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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So uhh a mixture of loathsome assholes and people I've never heard of? Good comeback!

Just some recent guests on “Real Time with Bill Maher”:

1. Michael S. Roth
2. Ryan Holliday
3. Andrew Cuomo
4. Mike Rowe
5. Scott Galloway
6. Erin Brockovich
7. David Sedaris
8. Neil DeGrasse Tyson
9. John Fetterman
10. Gavin Newsom

Are these guests on loathed Bill Maher’s show not interesting enough for you, @JoyceCarolOates?

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

LOL. Ah yes, beloved underdogs the Democrat establishment.

Inside the Wisconsin upset that shook the progressive left for a change

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

CNN framed El-Sayed's win as a "narrow victory" and Crowley's (even narrower) victory as "the Democratic establishment roars back."

Democratic establishment roars back as David Crowley clinches Wisconsin victory

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Is the party's quandary that it's top-to-bottom scumbags?

Allegations against several GOP congressmen highlight the party’s quandary

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Drop a crush from your youth. (Still a crush, in all fairness.)

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I have multiple friends whose kids call me "Uncle Steve" even though we're not related AT ALL! I demand an investigation!

New York Post headline acting aghast that Mamdani would call his older cousin his aunt.

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Lovely new South Dakota Review with three of my poems.

"Townsfolk mutter to one another" poem by Steven D. Schroeder

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

I know quite a lot of music and am dedicated to discovering more, but reading Stereogum headlines is still an exercise in WTF hilarity.

FearDorian and osquinn Announces New Album Before You Press Play: Hear The Clairo-Sampling “bags”

Guitar Announce New Album We’re Headed To The Lake: Hear “Pizza For Everyone”

villagerrr – “Ride Or Die” (Feat. feeble little horse’s Lydia Slocum)

The Belair Lip Bombs Announce New Album Again: Hear “Hey You”

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Me to a Democratic Party that can't even be bothered to resist.

"Then what the fuck do I need you for?" from Get Shorty

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The ease with which these cowards capitulate to evil is repulsive and unsurprising.

Chuck Schumer capitulating to Republicans

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

One of my weird little fantasy/fairytale/fable prose poems got nominated for Best of the Net by Yalobusha Review! yr.olemiss.edu/piece/this-m...

Yalobusha Review nominations for Best of the Net, including my poem "This miniature city goes on its own"

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I've been thinking about this poem from my most recent book. Bootlicking is such an American pastime.

Yes Men

The boss innovated the winning yes
one of us mentioned yesterday,
displayed our original yes in case
we misremembered our place,
insisted yes precede us at meetings,
expected nothing less than yes
plus half a pumpkin muffin on his desk
before he asked. Yes didn’t protest
lottery ticket Christmas bonuses.
Yes lacked the skill to assess
its lack of skills. Our aspiration
to be boss necessitated we yes
mandatory morale-boosting
posters of sharks and astronauts,
offices of increasing senselessness,
eyeglass-like devices to microanalyze
our voice and posture, access control
systems based on genetic tests.
Yes didn’t resist being piled high
to bypass all walls. Yes expanded to fill
time available. In lawsuits, the boss
suggested that we testify yes
was safe if ingested, was fine
containing greater than trace amounts
of asbestos and lead, was normal
despite paralysis in lab mice, made sense
classified as a recyclable instead
of medical waste. Yes didn’t question
messaging new history into existence.
Yes adjusted its answers as it guessed
the experiment’s goal. The boss
passed on the title of boss
to the boss, so yes reassessed its use
for us, rightsized the workforce
right in our faces, transitioned us
into a basketball trashcan, promoted
our emasculating nicknames
with a press release. Yes was not
the boss, yet yes was also not
not the boss. At last, yes advanced
to its level of incompetence.

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 07/01/2024

American media tie themselves in linguistic knots to avoid saying "Israelis killed a 3-year-old" in the same way they do with American cops.

CNN story about Israelis killing a 3-year-old that scrupulously avoids phrasing it that way.

New York Times story about police shooting protesters that scrupulously avoids phrasing it that way.

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

I love how many atmospheric black metal album covers are basically folk album covers with crazy-ass font choices.

Black metal album cover: Eldamar, The Force of the Ancient Land

Black metal album cover: Fathomage, Autumn's Dawn, Winter's Darkness

Black metal album cover: Yfel, Beneath the Mountain's Vigil

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Can you even imagine being this much of a sweaty tryhard loser?

Elon Musk posting a meme of himself pretending people are mad at him because he's speaking truth to power.

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 26/11/2023

"Of Late" by George Starbuck www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 19/10/2023

Congratulations on one of the dumbest things anyone has ever said, and also on that time you helped cover up sexual abuse at Ohio State.

Twitter post by Jim Jordan: No American should accost another for their beliefs.

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Modified the dealership sticker into a helpful information label so people will know what I'm driving.

A car with a rear CARMAX sticker modified to say CAR

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 09/08/2023

The reason I don't earn a living making art is because the best thing about art in a late capitalist hellscape is it doesn't have to be commerce. I'm a very good writer and make a living quite comfortably with that skill.

Screenshot of tweet saying "Have you considered that the reason you can't earn a living making art isn't because you live in a "late capitalist hellscape," but is rather because you have no discernible talent and have chosen to blame capitalism as a coping mechanism?"

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

No offense to the poets involved, but if a journal with zero web presence and zero social presence pops up with an issue #1 contributor list like this, proceed with extreme skepticism about how they selected those poems.

Issue #1 contributor list for Revel: A Journal of Poetry

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 02/08/2023

Please understand that producing any poetry of value with AI requires a tremendous amount of careful work.

ChatGPT produces a terrible poem in response to a prompt and can't even correctly say how many lines it has.

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 27/07/2023

Just so we're clear, these three "controversial" moments are clearly 3-0 in favor of Sinead. RIP. Fuck Andrew Dice Clay, Frank Sinatra, and the Catholic Church coverup.

CNN account of Sinead O'Connor "controversial" incidents

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 10/07/2023

Show me pictures on your phone that have your energy, not selfies.

Car console that looks like a screaming robot

A glass of whiskey with a computer screen showing the game Hitman

Bookshelves full of roleplaying games, Lord of the Rings books, and other nerd items

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 05/07/2023

Since the small press that published Wikipedia Apocalyptica fell apart, you can now download a free PDF copy of my most recent book from my website. I still have quite a few physical copies I can sign and mail to you if you want to buy one. steveschroeder.info/books

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$teven D. $chroeder 💰 @stevendschroeder.bsky.social · 04/07/2023

I already have followers here who don't know me from Twitter or elsewhere, so here's a poem from my latest book, Wikipedia Apocalyptica, as a kind of introduction.

our solution came back more
addictive and contagious
and toxic than the problem,
so we didn’t. Instead, we said
There’s a problem so long and loud
that people saw, though we thought
they didn’t know the problem
from a hole in the ground.
We threw plastic bags and pesticides
and denials in the hole
until it became a real problem.
Our solution threw money around,
other people’s money, of course.
We said They don’t work
of other people’s solutions

after we cracked their kneecaps
in freak pickaxe accidents.
The hole’s ammonia and sulfur smell
came from untapped gas reserves
or hell. When people fell in
with a helpful shove, we shoveled
our solution over them and said
This is the hill you picked to die on?
until they couldn’t tell
what direction was up-and-up.
Our simple solution, gut solution,
straight-shooting solution,
populist outsider solution,
our solution that contained a hole
within an even deeper hole.

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