Steven B
@stevenbfla.bsky.social
A Floridian learning to live in Philadelphia. Proud UCF alumni
the real risk of child sexual abuse isn't trans people using the restrooms or locker rooms that reflect their genders, it's coaches and teachers and youth pastors who you want to give a legitimate reason to be inspecting their genitals in the name of oppressing people who aren't hurting anyone
i bring a sort of ‘i fear neither pain nor death’ energy to the pedestrian/driver interaction that drivers don’t really like
We bought a 101-year-old rowhome on Friday. Yesterday we changed residency to Philadelphia. Today we tore down insulation, & found plumbing holes in our garage ceiling/kitchen floor. And I got a 1925 lock back into mostly working condition. Tomorrow electricians tear out knob & tube. I love this
"yeah i just ask chatgpt and-" cool i no longer take you seriously as a person
Hobbes really sums up reactionary centrist here. What [they] want is what we're doing.
Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 4d agoThe core argument is that cities like Seattle are so addled by left-wing ideology that they have fallen into dystopia. In reality, the city has never adequately funded harm reduction programs and continues to rely on incarceration to address homelessness. What Powell wants is what we're doing.
Guy at Wawa making my club with extra vinegar just made sure there was equal coverage on all three slices of bread. Sheetz would never.
Bias against a person based on the American state they come from is no different than bias against a person for being from a specific country.
Zach Weinersmith@zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 10mo agoDo you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
See, there is something both parties can agree on. Keeping a person in prison! So glad we have this bipartisan camaraderie as we slide in fascism.
The Skills Challenge during the MLS All-Star festivities is one of my favorite events of the year. Just a bunch of professional athletes going out and having fun doing what they do best.
Really crazy that Bluesky isn't more behind Angie Nixon. She's a proven progressive legislator who has put herself on the line opposing fascism. A history of caring about making sure people are safe and whole. But she's a Black Florida woman so I guess she's invisible to a lot of Bluesky.
Angie Nixon@angieforfl.bsky.social · last wk.Panhandle visit continues tomorrow! Come talk about what it'll take to make Florida affordable again. #Panhandle #Florida #AngieforAll
The CFPB was a major target of Musk and the other Robber Barons because it is the agency primarily tasked with oversight of non-bank lenders and deposit companies.
The Verge@theverge.com · last wk.X Money is launching in the US starting today
Pretty normal for a rich dude to commute into Philadelphia from the ’burbs.
Greg Shill@gregshill.com · last wk.US Commuting Zones and Labor Market Areas: Evidence from the NBA
I don't know why but the Savannah Bananas give me the same feeling as an exclusionary tract housing development that calls itself "village" or "town" on freshly cleared land.
One of the ways USA labor law is better than the UK is that intentional misgendering is considered harassment and prohibited by many state anti-discrimination/harassment laws. And failure of the employer to address the harassment can rise to the level of a hostile work environment.
Dan Sohege@danielsohege.bsky.social · 2w agoGood. Look, if it is a genuinely honest error, most people I know, including myself, aren't going to make a fuss beyond maybe a gentle clarification first time. If people wilfully misgender trans and non-binary individuals though they absolutely should face misconduct proceedings.
It's very SEPTA that the El is announcing the trains are running at the published intervals as if it's a necessary service announcement (they're often at +2 minutes expected intervals).
That was some way to open the scoring last night by Brekalo.
Orlando City SC@orlandocitysc.com · 2w agoBREKALO HEADER!!!
What a beautiful first goal in purple from Grizi. I think I feel some hope returning for this season. Maybe. #VamosOrlando
Orlando City SC@orlandocitysc.com · 2w agoGRIZI GETS HIS FIRST IN MLS 🔥
Move over PPA, there's a new Parking Wars in town by a group calling itself the PPPA. www.inquirer.com/life/philade...
The Philadelphia Parallel Parking Association Championship already has 400+ applicants for 20 tight spots
Drivers will be faced with the ultimate Philly parking dilemma during the competition.
inquirer.com
and also, isn't white supremacy such a profound intellectual error that you should immediately question the basic capacities of anyone who indulges it?
The lack of attention @angieforfl.bsky.social is getting in the Florida race is a crime. But she's a Black woman and an actual Floridian so it isn't unexpected. The Dems still don't seem to grasp that Florida is a real place with people who deserve better than to be seen as the help, at best.
Shapiro will get anything done — just so long as it doesn't make his Suburban base uncomfortable. He's the ultimate neo-liberal suburbanite.
Stephen Caruso@stephenjcaruso.bsky.social · 2w agoGov. Josh Shapiro wields 100+ years of American liberal rhetoric to retell an old story: That government can be a force for good. But as he offers himself as a leading party voice, what does his record show? W/ @angelasink.bsky.social www.spotlightpa.org/news/2026/07...
New Jersey now has two good things. The other is tomato pie.
Abraham Gutman@abgutman.bsky.social · 2w agoNothing over the past two decades consistently stopped Lionel Messi over the past two decades, except for New Jersey.
If the secret police can be driven out of a coffee shop through public shaming, then we've still got a fighting chance.
𝐉𝐞𝐫𝐢 𝐁𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭 🩷@jastuart68.bsky.social · 2w agoWatching ICE agents literally run away from a Mount Laurel Starbucks without their coffee because the neighborhood completely rejected them is pure gold. South Jersey will make you unwelcome every single time you show your faces.
18 years ago when I was discovering that I'm a bad scholar by pursuing a Middle Eastern Studies minor it felt like a slightly subversive discipline. Like our instructors were going against the status quo by treating the region as worthy of respect and study. This reminded me of that feeling.
Los Angeles Review of Books@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 3w ago"My field of scholarship had become a legal and criminal minefield." Arabic Literature professor Huda Fakhreddine on seeing herself unfortunately reflected in "Law and Order": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/law-order-racist-dick-wolf-middle-eastern-studies/
Anytime someone says we're Germany in 1933 ask them how many concentration camp guards were arrested for trying to kill protesters. Hell, ask them how many protests of concentration camps there were.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 3w agoBrandon Booth, 42, has been booked on suspicion of murder. trib.al/o7DgFyU