk a path paved by the most powerful vice president in U.S. history.
www.thenation.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
When it comes to the ghouls that crawled to the top of the muck heap during the global war on terror (which never ended), there's no one I'd rather read than @attackerman.bsky.social. His Cheney obit is no different. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Threads like this one are Why
Full stop.
Full stop.
This is such a pernicious piece of disinformation I got out of bed to type this thread with a real keyboard. First off I strongly recommend against withdrawing your money from a bank because TikTok told you to. It's a giant waste of your time. Second: don't trust a man that drinks blue Gatorade Zero
@peark.es is it true are the banks out of money? Should we run to the bank and withdraw our money?
November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Threads like this one are Why
Full stop.
Full stop.
Unfortunately for all of us, in the most recent historical precedent, 'dialogue' was step *two* in the 'outreach process'.
It was, at the time, called the Nuremberg Trials...
It was, at the time, called the Nuremberg Trials...
Being told at the height of Black Lives Matter by a very close friend that they were becoming "more and more keen on Boris Johnson" was the turning point, I think. This idea that "the left just needs to reach out to the other side" is often a myth. Where was the outreach from him?
I have spent the majority of my life in circles that were solidly or harshly conservative if not far-right. I honestly don't even wish any of those people ill. I just wish they found other ways to occupy their time, or had more empathic viewpoints. But they haven't and they don't.
November 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Unfortunately for all of us, in the most recent historical precedent, 'dialogue' was step *two* in the 'outreach process'.
It was, at the time, called the Nuremberg Trials...
It was, at the time, called the Nuremberg Trials...