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Scott Gunther

@scotteaux.bsky.social

Professor of French and Francophone Studies Wellesley College

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Ghislaine Maxwell Becomes Only Person in America Who Has Not Seen Trump Act Inappropriately The amazing feat has landed the former socialite in the Guinness Book of World Records.

The incredible feat has landed the former socialite in the Guinness Book of World Records.

25.08.2025 13:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 450    ๐Ÿ” 113    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Thanks! (I didnโ€™t know how to see the alt text)

28.05.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What movie is that from?

26.05.2025 14:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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3,500% Returns In 3 Hours: The Extreme Case of April 9, 2025 At 12:58 pm EST on April 9, 2025, someone placed perhaps the most perfectly-timed options bet in recent market history. Just 32 minutes before Trump's surprise tariff announcement, thousands of SPY ca...

Just dropped a new piece on my newsletter.

Were the trades made before Trumpโ€™s April 9 tariff announcement luck or insider trading?

I estimate the odds it was luck alone.

1 in 4,484.

And the payout amount?

Over 1 in 10 million.

data-and-politics.ghost.io/3-500-return...

12.04.2025 18:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 133    ๐Ÿ” 59    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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9:30 pm PST.

INSIDER TRADING.

The S&P gained $4.7 trillion in less than an hour today.

Some people got in on the action early.

Let me show you what that looks like, minute by minute.

10.04.2025 04:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1233    ๐Ÿ” 388    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29    ๐Ÿ“Œ 64

There is no word for how disgusting this nazi shit is.

27.03.2025 23:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Absolutely disgusting.

27.03.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

re the previous repost: if they can disappear permanent residents they can disappear citizens

09.03.2025 22:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 49050    ๐Ÿ” 10839    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 445    ๐Ÿ“Œ 482

Yes. If DHS can barge in, say your visa was revoked, be told you have a green card, say it's revoked too, and then disappear you so that neither your lawyer nor your family can find you, then all the guardrails are gone. There is no policy, practice, or law protecting anyone.

09.03.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 25187    ๐Ÿ” 9251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 238    ๐Ÿ“Œ 254
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.

Kidnapping students for thought crimes is not something democracies do. zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...

09.03.2025 15:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3682    ๐Ÿ” 1265    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41    ๐Ÿ“Œ 69

I loved reading that, Sylvie! Thank you!

02.03.2025 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I miss big snow storms!

24.02.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think most people are intuitively aware of this but something like the official White House account posting an โ€œASMRโ€ video of shackled immigrants is not just cruel for its own sake, itโ€™s intentional envelope-pushing to ramp up to desensitization over inhumane detention, camps, and deaths

19.02.2025 13:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17314    ๐Ÿ” 5102    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 370    ๐Ÿ“Œ 306

Hmmm I filled in the answer but donโ€™t get it ๐Ÿค”

18.02.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I saw it yesterday at the Somerville Theater and it was very good. Fernanda Torres was excellent. The film is still with me today.
It deserves the Academy Award for best foreign film way more than Emilia Perez!

15.02.2025 15:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Around 35% of SpaceXโ€™s revenue comes directly from the federal govt.

Less than 1% of NPRโ€™s budget comes from the federal govt.

05.02.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 32669    ๐Ÿ” 10677    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 769    ๐Ÿ“Œ 645

I definitely plan to attend this as well -- thanks for letting me know about it.
I'm also looking forward to reading YOUR book soon, which I just ordered!

03.02.2025 20:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just learned the term "malicious compliance."

02.02.2025 16:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did others in the Boston area just feel an earthquake?

27.01.2025 15:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I just felt something here in Somerville. It was actually kind of scary.

27.01.2025 15:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Got it!

26.01.2025 21:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why are you happy to have stocked up on basics?

26.01.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

PSA: you do not have to watch the news tomorrow. You do not have to keep track of everything day 1. This is a marathon not a sprint. Take care of yourself and spend time with friends and family. I'll be out on the slopes wfh my partner enjoying nature. They can't take our joy, I won't let them.

20.01.2025 01:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3910    ๐Ÿ” 845    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 31
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TikTok shut down in the US for a few hours, and then restarted again, praising Trump both times, even though Trump is not yet President, and has no formal power at this point.

19.01.2025 19:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1282    ๐Ÿ” 307    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 56    ๐Ÿ“Œ 81

I have been thinking a lot about how becoming more informed and aware over the next four years in a way thatโ€™s really useful might mean more books about history and less getting sucked into the daily firehose of bad news which is the present

20.01.2025 00:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2022    ๐Ÿ” 424    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 39    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

Is anyone on Mastodon? If you are, please follow me at @Scott_Gunther ๐Ÿ˜€

16.01.2025 16:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sheila - Les Rois mages - 1971
YouTube video by DjDedales 2 Sheila - Les Rois mages - 1971

Bonne fรชte des rois!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jynD...

06.01.2025 15:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Why I'm quitting the Washington Post Democracy can't function without a free press

"As an editorial cartoonist, my job is to hold powerful people and institutions accountable. For the first time, my editor prevented me from doing that critical job. So I have decided to leave the [Washington] Post." anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

04.01.2025 15:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 890    ๐Ÿ” 207    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15
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a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting down and saying `` alright , i 'm gonna go cry . '' ALT: a man in a blue shirt and tie is sitting down and saying `` alright , i 'm gonna go cry . ''

I know it's early, but I don't know if I can deal with another year without a real winter.

17.12.2024 04:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My family loved Emmet Otter when I was a kid. And we still do!

15.12.2024 14:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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