Steve Casburn

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Bluesky should not get into this idea that blocking you is a problem. You can be blocked for any reason. You can be blocked because your pfp is annoying. You can be blocked because your vibe sucks.

If you take this personally I think that’s also a reason you can be blocked.

For decades, Americans have criticized reporters for giving them horse race coverage of politics rather than explaining what politics means for ordinary people.

We are about to bomb Iran and they have not even bothered coming up with a reason why or a goal

How close to an election does Texas allow party-switching?

I will give $1000 to anyone in that room who will yell out "what the fuck are you rambling about, old man?"

YouTube video by NPDT Process - The Way To Natural Sound Sting - Englishman In New York (High-Quality Audio)

Original lyrics: "I'm an alien / I'm a legal alien / I'm an Englishman in New York"

Suggested revision: "I'm in custody / I'm in ICE custody / I'm an Englishman in New York"

In the minute it took me before I realized that this reference was to Olympic hockey, I was very, very confused.

The Trust Trap What do Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss, and RFK Jr. have in common?

New from me: What do Jeff Bezos, Bari Weiss, and RFK Jr. have in common?
Each has used the trust trap: they bemoan a loss in institutional legitimacy as a justification for radical actions that further undercut trust in their institutions. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-trust-...

Christ.

Modern slave ship diagram.

Melania knew Epstein better than Hillary knew Epstein. When does she get a subpoena? #Epstein #ImpeachTrump #DeportMelania

If you’re an American service member who gets killed in a retaliatory strike, your family can take comfort in the fact that it was done in service of making the host of Celebrity Apprentice feel like a big man for a minute, before he moved on to something else and forgets about this forever

One of the things that personally drives me crazy in the U.S. is how youth sports/athletic activities went from a part of the public good (municipal leagues and fields! rec centers! public parks!) to a privatized, expensive, highly competitive, highly structured pursuit for wealthy kids’ résumés

“‘I am begging my fellow politicians, my fellow Americans to realize that right now in this country we are not fighting over policy or political party,’ Pritzker said. ‘We are fighting over whether we are going to be a civilization rooted in empathy and kindness—or one rooted in cruelty and rage.’”

You should not be working on the railroad all the live-long day, nor should you be working on the railroad just to pass the time away. You should be working on the railroad for the duration of a reasonable shift, for fair wages.

Pope to Legionaries of Christ: Authority in religious life is not 'domination' In his Feb. 19 address to participants of the religious congregation's General Chapter, the pope said that authority in religious life should serve as a means of "animating common life" centered on Ch...

Pope Leo XIV reminded members of the Legionaries of Christ that exercising governance and authority is meant as a service and not as a means to control others.

EAST BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

elizabeth warren is the only true capitalist in the united states congress send tweet

for lack of other options, i am nominally a capitalist, and i think we should get back to first principles about making capital productive. any one person having tens or hundreds of billions of dollars is grossly unproductive and bad for business.

Trump has doubled his net worth since being reelected through blatant and egregious corruption. The salary is peanuts.

When you insist on seeing God in the face of the emperor, no matter how corrupt they are, and refuse to see God in the face of the immigrant being arrested after being falsely accused of being a criminal, you have yet to understand the gospel of Jesus.

One hundred years ago, the POTUS was Republican Calvin Coolidge.

During every one of his State of the Union addresses, Coolidge gave an explicit shout out to African Americans and Civil Rights.

This year, the Republican POTUS, Trump, posted a video depicting the first black President as an ape.

Julie K. Brown deserves all the awards. Without her, this story would likely never have come to light. True investigative journalism we just don't see much of anymore.

Cities liberate people who cannot or should not drive to live full and independent lives.

Conservatives: *mock liberals for wanting to establish ‘safe spaces’ in higher education*

Also conservatives: *make all of higher education into a giant safe space*

The Royal Family will suddenly seem more relatable to families with a loved one in gaol.

What exactly is the point of learning from experts if a bunch of unqualified goobers are dictating what they have to say?

Wednesday

Worth $7 billion, paying professional photojournalists less than minimum wage.

tax billionaires out of existence