Scott Monty
@scottmonty.com
Former Fortune 10 executive. Now I help businesses in flux, focusing on leadership, integrity, empathy, and working together.
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Timeless & timely 👇🏻
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Timeless & timely 👇🏻
There’s the least surprising thing of the year.
Groundhog Day live updates: Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Tens of thousands of people are gathering for Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that lives in a tree stump, to predict if the already long and cold winter across much of the United States will go on for ...
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February 2, 2026 at 2:07 PM
There’s the least surprising thing of the year.
It’s probably nothing…
Live updates: FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is backing away from another U.S. attack on Venezuela, denying that the capture of President Nicolás Maduro was an act of war.
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January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
It’s probably nothing…
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So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
Media: do not lead with the false government framing of what happened
January 25, 2026 at 12:05 AM
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "Our country was founded on law enforcement"
Bondi: "It's extremely organized. The signs they have are all matching, they're well written. And look at what's happening today. How did these people go out & get gas masks? These protesters. Would you know how to walk out on the street and buy a gas mask? Think about that. We're not gonna have it"
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 AM
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
@abradschwartz.bsky.social Check your email. ;-)
January 23, 2026 at 8:43 PM
@abradschwartz.bsky.social Check your email. ;-)
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Scott Monty (@scottmonty.com) on "Young Sherlock Holmes," which is now 40 years old! crimereads.com/celebrating-...
Celebrating 40 Years of Young Sherlock Holmes
This essay has been reprinted with permission from the official website of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, the first and longest-running podcast for Sherlock Holmes fans. It is hard to believe that…
crimereads.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Scott Monty (@scottmonty.com) on "Young Sherlock Holmes," which is now 40 years old! crimereads.com/celebrating-...
Hey, I did a thing:
Scott Monty (@scottmonty.com) on "Young Sherlock Holmes," which is now 40 years old! crimereads.com/celebrating-...
Celebrating 40 Years of Young Sherlock Holmes
This essay has been reprinted with permission from the official website of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, the first and longest-running podcast for Sherlock Holmes fans. It is hard to believe that…
crimereads.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:31 PM
Hey, I did a thing:
This is all we need to know about it:
December 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This is all we need to know about it:
Imagine being so fragile that you need made-up adulation and imagine being so devoid of integrity that you suck up to someone so transparently.
Flattery and the Fragile Leader
When tyrants and sycophants are mutually exposed
open.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Imagine being so fragile that you need made-up adulation and imagine being so devoid of integrity that you suck up to someone so transparently.
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I wrote about how incredibly easy it is to move from ChatGPT to another AI chatbot (Gemini, in my case), a fact Sam Altman seems to know and be concerned about. www.fastcompany.com/91454222/cha...
ChatGPT’s AI lead may be more fragile than we thought - Fast Company
Suddenly Google’s Gemini is looking a whole lot more formidable, especially since it’s remarkably easy to hop from one AI chatbot to another.
www.fastcompany.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I wrote about how incredibly easy it is to move from ChatGPT to another AI chatbot (Gemini, in my case), a fact Sam Altman seems to know and be concerned about. www.fastcompany.com/91454222/cha...
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"Before the lifetime of adventure came the adventure of a lifetime."
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
Celebrating 40 Years of Young Sherlock Holmes
The Spielberg-produced film opened in theaters on December 4, 1985
open.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"Before the lifetime of adventure came the adventure of a lifetime."
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985.
Celebrate with us:
Are we tired of all the winning yet?
November 10, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Are we tired of all the winning yet?
Amid the cacophony of the present, take a step into the path to give it some perspective.
Lifelong learners only, please.
Lifelong learners only, please.
Timeless & Timely | Scott Monty | Substack
Finding the past in the present and the present in the past. Timeless virtues for life. Click to read Timeless & Timely, by Scott Monty, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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October 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Amid the cacophony of the present, take a step into the path to give it some perspective.
Lifelong learners only, please.
Lifelong learners only, please.
And here we are…
Graduate seminar did a deep dive on Thomas Paine’s Common Sense yesterday. At the line, “in America the law is king,” they (14 students from 6 countries) burst out laughing. I've been doing this for 35 years and this is the first time that was a laugh line.
October 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
And here we are…
A consistent lack of respect for history and art.
When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News
Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'
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October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
A consistent lack of respect for history and art.
The President's House by George Munger; c. 1814-1815.
October 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
The President's House by George Munger; c. 1814-1815.
He destroys national historic landmarks, shares videos of him shitting on Americans, and has a press secretary who treats legitimate questions like a third-rate cast member from Mean Girls.
www.timelesstimely.com/p/new-word-o...
www.timelesstimely.com/p/new-word-o...
October 20, 2025 at 11:02 PM
He destroys national historic landmarks, shares videos of him shitting on Americans, and has a press secretary who treats legitimate questions like a third-rate cast member from Mean Girls.
www.timelesstimely.com/p/new-word-o...
www.timelesstimely.com/p/new-word-o...
If these “Seven Social Sins” were meant as a warning 100 years ago, our century seems intent on treating them as a to-do list.
This week’s essay (out on Wednesday!) explores how each item on this list plays out in our current culture of excess and distraction.
www.timelesstimely.com
This week’s essay (out on Wednesday!) explores how each item on this list plays out in our current culture of excess and distraction.
www.timelesstimely.com
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
If these “Seven Social Sins” were meant as a warning 100 years ago, our century seems intent on treating them as a to-do list.
This week’s essay (out on Wednesday!) explores how each item on this list plays out in our current culture of excess and distraction.
www.timelesstimely.com
This week’s essay (out on Wednesday!) explores how each item on this list plays out in our current culture of excess and distraction.
www.timelesstimely.com
The Epstein file coverup continues
House Speaker Mike Johnson insisted Tuesday that he would not swear in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva until Democrats relent and end the government shutdown.
Grijalva, speaking alongside Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, on Wednesday, said the delay “is not procedural. It’s intentional.” 🧵
Grijalva, speaking alongside Democrats, including Sen. Mark Kelly, on Wednesday, said the delay “is not procedural. It’s intentional.” 🧵
October 15, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The Epstein file coverup continues
Hey, who wants to nominate this guy for the Nobel Peace Prize?
October 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hey, who wants to nominate this guy for the Nobel Peace Prize?