Scott Steinhardt
@scottfromny.com
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Posts are from me as a citizen
Love always wins
scottfromny.com
Writer elsewhere
Posts are from me as a citizen
Love always wins
scottfromny.com
It only took 14 years but I finally got my wife into Double Nickels on the Dime.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwez...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwez...
History Lesson Part 2
YouTube video by Minutemen - Topic
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November 16, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It only took 14 years but I finally got my wife into Double Nickels on the Dime.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwez...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pwez...
That's a question you ask to your friends when you've been dumped a million times and still haven't gotten the hint.
Sources: Bari Weiss has complained that CBS News' Standards and Practices team has "too much power" and asked "what's the point of standards?" (Justin Baragona/The Independent)
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November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
That's a question you ask to your friends when you've been dumped a million times and still haven't gotten the hint.
I wish younger generations who lionize Kurt Cobain knew just how mid Nirvana were compared to pretty much all other bands at the time. I would rather listen to Tad, Earth, or the Melvins before I listen to Nevermind again.
November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I wish younger generations who lionize Kurt Cobain knew just how mid Nirvana were compared to pretty much all other bands at the time. I would rather listen to Tad, Earth, or the Melvins before I listen to Nevermind again.
But why? SNAP funding you can still fight for. Public opinion points largely towards blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Why capitulate when there is momentum to force action by the other side — if not now, then soon?
The Senate appeared to be moving toward securing enough support for a bipartisan deal to end the longest government shutdown in history.
The proposal excludes added ACA subsidy funding and still needs House approval and President Trump’s support.
The proposal excludes added ACA subsidy funding and still needs House approval and President Trump’s support.
Senate moves toward deal to end shutdown, but hurdles remain
The proposal under discussion doesn’t include more funding for ACA subsidies. If a bill passes the Senate, it needs the House to approve and President Donald Trump on board.
wapo.st
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
But why? SNAP funding you can still fight for. Public opinion points largely towards blaming Republicans for the shutdown. Why capitulate when there is momentum to force action by the other side — if not now, then soon?
Slack is down but it's past 9pm and that's way sadder to notice this than you think.
November 7, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Slack is down but it's past 9pm and that's way sadder to notice this than you think.
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One minor take-away from the NYC mayor's race for those concerned with AI/synthetic media and its effects on politics and elections might be that, in this particular instance, the guy who made a malicious deepfake lost and the guy who made authentic videos won.
November 5, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One minor take-away from the NYC mayor's race for those concerned with AI/synthetic media and its effects on politics and elections might be that, in this particular instance, the guy who made a malicious deepfake lost and the guy who made authentic videos won.
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NEW from me: Mamdani clinched a win in New York City. So why do ring-wing internet figures seem so...gleeful?
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MAGA is trying to turn Zohran Mamdani’s win into their gain
New York City’s new mayor enjoyed a meteoric rise to online notoriety. The internet’s talking heads are just getting started.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
NEW from me: Mamdani clinched a win in New York City. So why do ring-wing internet figures seem so...gleeful?
wapo.st/4qLb5FQ
wapo.st/4qLb5FQ
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PSA: Please stop giving advice on spotting the hallmarks of A.I.-generated videos.
Even the pros are are having a hard time. We can't OSINT sleuth our way out of this problem. wapo.st/4ljYzJy
Even the pros are are having a hard time. We can't OSINT sleuth our way out of this problem. wapo.st/4ljYzJy
Analysis | How to spot an AI video? LOL, you can’t.
It’s time to stop trying to be AI detectives. We need a different approach to a world awash in realistic AI.
wapo.st
November 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
PSA: Please stop giving advice on spotting the hallmarks of A.I.-generated videos.
Even the pros are are having a hard time. We can't OSINT sleuth our way out of this problem. wapo.st/4ljYzJy
Even the pros are are having a hard time. We can't OSINT sleuth our way out of this problem. wapo.st/4ljYzJy
Teen Vogue was one of my favorite pubs over the last decade. I droned on at countless bars and parties to puzzled friends about how their political reporting beat most “traditional” pubs.
When I did something with them at work (as a comms guy), it was a personal milestone.
So yeah. This sucks.
When I did something with them at work (as a comms guy), it was a personal milestone.
So yeah. This sucks.
On Teen Vogue: It's an amazing publication full of talented journalists. It offers so much value. It's clear the monied interests in media aren't interested in preserving that value, especially if it threatens the status quo that undergirds their wealth. Capitalism and journalism are enemies.
November 4, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Teen Vogue was one of my favorite pubs over the last decade. I droned on at countless bars and parties to puzzled friends about how their political reporting beat most “traditional” pubs.
When I did something with them at work (as a comms guy), it was a personal milestone.
So yeah. This sucks.
When I did something with them at work (as a comms guy), it was a personal milestone.
So yeah. This sucks.
I feel like the people who really loved Bugonia are also the same people who really love trick candles on someone else’s birthday cake.
November 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I feel like the people who really loved Bugonia are also the same people who really love trick candles on someone else’s birthday cake.
Halloween is cool and all, but have you ever cleaned out your basement while listening to Alice Coltrane at an unreasonable volume?
November 1, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Halloween is cool and all, but have you ever cleaned out your basement while listening to Alice Coltrane at an unreasonable volume?
This is basically M'Baku and the Jabari coming down the mountain to help T’Challa, but for progressive New York Jews.
BREAKING: Both Satmar factions decide not to endorse a candidate for mayor and decry the vicious campaign against Mamdani that paints him as hostile to Jews.
In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.
In letters to their community members, the Satmar leadership calls the attacks against Mamdani false and dangerous.
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is basically M'Baku and the Jabari coming down the mountain to help T’Challa, but for progressive New York Jews.
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The Verge exists to print this huge cowardly stack of no-comments from huge companies which spent years pretending they would develop a wonky content authentication metadata standard only to have it come to nothing when Sora was released www.theverge.com/report/80635...
October 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The Verge exists to print this huge cowardly stack of no-comments from huge companies which spent years pretending they would develop a wonky content authentication metadata standard only to have it come to nothing when Sora was released www.theverge.com/report/80635...
RIP to amazing comedic actor and Twin Peaks director Diane Keaton.
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79
Diane Keaton, Oscar-winning star of Annie Hall and The Godfather, dies aged 79
The Oscar-winner best known for her many collaborations with Woody Allen, as well as films including Reds, The First Wives Club and The Book Club, has died
Diane Keaton, one of the best-loved film stars of the past 50 years, has died at the age of 79 in California.
The news was confirmed by People magazine. Further details are not available at this time, and her loved ones have asked for privacy, according to a family spokesperson. Continue reading...
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October 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
RIP to amazing comedic actor and Twin Peaks director Diane Keaton.
This wine bar isn’t like any other wine bar, because at this wine bar, they’re really into RIESLING. The manager has a tattoo that says RIESLING. They constantly suggest RIESLING. And if you order a seltzer with lemon, they will stare into your soul until you CURL UP AND DIE.
October 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This wine bar isn’t like any other wine bar, because at this wine bar, they’re really into RIESLING. The manager has a tattoo that says RIESLING. They constantly suggest RIESLING. And if you order a seltzer with lemon, they will stare into your soul until you CURL UP AND DIE.
I don't know if it's the covid brain fog or not, but did Boston's debut album always rule this hard?
music.apple.com/us/album/bos...
music.apple.com/us/album/bos...
Boston by Boston on Apple Music
Album · 1976 · 8 Songs
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September 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I don't know if it's the covid brain fog or not, but did Boston's debut album always rule this hard?
music.apple.com/us/album/bos...
music.apple.com/us/album/bos...
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Remembering Jim Henson on what today would have been his 89th birthday.
September 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Remembering Jim Henson on what today would have been his 89th birthday.
I'm bi but I also have covid and often late to celebrate things, so happy belated Bisexual Awareness Day. Also Rosh Hashanah.
September 24, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I'm bi but I also have covid and often late to celebrate things, so happy belated Bisexual Awareness Day. Also Rosh Hashanah.
If you're in need of a little pick-me-up today, just know that you're better at your job than everyone on the Disney PR team.
Four of Disney’s popular streaming plans across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN are going to cost more going forward. The timing couldn’t be worse.
Disney Sure Picked a Great Week for a Big Streaming Price Hike
Four of Disney’s popular streaming plans across Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN are going to cost more going forward. The timing couldn’t be worse.
www.vulture.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
If you're in need of a little pick-me-up today, just know that you're better at your job than everyone on the Disney PR team.
I started watching NASCAR recently because I'm not-so-secretly a trash person and it kills time between pro wrestling events.
Tho I'm at that weird intersection of public transit lovers who feel reliance on cars is one of the worst things to happen to this country...but I also love NASCAR?
Tho I'm at that weird intersection of public transit lovers who feel reliance on cars is one of the worst things to happen to this country...but I also love NASCAR?
September 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I started watching NASCAR recently because I'm not-so-secretly a trash person and it kills time between pro wrestling events.
Tho I'm at that weird intersection of public transit lovers who feel reliance on cars is one of the worst things to happen to this country...but I also love NASCAR?
Tho I'm at that weird intersection of public transit lovers who feel reliance on cars is one of the worst things to happen to this country...but I also love NASCAR?
How much matzoh ball soup (gluten free, mind you) is too much when you're sick with Covid?
I'm 2 quarts down and thinking of tapping a third.
I'm 2 quarts down and thinking of tapping a third.
September 22, 2025 at 8:57 PM
How much matzoh ball soup (gluten free, mind you) is too much when you're sick with Covid?
I'm 2 quarts down and thinking of tapping a third.
I'm 2 quarts down and thinking of tapping a third.
Got Covid. Fever. Chills. Sore throat. And the strong desire to lay flat on my stomach while a nearby iPad plays Cheers in sequential order.
September 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Got Covid. Fever. Chills. Sore throat. And the strong desire to lay flat on my stomach while a nearby iPad plays Cheers in sequential order.
What a bizarre ad buy to walk out the door and see first thing in the morning in NYC
September 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
What a bizarre ad buy to walk out the door and see first thing in the morning in NYC
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Excellent response from Hasan Piker, who was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk in two weeks. On his stream he said: “The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.” Also talked about his own vulnerability
September 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Excellent response from Hasan Piker, who was scheduled to debate Charlie Kirk in two weeks. On his stream he said: “The reverberation of people seeking out vengeance in the aftermath of this violent, abhorrent incident is going to be genuinely worrisome.” Also talked about his own vulnerability
It feels pretty off brand to say this as a recovering music snob — I saw Lightning Bolt in a pool once and didn’t shut up about it for ten years — but Justin Bieber released two really good records this year.
September 8, 2025 at 1:55 AM
It feels pretty off brand to say this as a recovering music snob — I saw Lightning Bolt in a pool once and didn’t shut up about it for ten years — but Justin Bieber released two really good records this year.