@iantosteerpike.bsky.social
Late 50s married gay white man. 🇺🇸🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. BLM, love is love, science is real. Racism, misogyny, & transphobia suck. ⚛️☸️🪷
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Yes, I instantly block bigots, MAGA, misogynists, trolls, etc. Their insults are tired and childish, their arguments faulty, and their lack of basic human decency and compassion is appalling.
My time is finite. Their crap is repetitive and dull. I won’t waste my time on it.
My time is finite. Their crap is repetitive and dull. I won’t waste my time on it.
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The top media trend that Axios believes will shape 2026 is the US ceding soft power. www.axios.com/newsletters/axi...
December 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
The top media trend that Axios believes will shape 2026 is the US ceding soft power. www.axios.com/newsletters/axi...
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That’s why conservatives are pouring millions intro trad-wife bullshit and birth control disinformation. They need young women to believe the erosion of their rights is a good thing, actually!
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 AM
That’s why conservatives are pouring millions intro trad-wife bullshit and birth control disinformation. They need young women to believe the erosion of their rights is a good thing, actually!
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
It’s not enough to oppress women—they want us ^grateful* for it. (We’re so much prettier when we smile.)
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Many corporate media owners have made their choice: They're damaging celebrated news outlets out of some combination of personal preference and political expedience.
The year the media oligarchs bowed to Trump
We warned last year that Donald Trump’s second term as president would turbo-charge the political right’s burgeoning media-intimidation complex. Republican officials and right-wing billionaires were a...
www.mediamatters.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Many corporate media owners have made their choice: They're damaging celebrated news outlets out of some combination of personal preference and political expedience.
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I feel like this might be a clue to our current problems. We don't read anymore.
October 8, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I feel like this might be a clue to our current problems. We don't read anymore.
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Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
Truth: No cars rammed ICE
Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in
Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle
Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired
Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her
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The government is shut down. For those just tuning in, here’s what happened:
1) We said we needed to help Americans pay their health insurance bills.
2) Republicans hated the idea and stonewalled us.
3) They shut down the government (which they control all chambers of) without negotiating.
1) We said we needed to help Americans pay their health insurance bills.
2) Republicans hated the idea and stonewalled us.
3) They shut down the government (which they control all chambers of) without negotiating.
October 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The government is shut down. For those just tuning in, here’s what happened:
1) We said we needed to help Americans pay their health insurance bills.
2) Republicans hated the idea and stonewalled us.
3) They shut down the government (which they control all chambers of) without negotiating.
1) We said we needed to help Americans pay their health insurance bills.
2) Republicans hated the idea and stonewalled us.
3) They shut down the government (which they control all chambers of) without negotiating.
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Some context for thinking about crime:
Since the start of 2023, the murder rate in traditionally Republican states has been about 50% higher than in other states, even when you include D.C.
(Figures are from CDC's cause-of-death reporting.)
Since the start of 2023, the murder rate in traditionally Republican states has been about 50% higher than in other states, even when you include D.C.
(Figures are from CDC's cause-of-death reporting.)
August 22, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Some context for thinking about crime:
Since the start of 2023, the murder rate in traditionally Republican states has been about 50% higher than in other states, even when you include D.C.
(Figures are from CDC's cause-of-death reporting.)
Since the start of 2023, the murder rate in traditionally Republican states has been about 50% higher than in other states, even when you include D.C.
(Figures are from CDC's cause-of-death reporting.)
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The U.S. has led the world in science since the mid-20th century for two reasons: funding & welcoming students and researchers from around the world. The Trump administration is destroying both advantages (1/2)
Science is the most international endeavor in human history.
This flagrantly racist administration is destroying the U.S.'s lucrative and life-saving leadership. www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-... on @thetransmitter.bsky.social
This flagrantly racist administration is destroying the U.S.'s lucrative and life-saving leadership. www.thetransmitter.org/policy/what-... on @thetransmitter.bsky.social
What U.S. science stands to lose without international graduate students and postdoctoral researchers
Neuroscience in other countries will strengthen—at the United States’ expense—as rising visa restrictions and rejections block many international students from enrolling at U.S.
www.thetransmitter.org
July 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The U.S. has led the world in science since the mid-20th century for two reasons: funding & welcoming students and researchers from around the world. The Trump administration is destroying both advantages (1/2)
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"In time, US citizens may find themselves trapped in a diminished, nightmare America—like a post-Musk Twitter at scale—where everything works badly, everything can be turned against you, and everyone else has fled."
@himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/enshit...
@himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/enshit...
The Enshittification of American Power
First Google and Facebook, then the world. Under Trump 2.0, US statecraft is starting to mimic the worst tendencies of Big Tech.
www.wired.com
July 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
"In time, US citizens may find themselves trapped in a diminished, nightmare America—like a post-Musk Twitter at scale—where everything works badly, everything can be turned against you, and everyone else has fled."
@himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/enshit...
@himself.bsky.social @abenewman.bsky.social www.wired.com/story/enshit...
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I was talking to a historian and he agreed. We will win because we have truth on our side, but it might take generations. 😓
We face many hurdles in the climate fight, but we have one major advantage: the facts are on our side.
July 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I was talking to a historian and he agreed. We will win because we have truth on our side, but it might take generations. 😓
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Six months of congestion pricing in NYC has produced “perhaps the fastest ever environmental improvement from any policy in US history,” @us.theguardian.com’s Oliver Milman reports.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New York City’s congestion pricing has cut pollution and traffic – but Trump still wants to kill it
With less congestion, less carbon pollution, less accidents, could it be a model for other US cities? Six months in, environmentalists say yes
www.theguardian.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Six months of congestion pricing in NYC has produced “perhaps the fastest ever environmental improvement from any policy in US history,” @us.theguardian.com’s Oliver Milman reports.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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reactionary centrists have a totally incoherent theory of politics whose primary upshot is that they validate and legitimize the far right
July 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
reactionary centrists have a totally incoherent theory of politics whose primary upshot is that they validate and legitimize the far right
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The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors.
They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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July 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The builders behind Alligator Alcatraz and other detention sites are top DeSantis donors.
They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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They scored no-bid or “emergency” contracts worth tens of millions—while funneling cash into his political machine.
Pay-to-play isn’t just speculation—it’s backed by the paper trail.
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Since 1980, there have been over 400 weather disasters in the US, with total damages over $1 billion.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
July 7, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Since 1980, there have been over 400 weather disasters in the US, with total damages over $1 billion.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
These disasters have cost $2.9 trillion in total and killed nearly 17,000 people.
Don't tell me we "can't afford" to address the climate crisis.
The truth is we can’t afford not to.
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“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
—Frederick Douglass, 1857
—Frederick Douglass, 1857
July 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
“Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.”
—Frederick Douglass, 1857
—Frederick Douglass, 1857
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"It’s no wonder the administration ignores lower courts when all it has to do is ask SCOTUS to reverse them. And where the lower courts have actually grappled w/the horrors of Trump’s immigration policies, SCOTUS floats serenely above it all, paying no mind to those being hurt" —
@snipy.bsky.social
@snipy.bsky.social
A corrupted Supreme Court sinks to new lows
The Trumpist majority closed the term with a ruling that could rip the nation apart.
www.publicnotice.co
July 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
"It’s no wonder the administration ignores lower courts when all it has to do is ask SCOTUS to reverse them. And where the lower courts have actually grappled w/the horrors of Trump’s immigration policies, SCOTUS floats serenely above it all, paying no mind to those being hurt" —
@snipy.bsky.social
@snipy.bsky.social
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Don't forget that the Supreme Court has undertaken this radical expansion of executive power and personal immunity not for some ordinary Republican but for the most corrupt president In American history. They're doing it for THIS GUY, who is guaranteed to abuse every ounce of power he's given.
June 27, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Don't forget that the Supreme Court has undertaken this radical expansion of executive power and personal immunity not for some ordinary Republican but for the most corrupt president In American history. They're doing it for THIS GUY, who is guaranteed to abuse every ounce of power he's given.
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So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
June 6, 2025 at 3:33 AM
So then Elon goes "Kill the Bill!" and Trump goes "Elon has TDS!" so Elon goes "I'm the reason Trump won!" so Trump goes "we waste billions on Elon!" so Elon goes "Epstein!" and a corpulent flunkie goes "Deport Elon!" and Elon goes "Impeach!"
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
And THAT'S why women are too emotional to be President.
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One thing to remember about RFK Jr that can sometimes get lost in the brain worm thing or the heroin thing, or the fact that he’s arguably personally responsible for the deaths of dozens of children in Samoa, is that he is deeply incompetent about public health and totally unqualified for this job.
ALSOBROOKS: Can you name which office the Safe to Sleep campaign operates out of?
RFK Jr: Which campaign?
ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago
RFK Jr: It's ACF
ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
RFK Jr: Which campaign?
ALSOBROOKS: The one the senator asked you about just two minutes ago
RFK Jr: It's ACF
ALSOBROOKS: No, actually it's Health and Human Services
May 14, 2025 at 8:43 PM
One thing to remember about RFK Jr that can sometimes get lost in the brain worm thing or the heroin thing, or the fact that he’s arguably personally responsible for the deaths of dozens of children in Samoa, is that he is deeply incompetent about public health and totally unqualified for this job.
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Elon Musk spent $291 million to put Trump in power.
Now Trump is threatening and extorting countries to use to Elon Musk’s companies.
This is what it looks like when a shamelessly corrupt oligarchy takes over a country and puts themselves above the law.
Now Trump is threatening and extorting countries to use to Elon Musk’s companies.
This is what it looks like when a shamelessly corrupt oligarchy takes over a country and puts themselves above the law.
The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.
The State Department has intervened on behalf of Musk’s satellite internet company in five developing nations. In Gambia, U.S. diplomats have lobbied and browbeat at least seven government ministers a...
www.propublica.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Elon Musk spent $291 million to put Trump in power.
Now Trump is threatening and extorting countries to use to Elon Musk’s companies.
This is what it looks like when a shamelessly corrupt oligarchy takes over a country and puts themselves above the law.
Now Trump is threatening and extorting countries to use to Elon Musk’s companies.
This is what it looks like when a shamelessly corrupt oligarchy takes over a country and puts themselves above the law.
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That is in fact what this administration has done.
May 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
That is in fact what this administration has done.
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NYT: “.. The United States is the only country .. that is forecast to see an international visitor decline in 2025.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
May 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NYT: “.. The United States is the only country .. that is forecast to see an international visitor decline in 2025.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
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Many are worried about the future of democracy. @marcelias.bsky.social shares ten simple things you can do every day to protect elections and stop those who want to undermine them.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-h...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-h...
We Have More Power Than Trump Wants Us To Believe — Here's What You Can Do
From Marc | Here is a list of what each of us can do to stand up for democracy and defend our elections.
www.democracydocket.com
May 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Many are worried about the future of democracy. @marcelias.bsky.social shares ten simple things you can do every day to protect elections and stop those who want to undermine them.
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-h...
www.democracydocket.com/opinion/we-h...