stevem20.bsky.social
@stevem20.bsky.social
Author, free thinking
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Conservatives always try to claim Heinlein, but his views were more complex. If the folks who gush over Starship Troopers read Lazarus Long and Stranger in a Strange Land, they'd backpedal faster than when they found out what Ayn Rand thought of religion.
November 1, 2025 at 4:19 PM
#Solarpunk post-scarcity ideal:
1. nature the foundation of abundance,

2. free energy of solar power cheap and abundant, the more energy we have the more we can do

3. Creativity: science & technology research made it possible to create, access and transform energy and matter to create abundance.
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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No matter how hot or cold a room is, it's still room temperature.

Follow me for more science facts.
October 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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“This is a significant advance in understanding how societal-level inequality gets under the skin to affect mental health.” @profkepickett.bsky.social 🧪🛟
🧒 Inequality reshapes young brains

A study of more than 10,000 US children found that living in states with greater income inequality is linked to structural brain changes and poorer mental health, regardless of family wealth.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

#SciComm #Inequality 🧪
Study links greater inequality to structural changes in children’s brains
Researchers say findings show inequality creates toxic environment and reducing it is ‘a public health imperative’
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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“We’re facing two existential crises, climate and democracy, and it’s now or never for both. We can’t have a stable democracy with an unstable climate, and we can’t have a stable climate unless we have a democracy. And so we have to fight both together.” - Jane Fonda www.latimes.com/california/s...
Jane Fonda, derided as 'Hanoi Jane' and a traitor during the Vietnam War, is a modern-day force in Democratic politics
Politically active for more than a half-century, actor Jane Fonda is now focusing her energy, celebrity, connections and resources on fighting climate change and combating the "existential crises" cre...
www.latimes.com
October 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I read Eva has been detained. Wtf
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The Sound of Music is on TCM. I can't say I've sat and watched in at least a decade, but it's one of those movies that's inscribed in my DNA at this point and I'm finding its simple pleasures soothing tonight. The "Do Re Mi" sequence is legitimately one of the most beautifully filmed of any musical
October 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
It was only a matter of time
A friend writes:

I saw someone's post somewhere that talked about how their
nine-year-old and all his friends have started using "That's AI"
instead of "I don't believe you."

Mom: "We're having dinosaur meat for dinner tonight."
Kid: "That's AI."
September 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Now i understand what the X files was all about
September 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
One of the biggest lies we've told over the past few decades is that middle class family values belong to conservative republicans,
September 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
The Alcatraz alligator tears of dazzled fools. They weep with false piety the death of a charlatan spreading lies about their own neighbour. #fiction
September 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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A Palestinian film about a little boy won an award and Israel cut off the funds immediately.
Meanwhile we are subjected to whiny articles about how unfair it is to boycott Israeli films, academics, artists.
This is about standing up to genocide.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Israel cuts funding for national film awards after Palestinian story wins top prize
‘The Sea’, which follows a 12-year-old Palestinian boy, won several awards at the Ophirs
www.independent.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Antifa is an idea that cannot be imprisoned
September 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
A class action suit against goo gle can't come soon enough for not allowing parents to block YouTube in their household
September 18, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Apparently I'm told Ludlum's Osterman Weekend bears a remarkable resemblance to the news cycle performance we just had to endure. #fiction
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The past week felt like a scripted gaslighting operation: conveniently found confession notes.. from an incel with amazing deer hunting skills.. sus af
September 17, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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I interviewed @susankayequinn.bsky.social about solarpunk and why we have to stop imagining the apocalypse and start imagining a better future.

www.buzzsprout.com/2396702/epis...
Stop Imagining the Apocalypse - Future Mending Radio
If we want a better future, we need to stop imagining the apocalypse and start imagining winning. Solarpunk is an emergent science fiction genre and social movement that asks us to do just that.Matt s...
www.buzzsprout.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Look at that. And New Mexico is not a rich state. Just one that figured out some priorities.
September 9, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The vibe of some women who don't want the #relationship but sure want the attention.
August 31, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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August 30, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Why do you appreciate unions?

I’ll start:

Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Vance was born in 1984. What did Orwell know?
August 31, 2025 at 4:36 AM
#caturday night
August 30, 2025 at 11:30 PM