Steven Damron
@stevendamron.bsky.social
Author of Dear Mustafa. Order in local bookstores worldwide or from Amazon online. Writing Ghostwriter in Barcelona.
Bsky topics: Writing, AI, Barcelona, gay life, and fascism, not necessarily in that order.
Bsky topics: Writing, AI, Barcelona, gay life, and fascism, not necessarily in that order.
Revolut is a new bank brand in Europe. There are ATMs popping up all over Barcelona.
After my fall travels, I'm coming to the conclusion that the new bank's target market lives in airports.
How many times can you count Revolut in this photo?
#BCN
After my fall travels, I'm coming to the conclusion that the new bank's target market lives in airports.
How many times can you count Revolut in this photo?
#BCN
December 13, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Revolut is a new bank brand in Europe. There are ATMs popping up all over Barcelona.
After my fall travels, I'm coming to the conclusion that the new bank's target market lives in airports.
How many times can you count Revolut in this photo?
#BCN
After my fall travels, I'm coming to the conclusion that the new bank's target market lives in airports.
How many times can you count Revolut in this photo?
#BCN
In the shadow of Barcelona's cathedral, Fira de Santa Llúcia offers hundreds of shops with Christmas decorations. Don't wait! The fair, in its 239th year, closes on the 23rd of December.
#BCN
#BCN
December 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
In the shadow of Barcelona's cathedral, Fira de Santa Llúcia offers hundreds of shops with Christmas decorations. Don't wait! The fair, in its 239th year, closes on the 23rd of December.
#BCN
#BCN
This Xurreria at the foot of Gracia has a longer line than I remember seeing before. I like their churros, but I have a feeling the line is the result of Tiktok or Ingstagram.
#BCN
#BCN
December 8, 2025 at 10:08 AM
This Xurreria at the foot of Gracia has a longer line than I remember seeing before. I like their churros, but I have a feeling the line is the result of Tiktok or Ingstagram.
#BCN
#BCN
A good precis of a poor policy. It's another reason Trump shouldn't be near government.
Leave profit to companies. Give them workable regulation and let them figure out profit.
Build alliances for the stability peace and trade offer, not for short-term transactional value.
#fascism [NY Times]
Leave profit to companies. Give them workable regulation and let them figure out profit.
Build alliances for the stability peace and trade offer, not for short-term transactional value.
#fascism [NY Times]
December 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
A good precis of a poor policy. It's another reason Trump shouldn't be near government.
Leave profit to companies. Give them workable regulation and let them figure out profit.
Build alliances for the stability peace and trade offer, not for short-term transactional value.
#fascism [NY Times]
Leave profit to companies. Give them workable regulation and let them figure out profit.
Build alliances for the stability peace and trade offer, not for short-term transactional value.
#fascism [NY Times]
At a Christmas market in Florence reading an English sign explaining a German beverage, I realized how wonderfully confused European culture is.
December 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
At a Christmas market in Florence reading an English sign explaining a German beverage, I realized how wonderfully confused European culture is.
Nice to be able to pop over to Siena to hear the Jack Quartet perform tonight.
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Nice to be able to pop over to Siena to hear the Jack Quartet perform tonight.
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
More Barcelona Christmas lights, this time along the newly renovated Ronda de Sant Antoni which has been converted into a pedestrian street.
#BCN
#BCN
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 AM
More Barcelona Christmas lights, this time along the newly renovated Ronda de Sant Antoni which has been converted into a pedestrian street.
#BCN
#BCN
When airlines stop flying, there's trouble brewing.
Trump will act illegally against Venezuela to shore up his political standing.
IMHO, it gives Republicans more reasons to peal away from MAGA. Trump's pledge, after all, was to end wars, not start them.
#fascism [El País]
Trump will act illegally against Venezuela to shore up his political standing.
IMHO, it gives Republicans more reasons to peal away from MAGA. Trump's pledge, after all, was to end wars, not start them.
#fascism [El País]
November 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
When airlines stop flying, there's trouble brewing.
Trump will act illegally against Venezuela to shore up his political standing.
IMHO, it gives Republicans more reasons to peal away from MAGA. Trump's pledge, after all, was to end wars, not start them.
#fascism [El País]
Trump will act illegally against Venezuela to shore up his political standing.
IMHO, it gives Republicans more reasons to peal away from MAGA. Trump's pledge, after all, was to end wars, not start them.
#fascism [El País]
I have no idea why there are so many photo booths in Barcelona and Europe, but they're everywhere. They are so retro in the selfie age we live in.
#BCN
#BCN
November 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
I have no idea why there are so many photo booths in Barcelona and Europe, but they're everywhere. They are so retro in the selfie age we live in.
#BCN
#BCN
I was sad to see Banquette close a few months ago, but intrigued by its replacement, Bodega Lagarra, which opens soon.
Barcelona has a thriving restaurant scene!
#BCN
Barcelona has a thriving restaurant scene!
#BCN
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I was sad to see Banquette close a few months ago, but intrigued by its replacement, Bodega Lagarra, which opens soon.
Barcelona has a thriving restaurant scene!
#BCN
Barcelona has a thriving restaurant scene!
#BCN
As the US has shown, some people want a strongman leader.
Learning history is important to understanding the ways that democracy works better. I have to wonder, though, whether MAGA would go so far as to promote democracy as Spain is doing now.
#fascism
Learning history is important to understanding the ways that democracy works better. I have to wonder, though, whether MAGA would go so far as to promote democracy as Spain is doing now.
#fascism
November 20, 2025 at 10:03 AM
As the US has shown, some people want a strongman leader.
Learning history is important to understanding the ways that democracy works better. I have to wonder, though, whether MAGA would go so far as to promote democracy as Spain is doing now.
#fascism
Learning history is important to understanding the ways that democracy works better. I have to wonder, though, whether MAGA would go so far as to promote democracy as Spain is doing now.
#fascism
November 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Today is the 50th anniversary of Franco's death. As the headline says, the dictator died in bed and the dictatorship died in the streets.
It's a reminder that Trump's term ends in 3 years and it will be Americans in the street who have to reconstitute the federal government.
#fascism [El País]
It's a reminder that Trump's term ends in 3 years and it will be Americans in the street who have to reconstitute the federal government.
#fascism [El País]
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Today is the 50th anniversary of Franco's death. As the headline says, the dictator died in bed and the dictatorship died in the streets.
It's a reminder that Trump's term ends in 3 years and it will be Americans in the street who have to reconstitute the federal government.
#fascism [El País]
It's a reminder that Trump's term ends in 3 years and it will be Americans in the street who have to reconstitute the federal government.
#fascism [El País]
A sign on the door of the Sonder Hotel in Plaça Reial is all the warning guests received that they were on their own for accommodations.
As a friend noted, if Marriott didn't know beforehand about Sonder's demise, there's more to this story than meets the eye.
#BCN
As a friend noted, if Marriott didn't know beforehand about Sonder's demise, there's more to this story than meets the eye.
#BCN
November 16, 2025 at 10:15 AM
A sign on the door of the Sonder Hotel in Plaça Reial is all the warning guests received that they were on their own for accommodations.
As a friend noted, if Marriott didn't know beforehand about Sonder's demise, there's more to this story than meets the eye.
#BCN
As a friend noted, if Marriott didn't know beforehand about Sonder's demise, there's more to this story than meets the eye.
#BCN
November 15, 2025 at 10:37 AM
November 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The quotation marks in the headline mean Europeans don't believe military operations against Venezuela are about drugs.
It's a distraction from Epstein, it's a play for Venezuela's oil, it's an attempt to oust Maduro, it's anything but drugs.
#fascism
It's a distraction from Epstein, it's a play for Venezuela's oil, it's an attempt to oust Maduro, it's anything but drugs.
#fascism
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
The quotation marks in the headline mean Europeans don't believe military operations against Venezuela are about drugs.
It's a distraction from Epstein, it's a play for Venezuela's oil, it's an attempt to oust Maduro, it's anything but drugs.
#fascism
It's a distraction from Epstein, it's a play for Venezuela's oil, it's an attempt to oust Maduro, it's anything but drugs.
#fascism
How vegan is Barcelona?
More and more vegan restaurants popping up for sure. Last weekend a pro-vegan contingent protested in front of city hall. This is a big shift in local cuisine!
#BCN
More and more vegan restaurants popping up for sure. Last weekend a pro-vegan contingent protested in front of city hall. This is a big shift in local cuisine!
#BCN
November 13, 2025 at 9:44 AM
How vegan is Barcelona?
More and more vegan restaurants popping up for sure. Last weekend a pro-vegan contingent protested in front of city hall. This is a big shift in local cuisine!
#BCN
More and more vegan restaurants popping up for sure. Last weekend a pro-vegan contingent protested in front of city hall. This is a big shift in local cuisine!
#BCN
