Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026If someone engaged in cannibalism once, do they have to be called a cannibal forever? They're not eating people now. They reformed? What if the other person was asking to be eaten? I mean, they were well seasoned... Right? This is exactly how stupid your blame the victim shit sounds. 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Many years ago before I got old and fat, I participated in critical mass events in Little Rock to advocate for this very thing. Not much changed in Little Rock but this is the future we were hoping for. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critica...en.wikipedia.orgCritical Mass (cycling) - Wikipedia 000
Reposted by Steve RossYashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 25/09/2026UPDATE The Qatari government has responded to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s speech at the UN with a lengthy statement: 1627784
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is a dumb question. He hasn't been in touch with reality, ever. 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There is no liberal woman in the universe who would degrade themselves enough to try and lure these limp peen COD cosplayers into bed. Keep dreaming assholes. 010
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Except the snarky on also wants to write 2000 words of merciless snark. 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Certainly that had to pass the Committee on Committees? Probably on 3 readings. 010
Reposted by Steve RossThe Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 15/09/2026No shit, 100% agree here. 238208015610
Reposted by Steve RossDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/09/2026This really gets it. Why aren't they mad? 2047143
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026But fuckheads like any of the Broligarchs being involved brings IMMEDIATE suspicion. THEY built this because they thought they could do whatever the FUCK they wanted. And these are the consequences. Once people's trust is shaken by bad actors, its a helluva lot harder to gain it back. /end 150
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Because I'm willing to bet that if they came into Memphis and said what they wanted to do... high level sustainability. That power bills wouldn't rise. That the aquafer wouldn't be pilfered. And that they would be 100% transparent about what they're doing, people might give them a chance. /3 150
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026So it sucks that someone has a way to make a DC that's not: a gawdamn monstrosity, or uses a metric fuckton of water from an aquafer that waters a whole area beyond the MSA, OR causes power bills to rise. But its also an opportunity... 2/ 120
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Agree 100%. But this type thing isn't unique to Memphis. What happened here, and a bunch of other places that got 1st gen AI DC's set that narrative. All it takes is a few stories like this to set the national narrative of what a DC is. 1/ 150
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And that's what WE'RE PISSED about and why we want a 12 month moratorium. These broligarchs severely damaged public trust. And that's not going to be repaired quickly or easily...even if a new data center model is less invasive. People are rightly shook and don't want to be fooled again. /end 1101
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026And THATS what we're pissed about. Not that its a data center. That some rich douchebag came and made life hell for people without so much as a "sorry for the noise and the shit we're pumping in the air 24/7." They denied all the diesel generators and everything, even after we had pictures. 6/ 1100
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Anyway, my point is, these guys rolled in and just started doing shit here without any known public discussion. And the health detriments are REAL. And people are pissed. And that pattern is playing out in Little Rock, West Memphis (AR) and a ton of other places. 5/ 1110
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026All the data centers here in the Memphis area are being built in historically black communities. The rest of my extended family lives in Little Rock, where they're organizing against a new data center to be built in another historically black community. 4/ 1120
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Chamber didn't help any either. They've been the biggest cheerleaders for this. They talked a big game about how this will be a huge gain for Memphis (as city that needs it). Thus far, there are no metrics to show how the facility has created any positive impact. 3/ 190
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The opposition, at least here, is about the negative health effects, the fucking noise of the turbines, and the fact that the city basically rolled over for Musk. The City Council here just passed the 2nd reading of a data center 12 month moratorium. 2/ 1141
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026How much of the "Anti-Data center" feeling is about the building, and how much is about who is behind the building? I live in Memphis, and XAI has been running turbines and buying gas power plants from China to power his many data centers. 1/ 1261
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Hard to reconcile all those decades of fond memories with the realization that the C in NCAA stood for chattel. 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026If you get arrested for a divorce on the set of a Christian film, are you your own self-fulfilling prophecy? 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026"Inept management" has become the GOP brand. "Ginning up culture wars" is the only strategery they've had since before President Strategery. 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026The MSM can't paint the left as complex and multi-faceted because the MSM wants two competing behemoths battling it out like it is a political Ragnarok. Its dumb... But, as a former TV producer, so is most TV news. /end 010
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I know this is problematic for all kinds of people, but mostly the MSM. They want the left to be one cohesive thing like the right is. But that's a lazy fantasy. 2/ 110
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 30/08/2026I never knew who Hasan Piker was until the MSM elevated him from Twitch and TYT (which is run by his uncle). Piker says shit I agree with and other shit that is just loud and for clicks. Maybe he believes it, maybe not. I dunno. But the left is too fractured to have "one person" speak for it. 1/ 100
Reposted by Steve RossMississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 28/08/2026EDITOR'S NOTE: “If you’re ever unsure of how to treat another person who crosses your path, but you aren’t feeling the spark of the divine, it’s worth asking: ‘What would Dolly do?’” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes. www.mississippifreepress.org/editors-note...mississippifreepress.orgEditor’s Note | Dolly Parton Showed Us How to Be Good“If you’re ever unsure of how to treat another person, it’s worth asking: ‘What would Dolly Parton do?’” News Editor Ashton Pittman writes. 625367
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 29/08/2026When the government is a crime syndicate, these are virtues, not vices. 010
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026In this administration, lying is political currency. RFK Jr. is second only to the Great Cheeto himself. 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026I appreciate that Van Hollen gets it. I wish more electeds on the left did. If you're afraid of the discussion you don't need to be in Congress. 020
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026So its reasonable to ask, why is Jeffries reading the Democratic electorate, and quite frankly, much of national public opinion, so incorrectly? /end 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026So yeah, The instincts are bad. The optics are bad. The timing is bad. And to top it all off, most of Jeffries' rhetoric regarding M4A and other policies is contrary to most Democrats preferred policies. M4A has 60% approval across the entire electorate. www.newsweek.com/medicare-for... /3newsweek.comMedicare for All: What polls reveal as Hakeem Jeffries rejects proposalJeffries previously co-sponsored versions of the proposal but switched up his opinion in recent years. 100
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026All that said, the optics are TERRIBLE just 9 weeks before the election. And it does nothing to take any pressure off Jeffries, who is already being called "out of step" with where Democrats feel most economic policy needs to go. 2/ 100
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026After reading the article, this appears to be Trump loyalists seeking to find common ground, not Jeffries reaching out on his own. I don't love that Jeffries took the meeting, but I also understand that being majority leader means having some understanding of what can get passed, and signed. 100
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026It is ok to appreciate what a Democratic Gov. has done in a state and still not support them for President. Seems like most folks forgot you CAN do two things at once. 000
Reposted by Steve RossThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🚨NEW YALE STUDY: “A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it would replace…” Ok, now what’s y’all’s excuse? 🤔 #MedicareForAllNOW ysph.yale.edu/news-article... 431064501
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026George Carlin said…and I’m paraphrasing, “think of the average intelligence person and realize 50% of everyone is DUMBER THAN THEM!” But most people, even some of the smartest people I know, cannot imagine a world outside of the one that they’ve experienced. Kinda crazy. 020
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Kinda saying the quiet part out loud aren't ya Nate? I always knew you jerkoffs were eugenicists. 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The ADA gave all kinds of people living with disabilites more equal footing. This also made them more visible, which probably bothers a eugenicist like RFKJR. In fact, any accommodations for people on the spectrum must seem like MADNESS to ole "gravel throat". 3/ 000
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026It made it illegal to exclude people with disabilities, including spectrum disorders, from public programs (like schools) , and mandated accommodations for people living with those disabilities. It is hailed as one of the largest Civil Rights bills of the late 20th century. 2/ 110
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 10/08/2026He says, "Something happened in the 90's to change our children". Yes, its called the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed in 1990 by GHW Bush. It gave people, including those with spectrum disorders, access to public and private spaces. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America...en.wikipedia.orgAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990 - Wikipedia 100
Reposted by Steve RossAcyn @acyn.bsky.social · 09/08/2026AOC: Millennials are not punk kids anymore. We're grown adults with mortgages and kids, and that generation is starting to be decisive at the polls. And there is anger at being ignored, having our economic futures mortgaged by the generations that came before us and we're taking the reins 927297436435
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026The @arktimes.bsky.social has an article on a Shoffner internal poll that shows Shoffner just 3 points behind from 2 days ago. 46-43 +/-4 arktimes.com/arkansas-blo...arktimes.comDem Senate hopeful Shoffner pulls promising poll numbers against unlikeable Cotton - Arkansas TimesDemocratic challenger Hallie Shoffner’s dogged push to introduce herself to Arkansans and make her case appears to be loosening Tom Cotton’s death grip on the November election. 021
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Our August primaries are always on Thursday. 2024 was August 1, a Thursday. 2022 was August 4th, a Thursday. sos.tn.gov/elections/re...sos.tn.govHistorical Election Results | Tennessee Secretary of State 020
Steve Ross @vibinc.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Shit like this is why I, a middle aged blue-ish collar white guy can't stand overly educated white people who navel gaze for a living. Please just shut the fuck up. 000
Reposted by Steve RossTroy Jackson @troyjackson207.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Nobody in the U.S. Senate is more responsible for the overturning of Roe v. Wade than Susan Collins. In November, we will defeat her. 686293586614