matt carmichael
@mattcarmichael.com
Futurist, speaker, author, dad, softball coach. You are not alone, and music heals. (past: @mcarmichael, https://rocknroll.net)
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Baby Boomers won the age-period-cohort lottery.
How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
The wealthiest generation holds more than $85 trillion in assets thanks to economic conditions Gen X, millennials and others would be hard-pressed to replicate.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Baby Boomers won the age-period-cohort lottery.
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US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights reut.rs/4i0E0l2
US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights
President Donald Trump's administration said on Friday it was formally withdrawing a plan by his predecessor to require airlines to pay passengers cash compensation when U.S. flight disruptions are caused by carriers.
reut.rs
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
US drops Biden plan to require passenger compensation for delayed flights reut.rs/4i0E0l2
The only thing I love more than this post is seeing it first from @greatdismal.bsky.social
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The only thing I love more than this post is seeing it first from @greatdismal.bsky.social
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Yes, @profgalloway.com just rocked a Chicago Public Media crop top...
Here’s to public media — in Chicago and across the country! @wbez.org
#PivotTour
Here’s to public media — in Chicago and across the country! @wbez.org
#PivotTour
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Yes, @profgalloway.com just rocked a Chicago Public Media crop top...
Here’s to public media — in Chicago and across the country! @wbez.org
#PivotTour
Here’s to public media — in Chicago and across the country! @wbez.org
#PivotTour
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
This was a remarkable achievement.
On the upside Jonathan Vilma dropped 6,7 into a three minute interview TWICE.
November 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
This was a remarkable achievement.
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More Americans say that imposing tariffs on other countries hurts rather than helps the U.S. economy, inflation and their finances — Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251105-top...
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251105-top...
November 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
More Americans say that imposing tariffs on other countries hurts rather than helps the U.S. economy, inflation and their finances — Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll.
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251105-top...
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/251105-top...
You gave my j-school commencement address. The difference then was there were good jobs for graduates. That seems way less real now.
Two of the media organizations that have really "met the moment" in national coverage are Teen Vogue and WIRED.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
Along with student-run college newspapers in general. And scores of local start-ups.
The main hope for journalism (in its dark times) is the next wave of journalists.
For any unfamiliar with the quality of journalism at Teen Vogue, it's well known for hard-hitting stories on "politically sensitive" topics including climate.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
Then there's CBS: the only major network to increase climate coverage in the last few years. They just axed nearly their whole climate team.
November 3, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You gave my j-school commencement address. The difference then was there were good jobs for graduates. That seems way less real now.
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There are 5 days left in the Kickstarter campaign for the documentary Last Night at Lounge Ax. You can see the full trailer at the Kickstarter page. Please consider participating in the campaign if you can. They are so close to their goal.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lvn...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lvn...
LAST NIGHT AT LOUNGE AX - A DOCUMENTARY FILM
Be immersed in the final 3 days of one of Chicago’s most beloved indie venues, capturing a pre-digital era of live music & community.
www.kickstarter.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 AM
There are 5 days left in the Kickstarter campaign for the documentary Last Night at Lounge Ax. You can see the full trailer at the Kickstarter page. Please consider participating in the campaign if you can. They are so close to their goal.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lvn...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/lvn...
The CTA has a not in service run skipping my station. It’s run number 666. Nice.
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The CTA has a not in service run skipping my station. It’s run number 666. Nice.
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During Covid Kick and I started a vegetable garden. We tore up half our front lawn and put raised beds in, grew tomatoes and carrots and eggplant and beans. Squash and corn the following year. Of all of that, ONLY the tomatoes and eggplant produced enough to last through the winter.
On Threads, the usual suspects are telling ppl about to lose SNAP benefits to just start a garden. As a gardener, I had to laugh. You need at LEAST an acre of land to feed a family of 4. Start-up costs are enormous. But yes, subsistence farming on the balcony of your rental apartment is the answer
October 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
During Covid Kick and I started a vegetable garden. We tore up half our front lawn and put raised beds in, grew tomatoes and carrots and eggplant and beans. Squash and corn the following year. Of all of that, ONLY the tomatoes and eggplant produced enough to last through the winter.
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USPS PRO TIP: To make sure your mail-in ballot, tax return or legal document gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office and ask for a manual postmark at the counter in person
Your ballot or other mail may not get postmarked by USPS the day it's dropped off
Close to a deadline for mailing your ballot, tax return or legal document? To make sure it gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office.
www.npr.org
October 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
USPS PRO TIP: To make sure your mail-in ballot, tax return or legal document gets a postmark on time under the latest USPS changes, you may want to send it early or visit a post office and ask for a manual postmark at the counter in person
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𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (a four-part thread):
How the U.S. population has evolved.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/e0489c52?m...
How the U.S. population has evolved.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/e0489c52?m...
October 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤’𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 (a four-part thread):
How the U.S. population has evolved.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/e0489c52?m...
How the U.S. population has evolved.
www.howtoreadthisch.art/r/e0489c52?m...
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“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“The Purdue student newspaper owns its own presses” is the sound of engines revving
It’s like public works shouldn’t try to be for profit.
I just got a $55 bill for driving on a section of the Pennsylvania turnpike a month ago. $55! It turns out to cost $104.78 to drive the whole thing, east/west, clear across the state. For reasons I don't understand, the turnpike is something like $12 billion in debt, so they charge a fortune.
Pennsylvania Turnpike - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s like public works shouldn’t try to be for profit.
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I just got a $55 bill for driving on a section of the Pennsylvania turnpike a month ago. $55! It turns out to cost $104.78 to drive the whole thing, east/west, clear across the state. For reasons I don't understand, the turnpike is something like $12 billion in debt, so they charge a fortune.
Pennsylvania Turnpike - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I just got a $55 bill for driving on a section of the Pennsylvania turnpike a month ago. $55! It turns out to cost $104.78 to drive the whole thing, east/west, clear across the state. For reasons I don't understand, the turnpike is something like $12 billion in debt, so they charge a fortune.
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You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You can’t talk seriously about gun violence in Chicago without talking about where the guns come from. www.pbump.net/o/the-red-st...
I read this as “space moose.” IYKYK.
love that we had a whole national reckoning over the media's coverage of Biden's advanced age and none of the scolds who High Horsed us can be bothered to spend even a minute reflecting on the fact that Trump has basically become Mr. Burns in the "Spruce Moose" episode of THE SIMPSONS
October 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I read this as “space moose.” IYKYK.
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“We've reached this weird point where simultaneously anything can be generated, but no one believes anything anymore,” EFF’s @ktrendacosta.bsky.social told @TIME.com. We blame tech, but we fail to teach media literacy like analytical skills or how to evaluate sources. time.com/7321911/byt...
ByteDance’s AI Videos Are Scary Realistic. That’s a Problem for Truth Online.
ByteDance’s new AI visual models rival those from OpenAI and Google. But their spread raises concerns over deepfakes and copyright.
time.com
October 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“We've reached this weird point where simultaneously anything can be generated, but no one believes anything anymore,” EFF’s @ktrendacosta.bsky.social told @TIME.com. We blame tech, but we fail to teach media literacy like analytical skills or how to evaluate sources. time.com/7321911/byt...
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The number of Americans who think homeownership is part of the American Dream is high and getting higher.
(@mattcarmichael.com, Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
(@mattcarmichael.com, Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
September 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The number of Americans who think homeownership is part of the American Dream is high and getting higher.
(@mattcarmichael.com, Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
(@mattcarmichael.com, Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
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Americans are stressed but also hopeful. Here’s why both are possible.
(Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
(Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
September 29, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Americans are stressed but also hopeful. Here’s why both are possible.
(Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
(Ipsos)
More, via Opinion Today:
opiniontoday.substack.com/p/250928
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Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.
www.bbc.com
September 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Dismissed as a joke, UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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I'd rather have one kid that I can give everything to than try to spread it thin between two children just for the sake of having two children.”
Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned.
Housing prices are causing some people to have smaller families than planned
Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned.
n.pr
September 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I'd rather have one kid that I can give everything to than try to spread it thin between two children just for the sake of having two children.”