Matt Herrero
@haitch.bsky.social
Co-host and producer of the Escape Hatch podcast.
@goldman.blue and I were thrilled to welcome @jamellebouie.net onto @escapehatchpod.bsky.social to talk the classic sci-fi social satire film RoboCop and what we can learn from it about our current moment.
Full episode here (or wherever you listen to your pods): open.spotify.com/episode/2i8c...
Full episode here (or wherever you listen to your pods): open.spotify.com/episode/2i8c...
October 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
@goldman.blue and I were thrilled to welcome @jamellebouie.net onto @escapehatchpod.bsky.social to talk the classic sci-fi social satire film RoboCop and what we can learn from it about our current moment.
Full episode here (or wherever you listen to your pods): open.spotify.com/episode/2i8c...
Full episode here (or wherever you listen to your pods): open.spotify.com/episode/2i8c...
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We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales.
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
“a deliberate, systematic starvation of an entire population”
A statement by Doctors Against Genocide.
#Gaza
A statement by Doctors Against Genocide.
#Gaza
July 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
We are doing this. Our governments. Our taxes. Our arms sales.
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
This is our Holocaust. Our Cambodian killing fields. Our Balkans. Our Rwandan genocide.
We are doing this and history will never forgive us.
Gaza:
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Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
July 12, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Background paintings from Castle in the Sky (1986), dir. Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
Pieces painted by Nizo Yamamoto, Toshiro Nozaki and Mutsuo Koseki
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This @cwodtke.bsky.social piece is great — technically fluent, well-sourced, doesn’t mince words about the lies & bullshit from the companies making this stuff. I’m not personally as conciliatory about some of the capabilities promised, but it’s well worth a read. cwodtke.medium.com/i-love-gener...
I Love Generative AI and Hate the Companies Building It
A Ranking from Most to Least Evil
cwodtke.medium.com
June 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This @cwodtke.bsky.social piece is great — technically fluent, well-sourced, doesn’t mince words about the lies & bullshit from the companies making this stuff. I’m not personally as conciliatory about some of the capabilities promised, but it’s well worth a read. cwodtke.medium.com/i-love-gener...
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Oh the prescient and righteous critiques of the only Black woman on the court “test her colleagues’ patience”? Hmmm gosh, wonder what’s going on there…
The claim that her opinions have tested “her colleagues’ patience” strikes me as a form of what I have called “elite victimization.” The Court’s majority has made a series of radically extremist decisions—taking away a Constitutional right, offering Trump seemingly unlimited immunity etc.
July 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Oh the prescient and righteous critiques of the only Black woman on the court “test her colleagues’ patience”? Hmmm gosh, wonder what’s going on there…
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After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
July 5, 2025 at 10:19 AM
After media reports & experts warned for months that drastic & sudden cuts at the Nat Weather Service by Trump could impair their forecasting ability & endanger lives during the storm season, TX officials blame an inaccurate forecast by NWS for the deadly results of the flood.
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US military being deployed against their own people.
US military says 200 Marines being sent to support ICE in Florida
The U.S. military said on Thursday it will send 200 Marines to Florida to provide administrative and logistical support to Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
www.reuters.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:35 AM
US military being deployed against their own people.
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The Black Death wiped out 40% of the population of Europe, but it also led to significantly higher wages within a generation. Could Trump's megabill have the same effect here in America?
July 2, 2025 at 1:59 AM
The Black Death wiped out 40% of the population of Europe, but it also led to significantly higher wages within a generation. Could Trump's megabill have the same effect here in America?
I made this 90 minutes ago and it already came true.
July 1, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I made this 90 minutes ago and it already came true.
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Step 1: deporting undocumented people
Step 2: changing status of documented immigrants to make them undocumented & then deporting them
Step 3: Denaturalizing naturalized immigrants to deport them
Step 4: Denaturalizing birthright citizens to "deport" them
Step 2: changing status of documented immigrants to make them undocumented & then deporting them
Step 3: Denaturalizing naturalized immigrants to deport them
Step 4: Denaturalizing birthright citizens to "deport" them
Trump calls for deporting US citizens: "We also have a lot of bad people that have been here for a long time ... many of them were born in our country. I think we ought to get them the hell out of here too, if you want to know the truth. So maybe that'll be the next job."
July 1, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Step 1: deporting undocumented people
Step 2: changing status of documented immigrants to make them undocumented & then deporting them
Step 3: Denaturalizing naturalized immigrants to deport them
Step 4: Denaturalizing birthright citizens to "deport" them
Step 2: changing status of documented immigrants to make them undocumented & then deporting them
Step 3: Denaturalizing naturalized immigrants to deport them
Step 4: Denaturalizing birthright citizens to "deport" them
When will this end?
July 1, 2025 at 5:57 AM
When will this end?
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The bill the Senate is voting on right now would reduce US power generation through 2035 by 300GW, raise wholesale & retail power prices, increase household energy costs, reduce national GDP, & kill 100s of 1000s of jobs.
I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!
I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!
Economic Impacts of U.S. Senate “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” Energy Provisions • Energy Innovation
The Senate's "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" will cost America 300GW of new power, $960 billion in GDP, and 770,000 lost jobs.
energyinnovation.org
June 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The bill the Senate is voting on right now would reduce US power generation through 2035 by 300GW, raise wholesale & retail power prices, increase household energy costs, reduce national GDP, & kill 100s of 1000s of jobs.
I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!
I mean, this isn't "public grocery store" bad, but it's pretty bad!
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Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Louisiana hospitals warn Mike Johnson of 'devastation' from megabill
www.politico.com
June 29, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Every major health system in Louisiana is warning Speaker Mike Johnson and the rest of the state's congressional delegation that the Senate GOP's Medicaid cuts "would be historic in their devastation."
www.politico.com/live-updates...
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Let’s friggin’ go. We can have candidates we like who are young!
June 28, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Let’s friggin’ go. We can have candidates we like who are young!
Seriously the dumbest people on the planet run this country.
Duke appears to have lost NIH grants because they used the prefix "trans" in reference to disease transmission, transgenic genetic material, translational studies, or signal transduction www.dukechronicle.com/article/2025...
June 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Seriously the dumbest people on the planet run this country.
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yeah man, institutionalized racism is when you try to recruit poor kids and black kids to get an education. great work. you are definitely not a dipshit who gets on the internet to say nonsense to make up for the fact that you have nothing but your own resentments to get you through the day
June 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
yeah man, institutionalized racism is when you try to recruit poor kids and black kids to get an education. great work. you are definitely not a dipshit who gets on the internet to say nonsense to make up for the fact that you have nothing but your own resentments to get you through the day
Pack the SCOTUS now officially my #1 priority.
June 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Pack the SCOTUS now officially my #1 priority.
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Poster art by Robert M. Peak (Bob) (1927 – 1992)
Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979)
Excalibur (1981)
Superman (1978)
Rollerball (1975)
Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979)
Excalibur (1981)
Superman (1978)
Rollerball (1975)
June 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Poster art by Robert M. Peak (Bob) (1927 – 1992)
Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979)
Excalibur (1981)
Superman (1978)
Rollerball (1975)
Star Trek The Motion Picture (1979)
Excalibur (1981)
Superman (1978)
Rollerball (1975)
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This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
June 25, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This is a Hall of Fame reader comment on a very reactionary op-ed about Zohran Mamdani's victory that was published in my local paper today.
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Tell him, he knows everything he needs to know and feels everything he needs to feel. And when the day comes, and those two pull together, he will be an unstoppable force for good.
Diego Luna's ode to LA and immigrants on Jimmy Kimmel Live is a must-see for anyone bored at work right now.
Share it on LinkedIn!
Share it on LinkedIn!
This is fantastic. | The Farce
This is fantastic. About the real LA and the immigrants that make it so great.
Diego Luna hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live. He's there all week!
www.linkedin.com
June 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Tell him, he knows everything he needs to know and feels everything he needs to feel. And when the day comes, and those two pull together, he will be an unstoppable force for good.
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Unironically the thing I love about this point, is that it's a great basis to start talking to y'all about the fact that most of the people in jail in the US are just as innocent as Khalil. Many are Black folk that have been arrested with *absolutely no basis*, but wait *over a year* to see a judge.
The thing about the Khalil case is that it's very very good that he's free now but you can't have it take three months between "the government kidnaps you off the street for no basis reason whatsoever" and "a judge makes them let you go." You just can't.
June 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Unironically the thing I love about this point, is that it's a great basis to start talking to y'all about the fact that most of the people in jail in the US are just as innocent as Khalil. Many are Black folk that have been arrested with *absolutely no basis*, but wait *over a year* to see a judge.
Made my day. This is great news.
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil To Be Released
From ICE Detention
Khalil’s arrest was the first in a string of abductions that expanded into a much larger operation against pro-Palestine international students.
From ICE Detention
Khalil’s arrest was the first in a string of abductions that expanded into a much larger operation against pro-Palestine international students.
BREAKING: Mahmoud Khalil To Be Released From ICE Detention
Khalil’s arrest was the first in a string of abductions that expanded into a much larger operation against pro-Palestine international students.
zeteo.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Made my day. This is great news.
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New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism
“'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.'
*More of this, please*"
“'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.'
*More of this, please*"
Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism
You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a rancid bigot.
www.publicnotice.co
June 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
New in PN: Judge rules that anti-woke is just racism
“'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.'
*More of this, please*"
“'I’ve never seen a record where racial discrimination was so palpable,' Judge Young fumed. 'I’ve sat on this bench now for 40 years. I’ve never seen government racial discrimination like this.'
*More of this, please*"
Chuck does it again (following up The End of the F#%£ing World and I Am Not OK With This as seen in his comic and on Netflix!)
June 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Chuck does it again (following up The End of the F#%£ing World and I Am Not OK With This as seen in his comic and on Netflix!)