Steven E7#9
@steven-d28.bsky.social
Teacher of philosophy, mediocre guitarist, amateur documentarian. Zennist.💙🌈Ally. My views are just my views, man.
The people vs fascism.
October 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The people vs fascism.
This "hockey stick' graph is often used to show how wealth creation suddenly sky-rocketed with free markets. The same graph can be used to show how life expectancy dramatically increased with advances in medical science (esp. vaccines). In 1840, the average American only lived to be 38-40 years old.
September 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
This "hockey stick' graph is often used to show how wealth creation suddenly sky-rocketed with free markets. The same graph can be used to show how life expectancy dramatically increased with advances in medical science (esp. vaccines). In 1840, the average American only lived to be 38-40 years old.
Don’t believe the fake news! The crowd at yesterday’s military parade was massive!
June 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Don’t believe the fake news! The crowd at yesterday’s military parade was massive!
It's Apsara Tuesday!
Here's another view of these delightful beings－this time with some of the pigment remaining. (Yungang Grottoes, Cave 9).
Better than politics, right?
Here's another view of these delightful beings－this time with some of the pigment remaining. (Yungang Grottoes, Cave 9).
Better than politics, right?
June 3, 2025 at 7:45 PM
It's Apsara Tuesday!
Here's another view of these delightful beings－this time with some of the pigment remaining. (Yungang Grottoes, Cave 9).
Better than politics, right?
Here's another view of these delightful beings－this time with some of the pigment remaining. (Yungang Grottoes, Cave 9).
Better than politics, right?
Close-up of a Flying Apsara (a celestial nymph in East Asian Buddhist art). They are associated with music, dance, and heavenly rebirth, among other things. Late 5th century, Yungang Grottoes, China.
June 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Close-up of a Flying Apsara (a celestial nymph in East Asian Buddhist art). They are associated with music, dance, and heavenly rebirth, among other things. Late 5th century, Yungang Grottoes, China.
The Ford Edsel is remembered as the car industry's most famous flop. Now, Tesla’s Cybertruck is vying for that dubious honor. Personally, I’d take an Edsel over one of Elon’s monstrosities any day of the week.
May 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Ford Edsel is remembered as the car industry's most famous flop. Now, Tesla’s Cybertruck is vying for that dubious honor. Personally, I’d take an Edsel over one of Elon’s monstrosities any day of the week.
Publishing a single author book:
May 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Publishing a single author book:
I'd send a copy of this book up to D.C. but he doesn't read.
April 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I'd send a copy of this book up to D.C. but he doesn't read.
A friend shared this with me.
April 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A friend shared this with me.
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
April 9, 2025 at 9:16 PM
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made."
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
– F. Scott Fitzgerald
So, why exactly is Greenland at the center of everything right now?
March 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So, why exactly is Greenland at the center of everything right now?
J.D. Vance landed in Greenland.
Photo credit: Uffe Gardel
Photo credit: Uffe Gardel
March 28, 2025 at 4:40 PM
J.D. Vance landed in Greenland.
Photo credit: Uffe Gardel
Photo credit: Uffe Gardel
If AI takes over teaching, it’s only because education has been reduced to something less than human: the efficient transfer of information, rather than the ability to think and to value.
March 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
If AI takes over teaching, it’s only because education has been reduced to something less than human: the efficient transfer of information, rather than the ability to think and to value.
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy." －Elon Musk
I guess Denmark didn't get the memo.
I guess Denmark didn't get the memo.
March 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy." －Elon Musk
I guess Denmark didn't get the memo.
I guess Denmark didn't get the memo.
Kash Patel looks permanently shocked that he was confirmed as FBI Director.
March 27, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Kash Patel looks permanently shocked that he was confirmed as FBI Director.
GOP members praying that Hegseth doesn't drunk text the nuclear codes to his Fantasy Football group chat at 3AM.
March 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
GOP members praying that Hegseth doesn't drunk text the nuclear codes to his Fantasy Football group chat at 3AM.
