Steve Yelvington
@yelvington.com
Former enemy of the people, now mostly just an annoyance. Digital news pioneer. Cancer survivor. Newspaper journalism survivor. Would-be traveler.
Held senior positions at startribune.com, Cox, Morris.
Self-hosting Mastodon @steve@s.yelvington.com
Held senior positions at startribune.com, Cox, Morris.
Self-hosting Mastodon @steve@s.yelvington.com
It's Rosa Parks' birthday.
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It's Rosa Parks' birthday.
From a 2016 visit to Lviv, a poster in Ivan Franko Park: "Stop Putin, Stop War."
November 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
From a 2016 visit to Lviv, a poster in Ivan Franko Park: "Stop Putin, Stop War."
The illusion of power:
X began disclosing the location of influential users and it turned out that many of the most prominent magats weren't American at all, but ... you guessed it.
Russian.
X began disclosing the location of influential users and it turned out that many of the most prominent magats weren't American at all, but ... you guessed it.
Russian.
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The illusion of power:
X began disclosing the location of influential users and it turned out that many of the most prominent magats weren't American at all, but ... you guessed it.
Russian.
X began disclosing the location of influential users and it turned out that many of the most prominent magats weren't American at all, but ... you guessed it.
Russian.
Prices are up. Prices are down. Prices are higher but it's not the economy. What am I supposed to believe from this journalistic chaos?
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Prices are up. Prices are down. Prices are higher but it's not the economy. What am I supposed to believe from this journalistic chaos?
I think it's interesting that in dismantling the Department of Education, you-know-who has transferred key functionality to the Department of Labor.
November 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I think it's interesting that in dismantling the Department of Education, you-know-who has transferred key functionality to the Department of Labor.
Snazzy packaging, but I was disappointed to find that there's nothing in it having to do with green eggs. It's just Spam.
November 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Snazzy packaging, but I was disappointed to find that there's nothing in it having to do with green eggs. It's just Spam.
What do you suppose is in the Epstein files?
November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
What do you suppose is in the Epstein files?
I wonder how many Democrats Trump managed to get elected with this photo.
November 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
I wonder how many Democrats Trump managed to get elected with this photo.
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
195k in Potosi, Mo.
October 31, 2025 at 11:53 PM
195k in Potosi, Mo.
I had to retire my Ossoff sign, which I saved after his election. It was looking ratty. I'll get a new one when they open a local campaign office. I'm not paying the crazy shipping charges to get one delivered.
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I had to retire my Ossoff sign, which I saved after his election. It was looking ratty. I'll get a new one when they open a local campaign office. I'm not paying the crazy shipping charges to get one delivered.
Trump says he's prepared to escalate his war on American cities.
October 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Trump says he's prepared to escalate his war on American cities.
"It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."
-- Man losing his grip
-- Man losing his grip
October 20, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"It's a joke. I looked at the people. They are not representative of this country. And I looked at all the brand new signs I guess paid for by Soros and other radical left lunatics. We're checking it out. The demonstrations were very small. And the people were whacked out."
-- Man losing his grip
-- Man losing his grip
# no kings Savannah
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
# no kings Savannah
Magat bootlicker Buddy Carter turns to AI fakery in his campaign to smear senators Ossoff and Warnock.
October 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Magat bootlicker Buddy Carter turns to AI fakery in his campaign to smear senators Ossoff and Warnock.
Trump wants a triumph arch?
October 16, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump wants a triumph arch?
October 10, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Valhalla? Wait til Kash Patel hears about Helheim.
September 17, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Valhalla? Wait til Kash Patel hears about Helheim.
In the so-called world's greatest nation, people without homes are living in tents under bridges. Some would respond by killing all of them. Sadly, people like that are on television and paid millions of dollars per year. This country is sick.
September 15, 2025 at 1:34 AM
In the so-called world's greatest nation, people without homes are living in tents under bridges. Some would respond by killing all of them. Sadly, people like that are on television and paid millions of dollars per year. This country is sick.
Extremist murders, by year. Chart by George Rodrigue.
September 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Extremist murders, by year. Chart by George Rodrigue.
A peaceful morning on the Chicago River.
September 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A peaceful morning on the Chicago River.
Caillebotte exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago.
September 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Caillebotte exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago.