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Anthony Citrano

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Maine kid in LA. Opinions mine. Communications, technology, public policy. Rap sheet: CEO, Acquicent | Head of Communications, Verizon Digital | MarComm Chief, EdgeCast Networks | Staff, Senator Angus King | Chair, PopTech conference.

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · Nov 12

Unfortunately it was writing this about Trump and it went so viral that he saw it and, I'm told, was actually upset about it.

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Subtract AI “investment” and we are in a recession.

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 1d

You’re probably right. I suspect it depends on the company. Anecdote: I had lunch with a public-company COO who believes they can get rid of their (already-offshored) customer service staff because generative AI can do it. He said nothing of doing it better, of course.

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 1d

I’m deeply skeptical too, but a lot of CEOs I’ve talked to absolutely believe this shit. They have bought it hook, line, and sinker and we’re going to see massive pain as a result (including at these companies).

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Quantian @quantian.bsky.social · 2d

Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/

Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 3d

definitely filmed on a potato by a potato

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 5d

a cartoon drawing of a hand holding a red stamp

ALT: a cartoon drawing of a hand holding a red stamp

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 5d

1. This is CBP, not ICE
2. Law enforcement agencies have long had access to all kinds of shit they shouldn't
3. It's great to see that neighborhood welcoming committee in action!

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 5d

Yes indeed! But online, everyone says "ICE" even when it's CBP or someone else. This thread is a great example.

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 5d

Everyone gets “Unit/Uniform” wrong - for example, this is CBP, not ICE.

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 8d

We already did. 😢

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 8d

Yeah, in most US states it’s 16 or 17. Isn’t it 16 throughout Canada?

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 8d

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The Big Lebowski - leads?

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Kelcie Moseley-Morris @kelciemmorris.bsky.social · 9d

Local legislator displays the importance of kerning

Fighter jets against the backdrop of a sky with the Idaho state flag and a quote that should say “everyone is an ally until they aren’t” but the spacing makes it look like it says “everyone is anally until they aren’t”

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 14d

maybe if you gave her the keys to her office she would be in it

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 15d

“Have you tried telling the president” is like “have you tried telling your goldfish about trigonometry”.

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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 19d

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 19d

Not on behalf of - let's not let them off that easy - it's terrorism on the part of the regime!

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 19d

“Historians sometimes say that when societies are descending into fascism, it can be hard for the people to notice it in real time. Well, historians of the future, I’m here to tell you: We are noticing. Millions of us are noticing. And we are horrified and enraged.”

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Memo to Future Historians: This Is Fascism, and Millions of Us See It

From Chicago to Portland, James Comey to Letitia James, and so much else—this is no longer America.

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 19d

And in an evac you can bet those same people are going to be blocking the aisles as they fumble around for bags they never should have brought aboard in the first place.

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 19d

With accuracy rates like this (OpenAI’s own research), what could go wrong?

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 20d

what's with the weird spacing in graf 4?

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 23d

"AI Overview" 🥴

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 23d

Wow! Glad no one was hurt.

(I know it doesn't matter much but that was CBP, not ICE.)

Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 24d

Further, the Senator is confused. “Worse than Watergate” is every day of the Trump Administration.

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Anthony Citrano @acitrano.bsky.social · 24d

The pre-Jack Smith FBI investigation. Some GOP senators got mad because FBI got a warrant for some of their cell phone records around January 6.

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