Steven J White
@stevenjwhite.bsky.social
bassist | composer | bass clarinetist | posting music, science, politics
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I got a book haul, and I have the decision-making skills of Chidi from The Good Place.
All of these books look so BADASS, and I’m excited as fuck to read them. I’m almost done with my current read (Copaganda by Alex Karakatsanis, great read!) and I need a new victim.
Help me decide: which one? 🤔📚
All of these books look so BADASS, and I’m excited as fuck to read them. I’m almost done with my current read (Copaganda by Alex Karakatsanis, great read!) and I need a new victim.
Help me decide: which one? 🤔📚
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Nance Mace: "Like Elon said the other day, he can't go out in public b/c one mistake and you're dead. I had an incident just 3 weeks ago - it was the last time I was in public - I had a leftist person come up to me aggressively, physically threaten me in front of a group, including my security."
December 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Nance Mace: "Like Elon said the other day, he can't go out in public b/c one mistake and you're dead. I had an incident just 3 weeks ago - it was the last time I was in public - I had a leftist person come up to me aggressively, physically threaten me in front of a group, including my security."
And champing at the bit, to be sure.
Imagine the scandal if it comes out that Trump is receiving Lecanemab (Leqembi) or Donanemab (Kisunla) for dementia.
His presidency would be over.
And JD Vance is undoubtedly aware.
His presidency would be over.
And JD Vance is undoubtedly aware.
December 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And champing at the bit, to be sure.
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Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
December 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Tech bros don’t actually understand the sci-fi they claim to love. Thank you Al Jazeera English for having me on.
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I am shadow-banned and was previously banned-banned for quoting Johnny Cash lyrics. Now I've quoted a dark TS Eliot poem and fear my Bluesky account may implode. If you like this article, please share it! Thank you sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am shadow-banned and was previously banned-banned for quoting Johnny Cash lyrics. Now I've quoted a dark TS Eliot poem and fear my Bluesky account may implode. If you like this article, please share it! Thank you sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/bell-fount...
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Jason Lee Van Dyke apparently scrubbed a lot of his social media to run for elected office, so here's a thread of him explaining how much he hates democracy and why he identifies as a fascist. 🧵
"Here's my take on this: fuck democracy. For years now I have identified as a fascist..."
"Here's my take on this: fuck democracy. For years now I have identified as a fascist..."
December 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Jason Lee Van Dyke apparently scrubbed a lot of his social media to run for elected office, so here's a thread of him explaining how much he hates democracy and why he identifies as a fascist. 🧵
"Here's my take on this: fuck democracy. For years now I have identified as a fascist..."
"Here's my take on this: fuck democracy. For years now I have identified as a fascist..."
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Criminal Demands He Not Be Prosecuted
Exclusive: US threatens new ICC sanctions unless court pledges not to prosecute Trump
President Donald Trump's administration wants the International Criminal Court to amend its founding document to ensure it does not investigate the Republican president and his top officials, a Trump ...
www.reuters.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Criminal Demands He Not Be Prosecuted
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Did we all die during COVID and we're now in hell? I'm not convinced this isn't the case.
1. Paramount's hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery exposes Jared Kushner's game
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner is not running a private equity fund. He's running an influence peddling operation.
It's spelled out on page 42 of Paramount's new SEC filing
Kushner and Saudis back hostile takeover of Hollywood giant
Jared Kushner is funneling $24 billion from Middle Eastern governments to back a hostile bid for Warner Bros. Discovery—all while advising President Trump on foreign policy.
popular.info
December 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Did we all die during COVID and we're now in hell? I'm not convinced this isn't the case.
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hi, i'm doing research.
please tell me about collectives / communities / groups that focus on offline physical media production & sharing. zines, cassettes, irl swapmeets - anything that has seen a resurgence as a reaction to streaming / AI / internet enshittification!
please tell me about collectives / communities / groups that focus on offline physical media production & sharing. zines, cassettes, irl swapmeets - anything that has seen a resurgence as a reaction to streaming / AI / internet enshittification!
December 8, 2025 at 7:35 PM
hi, i'm doing research.
please tell me about collectives / communities / groups that focus on offline physical media production & sharing. zines, cassettes, irl swapmeets - anything that has seen a resurgence as a reaction to streaming / AI / internet enshittification!
please tell me about collectives / communities / groups that focus on offline physical media production & sharing. zines, cassettes, irl swapmeets - anything that has seen a resurgence as a reaction to streaming / AI / internet enshittification!
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I've outlined the structure and presumptions of the National Security Strategy so you can more easily see how much of it builds off wildly false assumptions about America's strength.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
The National Security Strategy's Structure and Presumptions - emptywheel
Trump's National Security Strategy envisions sustaining American power by removing brown people and women from positions of power, sustaining a failed trade war, and dictating what Europe should be.
www.emptywheel.net
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I've outlined the structure and presumptions of the National Security Strategy so you can more easily see how much of it builds off wildly false assumptions about America's strength.
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/08/t...
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Breakfast of champions
December 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Breakfast of champions
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This is the appropriate response any time these guys pretend they don’t know what’s going on
STEPHANOPOULOS: Do you support the pardon of the former Honduran president?
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
SCHMITT: I'm not familiar w/ the facts or circumstances
S: What do you mean you're not familiar? It's been front page news
SCHMITT: You spew Democrat talking points every single week, which is why your ratings are so bad
December 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
This is the appropriate response any time these guys pretend they don’t know what’s going on
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FIFA peace prize is more like a nfl laureate in brain safety
wtf is a FIFA peace prize? that's like being an NFL laureate in physics
December 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
FIFA peace prize is more like a nfl laureate in brain safety
Masterful reframing, Molly. Thank you.
The focus is on “drug boat” strikes, but there are competing justifications for escalating military action against Venezuela — “cartels”, oil, bravado, liberation
But the war on Venezuela isn’t about those things
It’s about redefining—diminishing—American power
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
But the war on Venezuela isn’t about those things
It’s about redefining—diminishing—American power
www.greatpower.us/p/the-war-on...
The war on Venezuela is a war for American reality — PART 1
President Trump has pushed the nation toward a fulcrum — a point where the entire definition of American power could unhinge, and after which there is greatly increased risk for the United States of A...
www.greatpower.us
December 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Masterful reframing, Molly. Thank you.
Thanks, right back atcha.
December 2, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Thanks, right back atcha.
Good morning and more of them to ya
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Good morning and more of them to ya
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There isn't a mic drop fast or hard enough for this shlamiel.
REPUBLICAN MAYOR IN KANSAS FACING DEPORTATION OVER VOTER FRAUD
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
Joe Ceballos, a longtime Republican and small-town mayor in Kansas, is facing felony voter fraud charges and possible deportation from the presidential administration he voted for.
Full story: https://bit.ly/4iwEwYj
December 2, 2025 at 12:47 AM
There isn't a mic drop fast or hard enough for this shlamiel.
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Had a blast talking about the collection and a number of other writing topics. Most detailed questions I think I've gotten on a pod to date. Thanks for having me on!
We've got a new Horror in the Margins podcast drop for you! In this episode, we talk to Nebula, Ignyte, Hugo, Locus, and Shirley Jackson Award-nominated writer of speculative short fiction @thomasha.bsky.social about his debut short story collection, Uncertain Sons and Other Stories. We discuss...
November 27, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Had a blast talking about the collection and a number of other writing topics. Most detailed questions I think I've gotten on a pod to date. Thanks for having me on!