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Steven Brier
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Former journalist, mostly on Gulf Coast w/stint on fog-shrouded Island off coast of NJ. Swamped by an ocean of mediocrity. Advocate for EVs in the heart of the oil and gas industry. Also, fountain pens.

It's our duty to call Trump a fascist.
And how many boomers lined up downwind? 😁
Cannabis dispensary bursts into flames in Irvington, New Jersey
The 3-alarm fire inside a cannabis dispensary injured two firefighters in New Jersey.
abc7ny.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Woohoo! Go #NOLA! In addition to the boil water advisory from yesterday's water main break. We also have lost power. New Orleans could be so interesting.

(BTW, It's 28°)
February 1, 2026 at 2:07 PM
January 31, 2026 at 8:51 PM
15 text messages from various Democratic operatives have gotten past my spam filters in the past few days. I'm already a left-wing pinko commie.
I guess my fellow travelers don't understand that this is counterproductive.
I'm still waiting for the George Soros checks to land in my bank account.
January 29, 2026 at 10:10 PM
A big shout out to #DJT, our national pedophile, who canceled the drug benefits negotiated by the Biden administration.

A medication I have to have just went from $50 a month to $260.

I guess I'll have to wait for my next check from Soros to pay for it.

#FDJT.
January 26, 2026 at 5:14 PM
TIL about William b. Purvis. His inventions vastly improved the fountain pen, among other things.
William B. Purvis (1838-1914)
William B. Purvis was an American inventor, best known for his patented improvements to the fountain pen in 1890. Purvis was born in Pennsylvania to Joseph and Sarah Purvis on August 12, 1838, as one ...
blackpast.org
January 25, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Happy birthday Colonel. WWII, Korea, Vietnam and other unnamed points in between.
#USArmy #USMA
January 21, 2026 at 9:11 PM
A screen grab of a clue from a recent Jeopardy episode, sent to me by @wonderflonium.bsky.social
But in all my years of celebrating never have I heard it called tlap.
#IYKYK
January 20, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Lovely daughter said there are feeds other than the fountain pen feed on bsky so I took a look.
I'm now back in my office with the doors and blinds closed, cleaning and inking pens. Knock on my door when it's over.
January 17, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Reposted by Steven Brier
Men don’t call a woman a fucking bitch when they’re afraid for their lives—they say it when they hate us. They say it when they’re punishing us.

jessica.substack.com/p/ice-shooti...
From One Fucking Bitch to Another
These two words made Renee Nicole Good’s murder undeniable
jessica.substack.com
January 14, 2026 at 6:33 PM
King cake? It must be Carnival time.
#NOLA #Carnival
January 6, 2026 at 1:44 PM
WTF? Alex, I'll take war cimes for $1000.
Live Updates: U.S. Captures Venezuelan Leader, Trump Says
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Reposted by Steven Brier
It's science, man.
You know how winning athletes thank God in post-game interviews?

With Texas Tech & Texas A&M losing their CFP games by a combined 33-3 after both schools banned faculty from saying anything about gender contradictory to GOP ideology, I think we can infer what God thinks about anti-trans politics.
January 1, 2026 at 8:38 PM
January 2, 2026 at 4:59 PM
December 31, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Took my daughter to MSY this morning so she could fly home to Philly, which is under a winter storm warning.
She had to replace her car last summer so I asked her if she moved her winter emergency kit from the old car.
She said she had beach chairs and a croquet set. Did that count?
MSY>PHL #NOLA
December 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Saw a new (to me) bumper sticker while on my morning walk through the Garden District.
I can relate.

#NOLA
December 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Happy Humbug from NOLA!
December 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
December 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Successfully performed nibectomy on my Conklin crescent filler fountain pen. The original fine nib was hard to start, dry, and skipped. Though I've replaced nibs before, this was a first for a pen with an ink sac and I was nervous. It went exceedingly well, swapping in a medium nib. Quite happy.
December 21, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Breakfast!
December 21, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New fountain pen. Stumbled across Nolapens.com at the City Park market this weekend. Snagged a nice pen made with recovered wood from streetcar seats. Very nice. He also has pens made from a downed oak tree from Audubon Park.
#fountainpen #NOLA #CityPark
December 15, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Office Christmas party was boring AF. Only attendee was a dullard. Of course, I'm self-employed. So...
December 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Most days there's a taqueria truck in this location just outside the Lowe's on Jefferson highway in New Orleans. I haven't seen him all week. Nor have I seen the dozens of customers or the day laborers around the entrances. I did see a car with "I am Charlie Kirk" on the window.
#NOLA #ICE
December 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
December 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM