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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My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
January 4, 2026 at 2:02 AM
My whole life, advocating war has been fed to me as “the adult position,” akin to drinking your coffee black or reading the business section of the newspaper. Let’s be very clear — war is the childish nonsense of impulsive destructive idiots playing baby-brained video games with real human lives.
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‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for it
www.theguardian.com
January 4, 2026 at 4:25 AM
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US
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the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
January 3, 2026 at 9:19 PM
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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Everything Is Russiagate truly lol
The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/
January 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Everything Is Russiagate truly lol
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Fascinating
1. Admin may not have informed Congress but has been talking regime change w US oil industry
2. Oil at $60, US firms not excited about major capex to get VZ heavy sour crude
3. Sounds like WH wants to prod oil firms to make their vision happen, more than WH doing US oil's bidding
1. Admin may not have informed Congress but has been talking regime change w US oil industry
2. Oil at $60, US firms not excited about major capex to get VZ heavy sour crude
3. Sounds like WH wants to prod oil firms to make their vision happen, more than WH doing US oil's bidding
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Fascinating
1. Admin may not have informed Congress but has been talking regime change w US oil industry
2. Oil at $60, US firms not excited about major capex to get VZ heavy sour crude
3. Sounds like WH wants to prod oil firms to make their vision happen, more than WH doing US oil's bidding
1. Admin may not have informed Congress but has been talking regime change w US oil industry
2. Oil at $60, US firms not excited about major capex to get VZ heavy sour crude
3. Sounds like WH wants to prod oil firms to make their vision happen, more than WH doing US oil's bidding
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It's cold in NYC.
Like the high today was like 31F/-1C
Like the high today was like 31F/-1C
Anti-war march in NYC, organized overnight. Happening right now, 8th Ave.
People care.
People care.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
It's cold in NYC.
Like the high today was like 31F/-1C
Like the high today was like 31F/-1C
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“Once you peacefully install a fascist, you cannot peacefully remove them.”
January 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
“Once you peacefully install a fascist, you cannot peacefully remove them.”
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I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
January 3, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I am struggling with what might be a generational experience. The gulf war was pretty politically formative for me. It’s not history so much as memory this time.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
It is destabilizing to see almost the exact same gameplan but this time without the guardrails that at the time I took for granted.
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I cackled. A new nemesis for @roxanegay.bsky.social is a beautiful thing.
January 4, 2026 at 2:48 AM
I cackled. A new nemesis for @roxanegay.bsky.social is a beautiful thing.
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Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 5:08 PM
Cancer research costs too much but we have the money to run Venezuela
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I am so fucking tired of being governed by these sadistic freaks
![Katie Miller
SOON
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January 4, 2026 at 1:10 AM
I am so fucking tired of being governed by these sadistic freaks
![Screen shot from the show Andor. Someone says to Mon Mothma “They [meaning the Empire] don’t even bother to lie badly anymore.” Mon replies “I suppose that’s the final humiliation.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ny5w2k6brb2kdubxnevke6li/bafkreibrxbmhwrnkwo2ztnczubpnzpup3uf6dpyhs7mk2uxpeoeynhjo2q@jpeg)
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I was wondering how this might all turn out to have been my fault
January 4, 2026 at 1:59 AM
I was wondering how this might all turn out to have been my fault
“let each step be a prayer that we all keep our legs, that we do not blow off anyone else's legs.
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle or a skateboard, in a wheelchair, each revolution of the wheels a prayer as the earth revolves: less harm, less harm, less harm.” -Ellen Bass
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle or a skateboard, in a wheelchair, each revolution of the wheels a prayer as the earth revolves: less harm, less harm, less harm.” -Ellen Bass
Very sincerely, every bit of travel we do in an EV, on a train, on a bus, on a bike/e-bike, by walking or rolling, or by other active transport, helps the climate, helps air quality, and helps national & economic security. We should fund these as national security infrastructure.
January 4, 2026 at 3:30 AM
“let each step be a prayer that we all keep our legs, that we do not blow off anyone else's legs.
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle or a skateboard, in a wheelchair, each revolution of the wheels a prayer as the earth revolves: less harm, less harm, less harm.” -Ellen Bass
Or crush their skulls.
And if you are riding on a bicycle or a skateboard, in a wheelchair, each revolution of the wheels a prayer as the earth revolves: less harm, less harm, less harm.” -Ellen Bass
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e-bikes are no kidding good for national security bsky.app/profile/cost...
Very sincerely, every bit of travel we do in an EV, on a train, on a bus, on a bike/e-bike, by walking or rolling, or by other active transport, helps the climate, helps air quality, and helps national & economic security. We should fund these as national security infrastructure.
January 4, 2026 at 3:05 AM
e-bikes are no kidding good for national security bsky.app/profile/cost...
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Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
Instead of whatever this is, we should have a government getting lots of new homes and apartments built, lots of clean energy built, lots of high speed rail and transit and bike lanes built, human rights for everyone, economic & healthcare opportunities for all, & innovation that leads the world.
January 4, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Don't forget folks: allowing yourself a vision of the future you'd want for our country and planet - not the one you'd settle for, not the one you fear, but the future of your dreams - isn't naive, it's a vital cognitive skill. That's how we articulate what we most value. What's worth fighting for.
This poem feels relevant today
“Making love, of course, is already prayer.”
Shooing Ellen Bass poems into the socials tonight, asking them to take care of us 💙
Shooing Ellen Bass poems into the socials tonight, asking them to take care of us 💙
January 4, 2026 at 3:27 AM
This poem feels relevant today
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January 3, 2026 at 7:07 PM
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good rundown of how many democrats are, in fact, coming out against this shit
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
The Dem Reaction - Lawyers, Guns & Money
Where are the Democrats right now? Friend of the blog Jamie Mayerfeld has done the research: I saw someone write on Facebook: “Only a short matter of time before we see establishment liberals falling ...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:43 PM
good rundown of how many democrats are, in fact, coming out against this shit
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/01/the-...
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notably, it appears most of the US petroleum industry has known this operation was coming and there was no actual war planning to back it up for at least a week and a half.
January 3, 2026 at 9:30 PM
notably, it appears most of the US petroleum industry has known this operation was coming and there was no actual war planning to back it up for at least a week and a half.
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Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
a lot of interesting revelations between the lines of this story www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
January 4, 2026 at 1:34 AM
Trump is trying to force US oil companies to rebuild Venezuelan oil fields that are too expensive to invest in at current crude prices while a full blown energy revolution is happening with cheap solar and electrification growing exponentially.
This is a dying empire shit.
This is a dying empire shit.
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Unironically, wouldn’t it be better to force a vote *authorizing* use of force, knowing they cant get sixty for it, than to force a vote “blocking” something that requires active authorization, failing to get sixty, and letting it look like congress approve?
The Senate will hold a vote next week on another bipartisan resolution blocking the use of military force against Venezuela without the express authorization of Congress, Sen. Tim Kaine announced
U.S. Senate Will Vote To Block Military Action Against Venezuela Next Week
www.huffpost.com
January 4, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Unironically, wouldn’t it be better to force a vote *authorizing* use of force, knowing they cant get sixty for it, than to force a vote “blocking” something that requires active authorization, failing to get sixty, and letting it look like congress approve?