The lesser Steven Harding
@ststevenharding.bsky.social
Retired Wine Sales. Non-functioning New Wave Songwriter/Musician. Took a F.A. Matsen quantum mechanics class in 1975. The glass is at 50% of its capacity. Some digits are significant. Lamenting the human tragedy.
Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 9:03 AM central time. Happy solstice day! The rest is a testament to the power of imagination! The sun will come back. We can imagine a better world with less suffering and more joy and less absolute yet arbitrary rules as to how to obtain it.
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Sun, Dec 21, 2025, 9:03 AM central time. Happy solstice day! The rest is a testament to the power of imagination! The sun will come back. We can imagine a better world with less suffering and more joy and less absolute yet arbitrary rules as to how to obtain it.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... When government is criminal, everyone should use a Faraday bag.
Tech giants vow to defend users in US as spyware companies make inroads with Trump administration
Apple and WhatsApp say they will keep warning users if their phones are targeted by governments using hacking software against them
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
www.theguardian.com/technology/2... When government is criminal, everyone should use a Faraday bag.
Details and nuance can be really important www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Medical Students Need to Eat Too
How SNAP cuts threaten future physicians
www.medpagetoday.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Details and nuance can be really important www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Math and science can provide solutions to anything. Even redistricting, if only fascists would agree to try to be fair. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
Moon Duchin on the ‘Mathematical Quagmire’ of Gerrymandering
www.nytimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Math and science can provide solutions to anything. Even redistricting, if only fascists would agree to try to be fair. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...
So, there is this. futurism.com/artificial-i...
Goldman Sachs Says Gen Z Is Pretty Much Permanently Screwed
In an analysis of recent economic trends, economists wrote that "jobless growth" is pretty much the new normal.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 AM
So, there is this. futurism.com/artificial-i...
www.propublica.org/article/citi... Home insurance in Florida, coming to your state soon, esp. if you live in Texas.
A Florida Home Insurer Was Allowed to Bypass the Courts During Claim Disputes. It Won More Than 90% of the Time.
State legislators and executives at Citizens Property Insurance touted mandatory arbitration as advantageous for both consumers and insurers. In practice, homeowners were left with few avenues for rec...
www.propublica.org
September 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
www.propublica.org/article/citi... Home insurance in Florida, coming to your state soon, esp. if you live in Texas.
You know, proper boycotts can be challenging. Your local ABC affiliate station may be great, while evil there is affiliated with another network. But local advertisers on a Sinclair station might be a place to start. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 23, 2025 at 6:28 PM
You know, proper boycotts can be challenging. Your local ABC affiliate station may be great, while evil there is affiliated with another network. But local advertisers on a Sinclair station might be a place to start. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Hear me out, please. This article has implications far beyond the obvious. I thought at first that it was a sort of click-bait fluff... from the Atlantic. Then a bit of a screed. With some contemplation, I think it is genius. Specific to general. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
The Most Miraculous—And Overlooked—Type of Milk
Shelf-stable milk is a miracle of food science that Americans just won’t drink.
www.theatlantic.com
September 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hear me out, please. This article has implications far beyond the obvious. I thought at first that it was a sort of click-bait fluff... from the Atlantic. Then a bit of a screed. With some contemplation, I think it is genius. Specific to general. www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...
Vaccines. Federal authorities are now completely worthless if not actually dangerous. Fortunately, some states still have institutions of integrity. Thanks, Medpage. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Not Sure Where to Turn for Trusted Vaccine Guidance?
The Vaccine Integrity Project is analyzing the latest data
www.medpagetoday.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Vaccines. Federal authorities are now completely worthless if not actually dangerous. Fortunately, some states still have institutions of integrity. Thanks, Medpage. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
This article underlines that the Republican party is the antithesis of freedom. “People just hate accountability.”
No. People hate being controlled.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/14/a...
No. People hate being controlled.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/14/a...
Texas megadonor Alex Fairly will fund legal bid to keep GOP lawmakers on the primary ballot
The Amarillo businessman said he would tap into the $20 million political action committee he launched last year to preserve ballot access for censured Republicans.
www.texastribune.org
August 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This article underlines that the Republican party is the antithesis of freedom. “People just hate accountability.”
No. People hate being controlled.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/14/a...
No. People hate being controlled.
www.texastribune.org/2025/08/14/a...
I don't consider the Post a reliable news source, but one can hope this is true and turns out to be effective. Such potential irony. Such a potential for poetic justice! nypost.com/2025/06/07/u...
Breakthrough vaccine could eradicate breast cancer, shows 75% immune response in trial
The most common cancer in women — and one of the deadliest — may have finally met its match.
nypost.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I don't consider the Post a reliable news source, but one can hope this is true and turns out to be effective. Such potential irony. Such a potential for poetic justice! nypost.com/2025/06/07/u...
A long read but important for the future. www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-07...
Right-Wing Crackdowns Drive Academics Away From UT and the U.S.
Staff morale, federal funds, and state confidence dry up
www.austinchronicle.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
A long read but important for the future. www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-07...
Interesting on so many levels...Josh Hawley murders man, introduces bill to resurrect him. open.substack.com/pub/lucaskun...
Josh Hawley murders man, introduces bill to resurrect him.
Media awards him Most Compassionate Senator
open.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Interesting on so many levels...Josh Hawley murders man, introduces bill to resurrect him. open.substack.com/pub/lucaskun...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... I received this email. The clear implication is that the U.S. government can no longer be trusted. Sure, most info will be true, so long as it is neutral or celebratory to our "great" leadership.
Social Security Administration sends misleading email lauding Trump's new tax cuts law
The emails say nearly 9 in 10 Social Security beneficiaries won't pay income taxes on their benefits in the future. But the Trump tax law did not directly address Social Security.
www.nbcnews.com
July 5, 2025 at 6:27 PM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru... I received this email. The clear implication is that the U.S. government can no longer be trusted. Sure, most info will be true, so long as it is neutral or celebratory to our "great" leadership.
Happy Ambrose Bierce Day!
June 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Happy Ambrose Bierce Day!
Soon, there won't be studies like this one, so note it now. "Overall hospital transfer rates did not change, but Black patients were significantly more likely to be transferred out to another site after private equity acquisition..." www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Heart Failure Care and Outcomes After Private Equity Acquisition of U.S. Hospitals:
www.jacc.org
June 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Soon, there won't be studies like this one, so note it now. "Overall hospital transfer rates did not change, but Black patients were significantly more likely to be transferred out to another site after private equity acquisition..." www.jacc.org/doi/10.1016/...
Not all of Texas is pro-Nazi. www.kxan.com/news/local/a...
Live Blog: ICE protest at Texas Capitol
A crowd gathered at the Texas Capitol in Austin Monday in solidarity with those protesting Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions in Los Angeles, according to organizers.
www.kxan.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Not all of Texas is pro-Nazi. www.kxan.com/news/local/a...
Nice and truly courageous writing. I grew up in Odessa, so nothing here surprises me, except that the pay seems to be lower today than 50 years ago. searchlightnm.org/new-mexico-p...
The boots on Buck Jackson Road | Searchlight New Mexico
New Mexico is the second-largest oil producer in the U.S., behind Texas. Drawing immense wealth from the Permian Basin, the state relies on a workforce — often Latino men — who are subjected to harrow...
searchlightnm.org
June 1, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Nice and truly courageous writing. I grew up in Odessa, so nothing here surprises me, except that the pay seems to be lower today than 50 years ago. searchlightnm.org/new-mexico-p...
Elegant writing. Sometimes doing the right thing takes a lot of time and consistent effort to make a difference. Ignoring a problem or dismissing it with a label is unacceptable. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | I'm a Black Doctor. I Nearly Died Giving Birth.
I was not spared, despite my medical credentials and privilege
www.medpagetoday.com
May 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Elegant writing. Sometimes doing the right thing takes a lot of time and consistent effort to make a difference. Ignoring a problem or dismissing it with a label is unacceptable. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
A little detail you may have missed. Kinda important. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
Opinion | Yet Another Political Blow: The Loss of Evidence-Based Contraceptive Care
Cutting CDC's contraception research team endangers us all
www.medpagetoday.com
May 8, 2025 at 3:59 PM
A little detail you may have missed. Kinda important. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...
For those who had Ice as Trump's Gestapo, congratulations. The FBI may still stage a comeback.
Since late January, nearly 200 county, city, and state law enforcement agencies have signed what are known as 287(g) task force model agreements with ICE. These agencies operate in 23 states, with a whopping 137 in Florida.
Texas Police Are Slowly Joining What Could Be a ‘Giant ICE Army’
New 287(g) task force agreements are trickling in as the Lege considers mandating ICE cooperation and some counties await federal training.
www.texasobserver.org
April 27, 2025 at 6:35 PM
For those who had Ice as Trump's Gestapo, congratulations. The FBI may still stage a comeback.
Some people are saying that maybe it is time for other countries to review extradition treaties with the U.S. in a very public and newsworthy way.
April 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Some people are saying that maybe it is time for other countries to review extradition treaties with the U.S. in a very public and newsworthy way.
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Despite Christians being the largest faith group in the US, some politicians say they face widespread discrimination. Social psychologists share how this messaging may be something of a dog whistle to white Christian voters: buff.ly/Xa2zV9o
Claims of ‘anti-Christian bias’ sound to some voters like a message about race, not just religion
Some Americans hear claims of anti-Christian bias as a signal of white solidarity, according to a 2024 study.
buff.ly
April 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Despite Christians being the largest faith group in the US, some politicians say they face widespread discrimination. Social psychologists share how this messaging may be something of a dog whistle to white Christian voters: buff.ly/Xa2zV9o
In the continuing war on reality... www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
U.S. attorney demands scientific journal explain how it ensures 'viewpoint diversity'
The unusual letter caught the attention of First Amendment groups and some scientists, who raised concerns it was designed to suppress academic and scientific freedom.
www.nbcnews.com
April 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
In the continuing war on reality... www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
"Well... Doctor. I'm not depressed. I've decided that I'm having an entirely rational reaction to the state of things."
April 18, 2025 at 3:05 PM
"Well... Doctor. I'm not depressed. I've decided that I'm having an entirely rational reaction to the state of things."