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Steven Saltman

@ssaltman.bsky.social

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Asymptotically approaching authorhood. Can tie a one handed bowline. Formerly of the East Coast. https://booksandstuff.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/index.html, https://AdventuresInRadioAstronomy.com

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Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 2h

I have previously predicted the end of life on earth through an ocean based toxic event. Too far and complex to prevent or fix once it’s found. 4 minutes without oxygen.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 1d

Worse than cleaning out a closet.

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Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 1d

Pres de Voltaire metro

A completed petit déjeune at a Paris cafe with an empty croissant dish, coffee cup, and juice glass.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 1d

I probably missed them all, but do you have any more events in Paris?

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 1d

No shit.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 1d

These are all names of people from some dystopian fiction I haven’t read.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 1d

Our democracy ended months ago.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 1d

Just wasted 3 hours making joke posts on LinkedIn.

Sometimes I’m stupid.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 2d

Early for next year.

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Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 3d

Need vs want

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 3d

All humans look good with shoulder length hair.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 3d

These are all good answers, but without any interest in evidence, I’m gonna say aliens.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 3d

I love some good gothic horror. Spice level?

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 3d

It’s the algorithm.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 4d

Many us states require a non online method of payment to be offered. Also a landlord would lose an eviction if the tenant told the judge payment was offered but refused. Call office ask for mailing address.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 5d

Bought my baguette this morning from a different boulangerie than normal. Was seen by my regular boulangerie on the way home.

Now I have pretend I was in a car accident and lost my memory.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 5d

Im here too. Been eating terrine and cheese and fruit. Heaven is charcuterie.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 7d

Great idea. A slightly better one is give them cash. You buying products adds a profit % for the corporate supermarket.

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Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 7d

Joke: using a foreign epithet in italics because it just happens to fit if you squint but goddam you are not missing the chance to use it.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 8d

From Sexy Chromosomes, my WIP:

Stuart asks a question about asexual reproduction and Ash answers, "Seems like a waste," in the most deadpan voice. It takes me a good minute to laugh and give her an astonished look. Stuart actually blushes. She's got the driest sense of humor.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 8d

The error is thinking social media companies don’t want this. They want this.

Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 8d

The political thriller genre has been laid to waste as well. ‘Rogue CIA agent brought back to hunt international terrorist’? LOL. What’s more likely is ‘Right wing HOA board given control of bioweapons laboratory.’

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Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 8d

I’m at an immersion French program in Paris. German student said they would be in NY studying English if not for the political issues in the US. Another said they would like to visit me but not until the current situation is stabilized. That’s two international travelers the USA lost.

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Paris Marx @parismarx.com · 9d

stellan skarsgård seems like a good dude

How would you describe that worldview?
My father told me something when I was very small to instill confidence in me: “Nobody in the world is worth more than you, but nobody’s worth less.” It is an egalitarian view that I’ve carried around in my life. That’s why I am for free schools, free universities, free health care, and free babysitting. Because our society could afford it. In America, people think social democracy is some kind of communism. They think capitalism is freedom. It’s not. It’s only freedom to exploit people.

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Steven Saltman @ssaltman.bsky.social · 10d

When I go back and edit, the total changes dramatically. I rarely set goals on the initial draft.