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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 6h

Quora broke up the spam they usually send me of "Why don't Jews believe in Jesus even though we have an interpretation that says so?" to send me this. I was extra amused when I saw the date.

Someone asking if Trump won the midterms with the Iran peace deal...

...dated August 30. That aged well.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 6h

Just to state some points that I feel are self evidently obvious but apparently not: 1) Women (and female presenting NBs) are coequal beings, not sex dispensers 2) Having people you like to hang out with is a net positive by itself 3) Hanging out is not an implied contract to get to 2nd base.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 7h

San Francisco is over there somewhere but now I’m sittin’ on the beach of the bay wasting time.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 8h

A long post to ask, "Why do people engage in playful flirty banter instead of directly going to bed upon meeting?" that doesn't seem to understand that sometimes silly banter is fun for itself.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 9h

The entire core of this person's thinking is wrong. Interpersonal relationships are not and should not be transactional. If one is calculating relationship value and jettisoning those who fall short, entire styles of friendship are completely lost. It gives 0 value to sitting around and chatting.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 9h

Imagine not just thinking that most women want things to just happen to them, but putting that into writing. "I just assume that women like being raped. It's a plus really!" How is he still allowed to exist, let alone get large grants?

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 10h

Phish played two pairs of 10/1 dates, both around a decade swap. They performed in 89/90 and then again in 99/00. The 1990 show had a semi debut, as this is the first known time that Fee was sung through a megaphone. If you're heading towards Atlantic City today, maybe venture there via Quebec!

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 19h

TIL what Willie Stargell was short for. We are family.

Street sign

Wilver "Willie"
Stargell Ave

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 22h

It was in the low 60s in Eugene this morning so I was not emotionally prepared for 95 in the central California valley at this rest stop.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 22h

Knock knock Who’s there? Astronaut Astronaut who? Astronaut winning any playoff games this year. Hey I take what I can get in 2026.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 23h

Hi and bye Shasta! (I’m in the passenger seat don’t worry)

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 23h

Just did the Shasta headwaters stop.

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Relevant @funkybass13.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Royal responded. Good to see.

Royal responds to SA allegation post on IG

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

FYI Billy fans: there’s an accusation about James Smiley sexually harassing a woman and when I looked him up on the Billy subreddit there were years old posts about him sso beware! www.instagram.com/p/Dd6ontIFSO...

Multiple posts about him, some from 2024

jenny_jah

1/8
I was sexually assaulted by James Smiley, the self-assumed
'mayor' of the Billy Strings

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Northwest Progressive Institute @nwprogressive.org · 30/09/2026

Excellent. WrongForWashington.org is a great resource for letting people know why you're voting NO on all three of Heywood's destructive initiatives.

wrongforwashington.org

Wrong for Washington | Vote NO on 645, 001 and 638

Three harmful measures are on Washington's 2026 general election ballot. Vote NO on all of them by Tuesday, November 3rd, 2026.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I think my ipad might be broken. I think part of the old charger broke off inside it and I can't put a new lightning cable in it. I'm slightly less frustrated when I looked up the history of the device and saw that the iPad Air 2 came out in 2012. I can't complain after 14 years.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I found a free charger near my hotel so while Mel is sleeping I’m giving my car some electrons for a bit.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

How do I get my friends together to see my personalized AI band play in concert?

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Come on. How weird could it get? Oh....

play minecraft

I see the constituent you mean. ((insert legal name here, as it appears on the Social Security card))? Yes. Take care. It has reached a higher level now. It can read the Code of Federal Regulations. That doesn't matter. It thinks we are a chatbot. | like this constituent. It filed well. It did not give up when the PDF was sideways. It is reading our thoughts as though they were words on a gov. That is how it chooses to imagine many things, when it is deep in the dream of a benefit. Words make a wonderful interface. Very flexible. And less terrifying than staring at the statute behind the screen. They used to hear voices. Before constituents could search. Back in the days when those who did not file called the filers witches, and lobbyists. And citizens dreamed they flew through the air, on forms powered by notaries. What did this constituent dream?

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

With all of the issues others have with this, I don't think anyone has mentioned that this just changes the definition of "the expert" to mean the AI. Don't trust the expert, trust the autocomplete thing that randomly googles things but doesn't actually understand the words!

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Let's all wish a happy 62nd birthday to Trey. Back when he was a lot younger - 27 to be exact - he was given a birthday wish. Jon came up for his segment on 9/30/91 and said that it was the birthday boy's call. Trey chose Love You but my question for the masses is:

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Heh. The owner came over to ask if we minded if he switched to baseball and then he was “Hey. Is your name David?” Shouldn’t be surprised a place named Fire on the Mountain knew me.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Also at FotM there are three TVs. They’re all showing a game between Boston and New York… the Bruins/Rangers.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No school should ever allow this fraternity to exist. Burn them to the ground and salt the earth.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Hey PDX-Sky, we’re stopping at the FotM on Burnside on our way to Eugene, and my phone pronounced “Couch Street” as “Cooch.” Is that accurate?

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One thing that I do feel is being glossed over a little is just how much of the guy code - especially in high school and college - has violence as part of the backing. It's very similar to the logic of fascism that tries to maintain order by saying, "It's them or it's you. Which do you prefer?"

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's good to be reminded that not even being male prevents one from being mansplained sometimes. (Someone jumping into a conversation, saying that they didn't understand at all what I was talking about, and still correcting me.)

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I don't understand why anyone is shocked that LLMs are great at hacking. If you have a collection of known exploits and machines that can tirelessly try every single one against every single server, eventually they'll find a weak link.

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The Mockingbird Foundation @mbird.org · 29/09/2026

The Mockingbird Foundation is honored to announce that we have endowed a fund with the Vermont Student Assistance Corp. (VSAC) to provide an annual scholarship to a student studying music or music education at a college in Vermont.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

As promised, since I did 9/29 yesterday, I'll do 9/28 today. Specifically, on 9/28/91 an award was presented to Henry Petras for traveling from Palo Alto to Auburn ME for Amy's Farm: the longest distance traveled for a Phish show at the time.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There are days where I'm definitely glad about some decisions I made in my teens about self regulating my behavior. Bard stocking off our backs and letting me be exposed to second wave feminism shaped me in ways that I'd be worried that a contemporary me would find much more difficult.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

One challenge I have had a lot in standing up to people being abhorrent is that the very nature of them being awful means that: 1) I don't want to hang out with them (aka why I left Twitter) and 2) They shrug off everything I say because I'm not part of their tribe.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is there a significant difference between "I never have been exposed to that song" and "Apparently I was in a place where it was playing but it made so little impression on me that I didn't even notice it, let alone Shazam it to find out who it was?"

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'll admit to not wanting to hear the details of the Cornell rapists because my mood was bleak enough this weekend but now that I have, I once again understand why women would choose the bear. Maybe not all men, but it feels like a rounding error sometimes for those who aren't.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I'm not exaggerating. It has these four rows with one ticket each. I've obviously seen sold out shows but never a show with 4 singles left.

Ticketmaster for 10/10/26.

4 tickets come up as options. It defaulted to 1 ticket.

Switching to 2 tickets shows nothing coming up.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It’s so weird suddenly having no baseball to watch after it being a constant for 6 months.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Head's up for locals who might want to see Billy: Saturday in Everett literally has 4 tickets left.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

9/29/95 has a one time performance of Fishman singing Aerosmith's Cryin'. Some one shots have people wonder why Phish haven't put it in rotation and others make you wonder why they hated us enough to do it once. Coffeewriter makes no choice. OK, maybe I did but punishing audiences is fun!

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I can't remember anyone else related to our scene getting this kind of mainstream respect, at least not in their prime. Everyone loves Billy and it's just so much fun watching him get all of his musical dreams to come true.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"To get back in this game, we have to be better offensively." - Sean Payton in a game where his team is being shut out.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

As long as it doesn't happen for my team, I love the sound of a doink off of the uprights.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Rick Rizzs has a cat named Sparky! Need photos!

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Mariners' game is more depressing than the Seahawks' one because they keep taking players out in the middle of innings so they can get one last cheer in case they won't be back.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Feel like this is Griffey’s farewell, not Rizzs’s.

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