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Tim Steller

@timsteller.bsky.social

Metro columnist, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson Email: tsteller@tucson.com Signal: timsteller.87

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Julian Sanchez@normative.bsky.social · 13h ago

Glad about the result, but I don’t think it speaks well of us as a country that after two years of human rights violations, war crimes, naked gangster corruption, and contempt for the Constitution, he’s finally unpopular because gas got expensive.

Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 15h ago

Remarkable: An Iowa right wing radio host just leaked word that GOP polling shows House Rs in peril even in districts Trump won by +10. The culript? Trump and the war. On the pod, Iowa Dem chair Rita Hart explains why the conditions are ripe for big Dem rural gains: newrepublic.com/article/2158...

Deva Woodly@devawo.bsky.social · 2d ago

Meanwhile the real miraculous future tech is solar & mRNA vaccines: preserving the planet and curing cancer. But we’re supposed to hand everything over to malevolent peeping toms and resource oubliettes for an ill defined ‘pay no attention to the man behind the curtain’ progress. It isn’t rational.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2d ago

CNN pulled a clip of Michele Tafoya recently saying "I've never said I was embarrassed to be from Minnesota" and then displays an unearthed and deleted tweet of her saying "I am embarrassed to be from Minnesota" 🥴

Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · 2d ago

Column: The proposal is paradoxical when you think about it: Let us build and water a new golf course in Tucson, and we'll clean up the PFAS-polluted groundwater. What's really needed is for the Air Force to stop punishing Tucson for not drinking PFAS-contaminated water. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller’s column: Air Force, not golf course, should solve Tucson water pollution

For Star subscribers: When you ponder it, the proposal is paradoxical: Tucson is being asked to support a new golf course to help solve its groundwater problem. In reality, that’s

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Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · 5d ago

Column: The City Council's options were simple -- yes or no. But the renaming of a Tucson park was compicated not just by the recent sexual-assault allegations against Cesar Chavez but also by a longstanding fracture in Tucson's West Side politics. tucson.com/news/local/c...

Tim Steller’s column: Council overreacts on Tucson park name rejection

Explore the complexities surrounding the Tucson City Council's decision to impose a moratorium on park renamings, delving into the impact of historical accusations and political relationships on the r...

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Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 6d ago

And every day there is more Fresh AI Hell. What's worse than polluting the information ecosystem with synthetic text dressed up to look like news? Dressing it up further as the work of fake Indigenous journalists: www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

‘Very harmful’: website uses AI to generate northern Indigenous news ‘correspondents’ | CBC News

The website WE NEWS has three northern Indigenous 'AI correspondents.' Their profiles say they are 'a member of Yukon First Nation,' 'of Dene heritage,' and 'an Inuk raised in the North.' Experts in t...

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Nicholas Grossman@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · last wk.

There have always been humans who thought: 1) The world will end soon 2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way 3) It’ll happen to me personally 4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special 5) People who don’t see this are lesser “Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that

Dave Willner@dwillner.bsky.social · last wk.

Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing.

Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · last wk.

Political Notebook: Those "Evil Torta" signs around Tucson are among a handful of unusual campaign signs lining our streets this season. I talked with the man who started the "Evil Torta" campaign along with the "approachable" candidate for state senate and others. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Political Notebook: ‘Evil Torta’ signs part of Tucsonan’s political project

Mystifying political signs around Tucson start with ‘Evil Torta’

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Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · last wk.

Correct me if I'm wrong: The real existential threat posed by AI is that our economy is dependent on this industry, which is so hyped that a bubble has built up and may burst, not so much that it will escape control and attack humanity. That's just sex cult doomerism paid for by Peter Thiel. Right?

Evan Sutton@evansutton.bsky.social · last wk.

I don't know who's helping Macklemore with his strategy and comms around this, but he and his team are putting on a fucking clinic on how to dog-walk your opposition lol

Prem Thakker ツ@premthakker.bsky.social · last wk.

New: Macklemore will donate entire $1M of his earnings from Ed Sheeran's tour to six orgs helping Palestinians — and invites Robert Kraft to match him. Says he wants to center Palestinians being killed + journalists & aid workers who keep going. "Their risk is of a far different order than mine."

With everything that has happened over the last 48 hours, I want to bring the conversation back to where it belongs: to the Palestinian people who are still being killed, still living under military occupation, and still fighting for their freedom. I will be donating the entire $1 million of my net earnings from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour to six organizations working directly to support the Palestinian people. And I invite Robert Kraft to match my donation. Whatever we disagree about, perhaps we can agree on this: Palestinian lives are worth protecting. A Palestinian life is no less valuable than any other life on this earth. That is what this has always been about. Not me. Not a tour. Not the headlines or the controversy. It is about Palestinians right to freedom, dignity and safety in their own homeland. I want to center the parents carrying their children into hospitals without the basic resources to treat them, and the physicians, paramedics, journalists and aid workers who keep going back in. I want to center the organizers and activists who have paid real costs for standing with Palestine. Their risk is of a far different order than mine. Just yesterday, 15 year old Muhammad al Zinati was killed in an Israeli strike while rushing to help aid worker Sherif Lubbad, who had already been injured. He was a child. Both were murdered. Both should be alive. And the ones still under the rubble, whose names exist only in the memories of people who may not have survived to speak them. Writing a check is one of the least costly forms of solidarity available to me. I am doing it because I can, and because these organizations are doing the work while much of the world debates it. But aid alone cannot address the conditions that make it necessary. This is a manmade injustice, and I believe it requires immediate political change. Palestinians have lived for decades without basic rights and should not have to wait another day to be free. That is where my focus will remain. I will …
Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · 2w ago

When people get angry about proposed data centers, as they have in the Tucson area, it's not just about the projects themselves. It's also about asserting some control over the AI-driven future. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller’s column: Data center opposition is about gaining some control

For Star subscribers: Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes got pushback for requesting a moratorium on new data centers in Arizona. She’s just voicing people’s wish for some control over the

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Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · 2w ago

Column: Much of Tucson doesn't realize that the streetcar, far from being a downtown plaything, serves as real mass transit for U of A students and employees. It could do better and turn around last year's declines in ridership if it had reliable, reasonable wait times. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller’s column: Tucson streetcar needs reliability to fulfill potential

Explore the significance of Tucson's streetcar as a vital transit option for the University of Arizona community, its recent operational challenges and the ongoing efforts to improve service efficienc...

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Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · 3w ago

Column: Tucson suffers another violent blow, this one not our town's fault. Whose was it? I suspect more key information is yet to be discovered, but for now I see it this way: The Gambia gave him the ammunition, his beliefs, and the United States gave him the gun. tucson.com/news/local/s...

Tim Steller’s column: Tucson bar killings spur accusation, introspection

The alarming killings at a Tucson gay bar Monday aren’t so simply explained, and they extend the metro area’s series of upsetting, high-profile crimes.

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Tim Steller@timsteller.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tucson suffered another violent blow this week with the killings of two men outside a gay bar called the Venture-N. It happened about 12:30 a.m. Monday. I heard about it later that morning when working nearby and helped cover it. Later, police said it was a hate crime. tucson.com/news/local/c...

Double killing in Tucson investigated as a hate crime

A gunman kills two men at a Tucson gay bar in a suspected hate crime, shocking the close-knit community of regulars.

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The Associated Press@apnews.com · 4w ago

BREAKING: One person died and 15 others are missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood at the Grand Canyon. The National Park Service said the body of a 46-year-old man was recovered near Crystal Rapids along the Colorado River.

Grand Canyon flooding knocks out water pipeline serving tourists at the national park, officials say

One person has died and about 15 people are missing or unaccounted for after a major flash flood at the Grand Canyon.

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