Steven D. Krause
@stevendkrause.bsky.social
Writer. Reader. Eater. I'm a professor at Eastern Michigan University where I teach about the connections between writing/rhetoric and technology. stevendkrause.com
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This isn't quite replacing Google News for me, but it's pretty close to that. theblue.report
I'm watching Dennis Leary on the Tonight Show right now, and IDK, he looks like some plastic surgery and make-up went horribly wrong.
November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I'm watching Dennis Leary on the Tonight Show right now, and IDK, he looks like some plastic surgery and make-up went horribly wrong.
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Thank you!
If you're on LinkedIn, you'll probably want to switch this toggle to 'off'.
September 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Thank you!
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It’s funny that the NY Post reports this as if it’s a dig on Jimmy Kimmel — when it’s actually a rallying cry for his fans.
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
It’s funny that the NY Post reports this as if it’s a dig on Jimmy Kimmel — when it’s actually a rallying cry for his fans.
How come it feels like everything is a distraction from the Epstein files?
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
How come it feels like everything is a distraction from the Epstein files?
I'd kind of forgotten about this site.
July 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
I'd kind of forgotten about this site.
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Just too good!
June 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Just too good!
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For the life of me I cannot figure out why Donald Trump is trying to destroy higher education
June 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
For the life of me I cannot figure out why Donald Trump is trying to destroy higher education
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There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
May 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.
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Hey Sen. Joni Ernst, people shouldn't be dying of treatable conditions because their Senators cut social safety nets that people have paid into all their lives, so they no longer have access to the care that would treat or manage their conditions.
The fact that this has to be spelled out is insane.
The fact that this has to be spelled out is insane.
May 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Hey Sen. Joni Ernst, people shouldn't be dying of treatable conditions because their Senators cut social safety nets that people have paid into all their lives, so they no longer have access to the care that would treat or manage their conditions.
The fact that this has to be spelled out is insane.
The fact that this has to be spelled out is insane.
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Yes, Joni, we are all going to die.
But it shouldn't be our SENATORS who are killing us.
But it shouldn't be our SENATORS who are killing us.
Audience member, referencing Medicaid and SNAP cuts: People will die
Republican Senator: Well, we all are going to die
Republican Senator: Well, we all are going to die
May 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Yes, Joni, we are all going to die.
But it shouldn't be our SENATORS who are killing us.
But it shouldn't be our SENATORS who are killing us.
I am fascinated by the reporting on "Original Sin." To quote from the end of this piece: "In a rational world, Congress would hold bipartisan hearings about how this happened and whether and to what extent Biden’s aides hid the truth from the public."
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
An Autopsy Report on Biden’s In-Office Decline
“Five people were running the country,” a political insider told the authors of the new book Original Sin. “And Joe Biden was at best a senior member of the board.”
www.theatlantic.com
May 16, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I am fascinated by the reporting on "Original Sin." To quote from the end of this piece: "In a rational world, Congress would hold bipartisan hearings about how this happened and whether and to what extent Biden’s aides hid the truth from the public."
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
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If the economy shrank in the 1st qtr despite everyone front-loading their purchases and the tariffs not hitting yet, I really worry about how big the contractions will be in Q2 and Q3
Breaking news: The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of 2025, contracting by an annualized rate of 0.3 percent, a stark reversal after nearly three years of solid growth, as tariff-related uncertainty upended spending patterns and raised fears of an impending recession.
U.S. economy shrank in early 2025, as tariffs sapped growth
GDP shrank in the first quarter, a new report shows, offering a look at how tariffs are reshaping spending patterns and changing the economy.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
If the economy shrank in the 1st qtr despite everyone front-loading their purchases and the tariffs not hitting yet, I really worry about how big the contractions will be in Q2 and Q3
Fully endorse.
100x this. You get plenty of conservatives in econ depts where they havent rejected all the academic mainstream.
The conservative movement has turned against reality on every scientific issue of our time, from gun violence to climate change to epidemiology.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
If campuses are ideologically homogenous, it's not because academia has ostracized conservatives. It's because conservatives have ostracized academia.
April 21, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fully endorse.
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NEW: When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
Trump Laid Off Nearly All the Federal Workers Who Investigate Firefighter Deaths
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.
www.propublica.org
April 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
NEW: When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
I was wondering about the cause/effect relationship, how JD Vance's abilities to make everything worse killed the pope. This is a much more charitable and probably correct.
I think it’s rather fitting that Pope Francis spent some of his final time on this earth with J.D. Vance. He died offering the wisdom of God’s light where it was desperately needed the most.
April 21, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I was wondering about the cause/effect relationship, how JD Vance's abilities to make everything worse killed the pope. This is a much more charitable and probably correct.
"Failing history. Insists on listing all dates as ‘Before Me’ and ‘After Me.’" Heh
“Told another student that ‘my dad can smite thy dad.’ Later, the other student’s father was late for pickup because he fell off a ladder and shattered his collarbone. Does this mean something?”
The Elementary School Disciplinary Record of Jesus Christ
“Failing history. Insists on listing all dates as ‘Before Me’ and ‘After Me.’ Guidance counselor says that he is ‘unusually egocentric for a child ...
buff.ly
April 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
"Failing history. Insists on listing all dates as ‘Before Me’ and ‘After Me.’" Heh
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We want #manufacturing back but we don't want to be the ones screwing them screws lol. Also, send some love to the business leaders out there trying to make long term business plans while they have no idea what #tariffs will apply to them in 30 or 90 days or...maybe by 11 am on Tuesday.
April 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
We want #manufacturing back but we don't want to be the ones screwing them screws lol. Also, send some love to the business leaders out there trying to make long term business plans while they have no idea what #tariffs will apply to them in 30 or 90 days or...maybe by 11 am on Tuesday.
A long blog post about the #4C25: It's my whole talk script with slides, and also some "thoughts" about the conference. The short version: I had a surprisingly good time, and it will be the last time I attend. Probably.
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April 13, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A long blog post about the #4C25: It's my whole talk script with slides, and also some "thoughts" about the conference. The short version: I had a surprisingly good time, and it will be the last time I attend. Probably.
stevendkrause.com/.../4c25-my-...
stevendkrause.com/.../4c25-my-...
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A reminder that Bluesky has a setting to require you to add alt text on photos before posting. Don't let yourself forget, change your settings & foster a more accessible platform here!
April 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
A reminder that Bluesky has a setting to require you to add alt text on photos before posting. Don't let yourself forget, change your settings & foster a more accessible platform here!
Wait, I thought "The Onion" was satire. Huh.
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
Report: You Live In An Embarrassing Country
WASHINGTON—According to a new report published Wednesday by the Pew Research Center, you live in a deeply embarrassing and barely functional country. “Our latest research and statistical analysis show...
theonion.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Wait, I thought "The Onion" was satire. Huh.