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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 19h

??? Is that statement supposed to sound speculative rather than concretely confirmed?

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Lemme get this straight... Trump just announced the USA going forward has agreed to finance Russia's war on Ukraine?

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Apropos of absolutely nothing, out of sheer morbid curiosity... Anyone out there smoke a pipe?

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

now apparently tsunamiing Blue in the Lone Star State, into consideration... /2

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Humorous political irony of the week: while it would hubristic to think any of us know the outcome of Nov's elections yet, a GOP Texan yesterday expressed the grave fear they'd fucked themselves over with their gerrymandering, by thinning out the Red element too much & not taking swing voters, /1

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I want to see a Professor T/Ludwig crossover...

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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

After all, why would we want to attract smart and innovative people from around the world?

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Does that question mean you're for or against smoking pot?

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Holy shit. DC actually made reference to Chase Lawler.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Honestly? I'd almost certainly expect the latter. Anyone running a Manchurian Candidate would likely be smarter & subtler about what they wanted him to do...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Here's the thing, too: California's the 4th largest economy on Earth & a huge chunk of the US economy. Southern California's a huge part of the state economy. Destroying SoCal would chain react severely cripple the national economy. Trump was basically promoting the economic destruction of the USA.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The fact that the president expressed an interest in the murder of 13+ MILLION AMERICANS (I know, I know, "he was JOKING!!" Hardee har har.) so he'd have an excuse to nuke another country shows exactly what kind of person he is, if there are still any doubts...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A public urinal set up in Nebraska to raise money for economically-crushed ranchers & farmers by letting people piss on Trump's picture for a buck made 10 grand on its 1st day. As the news gets out, it seems to be a boon for the airline industry as well...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I'd go nuts in about 7 hours, but to each his own. Have fun. I expect genius.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Oh, the media as a whole absolutely does do it, b/c regardless of the medium, the objective is to draw as many eyes as possible (& hold them long enough for advertisers to get ads in front of them) - & sensationalism & panic have historically proved to be among the best tools for that.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Thank you. I'm aware that the crippling of FDA food inspections - an "imposition" on businesses, from the Trumpian perspective - are resulting in a lot of current recalls of products that never would've made it onto the market prior, but my complaint here is about how the press reports recalls...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't disagree, but that's a bit of a separate issue...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm sick (no pun intended) of food recalls this year, not just the volume but the reporting on them. Today was "ice cream." Of the 100s of brands, one minor NE brand was affected. It's like the press is TRYING to cause panics & disrupt industries. If you're going to inform us, INFORM US!

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The little girl was a lot cuter & funnier, tho'...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And only if they appeared sufficiently enthusiastic on camera.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Who, Woody? Yeah, I met him, at an industry cocktail party in '78. What can I say? He was very personable to me.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

No, the $500 fee was only paid to those hired to stand behind him on camera.

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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fascists don't believe in peace. Peace doesn't help them. No authoritarian regime ever wants peace. Liberal democracies want peace. Peace helps them. Every liberal democracy wants peace.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

C'mon, man! Don't leave out NV! Dems need to win in a landslide here too!

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Main reason Trump isn't interested in peace talks now: Jared, DJ & Eric are all currently war profiteering in a big way... meaning Trump is too...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Errr... WHAT?!!! It's functionally illegal to make a left turn in your state?!!! Around 20 years ago, I got hit the same way, except they were making the left turn & I was going straight. I've no idea what they were doing but it wasn't looking at me. No braking, no swerving, just WHAM.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Ouch. Been there, done that. Heal up, man! What'd YOU get cited for? Sounds like you were the one hit.

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It's insulting enough that he really thinks voters can be bought off so easily but it's REALLY insulting he thinks, while he's racking in literal billion$ selling off his office to the highest bidders, that Americans can be bought off so cheaply. /3

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

send every American $5000 at some unspecified later date - IF the GOP retakes Congress in Nov. 1) I know what Medicare payments are & $100 is pretty much jack shit. 2) If he wants to lower Medicare B costs by $100, he doesn't need to mail out checks. All he needs to do is lower Medicare B costs./2

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Trump has now declared he's going to desperately try to bribe Americans to vote GOP by sending $100 checks to "millions of senior citizens" to "help" with their Medicare B payments - & presenting this as "proof" he'll subsequently For Real Hand To His Heart God's Honest Truth /1

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Weird to see people now routinely refer to Wally Wood as Wallace...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Yeah, but the Peanuts stuff'll still be selling well after all of us are dead & long gone...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This much is unassailably true about structure in fiction of any kind: even the most brilliant structure is only as good as the story it's used to tell...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

(He pled to "the base" this morning to make sure they get out there & vote, "even if you don't much like who you're voting for." While it certainly wasn't his intent, that kinda sounds like he's asking them to vote Democrat, dunnit?)

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hmmm? Did Trump just tell his voters to vote Democrat in November?

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Y'gotta admit... It's kind of funny that Fantagraphics now publishes Chip'N'Dale's Rescue Rangers...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A White House insider who asked to remain anonymous informs me this was in fact pitched, but nixed b/c Stephen Miller doesn't want the risk of MAGA turning on Trump by mistakenly assuming it means he has gained intelligence...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Actually, Trump missed a bet when he decided to rename artificial intelligence. He should've gone for accuracy & called it Trump Intelligence...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I was expecting to loathe the thing, as I do most game-based media project, checked it out mainly for Walton Goggins, & turns out there's so much to like about it. Really good show. The dynamic between & inside the various surviving subcultures is well handled too...

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is what I think of when I hear Trump announce he's officially & arbitrarily renaming "artificial intelligence." Not that I necessarily disagree that it could use a more appropriate name, but I'd probably go with "unnatural intelligence." If "intelligence" needs to be retained at all... /5

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Then, with a royal air & far more precise diction than I think I've EVER heard from an adult, she proudly announced, "I think I will call him... Snowpuff!" /4

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

One day we were just going past the Safeway there where a little girl, I'd guess 4 years old, approaching with her father caught sight of Malkie, froze in her tracks and gasped with sheer delight. She squealed "Look at that dog, daddy!" /3

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Yes, THAT Steven Grant... @yesthatstevengrant.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I had an American Eskimo dog then named Malkie, who was big & friendly & fluffy & a perfect representative of his breed. To walk him on those winter days I'd drive him down to the local shopping center there, where the sidewalks were flat & usually clean & safe. /2

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