Zoe Samuel
@zoesamuel.bsky.social
#Climate investor @ starshotcapital.com
Vice chair of board @ workonclimate.org
Built #Google's biggest internal climate group
Brit in Bay Area
#Film & #theater producer
Maker of world class roast potatoes
Opinions expressed here are my own. Slava Ukraini
Vice chair of board @ workonclimate.org
Built #Google's biggest internal climate group
Brit in Bay Area
#Film & #theater producer
Maker of world class roast potatoes
Opinions expressed here are my own. Slava Ukraini
Definitely see potential for Frost 2040 (give or take.) Hopefully he stays on a good path.
December 8, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Definitely see potential for Frost 2040 (give or take.) Hopefully he stays on a good path.
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Family history + behavior says... Alzheimer's.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Family history + behavior says... Alzheimer's.
Family history + behavior says... Alzheimer's.
December 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Family history + behavior says... Alzheimer's.
I can't imagine that view ever getting old!
December 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I can't imagine that view ever getting old!
Right - if you are cofounder of a business that later exits for many billions of dollars, *someone* will back your next venture, and probably the three after that. You don't have to move to Albuqurque and sulk forever. He's just being a fusspot.
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Right - if you are cofounder of a business that later exits for many billions of dollars, *someone* will back your next venture, and probably the three after that. You don't have to move to Albuqurque and sulk forever. He's just being a fusspot.
"So you're saying a truly manly healthcare system means we get to replace Medicaid with an elaborate meth-cooking scheme" - Republicans
December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
"So you're saying a truly manly healthcare system means we get to replace Medicaid with an elaborate meth-cooking scheme" - Republicans
Wow! How far outside the norm is this?
December 7, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Wow! How far outside the norm is this?
Oh absolutely, I think any healthy person would agree too. It's the opposite of influencer/reality TV culture. Credit's nice, but it's far more important to create something people actually love.
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Oh absolutely, I think any healthy person would agree too. It's the opposite of influencer/reality TV culture. Credit's nice, but it's far more important to create something people actually love.
That's delightful - it struck me that way too once I started working in climate. If you build a wall you have to repair it constantly. If you plant a hedge or a mangrove swamp, it grows and repairs itself. Nature laughs at your wall because it has already built something better.
December 7, 2025 at 5:44 AM
That's delightful - it struck me that way too once I started working in climate. If you build a wall you have to repair it constantly. If you plant a hedge or a mangrove swamp, it grows and repairs itself. Nature laughs at your wall because it has already built something better.
He is much more famous in the UK - I don't think I've met an American who's heard of him unless they have a lit degree.
Still, if you have to choose between your *work* or your *name* being universally known, a wise person will always choose the former. I think Pope would have leant that way.
Still, if you have to choose between your *work* or your *name* being universally known, a wise person will always choose the former. I think Pope would have leant that way.
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 AM
He is much more famous in the UK - I don't think I've met an American who's heard of him unless they have a lit degree.
Still, if you have to choose between your *work* or your *name* being universally known, a wise person will always choose the former. I think Pope would have leant that way.
Still, if you have to choose between your *work* or your *name* being universally known, a wise person will always choose the former. I think Pope would have leant that way.
People who've never heard of him quote him constantly!
"Fools rush in..."
"Hope springs eternal..."
"To err is human..."
He actually did make a living as a poet, IIRC, which should probably make him super-famous just in and of itself.
"Fools rush in..."
"Hope springs eternal..."
"To err is human..."
He actually did make a living as a poet, IIRC, which should probably make him super-famous just in and of itself.
December 7, 2025 at 5:30 AM
People who've never heard of him quote him constantly!
"Fools rush in..."
"Hope springs eternal..."
"To err is human..."
He actually did make a living as a poet, IIRC, which should probably make him super-famous just in and of itself.
"Fools rush in..."
"Hope springs eternal..."
"To err is human..."
He actually did make a living as a poet, IIRC, which should probably make him super-famous just in and of itself.
In a corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain...
December 7, 2025 at 5:26 AM
In a corner of the bedroom is a great big curtain...
Scrolled to see if anyone had mentioned this. My teacher insisted it was about how the speaker thinks the neighbor is a fool for shutting people out and feels bad for him, but I felt like it was about coming to understand the value of boundaries and respect. I guess it's exploring a bit of both.
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Scrolled to see if anyone had mentioned this. My teacher insisted it was about how the speaker thinks the neighbor is a fool for shutting people out and feels bad for him, but I felt like it was about coming to understand the value of boundaries and respect. I guess it's exploring a bit of both.
I'm not of that vintage but we still did that poem in my English lessons. I loved it.
December 7, 2025 at 5:13 AM
I'm not of that vintage but we still did that poem in my English lessons. I loved it.
THAT ONE TOO OMG I LOVE THAT ONE.
Pope literally said it is a poet's job to say "what oft was thought, but ne'ver so well expressed" showing and AND telling at the same time!
Pope literally said it is a poet's job to say "what oft was thought, but ne'ver so well expressed" showing and AND telling at the same time!
December 7, 2025 at 5:03 AM
THAT ONE TOO OMG I LOVE THAT ONE.
Pope literally said it is a poet's job to say "what oft was thought, but ne'ver so well expressed" showing and AND telling at the same time!
Pope literally said it is a poet's job to say "what oft was thought, but ne'ver so well expressed" showing and AND telling at the same time!
Most of the other possible answers are y'know, Chaucer and Tennyson and Frost and all that, but sometimes short and sweet sticks in the mind.
The "whole poem" answer, for these last few years, is probably Rudyard Kipling's "Danegeld".
The "whole poem" answer, for these last few years, is probably Rudyard Kipling's "Danegeld".
December 7, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Most of the other possible answers are y'know, Chaucer and Tennyson and Frost and all that, but sometimes short and sweet sticks in the mind.
The "whole poem" answer, for these last few years, is probably Rudyard Kipling's "Danegeld".
The "whole poem" answer, for these last few years, is probably Rudyard Kipling's "Danegeld".
(I realize it is a bit demanding of me, your article just got my husband and I discussing this in depth. Thanks again for it.)
December 7, 2025 at 4:17 AM
(I realize it is a bit demanding of me, your article just got my husband and I discussing this in depth. Thanks again for it.)
...but by impacting issue salience (eg. "Kamala Harris is for they/them") that speak to opinions people ALREADY hold? Time talking about your side's wekear issues is time not spent talking about winning issues.
3. If ads writ large don't work, do SPECIFIC ads work? Eg. AOC's breakout ad.
3. If ads writ large don't work, do SPECIFIC ads work? Eg. AOC's breakout ad.
December 7, 2025 at 4:15 AM
...but by impacting issue salience (eg. "Kamala Harris is for they/them") that speak to opinions people ALREADY hold? Time talking about your side's wekear issues is time not spent talking about winning issues.
3. If ads writ large don't work, do SPECIFIC ads work? Eg. AOC's breakout ad.
3. If ads writ large don't work, do SPECIFIC ads work? Eg. AOC's breakout ad.
Fascinating. A couple qs on item 5, where you show campaign content doesn't work:
1. It is possible that it DOES work but because both parties do it, they cancel each other out? What happens if only one side does it?
2. Surely campaign ads "work" not by saying "X sucks" so people reject him...
1. It is possible that it DOES work but because both parties do it, they cancel each other out? What happens if only one side does it?
2. Surely campaign ads "work" not by saying "X sucks" so people reject him...
December 7, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Fascinating. A couple qs on item 5, where you show campaign content doesn't work:
1. It is possible that it DOES work but because both parties do it, they cancel each other out? What happens if only one side does it?
2. Surely campaign ads "work" not by saying "X sucks" so people reject him...
1. It is possible that it DOES work but because both parties do it, they cancel each other out? What happens if only one side does it?
2. Surely campaign ads "work" not by saying "X sucks" so people reject him...
Simply framing "Europe" as a political entity in its own right is itself arguably part of the postwar paradigm, though. So if that lasts, that's a good thing.
December 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Simply framing "Europe" as a political entity in its own right is itself arguably part of the postwar paradigm, though. So if that lasts, that's a good thing.