Steve K.

@stephruhle.bsky.social It is chilling to hear you refer to organizations like NBC as "legacy media". That is language that the other side uses.

You know what they forgot to do? They forgot to tell anybody in New York! Rachel Maddow mentioned it briefly on her show a few days ago, saying that there were demonstrations all over the country. She didn't say a single word about how to find a demonstration. Aside from that, I heard NOTHING!

@maddowblog.msnbc.com Wait! Weren't musk security people somehow deputies recently? Maybe it was those people who invaded The Institute of Peace.

@maddow.msnbc.com What we're not hearing about is the way people are being dismissed. Immediately. Not "Let's wind down operations and decide who needs to stay and who should be let go. Not "On 2 weeks notice". NOW. What kind of shitty businessman does that? Why isn't anyone saying a word about it?

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com You are mistaken about American coffee. Hawaii is not the only American source of coffee. An awful lot of coffee is grown in Puerto Rico.

There are cemeteries full of these laborers who died in horrible conditions, far away from their homes.

@maddow.msnbc.com Some American laborers were initially involved in the construction of the Panama Canal. They all quit within a year because the work conditions were so hard. The laborers who built the vast majority of the Panama Canal were from Central America and the Caribbean.

I have started following The Kyiv Independent on Facebook, along with the BBC and the Guardian.
There is no paywall for any of these.

To the extent that the USPS is not profitable, this is why: The Post Office is required to prepay its pension system 70 years in advance under this 2006 law. Nobody tried to repeal it when the Democrats had the ability. This link is from the post office website.
about.usps.com/what/financi....

I just deleted my listing with USAJOBS dot GOV, which is the website that you would use to apply for federal jobs.
I have not used it in a long time. I'm not looking for a job, anyway,
The time has come to do this.

Welcome to Medicare The official U.S. government website for Medicare, a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities.

American Citizens:
If you are on Medicare, go to Medicare.gov. Find the link that says "Open More Options", scroll down on the page that opens up, find the link that says "Download my data" and download your data.
Download a copy of your Medicare card.
You want all this in your own hands these days.

Welcome to Medicare The official U.S. government website for Medicare, a health insurance program for people age 65 or older and younger people with disabilities.

American citizens:
Go to Social Security website (SSA.GOV), and download your earnings record.
If you are on Social Security, download your current social security statement, your benefit verification letter and your current tax form. Downloading a PDF of your welcome page is also good idea.

Let me see if I got this right, your "best coffeemaker" costs $170. Your best "less expensive costs (wait for it...) $200!
Really? REALLY???

I have always thought that X is only good for porn.

Something that I won't put on facebook, and shouldn't put here.

He said that there was an anti-semitic incident during yesterday's matinee, something that had never happened to him before. He said that this was how times have changed, that people can say things aloud that they never felt they could say before.

Steve Skybell, who played Tavia in the Yiddish version of Fiddler on the Roof, was Herr Schultz, the Jewish love interest of one of the other characters.
I saw him this afternoon in a talk about Yiddish theater. (To be continued)

I saw a Cabaret last night on Broadway. I had seen other productions in the past, and I had seen the movie. I thought that this production was brilliant and moving and so highly relevant to our times as to be frightening.

This case is specifically about a "Christian" insurance company that does not want to cover Prep because they do not approve of the "homosexual lifestyle".

Why does this matter? She is a private citizen.

Alas, the word is for more than one day.

I asked because I'm getting followers that I don't know who the hell they are. I wish I could edit the list more.

Who are you?

@realregaleagle.bsky.social Who are you?

Public Broadcasting Is In Danger (Again) Podcast Episode · On the Media · 01/10/2025 · 50m

This is a discussion by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting about how the upcoming fight over funding for public broadcasting might play out. I am not optimistic

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p...

I think that if the idea is implemented, sticking with "shadow cabinet" would be best. While not many Americans know what such a thing is because it is not an American institution, SOME do, and others in the English speaking world are familiar with the idea. NO ONE knows what the alternatives are.

"Raisins are the devil"? Tell me how you REALLY feel! 😁