Steve Kerins
@stevekerins.bsky.social
🇺🇸🇩🇪 currently in Florida. Pro-🇺🇦.
The Southern magnolia (M. grandiflora) is indigenous to the southeastern United States, from North Carolina to east Texas.
It is also planted as an ornamental elsewhere where climate permits, such as the specimen below at the botanical garden in Nantes, France.
(Pymouss44 / WC)
It is also planted as an ornamental elsewhere where climate permits, such as the specimen below at the botanical garden in Nantes, France.
(Pymouss44 / WC)
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Southern magnolia (M. grandiflora) is indigenous to the southeastern United States, from North Carolina to east Texas.
It is also planted as an ornamental elsewhere where climate permits, such as the specimen below at the botanical garden in Nantes, France.
(Pymouss44 / WC)
It is also planted as an ornamental elsewhere where climate permits, such as the specimen below at the botanical garden in Nantes, France.
(Pymouss44 / WC)
A small portion of the Goldfields-Esperance (Nullarbor Plain) region of Western Australia operates in its own unofficial time zone, UTC+8:45 (Eucla time).
In southern winter, it is 45m ahead of Perth (WA) and 45m behind Adelaide (SA). In summer (current), 45m and 1h45m.
In southern winter, it is 45m ahead of Perth (WA) and 45m behind Adelaide (SA). In summer (current), 45m and 1h45m.
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A small portion of the Goldfields-Esperance (Nullarbor Plain) region of Western Australia operates in its own unofficial time zone, UTC+8:45 (Eucla time).
In southern winter, it is 45m ahead of Perth (WA) and 45m behind Adelaide (SA). In summer (current), 45m and 1h45m.
In southern winter, it is 45m ahead of Perth (WA) and 45m behind Adelaide (SA). In summer (current), 45m and 1h45m.
Perfect time of year in Florida
November 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Perfect time of year in Florida
The long-term non-viability of a Queer / Islamist alliance is obvious to everyone other than the Queer faction (though probably not the Islamists).
November 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The long-term non-viability of a Queer / Islamist alliance is obvious to everyone other than the Queer faction (though probably not the Islamists).
Until just now, if you had asked me what Biafra was, I might have described something suspiciously like Biarritz 🤔
TIL.
TIL.
November 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Until just now, if you had asked me what Biafra was, I might have described something suspiciously like Biarritz 🤔
TIL.
TIL.
I don't like Bari Weiss, and I don't like Tucker Carlson or Nick Fuentes or Hasan Piker, and as far as the right goes, I don't care which of these two factions "wins", but I hope each does a large amount of damage to the other on the way down.
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I don't like Bari Weiss, and I don't like Tucker Carlson or Nick Fuentes or Hasan Piker, and as far as the right goes, I don't care which of these two factions "wins", but I hope each does a large amount of damage to the other on the way down.
JD Vance tried to sell out our allies to an enemy in a dirty deal in the dark of night, behind the backs of his colleagues, Congress, and the American people, but he failed. Stop whining.
November 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
JD Vance tried to sell out our allies to an enemy in a dirty deal in the dark of night, behind the backs of his colleagues, Congress, and the American people, but he failed. Stop whining.
Just finished the Polish limited series "Heweliusz" on Netflix. Historical drama about the sinking of the passenger ferry MS Jan Heweliusz in the Baltic Sea on 14 January 1993.
Ensemble cast, fabulous re-creation of the Poland of that time period.
Highly recommended.
Ensemble cast, fabulous re-creation of the Poland of that time period.
Highly recommended.
November 16, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Just finished the Polish limited series "Heweliusz" on Netflix. Historical drama about the sinking of the passenger ferry MS Jan Heweliusz in the Baltic Sea on 14 January 1993.
Ensemble cast, fabulous re-creation of the Poland of that time period.
Highly recommended.
Ensemble cast, fabulous re-creation of the Poland of that time period.
Highly recommended.
Grant of permission from the City of Leiden (Jan van Hout, secretary) dated 12 February 1609, authorizing approx. 100 English Separatists to settle there.
Eventually about 300 Separatists would settle in Leiden.
In 1620, a group of them would continue on to Massachusetts Bay...
Eventually about 300 Separatists would settle in Leiden.
In 1620, a group of them would continue on to Massachusetts Bay...
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Grant of permission from the City of Leiden (Jan van Hout, secretary) dated 12 February 1609, authorizing approx. 100 English Separatists to settle there.
Eventually about 300 Separatists would settle in Leiden.
In 1620, a group of them would continue on to Massachusetts Bay...
Eventually about 300 Separatists would settle in Leiden.
In 1620, a group of them would continue on to Massachusetts Bay...
Much of West Virginia is quite pretty, but that's about the only thing that can be said for it.
Virginia is much wealthier than West Virginia, and enjoys much higher quality of life, life expectancy, better schools, and higher economic productivity.
Virginia is much wealthier than West Virginia, and enjoys much higher quality of life, life expectancy, better schools, and higher economic productivity.
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Much of West Virginia is quite pretty, but that's about the only thing that can be said for it.
Virginia is much wealthier than West Virginia, and enjoys much higher quality of life, life expectancy, better schools, and higher economic productivity.
Virginia is much wealthier than West Virginia, and enjoys much higher quality of life, life expectancy, better schools, and higher economic productivity.
Educational tidbits.
I like this pope, certainly relative to others that I'm aware of.
I like this pope, certainly relative to others that I'm aware of.
November 4, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Educational tidbits.
I like this pope, certainly relative to others that I'm aware of.
I like this pope, certainly relative to others that I'm aware of.
When the depths of applicable precedent have truly been plumbed.
(Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC, et al. v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC, et al. (Cal. App. 5th Dist., Aug. 8, 2025))
(Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC, et al. v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC, et al. (Cal. App. 5th Dist., Aug. 8, 2025))
November 3, 2025 at 5:48 PM
When the depths of applicable precedent have truly been plumbed.
(Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC, et al. v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC, et al. (Cal. App. 5th Dist., Aug. 8, 2025))
(Sandton Agriculture Investments III, LLC, et al. v. 4-S Ranch Partners, LLC, et al. (Cal. App. 5th Dist., Aug. 8, 2025))
She was horrified.
October 31, 2025 at 9:14 PM
She was horrified.
Never change, Twitter
October 31, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Never change, Twitter
I don't think a foreign ethnoreligious conflict should have a role in American politics.
I don't care what Mamdani thinks of Israel or Palestine. I don't care much about Israel or Palestine, beyond wishing them peace and security.
I don't care about socialist grocery stores.
I don't care what Mamdani thinks of Israel or Palestine. I don't care much about Israel or Palestine, beyond wishing them peace and security.
I don't care about socialist grocery stores.
October 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
I don't think a foreign ethnoreligious conflict should have a role in American politics.
I don't care what Mamdani thinks of Israel or Palestine. I don't care much about Israel or Palestine, beyond wishing them peace and security.
I don't care about socialist grocery stores.
I don't care what Mamdani thinks of Israel or Palestine. I don't care much about Israel or Palestine, beyond wishing them peace and security.
I don't care about socialist grocery stores.
Representative Luna is a Russian asset.
October 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Representative Luna is a Russian asset.
'Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the twelve apostles, all the saints in heaven, the archangel Gabriel and all the angels, and all the holy men and women of the Church, that hurt.'
October 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
'Jesus, Mary, Joseph, and the twelve apostles, all the saints in heaven, the archangel Gabriel and all the angels, and all the holy men and women of the Church, that hurt.'
Put on a British police show.
October 7, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Put on a British police show.
This is misinfo, but also pretty funny in spite of itself.
First of all, no way this account is American.
Second, the US population reached 100 million at some point between 1915 and 1920, not at whatever time this Gillette commercial was made.
First of all, no way this account is American.
Second, the US population reached 100 million at some point between 1915 and 1920, not at whatever time this Gillette commercial was made.
October 4, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is misinfo, but also pretty funny in spite of itself.
First of all, no way this account is American.
Second, the US population reached 100 million at some point between 1915 and 1920, not at whatever time this Gillette commercial was made.
First of all, no way this account is American.
Second, the US population reached 100 million at some point between 1915 and 1920, not at whatever time this Gillette commercial was made.
Watched this, "Bullet Train Explosion", a remake of a 1975 film.
It was cheesy and pretty bad.
On the other hand, there's action, there are the landscapes of Japan, and there are trains, so, a few of my favorite elements.
It was cheesy and pretty bad.
On the other hand, there's action, there are the landscapes of Japan, and there are trains, so, a few of my favorite elements.
October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Watched this, "Bullet Train Explosion", a remake of a 1975 film.
It was cheesy and pretty bad.
On the other hand, there's action, there are the landscapes of Japan, and there are trains, so, a few of my favorite elements.
It was cheesy and pretty bad.
On the other hand, there's action, there are the landscapes of Japan, and there are trains, so, a few of my favorite elements.
Capitalization has to be postponed. It's too controversial.
September 28, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Capitalization has to be postponed. It's too controversial.
Updated my US map and did Canada and UK ones for sh*ts and gigs.
Looking at the UK one, it's funny that I never wanted to venture south of north Lincolnshire 😂
Looking at the UK one, it's funny that I never wanted to venture south of north Lincolnshire 😂
September 24, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Updated my US map and did Canada and UK ones for sh*ts and gigs.
Looking at the UK one, it's funny that I never wanted to venture south of north Lincolnshire 😂
Looking at the UK one, it's funny that I never wanted to venture south of north Lincolnshire 😂
Making common cause with a far-right movement; being surprised that that movement is full of antisemites.
This is not "180 degrees" from President Trump. This is what President Trump enabled.
This is not "180 degrees" from President Trump. This is what President Trump enabled.
September 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Making common cause with a far-right movement; being surprised that that movement is full of antisemites.
This is not "180 degrees" from President Trump. This is what President Trump enabled.
This is not "180 degrees" from President Trump. This is what President Trump enabled.