Sam Ladner
@sladner.bsky.social
Industry-based sociologist. UX Strategy and Research. Enterprise Software. Future of work. Foresight. Also photography. 🇨🇦 living SF Bay Area. Working on a book on strategic foresight to be published by Routledge. More: https://www.samladner.com/
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Local news in Chicago knows how to do news.
Hundreds of ICE, CBP detainees to be released, judge rules
YouTube video by NBC Chicago
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November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Local news in Chicago knows how to do news.
So we can assume it’s bad, then
The unemployment rate exists, but the White House is going to pretend its unfavorable results don't exist.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
Just like Donald's numerous MRIs.
November 13, 2025 at 6:42 PM
So we can assume it’s bad, then
I left Spotify recently explicitly bc of their support for ICE. It was easy peasy to migrate to Tidal and I’m not looking back.
November 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I left Spotify recently explicitly bc of their support for ICE. It was easy peasy to migrate to Tidal and I’m not looking back.
Some good news.
NEWS: Diana Santillana, the beloved Rayito De Sol daycare teacher arrested with children present, was freed after a federal judge ruled her mandatory detention was illegal. She will be back teaching soon. “I am so grateful,” she said. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/13/c...
Chicago day care teacher arrested by ICE released: ‘I am so grateful’
Diana Patricia Santillana Galeano was arrested from a North Center preschool in the early morning hours of Nov. 5, prompting widespread backlash.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Some good news.
Yes. We are all “subjects” (not “citizens”) at work. philpapers.org/rec/ANDPGH
November 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Yes. We are all “subjects” (not “citizens”) at work. philpapers.org/rec/ANDPGH
Friends working at HQ in Seattle are also pretty down on this new CEO who still works from SoCal, but insists Seattle workers work in the office.
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Friends working at HQ in Seattle are also pretty down on this new CEO who still works from SoCal, but insists Seattle workers work in the office.
Re: the 1.5 limit in science communication. It was never realistic as a goal but it’s hard to communicate urgency and good news at the same time. We have to think about the humans consuming the communication.
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Re: the 1.5 limit in science communication. It was never realistic as a goal but it’s hard to communicate urgency and good news at the same time. We have to think about the humans consuming the communication.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
Canadian longitudinal study confirms that being, rich, married, and not obese makes it more likely you'll achieve well being as you age journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Reclaiming wellness: Key factors in restoring optimal well-being in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging
Background This study examines characteristics of older adults who have regained optimal well-being at the end of the three-year study. The definition of optimal well-being used in this study refers t...
journals.plos.org
November 13, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Canadian longitudinal study confirms that being, rich, married, and not obese makes it more likely you'll achieve well being as you age journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
This seems like a bad play. “The Trump administration told states on Saturday to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Demand States ‘Undo’ Work to Send Full Food Stamps
www.nytimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This seems like a bad play. “The Trump administration told states on Saturday to “immediately undo” any actions to provide full food stamp benefits to low-income families, threatening financial penalties if they do not comply.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Excellent read. Well done, Sharon.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Excellent read. Well done, Sharon.
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Jan. 6 gunman arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Former Jan. 6 defendant arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges
The Utah man was previously charged with firing a gun outside the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack.
www.nbcnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Jan. 6 gunman arrested on kidnapping and aggravated assault charges www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
We (@steveportigal.bsky.social and I) removed our humble little podcast and I cancelled our family subscription. We did bc Indivisble organizers suggested this as a way to protest ICE's unlawful and cruel policies. Keep up the pressure!
Spotify is crashing HARD because of the boycott. Their stock dropped 11% in value over the last month. Let’s keep this going!
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
Tell everyone you know to boycott Spotify. There are plenty of alternatives that don’t run ICE advertisements and screw over artists.
We made it easy at boycottspotify.com.
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We (@steveportigal.bsky.social and I) removed our humble little podcast and I cancelled our family subscription. We did bc Indivisble organizers suggested this as a way to protest ICE's unlawful and cruel policies. Keep up the pressure!
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I wanna invite Pope Leo to my Intro to Science and Technology Studies class
November 7, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I wanna invite Pope Leo to my Intro to Science and Technology Studies class
This story has a lot to unpack: Trump's tariffs destroying a 100-year alliance, Canada's productivity crisis, corporations happy with welfare as long as it benefits them, and the death of manufacturing. All sad and all unnecessary www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Canada’s Economy Starts to Buckle Under Trump’s Tariffs
Nowhere is the toll of Trump’s trade policies more apparent than in Canada’s manufacturing heartland in the provinces of Ontario and Quebec.
www.wsj.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
This story has a lot to unpack: Trump's tariffs destroying a 100-year alliance, Canada's productivity crisis, corporations happy with welfare as long as it benefits them, and the death of manufacturing. All sad and all unnecessary www.wsj.com/world/americ...
This was a good show.
Australian noir, anyone?
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
crimereads.com/mr-inbetween/
Mr. Inbetween: It’s Time to Appreciate the Genius of This Very Australian Noir
I recently chaired a panel in which several American crime writers discussed their most memorable discoveries in terms of noir television and film during the various COVID lockdowns we have all end…
crimereads.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
This was a good show.
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This is phenomenal.
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have developed a cancer vaccine that has shown STUNNING results, PREVENTING up to 88% of MULTIPLE aggressive cancers by harnessing dual-pathway nanoparticles that train the immune system to recognize and destroy tumor cells. In some cases, it COMPLETELY prevented metastasis.
November 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This is phenomenal.
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We have friends everywhere
November 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
We have friends everywhere
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I have been writing for years about the fact that we are not ready for the destruction of costly signalling mechanisms. Writing used to be a way of measuring effort, ability and diligence. We still have no easy substitute
Now this paper confirms that cover letters have lost their value as predictor
Now this paper confirms that cover letters have lost their value as predictor
November 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I have been writing for years about the fact that we are not ready for the destruction of costly signalling mechanisms. Writing used to be a way of measuring effort, ability and diligence. We still have no easy substitute
Now this paper confirms that cover letters have lost their value as predictor
Now this paper confirms that cover letters have lost their value as predictor
I didn’t watch the interview but reading the fact check is worthwhile www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
Fact check: 18 false claims Trump made on ‘60 Minutes’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump littered his new “60 Minutes” interview with a wide-ranging assortment of false claims, the vast majority of them previously debunked. We counted at least 18 inaccurate assertio...
www.cnn.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I didn’t watch the interview but reading the fact check is worthwhile www.cnn.com/2025/11/03/p...
More evidence that Orcas as the badasses of the ocean. Orcas found to hunt sharks by flipping them over, rendering them immobile, and then eating their livers. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Killer whales perfect a ruthless trick to hunt great white sharks
In the Gulf of California, a pod of orcas known as Moctezuma’s pod has developed a chillingly precise technique for hunting young great white sharks — flipping them upside down to paralyze and extract...
www.sciencedaily.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
More evidence that Orcas as the badasses of the ocean. Orcas found to hunt sharks by flipping them over, rendering them immobile, and then eating their livers. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Whenever people tell me that govt is inefficient, I ask them if they’ve ever seen private corporations make costly strategy mistakes.
The wet fart noise you hear is the AI bubble deflating. CEOs are pivoting from "AI will make us more productive, somehow" to "culture will make us more productive, somehow"
The bottleneck has ALWAYS been bad strategy at the top. But instead, Amazon is trying to solve it by hollowing out the middle.
The bottleneck has ALWAYS been bad strategy at the top. But instead, Amazon is trying to solve it by hollowing out the middle.
Amazon's layoffs are driven by something even stupider than AI
Andy Jassy wants you to think that velocity can make up for lack of strategy. But "build, measure, learn" only works if you're willing to learn.
productpicnic.beehiiv.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Whenever people tell me that govt is inefficient, I ask them if they’ve ever seen private corporations make costly strategy mistakes.
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Here’s your SNAP money ⬇️ it’s currently adorning the Lincoln potty 🚽. He sure focuses on bathrooms.
October 31, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Here’s your SNAP money ⬇️ it’s currently adorning the Lincoln potty 🚽. He sure focuses on bathrooms.