Steve Kline
@klineonline.bsky.social
Bookish. Recovering Hill rat. Eastern Shore conservationist. Husband. Dad. Baltimore sports.
Increasingly the right is confusing their definition of freedom with anarchy. The constitution nowhere guarantees your ability to “do whatever you want.” That’s not freedom in a civil society. Any most basic reading of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau could clear this up.
September 7, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Increasingly the right is confusing their definition of freedom with anarchy. The constitution nowhere guarantees your ability to “do whatever you want.” That’s not freedom in a civil society. Any most basic reading of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau could clear this up.
All of this can be summed up tidily by a phenomenon known as the “baseline assumption error.”
I think about this constantly
July 13, 2025 at 5:48 PM
All of this can be summed up tidily by a phenomenon known as the “baseline assumption error.”
It is worth noting, the theoretical person described by Scalise is hard-wired into the right wing “manosphere,” doesn’t miss an episode of Rogan and packs Zyns molar to molar. He also voted for Trump. This ain’t your grandfather’s welfare queen, @atrupar.com!
Scalise: "The 35-year-old who's sitting in his mom's basement playing video games is gonna have to go get a job again."
July 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It is worth noting, the theoretical person described by Scalise is hard-wired into the right wing “manosphere,” doesn’t miss an episode of Rogan and packs Zyns molar to molar. He also voted for Trump. This ain’t your grandfather’s welfare queen, @atrupar.com!
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as Republicans are poised to pass legislation stripping healthcare from more than 10 million Americans, all three major cable news networks are covering ... the Diddy trial
July 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
as Republicans are poised to pass legislation stripping healthcare from more than 10 million Americans, all three major cable news networks are covering ... the Diddy trial
An exceptionally fine morning on the porch with @peterbakernyt.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social’s fine biography of JAB III.
June 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
An exceptionally fine morning on the porch with @peterbakernyt.bsky.social and @sbg1.bsky.social’s fine biography of JAB III.
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DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
June 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas?
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
LUTNICK: Generally 10%
DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8%
LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff
DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America
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We’re all gonna die but some of us will die well-read.
May 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We’re all gonna die but some of us will die well-read.
Shamed into doing the very basics of one’s job.
Under intense scrutiny about his mental health and his ability to function in his job, Senator John Fetterman has been in damage control mode, attending hearings and votes that he had been routinely skipping over the past year. He said he felt he had been unfairly shamed into returning.
Fetterman, Often Absent From Senate, Says He Has Been Shamed Into Returning
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Shamed into doing the very basics of one’s job.
People aren’t paying attention? Ye gods! You don’t say?
Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena College poll found.
One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention
Voters were more likely to approve of President Trump’s job performance if they had not been following some of the major news stories of his first 100 days in office, a recent New York Times/Siena Col...
www.nytimes.com
May 19, 2025 at 11:38 AM
People aren’t paying attention? Ye gods! You don’t say?
A very interesting thread by @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social about how reading used to play an enormous role in all levels of social strata. Before we declared collective war on our attention spans.
Reading about the insane numbers of books that ordinary working people used to read a hundred years ago feels like seeing pictures of the Pacific Ocean back when it teemed with whales. Hard to comprehend what we’ve lost.
March 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
A very interesting thread by @sketchesbyboze.bsky.social about how reading used to play an enormous role in all levels of social strata. Before we declared collective war on our attention spans.
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in retrospect maybe it was a mistake to tell young people that reading, the arts, the humanities weren’t important and that “learning to code” was sufficient for a good life.
February 9, 2025 at 9:30 PM
in retrospect maybe it was a mistake to tell young people that reading, the arts, the humanities weren’t important and that “learning to code” was sufficient for a good life.