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Scott Wurzel
@scottwurzel.com
· Feb 6
Been meaning to share this, but it looks like those awful new National parks passes with Trump's mug on them are starting to circulate. If you need to cover it up (and comply with the rules) I made some sleeves that feature real Park art. www.scottwurzel.com/warehouse-or...
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring
September 13, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Name a non-LOTR character who could resist the One Ring
Hot take: the death of access journalism might be the only thing that saves it.
Ein unglaublicher Angriff auf die Pressefreiheit: das US-Finanzministerium schließt die New York Times, das Wall Street Journal und Bloomberg vom G20-Treffen aus. Da früher Undenkbare wird immer normaler. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/29/b...
Treasury Bars Some Reporters From G20 Finance Meeting (Gift Article)
Specific reporters from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg were not granted credentials to cover the meeting of financial leaders next week in Asheville, N.C.
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2026 at 11:16 AM
Hot take: the death of access journalism might be the only thing that saves it.
A british man who is an English prescriptivist. A rare one y'all
Minor point but I really hate this performative “y’all” people do to try and appear more folksy. I don’t type in a Yorkshire accent and I did people would rightly tell me to shut up.
August 28, 2026 at 8:13 PM
A british man who is an English prescriptivist. A rare one y'all
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Air traffic in DC not halted for Trump: Here's STATter911 video showing a jet taking off from DCA as Marine One leaves the Ellipse headed for Joint Base Andrews yesterday. The FAA is investigating why this occurred. youtu.be/KqkCophV3Ec?... #POTUS #Trump #DCA #aviation #marineone
DC air traffic not halted for Trump helicopter
YouTube video by STATter911
youtu.be
August 5, 2026 at 10:21 PM
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Dozens of jobs! Dozens! (And less every year as automation and scaling tech progresses)
Hassett: "Data centers are very good for towns bc they create so many jobs & bring people in with high incomes that can buy houses & stuff like that. So if you take a sleepy town that hasn't seen much in the last 30 years & put a data center there, there are gonna be a bunch of happy residents."
July 31, 2026 at 4:10 PM
Dozens of jobs! Dozens! (And less every year as automation and scaling tech progresses)
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One of the cool things that has happened with The Odyssey is that @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social is having a genuine moment in the sun and it so richly deserved. She is a brilliant scholar, a wonderful, caring Professor, and by all accounts a lovely human. Long may it continue- good for all of us.
July 25, 2026 at 12:43 PM
One of the cool things that has happened with The Odyssey is that @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social is having a genuine moment in the sun and it so richly deserved. She is a brilliant scholar, a wonderful, caring Professor, and by all accounts a lovely human. Long may it continue- good for all of us.
Even if the details of this story are accurate, we only know about this because OpenAI thinks its good marketing.
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
It is one of the first publicly disclosed cyber-attacks carried out by AI without direct human involvement.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 22, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Even if the details of this story are accurate, we only know about this because OpenAI thinks its good marketing.
"The flyovers containue until someone is maimed and we remember why we have rules."
(Who am I kidding, it's when there is property damage)
(Who am I kidding, it's when there is property damage)
This is what you get when you make a Fox News weekend morning host the head of your defense department.
July 16, 2026 at 3:13 PM
"The flyovers containue until someone is maimed and we remember why we have rules."
(Who am I kidding, it's when there is property damage)
(Who am I kidding, it's when there is property damage)
Trump doing political necromancy with Lindsey Graham is just perfect symmetry.
July 12, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Trump doing political necromancy with Lindsey Graham is just perfect symmetry.
Trump opens a chain of gas stations, immediately bombs the middle east, spiking prices. Coincidence? Maybe. Profitable? Certainly
the average price of gas when Biden left office was $3.12. Trump wants to throw a parade for himself over one station where it's $3.47.
July 7, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Trump opens a chain of gas stations, immediately bombs the middle east, spiking prices. Coincidence? Maybe. Profitable? Certainly
That's what you're calling a ship transiting SoH!? 😳
A Saudi-flagged crude oil tanker was damaged near the Strait of Hormuz off Oman after a Qatari liquefied natural gas tanker was struck in the same area.
The cause of the blast was not known, and the crude tanker was believed to be the supertanker Wedyan, the sources said.-Reuters
The cause of the blast was not known, and the crude tanker was believed to be the supertanker Wedyan, the sources said.-Reuters
July 7, 2026 at 11:39 AM
That's what you're calling a ship transiting SoH!? 😳
Teams I will root against no matter what:
- England (any sport)
- Yankees
- Patriots
- UCF (any sport)
- England (any sport)
- Yankees
- Patriots
- UCF (any sport)
July 6, 2026 at 2:24 AM
Teams I will root against no matter what:
- England (any sport)
- Yankees
- Patriots
- UCF (any sport)
- England (any sport)
- Yankees
- Patriots
- UCF (any sport)
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I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off
July 5, 2026 at 5:45 PM
I hope Mexico beats England today as revenge for Mexico week on the Great British Bake-off
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Only men who worship violence thrive in war, which is why the U.S. has a rich tradition of awarding the Medal of Honor to Quakers and Pacifists
Yeah you wouldn't want a logistics guy without any combat experience becoming commander in chief of the on of the largest multinational military forces in the world he'd probably mess it up
All four-star general nominees must now interview with President Trump. The goal is to "ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” says the WH.
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
Some fear it could politicize the general officer corps.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...
July 5, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Only men who worship violence thrive in war, which is why the U.S. has a rich tradition of awarding the Medal of Honor to Quakers and Pacifists
More like Heatstroke 250
July 1, 2026 at 3:55 PM
More like Heatstroke 250
When you've been calling the center-right Democratic Party "marxists, socialist, and communist" for decades, how is this strategy supposed to work now? I think far-right punditry has painted itself into a corner and I hope the new Dems roll them. (but I'm not optimistic)
lol come on now
Isabel Brown: "What we saw in Colorado yesterday mirrors... this lurch to the left -- even further for the Democrat Party -- embracing the radical ideas of socialism. This is the Mamdani effect. Here in Virginia, where I currently live, it's the Abigail Spanberger effect."
Isabel Brown: "What we saw in Colorado yesterday mirrors... this lurch to the left -- even further for the Democrat Party -- embracing the radical ideas of socialism. This is the Mamdani effect. Here in Virginia, where I currently live, it's the Abigail Spanberger effect."
July 1, 2026 at 3:04 PM
When you've been calling the center-right Democratic Party "marxists, socialist, and communist" for decades, how is this strategy supposed to work now? I think far-right punditry has painted itself into a corner and I hope the new Dems roll them. (but I'm not optimistic)
Why we let people form moral panics over what *has* happed vs what *does* happen, is maybe our greatest cultural failure.
July 1, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Why we let people form moral panics over what *has* happed vs what *does* happen, is maybe our greatest cultural failure.
I wouldn't put up with this in Planet Coaster let alone IRL
I finally made it to the Great American State Fair. The columns on this fake building are something to behold.
June 27, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I wouldn't put up with this in Planet Coaster let alone IRL
What's old is new again. I remember when in the early 90s AI research was rebranded "Machine Learning" because people thought "Artificial Intelligence" sounded creepy and it was hurting grant funding. For a brief moment AI was back and the sexiest thing. Now serious researchers are retreating to ML.
June 25, 2026 at 6:20 PM
What's old is new again. I remember when in the early 90s AI research was rebranded "Machine Learning" because people thought "Artificial Intelligence" sounded creepy and it was hurting grant funding. For a brief moment AI was back and the sexiest thing. Now serious researchers are retreating to ML.
Been thinking about selling art online? I am live right now on instagram taking questions! I'll be here for about 30 mins.
www.instagram.com/scott.wurzel/
www.instagram.com/scott.wurzel/
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June 23, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Been thinking about selling art online? I am live right now on instagram taking questions! I'll be here for about 30 mins.
www.instagram.com/scott.wurzel/
www.instagram.com/scott.wurzel/
Forbidden matcha latte
June 21, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Forbidden matcha latte
I expect the text of the Iran MOU will be released Friday to create a buying day on the stock market for rich people, then some vague progress announced over the weekend to cash in Monday with the hopium bump.
June 16, 2026 at 11:25 AM
I expect the text of the Iran MOU will be released Friday to create a buying day on the stock market for rich people, then some vague progress announced over the weekend to cash in Monday with the hopium bump.
THIS is how I learn Brandon and Riverview aren't real cities?!
Someone made a chart of where in America the highest concentrations of each team's diaspora pop live and Massachusetts is well represented!
June 15, 2026 at 8:31 PM
THIS is how I learn Brandon and Riverview aren't real cities?!
Perfekt. Keine Notizen.
The Berlin Zoo named their baby Hippo Brötchen. :) (Bread roll 🥖)
June 12, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Perfekt. Keine Notizen.
Nothing says "open" like sneaking by in the dark of night with an armed escort.
US Interior Sec. Burgum reports Navy vessels are providing nighttime escorts for maritime traffic. Over 20 ships navigated the strait under this protection on select nights.
June 12, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Nothing says "open" like sneaking by in the dark of night with an armed escort.