Liz Sumner

Liz Sumner

@lizsumner.bsky.social

Producer and editor of pod.link/unpackingpeanuts. Living the life in central Italy.

75 Followers 69 Following 32 Posts Joined Nov 2023
1 week ago
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Meaghan Wilson Anastasios (@writtenbymeaghan) on Threads This is utterly brilliant. Thank you, Norway 🇳🇴. You win the internet today.

Cory Doctorow first coined the term "enshittification." This video explains it perfectly. www.threads.com/@writtenbyme...

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2 weeks ago

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social In your Epstein episode you joked about editing out Peter's mouth noises. Just want to make sure you know about Auphonic.com for noise removal. It's a great tool that saves me a lot of time. Thanks for IBCK. So good.

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3 weeks ago
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Something Big Is Happening A personal note for non-tech friends and family on what AI is starting to change.

"I think we’re in the ‘this seems overblown’ phase of something much, much bigger than Covid. I live in this world [of AI]. And I’m writing this for the people in my life who don’t... The people I care about deserve to hear what is coming, even if it sounds crazy.” shumer.dev/something-bi...

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1 month ago
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Management as AI superpower Thriving in a world of agents

I enjoy following @emollick.bsky.social to try to keep up with what's going on with AI.

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2 months ago
6 January 2026
Joint Statement on Greenland
Statement by President Macron of France, Chancellor Merz of Germany, Prime Minister Meloni of Italy, Prime Minister Tusk of Poland, Prime Minister Sánchez of Spain, Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Frederiksen of Denmark on Greenland.
Arctic security remains a key priority for Europe and it is critical for international and transatlantic security.
NATO has made clear that the Arctic region is a priority and European Allies are stepping up. We and many other Allies have increased our presence, activities and investments, to keep the Arctic safe and to deter adversaries. The Kingdom of Denmark - including Greenland - is part of NATO.
Security in the Arctic must therefore be achieved collectively, in conjunction with NATO allies including the United States, by upholding the principles of the UN Charter, including sovereignty, territorial integrity and the inviolability of borders. These are universal principles, and we will not stop defending them.
The United States is an essential partner in this endeavour, as a NATO ally and through the defence agreement between the Kingdom of Denmark and the United States of 1951.
Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.

This is where we are. Read this joint statement by France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Denmark on Greenland:

"Greenland belongs to its people. It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland."

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2 months ago

Omg, it’s like they made it FOR MEEEE!
🤣 lol it’s exactly my kind of comfort flick

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3 months ago
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The 26 Most Important Ideas For 2026 Modern trends and history lessons—across culture, politics, AI, economics, science, and the long story of progress. But first: an announcement!

One of many notable observations: "Across the dozens of studies, heavy short-form video users showed moderate deficits in attention, inhibitory control, and memory"
Derek Thompson - The 26 Most Important Ideas For 2026

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3 months ago

Congratulations @ariellethisandthat.bsky.social for induction into the Podcast Hall of Fame! Well deserved. Please say hello to Dan Carlin for me.

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3 months ago
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Don’t Let AI Ruin the Em Dash In defense of the newly controversial punctuation mark, which has become a target for those determined to root out AI writing.

I'm Team Em dash and I wrote this message. I also like the Oxford comma.

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3 months ago
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'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal "Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.

⚡️ 'Rewarding Russian butchery' — US lawmakers rail against Trump's Ukraine peace deal.

"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.

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4 months ago
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Good things are possible and we don't have to settle.

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5 months ago

Great parody from Dutch TV.

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6 months ago
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Jimmy Gownley’s Dumb Ideas 010 Truth, Justice, and Comics’ Best Idea (Plus: Plotting a Story Part Two)

New Episode of My Podcast over on Substack. I talk about Superman two months late, but I also teach you how to plot a comic.

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6 months ago
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Is Activist Vocabulary Hurting the Democrats? Third Way's latest memo has weak advice and a hidden agenda

I wrote about the idea that Democrats need to excise "activist" language from their vocabulary, and what it says about the corporate interests looking to divide and conquer the party.

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7 months ago
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Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97 Lovell’s “Houston, we’ve had a problem,” became famous.

Godspeed Jim Lovell.

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7 months ago
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Billionaires are betting your life that they can make AI work Humanity is deep into a struggle over Earth's basic resources. That fight isn't humans vs. AI. It's 99.99% of humanity against the 0.01% willing to do anything to stay in power.

Chilling article by @devilstower.bsky.social
"There are better ways to manage power grids, lower agricultural costs, and handle transportation routing: They're called purpose-built systems using non-LLM code. These systems complete the same tasks using a fraction of the energy."

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8 months ago

It was either that or 16 Candles.

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8 months ago
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8 months ago

Must find this.

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9 months ago
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The Real War Will Never Get Into the Books The best way to avoid the next terrible war is to unflinchingly look at the reality of the last one

The Real War Will Never Get Into the Books
open.substack.com/pub/dancarli...

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9 months ago
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The most significant world event since 9/11 It's time to forget the idea of Ukraine joining NATO. NATO should be more concerned about whether it gets to join Ukraine.

“Considering the skills that Ukraine has demonstrated in not just fighting, but developing the next era of combat, it's time to forget the idea of Ukraine joining NATO. NATO should be more concerned about whether it gets to join Ukraine.“

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9 months ago

Boregon
Illinoise

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10 months ago
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Slava Ukraini! #CatsOfUkraine #Caturday #NAFO

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10 months ago

"There are no boring stories, only boring storytellers."
From @podnews.net quoting Valerie Geller on The Sound Off Podcast

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10 months ago

Centerpiece for the kids’ table

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11 months ago

20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.

A better world is possible.

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11 months ago

Can't wait. I hope you're pleased.

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11 months ago

This was so inspiring. I love all of Jon's conversations but this one knocked me out. How can we save these federal workers? Tell their stories.

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11 months ago
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Sound Design for Narrative Audio (Online) - Maine Media Workshops + College

I'm teaching "Sound Design for Narrative Audio" online this Sat., April 4, & we need at least 2 more people to register.

Have you been wanting to get started with or level up your storytelling sound design? Join us! We'll cover the fundamentals, w/lots of listening & discussion.

bit.ly/4j4qVGI

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11 months ago
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The Hollow Men It takes a special talent to betray an entire worldview without missing a beat.

"Ritualized humiliation is essential to an authoritarian regime."
From @davepell.bsky.social quoting George Packer in the Atlantic article The Hollow Men. substack.com/redirect/137...

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