Steve S. 🇺🇸🗽🇵🇾🇻🇪🇬🇹

Sound advice for any kind of writing.

With today being #OpeningDay - let's do a #MLB roll call. Who's your favourite team?

@BBGreatMoments Gloria al bravo pueblo!

Daniel Palencia with tears in his eyes before throwing the final pitch is an all-time baseball moment 🥹

George Orwell on The Road to Serfdom: “Hayek’s thesis is that socialism inevitably leads to despotism, and that the Nazis were able to succeed because socialists had already done most of their work for them, especially the intellectual work of weakening the desire for liberty.”

@rishad Just did a speed read and agree - this history is foundational to understanding modernity. Thanks for posting Rishad.

“In 1997, the web had no business model, and no one knew why a server would talk to a stranger. Open protocols and a clever hack called advertising figured it out, and civilization went digital. In 2026, that hack is dying. Open protocols and a 28-year-old status code are about to replace it.” Worth a read @samrags/note/p-191681002?r=iy6p&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">substack.com/@samrags/note/…

“The strongest argument for free enterprise is that it prevents anybody from having too much power—whether that person is a government official, a trade union official, or a business executive.” — Milton Friedman

@JonathanSackett @corvan40 @WynnWs @KPA2 @timis4nd @debbiesuesviews @BobKnorpp @sevi_du @jacksonlong44 @GuyAdami Last guy on the right, dark t shirt and white jacket?

High School Prom Court. Can you find Jonathan Sackett?

@nut_history Gloria al bravo pueblo! 🇻🇪

Congratulation to Venezuela for winning the #WorldBaseballClassic Championship merch just dropped. fanatics.93n6tx.net/QYjeE6

@JonathanSackett @Be_Believing @HumanityChad @cecegkh @Brink_Thinker @FeelYouHappy @timis4nd @debbiesuesviews @WynnWs @TvRonia Illegitimi non carborundum!

@GenTXer2 @intellivisi0x It's hard to overstate the impact this album had, especially after Devo appeared in SNL.

My morning album with ☕️ Devo: Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (1978) (recommended for my 70 albums of the 70s by @intellivisi0x)

@michaelgwaltz 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺

After so many decades of suffering, it’s finally happening! Viva Cuba Libre!

@quadalley Saw them three times here in the states back in the day. Enjoy the show!

Echo and the Bunnymen are playing Brighton Centre on Saturday.  The last time they played in Brighton, Will Sergeant popped in the shop to say hi.  Hope to see you again #QuadropheniaAlley

@tomfgoodwin Same here. We're shooting a commercial there next week and will surely tap into that energy!

I've always loved living in Miami There are many reason I love it. But the biggest by far is the predominant sense of optimism. It's a place that's building, that's expecting, that's new, that hopeful, that's expanding. Hope and progress is infectious.

Some heroes wear capes — Chief Aaron Edwards wears blue.

In 1976, the American bicentennial spirit was everywhere. Every TV commercial had some kind of bicentennial theme, and the word “America” was worked into product jingles. “Bicentennial Sales” were everywhere. Even prices of retail items were often pegged at $17.76 if they were originally around $20.00. This year? Although it’s America’s sestercentennial — yes, that’s the word for a 250th anniversary (from the Latin “sestertius” — “two and a half”) — we don’t see much in the way of celebration in the media or in the commercial world. Too many Americans are wrapped up in their various grievances, victimhood and narcissistic obsessions about their appearance and perceived injustices. Everyone just say, Happy Birthday, America!

Mom has had a few health challenges lately...but after 2 months of searching...I was able to get her a @PSH_NEI branded hat!!! Oh, and a new GSP pup named "RUE". 🤣😂🤣 And mom looks pretty good for 85 eh?

@TrungTPhan Costco men's clothing dept. is "Forever 41."

Costco so massive that clothing sells $9B+ a year (person overseeing full section is Merchandising exec) Procurement process is interesting. A lot of higher end retailers shocked when some of their gear makes it to Costco. I wrote more on it here: readtrung.com/p/costcos-9b-c…

Costco VP of Clothing is on a heater rn. Last month, did a Kirkland Signature collaboration with Nike on custom SB Dunk sneakers (the in-sole has a photo of the $1.50 hot dog combo). This weekend, it started selling Off-White hoodies.

@tomfgoodwin The scary thing is that most users don't notice what you noticed... and those who do notice just put up with it. People bash X but I love how it separates what I follow vs. what it suggests.... and the suggestions can stray far from the kinds of things I follow.

I can’t stand how algorithms alter our lives. We’re all entirely at the disposal of maths that thinks it knows what to hook us actively working against what we truly want My Facebook feed is now 97% suggested posts and ads . Instagram thinks I only have narrow obsessions

I feel so against the current zeitgeist. I think hard work is good for me. thinking is good for me. writing is good for me. reading and synthesizing is good for me. A lot of people are boasting about their productivity, But I'd rather do less better. And nurture my skills

@adage Are there still 4 ad agencies even left?

How 4 ad agencies are using Claude’s enterprise tools #Echobox=1772592594" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">adage.com/technology/ai/…