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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · 12d

I honestly can't remember the last time I saw an actual, literal phone book. Do they even still make them anymore?

Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Aug 24

I hadn't thought of it as implying privilege, but yes, I suppose it does. I'm not greatly different in that regard from our host for this thread, which is partly why I was asking for his thoughts on the matter.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Aug 24

No and yes, respectively.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Aug 24

I hear you. That's exactly *why* I'm torn. If it weren't for the ongoing, and escalating, destruction of our society, I wouldn't even consider voting for the redistricting. As matters stand, I have to consider it. As I said, Hobson's choice.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Aug 24

A planet where two wrongs don't make a right, where the phrase "Hobson's choice" exists, and where some people could stand to be more courteous.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Aug 24

I'm curious for your thoughts on his CA redistricting effort, because (as a CA voter) I'm torn. I like our independent districting commission and hate to see it killed. But I also don't want to see Trump/Texas steal the House in 2026.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Aug 18

Would be nice if bsky had an option to block any post with images that *don't* have alt tags. It would block inconsiderate authors and that could only be a good thing.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Jun 22

I googled her to find out if she actually won, and the first result told me that she was sentenced to jail in 2023 for running a business without a license. (And no, she didn't win sheriff in 2020, or state legislator in 2022.)

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Randy Cassingham @thisistrue.com · Jun 20

Knowing how to correlate the data to real life is the key.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Jun 15

I had a hard-to-reschedule optometrist appointment, scheduled long before this became a protest day. Spent the day closeted in a dark room waiting for my dilated eyes to recover. A protest would have been preferable in several ways...

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Jaime Hylton, orophile and librocubicularist @jaimehylton.bsky.social · Jun 10

#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekXforXs (loosely)

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · May 23

I am disappointed that the local government department I work for still only posts on X, Facebook, and Instagram. It's not for any reason other than inertia. Our social media person is overworked with three outlets and isn't up for adding more.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · May 23

While we were waiting outside the Council chambers on Tuesday for the delayed start of the DPS awards, I commented to several people about how Tuesdays are a marathon for you all. Thanks for doing a job I would not want!

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · May 22

Sounds like you're on the A-side of an A/B test. It hasn't been imposed on my Gmail, at least not yet. It's available in the toolbar but not intruding or interrupting.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · May 14

I knew you as an author first. Went from that to your blog, and from there to your social media.

Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · May 4

Interesting. When I saw this, I thought, "that could simply be 'most confusing.'" And "most grumbling" almost works, but not quite. Yet "most winning" doesn't work without another word, like "most often winning" or "most frequently winning." The lack of parallelism is odd.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · May 4

I have seen much evidence that confirms you are not, in fact, the grumbliest man on Bluesky. And I would hate for any interaction with me to lead you there, so I will hide my distaste for "winniest" behind a "de gustibus." 😀

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · May 4

Is the meaning clear? Is there a preferable alternative that is equally clear and equally concise?

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Apr 20

Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Apr 13

It still makes sense when writing in a monospace font — fairly common in software even if nowhere else.

Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Mar 14

This way the Braille readers know it isn't the bathroom?

Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Mar 13

I'm looking forward to hearing your first organ composition.

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Mar 12

Ponder the next generation?

Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Mar 9

What news sources do you use, when you need a recap of the past week and don't want to read the full accumulation of everything you would normally have been following?

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Steve Roth @steve.rothskeller.net · Feb 19

Sunday afternoon, my chorus (and a couple of others) joined the Redwood Symphony in their performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 2, to an audience of about 800 people. With close to 300 musicians on stage, it is truly a monumental work.