John Stepper
@johnstepper.bsky.social
Founder of workingoutloud.com. Current project: "The Best of Men", a not-for-profit program where men explore questions of identity and purpose while cultivating connections and self-efficacy.
At film forum in NYC…
May 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
At film forum in NYC…
The wisdom of tea: “The difference between a flower and a weed is a judgment.”
May 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The wisdom of tea: “The difference between a flower and a weed is a judgment.”
“Building Empathy in a Fractured World”. Seems like a good time to read this….
April 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“Building Empathy in a Fractured World”. Seems like a good time to read this….
Thich Nhat Hanh Way in upper Manhattan. 😎 🙏
April 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Thich Nhat Hanh Way in upper Manhattan. 😎 🙏
You know your kids are in a good school when a senior administrator walks around offering you “pocket poems.”
I picked two good ones. 🤓 🥰
I picked two good ones. 🤓 🥰
April 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
You know your kids are in a good school when a senior administrator walks around offering you “pocket poems.”
I picked two good ones. 🤓 🥰
I picked two good ones. 🤓 🥰
I ❤️ my local NY public library (100th St between Columbus & Amsterdam). Wonderful service. Super clean and warm. Stewarded by caring and kind staff here. 🤓 📚 🥰
April 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
I ❤️ my local NY public library (100th St between Columbus & Amsterdam). Wonderful service. Super clean and warm. Stewarded by caring and kind staff here. 🤓 📚 🥰
With so many posts about libraries in my feed I thought I would share the latest book I borrowed…about a library.
“What you are looking for is in the library” So true… 📚 🇯🇵🤓.
“What you are looking for is in the library” So true… 📚 🇯🇵🤓.
March 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
With so many posts about libraries in my feed I thought I would share the latest book I borrowed…about a library.
“What you are looking for is in the library” So true… 📚 🇯🇵🤓.
“What you are looking for is in the library” So true… 📚 🇯🇵🤓.
Freak coincidence? Or…“The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, also known as the frequency illusion, is a cognitive bias where you notice something you recently learned about, and then seem to encounter it more frequently, even though the actual frequency hasn't changed.”
March 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Freak coincidence? Or…“The Baader-Meinhof phenomenon, also known as the frequency illusion, is a cognitive bias where you notice something you recently learned about, and then seem to encounter it more frequently, even though the actual frequency hasn't changed.”
One of the first Gmail ads I might be interested in. Oh, Canada! 🇨🇦 👏 🥰
March 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
One of the first Gmail ads I might be interested in. Oh, Canada! 🇨🇦 👏 🥰
Cultural differences summed up as we pack snacks for the plane ✈️
PBJ for me. 🥜 🇺🇸
Rice balls for my wife. 🍙 🇯🇵
🥰
PBJ for me. 🥜 🇺🇸
Rice balls for my wife. 🍙 🇯🇵
🥰
March 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Cultural differences summed up as we pack snacks for the plane ✈️
PBJ for me. 🥜 🇺🇸
Rice balls for my wife. 🍙 🇯🇵
🥰
PBJ for me. 🥜 🇺🇸
Rice balls for my wife. 🍙 🇯🇵
🥰
Bless the good people who put dinosaur tracks in wet cement on 95th Street, leading from their front door. 🥰 🦖
Makes me smile every time I walk by. 😊
Makes me smile every time I walk by. 😊
March 7, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Bless the good people who put dinosaur tracks in wet cement on 95th Street, leading from their front door. 🥰 🦖
Makes me smile every time I walk by. 😊
Makes me smile every time I walk by. 😊
Just started this and it’s fantastic. Insightful, useful, and very funny.
February 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Just started this and it’s fantastic. Insightful, useful, and very funny.
We may succeed (by some measures) on our own, but “all flourishing is mutual.”
HT to the NY Public Library for this book. A nice weekend read. 🤓
HT to the NY Public Library for this book. A nice weekend read. 🤓
February 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
We may succeed (by some measures) on our own, but “all flourishing is mutual.”
HT to the NY Public Library for this book. A nice weekend read. 🤓
HT to the NY Public Library for this book. A nice weekend read. 🤓
I found this fascinating. Not just for the stories and science and de Waal’s insights and personal charm, but for how polarized the review comments are.
IMHO it’s useful to examine our closest evolutionary relatives’ gender differences and similarities as a backdrop to our own.
IMHO it’s useful to examine our closest evolutionary relatives’ gender differences and similarities as a backdrop to our own.
January 7, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I found this fascinating. Not just for the stories and science and de Waal’s insights and personal charm, but for how polarized the review comments are.
IMHO it’s useful to examine our closest evolutionary relatives’ gender differences and similarities as a backdrop to our own.
IMHO it’s useful to examine our closest evolutionary relatives’ gender differences and similarities as a backdrop to our own.
Research for “The Best of Men” program I’m working on. 🤓🤓🤓
December 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Research for “The Best of Men” program I’m working on. 🤓🤓🤓
Incarceration numbers so high you think, “This can’t possibly be true!” And yet it is.
Source: Men without Work by Nicholas Eberstadt.
Source: Men without Work by Nicholas Eberstadt.
December 9, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Incarceration numbers so high you think, “This can’t possibly be true!” And yet it is.
Source: Men without Work by Nicholas Eberstadt.
Source: Men without Work by Nicholas Eberstadt.
Not exactly the most uplifting reading, but important data and perspectives nonetheless.
December 3, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Not exactly the most uplifting reading, but important data and perspectives nonetheless.
A nice pairing. 🤓 HT @aibm.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 10:18 PM
A nice pairing. 🤓 HT @aibm.bsky.social
My first post here is about a book & topic I can’t stop thinking about. The more I dig into it, the more compelled I am to do *something* to improve feelings of belonging & self-efficacy, to cultivate “the best of men” (esp working class men), in a fast-changing society. #workingoutloud
November 18, 2024 at 4:37 PM
My first post here is about a book & topic I can’t stop thinking about. The more I dig into it, the more compelled I am to do *something* to improve feelings of belonging & self-efficacy, to cultivate “the best of men” (esp working class men), in a fast-changing society. #workingoutloud