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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Reporter states that the seat in question doesn’t even exist in the Atlanta basketball stadium. Did the accuser not even due the most basic of due diligence?! 🙄🫤🤪😂

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The Dylan Group — Ur-klang Search [Bubble Core/Fat Cat, 2000] Found a nice copy of this great last album from vibes-based “post rock” group that, in my opinion, doesn’t get enough credit for the very fine work they do.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thoughtful comments here

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

When the lens we didn’t dream of becomes sharply poignant…

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Tracked down a physical copy of this excellent record yesterday at Portland’s great shop, Echoes In Space. Such a beautiful album of ambient IDM. I’ve been playing it over and over this summer on digital formats, now glad to have the record to play at home!

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sad to say that I was initially unclear as to whether this quote was in reference to Iran or Canada.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

These 8 things are listed in the 2nd section of ‘Goodnight Moon’, but not in the 1st section: Moon Light Clocks Socks Nobody Stars Air Noises Everywhere What is the 1 thing listed in the 1st section that is not listed in the 2nd section? (Yes, I currently can recite this book from memory.)

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 13/08/2026

14 million souls ended in a single year by Elon Musk's cruelty and stupidity Here are some of the comparisons: Rwandan genocide: 800k dead Cambodian genocide: 3 million dead The Holocaust: 7 million dead

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is wild timing. And also very frustrating/sad/confusing/bad policy.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/07/2026

"Judge Simon points out that he’s far from the only judge to conclude that, under Trump, the DOJ has forfeited the presumption of regularity it enjoyed for generations. Dhillon live-tweeting her every retaliatory move on social media is just the cherry on top." — @lizdye.bsky.social

publicnotice.co

Harmeet Dhillon demonstrates danger of posting through it

When being terminally online goes wrong.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Had a chance to hear beautiful music in a beautiful setting tonight—a short live set by @brianfoote.bsky.social & Paul Dickow, of their recent collaborative work released by Geographic North, at an outdoor venue of a botanical garden. Closing set by Cosmic Tones Research Trio was also amazing!

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Ben Silverstein ❌👑 @bensilverstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Trump's big news is China acquired the publicly available voter file? Bro, DOGE employees took off with our Social Security info on thumb drives.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Switzerland has neutralized this game!

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

“A lot of what you’re seeing in the bill is catch-up on 30 years of policy that has been stalled because Congress hasn’t had the bandwidth to do any housing legislation,” said Ben Metcalf…. “It is the kind of thoughtful legislating that Congress used to do all the time but now never does.”

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

This is good work to review more deeply. “America’s problems are solved problems. Just not here.”

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Good AOTY list from one of this little corner of the Internet’s finest listeners. As always, so much to discover within for me.

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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

This is an incredible LIE being told by the guy that manages the agency that oversees the ACA. It's obscene how easily, how frequently and how dramatically these Trump folks lie to us. ✅Fact check from the extremely reliable @kff.org (& no, KFF did not retract this.)

ACA Insurers Are Raising Premiums by an Estimated 26%, but Most Enrollees Would See Sharper Increases in What They Pay if Enhanced Tax Credits Expire

Percent change in gross and net premium payments, 2026
20406080100%
26%
114%
Increase in insurer premiums (gross)
Increase in enrollee premium payments (net of tax credit)
Source: KFF analysis of ACA Marketplace premium data

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Age verification? When I bought my first computer, they tried to upsell me to 8MB of RAM at the store.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Love the closing line tonight. Thanks, as always, for the cogent and clarifying recap of events, @hcrichardson.bsky.social.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Momma’s new album is good! At number 2 on this list is a pleasant surprise. Nice to see the new Caroline album noted, as well as Horsegirl—both are also standout albums to me, so far this year.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

@wired.com has been doing great reporting on the technocratic aspects of the present administration.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

@propublica.org, going the extra lengths for the good, accurate story, yet again.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Proud of my Senator for not getting spun around my this wildly circular response pattern.

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kottke.org @kottke.org · 02/05/2025

Name a non-fictional person who could carry the One Ring, uncorrupted, all the way to Mordor

a photo of a smiling Fred Rogers in a red cardigan

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Movie you’ve watched more than 6 times using GIFs. (“Hard mode”: no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR.)

media.tenor.com

a man in a green dress is holding a green cloth

ALT: a man in a green dress is holding a green cloth

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

As he was falling asleep tonight, my five-year-old asked me, “Dad, who is our mayor? Like, the president, but for our city.” I told him the name of our mayor. Then he asked me, “Dad, is Trumps going to hurt us?” Why is my 5yr old asking this second question??

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This was my thinking upon hearing the news of his breaking the floor speech time record.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

@wired.com really has some great reporting going on in these present times.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Love love love this album and the one before it, ‘Imperial f.f.r.r.’. Complex, dynamic, cyclical indie rock with minimalist vibes and great melodies. Looking forward to receiving my 2LP reissue soon.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Follow/be aware of the trusted and experienced voice.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

@joycewhitevance.bsky.social — ask me about this, from one Bobcat to another.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

100% Gemini behavior — wants things both ways.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I’ve recently been seeing some summaries of the 1994 Trilateral Process between US-Ukraine-Russia re Ukrainian nuclear stockpile and missle treaty follow-thru in the aftermath of the downfall of USSR in 1991. I don’t recall reading this important historical context in the past 6 years /1

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Machete method—just hacking away and leaving incredibly crude edges.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Interesting interview. Always helpful to listen to (and consider!) voices outside your own conversation.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

This excellent thread is also a bit of Oregon political history in disguise. Now representing OR CD-1: @repbonamici.bsky.social

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Great, wonky thread of how things work (or are supposed to work).

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

This is the message: “Weak and Afraid.” This is how Congressional Republicans are acting in their abdication of duties to check the Executive Branch. This is how the Executive Branch is acting in their roughshod deforestation of various federal agencies and of the federal government workforce.

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Somehow, I entirely missed the existence of Balmat, a new-ish record label from the inimitable @philipsherburne.bsky.social (and friends). Then I stumbled onto this release and I’m totally blown away by the release and the several others in their catalog. earthtraxonline.bandcamp.com/album/dreams...

earthtraxonline.bandcamp.com

Dreams & Whispers, by Bartosz Kruczyński

14 track album

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Stephen @sppz.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Often great notes on the historical rhyming from @kevinmkruse.bsky.social. Here’s another example in the “haven’t we seen this before?” chapter of DJT II.

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