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Steven Lyons

@stevenlyons.bsky.social
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Visual designer / illustrator living in the Bay Area with a focus on the use of design to amplify progressive voices. See my work here: stevenlyons.com

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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 2h
I think everyone is pretty much aware that single, simple tasks are not energy hogs. It’s really genAI slop that is the culprit. How much energy and water does it take to generate an AI image of the complexity that Trump is typically posting to social media? How much to generate a short video?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13h
LMAO Trump's new AI website confirms that he lost in 2020
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Ricky Davila @therickydavila.bsky.social · 23h
This is what the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool looks like today after a $17M deliberate fuck up and the orange felon won’t stop until he destroys everything. Makes me sick to my stomach every day.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 12h
One of the banners I made for our local street protests
Painted banner with a big fist and the words Fight Oligarchy
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 12h
There it is. Proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 14h
Jack Smith: "History teaches that the rule of law is rarely destroyed all at once. It is often weakened by attacks on the institutions in the public servants sworn to uphold it. Since January of 2025, we have witnessed precisely such an effort."
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 29/09/2026
The ICE agent who shot Araujo in a Houston is named GREGORY FEATHERS. Make sure everyone knows.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 29/09/2026
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
texastribune.org
ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Had a conversation yesterday with a woman in this demographic. She’s working for a state-level local campaign and man she was fired up and ready to fight for all of it. Affordable healthcare, end homelessness, end foreign wars, Palestine. Look out establishment D’s this generation is not playing.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We need to get a full accounting of every dollar each media company accepted of our money stolen by Trump to run his partisan political ads on their channels. Companies who accept these ads are receiving property stolen from the American people & are a disgrace for accepting them
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Love this for them.
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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“National Park Service Deputy Director Frank Lands visited Grand Teton National Park this week and looked at three potential locations for a baseball park within the park’s boundaries” WTF 🤬 www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
washingtonpost.com
Trump administration considers building baseball park in Grand Teton National Park
Major League Baseball contacted the administration about hosting a game in a national park, with an agency official scouting Grand Teton as a possible location.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Too unpopular to seize power” is amazing subversive messaging. Got the right combo of dismissive and demoralizing. Amplification needed.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The latest sourdough loaf: whole wheat sesame.
Sourdough sesame loaf
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ah sorry, not him physically —I meant his hopes for stopping climate change
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Not looking so good, Al.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Ah. Perfect.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/09/2026
Why doesn't Trump want you to see his deals with Big Pharma? Maybe because it's a scam that's loaded with giveaways to drug companies—but no real savings for the American people.
washingtonpost.com
Secret contracts reveal undisclosed terms in Trump’s drug-pricing deals
Agreements with Pfizer and Eli Lilly include tariff protections, overseas pricing inducements and broad confidentiality clauses.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Limited reach but fun idea. Seems like you’d expose the message more if you simply carried the luggage around the terminal (which maybe they did as well)
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Love this. AI companies furiously trying to figure out how to monetize are losing the narrative war and it’s the kids who get it the most.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The major platforms—Facebook, YouTube, and X—are all refusing to show the trailer for the upcoming documentary that eviscerates the ridiculous pest Elon Musk. So I guess we have to do our part to make sure it is seen. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eY_8...
youtube.com
Musk | Official Trailer | Bleecker Street
YouTube video by Musk
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Dr. Jack Brown @drjackbrown.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Refuse to give billionaires a platform for anything. Stop believing they are smart – they aren't. Stop believing they can "see the big picture" – they can't. Stop believing they are motivated by ethics – they have none.
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Politics and Health 🗳️ 🩺 @politicshealth.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
So fuc*ing infuriating and sad. The CDC used to be the crown jewel of the world's scientific firmament. Other countries came to us for help fighting deadly diseases. Its disease detectives learned what caused illness and helped change practices to prevent them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/h...
nytimes.com
‘Zombified’ C.D.C., Hobbled by Cuts, Struggles to Fulfill Scientific Mission (Gift Article)
The agency has lost its independence and nearly a third of its staff, as Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and associates have tightened control.
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
nytimes.com
‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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Gary Legum @glegum.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Streisand it up, my dudes.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
+billions richer than when he was elected
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Constipated
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pulitzer level photography. “The beginning of the end.”
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Ars Technica @arstechnica.com · 25/09/2026
arstechnica.com
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment
Vendors rolling out AI have an "incentive to deny as many claims as possible."
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Prescient and horrific.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
11,000 neighbors kidnapped. The population of an entire small town just disappeared.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Great update. Shots done. Masking in crowded indoor spaces. Open all windows when the grandkids are here (we are lucky to have strong natural ventilation). Have not had COVID so far!
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Le Monde in English @english.lemonde.fr · 25/09/2026
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
lemonde.fr
Amnesty International calls for ICE to be abolished
In a report titled 'We Had Whistles, They Had Guns,' the NGO documents widespread human rights violations committed by ICE in the United States.
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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.
wsj.com
Exclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health Office
The cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026.
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...
motherjones.com
ChatGPT helped the Tumbler Ridge school shooter focus on guns, tactics, and terror, our investigation reveals
OpenAI’s chatbot fed the shooter’s violent fantasies and planning up to the massacre.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Amazing image. Kudos to the photographer. Hopefully this is how Trump will be remembered. A nasty old man shouting at the people who support him.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Still can’t get over how they are allowing thousands of white South Africans to immigrate while deporting tens of thousands of people of color. www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-a...
cbsnews.com
Trump administration to welcome up to 17,500 more White South Africans as refugees
The Trump administration is planning to welcome up to 17,500 additional White Afrikaners from South Africa as refugees over the next 12 months, according to a notice sent to Congress.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As a reminder, Democrats picked up 41 seats in the House in 2018, while losing two seats in the Senate. We should see a bigger pickup in both chambers this time, to put it mildly. But do not get cocky and coast here. Run through the tape.
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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
ProPublica got the literal check Collins was bribed with.
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justdeirdre.bsky.social @justdeirdre.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Aaron Parnas BREAKING: The DOJ just deleted all of the information regarding who Trump pardoned. They are trying to hide the truth. Don't worry, I saved it all here, so share this: www.pdffiller.com/s/VrmwZo_ZSL
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Justin Jest @justinjest.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
As we suspected:
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yep, small battery packs are so much cheaper and easier to deal with. Our Jackery battery pack has become a critical part of our home infrastructure. Keeps the internet router running during outages as well as charges all our devices.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
On a recent trip to the Sierra, I was shocked to see the number of satellites visible in the dark night sky. Such an increase in just a few years. There were many visible moving across the sky at any given moment. You can’t get away from it anymore.
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
In all the grandiose discussion about colonising Mars, I don't see much about how the soil is poisonous to us. This was only discovered in 2008. It contains perchlorates, which are environmental toxins here on Earth. Any human contact with Mars dust? Super-bad news in the long run. 1/
NASA image from the surface of Mars, showing its red dusty surface with rover tire-tracks running across it.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Damn, I want to move to WA.
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Steven Lyons @stevenlyons.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The sign I hold at our weekend protest
Illustration of Trump holding bags of money with the headline Thief in Chief
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Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Please know that this is one of my few legitimate areas of actual, high-level professional expertise: Kicking the healthiest people off of a health insurance program will bankrupt it. Not 'could;' not 'might,' not 'probably," but absolutely will, with mathematical certainty.
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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is not great
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 22/09/2026
They steal billions from us to give themselves tax breaks and then kick the crumbs out of our mouths.
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