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)
Back to working on our "moral market entrapment" theory, which is basically a process theory that describes how (coffee) producers get "stuck" in an inequitable market that is supposed to be solved through responsible consumer choice (under neoliberalism).
November 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Back to working on our "moral market entrapment" theory, which is basically a process theory that describes how (coffee) producers get "stuck" in an inequitable market that is supposed to be solved through responsible consumer choice (under neoliberalism).
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“For those who have always had the power of opinion, whose voices have always been heard, whose perspectives have always been centered, it can be jarring when that’s no longer automatic.”
Can’t stop thinking about @rabbisandra.bsky.social's recent piece
rabbisandra.substack.com/p/when-power...
Can’t stop thinking about @rabbisandra.bsky.social's recent piece
rabbisandra.substack.com/p/when-power...
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
rabbisandra.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“For those who have always had the power of opinion, whose voices have always been heard, whose perspectives have always been centered, it can be jarring when that’s no longer automatic.”
Can’t stop thinking about @rabbisandra.bsky.social's recent piece
rabbisandra.substack.com/p/when-power...
Can’t stop thinking about @rabbisandra.bsky.social's recent piece
rabbisandra.substack.com/p/when-power...
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“When you’ve stayed in your lane, in insulated communities, and haven’t been around a real diversity of thought, it’s genuinely shocking to discover that other voices are now being heard just as loudly. Maybe louder. And that registers as a threat rather than a correction.”
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
rabbisandra.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
“When you’ve stayed in your lane, in insulated communities, and haven’t been around a real diversity of thought, it’s genuinely shocking to discover that other voices are now being heard just as loudly. Maybe louder. And that registers as a threat rather than a correction.”
"How’s this for a Chat GPT 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?”"
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
November 25, 2025 at 6:30 PM
"How’s this for a Chat GPT 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?”"
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
Reminds me of the "dignity of work" agenda Sherrod Brown toured on back in 2019.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Reminds me of the "dignity of work" agenda Sherrod Brown toured on back in 2019.
I found my new favorite Xennial comedian. Every bit, a banger.
Do you remember the crayon factory on Sesame Street?
YouTube video by Charles McBee
youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I found my new favorite Xennial comedian. Every bit, a banger.
Once upon a time (20+ years ago), Montreal's rock scene was filled with a 70s-ish revival-met-britpop. I got a chance to interview this artist from Whitehorse, Stephen Kozmeniuk, aka Boy. Eventually ended up producing for Dua Lipa. Anyways, this wistful interlude is stuck in my head.
Hollywood
YouTube video by Boy - Topic
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Once upon a time (20+ years ago), Montreal's rock scene was filled with a 70s-ish revival-met-britpop. I got a chance to interview this artist from Whitehorse, Stephen Kozmeniuk, aka Boy. Eventually ended up producing for Dua Lipa. Anyways, this wistful interlude is stuck in my head.
I'm only interested watching folks who can get a pierogi sold to them.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I'm only interested watching folks who can get a pierogi sold to them.
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Reposted by Spencer M Ross
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
Nike co-founder Phil Knight makes record-setting donation to help elect Republicans
It is the single largest donation Knight has made to an Oregon candidate or political action committee.
www.oregonlive.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Phil Knight is almost single handedly funding the OR GOP, one of the more extreme state GOPs in the country. Keep that in mind next time you’re in the market for sportswear or sneakers. www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
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I feel like so much of my current research either directly or indirectly deals with critiquing consumer responsibilization-as-neoliberal function. Everyone's decided to flood the zone with choice, let the consumer decide, and pray the consumer makes the "right" decision sans market structuration.
Q: Passengers say you're putting the onus on passengers to create a more pleasant air travel experience. What are you doing immediately on your end to help?
DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.
DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I feel like so much of my current research either directly or indirectly deals with critiquing consumer responsibilization-as-neoliberal function. Everyone's decided to flood the zone with choice, let the consumer decide, and pray the consumer makes the "right" decision sans market structuration.
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Our research on this has been in the file drawer for two years now, as we could not find takers at the journals who would concede this was a phenomenon worth publishing our findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
A Tap-to-Pay Society Is Leaving These New Yorkers Behind
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Our research on this has been in the file drawer for two years now, as we could not find takers at the journals who would concede this was a phenomenon worth publishing our findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/n...
Ian Wright sending Zohran Mamdani a good luck message is the wholesome content I needed this evening.
undefined on Instagram: "browntownrisingArsenal legend Ian Wright messages New York City Mayor-Elect and fellow Gunners fan, Zohran Mamdani to congratulate …"
browntownrisingArsenal legend Ian Wright messages New York City Mayor-Elect and fellow Gunners fan, Zohran Mamdani to congratulate him on his successful election campaign, asking him to channel that winning energy towards the club’s campaign this season.Source: The Adam Friedland Show
www.instagram.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ian Wright sending Zohran Mamdani a good luck message is the wholesome content I needed this evening.
We are now 12 days out until my daughter's bat mitzvah. This evening, she's already complained that she would rather stay home and do her homework than go back to the synagogue for another rehearsal (as we're doing now).
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 PM
We are now 12 days out until my daughter's bat mitzvah. This evening, she's already complained that she would rather stay home and do her homework than go back to the synagogue for another rehearsal (as we're doing now).
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This is why The Right doesn't see Trump's comments as an issue.
We are living in two epistemic realities with two social contracts.
We are living in two epistemic realities with two social contracts.
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
This is why The Right doesn't see Trump's comments as an issue.
We are living in two epistemic realities with two social contracts.
We are living in two epistemic realities with two social contracts.
Is EdTech where students just click until they get it right?
November 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Is EdTech where students just click until they get it right?
My "Not Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
My "Not Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
I feel like so much of my current research either directly or indirectly deals with critiquing consumer responsibilization-as-neoliberal function. Everyone's decided to flood the zone with choice, let the consumer decide, and pray the consumer makes the "right" decision sans market structuration.
Q: Passengers say you're putting the onus on passengers to create a more pleasant air travel experience. What are you doing immediately on your end to help?
DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.
DUFFY: In the end, it's my responsibility to behave well. I can't offload that to anybody else. How I dress? I can't blame anybody else.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I feel like so much of my current research either directly or indirectly deals with critiquing consumer responsibilization-as-neoliberal function. Everyone's decided to flood the zone with choice, let the consumer decide, and pray the consumer makes the "right" decision sans market structuration.
These folks are weird.
The Incomprehensible Failure of My Attempts to Woo Sydney Sweeney – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
My quest to win an actress’s heart using flowers, padlocks, witchcraft, and poor medical decisions.
spectator.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
These folks are weird.
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NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
Death Row Prisoners Granted Clemency by Biden Brace for "Living Hell" Under Trump - Bolts
This story was produced by Bolts and published in partnership with The Nation. Inside the federal supermax tucked away in Colorado’s high desert, prisoners spend 22 to 24 hours a day... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
NEW: President Biden commuted the death sentences of most people on the federal death row before exiting office.
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
President Trump is now effectively looking to retaliate, and to detain those people in the most brutal conditions in the federal system. Bolts reports:
boltsmag.org/death-row-cl...
"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
"One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new [Biden] administration." —Addison Mitchell McConnell III
"One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new [Biden] administration." —Addison Mitchell McConnell III
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president."
"One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new [Biden] administration." —Addison Mitchell McConnell III
"One-hundred percent of our focus is on stopping this new [Biden] administration." —Addison Mitchell McConnell III
Dems being Dems
Are Democrats on par with Republicans in the digital media space? Not yet.
But they are embracing social media creators, podcasts and Substack more than before.
But they are embracing social media creators, podcasts and Substack more than before.
How Democrats are building their own digital media army
The 2024 election spurred Democrats to seek out podcasts and social media creators to spread their message and catch up with their Republican counterparts.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Dems being Dems
I just woke up from a dream where NVIDIA popped, Asian markets went down 8%, and then everyone was trying to avoid a global selloff.
Meta’s data-center accounting gets the Jon Weil treatment:
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
It’s “financed with debt, and neither the data center nor the debt will be on its own balance sheet. That outcome looks too good to be true, and it probably is.”
@wsj.com $META
www.wsj.com/tech/meta-ai...
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I just woke up from a dream where NVIDIA popped, Asian markets went down 8%, and then everyone was trying to avoid a global selloff.
I would like to just go around the world visiting coffee shops and farms and talking to the people and then sharing my thoughts on everything I learn (no theory generation necessary-- though I think the one we're currently developing is interesting, if I say so).
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I would like to just go around the world visiting coffee shops and farms and talking to the people and then sharing my thoughts on everything I learn (no theory generation necessary-- though I think the one we're currently developing is interesting, if I say so).