Steve Dowling
@steve.bsky.social
In another life we were arsonists
I think this bag is fake.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
Hermes's flagship products are handsewn using a saddle stitch. A worker marks the leather using an awl and then threads two needles through from both sides.
This results in a tight stitch with no holes between the stitches. The holes here suggest the bag was machine sewn.
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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This is wild: Bluesky says at least 3% of all posts made on November 1 -- Game 7 of the World Series -- were about baseball. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
The World Series Was Electric — So Was Bluesky - Bluesky
“How can you not be romantic about baseball?” — Moneyball 2011
bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is wild: Bluesky says at least 3% of all posts made on November 1 -- Game 7 of the World Series -- were about baseball. bsky.social/about/blog/1...
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Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
November 2, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Hello welcome to bluesky. We have every kind of anti-government radical left of center, and also, baseball
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Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck
October 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Northwest Chicago Suburb: ICE Agents Rip 15-Year-Old Girl from Car, Slam Her to Ground She Screams “I’m 15!” as Man Kneels on Her Neck
"It's time to put the storm windows on."
— Mike Barnicle
— Mike Barnicle
October 3, 2025 at 5:00 AM
"It's time to put the storm windows on."
— Mike Barnicle
— Mike Barnicle
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I wrote about one of the most terrifying days of my life. www.pbump.net/o/taking-tyl...
Taking Tylenol
DON’T GIVE TYLENOL TO YOUR YOUNG CHILD FOR VIRTUALLY ANY REASON I don’t remember why we brought our two-year-old son all the way into Brooklyn to see the doctor. We were living way out near Connecticu...
www.pbump.net
September 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I wrote about one of the most terrifying days of my life. www.pbump.net/o/taking-tyl...
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people have already mentioned SNEAKERs, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and of course ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN as great redford performances, let me recommend THE CANDIDATE, which is really one of the best movies ever made about american politics
September 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
people have already mentioned SNEAKERs, THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR and of course ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN as great redford performances, let me recommend THE CANDIDATE, which is really one of the best movies ever made about american politics
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Corporation Reaches Goal, Shuts Down https://theonion.com/corporation-reaches-goal-shuts-down-1819566365/
September 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Corporation Reaches Goal, Shuts Down https://theonion.com/corporation-reaches-goal-shuts-down-1819566365/
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Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
August 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.
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This is why I don’t spend much time on Meta’s Threads.
So beyond repulsive.
So beyond repulsive.
Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor
Robby Starbuck has been appointed as an AI bias advisor at Meta with the goal of making the company's chat bot less "woke."
www.advocate.com
August 14, 2025 at 4:08 AM
This is why I don’t spend much time on Meta’s Threads.
So beyond repulsive.
So beyond repulsive.
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Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump.
Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.
Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:
Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.
Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:
July 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wow. A group of top scholars at Harvard just sent a letter to its president, Alan Garber, warning against surrendering to Trump.
Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.
Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:
Signatories include Steven Levitsky, Dani Rodrik, Ryan Enos, Theda Skocpol, and Steven Walt.
Someone forwarded it to me. Read it here:
“Going along is what did them in.”
“After years watching Hungary suffocate under the weight of its democratic collapse, I came to understand that the real danger of a strongman isn’t his tactics; it’s how others, especially those with power, justify their acquiescence.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
Opinion | I Watched It Happen in Hungary. Now It’s Happening Here.
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
“Going along is what did them in.”
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Also out: The fourth annual Peninsula International Dance Festival is coming up at the end of July. Read about the spirit of unity which brings together the over 250 performers who will showcase traditional and contemporary dance from across the globe:
www.sfcv.org/articles/mus...
www.sfcv.org/articles/mus...
Togetherness Is the Theme of This Year’s Peninsula International Dance Festival
Over two days in San Mateo, 21 different local dance companies will take the stage in a show of unity.
www.sfcv.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Also out: The fourth annual Peninsula International Dance Festival is coming up at the end of July. Read about the spirit of unity which brings together the over 250 performers who will showcase traditional and contemporary dance from across the globe:
www.sfcv.org/articles/mus...
www.sfcv.org/articles/mus...
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I have two new articles out in the San Francisco Classical Voice! Firstly, a Q&A with Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot, who told me about his performing inspirations and goals ahead of his performance with the SF Symphony next week:
www.sfcv.org/articles/art...
www.sfcv.org/articles/art...
Blake Pouliot: The Violinist as Actor
The soloist, who once considered a career onscreen and not just onstage, now uses those tools to interpret concertos.
www.sfcv.org
July 8, 2025 at 9:14 PM
I have two new articles out in the San Francisco Classical Voice! Firstly, a Q&A with Canadian violinist Blake Pouliot, who told me about his performing inspirations and goals ahead of his performance with the SF Symphony next week:
www.sfcv.org/articles/art...
www.sfcv.org/articles/art...
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Had only ever seen Jon Hamm wear a @cardinals.com cap until tonight.
June 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Had only ever seen Jon Hamm wear a @cardinals.com cap until tonight.
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Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
June 2, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Law enforcement officers should never cover their faces when making arrests or conceal their identities (unless they are working undercover). They work for us. We have a right to know who they are. These face coverings are frightening & unAmerican, as though they're ashamed of what they're doing.
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From TACO to FAFO, investors love parodies of Trump acronyms reut.rs/4mTwkn0
From TACO to FAFO, investors love parodies of Trump acronyms
Four months into President Donald Trump's second term, market observers have taken a cue from his fondness for condensing slogans into catchy acronyms like MAGA, DOGE and MAHA, and devised a few of their own that have been spreading across trading desks.
reut.rs
May 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
From TACO to FAFO, investors love parodies of Trump acronyms reut.rs/4mTwkn0
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BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.
May 26, 2025 at 3:05 PM
BREAKING: In a stunning moment, renowned journalist Scott Pelley just highlighted how Donald Trump is working to stifle free speech in America, and how he plans on fighting back. This is huge.
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It's not just you - it's hypernormalization
Systems are crumbling - but daily life continues. The dissonance is real
If everything feels broken but strangely normal, the Soviet-era concept of hypernormalization can help
www.theguardian.com
May 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It's not just you - it's hypernormalization
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This is a pretty classic example (imo) of how journalists are approaching LLMs like ChatGPT wrong. AI should be a tool for journalists to improve their work, not a replacement for doing proper research and reporting— even if it's just finding some fun summer book recs.
This was just posted by @tbretc.bsky.social on another platform. The Chicago Sun-Times obviously gets ChatGPT to write a ‘summer reads’ feature almost entirely made up of real authors but completely fake books. What are we coming to?
May 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is a pretty classic example (imo) of how journalists are approaching LLMs like ChatGPT wrong. AI should be a tool for journalists to improve their work, not a replacement for doing proper research and reporting— even if it's just finding some fun summer book recs.
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UNREAL: Worcester police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen on video detaining a mother and her teenage daughter, whose face was slammed into the ground, Thursday in the Massachusetts city. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/h...
‘Harrowing': Video shows Worcester police hold girl's face on ground during ICE operation
Telemundo Nueva Inglaterra captured video of a 16-year-old girl’s face being held on the ground by Worcester police officers; she and her mother were detained in an apparent ICE operation
www.nbcboston.com
May 9, 2025 at 11:54 AM
UNREAL: Worcester police and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were seen on video detaining a mother and her teenage daughter, whose face was slammed into the ground, Thursday in the Massachusetts city. www.nbcboston.com/news/local/h...
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"On Swift Horses" is a movie that doesn't shy away from its bold narratives (and attractive cast)— but its sweeping thematic ambition can land a bit heavy-handed. Read my review in The Daily Northwestern:
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/01/l...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/01/l...
Jacob Elordi, Daisy-Edgar Jones star in ‘On Swift Horses’
Of all the stars of middling teen film and television once beloved by Gen Z youth, few have gone on to amass a filmography quite like Jacob Elordi. Once known for his role as the unlikely love interes...
dailynorthwestern.com
May 5, 2025 at 3:49 AM
"On Swift Horses" is a movie that doesn't shy away from its bold narratives (and attractive cast)— but its sweeping thematic ambition can land a bit heavy-handed. Read my review in The Daily Northwestern:
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/01/l...
dailynorthwestern.com/2025/05/01/l...