Dr. Steve
@steveintransit.bsky.social
Data guy, coder, retro tech, micromobility. Former CS prof, Informatics, Number Guy, NYer in Baltimore, C/PTSD haver, trans parent, etc.
Great grandson of witches they couldn't burn.
Great grandson of witches they couldn't burn.
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Everyone on BlueSky right now:
November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Everyone on BlueSky right now:
Recession indicator
Why Americans are giving up on Sweetgreen
Why Americans are giving up on Sweetgreen
The fast-casual chain Sweetgreen's struggles are worsening.
cnb.cx
November 12, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Recession indicator
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Keep posting sky pictures, I like being reminded that we're all piles of carbon screaming through space on a rock and we're all just hanging on and hoping for the best.
November 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Keep posting sky pictures, I like being reminded that we're all piles of carbon screaming through space on a rock and we're all just hanging on and hoping for the best.
If you draw a line south from.Montreal and east from Toronto, thats about where I grew up. And yet, no Timmy's
November 12, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you draw a line south from.Montreal and east from Toronto, thats about where I grew up. And yet, no Timmy's
As soon as I learn to spell "louvre" its all over for you b-tches
November 12, 2025 at 2:49 AM
As soon as I learn to spell "louvre" its all over for you b-tches
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INGRAHAM: “Does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priorit?”
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
November 12, 2025 at 12:54 AM
INGRAHAM: “Does that mean the H-1B visa thing will not be a big priorit?”
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
TRUMP: “You have to bring in talent.”
INGRAHAM: “We have plenty of talent.”
TRUMP: “No, you don’t.”
Wow. Wait til MAGA sees this one. 😕
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Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
November 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Kendrick, Joyce Carol Oates, Menswear Guy, and Isaac Chotiner are the Voltron of People You Don't Want Focusing on You
Anybody need Gen X size of Advil?
November 11, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Anybody need Gen X size of Advil?
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We’re watching Joyce Carol Oates slowly torture a Boer to death in real-time
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
We’re watching Joyce Carol Oates slowly torture a Boer to death in real-time
If
1. We need to fight hard for a good ACA extension early in December and hold Republicans fiercely accountable if they betray everyone.
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 AM
If
Ice canoeing is the most Canadian BS thing I've heard.
No offense, Canadian frens, but fr
No offense, Canadian frens, but fr
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Ice canoeing is the most Canadian BS thing I've heard.
No offense, Canadian frens, but fr
No offense, Canadian frens, but fr
Nobody hates the Democratic party more than a true progressive.
The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Nobody hates the Democratic party more than a true progressive.
I salvaged my old notebook hard drive and found an old journal:
open.substack.com/pub/steveint...
open.substack.com/pub/steveint...
Notes from 9/25/2014
Things I thought while I still taught
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I salvaged my old notebook hard drive and found an old journal:
open.substack.com/pub/steveint...
open.substack.com/pub/steveint...
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What does a risk pool mean when 100% of participants will require medical services at some point?
Health insurance isn't insurance, it a payment plan with extremely bad terms.
Health insurance isn't insurance, it a payment plan with extremely bad terms.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What does a risk pool mean when 100% of participants will require medical services at some point?
Health insurance isn't insurance, it a payment plan with extremely bad terms.
Health insurance isn't insurance, it a payment plan with extremely bad terms.
That thing where someone is so close to getting the point yet will never get there.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
That thing where someone is so close to getting the point yet will never get there.
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Day 3 of 4-day weekend
November 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Day 3 of 4-day weekend
A man walks up to a newsstand every day, looks at the front page, and walks away.
Finally the newst. operator calls over, "what are you looking for? Every day you just look at the front page and leave"
Man: an obituary
Newsman: its at the end of the paper
Man: the one I want will be on page 1!
Finally the newst. operator calls over, "what are you looking for? Every day you just look at the front page and leave"
Man: an obituary
Newsman: its at the end of the paper
Man: the one I want will be on page 1!
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
A man walks up to a newsstand every day, looks at the front page, and walks away.
Finally the newst. operator calls over, "what are you looking for? Every day you just look at the front page and leave"
Man: an obituary
Newsman: its at the end of the paper
Man: the one I want will be on page 1!
Finally the newst. operator calls over, "what are you looking for? Every day you just look at the front page and leave"
Man: an obituary
Newsman: its at the end of the paper
Man: the one I want will be on page 1!
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I've said it before: everything giant pandas do makes more sense if you imagine they are six drinks in on a Friday night.
But I feel like we haven't fully celebrated their triumphant return. See, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered.
A conservation success story!
But I feel like we haven't fully celebrated their triumphant return. See, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered.
A conservation success story!
a panda bear is sitting on a wooden platform with toys
Alt: a panda bear is sitting on a wooden platform with toys, it barrels through them, falls, and manages to roll down every part of the stairs, as if on purpose. Just agent of chaos behavior.
media.tenor.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I've said it before: everything giant pandas do makes more sense if you imagine they are six drinks in on a Friday night.
But I feel like we haven't fully celebrated their triumphant return. See, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered.
A conservation success story!
But I feel like we haven't fully celebrated their triumphant return. See, the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is no longer Endangered.
A conservation success story!
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The "problem" of renewable energy is owning your production capacity. Your electricity becomes mostly one-time purchase you can amortize over years, instead as a means to buy more fuel.
Once you buy capacity, there isn't much else to pay for beyond storage and wear & tear.
Once you buy capacity, there isn't much else to pay for beyond storage and wear & tear.
November 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The "problem" of renewable energy is owning your production capacity. Your electricity becomes mostly one-time purchase you can amortize over years, instead as a means to buy more fuel.
Once you buy capacity, there isn't much else to pay for beyond storage and wear & tear.
Once you buy capacity, there isn't much else to pay for beyond storage and wear & tear.
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So I'm from all over Britain, are my biological pronouns he/him because of the English, sé/é for of the Irish, thu/e for the Scottish, or e/fe for of the Welsh? Am I just born with one set or do I have to rotate them out? Do I use the German er/ihn/ihm for leap year since i got a little of that?
November 7, 2025 at 3:03 PM
So I'm from all over Britain, are my biological pronouns he/him because of the English, sé/é for of the Irish, thu/e for the Scottish, or e/fe for of the Welsh? Am I just born with one set or do I have to rotate them out? Do I use the German er/ihn/ihm for leap year since i got a little of that?
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November 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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still one of the finest essays on this particularly grim episode of corporate social murder
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 PM
still one of the finest essays on this particularly grim episode of corporate social murder
Im somehow a morning person now and I will never forgive capitalism for this
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Im somehow a morning person now and I will never forgive capitalism for this