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Steven B

@steevb.bsky.social

Bad puns and sarcasm. I like to fix stuff. On sabbatical from bicycle racing (road, CX) now attempting running. Urbanism curious. San Diego, California. Ex-Boston, Massachusetts, ex-Northern New York State.

created August 13, 2024

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Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

“It’s fake news and a hoax” but at the same time they threaten anyone who wants to release the files. 🤔🤔🤔

4/9/2025, 4:32:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) reposted

So independent. 🤡 #Miran

4/9/2025, 3:26:53 PM | 313 40 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov) reposted

President Trump's new Fed nominee claims he is independent — but REFUSES to admit that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. Doesn’t sound like independence to me. And Americans will pay the price.

4/9/2025, 3:40:05 PM | 2052 489 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture 🎉 ZELD🅰️ 🎊 (@zeldazellzelda.bsky.social) reposted

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4/9/2025, 11:13:41 AM | 146 53 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture David Roberts (@volts.wtf) reposted

The biggest scandal in US public life *ought* to be that we are the richest country in history & yet our infrastructure sucks, our transportation choices suck, our cities suck, our healthcare sucks, our public administration sucks, & in dozens of little ways, our daily lives suck.

3/9/2025, 7:12:34 PM | 5417 1299 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Stephanie Mencimer (@smencimer.bsky.social) reposted

National Guardsmen now stationed outside our DC building confirmed that the only thing they can do if they witness a crime is call 911. The have no more authority than my office mate to intervene. Despite the handcuffs, they can't make arrests. They are very expensive mall cops.

3/9/2025, 5:37:34 PM | 6494 1816 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

My office is about a mile-ish away. I could not see aircraft nor smell smoke an hour ago, for what it’s worth.

2/8/2025, 12:40:29 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

I have to look up the exact path of “Take your life in your hands.”

1/8/2025, 11:46:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Clearly you should have coffee every day

1/8/2025, 11:39:16 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

The daily struggle in California. I’m adjacent to the current evac zone.

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1/8/2025, 11:14:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

No streams to ford. No mountains to climb. No bushwacking. 😃

1/8/2025, 10:28:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

1/8/2025, 6:00:24 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

I see a Yugo in your future.

1/8/2025, 5:59:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

I don’t wear Swiss (or any) watches, I bought my army knife at Vitorinox in 🇨🇭 decades ago. I’m good and won’t need anything from them for a while but I will miss the chocolate.

1/8/2025, 5:57:15 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

“In search of” like it’s some Lewis and Clark major quest. 😃

1/8/2025, 5:50:23 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Skunk spraying activity seems down this summer over here. They seem to be “holding their fire” this year and I haven’t had to close the windows much. (That’s not a complaint.)

31/7/2025, 7:05:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Always the Saturday after the TdF finishes.

31/7/2025, 5:01:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

A few years ago near my house I saw a family of skunks cross a street in a similar manner.

31/7/2025, 4:39:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

If “leaning right” means this level of stupidity, then 99.999% of the world indeed leans left.

31/7/2025, 4:36:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t want to get involved but apparently we have a dust (cap) up going on here.

31/7/2025, 4:15:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture More Perfect Union (@moreperfectunion.bsky.social) reposted

UnitedHealth has lost over half its value this year.

Chart showing UnitedHealth stock down about 53% over the last six months
31/7/2025, 3:03:53 PM | 1054 151 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Comic Sands (@comicsandsnews.bsky.social) reposted

Republican state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a lead author of Texas' abortion ban, has admitted to having a decades-long affair with former exotic dancer Alex Grace starting when she was 18—and Grace is claiming that he even paid for "several" abortions.

30/7/2025, 9:55:35 PM | 970 253 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Plenty of bunny rabbits, lizards and doves around here with occasional owls, snakes and an opossum at my house.

31/7/2025, 6:15:16 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump is wrong about India, per usual. They have a very vibrant economy.

31/7/2025, 6:05:16 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh but you can’t spell MAHA without HA(HA).

30/7/2025, 10:14:58 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

Grandpa needs to retire and get back to cheating at golf full time.

30/7/2025, 10:10:26 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Congrats!

30/7/2025, 9:58:52 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture CNN (@cnn.com) reposted

Former Vice President Kamala Harris announced that she will not run for California governor in 2026. cnn.it/4lVsTeA

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30/7/2025, 7:12:21 PM | 123 22 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

A RINO that votes for dRumpf’s agenda most or all the time.

30/7/2025, 9:50:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, it’s a dude. I hadn’t thought about it that way but you make good point.

30/7/2025, 9:44:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

We’re moving to a new office in a couple months. I get my own office, no sharing. Yay.

30/7/2025, 7:20:46 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Ok

30/7/2025, 7:19:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

When it is running, it’s fine.

30/7/2025, 7:17:46 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

I had a Sikh colleague who wore a baseball cap over his turban for about a year after 9/11.

30/7/2025, 8:59:11 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

One thing that should not go unnoticed is that Israel is not paying for this emergency aid (that they themselves have created the need for). Everybody else is paying but they are not. Irritating.

30/7/2025, 8:55:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Is it ok if we just say “fuck you” to his rulings then? Fair is fair.

30/7/2025, 8:46:19 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

I can think of one (125) but that’s all I can recall. There is a toll for the HOV lane on 15 but that’s a special case. What are the others?

30/7/2025, 8:42:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

You can’t go long haul anywhere in NY, NJ, MA, NH and ME without paying a toll for the privilege of uninterrupted car travel on nice roads. I’m used to it and I don’t mind. They also have actual state-sponsored rest stops which I’ve never seen out here.

30/7/2025, 8:34:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

The Swiss a perpetually worried about hurricanes.

30/7/2025, 8:02:48 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Watch out for the tsunamis from Lake Superior washing over Minnesota and wiping out Fargo!

30/7/2025, 8:01:34 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

My office mate has his ringer/notification turned up loud all the time. He gets calls, emails and texts every few minutes. Bugs me. I don’t know why he has the ringer so loud; he always ignores his phone calls anyway.

30/7/2025, 7:57:42 AM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

He started showing up on that show a few weeks ago. He was some Deputy Something-or-other in another life. Another one of these rejects that CNN pays to say provocative RW stuff.

30/7/2025, 7:49:27 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Amtrak from LA to downtown SD (when it’s actually running 😡), then SD trolley will take you right to the border.

30/7/2025, 7:23:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

Why is this just coming out now?

29/7/2025, 11:18:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

@bsky.app revised their iOS app today for cleaner and more obvious threading. Looks good!

29/7/2025, 9:52:06 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

Ummm. Yeah. Sure dude.

29/7/2025, 9:49:00 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Peter Sterne (@petersterne.com) reposted reply parent

It seems the pro-Israel consensus among Democrats is well and truly dead at this point. Dem primary voters prefer candidates who refuse to travel to Israel (by net +45%) and back a bill to end military aid to Israel (by net +61%). www.filesforprogress.org/datasets/202...

Screenshot from DFP crosstabs: The candidate pledges to support the Block the Bombs Act, a new bill in Congress which would withhold U.S. weapons to Israel and address concerns about Israel's violations of U.S. and international law. More likely (total): 72% Less likely (total): 11% More likely (net): +61% Screenshot from DFP crosstabs: The candidate declines to take an international trip to Israel, saying they want to focus on addressing New Yorkers' issues and needs. More likely (total): 60% Less likely (total): 15% More likely (net): +45%
29/7/2025, 3:31:10 PM | 2051 466 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Well, thank God it’s a “goal.” I mean, they have put forward their “goals” so therefore we can ignore their actions, amirite?

28/7/2025, 3:59:02 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

He has the correct last name for a Hungarian leader. “Magyar” = “Hungarian”

27/7/2025, 8:06:22 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Considering that they seem to very short of tanks these days, this would have to pick up a lot of slack. However, I doubt that they would be able to make enough of these to make a difference over the next 6-12 months.

27/7/2025, 8:03:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

26/7/2025, 7:12:48 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Republicans only care about the debt and the deficit when a Democrat(s) are in power. Otherwise:

26/7/2025, 7:09:21 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

I run these days. I’m still very much a beginner and get “girled” every day. I don’t care.

26/7/2025, 7:02:16 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

Of course, the ever sane-washing and white-washing mass media did not show his full remarks.

26/7/2025, 3:35:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Hansi Lo Wang (he/him) (@hansilowang.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

7. Updated clarification: The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, and the signing of it began on Aug. 2, 1776 — both about a year *after* the Congress appointed Franklin as the first postmaster general on July 26, 1775 www.archives.gov/milestone-do...

26/7/2025, 1:02:44 PM | 10 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

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26/7/2025, 3:03:41 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Josh Johnson (@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social) reposted

When you strip away humanity

26/7/2025, 11:31:01 AM | 19227 8055 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

With these folks, I think that “Maxwell” means “Smart.”

26/7/2025, 2:44:01 PM | 9 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Or anything that isn’t white-male domination.

25/7/2025, 11:22:50 PM | 12 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Matt Gaetz was from the FL panhandle, so…

24/7/2025, 5:52:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

There’s so much of this “passing by one the skin of their teeth” going on now. I really wonder that a lot of these mea culpas are convenient excuses.

24/7/2025, 5:27:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

My mother would make madeleines when I was a child. They were never rock hard, FWIW.

24/7/2025, 9:39:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

24/7/2025, 9:27:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Course is offered by streaming from Paramount. Tuition = $16 million.

24/7/2025, 9:24:59 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

The real question is whether Wout will be on the loze today.

24/7/2025, 9:21:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Trump wouldn’t like being compared to a black man.

23/7/2025, 10:16:27 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@sarajacobs.house.gov) reposted

They lied to us. This Administration isn’t going after criminals – 72% of the people arrested by ICE in San Diego had zero criminal charges or convictions. This is the fundamentally wrong approach for people who are contributing members of our community.

23/7/2025, 6:52:30 PM | 160 56 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, but what about his other 9,999,999 crimes?

23/7/2025, 2:01:36 AM | 4 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh look. Another “witch hunt.” Why are there so many witches very, very “adjacent” to him but he’s never, ever the witch? Uncanny.

22/7/2025, 10:06:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Dealer forgot to put my oil pan plug on or didn’t tighten it enough. Either way, it wasn’t there when I got home. 😩😩😩😩

22/7/2025, 10:03:25 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

🧵

22/7/2025, 8:28:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

We “just happened to be” at Alpe d’Huez and the Gailibier a few years before that too. 🤪

22/7/2025, 8:17:32 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

I don’t have a bucket list. We did it because we were there.

22/7/2025, 7:49:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Rode essentially the same route they did in 2014. It was a great time.

22/7/2025, 7:41:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Keith Richards too

22/7/2025, 7:36:34 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Long live Ozzy. (Just don’t bite the head off an animal to celebrate his life.) 😏

22/7/2025, 7:32:52 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes, because we’re always wrong. Haven’t you figured that out by now?

22/7/2025, 1:05:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

“Quietly” to the point of boredom, I’m told.

22/7/2025, 12:59:50 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture e.w. niedermeyer (@niedermeyer.online) reposted

Good morning, I am in Oakland at the California Office of Administrative Hearings, where the state DMV is seeking to suspend or terminate Tesla's license to sell cars over its deceptive "Autopilot" and "Full Self-Driving" branding. #TeslaTakedown and other groups are on hand to drive awareness.

Cardboard tombstones in front of the California Office of Administrative Hearings building in downtown Oakland, each with a date and state representing a fatal crash involving one of Tesla's driver assistance systems.
21/7/2025, 3:53:03 PM | 1118 231 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

CBS 8 is a a reliable anti-bike lane source. They have proven themselves over the years.

19/7/2025, 7:11:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Hey @reuters.com, how about giving the driver a tad bit more responsibility and agency in your headline. The driver steered into the crowd!

19/7/2025, 7:08:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Typical CBS 8 BS.

19/7/2025, 7:05:19 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yep. My father had just what she describes and it was my first thought when I saw the photos. Same swelling, same reddened skin, catheter, Lasix, etc.

19/7/2025, 6:35:49 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Jeebus man

19/7/2025, 3:40:06 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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19/7/2025, 3:34:13 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, the major routes in Clairemont are just not super inviting and at some point you need to either cross them or be on them for some time. It’s one of the drags about living there.

19/7/2025, 3:32:05 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

The comments are lit!

18/7/2025, 5:06:43 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

He is a political whore who goes where the wind takes him.

18/7/2025, 4:59:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Put the MAF in the Tour; they’ll do more than Total Energies.

18/7/2025, 4:21:54 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Only detail missing: short socks

18/7/2025, 3:48:00 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Shouldn’t dog tow its own food home? 😀

18/7/2025, 3:45:32 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

We get fluffy bunny 🐰 from the canyon. Loads of them. Lately an opossum walks along the top of my fence back to the canyon at dusk every night. Started to notice him/her just last summer for the first time.

18/7/2025, 3:40:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Generally summer evenings here mean close the windows at least once or be overcome by 🦨 from the canyon. For whatever reason, almost none of that this year so far. (Fingers crossed) Scented candles are on standby though.

18/7/2025, 3:35:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Everybody wang chung today

18/7/2025, 3:12:41 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Actual free link to the WSJ article:

18/7/2025, 2:56:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

Translation: save yourself while you can

18/7/2025, 2:58:17 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Musk Watch (@muskwatch.bsky.social) reposted

On April 24, Elon Musk's $9 billion neurotechnology company falsely self-certified as a "small disadvantaged business" (SDB) on a federal filing, a designation that qualifies the company for preferential treatment as part of a racial and ethnic diversity initiative.

17/7/2025, 11:55:09 PM | 38 24 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social)

THIS

18/7/2025, 2:53:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Steven B (@steevb.bsky.social) reply parent

Not free anymore. Subscriber only.

18/7/2025, 2:50:47 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jay Hightman (@jay.hightman.org) reposted

In case those who were wondering if the bromance between Elon Musk and Donald Trump is really over.

18/7/2025, 12:15:59 AM | 27 7 | View on Bluesky | view