David Steuer

I conclude that people who watch baseball on TV are more likely than others to nag their doctors for prescription drugs.

Not great to see Mark Sugarmountain meddling in the Brazilian elections.

Here is my trenchant argument against California’s Prop 45: lotsa shit is getting built as it is.

Whew. Pilots Baseball!

Pretty weary of politicians saying, “I’m not a politician.” Like the person asking you to turn your head and cough saying “I’m not a doctor.”

X of course is terrible, but Threads? A map showing the extent of the Holocaust in Europe was given comments such as, “not enough” or “finish the job”. I reported some and Threads said they don’t violate community standards. Apparently Threads’ standards include advocating mass murder. Huh

Tough to fund fripperies like Alzheimer’s research when you need the money to interfere in foreign elections.

Every day you read two headlines, one like "Trump orders U.S. Aircraft Carrier to get him Chik-fil-a" and one like "Hakeem Jeffries: We Must Be Very Cautious in the Way We Consider Speaking About Methods of Bringing About Incremental Change to U.S. Tax Code"

"A CNN journalist witnessed Israeli settlers abduct and blindfold a Palestinian farmer for refusing to leave his land, as IDF soldiers stood guard. He was later shot, while the IDF blocked the road to prevent anyone from coming to his aid, making sure he would die." -- substack.com/@jemby123

Did not expect to live in a 21st Century developed country where the government dissuades citizens from being vaccinated against deadly diseases. Yet here we are.

I have attended two final matches in my life, and Spain won both in overtime. They owe me.

Super Bowling halftime. 💤. Except Shakira. Shakira is always cool.

Go Argentina and/or Spain!

The Stone unhappy about Stones.

I agree with Mbappe. Basically, VAR iced him.

Mbappe gets intentionally spiked. No call. Flo accidentally spikes. Red card.

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I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.

Go USA! We mean it, man.

Ready

For any doubters out there, our treatment of Iran’s soccer team has fully established that we Americans are, in fact, assholes.

Go Australia and or Paraguay!

Vinícius Júnior is a good football player.

Not drinking the apple juice at the World Cup bar.

Go Paraguay, less so Türkiye! But man, Türkiye is IN THE HOUSE!

Go Austria and/or Jordan!

Love the runic font on Norway’s unis.

In the fullness of time, we will learn that the Iran adventure was a clusterfuck for the ages.

Iceland-England

Go Qatar or Switzerland!

Just one more quick take on the California is CHEEEAAATING bullshit: does anyone think Karen Bass, the mayor of LA, wouldn’t prefer running against Pratt as opposed to Nithya Raman? If anything, they’d thumb the scale to get Pratt in the runoff.

Ossoff is very good at this. And his focus on corruption at the top is wise — the same argument led to the defeat of Orban. People don’t like kleptocracy.

It’s just remarkable how quickly one of the most respected institutions, the U.S. Dept. of Justice, can be corruptly destroyed. What was one of the most coveted positions in the legal world — appointment to DoJ or a U.S. Attorney’s Office — will now be a blot on the resume of those still there.

Please give my taxes to these fine gentlemen. Thank you.

Let’s all post it and see if they indict all of us.

Quick Michael Tilson Thomas story. My son is a percussionist who played with the San Francisco Youth Orchestra. One day he was practicing and MTT stuck his head in the studio for a minute, said “bum BUM bum bum” and walked out.

Bay Area May flowers are going to be LIT!

Well, M’s, that was a stinker.

From all reports, the U.S. negotiating posture was a sham. A U.S. delegation with no diplomats, no experts in nuclear enrichment, no Farsi speakers, no effort. Just a performative event where Trump can laughably claim he tried to come to an agreement. They have no fucking idea what they’re doing.

Has there ever been a worse public utterance by a President?

Can’t wait for the inevitable “a senile Donald Trump is still America’s greatest leader” hot takes.

The California State Bar asking if I’m bisexual on this year’s license renewal form is a bit unexpected.

UNGA adopted resolution condemning the transatlantic slave trade as one of humanity’s gravest injustices. It also recognizes lasting impacts of slavery & colonialism, frames reparations as a step toward addressing historical wrongs. 123 in favor, 3 against (US, Israel, Argentina), 52 abstentions.

Best analysis of the situation I have read.

Robert Altman made $70,000 for directing the movie M*A*S*H. His 15 year old son Michael made more than $1 million for writing the lyrics to “Suicide is Painless” (in five minutes).

My 401(k) —> 401(L).