Sarah A. Matsumoto
@hellosmoto.bsky.social
Law prof and director of the Getches-Green Environmental Law Clinic at Colorado Law; talk to me about climate, food policy, water quality, track and field, WNBA/NBA, and anything Pacific Northwest, including the imminent return of the Sonics 🤞🏽WA/OR/CO
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"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
January 30, 2026 at 10:32 PM
"It may take time to prove you're right, but you have to stick to it."
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
- Fred Korematsu
Jailed for refusing to abide by FDR's Exec Order 9066, he took his case against internment all the way to the Supreme Court - and lost. Remember him on Korematsu Day, January 30th. 1/
There's something very bread and circuses about the NFL but I am a Seahawks fan and I am enjoying the evening so far 💙💚
January 18, 2026 at 1:57 AM
There's something very bread and circuses about the NFL but I am a Seahawks fan and I am enjoying the evening so far 💙💚
Reposted by Sarah A. Matsumoto
Refinery workers and community groups don’t usually speak with a single voice. The fact that they have come together around this issue is telling. We should all be concerned.
“We represent communities living next to refineries and the workers who operate them. Together, we are sounding the alarm - California must not allow oil billionaires and their lobbyists to rewrite refinery safety rules.”-@apen4ej.bsky.social & #USWLocal5
Read more:
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
Read more:
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
Opinion | California shouldn't let oil companies rewrite refinery safety rules
Regulators will hold a hearing Jan. 15 at the OSHA Standards Board in Sacramento on changes that will weaken safety standards for refineries.
calmatters.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Refinery workers and community groups don’t usually speak with a single voice. The fact that they have come together around this issue is telling. We should all be concerned.
I saw Supertroopers here as a freshman at UW and was forever changed
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
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This longtime Seattle movie theater is closing
The Varsity Theatre is closing, effective Thursday, leaving the U District — once a hub of moviegoing — without a movie theater.
www.seattletimes.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
I saw Supertroopers here as a freshman at UW and was forever changed
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...
If you can walk/run towards a car you can most likely also walk/run away from said car but what do I know I just go by what I see in multiple verified videos shot from multiple angles
January 8, 2026 at 9:26 PM
If you can walk/run towards a car you can most likely also walk/run away from said car but what do I know I just go by what I see in multiple verified videos shot from multiple angles
Reposted by Sarah A. Matsumoto
Although Tom Ragsdale’s oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
The American Oil Industry’s Playbook, Illustrated: How Drillers Offload Costly Cleanup Onto the Public
Oil executive Tom Ragsdale walked away from his old wells, making the pollution left behind the state of New Mexico’s problem. His tactics, however, are ubiquitous in the industry.
www.propublica.org
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Although Tom Ragsdale’s oil companies owe New Mexico more than $3.5 million for pollution and unpaid fees, the state has recovered only about $50,000.
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
Drillers across the industry have employed similar tactics in what is known as “the playbook.”
(Published Dec. 2024)
"Democrats should insist on best practices, regulate methane leaks, promote electrification of drilling operations and support the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program."
Ok. I have advocated for these seemingly-anodyne measures, and hear resistance about defining terms, costs, feasibility, and more.
Ok. I have advocated for these seemingly-anodyne measures, and hear resistance about defining terms, costs, feasibility, and more.
“The mind-set shift needed here is to acknowledge that while climate change is real and harmful, the utility of fossil fuels is not something the oil and gas industry tricked the public into,” Matthew Yglesias writes.
Opinion | Obama Supported It. The Left in Canada and Norway Do. Why Don’t Democrats?
Liberals should reconcile with America’s oil and gas industry.
nyti.ms
December 19, 2025 at 12:36 AM
"Democrats should insist on best practices, regulate methane leaks, promote electrification of drilling operations and support the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program."
Ok. I have advocated for these seemingly-anodyne measures, and hear resistance about defining terms, costs, feasibility, and more.
Ok. I have advocated for these seemingly-anodyne measures, and hear resistance about defining terms, costs, feasibility, and more.
For a high school AP English assignment about extended metaphor, I wrote about the progression of my grandfather's neurodegenerative disease and the Skylab space station's demise. It was...fine. It was also a HIGH SCHOOL WRITING ASSIGNMENT and not, say, a choice I'd employ as a professional journo 🤷🏽♀️
November 18, 2025 at 2:48 AM
For a high school AP English assignment about extended metaphor, I wrote about the progression of my grandfather's neurodegenerative disease and the Skylab space station's demise. It was...fine. It was also a HIGH SCHOOL WRITING ASSIGNMENT and not, say, a choice I'd employ as a professional journo 🤷🏽♀️
Are there some auto-reply bots I can set up for when the inevitable barrage of fundraising texts starts again
November 10, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Are there some auto-reply bots I can set up for when the inevitable barrage of fundraising texts starts again
Just feed people, my god
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Just feed people, my god
I'm sorry Canada, I'm weak, I succumbed to baseball greed
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I'm sorry Canada, I'm weak, I succumbed to baseball greed
MORE BASEBALL EXTRA INNINGS ALL THE WAY TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ADJUSTMENT LETSGOOOOOO
November 2, 2025 at 3:16 AM
MORE BASEBALL EXTRA INNINGS ALL THE WAY TO DAYLIGHT SAVINGS ADJUSTMENT LETSGOOOOOO
Thank you St. Jack O'Lantern for blessing us with a game 7
November 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Thank you St. Jack O'Lantern for blessing us with a game 7
Congratulations everyone, we did it, I'm proud of us 🫡
October 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Congratulations everyone, we did it, I'm proud of us 🫡
Is Yamamoto in the bullpen or am I delirious at 12:30 am
October 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Is Yamamoto in the bullpen or am I delirious at 12:30 am
C'mon we've earned a position player coming in to pitch, c'mon c'mon please please
October 28, 2025 at 6:31 AM
C'mon we've earned a position player coming in to pitch, c'mon c'mon please please
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Pitch to him you cowards
October 28, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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Pitch to him you cowards
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Pitch to him you cowards