Spencer M Ross
@srossmktg.com
• 5% associate professor: consumer welfare, marketplace justice, marketing, tech, fulbright scholar on equitable coffee markets (🇨🇴)
• 95% infodumping flaneur: politics, ND xennial, specialty coffee, judaism, bebop, #GoHabsGo
🏡 Boston area, views mine
• 95% infodumping flaneur: politics, ND xennial, specialty coffee, judaism, bebop, #GoHabsGo
🏡 Boston area, views mine
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Spencer M Ross
@srossmktg.com
· Nov 11
"[Rabbi Tarfon] used to say: It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it." (Pirkei Avot 2:16)
"That which is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary; go and learn." (Hillel, Shabbat 31a:6)
"That which is hateful to you, do not do to another. That is the whole Torah; all the rest is commentary; go and learn." (Hillel, Shabbat 31a:6)
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Tldr: ethical consumption under neoliberalism doesn't have the impact consumers are responsibilized to believe they have
November 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Tldr: ethical consumption under neoliberalism doesn't have the impact consumers are responsibilized to believe they have
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Friday night theorizing dump. Still very much working it out.
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Friday night theorizing dump. Still very much working it out.
I could've given @bostonglobe.com more meat to the story. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Why is coffee so expensive? Boston coffee drinkers face growing sticker shock. - The Boston Globe
Coffee prices in Boston have climbed 36 percent since January.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I could've given @bostonglobe.com more meat to the story. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Lots of countries publicly fund their universities so that the universities don't rely on athletics as a sales chit in the neoliberalization of "consumer choice in higher ed."
just a reminder that *lots* of countries have universities, and (to my knowledge) none of them but the U.S. treat their universities as largely minor league sports franchises
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lots of countries publicly fund their universities so that the universities don't rely on athletics as a sales chit in the neoliberalization of "consumer choice in higher ed."
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The career goal of every academic should be a Wikipedia page dedicated not to them or any of their major works but a single lecture given on a solitary date wherein they yeet a rival scholar's work into the sun.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The career goal of every academic should be a Wikipedia page dedicated not to them or any of their major works but a single lecture given on a solitary date wherein they yeet a rival scholar's work into the sun.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
I say this for no particular reason whatsoever.
Daily Beast seems to be one of the few outlets consistently writing its headlines like this.
David Gentile, who scammed thousands of “hardworking, everyday people,” had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence.
Convicted Fraudster Trump, 79, Frees Man Convicted of $1.6B Fraud
David Gentile, who scammed thousands of “hardworking, everyday people,” had served less than two weeks of a seven-year sentence.
trib.al
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Daily Beast seems to be one of the few outlets consistently writing its headlines like this.
In 10 years, I think this is the first time I've heard an elected federal official call Trump (and/or his policies) "un-American."
FWIW, that's a long-overdue posture.
FWIW, that's a long-overdue posture.
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
In 10 years, I think this is the first time I've heard an elected federal official call Trump (and/or his policies) "un-American."
FWIW, that's a long-overdue posture.
FWIW, that's a long-overdue posture.
Cockroach aced me out of that spot with Tina Marie on Dance Mania.
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Cockroach aced me out of that spot with Tina Marie on Dance Mania.
I don't blame MSL for challenging the call/take the penalty to settle Dobeš. But it was pretty obvious Anderson was the reason Landeskog went in the net.
November 29, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I don't blame MSL for challenging the call/take the penalty to settle Dobeš. But it was pretty obvious Anderson was the reason Landeskog went in the net.
Mincha tonight, bat mitzvah a week from today...
She didn't have a choice to not practice since she's reading at mincha Saturday...
November 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Mincha tonight, bat mitzvah a week from today...
The Constitution is a macguffin.
In the last week, Donald Trump has called for the murder of Congressional Democrats and threatened to unilaterally declare an invasion of Venezuela.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
If Congressional Republicans followed the Constitution, both of these would be removable offenses. But, they’re loyal to Trump, not the constitution.
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
The Constitution is a macguffin.
This is intrinsically important for the value of a university degree, AI or no.
Universities are racing to incorporate AI into their curriculum—but there’s a better way to prepare students for the future, Michael Clune argues.
Colleges Are Preparing to Self-Lobotomize
The skills that students will need in an age of automation are precisely those that are eroded by inserting AI into the educational process.
bit.ly
November 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This is intrinsically important for the value of a university degree, AI or no.
"More difficult to grow" = higher cost.
Brazil exports about 1/3 of the world's coffee.
Brazil exports about 1/3 of the world's coffee.
Brazil's traditional coffee-growing regions are being hammered by harsher weather. Here's how growers are coping — and what it means for you.
Why the World’s Top Coffee Producer is Switching Up Its Beans
Climate change is making it more difficult to grow arabica, Brazil’s top coffee export.
bloom.bg
November 29, 2025 at 2:48 PM
"More difficult to grow" = higher cost.
Brazil exports about 1/3 of the world's coffee.
Brazil exports about 1/3 of the world's coffee.
Friday night theorizing dump. Still very much working it out.
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Friday night theorizing dump. Still very much working it out.
None of the knee bending to the philosemites has made/makes Jews safer. Period.
November 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
None of the knee bending to the philosemites has made/makes Jews safer. Period.
My father's a Northwestern alum. Can't wait to share this news with him.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 AM
My father's a Northwestern alum. Can't wait to share this news with him.
Stephen Miller probably thinks (Ashkenazi) Jews are white. We've only been white-passing in the US for about 70 years.
There is no Jew worse than the Jew who desperately wants to be accepted by the white goyim
Some of the most grinding, daily antisemitism I experienced growing up in the Midwest was lead by a fellow Jewish kid that I now see as trying to create a space between himself and the other Jewish kids at school in the eyes of our peers
I think the “kidding aside” part of this thread is on point.
I think the “kidding aside” part of this thread is on point.
November 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Stephen Miller probably thinks (Ashkenazi) Jews are white. We've only been white-passing in the US for about 70 years.
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There is no Jew worse than the Jew who desperately wants to be accepted by the white goyim
Some of the most grinding, daily antisemitism I experienced growing up in the Midwest was lead by a fellow Jewish kid that I now see as trying to create a space between himself and the other Jewish kids at school in the eyes of our peers
I think the “kidding aside” part of this thread is on point.
I think the “kidding aside” part of this thread is on point.
November 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
There is no Jew worse than the Jew who desperately wants to be accepted by the white goyim
I have been in a 25 minute queue to buy a Star Trek Lego set. Other than stupid Ticketmaster, I've never seen an online queue for anything before...
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
I have been in a 25 minute queue to buy a Star Trek Lego set. Other than stupid Ticketmaster, I've never seen an online queue for anything before...
This man is POTUS.
Trump has a theory about exercise that would fit well in Victorian Britain | Vanessa Heggie
Donald Trump allegedly believes that exercise is bad because the body has a finite store of energy: exactly the logic used to warn 19th century women off education
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
This man is POTUS.
As a Jew, I find Nicaea both fascinating, baffling, and infuriating.
Pope Leo XIV begins his first foreign trip in Turkey, marking 1,700 years since Nicaea. He’ll push for Christian unity, meet Muslim leaders, and raise concerns over Ukraine and Christian minorities.
religionnews.com/2025/11/26/p...
religionnews.com/2025/11/26/p...
Pope Leo visits Turkey to revive the spirit of Nicaea amid modern divisions
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo visits Turkey to revive Nicaea’s spirit of unity while navigating tensions with Erdoğan, fragile Christian minorities and the wars shadowing the region.
religionnews.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:34 AM
As a Jew, I find Nicaea both fascinating, baffling, and infuriating.
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Speaking with him today, he's frustrated with the response and the lies. As far as he's concerned (given his work), they're the most vetted people to enter the US.
I have a high school friend who worked for CBP on a special mission to do asylum vetting of Afghans who were airlifted. What he told me way back ~2023 was that the vetting before anyone got to US soil was meticulous and those who "failed" were sent to other accepting countries.
This is a pretext.
This is a pretext.
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Speaking with him today, he's frustrated with the response and the lies. As far as he's concerned (given his work), they're the most vetted people to enter the US.
Speaking with him today, he's frustrated with the response and the lies. As far as he's concerned (given his work), they're the most vetted people to enter the US.
I have a high school friend who worked for CBP on a special mission to do asylum vetting of Afghans who were airlifted. What he told me way back ~2023 was that the vetting before anyone got to US soil was meticulous and those who "failed" were sent to other accepting countries.
This is a pretext.
This is a pretext.
It didn’t even take 6 hours.
November 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Speaking with him today, he's frustrated with the response and the lies. As far as he's concerned (given his work), they're the most vetted people to enter the US.
I saw someone on LinkedIn "brag" about using the following ChatGPT prompt: “My daughter is 9. She's home sick today, but feeling better. We’re staying off screens so she’s bored. What should she do?”
The answer was baking. She needed a (gender biased?) prompt to tell her to bake.
The answer was baking. She needed a (gender biased?) prompt to tell her to bake.
Even the Google Gemini ads are like, we don’t know, make some slop for your kid because you’re a terrible parent. We got nothing.
November 27, 2025 at 6:38 PM
I saw someone on LinkedIn "brag" about using the following ChatGPT prompt: “My daughter is 9. She's home sick today, but feeling better. We’re staying off screens so she’s bored. What should she do?”
The answer was baking. She needed a (gender biased?) prompt to tell her to bake.
The answer was baking. She needed a (gender biased?) prompt to tell her to bake.
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Boston Public Schools is the first district in the U.S. to swap out Mercator maps for the Peters projection, a more accurate and equitable depiction of the world that avoids the exaggerated size of Euro-centric countries.
November 25, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Boston Public Schools is the first district in the U.S. to swap out Mercator maps for the Peters projection, a more accurate and equitable depiction of the world that avoids the exaggerated size of Euro-centric countries.