Matthew Stienberg
@matthewstien.bsky.social
Author, science fiction, fantasy, history nerd. 🇨🇦🚀⚔️⚓️📚
Website: https://matthewstienberg.wordpress.com/
Website: https://matthewstienberg.wordpress.com/
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The Virtue of Battle
The Republic of Patagonia is in trouble. Plagued by pirates without and discord within, the nation teeters on the brink of dissolution. With two equally intractable political parties in power, it will...
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Military science fiction? ✅
Space battles? ✅
Power armoured marines? ✅
Things blowing up? ✅
High and noble ideals? ✅
Good people making the best of bad situations? ✅
Stand alone fiction? ✅
If you like any of the above, please check out THE VIRTUE OF BATTLE in the link!
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Space battles? ✅
Power armoured marines? ✅
Things blowing up? ✅
High and noble ideals? ✅
Good people making the best of bad situations? ✅
Stand alone fiction? ✅
If you like any of the above, please check out THE VIRTUE OF BATTLE in the link!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTFKXZX9
Watching The Apothecary Diaries has started me down the rabbit hole of historical mystery dramas again!
a woman in a green shirt and pink skirt stands in a room with lots of shelves and drawers
ALT: a woman in a green shirt and pink skirt stands in a room with lots of shelves and drawers
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November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Watching The Apothecary Diaries has started me down the rabbit hole of historical mystery dramas again!
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The core problem is that in a state, something has to be sovereign - in a democracy, it is the people - and you can design and tinker as much as you like but there is no way to design around a loss of virtue in that sovereign entity.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
one of the things dr schake and i were both wrestling with in this conversation--i think not really conclusively--is how you maintain the norm of civilian supremacy when the civilians are issuing objectively illegal, murderous orders
Neon Liberalism #54: Join Samantha and guest Kori Schake, author of "The State and the Soldier," as they discuss the history of civil-military relations in America—and how that relationship is being pushed to the breaking point. www.liberalcurrents.com/neon-liberal...
November 30, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The core problem is that in a state, something has to be sovereign - in a democracy, it is the people - and you can design and tinker as much as you like but there is no way to design around a loss of virtue in that sovereign entity.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
If the people keep elected maniacs, no guardrails can hold.
The more I study historical resistance movements the more I get the line from The Expanse on "there's OPA and then there's OPA" because boy we should rarely if ever treat these groups like one top down structure versus 'big tent of screw that guy' throughout history!
November 30, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The more I study historical resistance movements the more I get the line from The Expanse on "there's OPA and then there's OPA" because boy we should rarely if ever treat these groups like one top down structure versus 'big tent of screw that guy' throughout history!
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MCRN Mark Wahlberg: “If I was aboard the Donnager with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of stealth ship debris and spaced protogen mercs then me saying, ok lets head back to phoebe station”
October 9, 2023 at 2:48 AM
MCRN Mark Wahlberg: “If I was aboard the Donnager with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did. There would have been a lot of stealth ship debris and spaced protogen mercs then me saying, ok lets head back to phoebe station”
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And God created paragraphs and said, "Truncate your passages, so as to separate different strands of thought, in this I shall be pleased"
November 29, 2025 at 4:55 PM
And God created paragraphs and said, "Truncate your passages, so as to separate different strands of thought, in this I shall be pleased"
Give me 5 games to get to know you:
- Stronghold
- Age of Empires II
- Halo
- Mechwarrior 3
- Fallout New Vegas
Bonus is Final Fantasy X (or Crystal Chronicles, similar hours sunk).
- Stronghold
- Age of Empires II
- Halo
- Mechwarrior 3
- Fallout New Vegas
Bonus is Final Fantasy X (or Crystal Chronicles, similar hours sunk).
Give me 5 games to get to know you:
-Disco Elysium
-Crusader Kings 2
-Civilization 6
-Dragon Quest XI
-Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
-Disco Elysium
-Crusader Kings 2
-Civilization 6
-Dragon Quest XI
-Elder Scrolls: Oblivion
Give me 5 games to get to know you:
1. Dead Space series. Shame it ended at 2.
2. Alan Wake/Control/Alan Wake 2/Quantum Break.
3. Mass Effect series.
4. Blue Prince
5. Outer Wilds
1. Dead Space series. Shame it ended at 2.
2. Alan Wake/Control/Alan Wake 2/Quantum Break.
3. Mass Effect series.
4. Blue Prince
5. Outer Wilds
November 29, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Give me 5 games to get to know you:
- Stronghold
- Age of Empires II
- Halo
- Mechwarrior 3
- Fallout New Vegas
Bonus is Final Fantasy X (or Crystal Chronicles, similar hours sunk).
- Stronghold
- Age of Empires II
- Halo
- Mechwarrior 3
- Fallout New Vegas
Bonus is Final Fantasy X (or Crystal Chronicles, similar hours sunk).
This is the frustrating thing about "AI" arguments for me. There are some fascinating use cases, but the big names are largely using it to push fraud on a hitherto unknown scale and its biggest proponents are grifters. The backlash is real and justified, but poisons any nuanced debate on real use!
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This is the frustrating thing about "AI" arguments for me. There are some fascinating use cases, but the big names are largely using it to push fraud on a hitherto unknown scale and its biggest proponents are grifters. The backlash is real and justified, but poisons any nuanced debate on real use!
People should not sleep on the show PARADISE from Hulu. This political thriller has a lot to offer from a brilliant slow reveal of a locked box mystery to a grim look at villains and motivations and interpersonal relations in the face of tragedy!
Excited to see where it goes!
Excited to see where it goes!
a man in a suit is smiling in front of a sign that says hulu
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November 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People should not sleep on the show PARADISE from Hulu. This political thriller has a lot to offer from a brilliant slow reveal of a locked box mystery to a grim look at villains and motivations and interpersonal relations in the face of tragedy!
Excited to see where it goes!
Excited to see where it goes!
The vibes from Washington right now...
November 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM
The vibes from Washington right now...
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A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
It's getting increasingly funny to me that the Beaverton is somehow becoming an expert at fooling serious reporters.
The Beaverton, well known truth machine!
The Beaverton, well known truth machine!
Time Magazine quoting a @thebeaverton.com article about the US shooting a "patriot missile" at Parliament Hill like it's something Pete Hoekstra actually said might be my favourite moment of the week. Congrats, @ianmmacintyre.bsky.social, you very serious reporter! www.cbc.ca/news/world/b...
'Made-up quote' in Canadian satire site The Beaverton fools Time Magazine | CBC News
In a recent article about the United States' strained relationships with other countries, Time Magazine included a made-up quote from Canadian satire site The Beaverton — seemingly as fact.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It's getting increasingly funny to me that the Beaverton is somehow becoming an expert at fooling serious reporters.
The Beaverton, well known truth machine!
The Beaverton, well known truth machine!
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The Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The Battle of Waterloo, 1815.
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
Wait a minute, why are they wearing equipment from 101 years later?
Something to look out for when admiring manuscripts from the middle ages is that they often depict events from history with the arms and armour of the current day
(Pretend I painted this in 1916 lol)
Two edits and one scene away from finishing a novel draft. The struggle is real!
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Two edits and one scene away from finishing a novel draft. The struggle is real!
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The final act of my novel is based around that idea. Just showing up in orbit isn't good enough for a developed world if they can shoot back with any reliability!
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The Virtue of Battle
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November 27, 2025 at 3:21 PM
The final act of my novel is based around that idea. Just showing up in orbit isn't good enough for a developed world if they can shoot back with any reliability!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTFKXZX9
www.amazon.com/dp/B0DTFKXZX9
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In science fiction, things like this are why I tend to be bullish on why planets are not defenceless. Space guns are a cruder form of defence, but there's many others than an attacker would have to break to truly have a planet at its mercy for conquest!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
Giant Surface-to-Space Mega Guns
YouTube video by Spacedock
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November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In science fiction, things like this are why I tend to be bullish on why planets are not defenceless. Space guns are a cruder form of defence, but there's many others than an attacker would have to break to truly have a planet at its mercy for conquest!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
Even worse for OpenAI's long term outlook, they do not have an ability to scale their services as they grow. It's an astronomically expensive company.
There is no sustainable business model at OpenAI! Don't trust them with your money or information!!
There is no sustainable business model at OpenAI! Don't trust them with your money or information!!
Anyhow, as many, many people have pointed out, OpenAI loses money on every customer, even the paying ones, and will never stop. There are no economies of scale.
November 27, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Even worse for OpenAI's long term outlook, they do not have an ability to scale their services as they grow. It's an astronomically expensive company.
There is no sustainable business model at OpenAI! Don't trust them with your money or information!!
There is no sustainable business model at OpenAI! Don't trust them with your money or information!!
I think it's just astounding that OpenAI is both so optimistic about the potential for growth, but has absolutely no clue how to scale that growth and deliver a reliable product.
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I think it's just astounding that OpenAI is both so optimistic about the potential for growth, but has absolutely no clue how to scale that growth and deliver a reliable product.
In science fiction, things like this are why I tend to be bullish on why planets are not defenceless. Space guns are a cruder form of defence, but there's many others than an attacker would have to break to truly have a planet at its mercy for conquest!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
Giant Surface-to-Space Mega Guns
YouTube video by Spacedock
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In science fiction, things like this are why I tend to be bullish on why planets are not defenceless. Space guns are a cruder form of defence, but there's many others than an attacker would have to break to truly have a planet at its mercy for conquest!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCoW...
It's a beautiful morning to discover two of your tires are wrecked!
November 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
It's a beautiful morning to discover two of your tires are wrecked!
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Imagine a world where all the tech companies named their products after Wodehouse characters rather than Tolkien concepts. It would still be just as toxic, but at least it would be funny. Instead of Palantir, you'd have the Empress of Blandings, for instance.
I'm sure if they won the search engine war, they'd have become corrupt and evil too, but I would've preferred Ask Jeeves winning if only to brainwash a whole new generation into reading PG Wodehouse novels to understand just who the hell Jeeves is.
Look kids! It’s Ask Jeeves! Over here Jeeves!
November 27, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Imagine a world where all the tech companies named their products after Wodehouse characters rather than Tolkien concepts. It would still be just as toxic, but at least it would be funny. Instead of Palantir, you'd have the Empress of Blandings, for instance.
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you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
November 27, 2025 at 11:49 AM
you've tweeted 452k times since december 2013. that's 103 tweets a day. assuming you sleep 8 hours a day, that's a new tweet every ten mins for twelve years. talking about how to attract a high value man. brother, you need to attract a HIGH VALUE JOB
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IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
Honestly, people calling creators the "petite bourgeoisie" makes me want to snap.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
We're working folk. And we work really hard. For next to nothing.
We're not lounging around eating bonbons. We're trying to figure out how we're going to be able to pay rent next month.
November 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
IMO the weird exception some supposed leftists seem to make for condemning-the-theft-of-labor-except-art-lol-steal-that-shit is just a weird intersection with puritan "if you enjoy yourself, it's not a real job" brainworms.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
"fun" job = member of the leisure class (ROFL) = fair game. Somehow.
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If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
November 27, 2025 at 4:10 AM
If writing is so easy why do people argue that they can’t do it without the pablumatic verbiage extruder
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
And if it’s so difficult then why do people think it’s not labour and writers are not workers
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1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
So many men go through life like that. You can play poker because it's right-coded, you can't enjoy fruity alcoholic drinks because they're women-coded, you can't lick an ice cream cone because it's gay-coded. All day, every day, choosing and judging things based on coding for narrow norms.
November 26, 2025 at 3:43 PM
1) genuine life changing moment of my early 20s was realizing I actually didn't have to do this at all. tell the youths
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
2) I feel like there's a class discussion to be had around the stakes of this kind of decision though
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This week was a wrap on Hazbin Hotel Season 2! An impressive update in animation, episode length and music! I can only hope for as much from Season 3!
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Hazbin Hotel Season 2
The hit animated musical series Hazbin Hotel came in hot with a second season, filled with more music, longer run times, and more action! Does this sequel hit as hard as the first season? Light spo…
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November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This week was a wrap on Hazbin Hotel Season 2! An impressive update in animation, episode length and music! I can only hope for as much from Season 3!
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