Stephen Raab
@onetruestephen.bsky.social
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Author of “Battle Buddy” in Analog Science Fiction and Fact Magazine. Opinions my own. Same handle on the old place.
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onetruestephen.bsky.social
Spotted at my local @barnesandnoble.com — January/February 2025 issue of @analogsf.bsky.social , featuring my debut short story “Battle Buddy”!

Get yours today!
January/February 2025 issue of Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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anjalikdayal.bsky.social
can’t stop laughing at this, it’s perfect
qjurecic.bsky.social
Showing up to No Kings with a sign reading “monarchy is an affront to human dignity but, when incorporated into a liberal democratic system, may nevertheless be a useful safety valve for nationalist and/or authoritarian impulses” and then getting clobbered by a Buttigieg-supporting grandmother
mthrjo.bsky.social
Incidentally, I’ve been chafing a bit at the “No Kings” thing, because there are loads of monarchies that have more limits on executive power than the US does, but it has the great advantage that it makes Americans who want to oppose it sound, well, unamerican….
onetruestephen.bsky.social
Blinken. Garland slow-walked a lot of things (for reasons I’m not entirely unsympathetic to—you want to be very sure if you’re going to indict a former Chief Executive), but he was always going to run into SCOtUS deciding that (only certain) Presidents are above the law
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convolutedname.bsky.social
"Primary everyone" has quickly become "no primary ever if I like one of the candidates"
onetruestephen.bsky.social
Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate
onetruestephen.bsky.social
What I will say is that we had little “get your last hit in” exchanges following Operation Midnight Hammer, and that ceasefire is holding—for now.

But these seem to be more widespread and systemic
onetruestephen.bsky.social
One of the biggest messes I’ve ever seen in theaters was “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus,” where four people ended up playing one character because Heath Ledger died halfway through shooting.

They tried to work it into the script—it didn’t work
onetruestephen.bsky.social
The only time I’m sympathetic to it is when the studio has gotten completely screwed—stuff like Carrie Fisher dying halfway through shooting for Episode IX
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nicholasgrossman.bsky.social
So much of the reaction to the latest Gaza deal acts as if Trump took office amidst a raging war, which simply isn't true.

There's a tendency in US media to praise Trump whenever the opportunity arises, as if they need to make up for all the factually accurate reporting that makes him look awful.
Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal
If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.
www.msnbc.com
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politiburb.bsky.social
I can already tell that "Trump may have been evil but he stopped a genocide Biden wouldn't!" is going to become an article of faith for the worst leftists alive for the next 70 fucking years or so, so I'm going to be clear. If you believe this, show yourself now so you can be blocked in advance.
onetruestephen.bsky.social
So yes, but also, this looks like shit
paleofuture.bsky.social
Just in case the dramatically low Leni Riefenstahl-style angle was too subtle, they used a word from her most famous movie
Time magazine cover featuring a photo of Trump from a dramatically low angle 

HIS
TRIUMPH
by ERIC CORTELLESSA
THE LEADER ISRAEL NEEDED
by EHUD BARAK
HOW GAZA HEALS
onetruestephen.bsky.social
The whale video games have gotten too good
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golikehellmachine.com
your tactic of protesting in an inflatable frog suit which gets normal people on your side is far inferior to my tactic of posting about laser blinding helicopter pilots which is both wildly illegal and, were it to succeed, would put basically *everyone* against me
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isomorphism.net
Many people On Here think that capitalism is uniquely bad, but when you boil it down, their fundamental critique of capitalism is a critique of humanity and power, not a particular economic system.
swiftonsecurity.com
What it feels like defending capitalism on Bluesky
onetruestephen.bsky.social
I don’t want potential allies

I want to yell
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bookhouse.bsky.social
Not joking, either

1968 - Vietnam (Chennault Affair)
1980 - Iran (hostage crisis resolved 20 minutes after Reagan inaugurated)
2016 - Russia (hacking)
2024 - Israel
bookhouse.bsky.social
Resetting the "years since Republican party coordinates with foreign country to manufacture crisis for incumbent Democrat" sign to zero, for the fourth (?!) time
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thinkingbayonet.bsky.social
I now realize that for my entire adult life, I've had a very narrow conception of what "supporting and defending the Constitution" means. Standing on business when armed agents of the State are knocking on your door is way more important, by a country mile, than anything I did overseas
paleofuture.bsky.social
Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry.

The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”
Federal immigration operations target San Diego neighborhoods, sparking community resistance
Federal immigration agents conducted operations in Logan Heights and Southeast San Diego on Friday, with community members capturing footage of the enforcement actions.
www.10news.com
onetruestephen.bsky.social
Look it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that Wilford Wiggins is scamming people after the first fifty times he did it
onetruestephen.bsky.social
…$30 for a button up sounds pretty reasonable?

Dude is outing himself as a SHEIN addict
dieworkwear.bsky.social
Ultimately, the death of US manufacturing is about this attitude. It's easy to say "buy american or stfu" because virtue signaling is free. But it's hard to actually sustain a business because many Americans simply don't want to pay what it costs to produce things ethically in this country
Someone on Twitter replies to me: "meh. buy american or stfu." 

Two hours later, in a separate thread, the write: "$30 for a single button-up is ridiculous unless it is decent quality silk."
onetruestephen.bsky.social
The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas
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faineg.bsky.social
Shining lasers into the air also forces aircraft doing stuff like “life saving medical flights” to land, which is a great way to lose popular support for your activism. Don’t fucking do this.

bsky.app/profile/patd...
onetruestephen.bsky.social
This doesn’t gel with his appearance in Sesame Street on Ice, in which he ice-skates uphill
onetruestephen.bsky.social
And it’ll last longer than anything this guy is wearing