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Former Fortune 10 executive. Now I help businesses in flux, focusing on leadership, integrity, empathy, and working together. 🖥️ scottmonty.com 🖋️ www.timelesstimely.com 🔗 linktr.ee/scottmonty

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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 11/03/2026
Amid Trump’s refusal to take responsibility for the United States bombing an Iranian school, it’s helpful to remember Gen. Eisenhower’s note, prepared the evening before the D-Day invasion, in case things didn’t go as planned. www.timelesstimely.com/p/the-blame-...
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 11/03/2026
The next Timeless & Timely essay is coming... Get it here: open.substack.com/pub/scottmon...
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 10/03/2026
Look at him cosplaying as a president
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Ian Bassin @ianbassin.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
A masterclass by @davidjbier.bsky.social on how to maintain your composure and principles in the face of people unable to do either. We don't need to yell or mock because the facts, the law, and common decency are on our side, as David made apparent before someone unfit to hold the seat he's in.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 21/02/2026
Think of a word that makes you pause — not because it obscures meaning, but because it opens it. This is the part of language that feels timeless, as if it will endure. The daily cadence of news may be written in cacophony, but beautiful words remind us that there remain things worth preserving:
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The Beauty That Words Hold
A small rebellion against ugliness
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News Literacy Project @newslit.org · 19/02/2026
“One positive finding is that 94% of teens said news or media literacy should be part of their education. They know they need this training.” @peteradams.bsky.social discussing NLP’s latest report on teens and their attitudes toward the news media with Editor & Publisher ⤵️
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Teen distrust of journalism is rising — media literacy may be the industry’s best defense - Editor and Publisher
When the News Literacy Project surveyed American teens last fall, the results were sobering: 84% described news media as “biased,” “boring” or “bad.” In her latest report for E&P, Diane Sylvester unpa...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.” - 7 year old imprisoned by ICE for 70 days in a concentration camp in Texas. Today, after @propublica.org published this story, the camp was raided to confiscate letters from the children. www.propublica.org/article/ice-...
Mia Valentina Paz Faria
A 7-year-old from Venezuela who was living in Austin, Texas 
Detained for 70 days

“I don’t want to be in this place I want to go to my school.”UPDATE: Staff at the ICE concentration camp in Dilley, Texas have begun raiding the dormitories of kids and their parents to confiscate and destroy letters from the children. This is in response to the ace reporting by 
@micarosenberg
 et al for ProPublica:
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I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere @ihearofsherlock.com · 16/02/2026
Robert Duvall, who played Watson in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution, has died. We have a conversation with Nicholas Meyer, BSI ("A Fine Morocco Case"), author of the book and the screenplay in which he tells the story about how Robert Duvall got the part of Dr. Watson:
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Remembering Robert Duvall
The actor Robert Duvall, who played Dr. Watson in 1976, has passed away.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 05/02/2026
Timeless & timely 👇🏻
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 02/02/2026
There’s the least surprising thing of the year.
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Groundhog Day live updates: Punxsutawney Phil predicts 6 more weeks of winter
Tens of thousands of people are gathering for Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog that lives in a tree stump, to predict if the already long and cold winter across much of the United States will go on for ...
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Mike McCue @mmccue.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Absolutely insane footage of a tornado in Gary, South Dakota. youtu.be/ekBMI5T3GbI?...
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The Clearest Tornado Footage On YouTube
Be kind to yourself this year. Using Zocdoc is FREE - visit https://zocdoc.com/highriskchris to find and instantly book an appointment with a top-rated, in-network doctor today. #sponsored Close range footage of the Gary South Dakota EF3 tornado shot on Sony A7siii 10 bit color footage at a focal range of 16mm-105mm full frame. This is the best tornado footage on YouTube. telephoto shots by @CeltonHenderson brief rescue shot from @tornadotrx #tornado #weather
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 02/02/2026
I noticed this too
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 28/01/2026
It’s probably nothing…
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Live updates: FBI executes search warrant at Fulton County elections office near Atlanta
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is backing away from another U.S. attack on Venezuela, denying that the capture of President Nicolás Maduro was an act of war.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
So important. What they say is not the story. That is never the story. What happened is the story. Write what happened.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 23/01/2026
@abradschwartz.bsky.social Check your email. ;-)
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CrimeReads @crimereads.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Scott Monty (@scottmonty.com) on "Young Sherlock Holmes," which is now 40 years old! crimereads.com/celebrating-...
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Celebrating 40 Years of Young Sherlock Holmes
This essay has been reprinted with permission from the official website of I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere, the first and longest-running podcast for Sherlock Holmes fans.  It is hard to believe that…
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 03/01/2026
Hey, I did a thing:
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 07/12/2025
This is all we need to know about it:
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 05/12/2025
Imagine being so fragile that you need made-up adulation and imagine being so devoid of integrity that you suck up to someone so transparently.
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Flattery and the Fragile Leader
When tyrants and sycophants are mutually exposed
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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 05/12/2025
I wrote about how incredibly easy it is to move from ChatGPT to another AI chatbot (Gemini, in my case), a fact Sam Altman seems to know and be concerned about. www.fastcompany.com/91454222/cha...
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ChatGPT’s AI lead may be more fragile than we thought - Fast Company
Suddenly Google’s Gemini is looking a whole lot more formidable, especially since it’s remarkably easy to hop from one AI chatbot to another.
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I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere @ihearofsherlock.com · 04/12/2025
"Before the lifetime of adventure came the adventure of a lifetime." So went the tagline for YOUNG SHERLOCK HOLMES, which premiered 40 years ago, on December 4, 1985. Celebrate with us:
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Celebrating 40 Years of Young Sherlock Holmes
The Spielberg-produced film opened in theaters on December 4, 1985
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 17/11/2025
Who could it be?
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Suspect Guilty GIF
ALT: Suspect Guilty GIF
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 10/11/2025
Are we tired of all the winning yet?
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 27/10/2025
Amid the cacophony of the present, take a step into the path to give it some perspective. Lifelong learners only, please.
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Timeless & Timely | Scott Monty | Substack
Finding the past in the present and the present in the past. Timeless virtues for life. Click to read Timeless & Timely, by Scott Monty, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 22/10/2025
And here we are…
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 21/10/2025
A consistent lack of respect for history and art.
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When Donald Trump Razed the Bonwit Teller Building, He Promised the Met Its Art Deco Friezes. A New Book Details How He Pulverized Them Instead | Artnet News
Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 21/10/2025
The President's House by George Munger; c. 1814-1815.

The burned-out shell of a once elegant and imposing house stands alone in the landscape. It is the White House as it looked following the conflagration of August 24, 1814, the low point of the War of 1812. 

The fire was the work of British troops, the first--and only--foreign army to invade the capital city of the United States. Viewed from the northeast, from the public common, the empty scene is a vivid reminder of the elemental state of the capital city at that date. 

One prominent but puzzling detail is the S-curved shape above the near corner of the roof. It is most readily interpreted as part of a lightning protection system. Not a lightning rod, given its length, but rather part of the metallic conductor that encircled the roof, now torn from its mooring. This record of fact could also be interpreted ironically since the British had destroyed what thunder and lightning could not.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 21/10/2025
He destroys national historic landmarks, shares videos of him shitting on Americans, and has a press secretary who treats legitimate questions like a third-rate cast member from Mean Girls. www.timelesstimely.com/p/new-word-o...
Karoline Leavitt being unprofessional 
Kakistocracy
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 20/10/2025
If these “Seven Social Sins” were meant as a warning 100 years ago, our century seems intent on treating them as a to-do list. This week’s essay (out on Wednesday!) explores how each item on this list plays out in our current culture of excess and distraction. www.timelesstimely.com
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 15/10/2025
The Epstein file coverup continues
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 15/10/2025
Hey, who wants to nominate this guy for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday said he will work with other parliamentary leaders around the world to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in securing a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 14/10/2025
Not surprising, but still shocking.
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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 14/10/2025
I seem to recall that it was the biggest 1st Amendment attack in American history when the Biden admin alerted social media companies to some content and said "hey does this violate your policies?" Will Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger and (lol) CBS News Editor in Chief Bari Weiss call this out?
Tweet from Pam Bondi: 

Today following outreach from 
@thejusticedept
, Facebook removed a large group page that was being used to dox and target 
@ICEgov
 agents in Chicago. 

The wave of violence against ICE has been driven by online apps and social media campaigns designed to put ICE officers at risk just for doing their jobs. The Department of Justice will continue engaging tech companies to eliminate platforms where radicals can incite imminent violence against federal law enforcement.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 09/10/2025
This right here ⬇️
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 20/09/2025
If you thought it was complicated to get a drug through clinical trials, you should see what it’s like to name it — even the generic version.
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How Drugs Are Named
You might end up with a headache
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Tracy Chou @triketora.com · 19/09/2025
nothing says "we care about your privacy" more than sharing your data with 222 partners
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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This is very funny
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Jon Stewart's Post-Kimmel Primer on Free Speech in the Glorious Trump Era | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 16/09/2025
Hilarious. The fire alarm is going off at Fenway and the organist accompanies it with a live composition.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 13/09/2025
At Cliff Bell’s in downtown Detroit
Dark wood jazz clubBar at a jazz club Tables at a jazz club Cocktail and bar looking at seats in a restaurant
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I Hear of Sherlock Everywhere @ihearofsherlock.com · 12/09/2025
Hard to believe the Sherlock Holmes actor Jeremy Brett has been gone for 30 years today... #SherlockHolmes
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Jeremy Brett: Gone Three Decades
It's been thirty years since Jeremy Brett left us. His legacy lives on.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 12/09/2025
Like clockwork, it is.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 11/09/2025
Emily Deschanel’s commencement address at Boston University this year touched on the topic of empathy. When we consider what others might be enduring and show them understanding and grace, along with the generosity of our time and attention, we give them a priceless gift. #empathy
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Learning Empathy
It doesn’t take a college degree to learn this life skill
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
He has no power to do that. I guess y’all forgot to add that part
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 04/09/2025
There’s a pandemic of moral cowardice in the public sphere. We need leaders who know and demonstrate courage. www.timelesstimely.com/p/lead-with-... #courage #leadership
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 04/09/2025
Generative AI may be impressive, but what about GAS (Generative Artificial Stupidity)? One might argue that it's neither artificial nor generative these days...
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GAS — A Squirrel Herder's Guide To The Universe
A somewhat tongue-in-cheek foray: GenAI is but the latest tech atomic bomb we’ve created, and we can’t figure out what the heck to do with it. The first thing to consider is the “I” in AI. Where, pra...
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 27/08/2025
Don’t confuse visibility with valor; most heroes do their work quietly and valiantly. “True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.” — Arthur Ashe, 1991
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Where Are the Heroes?
In a world of bullies, toadies, and sycophants, we need more heroes.
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Scott Monty @scottmonty.com · 22/08/2025
What if someone rewrote The Lorax as an allegory about Facebook/Meta? So I did. It’s called The Ethix. At the far end of town where the Internet grows and the former social network goes and no birds ever sing excepting old crows… is the street of the lifted Ethix...
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The Ethix
A Meta morality tale, in poetic form
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