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Jeffrey F Steiner

@jfs.bsky.social
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Tech guy with a JD and an GTAW welder trying to read all the scifi-fantasy in existence. All of it. Used to do molecular biology. Living in Minnesota by way of Boston, Moscow, London and Munich

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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 3h
Trump's been honoring Hispanic Heritage Month for about 45 minutes now, and the closest he's been to being on-topic is talking about the 401k's of Hispanic journalists in the audience.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 7h
This is an example of what happens when Trump loyalists control the local party. There is no way for a smart, sane, Republican to even get a nomination, so you get whatever this is.
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Covie @covie93.bsky.social · 22h
BREAKING: trump to sign executive order renaming the Atlanta Hawks to the Iowa Hawkeyes!
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alves @alves.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Every lawyer alive learned the spring gun cases. I think it was literally the first lecture or criminal law for me.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I would like to remind everyone of the Popehat Rule of blocking. Before engaging with an account that seems rude, belligerent, inauthentic, or otherwise iffy, just ask yourself “What is the chance I will have a positive interaction with this person in the future?” and proceed accordingly.
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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Doctors and researchers used to have free rein experiment on people living in poverty, notably Black Americans and women, without their consent. They rationalized that since they were getting “free” healthcare, they owed something to society. And now RFK Jr. is doing the same.
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RFK Jr outlines expansive vision for collecting US health data at Maha event
Health secretary calls for medical and lifestyle details to be sent to doctors and AI to address ‘chronic disease epidemic’
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Democrats don't have any income" is an insane statement, but it's also an admission that he sees the money collected by the United States government as his personal piggy bank, to be raided as he sees fit.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Senator who doesn’t know the difference between the Iowa Hawkeyes and (Atlanta) Georgia Hawks has thoughts on travel.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Winning strategy, sir! Because what voters are crying out for now is a singular AI-powered Federal government presence in their lives. The public will love this.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 28/09/2026
@timmiller.bsky.social on DHS announcing a record number of arrests, despite most in Ohio being Haitians who are here legally: “ They came here legally under temporary protected status, and we're treating them as if they're fentanyl dealers…And it's sick.”
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Citizen Platano 🇵🇷 @daniloc.xyz · 28/09/2026
an LLM cannot have understanding because that is a capability reserved exclusively to me, as I unwittingly parrot the premise of a paper I didn’t read based on some overconfident tweets I saw one time in 2023
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
As my criminal law prof said - crime pays well. It’s quite easy to commit crimes and get away with them. Fortunately, people who chose crime as a career are almost always reckless and/or stupid.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If the press doesn’t bring up Foxconn during this afternoon’s announcement they deserve to be kicked out of the pool.
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 27/09/2026
[Parody of the "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" anti-piracy PSA. Grungy white text on a black background with blue VHS tracking distortion:]
You Wouldn't Bring Iced Coffee To A Job Interview
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Who out there has ever been unable to pay for something because their checks did not include their pre-printed driver’s license number?
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Makes you wonder at what point Mike would NOT respond in the same way. For example, what if the question was “Some folks in the administration have floated the idea of only allowing women to vote under the supervision of a male relative. Do you have thoughts on that?”
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Please tell me Weird Al is plugged into the discourse.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I support this account, because I had the same reaction. In the past month, my wife and I have seen two movies where someone was doing a really cool character and we had to pause and figure out who the hell it was. Pugh both times.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Is it possible OP was saying Pugh is an exception because she’s an exceptional character actor? I completely agree with that. The fact she’s attractive doesn’t change the fact she’s also delivers a lot of really unique, memorable character performances. I shall now look up OP’s history…
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Melissa Johnson, PhD @ladyhistorian.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Running for president as a single-issue candidate: Requiring websites to make Boolean searches work again
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The charm I wear around my neck will be a small can of spray paint.
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 26/09/2026
Whatever you do, don't smoke an entire brisket at a job interview, it's a lot of equipment to bring in, it takes a really long time to do it right and those conference rooms have notoriously poor ventilation
Someone smoking a brisket and poking it with a meat thermometer to see what the internal temperature is
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I’ve interviewed at least 200 candidates for various jobs over the years, including a few where I was the hiring manager, and I have no idea if anyone ever had a coffee along at the time.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I interviewed at a top-tier pharma company in Boston around ‘96. They had to push out the interview an hour due to a scheduling issue, so they apologized and parked me in a break room fully stocked with Nantucket Nectars and Sam Adams products. It felt like a test.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My kids have measles, I can't afford diesel, my country has been humiliated by Iran, and I have explosive diarrhea from a parasite the CDC no longer monitors. But at least now I can go to the lesbian bar without putting on a mask.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Of course.
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Minnesota is a shit hole that I’m embarrassed to live in. Here’s why Minnesotans should make me their next senator. by Michele Tafoya
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Why is this a negative? If anything, having highly specific pastimes, especially if sewing is involved, suggests an intense attention to detail.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Book recommendation - if you undergo an L4-L5 fusion and need some rest, don’t take a ton of drugs and nod off while reading @tkingfisher.com ‘s Wolf Worm.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Update: Trump has now renamed Super Intelligence. It shall henceforth be known as the American Ocean.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Addressing the UN, everybody!
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Who is the audience for all this rhetoric? I know negative campaigning works and I saw Swiftboating in action, but I can’t picture how one single vote will change because the RNC was yelling “Democrats are COMMUNISTS, like in CUBA. You don’t want to vote COMMUNIST, do you?”
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Oliver Willis @owillis.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Democrats are well positioned to inherit power thanks to disgust with Trump, but ultimately none of this is about what Dems did in response to Trump. They mostly capitulated and are benefiting from being the other party in a two party system, I don’t have any positive expectations for them.
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Thomas Lecaque @tlecaque.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm French. I will vote for bad people to stop fascists. But I will be mad as all hell doing it and I won't contribute a single fucking dime. And I will criticize them every god damn step of the way with the lone exception of the polling place itself, and then only because it is illegal.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something." No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
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Joel Fleming @joel-fleming.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
You’re absolutely right. There was another plane already on that runway. That’s on me and it won’t happen again.
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Lisa Guerrero @lisaguerrero.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Not only did I meet Robert Kraft, I worked for him. His kid Jonathan asked me to “remove the black music” from my gameday playlist in ‘94 & I refused so they fired me. I was the cheerleader director at the time.  I sued them for wrongful termination and won. So yes, I know that motherfucker. 
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Honestly just touch the fucking stove already buddy. We’re already boned six ways to Sunday, might as well make it Sunday.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Make vacations more affordable by selling the PJ and entering into a leaseback arrangement or look into NetJets.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Need.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Now imagine her doing a 15 minute investigational segment on 60 Minutes.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
CBS is now doing product placement in the news.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Douthat piece where he talks about the importance of AI closes with a sponsorship notice from a healthcare company using AI to deny claims.
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Jeffrey F Steiner @jfs.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Ross Douthat is the new Andy Rooney? AS A JOKE!?!?
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Because Zohran Mamdani is a Muslim, he could never do what was needed from a New York mayor after 9/11: spend the next 25 years binge-drinking himself into oblivion. by Rudy Giuliani
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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
If your data centres require air defences and/or being built underground then you’re probably not the best suited location for hosting data centres.
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ellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 10/09/2026
The explicit argument is that Democrats must lose if they’re not perfect on trans rights because if they win with any amount of non-perfect rhetoric they will do what Labour did. It is insane “flight 93 election” logic
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Jeff Fecke @jkfecke.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
In 1996, LGBT activists swallowed Wellstone's DOMA vote because they were looking four moves down the board. We need to do the same now. A Democratic senate won't confirm Trump's judges. That's fewer anti-trans jurists. That alone is reason to support Talarico in a Texas seat for six years.
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