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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I just feel that the Constitution should be interpreted as if our country were an eighteenth-century agrarian republic, except for the national bank, which should be imagined back no earlier than 1913.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Happy 100th birthday to Mel Brooks, king of Borscht Belt humor and American national treasure.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

OK – the Scott Wiener thing was indeed awful, but if we could: the apparent fact that the guy spearheading the trans thing is a straight guy who calls them queers is, I'm sorry to say, screamingly funny and also so San Francisco.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Never mind that the UK left the European Union more than six years ago; never mind that the UK left the single market five and a half years ago. A "proper" Brexit has somehow not been delivered. Brexit can never fail; it can only *be* failed.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

The United States has gotten to the point where I see these stories and I know that Eric Adams was corrupt, but I have negative baseline trust in the federal DOJ and I assume their decisions are political, so I have no baseline expectation of fairness on the government side.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

We have some pretty bad candidates running for various House districts in New York, and that is something the Democratic Party should probably take a look at.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Interesting dive into all of the key (House) Democratic primary contests in New York. The contention is that the intra-Democratic politics at play here are likely to be relevant nationally in 2028, and that seems quite possible to me. youtu.be/iAeb6g74A9c?...

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New York’s Dress Rehearsal For 2028

YouTube video by GD POLITICS

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Some beautiful photographs in this photo-essay about thawing permafrost in Mongolia. Mongolia is at the southern edge of the Eurasian permafrost zone, and the effects of thawing there have been particularly dramatic. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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The changing face of Mongolia as, beneath the grass, permafrost thaws

The warming caused by climate breakdown in the landlocked east Asian country is transforming its fragile ecosystem

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Happy Juneteenth. Try not to be weird about it.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

It's that time of year again where I find myself gently reminding Polish twitter that half of their actual country is reparations for WWII, and it's time to move on. It goes about as you would expect.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Matuschek: "...[D]ie Abwanderer, diejenigen die von der Union weggehen, ..die sind mittiger als die noch verbliebenen CDU/CSU Wähler,... und bei der SPD das gleiche, die sind weniger links als die noch verbliebenen SPD-Wähler... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

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So ein Umfrage-Desaster hat es noch nie gegeben. Mit Peter Matuschek

Podcast Episode · RONZHEIMER. · May 12 · 49m

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NAFO 69th Sniffing Brigade @69thsb.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

🔥 Fellas, halfway there We’ve hit 50% (Ft3,802,671 / Ft7,458,000) with the Hungarian Battalion 🇭🇺 www.help99.co/patches/hung... We’re raising for a NAFO Bus 3.0 for an Electronic Warfare company — detecting drones, jamming signals, saving lives every day 🙏 Let’s push it further!

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I don't know that I really care for Lupita Nyong'o's oeuvre; I don't recall the last time I saw her in something; I have no opinion on her casting as Helen of Troy; I'm not really bothered by that casting decision; I don't know why I should be; I don't care what Elon Musk thinks.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Longwell on Cassidy: 'It is worse for the country, and it is worse for the Republican Party, to have people who they point to and say, well that's a good one... There's a lot of people who would argue, well, we need good people in the Republican Party... podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Trump’s Revenge Tour Takes Down Another Republican Senator

Podcast Episode · Bulwark Takes · May 17 · 16m

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

We personally consider the Alternative for Germany and its Russia-friendliness to be a major security risk, especially for the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Saw Hawaii plates at the coffee shop yesterday. Love that. Long drive 🤔

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

I've heard it prophesied many times that *this* corruption will finally be Trump's undoing, and it never happens, so forgive my cynicism. That doesn't mean we shouldn't message on it, of course.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

The end of passport stamps has indeed been a devastating development. I had to check to see what my last physical passport stamp was, and it was from Russia (sadly) – my last trip there, flying out of the Saint Petersburg airport (hop to Helsinki, IIR) in November 2019.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Having a bit of nostalgia for Iceland today. Went there when I was a teenager – before they were in Schengen, before they introduced Schengen stamps.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

An interesting conversation on Shield of the Republic, as usual, though the hosts take the position that we should / need to remain in the Middle East, which I disagree with; and there is a strange reflection on British friends saying that the political.. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Trump is Destroying Our Diplomatic Corps

Podcast Episode · Shield of the Republic · May 11 · 59m

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Helpful, if concerning, discussion on the implications of AI for employment, social disruption, the tax base, inequality, and concentration of economic and political power. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w...

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What happens when only 4 trillionaires have all the income? And our parliaments are occupied by chatbots?

Podcast Episode · The Other Hand · May 1 · 36m

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Counties and subdivisions required to provide election materials in a language other than English (Spanish, Native American, Alaska Native, and Asian languages) under section 203 of the Voting Rights Act, 2021. (USA Facts / Census Bureau)

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

There's been a lot of angsty back-and-forth re the NYT piece on alleged sexual abuse of 🇵🇸 prisoners between pro- and anti-🇮🇱 people, & I find it tiring. I don't know how much re: abuse of prisoners is true. I *do* know that I am dead tired of 🇮🇱, and 🇺🇸 should be done with it.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Is it allowed to roll up to random hot whiteboys on the street and offer to make his dreams come true? I was told this is discouraged.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Did Jesus believe in or preach the existence of "hell" in the common understanding, as e.g. a place of eternal conscious torment? Does the New Testament presuppose such a place? The short answer to all of the above is "no". podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/d...

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Did Jesus Actually Believe in Hell?

Podcast Episode · Misquoting Jesus with Bart Ehrman · April 28 · 39m

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

It seems to me that the American experiment has been a very slow-motion failure. It has entered its last act – which isn't to say it couldn't still persist for many decades or longer in some kind of spectral form. I find myself dwelling more and more on the question whether, given...

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The thing about the Old South, apropos of nothing, is that it revolved around animus toward a particular group, but it wasn't a democracy for anybody. The *very day* the Callais ruling came down, black voters were again sliced and diced among Southern white districts...

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Interesting discussion with NYU's Nicholas Wolf re: language shift in Ireland during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. One point just briefly mentioned was the difference in intergenerational language transmission as between Irish and Welsh. podcasts.apple.com/be/podcast/i...

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Irish History Podcast

History Podcast · Updated weekly · From the Norman Invasion to the War of Independence, the Great Famine to the Troubles, the Irish History Podcast takes you on a journey through the most fascinating ...

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Looking at yesterday's local election results in my former council area in England. The eternal Labour majority was broken; "no overall control". Biggest gains were independent and Reform, which in the context of that town basically means Muslim and non-Muslim.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Apparently the now-prevailing theory is that large-scale changes in Brittonic in the sixth century resulted, in significant measure, from first-language Latin speakers adopting Brittonic as their primary language.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Dozens of people murdered in Russia's attacks on Ukrainian civilians over the past couple of days. This should be plastered on front pages across the world. Particularly here in the West.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Interesting. I suspect those Democratic internals are a sight to behold.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I appreciate that the UK has been relatively generous in interpreting its obligations under the WA vis-a-vis the EUSS, though one thing it could do unilaterally is simply to grant free movement rights to all EU/EEA/CH citizens originally covered... freemovement.org.uk/continuous-r...

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Continuous residence under the EU Settlement Scheme: changes to automated settlement process and expanded cancellation policy - Free Movement

The Home Office has expanded the scope of automated checks of continuous residence and more people will benefit from upgrades to settlement.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This is a challenging case, though my view is that the sentence given to Ms. Herda was excessive given the circumstances of the crime. She is theoretically eligible for parole now, and I hope she is soon released to continue her life in Poland. www.onet.pl/informacje/c...

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Przebywa w więzieniu za zamordowanie mężczyzny, który ją prześladował

Wyjechała do Irlandii w poszukiwaniu lepszego życia. Nie przypuszczała, że jej emigrancki sen zmieni się w prawdziwy koszmar. Od 2016 r. Marta Herda przebywa w więzieniu, z wyrokiem dożywocia za zamor...

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Thanks to Marc and to everybody fighting for democracy in Florida.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Good case made on Galen Druke's podcast by Druke and Nathaniel Rakich for anti-gerrymandering and term limits constitutional amendments. Perhaps underratedly popular.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I support the First Amendment, but implying that I, an attractive Slovenian model and third wife of a diaper-wearing billionaire, am a gold-digger, is a hate crime. Google Translate to English, send.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

New South, meet the Old South...

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I guess I'm with Taylor Lorenz and Anna Paulina Luna on the caged pigs issue, because when they're right, they're right.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Helpful conversation between Marcel Dirsus and Franz-Stefan Gady re:, i.a., spring / summer in Russia's war in Ukraine; implications of US, China, and Russia as revisionist powers; and Europe's immediate need to replace US as security provider. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1...

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#17 Franz-Stefan Gady: Is Russia Actually Winning? Frontline Reality

Podcast Episode · The Next Best with Marcel Dirsus · April 22 · 39m

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Under no circumstances should US legal protections and benefits be extended to US citizens who serve in the Israel Defense Forces.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the beginning of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. A large swathe of land and ecosystem was contaminated and countless people sickened and killed due to the incompetence of the Soviet dictatorship, and its coverup and lies.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Project Hail Mary was a good movie; would recommend.

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

What I gather from this is that Ukraine's greatest risk points from US hostility now are air defense from long-range attack drones and cruise missiles, plus intelligence and parts. The war in Iran is also a gut punch on multiple levels. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...

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Update from the Battlefield: Drones, Distance, and Diminishing Returns for Russia

Podcast Episode · War on the Rocks · April 9 · 28m

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Steve Kerins @stevekerins.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

AZCentral's The Gaggle podcast on concerns raised with the Arizona Supreme Court's program for non-lawyer ownership of law firms. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

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Rare Arizona program lets non-lawyers own law firms

Podcast Episode · The Gaggle: An Arizona politics podcast · February 25 · 22m

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