Steve Fartlow
@stevefartlow.bsky.social
You’re gonna like the way you look I guarantee it
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Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
It is deeply immoral that cashiers in the US are not allowed to sit.
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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Like I was saying. Rugpulling the expanded premium tax credits suddenly dumps a few million people out of the market and leads to shit like this as insurance cos react, which quickly becomes self perpetuating.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
![(Screenshot shows monthly healthcare premiums going from $44.47 to $2619.83, among other cost increases)
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I didn't share the damn picture because I'm so upset!
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November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Like I was saying. Rugpulling the expanded premium tax credits suddenly dumps a few million people out of the market and leads to shit like this as insurance cos react, which quickly becomes self perpetuating.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
And that’s how you de facto repeal the aca.
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I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
I would just live my life so that Joyce Carol Oates does not feel the need to destroy me.
This is pathetic.
November 11, 2025 at 6:25 AM
This is pathetic.
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DICK DURBIN IS THE FUCKING WHIP DO NOT TELL ME THAT CHUCK SCHUMER WAS NOT IN ON THIS everybody's either not running until 2028 or retiring imminently, how can you be a "politics person" who follows this nonsense constantly and fall for this foolishness. It's downright disrespectful how obvious it is
November 11, 2025 at 3:30 AM
DICK DURBIN IS THE FUCKING WHIP DO NOT TELL ME THAT CHUCK SCHUMER WAS NOT IN ON THIS everybody's either not running until 2028 or retiring imminently, how can you be a "politics person" who follows this nonsense constantly and fall for this foolishness. It's downright disrespectful how obvious it is
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wait until JCO finds out about how he doesn't even actually play video games
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
wait until JCO finds out about how he doesn't even actually play video games
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I hope @joycecaroloates.bsky.social knows how much we appreciate her.
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I hope @joycecaroloates.bsky.social knows how much we appreciate her.
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Nate Silver is a dorkass loser is the mood here on Bluesky, thank you much
the hipsters, they’re ordering double frufru mocha soy frappuccino. doesn’t anybody order a black coffee anymore
November 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Nate Silver is a dorkass loser is the mood here on Bluesky, thank you much
Gotta love it when Will finds your evidence for you.
Will, buddy, do you understand what your own chart means? A reading under 100 is negative sentiment, which you’ll note that dotted line never gets close to crossing.
Will, buddy, do you understand what your own chart means? A reading under 100 is negative sentiment, which you’ll note that dotted line never gets close to crossing.
Wrong
November 10, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Gotta love it when Will finds your evidence for you.
Will, buddy, do you understand what your own chart means? A reading under 100 is negative sentiment, which you’ll note that dotted line never gets close to crossing.
Will, buddy, do you understand what your own chart means? A reading under 100 is negative sentiment, which you’ll note that dotted line never gets close to crossing.
JCO FROM THE TOP ROPE!
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
JCO FROM THE TOP ROPE!
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Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Every few weeks we gotta make posts like this”call your dem reps to tell them to not vote to allow Lord Killdude to shove people into a volcano” and then the dem reps go “we’ve made an amazing deal where Lord Killdude can have his volcano so long as he promises not to shove people into it”
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LITERALLY HOURS. THEY COULD HAVE WAITED HOURS.
BREAKING
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
The 1st Circuit REJECTS Trump DOJ's request to pause a judge's order to pay up Nov's SNAP funds to the states.
The SCOTUS stay will expire within 48 hours absent further action from the justices, per its terms.
Doc ecf.ca1.uscourts.gov/n/beam/servl...
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 AM
LITERALLY HOURS. THEY COULD HAVE WAITED HOURS.
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Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Remember when they said the reason they caved in March was so they could get a better deal in September lmao
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I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I think Senate folders are significantly underestimating how fucking angry Democratic voters are at them
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Pelosi has a lot of positions I disagree with, and I would not call myself a fan; but as far as keeping the party in lockstep when the chips were down, we shall not look upon her like again
say what you will about nancy pelosi but her caucus didn’t DARE vote against her wishes or they knew she’d shank them
I don’t believe it’s his doing but he certainly doesn’t have a full hold of his caucus.
November 9, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Pelosi has a lot of positions I disagree with, and I would not call myself a fan; but as far as keeping the party in lockstep when the chips were down, we shall not look upon her like again
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"excuse me, dealer. i understand I have the better hand but, am I allowed to just give him my money and apologize?
I would ask in exchange that he promises to me play again sometime."
I would ask in exchange that he promises to me play again sometime."
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"excuse me, dealer. i understand I have the better hand but, am I allowed to just give him my money and apologize?
I would ask in exchange that he promises to me play again sometime."
I would ask in exchange that he promises to me play again sometime."
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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MTP = Motion to Proceed
Quick thread on timing of reopening the government, if they’re able to invoke cloture on MTP. (That’s a 60 voter, so you need 8 Dems assuming Rand Paul is still a no.)
For timing, if they invoke cloture today (assume after 6pm), that begins the 30 hours of debate. Takes us to Tuesday for MTP vote.
For timing, if they invoke cloture today (assume after 6pm), that begins the 30 hours of debate. Takes us to Tuesday for MTP vote.
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
MTP = Motion to Proceed
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i think the main thing a lot of you “the economy is better than it’s ever been” types are failing to grasp is that it really—and i mean REALLY—makes it look like you don’t give a shit about poor people.
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 PM
i think the main thing a lot of you “the economy is better than it’s ever been” types are failing to grasp is that it really—and i mean REALLY—makes it look like you don’t give a shit about poor people.
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Right about now, the honk shoo brother
November 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Right about now, the honk shoo brother
He paid tens of billions of dollars to get roasted like this.
November 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
He paid tens of billions of dollars to get roasted like this.
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My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My old pal Pete Coviello — one of the best writers and thinkers I've ever known — wrote the piece of the moment
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.