Anthony Citrano
@acitrano.bsky.social
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.
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.
The only truly new information we're getting from the Epstein emails is the fact that Jeffrey Epstein was functionally illiterate. I get some pretty poorly-crafted emails, but I've never seen anything like this. And this dude taught at Dalton?
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November 14, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The only truly new information we're getting from the Epstein emails is the fact that Jeffrey Epstein was functionally illiterate. I get some pretty poorly-crafted emails, but I've never seen anything like this. And this dude taught at Dalton?
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Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
Beyond the Ballot Quiz - The Survey Center on American Life
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October 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Take this quiz to die instantly www.americansurveycenter.org/quiz/
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Local legislator displays the importance of kerning
October 22, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Local legislator displays the importance of kerning
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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:
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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October 12, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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:
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:
“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.”
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
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.
newrepublic.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
“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.”
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
newrepublic.com/post/201625/...
“In effect, Mr. Trump’s position is that Democrats must either support his plans to slash important public services, or else he will slash important public services.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
Opinion | The Real Stakes of the Shutdown
www.nytimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
“In effect, Mr. Trump’s position is that Democrats must either support his plans to slash important public services, or else he will slash important public services.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
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Next time you hear someone cite an #Al model as a source, show them this — research from #openai on the accuracy and hallucination rate of its most popular #chatgpt models.
LLMs are powerful tools, but a tool is only helpful if you know what it can — and cannot— do.
#gpt #Ilm #chatbot
LLMs are powerful tools, but a tool is only helpful if you know what it can — and cannot— do.
#gpt #Ilm #chatbot
September 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Why, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, do fully-grown “professionals” still not know how to properly craft a basic calendar invite? You seriously gonna send me a calendar invitation for “Call with Anthony Citrano”? 🤦🏻♂️
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September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Why, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, do fully-grown “professionals” still not know how to properly craft a basic calendar invite? You seriously gonna send me a calendar invitation for “Call with Anthony Citrano”? 🤦🏻♂️
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Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
September 10, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Hannah Arendt said 'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest & most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism'
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
We saw the recent cruelty of MAGA denying empathy to Melissa Hortman
Empathy for Kirk—not because he ever acted like a decent human—but because we are decent humans
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I think one thing chatGPT's invention has revealed is how many people - including some very important people in society - find just basic reading and writing to be laborious and cumbersome to perform, and how oddly closely that type of strained literacy correlates with having other shitty opinions.
Leading mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo faced fierce backlash from his rivals on Monday over his campaign, citing the AI software ChatGPT in a section of his housing plan released over the weekend.
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www.amny.com/news/democra...
NYC Mayor’s Race: Democratic rivals pile on Cuomo for citing ChatGPT in garbled section of housing plan | amNewYork
Leading 2025 NYC mayor's race candidate Andrew Cuomo faced fierce backlash from his rivals on Monday over his campaign, citing the AI software ChatGPT in a
www.amny.com
April 14, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I think one thing chatGPT's invention has revealed is how many people - including some very important people in society - find just basic reading and writing to be laborious and cumbersome to perform, and how oddly closely that type of strained literacy correlates with having other shitty opinions.
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📌Consider where we are in our nation's history: European prime ministers and presidents are urgently flying into the United States to oppose the actions of its unstable authoritarian leader.
August 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
📌Consider where we are in our nation's history: European prime ministers and presidents are urgently flying into the United States to oppose the actions of its unstable authoritarian leader.
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Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...
Kilder til DN: Trump tok opp nobelpris i tolltelefon med Stoltenberg (+)
Ut av det blå, mens finansminister Jens Stoltenberg gikk på gaten i Oslo, ringte Donald Trump fra Det hvite hus. Han ville ha Nobelprisen – og diskutere toll.
www.dn.no
August 14, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Out of the blue, Trump called the Norwegian finance minister to ask when he would get the Nobel prize suggesting he would impose tariffs if he did not www.dn.no/politikk/fre...
August 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
“[W]hat were only a few years ago obviously impeachable offenses are now simply known as the Trump administration.”
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The Permanent Stain
Trump's first year has been a triumph for autocracy in America. And it will last.
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August 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
“[W]hat were only a few years ago obviously impeachable offenses are now simply known as the Trump administration.”
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Over on the x-bird site, this on the Trump and Putin meeting from @juliaioffe.bsky.social and @mcfaulmike.bsky.social.
August 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Over on the x-bird site, this on the Trump and Putin meeting from @juliaioffe.bsky.social and @mcfaulmike.bsky.social.
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
Next up: “this is the well-established responsibility of the junior senator from Illinois, and has been for generations”
Holy shit -- Markwayne Mullin insists later in the interview again that Obama oversaw actually oversaw the sweetheart deal with Epstein, even after Tapper (accurately) fact-checked him. Yikes.
July 27, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Next up: “this is the well-established responsibility of the junior senator from Illinois, and has been for generations”
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I feel like this tidbit from @carolleonnig.bsky.social's excellent reporting on #ButlerPA is being overlooked by the #cryptography community.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
#encryption
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#encryption
July 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I feel like this tidbit from @carolleonnig.bsky.social's excellent reporting on #ButlerPA is being overlooked by the #cryptography community.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
#encryption
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
#encryption
I feel like this tidbit from @carolleonnig.bsky.social's excellent reporting on #ButlerPA is being overlooked by the #cryptography community.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
#encryption
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
#encryption
July 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I feel like this tidbit from @carolleonnig.bsky.social's excellent reporting on #ButlerPA is being overlooked by the #cryptography community.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
#encryption
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
#encryption
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I do think it’s interesting that the White House’s official position is that God killed a volunteer fireman in front of his family
July 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I do think it’s interesting that the White House’s official position is that God killed a volunteer fireman in front of his family
This is not only correct, but it's my favorite kind of correct.
Not to nitpick but shouldn't this be "Victory 45 & 47" rather than "Victory 45-47?"
It can't be inclusive because 46 was a loss.
It can't be inclusive because 46 was a loss.
July 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
This is not only correct, but it's my favorite kind of correct.
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"ICE is arresting people based on accent" is an absolutely wild sentence to read
BREAKING: Judge rules that during its large-scale enforcement operation in LA, DHS/ICE has been arresting people without probable cause -- based on factors like accent and line of work.
She orders the agencies to stop.
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She orders the agencies to stop.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
July 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
"ICE is arresting people based on accent" is an absolutely wild sentence to read
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Immigration raid at cannabis farm leads to chaos, one farmworker reportedly suffers grave injuries -- archive.is/MBd7j#select... via LATimes www.latimes.com/california/s...
Immigration raid at cannabis farm leads to chaos, one farmworker reportedly suffers grave injuries
Protesters blocked the roads in and out of one of the farms, and at one point federal agents drove their vehicles through the fields.
www.latimes.com
July 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Immigration raid at cannabis farm leads to chaos, one farmworker reportedly suffers grave injuries -- archive.is/MBd7j#select... via LATimes www.latimes.com/california/s...
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if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?
the American government is effectively ending its space program.
Over 2,000 senior staff set to leave NASA under agency push
The losses could endanger the administration’s plans for landing astronauts on the moon and Mars.
www.politico.com
July 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
if Trump were actively trying to impoverish and deskill the united states for the sake of our competitors, what would he be doing differently?
Why do people keep referring to Elon Musk's new political party as a “third” party? There are countless political parties - what's “third” about it?
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July 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Why do people keep referring to Elon Musk's new political party as a “third” party? There are countless political parties - what's “third” about it?