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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Did that ad just say Marine “corpse”?

Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ohio politics is funny. Just saw an attack ad against a gubernatorial candidate asserting that she cried once at a meeting.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

When I hear someone discuss a neighborhood’s “character,” I reach for my revolver.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Connie Chan’s legislative agenda in SF has been to maintain property values for incumbents. Not at all my idea of “progressive.”

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sorry to see that my all-time favorite product name - Corry's Slug and Snail Death - has been changed to Corry's Slug and Snail Killer. Just another poison now, rather than an inevitability.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The Isle of Man, in the Irish Sea between England and Northern Ireland, has a substantial wallaby population.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If this were Raytheon or Lockheed this would be a global scandal. How is Nvidia immune?

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This sums up who we humans are: "The town was known as the "Clam Capital of the World' for years for its abundance of its namesake Pismo clam, until overfishing destroyed the local shellfish industry by the late 20th century."

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I don't think that trying to replicate Trump in this regard is really going to get him into (well, further into) the White.House.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Really good new song by Mitch Easter, of all people! A musical hero of mine, still getting it done, decades later. mitcheaster.bandcamp.com/track/fine-f...

mitcheaster.bandcamp.com

Fine Forever Wanting, by Mitch Easter

track by Mitch Easter

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

You spend three months studying, after graduation. You pay a bar review company thousands to guide that study, on a schedule. Then the state cancels the exam because of tech problems? 1/2 www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

seattletimes.com

WA bar exam canceled due to tech issue; 645 law students in limbo

Washington's next generation of lawyers faced a rude surprise Tuesday, as technology issues canceled multiday exams scheduled this week in Yakima.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Forthcoming and recent releases from our label. Including us, of course. And yeah, that’s Strawberry Alarm Clock and Graham Parker, among others.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

In the Seventies, we would have called Democratic Socialists Democrats. In the Fifties, we would have called Democratic Socialists Republicans. A simple formula of taxes and public spending, without *any* talk of the people controlling the means of production. Nothing radical here.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Recording a station ID for a French radio station, scheduling an interview with an Irish one, I'm feeling like Temu Mick Jagger today.

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TK @40goingon28.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Even worse, I STAYED MARRIED to someone for two years after we separated because she had a chronic health condition and needed my insurance

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Anybody putting together election litigation teams, hmu. I don't have subject matter expertise, but I've got time for some writing.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Is it unique to San Francisco that politicians devoted to a program of resisting housing to bolster property values are referred to as "progressive"?

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Imagine the experience France fans will have: losing, then walking out of the stadium and being in suburban Dallas.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Kid on my plane: “best day ever! We were in a cloud!” Keep lovin’life, buddy.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Flopping seems important enough in soccer that there must be players with almost no soccer skills who are just spectacular at flopping. Like the opposite of an enforcer in hockey.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

My Constitutional Law class is now one day shorter.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

No reflecting at the Reflecting Pool

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

To read this "article," you'd think this guy got rich off of rock music. Nah. Putting out Peter Laughner records does not buy you an SF compound. Family money. www.sfgate.com/realestate/a...

sfgate.com

Punk label founder lists rare Russian Hill compound for $7.7M

Both of the property's residences date back to 1895.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

FIFA: So tell us about your flashing a white power sign. Evans: Wha? I had no idea, I was just playing the Circle Game! *winks* FIFA: wait, did you just wink? Evans: Sure! Playing the winking game! It's fun! FIFA: Oh, OK.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

We need judges to start using the sanctions hammer more frequently and substantially: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/b...

nytimes.com

Kash Patel Keeps Suing the Press

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This seems to be the right tchotchke for the time: www.facebook.com/marketplace/...

facebook.com

Facebook

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Fine, but what would be a better qualification for the position than an *unknown* background?

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

I’ve never seen a dissent like Thomas’s today in Whitton v. Dixon. It has an entire section rehashing totally unrelated cases where he disliked the outcome. Just random complaint.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Zuckerberg's major initiatives have included Facebook, the metaverse, ai glasses, and AI avatars. All are "social media," in the sense of mediating social experiences - putting a step between interactions with the world. He recoils from the direct and built a company instead of going to therapy.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

If you’re Ferrari, and you make an electric car, shouldn’t you make “the Ferrari of electric cars”? Making just another that looks like all the rest seems to miss the point.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

The argument that students need to become conversant/skilled/expert/what have you, with AI seems silly to me. There's no special expertise or training required to ask the robot to answer the question.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I asked Gemini to "reinterpret" an Ellsworth Kelly painting. The results were . . . clumsy.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

I see a lot more Red Sox fans complaining about how bad the team is than I see Giants fans complaining about their *even worse* team. I think that's because Red Sox fans have expectations.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

With its local public schools banning Alex Haley’s “Roots,” I wonder how the University of Tennessee plans to do any recruiting. Faculty, athletes, who would want to be in that environment?

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

The position”Lieutenant Governor” exists for no reason other than to give some low-level politician a job from which they can run for some other job. It exists as a stepping stone and is meaningful only to the holder of the office. Let’s get rid of it.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

"anything's possible," they say, and you don't believe them until that day you wind up with a Red Hot Chili Pepper's song stuck in your head.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

In AAA’s home insurance ads policyholders call to make claims about broken windows. Can you imagine? they’d drop you so fast if you’ve made a claim for a broken window.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Logan Roy would just set up Brendan Carr to be caught with an underage prostitute.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

The announcement that the federal government will use firing squads in executions was made to: (1) own the libs, and (2) fire up dudes who include a visit to Bass Pro Shops on their vacation itineraries. There are no scheduled federal executions, and none have happened in five years.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The young cashier who said, "you must have been very handsome when you were a young man." "Thank you," I said, as I pulled the knife from my heart.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

I wish people had heeded all the tales of Trump stiffing his vendors. If that’s your approach to doing business, people learn not to do business with you. He’s a totally unreliable counterpart, and he’s in charge of our international relations.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

We're excited to have an album coming out this fall on the Big Stir Records label.

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Stephen @stephenthen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Italy’s Prime Minister Meloni: “I find President Trump’s remarks about the Holy Father unacceptable.” Trump, with the rapier wit of a tween, retorts: “She’s the one who’s unacceptable.”

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