Steve K
@steveknapp.bsky.social
Technology writer and part-time bonsai artist and gardener
Bondi, Bovino, Miller, and Noem all deserve equal billing on accountability.
January 25, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Bondi, Bovino, Miller, and Noem all deserve equal billing on accountability.
"I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health." ~ Tom Petty
January 25, 2026 at 9:14 PM
"I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health." ~ Tom Petty
"He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it." ~ George Orwell
January 25, 2026 at 3:29 PM
"He wears a mask, and his face grows to fit it." ~ George Orwell
"All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force." ~ George Orwell
January 25, 2026 at 3:23 PM
"All tyrannies rule through fraud and force, but once the fraud is exposed they must rely exclusively on force." ~ George Orwell
"The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!" ~ Tennessee Williams
January 24, 2026 at 9:52 PM
"The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!" ~ Tennessee Williams
"To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude..." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
January 24, 2026 at 9:49 PM
"To be honest...here is a task for all that a man has of fortitude..." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
"Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate." ~ James Fallows
January 24, 2026 at 9:45 PM
"Societies are healthiest when their radius of trust is broad and when people feel they can influence their own fate." ~ James Fallows
"Every murder strikes at the heart of civilization; it is an attack on all mankind." ~ Rae Foley
January 11, 2026 at 11:48 PM
"Every murder strikes at the heart of civilization; it is an attack on all mankind." ~ Rae Foley
"Scent is the strongest tie to memory." ~ Maggie Stiefvater
January 11, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Scent is the strongest tie to memory." ~ Maggie Stiefvater
Three heads but no brains. Disgusting.
January 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Three heads but no brains. Disgusting.
"The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy." ~ Aristotle
January 7, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"The real difference between democracy and oligarchy is poverty and wealth. Wherever men rule by reason of their wealth, whether they be few or many, that is an oligarchy, and where the poor rule, that is a democracy." ~ Aristotle
"Distracted from distraction by distraction" ~ T. S. Eliot
January 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
"Distracted from distraction by distraction" ~ T. S. Eliot
"Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back." ~ R. M. Williams
January 6, 2026 at 11:48 PM
"Trust is the easiest thing in the world to lose, and the hardest thing in the world to get back." ~ R. M. Williams
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 6, 2026 at 1:45 PM
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
This thing is happening.
a man in a suit and tie is covering his ears with his hands in a hallway .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is covering his ears with his hands in a hallway .
media.tenor.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:12 PM
This thing is happening.
"In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles." ~ David Ben-Gurion
January 5, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"In order to be a realist, you must believe in miracles." ~ David Ben-Gurion
"Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back." ~ Publilius Syrus
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January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
"Courage comes by being brave; fear comes by holding back." ~ Publilius Syrus
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"There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another." ~ Margaret Mead
January 5, 2026 at 4:05 PM
"There is no hierarchy of values by which one culture has the right to insist on all its own values and deny those of another." ~ Margaret Mead
"I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler." ~ Paul Robeson
January 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
"I do not hesitate one second to state clearly and unmistakably: I belong to the American resistance movement which fights against American imperialism, just as the resistance movement fought against Hitler." ~ Paul Robeson
"All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House." ~ Hunter S. Thompson
January 5, 2026 at 4:02 PM
"All we have to do is get out and vote, while it's still legal, and we will wash those crooked warmongers out of the White House." ~ Hunter S. Thompson
"It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men." ~ Thomas Carlyle
January 5, 2026 at 4:01 PM
"It is the feeling of injustice that is insupportable to all men." ~ Thomas Carlyle
"Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody" ~ Baron de Montesquieu
January 5, 2026 at 3:59 PM
"Injustice towards others is a threat to everybody" ~ Baron de Montesquieu
"Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons." ~ H. L. Mencken
January 4, 2026 at 5:29 PM
"Congress consists of one-third, more or less, scoundrels; two-thirds, more or less, idiots; and three-thirds, more or less, poltroons." ~ H. L. Mencken
"Donald Trump is not a Republican. Donald Trump is not a conservative. Donald Trump is trying to pull off the biggest scam in American political history, basically a con job, where he's trying to take over the Republican Party by telling people he's someone who he is not." ~ Marco Rubio
Sigh.
Sigh.
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"Donald Trump is not a Republican. Donald Trump is not a conservative. Donald Trump is trying to pull off the biggest scam in American political history, basically a con job, where he's trying to take over the Republican Party by telling people he's someone who he is not." ~ Marco Rubio
Sigh.
Sigh.