Steve Perlstein
@steveperlstein.bsky.social
Milwaukeean by birth, Kiwi by choice. I used to chef. Now I hang out with my wife, play punk rock guitar, umpire New Zealand baseball, and play with my deaf dog.
www.alternativefactsband.com
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Hi everyone. Updating this just a bit. Here's what gets me going:
My band, @alternativefactsnz.bsky.social
Hanging out with my wife and my dog
Punk rock
Guitars
Progressive US politics
Progressive Kiwi politics
Baseball umpiring
Brewers, Bucks, and Packers
All Blacks
Black Caps
Stand up comedy
My band, @alternativefactsnz.bsky.social
Hanging out with my wife and my dog
Punk rock
Guitars
Progressive US politics
Progressive Kiwi politics
Baseball umpiring
Brewers, Bucks, and Packers
All Blacks
Black Caps
Stand up comedy
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Hey @bsky.app @support.bsky.team I’m having an ongoing issue on my iPhone. When I try to watch a video, it almost always freezes part way through. Sometimes it’ll unfreeze, sometimes I can’t even go back to the original post and I need to quit the app and restart. On both wifi and 5G. Help?
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Hey @bsky.app @support.bsky.team I’m having an ongoing issue on my iPhone. When I try to watch a video, it almost always freezes part way through. Sometimes it’ll unfreeze, sometimes I can’t even go back to the original post and I need to quit the app and restart. On both wifi and 5G. Help?
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
November 8, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If you see this, post an album cover with a motor vehicle on it.
@patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social Here's an important lesson the Dems might take: Zohran won in NYC from left, Spanberger and Sherrill won in VA and NJ from the center. It's a big country, and different Dems can win in different areas if they're authentic, disciplined and smart.
#BHN Tonight at 9pm
- Unemployment at 9 year high
- Seems the PM lied in the house yesterday as revelations today say rough sleeping to be banned in CBDs
- Don't mess with the Zohran as Mamdani takes the NY Mayoralty
#nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social
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- Unemployment at 9 year high
- Seems the PM lied in the house yesterday as revelations today say rough sleeping to be banned in CBDs
- Don't mess with the Zohran as Mamdani takes the NY Mayoralty
#nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/05pcbZM...
#BHN Unemployment at 9 year high | Rough Sleeping to be banned in CBDs | Don't mess with the Zohran
Ricardo Menéndez March joins us LIVE at 9pm to talk about news today that unemployment has risen again to near nine-year high of 5.3%
Zohran Mamdani wins New York mayoral election as Democrats pick u...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
@patbrittenden.bsky.social @chewienz.bsky.social Here's an important lesson the Dems might take: Zohran won in NYC from left, Spanberger and Sherrill won in VA and NJ from the center. It's a big country, and different Dems can win in different areas if they're authentic, disciplined and smart.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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The Saints at Auckland Powerstation, tomorrow.
What's the next concert you're going to?
October 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The Saints at Auckland Powerstation, tomorrow.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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this should surprise absolutely no one at all.
But will be said regardless. At volume.
But will be said regardless. At volume.
October 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
this should surprise absolutely no one at all.
But will be said regardless. At volume.
But will be said regardless. At volume.
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It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
October 21, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It’s book launch day for Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual For Keeping A Democracy, my first book. I hope you’ll read it or listen to it. a.co/d/43dbybC
This is very true, internationally. Also, I long for the day when I make $12 a month on Spotify. (That’s close to 5,000 streams, for those of you keeping score at home. But if I sold 5,000 singles on Bandcamp, I’d get about $4,200.)
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This is very true, internationally. Also, I long for the day when I make $12 a month on Spotify. (That’s close to 5,000 streams, for those of you keeping score at home. But if I sold 5,000 singles on Bandcamp, I’d get about $4,200.)
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SHORT NOTICE CALL TO ARMS FOR DUNEDIN FOLKS
October 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
SHORT NOTICE CALL TO ARMS FOR DUNEDIN FOLKS
There’s clearly a type.
Thousands of posts from a private Young Republican Telegram chat reveal a culture of casual racism/antisemitism, rape jokes and celebration of Hitler/Nazism.
Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
Some of the ringleaders are below: We live in a world where 4chan types now occupy positions of real power.
www.politico.com/news/2025/10...
October 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There’s clearly a type.
I'd bet a paycheck that if you ask @rickperlstein.bsky.social if there's plenty of evidence of this sort of stuff across the history of the Young Republicans, the answer would be a resounding yes. None of this stuff ever happens in a vacuum.
EXCLUSIVE: Thousands of leaked messages show leaders of Young Republican groups joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape in a private Telegram chat.
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
Inside rising GOP leaders’ racist chats — obtained by POLITICO and spanning more than 7 months👇
‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat
Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.
www.politico.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:50 PM
I'd bet a paycheck that if you ask @rickperlstein.bsky.social if there's plenty of evidence of this sort of stuff across the history of the Young Republicans, the answer would be a resounding yes. None of this stuff ever happens in a vacuum.
Also, in response to Kieran calling out the lie, the minister said the ministry had actually been in touch with said contact.
Clearly now, black is white, up is down, and lies, apparently, are truth.
Clearly now, black is white, up is down, and lies, apparently, are truth.
Tama Potaka accuses Kieran Mcanulty of lying about pregnant women being refused emergency housing. Mcanulty says he provided contact details and the Minister hasn't been in touch. So we definitely have a weaponisation of parliamentary decorum by the regime to hide deceit here #nzqt
October 14, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Also, in response to Kieran calling out the lie, the minister said the ministry had actually been in touch with said contact.
Clearly now, black is white, up is down, and lies, apparently, are truth.
Clearly now, black is white, up is down, and lies, apparently, are truth.
You know, with the fire hose of big picture horrors coming at us every day, it's easy to miss the sheer cruelty and inhumanity of all this.
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 6:38 PM
You know, with the fire hose of big picture horrors coming at us every day, it's easy to miss the sheer cruelty and inhumanity of all this.