Sam Potts

@sampotts.bsky.social

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Cover of Tom Waits BIG TIME
Photo of Spain's team's World Cup celebration with Trump removed using iPhone Photos "clean up" tool
A note taped to the fridge that reads Vanilla Blackberry Chocolate Pickle Lemonade Curry Ginger
Cover of "The Almighty Dollar; 500 Years of the World's Most Powerful Money" by Brendan Greeley
A large beige mastiff standing in the backseat of a car, with the butt of a sitting small hound underneath him.
Photo of an "I voted" sticker on my shirt
Screenshot of a Domain Name Transfer email from Network Solutions with this sentence highlighted: "If you want to proceed with this transfer, you do not need to respond to this message."
Pack of green felt furniture pads, in three different sizes, arranged in a symmetrical pattern.
Spine of a Vintage-published paperback
Screenshot from a televised hockey game of a chart titled "Puck Battle Wins" and the names of two teams (Montreal and Caroline) but no indication of which column of numbers in the chart applies to which team.
Matchbook illustration showing a dollar bill with wheels for feet and nickels for hands.
Old matchbook cover with a logo showing a dimensional rendering of an F and an A that reads as both letters but also is warps your brain.
Screenshot of Guardian US article that reads 'Deplorable: ICE hires firm accused of 'torture' to track down undocumented children
Small hound curled up in the corner of the couch behind a pile of blankets with sewn flag behind her that reads Fort Henners.
Two dogs in the back seat - one small hound with her tongue out and one huge mastiff standing completely over her
Abstract vintage illustration of a photographer with a box camera, cloth over his head, pointed at a globe with flames encircling it and the word REALITY above it.
The cobblestones of the Paris-Roubiax bike race, muddy as hell.
Screenshot from Newsweek that reads "The likelihood Viktor Orbán winning Hungary's upcoming parliamentary election has dropped since U.S. Vice President JD Vance made a speech endorsing him, according to the latest betting odds."
Screenshot of NASA control room's wall of screens, cropped to focus on the incredibly 70s looking "Mission Control Center" logo
Screenshot of two Bluesky posts, first from @acyn.bsky.social that reads Kim: Three weeks of the war in Iran could have funded vision, hearing, and dental coverage for every senior in America on Medicare. I mean, it just gives you a sense of the trade-off. The second from @rbreich.bsky.social reads That one person can drag us into a war without consulting or even notifying Congress beforehand, or our allies, or coherently explain to the American people why this is necessary, is absolutely bonkers. Reminder that Congress has the power to stop this. 678 3 3.6K 12K
Screenshot from The Guardian US showing washed up has-been Eob Schneider and text that reads, "Rob Schneider calls on US to restore military draft The actor and comedian, posting on X, said that ‘unlike in today’s universities’ the military would teach young people ‘how truly great their country is’"
Mockup of new US dime showing the eagle holding only arrows and some really awful fonts for the "one dime" lettering
Tom Waits in a music studio holding a tape deck up to a microphone
Doug Burgum says Americans need to be more financially literate.
Small brindle hound curled up with stuffed toy on the couch, looking forlorn, in front of a banner that says FORT HENNERS.
Large dog hanging his enormous noggin over the edge of the coffee table, tongue hanging out, looking happy.
Bluesky post by Senator Schumer on Feb 9 that reads in full "Our DHS reform demands are exceedingly reasonable. We're asking ICE to do nothing more than follow the standards that the vast majority of law enforcement agencies already follow. Republicans, the ball is in your court. The clock is ticking."
A holiday card die-cut in the shape of a wrapped object with rope printed as if tying the object up, representing the work of Christo & Jeanne-Claude.
Book cover of 1909 "How to get more out of your factory" manual
Small brindle hound lying in the corner of the couch with a flag that reads Fort Henners, surrounded by toys and blankets.
Scan of a gothic-y generic woodtype alphabet, overprinted on large numerals "21"
Letterpress mini-poster printed with wood type in varying weights and widths, reading "There's no both sides when half the country wants me dead"
A figurine of Boston Bruins hockey star Bobby Orr, hung on a lighted Christmas tree
Close-up of a mastiff Pyrenees noggin, lying on his bed, with a lit Christmas tree in the background.
Vintage early 70s photo of the Soviet national hockey team forward line, in red CCCP uniforms. From left to right: Vladimir Vikulov, Alexander Maltsev, and Anatoly Firsov.
Large mastiff mix mid-leap, the sun shining from behind him, dopey lovable smile on his handsome face.
Website screenshot that reads "We can't ship to the USA"
Screenshot of a website pop-up note saying "Shipping to the US is currently suspended while we evaluate the impact of recent changes in US import law."
Excerpt from The New Yorker with the word sharpie underlined in red.
Large beige mastiff looking a lot like a polar bear in the woods.
Close up of a small hound dog's face, looking at the camera, with dramatic shadows
Cover of Big Audio Dynamite's album No. 10, Upping St.
Screenshot from the Guardian US that reads US federal government shutdown 2025 White House asks court to block order to fully distribute November’s food stamps Judge had ordered Trump administration to make full payments by Friday amid ongoing government shutdown
Screenshot of article on Trump showing the fat fuckface on AF1 with the headline Trump would love unconstitutional third term but rules out running for VP Presidents are constitutionally limited to two elected terms but some had suggested unorthodox gambit to stay in office
Screenshot of 3 posts from Bluesky 1 Karl Bode I cannot tell you how many tech journalists at prominent media organizations do not understand this 2 Katie Mack Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they're "right" it's because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That's all. 3 Karl Bode if you engage in this sort of Al Anthropomorphism in the pages of a prominent media organization (or anywhere else) you are loudly advertising that you don't know how this technology actually works
Lily Tomlin and Tom Waits in a black and white promo still from Robert Altman's film Short Cuts. Set in a diner at night, Tomlin is standing and holding a cigarette to her lips, Waits is seated and looking down at a newspaper. Ineffable style.
Silas, a large beige mastiff Pyrenees mix standing heroically on rocks in the woods, ears perked up.
Screenshot of safari in the new iOS Liquid Glass design, showing how the UI crowds out useful information by hiding the url of a site.
Screenshot on iOS of a Bluesky post with large counts for reply, quote, and like, marked with red lines showing the icons are not evenly spaced.
Screenshot from iOS of a Bluesky post with red lines drawn in to show the uneven spacing between icons for reply, like, share, etc.
Quilt with an overall beige color plus random little bits of blue and other colors
Large beige mastiff mix hops off a step of rocks on a trail in the woods.
Small brindle hound looking alertly out the window