Steve Gustafson
@stevegustafson.bsky.social
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
ICE Detained an 18-Year-Old U.S. Citizen. This Is His Story.
YouTube video by The Hometown Holler
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An 18yo US citizen, surrounded by eight masked, armed agents of the state, taken into custody, not read his rights, not offered a chance to contact a lawyer, proof of citizenship ignored, handcuffed so tightly he later required medical attention.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
Profoundly, profoundly anti-American shit.
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Sometimes I think about how much of our productive economic capacity is devoted to developing increasingly baroque and absurd luxury products for the wealthy, and I despair.
What’s the Deal With Okapa’s $300 Water Bottle?
Eight years of research and 10,000 prototypes have created a luxury water bottle claiming to redefine the experience of drinking H2O, all for an eye-watering sum.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Sometimes I think about how much of our productive economic capacity is devoted to developing increasingly baroque and absurd luxury products for the wealthy, and I despair.
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The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
September 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful.
Now he is tweeting in support of me.
This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*.
Or used to work.
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It’s insane and it’s a clear signal that many Dems’ “political instincts” are a flimsy front for neurosis and conflict aversion. They hesitate to lean on the largest protest movements in US history (again this year!) but quake in terror at the slightest hint of right-wing grassroots sentiment.
Anyway...Dems need to break out of the impulse to see 200 white people protesting against Covid restrictions as "the voice of the people which we must heed" while seeing 10X as many people protesting racist police violence as "a niche special interest group that's out of step with real Americans."
September 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s insane and it’s a clear signal that many Dems’ “political instincts” are a flimsy front for neurosis and conflict aversion. They hesitate to lean on the largest protest movements in US history (again this year!) but quake in terror at the slightest hint of right-wing grassroots sentiment.
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In contrast, it often seems like everyone on the broad US left-of-center spectrum hates themselves & each other & cares more passionately about factional battles within that spectrum than about crushing the right.
August 28, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In contrast, it often seems like everyone on the broad US left-of-center spectrum hates themselves & each other & cares more passionately about factional battles within that spectrum than about crushing the right.
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Leftist: Yes, Trump’s kind of a fascist. Now let me get back to my obsession, re-litigating fights with Democratic centrists from a decade or two ago.
Centrist: Yes, there are signs of fascism. Now let me get back to complaining a lefty used some woke terms a few years ago.
American democracy: 🤯🤯🤯
Centrist: Yes, there are signs of fascism. Now let me get back to complaining a lefty used some woke terms a few years ago.
American democracy: 🤯🤯🤯
August 24, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Leftist: Yes, Trump’s kind of a fascist. Now let me get back to my obsession, re-litigating fights with Democratic centrists from a decade or two ago.
Centrist: Yes, there are signs of fascism. Now let me get back to complaining a lefty used some woke terms a few years ago.
American democracy: 🤯🤯🤯
Centrist: Yes, there are signs of fascism. Now let me get back to complaining a lefty used some woke terms a few years ago.
American democracy: 🤯🤯🤯
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One hundred solar panels per second reflects extraordinary technical progress. A platform that simply fosters noise over truth does not.
I posted the same solar facts on two social media platforms: One sparked discussion, the other, disinformation
One hundred solar panels per second reflects extraordinary technical progress. A platform that simply fosters noise over truth does not.
reneweconomy.com.au
August 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
One hundred solar panels per second reflects extraordinary technical progress. A platform that simply fosters noise over truth does not.
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A recent report from Harvard’s Electricity Law Initiative says unless something changes, all U.S. consumers will pay billions of dollars to build new power plants to serve Big Tech.
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers
New report highlights how traditional ways of setting rates don’t fit Big Tech’s massive, immediate demand for more electricity
floodlightnews.org
August 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A recent report from Harvard’s Electricity Law Initiative says unless something changes, all U.S. consumers will pay billions of dollars to build new power plants to serve Big Tech.
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Going to keep saying: a society that wants to keep functioning needs to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
Kids today are learning that the fastest and easiest way to make money—the key value that has been modeled to them in America society—is to scam others, cheat your way through, and attract negative attention online that can be monetized. My endless sympathy to parents
August 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Going to keep saying: a society that wants to keep functioning needs to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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a thing i simply cannot get over, as The Media collapses for i think the 5th time in my adult life, is what the fuck business the people who own these publications think they are in. shouldn’t the point be to just make enough money making the articles to make more articles
August 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
a thing i simply cannot get over, as The Media collapses for i think the 5th time in my adult life, is what the fuck business the people who own these publications think they are in. shouldn’t the point be to just make enough money making the articles to make more articles
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It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes
July 31, 2025 at 4:53 PM
It's really weird to demand accountability from a NYC mayoral candidate for a deadly NYC shooting rather than the current NYC mayor, an ex-cop who campaigned on a "tough on crime" platform and promptly got indicted for crimes
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You would figure the media would already know that based on the fact that Mamdani won the primary and that the other three guys are a grotesque sex abuser, a comically corrupt goofball, and a man who wears a beret surrounded by 79 cats
July 14, 2025 at 2:40 PM
You would figure the media would already know that based on the fact that Mamdani won the primary and that the other three guys are a grotesque sex abuser, a comically corrupt goofball, and a man who wears a beret surrounded by 79 cats
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The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
July 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The fact we have secret police whisking people off the streets doesn’t get enough attention. It ain’t normal and we’re further down the road to authoritarianism than you think.
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This trick, explained: treating two unique things as one
- Data centre load growth is to power ultraslop generative spam firehose
- "AI for climate" stuff is narrow-domain applications that don't require carpet-bombing cities with MWh-guzzling DCs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Data centre load growth is to power ultraslop generative spam firehose
- "AI for climate" stuff is narrow-domain applications that don't require carpet-bombing cities with MWh-guzzling DCs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
June 7, 2025 at 6:31 PM
This trick, explained: treating two unique things as one
- Data centre load growth is to power ultraslop generative spam firehose
- "AI for climate" stuff is narrow-domain applications that don't require carpet-bombing cities with MWh-guzzling DCs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Data centre load growth is to power ultraslop generative spam firehose
- "AI for climate" stuff is narrow-domain applications that don't require carpet-bombing cities with MWh-guzzling DCs
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Happy 8th bday, covfefe 🤡
May 31, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Happy 8th bday, covfefe 🤡
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Doctors at the CDC say children should receive Covid vaccines. A disgraced ex-environmental lawyer who spent 20 years abusing heroin says they shouldn't. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
May 31, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Doctors at the CDC say children should receive Covid vaccines. A disgraced ex-environmental lawyer who spent 20 years abusing heroin says they shouldn't. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
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By now it should be clear that the Trump administration intends to use the power of the state to crush every institution that stands in its way.
There is no refuge in compliance. There will only be more demands, threats, and targets.
We can sit and watch it happen. Or we can unite against it.
There is no refuge in compliance. There will only be more demands, threats, and targets.
We can sit and watch it happen. Or we can unite against it.
Trump Intends to Cancel All Federal Funds Directed at Harvard
www.nytimes.com
May 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
By now it should be clear that the Trump administration intends to use the power of the state to crush every institution that stands in its way.
There is no refuge in compliance. There will only be more demands, threats, and targets.
We can sit and watch it happen. Or we can unite against it.
There is no refuge in compliance. There will only be more demands, threats, and targets.
We can sit and watch it happen. Or we can unite against it.
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I still think it’s backwards that mass shooters owning assault weapons is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.
May 14, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I still think it’s backwards that mass shooters owning assault weapons is considered a right while their victims’ healthcare is considered a privilege.
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When they are arresting sitting mayors for legal protests of ilkigal kidnapping by the government you are well past the point where strongly worded letters or statements are going to do anything to stop this and you are going to have to put yourself on the line in the same way that that mayor did.
May 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
When they are arresting sitting mayors for legal protests of ilkigal kidnapping by the government you are well past the point where strongly worded letters or statements are going to do anything to stop this and you are going to have to put yourself on the line in the same way that that mayor did.
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Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
May 8, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Cassocks are red
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
Conclaves are dope
Wake up babe we got a
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Literal genocide.
#UPDATE Israel's Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on Tuesday a victory for Israel in Gaza means that the Palestinian territory will be "entirely destroyed" before its inhabitants depart for other countries.
May 6, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Literal genocide.
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5 thoughts about Trump and Alcatraz:
1/ He launders bribes through cryptocurrency.
2/ He kills kids with vaccine disinformation.
3/ He's in Putin's pocket.
4/ He ships people to a foreign torture prison without due process.
5/ He loves to distract us with stunts like Alcatraz. Don't take the bait.
1/ He launders bribes through cryptocurrency.
2/ He kills kids with vaccine disinformation.
3/ He's in Putin's pocket.
4/ He ships people to a foreign torture prison without due process.
5/ He loves to distract us with stunts like Alcatraz. Don't take the bait.
May 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
5 thoughts about Trump and Alcatraz:
1/ He launders bribes through cryptocurrency.
2/ He kills kids with vaccine disinformation.
3/ He's in Putin's pocket.
4/ He ships people to a foreign torture prison without due process.
5/ He loves to distract us with stunts like Alcatraz. Don't take the bait.
1/ He launders bribes through cryptocurrency.
2/ He kills kids with vaccine disinformation.
3/ He's in Putin's pocket.
4/ He ships people to a foreign torture prison without due process.
5/ He loves to distract us with stunts like Alcatraz. Don't take the bait.