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Author, ZOMBIE BRANDS (coming Feb. 2026) | ECD, Digitas | Former Ogilvy, Huge, The Economist | Cannes, Clio, Effie | Webby+Effie Judge. Let's go Knicks. ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ/๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น

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Olivia Nuzzi on X: "So proud of @bariweiss and @NellieBowles โค๏ธโค๏ธ https://t.co/wQL5KBrpoh" / X So proud of @bariweiss and @NellieBowles โค๏ธโค๏ธ https://t.co/wQL5KBrpoh

x.com/Olivianuzzi/...

18.11.2025 20:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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a man in a suit and tie with the words stop it above him ALT: a man in a suit and tie with the words stop it above him
18.11.2025 17:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Right, the question is do the plusses from "looking innovative for Wall St" outweigh the negatives of "our customers' response to knowing we made this with AI"? I'm not so sure!

18.11.2025 17:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
What Marketers Can Learn From Backlash To Coke AI Ads "Even sophisticated AI animations can appear cold or impersonal if they overshadow the story," said Top Marketing Agency CEO.

Just don't see the logic of Coke bragging about how they made their holiday ad. The audience doesn't care--until they find out it was AI, then they hate it.

www.mediapost.com/publications...

18.11.2025 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And he happens to be Carl Bernstein and Nora Ephron's son.

14.11.2025 21:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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This is insane. This is *literally* doing the same mechanics of the housing crisis and 2008 recession but to create debt to finance construction of AI data centers

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/b...

10.11.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 874    ๐Ÿ” 299    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 36    ๐Ÿ“Œ 54
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Vance has changed his name three times, his religion at least twice, and his politics a few times as well. Totally makes sense that someone with literally no real identity would expect his wife to shed hers for the sake of political expendiency.

31.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He's clearly not being honest about the tattoo. Why?

30.10.2025 11:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks, it never made sense this guy just had no idea what it was. A Marine his age would certainly know!

29.10.2025 12:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which reddit post?

29.10.2025 11:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

His explanation that he just didn't know what it was doesn't wash. He's a Marine and a military contractor and a history buff, and campaign manager said he knew and there is credible reporting that said he called it his 'totenkopf.'

29.10.2025 11:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did the "establishment" trick you into getting a Nazi tattoo and leave it on for 18 years?

29.10.2025 11:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Can we stop with this victim crap? No one tricked him into getting a totenkopf 17 years ago and leaving it on, and then lying about what he knew about it. Ffs.

29.10.2025 11:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Lol

24.10.2025 23:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Whatโ€™s gone wrong at WPP? The crown slips at worldโ€™s biggest advertising group | John Long | 121 comments โ€œMiddle-aged traditional creatives, the ones that have built a career doing traditional TV ads and posters who youโ€™d have thought would be the most at threat of extinction, are moving very fast, teach...

WPP Exec thinks middle-aged creatives only know how to make "posters." I offer my thoughts.

www.linkedin.com/posts/johnal...

24.10.2025 22:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, come on.

24.10.2025 17:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't believe he didn't know what it was. Credible reporting says a friend said he called it 'my totenkopf.' His campaign manager said he knew. He was a Marine and a military contractor. It's just not believable that he had no idea what a totenkopf is.

24.10.2025 16:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Guy has game.

22.10.2025 21:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And?

22.10.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I can *almost* get there on the "I was too drunk to know what I was doing so I got a death's head tattoo as a goof in 2007." I can't get there on the part where he left it there for 18 years, even while runiing for US Senate.

22.10.2025 00:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Dude, give it up. He knew it was a Nazi tattoo. The New Republic: "Jewish Insider reported Tuesday that an acquaintance of Platnerโ€™s had heard the former Marine refer to his chest tattoo as โ€œmy Totenkopf."

His campaign manager said he knew.

21.10.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He is waking up every morning looking in the mirror at a Nazi symbol and thinking that's totally cool.

21.10.2025 17:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Poor choice lol

21.10.2025 16:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, they do. What they shouldn't do is, after realizing that their in their drunken stupor, they got a totenkopf on their chest, is leave it there. For over a decade. While running for US Senate.

21.10.2025 14:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 300    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No Kings: Stop acting like a king.

Donald Trump: I am not a king.

JD Vance: Actually, they're right. Donald Trump is a king.

20.10.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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It's clear Klein has just lost the plot. You can hear the fear and confusion in that conversation with Coates.

02.10.2025 22:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Literally every problem facing the country is because of [illegals, liberals, trans people, the media]." - JD Vance

01.10.2025 20:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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