Matthew Terrill
@matthewterrill.bsky.social
Poetry, art, music, urbanism, justice. Runner for sport and cyclist for transport. Arts & Culture finance leader. Learning to thrive with ADHD. Finding the sacred all around. (he/him)
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what if the firehose of fascist shit isn't wiping out the memory of the electorate? what if it's just hitting different things? and idk it seems like a persisting problem to me that dems aren't in lockstep with and fully tied to no kings, possibly the biggest social movement in american history
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
what if the firehose of fascist shit isn't wiping out the memory of the electorate? what if it's just hitting different things? and idk it seems like a persisting problem to me that dems aren't in lockstep with and fully tied to no kings, possibly the biggest social movement in american history
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I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
November 11, 2025 at 1:22 PM
I do think this is a point of radicalization because a lot of angry, angry normal people were ready to dig in and suffer a lot in order to make fascists suffer a little, and their resolution was sold out and made into a mockery
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🧵 but also her point about the weirdest part percolating up is correct. There's something for everyone to be angry about in the ways this administration has been nakedly corrupt
I think voters at large will very likely have trouble remembering details of chuck schumer selling out the aca by nov 2026. also I think in the next three months you're gonna see a lot of unlikely folks stopping by the dsa table at various no kings events
November 11, 2025 at 5:27 PM
🧵 but also her point about the weirdest part percolating up is correct. There's something for everyone to be angry about in the ways this administration has been nakedly corrupt
Reposted before reading bc that's how good Kelsey is, but after reading, I recommend it even more. Excellent and perceptive analysis of a gorgeous, but ultimately empty movie.
having read both versions of frankenstein and a book of criticism and a novel based on frankenstein in the last month… i am happy to release my creature (this blog)
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defector.com/guillermo-de...
Guillermo del Toro's ‘Frankenstein’ Is Flawed Because His Creature Is Not | Defector
Guillermo del Toro has devoted much of his career to sanctifying monsters. In his first feature film, Cronos, an aging antique dealer stumbles into eternal life, becoming a vampire who, rather than be...
defector.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Reposted before reading bc that's how good Kelsey is, but after reading, I recommend it even more. Excellent and perceptive analysis of a gorgeous, but ultimately empty movie.
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Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.
Cleaning worker who mistakenly went to wrong home fatally shot: Police
The shooting victim died from a gunshot wound to the head, the coroner's office said.
abcnews.go.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Still thinking about this story. Imagine how cooked your brain has to be on Fox News -- how terrified you have to be, every day in your isolated suburban castle -- to start *shooting* when you see brown people at your door, before the door is even open. We're such a nation of terrified cowards.
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having read both versions of frankenstein and a book of criticism and a novel based on frankenstein in the last month… i am happy to release my creature (this blog)
defector.com/guillermo-de...
defector.com/guillermo-de...
Guillermo del Toro's ‘Frankenstein’ Is Flawed Because His Creature Is Not | Defector
Guillermo del Toro has devoted much of his career to sanctifying monsters. In his first feature film, Cronos, an aging antique dealer stumbles into eternal life, becoming a vampire who, rather than be...
defector.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
having read both versions of frankenstein and a book of criticism and a novel based on frankenstein in the last month… i am happy to release my creature (this blog)
defector.com/guillermo-de...
defector.com/guillermo-de...
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What if Democrats committed to changing the perception of government? What if our party communicated all the different way that the people who don't "have a lot of visiblity" make our lives better? There's actually a huge civic engagement opportunity here!
November 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
What if Democrats committed to changing the perception of government? What if our party communicated all the different way that the people who don't "have a lot of visiblity" make our lives better? There's actually a huge civic engagement opportunity here!
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Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
Trump on Ilhan Omar: "I look at somebody who comes from Somalia...and she comes in and tells us how to run our country. 'The Constitution says this, the Constitution says that.' The whole thing is crazy."
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Unlike you, I can read and that’s why I know what the constitution says.
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The brainworms have reached critical mass, folks.
November 11, 2025 at 5:32 PM
The brainworms have reached critical mass, folks.
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Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
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This is a huge victory that should be broadcast nationwide in all the major outlets. Big big big deal. I have been following this. Make them pay
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret. Editor says court cases against city continue #ksleg
Marion County agrees to pay out $3M for newspaper raid, expresses regret • Kansas Reflector
A handful of county-level officials who were involved in a small-town Kansas newspaper raid in 2023 will pay a cumulative $3 million to three journalists and a city councilor.
kansasreflector.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
This is a huge victory that should be broadcast nationwide in all the major outlets. Big big big deal. I have been following this. Make them pay
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Wasting taxpayer money
Missouri's AG Andrew Bailey is suing Starbucks, arguing that its workforce is too "female" and "non-white" and as a result Missouri consumers “pay higher prices and wait longer for goods and services" because its workforce is "less qualified"
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
This is a brazenly racist and sexist lawsuit.
February 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Wasting taxpayer money
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Good riddance to Nico Harrison, the personification of everything that’s going on. Blew up something good because he didn’t understand it and it didn’t conform to his vision of toughness. One of the clearest pictures of Everyone Is 12 Now ever produced. Untold damage to my psyche. Enjoy podcasting.
November 11, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Good riddance to Nico Harrison, the personification of everything that’s going on. Blew up something good because he didn’t understand it and it didn’t conform to his vision of toughness. One of the clearest pictures of Everyone Is 12 Now ever produced. Untold damage to my psyche. Enjoy podcasting.
Remembering my grandfather — my best ancestor and relentless cheerleader — on Veterans Day. He served in the Air Force between WW2 & Korea. He passed on this date in 2004, and I still miss him.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Remembering my grandfather — my best ancestor and relentless cheerleader — on Veterans Day. He served in the Air Force between WW2 & Korea. He passed on this date in 2004, and I still miss him.
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I (along with many of my cousins) was in the third generation of those who served in my family. The next generation served too. The choice to serve for black folk has not tended to be the patriotism of white folk. We have our own investment in this country built on our bones cemented with our blood.
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I (along with many of my cousins) was in the third generation of those who served in my family. The next generation served too. The choice to serve for black folk has not tended to be the patriotism of white folk. We have our own investment in this country built on our bones cemented with our blood.
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I'm mad about the shut down and worried about healthcare, but not letting people starve is a pretty good reason to cave on this bureaucratic fight, the more I think about it. So just say that: Republicans wanted you to starve rather than compromise, so we let this one go.
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 PM
I'm mad about the shut down and worried about healthcare, but not letting people starve is a pretty good reason to cave on this bureaucratic fight, the more I think about it. So just say that: Republicans wanted you to starve rather than compromise, so we let this one go.
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Exactly this. Republicans were exhibiting a classic hostage-taking strategy. Call them out on this. It's a monstrous thing to do to use starving kids as a political tool, but *especially* when you consider they did it to ensure that healthcare costs would go up. Truly evil shit.
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Exactly this. Republicans were exhibiting a classic hostage-taking strategy. Call them out on this. It's a monstrous thing to do to use starving kids as a political tool, but *especially* when you consider they did it to ensure that healthcare costs would go up. Truly evil shit.
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
Helpful context. If I'm reading correctly, it seems like this does *NOT* ban CBD products at all, and only bans *synthetic* THC products?
Here are the facts. As you might expect, it’s more complicated. www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/hemp/news/15...
Hemp Product Ban Included in Deal to Reopen Government
Intoxicating hemp products would be prohibited under a three-bill spending package the Senate negotiated in a plan to end the government shutdown.
www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Helpful context. If I'm reading correctly, it seems like this does *NOT* ban CBD products at all, and only bans *synthetic* THC products?
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"The new limits “will eliminate 100 percent of the hemp products in our country,” Ron Paul said.
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
November 11, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"The new limits “will eliminate 100 percent of the hemp products in our country,” Ron Paul said.
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
“Every (hemp) plant in the country will have to be destroyed.”"
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It’s disturbing and discomforting to examine but there are several anti-phone and anti-social media initiatives weaponizing murders and suicides of teens, leveraging grieving parents, and exaggerating or inventing causation to try and limit speech online and restrict tech freedoms
November 11, 2025 at 2:34 PM
It’s disturbing and discomforting to examine but there are several anti-phone and anti-social media initiatives weaponizing murders and suicides of teens, leveraging grieving parents, and exaggerating or inventing causation to try and limit speech online and restrict tech freedoms
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They used to give these away free in Burger King en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_So...
iPod Socks - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
They used to give these away free in Burger King en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPod_So...
wut
It's a sock, for your phone! It costs two hundred and thirty real life dollars!
November 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
wut
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Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
Rick Scott told me his plan would be to take all of the remaining ACA subsidies and redistribute them to HSA accounts and people can then buy whatever insurance a state certifies. Basically a repeal/replace.
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
He denied when I asked wouldn’t that create two-tiered system where sick pay much more…
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Rick Scott was CEO of a large, for-profit healthcare company called HCA. While Rick Scott was CEO, HCA stole so much money from Medicare they were fined $1.7 Billion.
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all