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Steve Kaufmann

@stevekauf.bsky.social

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Approaching my 80th year. I love family and friends, food and wine, travel and languages, and just noticing the colours that surround me. Working on Persian & Turkish right now, learning about that part of the world. Youtube lingosteve.

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Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · 5h

Charlie please tell the Afghan girls that all refugees have free access to LingQ to work on their language skills (over 50 languages).
I learned Farsi there. Just register and contact support at LingQ with their username and say they are Afghan refugees.

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Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · 18d

Mostly French and English with a little mandarin Chinese

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 21d

And this is just a small sample of the scams and the grift!

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Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · 22d

Symbolizing the current mood in Canada, my wife and I are visiting Quebec, enjoying a wonderful meal and drinking wine from Quebec and Ontario. We have to appreciate what we have chez nous. www.beclub.ca

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Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Sep 21

Why is this dishonest low IQ clown on TV so often?

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Sep 2

Trump has no idea who the previous Nobel peace prize recipients were, what they did to earn the prize and how the winners are chosen. Trump has a better chance of being on the US Ryder Cup golf team then getting a Nobel peace prize.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Aug 17

The common theme in the Trump administration is a complete lack of morality, the ability to distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Jul 21

The problem for Canada and other countries negotiating with the US is that their chief negotiators are sycophants with no respect for the truth, and whose word cannot be trusted. They reflect the president.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Jun 4

Per Lutnick, US wants to make everything at home & will apply punitive tariffs on all countries importing anything from China, which of course every country exporting to the US does. Protectionism was tried before, Smoot-Hawley Bill, world trade declined by 60% and depression. Brilliant.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · May 25

Many GOP leaders are ignorant of history. The American Revolution was part of the
“enlightenment”inspired by the classical world of Greece & Rome, opposed to the influence of the Church. Jews’ voting rights were restricted till mid 19th century.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · May 23

Keep asking these questions, Peter Alexander. Bravo.

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Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · May 16

If this were a real threat to the president of US, Noem, Gabbard etc should be doing everything possible, not to publicize it, the opposite of what they’re doing.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · May 10

No thanks to fortress North America scheme w/ fundamentally egotistical US. When COVID vaccines were urgently needed in Canada, EU honoured contracts & shipped to Canada. Biden blocked exports till June 2021.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · May 5

I found this book in my library from when I was working on Swedish. I didn’t read it then, but enjoying it now, reading & listening to the audiobook, both in Swedish of course . Lots of personal details about Napoleon. Herman Lindquist is one of my favorite historians .

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 30

Canada didn't force the integration of much of our economy w/ the US. No one forced US consumers to benefit from inexpensive high quality products from China. Now, suddenly all scrapped by a president whining that the US was "ripped off". We'll see if the new order is better or not.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 27

While American networks highlight the fact that a majority of Americans disapprove of Trump, most foreign observers are amazed that 40 to 45% of Americans still support an incompetent immoral lunatic as President.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 27

I am privileged that people in countries all over the world work together by some magic process to bring me everything from food, to electronics, to little plugs for my book shelves. Why allow Trump to break this system?

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 22

Susan Holt is absolutely fluent in French by the way.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 18

Trump’s every word is humbug & nonsense or something more sinister. Rubio is just Trump‘s spineless echo.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 17

Some think Trump & arbitrary one man rule is best. Behold the glulam beam. The inherent weak points of individuals are distributed broadly providing superior strength & resilience. One man rule doesn't work. Leads to errors & disasters. Mao, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini & more.

Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 17

I’ve been following Mark Carney improve in French over the last two months. Simply remarkable. His French this evening was excellent, calm, comfortable, clear. He understands well and communicates well in French.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 11

nightmare rotation

CNN screencap with photos of Bessent, Hassett, Navarro, Lutnick, and Miller

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Mia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · Apr 5

Pussy Riot came to NYC to tell us “ We see the rise of authoritarianism here
and we want go call people to not be silent. We want ppl to remember not to give up”.

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Steve Kaufmann @stevekauf.bsky.social · Apr 3

In a government run by unpleasant morons, this guy Lutnick stands out somehow as particularly annoying.

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Mar 18

Canadian folk duo Cassie and Maggie face bizarre loyalty test at routine traffic stop in Ohio

While pulled over for distracted driving, the Celtic-music sister duo were asked by Ohio patrol officers about their love for the U.S.

www.theglobeandmail.com

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