Premium Steve
@premiumsteve.bsky.social
Just a guy raising some pets. Former professor of American history who loves to talk politics and Magic the Gathering. He/him.
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@premiumsteve.bsky.social
· Dec 23
“AIs talking to AIs, both sides trying to scam the other” is the inevitable final destination of the technology
“Splurging” on the literal cheapest hot ready to eat version of the cheapest meat we have
There’s a class war alright
There’s a class war alright
Gen Zers and millennials are swimming in student debt and may never own homes, but they’re splurging on gut-healthy juices and rotisserie chickens.
The Booming Business of Luxury Grocery Stores
A new crop of gourmet grocers has hit the city, drawing lines of trendy TikTokers, MAHA-curious health fiends and Instacart devotees who want to pop in for a treat.
on.wsj.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:55 AM
“Splurging” on the literal cheapest hot ready to eat version of the cheapest meat we have
There’s a class war alright
There’s a class war alright
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This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Police in Bloomington, MN just announced that one of the guys they arrested in an underage sex trafficking sting was a **background checker for ICE agents.**
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
He had a high security clearance in the Trump administration... and he was caught trying to abuse children. Sickening.
February 10, 2026 at 9:26 PM
This is the second time an ICE employee has been arrested in in a Bloomington, MN underage sex trafficking sting www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
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Get rekt AIPAC
BIG NEWS FROM NJ-11: former Rep. Tom Malinowski concedes, congratulates Analilia Mejia on a positive and well-run campaign, blames AIPAC for his loss, and promises to vigorously oppose anyone AIPAC backs against Mejia in June
February 10, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Get rekt AIPAC
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I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
February 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I will not support any funding deal that puts money in the hands of Stephen Miller, Kristi Noem, and this violent agency. Defund and abolish ICE now.
Imagining the President of the United States trying to come up with a theoretical terrible thing that China could inflict upon Canadians, and ending up with “they’ll ban ice hockey”
It’s a cartoon punch line
It’s a cartoon punch line
Trump, in the middle of his latest unhinged Truth Social screed, claims that if Canada makes a trade deal with China, "the first thing China will do is terminate ALL Ice Hockey being played in Canada, and permanently eliminate The Stanley Cup."
February 10, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Imagining the President of the United States trying to come up with a theoretical terrible thing that China could inflict upon Canadians, and ending up with “they’ll ban ice hockey”
It’s a cartoon punch line
It’s a cartoon punch line
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Surgey in the age of AI
February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Surgey in the age of AI
Seems like maybe Congress needs to finally get their shit together and get the Epstein protectors out of jobs
1. Thomas Massey, Republican from Kentucky, just did an interview where he said, on camera, that the director of the FBI threatened to investigate one of his staffers for fraud if Massey did not stop pushing for the disclosure of the Epstein files.
February 10, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Seems like maybe Congress needs to finally get their shit together and get the Epstein protectors out of jobs
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Area Fraud Pivots to New Scam
Elon Musk's ambition to one day settle Mars appears to have taken a back seat for a rather nearer and more achievable goal – sending humans to live on the moon. https://cnn.it/46sbAMm
February 10, 2026 at 12:20 AM
Area Fraud Pivots to New Scam
God help me they found a Republican idea that I am completely on board with
Running beagles on treadmills until they die of heart failure can’t possibly still be generating worthwhile data after 30 years of doing it
Running beagles on treadmills until they die of heart failure can’t possibly still be generating worthwhile data after 30 years of doing it
A Republican state representative is leading a group of Michigan legislators in asking the National Institutes of Health to stop funding medical experiments on beagles at Wayne State University.
From @bensolis1.bsky.social
From @bensolis1.bsky.social
Bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers asks NIH to stop funding Wayne State beagle testing • Michigan Advance
A Republican state representative is leading a group of Michigan legislators in asking the National Institutes of Health to stop funding medical experiments on beagles at Wayne State University. Since...
michiganadvance.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM
God help me they found a Republican idea that I am completely on board with
Running beagles on treadmills until they die of heart failure can’t possibly still be generating worthwhile data after 30 years of doing it
Running beagles on treadmills until they die of heart failure can’t possibly still be generating worthwhile data after 30 years of doing it
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I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
February 9, 2026 at 2:11 AM
I'm hardly the first person to note this, but it's enormously instructive that our President and his followers saw the message "THE ONLY THING MORE POWERFUL THAN HATE IS LOVE" and understood it, correctly, as an attack on them
The President didn’t make it an hour
Just had a Super Bowl halftime where the singer:
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
1) boasts about the poor place he’s from;
2) boosts the value of agriculture;
3) celebrates small town life;
4) highlights the joy of inter-generational celebrations; and
5) promotes marriage.
And tomorrow, the MAGA movement will attack it.
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 AM
The President didn’t make it an hour
Sunday 4K pickups arrived!
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Sunday 4K pickups arrived!
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The vetting process for performers in the “All-American Halftime Show”:
February 8, 2026 at 2:21 PM
The vetting process for performers in the “All-American Halftime Show”:
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Bad Bunny at the halftime show demonstrates not controversy, but the fact that this country is now a pluralistic modern nation containing vast cultural diversity, achieved through heroic effort against a flank of confederate-sympathizing bigots who are the most coddled little babies of all time.
February 8, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Bad Bunny at the halftime show demonstrates not controversy, but the fact that this country is now a pluralistic modern nation containing vast cultural diversity, achieved through heroic effort against a flank of confederate-sympathizing bigots who are the most coddled little babies of all time.
Really seems like there should be some legal protections for Americans working for companies that station them overseas
Former Washington Post journalists have launched a GoFundMe to help repatriate fired staff members who are effectively stranded in foreign countries.
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
One of the richest men in the world fired them from the paper and didn’t even pay to ensure they got home.
Abolish the billionaire class:
Donate to Support for Washington Post international employees, organized by Michelle Lee
Among the hundreds of journalists laid off by The Washington Post on … Michelle Lee needs your support for Support for Washington Post international employees
www.gofundme.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Really seems like there should be some legal protections for Americans working for companies that station them overseas
People with inside knowledge love it
No, but really, who wants this? Who is the audience for this? Who could possibly want this?
February 8, 2026 at 3:57 AM
People with inside knowledge love it
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Bad Bunny isn't an immigrant.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
The Super Bowl halftime show, with Bad Bunny showcasing Latin music before a global television audience expected to top 100 million, will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star delivers an explicit political message.
The enthusiasm — and scorn — surrounding Bad Bunny’s star turn at the Super Bowl
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2026 at 2:14 AM
Bad Bunny isn't an immigrant.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
This shit is cooked through. 150 years of being a newspaper and now you're a 4chan comment thread.
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WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
February 8, 2026 at 12:08 AM
WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.
There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.
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Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
February 7, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Breaking: Tragedy at the Winter Olympics
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BREAKING NEWS: ELON MUSK TO FOCUS ON MARSHMALLOW FARM INSTEAD OF GUMDROP CITY
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
SpaceX Delays Mars Plans To Focus on Moon
Elon Musk’s rocket company had aimed to reach the red planet in 2026
www.wsj.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:31 PM
BREAKING NEWS: ELON MUSK TO FOCUS ON MARSHMALLOW FARM INSTEAD OF GUMDROP CITY
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
www.wsj.com/science/spac...
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trans women playing women’s sports
February 7, 2026 at 2:34 PM
trans women playing women’s sports
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NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.
February 7, 2026 at 4:50 AM
NBC editing out the booing of JD Vance is a disgrace. It’s an international event. Americans have the right to know what the world is saying. NBC has bowed down to Trump.
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If there's one benefit from all the Republican criminality and corruption it's that you never have to treat them like good faith interlocutors again. Every currently living Trump accomplice should be treated at most to a reflexive "Eat Shit" for life, and that's better than they deserve
VA Senate president responds to Ted crying about VA’s redistricting, which should add 4 new Dem seats.
February 7, 2026 at 4:46 PM
If there's one benefit from all the Republican criminality and corruption it's that you never have to treat them like good faith interlocutors again. Every currently living Trump accomplice should be treated at most to a reflexive "Eat Shit" for life, and that's better than they deserve