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David Todd McCarty
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Strategic Branding Through Creative Storytelling. I tell stories. Most of them are true. I’ve been known to disrupt an industry or two.
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Sunday Morning Reading
Thoughts tumble down on a chilling weekend.

with writing from @dansinker.com @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social and more.

#SundayMorningReading
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Sunday Morning Reading
Thoughts tumble down.
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January 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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Back into the swing of things (hopefully). In the numbers game of life, learn to think for yourself and discover what counts.

with writing from @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social @neilsteinberg.bsky.social and more.

#SundayMorningReading

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Sunday Morning Reading
Inquire and think for yourself
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January 18, 2026 at 1:59 PM
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With thanks to @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social and @pluralistic.net.web.brid.gy
#photography #creativity #writing #enshittification
On Enshittification and Other Matters
A short essay on how I got lost but now know which way to go
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January 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
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Big thoughts and little things. The little things matter most including small arrows and armored cars.

Sunday Morning Reading with writing from @neilsteinberg.bsky.social @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social @joshtpm.bsky.social and more.

#SundayMorningReading

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Sunday Morning Reading
Sharing thoughts about big ideas and little things
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December 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Hands on with playwrights, movies, smart toilets, and a discomforting rooster

Sunday Morning Reading with writing from @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social @pbump.com and more.
#SundayMorningReading #culture #writing #theatre #tech

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Sunday Morning Reading
Hands on with playwrights, movies, smart toilets, and a discomforting rooster
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December 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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It won’t cure what ails you, or the world. But there are those who are listening. Listen as you read.

Sunday Morning Reading with writing from @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social and more.
#SundayMorningReading

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Sunday Morning Reading
Art matters. If you listen.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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No tricks. No treats. Just thoughts and writing worth sharing in this week’s Sunday Morning Reading.

with writing from @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social @willbunch.bsky.social and more.

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Sunday Morning Reading
No tricks. No treats. Just thoughts and reading worth sharing.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Balancing on the edge of a coin

Sunday Morning Reading
With writing from @ianbetteridge.com @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social @macsparky.bsky.social and more.

#SundayMorningReading
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Sunday Morning Reading
Balancing on the edge of a coin
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October 26, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Traveling through the crazy, paying attention to the converging currents along the way.

with writing from @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social and more.
#SundayMorningReading

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Sunday Morning Reading
Traveling through the crazy paying attention along the way
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September 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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An excellent piece from @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social

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The Reason You Need To Be Making Art Right Now
In the fight against fascism, art is not only necessary, but essential
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September 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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The gaslighting of the public with counterfeits and lies as the promise of progress gives way to the rise of fascism.

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The AI Ponzi Scheme And The Greater Fool
The gaslighting of the public with counterfeits and lies as the promise of progress gives way to the rise of fascism
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August 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Calling for a resistance movement that can show America a better way. #Politics

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We Aren’t Going To Vote Our Way Out Of This One
Introducing a resistance movement that can show America a better way
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August 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Intelligence or compassion? They both caught my eye this week.

with writing from @mathewingram.com @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social and more.

Sunday Morning Reading
#SundayMorningReading

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Sunday Morning Reading
Intelligence or compassion? They both caught my eye this week.
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June 15, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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When caring becomes a commodity, should we care more or less? Oh, and the universe may be slowing it’s rate of expansion.

with writing from @siracusa.social @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social
and more.

#SundayMorningReading #Apple #culture

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Sunday Morning Reading
When caring becomes a commodity, should we care more or less?
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June 1, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Superman and the KKK, a speakeasy, human arrogance all in this week’s Sunday Morning Reading.

with writing from @iandunt.bsky.social @mathewingram.com @davidtoddmccarty.bsky.social @timothysnyder.bsky.social @mattbirch.bsky.social and more.

#SundayMorningReading

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Sunday Morning Reading
Do we need Superman or just a Speakeasy?
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March 30, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I couldn’t find this platform more useless. I thought Threads was useless. This is beyond.
March 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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It can be difficult for people to grasp that the best way to market a brand is not necessarily to talk about the brand, but to talk about the consumer experience with the brand.

#Branding #Storytelling #ExperienceDesign

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March 7, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Every day is a chance to do something memorable. Why do we think this only applies to our personal lives and not the brands we help to build? Life is short. Let’s do some cool shit together then tell stories about it. Be original.

Come on, it’ll be fun.

#Branding

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March 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The art of commercial filmmaking is storytelling. It’s taking a brand and distilling it down to a simple, memorable idea. Let us tell your story. An authentic yarn. Genuine.

#Story #Filmmaking #Branding

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March 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Looking for a fresh way to present your boutique hotel? Let us help you tell stories that promise a better experience, by designing a better experience people will tell stories about.

Better branding by design.

#Hospitality #Placemaking #Branding #Storytelling

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March 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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Lots to think about in this helter-skelter moment we’re living through.
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#SundayMorningReading #culture #tech #politics #Oscars #history

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Sunday Morning Reading
Lots to think about in this helter-skelter moment we’re living through.
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March 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Witless | Episode Three | Drifters

#Comedy #Filmmaking #Storytelling

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Witless | Vol Three | Drifter
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February 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Have you ever thought about all the bad movies that had to be made in order to give us that one particular writer, director, producer, actor, editor, or art director that would go on to achieve greatness? You can’t have one without the other.

#Storytelling #Placemaking #Branding
January 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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You don’t need pool-side service and spa treatments to offer memorable experiences. How you design an experience and the stories you tell are limited by nothing but your own imagination and your willingness to step outside of what you consider normal.

#Placemaking

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January 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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I don’t see how any writer, designer, photographer, or filmmaker, can willingly use a technology that was built by stealing from them and specifically designed to put them out of business.

The fable about the tree voting for the axe because its handle was made of wood comes to mind.

#AI
January 25, 2025 at 7:44 PM