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Rick Steves

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Rick Steves

@RickSteves

Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic. ricksteves.bsky.social

Edmonds, WA

ricksteves.com

Born May 10

Joined May 2008

Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Oct 29, 2024
Many don’t realize that the first people Hitler sent to his concentration camps weren’t everyday Jewish citizens, but his political opponents. So, when Trump rants about retribution, locking up his opponents, and giving them “very long sentences,” I can’t help but take him
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Sep 13, 2024
As a traveler, I'm both a proud American and a citizen of the world — and I've got a few thoughts on this coming election. This election is deeper than partisanship. It's far more than Republican versus Democrat. In the future, big challenges like pandemics, refugees, and
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
May 28, 2024
Bark
@barkmeta
May 26, 2024
I’ve never met a rich & successful person who smokes weed. Not even once.
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Nov 2, 2024
A century ago, Germany’s democracy was hijacked by a bombastic and charismatic tyrant — and in this five-minute video, you’ll learn how he did it. Why did I produce this? Because I believe that history is speaking to us, and all too often, those who refuse to learn from it are
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Nov 2, 2024
I miss the Grand Old Party (GOP) and long for the day when we can return to healthy and principled partisan debates. (We idealistic hippies sometimes need to be reined in by practical conservatism.) But this election is different… and much deeper than D versus R and left versus
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Oct 9, 2024
Thanks for all the support since I first told you about my prostate cancer diagnosis. I promised you an update when I shared this news back in August — and I’m happy to say that I’m home now after successful surgery and a night in the hospital. (Packing light for my homecoming, I
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Feb 25, 2022
Our mission at @RickStevesEur is to help Americans understand the world through travel. But when we bring travelers to Russia, we also bring their dollars — dollars that would support Putin’s aggression. We have now canceled all 2022 tours to Russia:
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Comrades No More: Thoughts on Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Today is a profoundly sad day. Russia’s aggressive action is heartbreaking for the death, suffering, and economic turmoil it will cause in Ukraine and, indirectly at least, beyond. Here at Rick...
Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Nov 5, 2024
America could wake up on Wednesday with all three branches of our government — the — Executive, Legislative, and Judicial — Trumpist. With this clip, take five minutes to ponder Germany’s memorials and the price that nation paid for being bamboozled by a bombastic autocrat.
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Aug 22, 2024
I’d like to take a moment to share some important news. I have been diagnosed with prostate cancer. My doctor assures me that, if you’re going to get cancer, this is a good kind to get, and careful scans show no sign of it having spread. There is a clear path forward to getting
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Feb 23, 2025
Update on my Medical Travels: I’m Cancer Free! PSA 55 to PSA 0.09 to PSA <0.03…Yes! If you know prostate cancer, you know the happy story of those numbers — and the relief of hearing my surgeon say, “You can now consider yourself cancer-free.” Life has been a whirlwind lately,
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Nov 5, 2024
I produce all my TV shows on my own dime and offer them to public television stations for free. I support public broadcasting, and you should, too.
WavoseRancheros
@cowfartzzz
Nov 5, 2024
Replying to @RickSteves
What you are really worried about: your PBS taxpayer funded traveling grift being cut.
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Nov 4, 2024
How do fascists derail democracy? If you study history (or read Project 2025), it’s almost like there’s a recipe book: goose the economy, abolish unions, privatize what’s public, win the support of tycoons. But at what cost? Mesmerize your base so they don’t care. Blind them with
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Feb 28, 2023
The best way for travelers to handle strikes is to view them as a cultural experience. In Marseille, I was surrounded by thousands marching in the streets. I enjoyed photographing striking parents with kids on their shoulders—and learned firsthand what labor action is all about.
New York Times Travel
@nytimestravel
Feb 28, 2023
Travelers to Europe are largely free from coronavirus restrictions, but they may have to contend with another challenge: navigating disruptions as airline, railway and bus workers walk off the job over low wages and labor conditions. nyti.ms/3KG9JJV
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Rick Steves
@RickSteves
Sep 20, 2024
I’ve long said that we can learn more about our home by leaving it and looking at it from a distance — and since my student days, I’ve done just that for about three months every year. My mission: to equip and inspire Americans to venture beyond Orlando. And I’ve dedicated my
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