Steve Hicken
@stevehicken.bsky.social
Composer and culture writer.
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Florida calls itself the Free State while building one of the most tightly controlled political systems in the country. Power was centralized, opponents were sidelined, and institutions were reshaped to keep one faction in permanent control. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
Florida calls itself the Free State while building one of the most tightly controlled political systems in the country. Power was centralized, opponents were sidelined, and institutions were reshaped to keep one faction in permanent control. #Voices4Victory #DV1 #ProudBlue #USDemocracy
November 29, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
November 27, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you're planning on shopping during black Friday or cyber Monday, why not consider supporting artists, writers, creators? Buy a book, purchase an indie video game, commission an art piece, gift someone a Patreon. Your support means everything.
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#RIP Sonny Curtis
- here’s a worthy rendition of his Mary Tyler Moore theme song
- here’s a worthy rendition of his Mary Tyler Moore theme song
Joan Jett rocks the Mary Tyler Moore Theme (LOVE IS ALL AROUND)
Joan Jett Mary Tyler Moore Theme (LOVE IS ALL AROUND)
YouTube video by Silver Eagle Audio
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September 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#RIP Sonny Curtis
- here’s a worthy rendition of his Mary Tyler Moore theme song
- here’s a worthy rendition of his Mary Tyler Moore theme song
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Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"
September 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Tim Walz: "I'll tell you what doesn't make people feel safe -- a tank next to Chipotle. It's stupid and it's for the cameras ... where are the 'don't tread on me' people?"
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Pivoting is not a trick. It is how we win the message war against RW propagandists. Arguing fact by fact lets Republicans bury us in lies. Pivoting puts us back in control. We need to practice it until it is second nature. Here is why and how. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
Pivoting is not a trick. It is how we win the message war against RW propagandists. Arguing fact by fact lets Republicans bury us in lies. Pivoting puts us back in control. We need to practice it until it is second nature. Here is why and how. #Voices4Victory #DemVoice1 #USDemocracy #ProudBlue
September 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Fox News: “How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?”
Trump: “I couldn’t care less.”
Trump: “I couldn’t care less.”
September 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Fox News: “How do we fix this country? How do we come back together?”
Trump: “I couldn’t care less.”
Trump: “I couldn’t care less.”
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This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
August 31, 2025 at 5:30 AM
This “explicit” is a weird editorial choice. The constitution gives the president no power over this at all. It’s not ambiguous.
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The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
August 30, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Free State of Florida is now trying to ban *sidewalk chalking*
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Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Unbearable Lightness of Being
Tom Clancy's Unbearable Lightness of Being
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
"Tom Clancy’s In Search of Lost Time"
"Tom Clancy’s In Search of Lost Time"
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
“Tom Clancy’s Story of O”
“Tom Clancy’s Story of O”
August 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Ruin a book by adding "Tom Clancy's" to the title
Tom Clancy's Unbearable Lightness of Being
Tom Clancy's Unbearable Lightness of Being
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In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
August 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
In honor of sandwich guy getting out of his legal pickle, here is the original video synced with Freedom - George Michael 1990.
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To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
To Donald Trump and his administration:
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
If you hurt my people, nothing will stop me — not time or political circumstance — from making sure you face justice under our constitutional rule of law.
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Fascism is, underneath the corruption and injustice, an aesthetic project. The nation is supposed to look and behave a certain way. Anything that deviates from the ideal is a crime.
I stumbled upon the phrase “aesthetically inconvenienced” earlier and they really see that as the ultimate crime.
Things don’t look the way THEY want and that’s the biggest crime of all, not the fraud, rape, and violence coming from the white house, the crime is undesirables existing.
Things don’t look the way THEY want and that’s the biggest crime of all, not the fraud, rape, and violence coming from the white house, the crime is undesirables existing.
August 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Fascism is, underneath the corruption and injustice, an aesthetic project. The nation is supposed to look and behave a certain way. Anything that deviates from the ideal is a crime.
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If you’re a cable host interviewing a Republican this week and you don’t come prepared with the crime stats from their home state or city, you’re missing the easiest dunk imaginable.
My man.
August 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
If you’re a cable host interviewing a Republican this week and you don’t come prepared with the crime stats from their home state or city, you’re missing the easiest dunk imaginable.
August 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Let It Slide
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Let It Slide
How I got here
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July 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Let It Slide
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Feels like this #FourthOfJuly
is not so much a celebration of independence as it is a going away party.
is not so much a celebration of independence as it is a going away party.
July 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Feels like this #FourthOfJuly
is not so much a celebration of independence as it is a going away party.
is not so much a celebration of independence as it is a going away party.
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ICE: The only government agency where a ski mask and no badge means “official business.”
July 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
ICE: The only government agency where a ski mask and no badge means “official business.”
My latest Substack post.
Tightrope
Don't look down!
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July 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
My latest Substack post.