Steve Fartlow
@stevefartlow.bsky.social
You’re gonna like the way you look I guarantee it
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Steve Fartlow
@stevefartlow.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
It is deeply immoral that cashiers in the US are not allowed to sit.
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One of the sequelae to covid is MCAS, and one of the big symptoms of that is acquiring exciting new allergic reactions to random things.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
December 4, 2025 at 3:37 AM
One of the sequelae to covid is MCAS, and one of the big symptoms of that is acquiring exciting new allergic reactions to random things.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
You can suddenly behave allergic to deodorant, soap, wheat, chocolate, garlic, milk, cheese (and anything what contains histamines, such as leftovers), etc.
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There’s a good chance that when it finally happens it will happen on camera and you’ll get to enjoy watching it over and over and over for the rest of your life, and while that’s not much, it’s not nothing. We’ll have that.
December 3, 2025 at 12:00 AM
There’s a good chance that when it finally happens it will happen on camera and you’ll get to enjoy watching it over and over and over for the rest of your life, and while that’s not much, it’s not nothing. We’ll have that.
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It's interesting that people just totally forgot that masking in 2020 literally drove one strain of flu extinct. It no longer exists, because people wore masks.
And, that after a bunch of covid infections, they find it very hard to understand why you'd mention masks when talking about the flu
And, that after a bunch of covid infections, they find it very hard to understand why you'd mention masks when talking about the flu
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's interesting that people just totally forgot that masking in 2020 literally drove one strain of flu extinct. It no longer exists, because people wore masks.
And, that after a bunch of covid infections, they find it very hard to understand why you'd mention masks when talking about the flu
And, that after a bunch of covid infections, they find it very hard to understand why you'd mention masks when talking about the flu
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
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"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
News media has to do better with headlines that present false and unverified public health claims.
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
"Never spread the lie in the headline" should be a hard rule of 21st century journalism.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
Research shows that repeating lies helps to spread them, and people read headlines more than they read stories.
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This is the frustrating thing about "AI" arguments for me. There are some fascinating use cases, but the big names are largely using it to push fraud on a hitherto unknown scale and its biggest proponents are grifters. The backlash is real and justified, but poisons any nuanced debate on real use!
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is the frustrating thing about "AI" arguments for me. There are some fascinating use cases, but the big names are largely using it to push fraud on a hitherto unknown scale and its biggest proponents are grifters. The backlash is real and justified, but poisons any nuanced debate on real use!
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ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
November 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
ME: (shivering, stripped naked and tied to a chair) Drag queens have pretty privilege…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
CIA AGENT: Again. Do another.
ME: Please, I can’t, I—
CIA AGENT: (dousing me with a bucket of ice water) Another take! Hotter!
ME: (sobbing) Dating someone who needs glasses is a predatory power imbalance…
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Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
November 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Alice Wong taught us that disabled people don’t just leave memories behind—they leave infrastructure. Lineages of care. Methods of collectivity, survival. She named the connective tissue that holds our communities together, even across death, even across the losses that come too fast and too often.
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calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
November 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
calmly explaining why we shouldn't bomb random venezuelan boats to people who argued we should torture random iraqis and then won an election by saying they were against a war they advocated for
I, for one, am learning a lot about the Roman Empire today!
I am absolutely loving the 'Kemi Badenoch talks bollocks' stream meeting the 'men thinking about the Roman Empire at least once a day' stream
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I, for one, am learning a lot about the Roman Empire today!
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Idk wtf I was thinking lol
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Idk wtf I was thinking lol
Killing 18F is one of those events whose ramifications will be felt for years to come.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Killing 18F is one of those events whose ramifications will be felt for years to come.
Imagine logging on to arguably the most trans-centric of the social media platforms and posting this Sexuality 101 basic ass take.
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Imagine logging on to arguably the most trans-centric of the social media platforms and posting this Sexuality 101 basic ass take.
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Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Please enjoy this list of ways that the NY Times crossword puzzle has clued the word SEXT, it's my sexy gift to you.
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check. mate.
November 23, 2025 at 9:45 PM
check. mate.
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All the ways the next generation gives me a lot of hope. A thread/
November 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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popularism is dead; long live rizzology
Turns out charisma goes a long way in politics!
November 22, 2025 at 2:45 AM
popularism is dead; long live rizzology
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really looking forward to the meltdowns from everyone who thought Daddy Trump would dress down the big bad socialist instead of hyping up his new best friend the Cool Mayor
how do you not know how this guy works by now
how do you not know how this guy works by now
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
really looking forward to the meltdowns from everyone who thought Daddy Trump would dress down the big bad socialist instead of hyping up his new best friend the Cool Mayor
how do you not know how this guy works by now
how do you not know how this guy works by now
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banner day for woke 2
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
banner day for woke 2
Look alls I’m saying is that if anyone is playing 4d chess here it’s probably the guy who went from obscure longshot to undeniable winner in a matter of months, not the guy who is senile and sundowning.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Look alls I’m saying is that if anyone is playing 4d chess here it’s probably the guy who went from obscure longshot to undeniable winner in a matter of months, not the guy who is senile and sundowning.
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Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
Any idea why she's quitting then? Her statement isn't very coherent (big surprise), although it would make more sense as an explanation of just not running for re-election.
November 22, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Noting the congressional pension is based on service time, it kicks in at 5 years and her retirement date - Jan. 5, 2026 - will be the first business day after she passes five years since her first swearing in. bsky.app/profile/heli...
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We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History of American Politics, 1865-2025
With every passing day, America needs a bigger third reconstruction.
November 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We Should Have Finished Reconstruction: A Brief History of American Politics, 1865-2025
Possibly the funniest day for this headline to come out.
*BILL ACKMAN PREPARES IPO OF PERSHING SQUARE FOR EARLY 2026: FT
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Possibly the funniest day for this headline to come out.