Matt Beckman
@daphsci.bsky.social
Bikes, sweat, sandwiches, dogs, guitar, gardening, science, Daphnia.
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I was really troubled by this Atlantic piece. It was presented as reporting, but it seems more accurate to describe it as speculative fiction based on reporting. It seems like a bizarre choice for a journalistic institution to make. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 15, 2026 at 2:34 PM
I was really troubled by this Atlantic piece. It was presented as reporting, but it seems more accurate to describe it as speculative fiction based on reporting. It seems like a bizarre choice for a journalistic institution to make. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
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Marty Makary. Say his name. Coward. Collaborator. He is working to destroy the market for vaccines at the behest of RFK Jr.
Such a cowardly little man
February 15, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Marty Makary. Say his name. Coward. Collaborator. He is working to destroy the market for vaccines at the behest of RFK Jr.
Embracing analog. I’ll send you a letter with my ideas about bikes and cities.
February 14, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Embracing analog. I’ll send you a letter with my ideas about bikes and cities.
Written by a lying language model.
I was so impressed with this story about measles in the Atlantic -- the depth of reporting it would take to weave in all these details so fluidly.
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
Turns out, it was a work of fiction. She researched the effects of measles, but lots of fiction writers do research. www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...
The Atlantic’s Elizabeth Bruenig on her “hypothetical,” heavily reported measles essay
"We were attracted to the idea of providing a play-by-play of the progression of measles in granular detail."
www.niemanlab.org
February 14, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Written by a lying language model.
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hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Romance alert: Trump's reckless tariffs have Valentine’s Day costs up across the board:
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
Roses 🌹16.6%
Chocolates🍫 18.7%
Ribeye 🥩 25.4%
Restaurant meals 🍽️ 4.9%
February 14, 2026 at 6:19 PM
hello and welcome to the political genius exam. here is question one. which is a more compelling message:
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
- the president is sending armies to occupy cities and kidnap and kill people and your town could be next
- a meal at the cheesecake factory that previously cost $100 now costs $104.9
Happy Valentine's Day. House sparrow (Passer domesticus). Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis (2/14/26). #Minneapolis #birds
February 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Happy Valentine's Day. House sparrow (Passer domesticus). Longfellow neighborhood of Minneapolis (2/14/26). #Minneapolis #birds
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I think I've woken up to them outside the house twice now? I'm okay with it - time wasted trying to scare me is time spent not kidnapping a vulnerable neighbor.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
I’ve talked with two different people who’ve experienced this (and are aware of it)
ICE Agents Menaced Minnesota Protesters at Their Homes, Filings Say
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 11:58 AM
I think I've woken up to them outside the house twice now? I'm okay with it - time wasted trying to scare me is time spent not kidnapping a vulnerable neighbor.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
Anyway if you go out at fuckass o'clock with your phone in one hand and a whistle ready in the other, they see you and leave lol.
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For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
Never reactivate it.
BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security shuts down as the White House and Democratic leaders continue to discuss changes to U.S. immigration enforcement.
February 14, 2026 at 5:24 AM
For those of you who grew up after 9/11, we got along just fine without a Department of Homeland Security for 212 years.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
The DHS was formed to try to prevent future terror attacks — now, it is orchestrating them.
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Now ICE arrested a doctor who was on his way to perform heart surgery.
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
February 13, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Now ICE arrested a doctor who was on his way to perform heart surgery.
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
ICE is now affecting the healthcare system by going after doctors & nurses. 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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LIED. He lied. And a lot of people said he was lying. Then there was another hearing. Where he lied.
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both. n.pr/46QDn9p
RFK Jr. made promises to get his job as health secretary. He's broken many of them
In his confirmation hearings, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told U.S. senators that he would not cut funding for vaccine research or change the nation's official vaccine recommendations. He did both.
n.pr
February 13, 2026 at 6:48 PM
LIED. He lied. And a lot of people said he was lying. Then there was another hearing. Where he lied.
You'd be surprised how many towns in red, outstate Minnesota simply don't report state law-mandated financials to the state.
February 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
You'd be surprised how many towns in red, outstate Minnesota simply don't report state law-mandated financials to the state.
This seems like angle that should be explored.
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it • Minnesota Reformer
Arbitrary rule is the very condition that the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence sought to guarantee against.
minnesotareformer.com
February 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
This seems like angle that should be explored.
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
Trump is violating the long-forgotten guarantee clause; Minnesotans should invoke it minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/09/t...
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WCCO looks at one day's worth of petitions for release filed by those arrested during ICE surge. Majority with no criminal record. People were picked up on the way to get prescriptions, going to work, and showing up for scheduled immigration check ins.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
February 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
WCCO looks at one day's worth of petitions for release filed by those arrested during ICE surge. Majority with no criminal record. People were picked up on the way to get prescriptions, going to work, and showing up for scheduled immigration check ins.
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
Flight was an evolutionary innovation, not intended to keep humans awake at night, you #Minneapolis helicopter goon!
February 13, 2026 at 6:02 AM
Flight was an evolutionary innovation, not intended to keep humans awake at night, you #Minneapolis helicopter goon!
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Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? • Minnesota Reformer
After the federal agents took the shackles off Gust Johnson’s ankles to release him from detainment, he asked for his phone back. That would be staying at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, th...
minnesotareformer.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Why is ICE seizing people’s phones and documents? minnesotareformer.com/2026/02/12/w...
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All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
February 12, 2026 at 3:56 PM
All of my group chats are responding to Homan’s announcement by asking everyone to double down because:
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
1. ICE is still out there and abducting people today. We can’t trust the occupation is over until we actually see it.
2. People are going to be in an economic crisis for a very long time.
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Detainees at the Whipple Federal Building must be allowed access to an attorney and private phone calls and be informed of their rights within an hour of arriving, a federal judge ordered.
Live: Operation Metro Surge drawdown sparks ‘cautious optimism’
Border czar Tom Homan said Thursday a drawdown of the federal immigration operation will happen over the next week.
www.startribune.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Detainees at the Whipple Federal Building must be allowed access to an attorney and private phone calls and be informed of their rights within an hour of arriving, a federal judge ordered.
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Federal prosecutors have moved to drop criminal charges against two Venezuelan men whose highly publicized arrests in north Minneapolis last month have been disputed after conflicting accounts emerged from Homeland Security officials and defense attorneys.
DOJ moves to drop charges against Venezuelan men arrested after ICE shooting
Federal officials for days claimed a snow shovel and broom attack led an agent to shoot one of the men in the leg.
www.startribune.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Federal prosecutors have moved to drop criminal charges against two Venezuelan men whose highly publicized arrests in north Minneapolis last month have been disputed after conflicting accounts emerged from Homeland Security officials and defense attorneys.
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Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
February 12, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Still around 100 community reports of ICE activity around the Twin Cities today, the most of any state by far.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
In case you’re wondering why so many of us aren’t quite taking Homan’s presser today at face value.
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Federal prosecutor Daniel Rosen asks Minnesota judge to dismiss charges with prejudice against a man who was wounded in a shooting & another accused of attacking an ICE agent saying, “newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations”
🎁 @nytimes.com
🎁 @nytimes.com
Prosecutor Says Federal Officials Gave Wrong Information About ICE Shooting
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Federal prosecutor Daniel Rosen asks Minnesota judge to dismiss charges with prejudice against a man who was wounded in a shooting & another accused of attacking an ICE agent saying, “newly discovered evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations”
🎁 @nytimes.com
🎁 @nytimes.com
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If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
February 13, 2026 at 1:04 AM
If Moderna is no longer bringing vaccine trials for Epstein-Barr virus (good evidence that EB causes Multiple Sclerosis), herpes, and shingles because of Trump appointees, I want prison time for those appointees.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
This might be dooming millions to disease they don’t have to experience.
For all you cell adhesion folks. Have you seen the Olay Regenerigist micro sculpting cream advertisement? #celladhesion
February 13, 2026 at 2:56 AM
For all you cell adhesion folks. Have you seen the Olay Regenerigist micro sculpting cream advertisement? #celladhesion
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Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
February 12, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Ending this operation is not enough.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.
We need justice and accountability. That starts with independent investigations into the murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, economic restitution for businesses impacted, abolishing ICE, and the impeachment of Kristi Noem.