Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. World's leading connoisseur of Dark Hi & Lois. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
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Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
· Jun 20
A gofundme fund for Helen de Cruz's children, set up with Helen's blessing by @marcusarvan.bsky.social:
Besides the personal tragedy, Helen's untimely passing leaves their family in a difficult financial situation. Donate to support them:
there's only one cycling frog I recognize
November 11, 2025 at 3:55 AM
there's only one cycling frog I recognize
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Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Fun fact: Gordon Lightfoot wrote the song first, and then sank the Edmund Fitzgerald himself in what has come to be recognized as one of the first viral marketing stunts
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“The President sent his lawyer to negotiate a settlement with a convicted sex trafficker to provide cushy accommodation in exchange for her silence on his participation in said sex trafficking” is a cold description of the facts of an insane story that the media doesn’t find worthy of scrutiny
November 10, 2025 at 4:36 PM
“The President sent his lawyer to negotiate a settlement with a convicted sex trafficker to provide cushy accommodation in exchange for her silence on his participation in said sex trafficking” is a cold description of the facts of an insane story that the media doesn’t find worthy of scrutiny
real talk I don't think the Andy Pages swing at Clasé's deliberate ball was that bad. He got fooled by a slider! Later in the at bat he got his bat on another slider in the same place (and grounded out weakly)! Hernández's swing on the final pitch was worse!
www.mlb.com/video/enriqu...
www.mlb.com/video/enriqu...
Emmanuel Clase seals Guardians' comeback win with K | 05/28/2025
Emmanuel Clase strikes out Enrique Hernández to secure the Guardians' 7-4 comeback win
www.mlb.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
real talk I don't think the Andy Pages swing at Clasé's deliberate ball was that bad. He got fooled by a slider! Later in the at bat he got his bat on another slider in the same place (and grounded out weakly)! Hernández's swing on the final pitch was worse!
www.mlb.com/video/enriqu...
www.mlb.com/video/enriqu...
very interesting thread. sounds like it might be the classic "center squeeze" issue with RCV, where a consensus second-choice candidate, who'd win any election head-to-head, gets too few first-choice votes to survive round 1
[assuming Fateh voters largely preferred the other candidates to Frey]
[assuming Fateh voters largely preferred the other candidates to Frey]
I am still so mad about this that I broke out the colored pencils, so I could do a little RCV explainer. Something is seriously wrong with me that this is what I am doing with my Saturday night, but here goes (a thread):
We wouldn’t need center left orgs if we had progressive electeds and orgs that took seriously the shape of our electorate, how RCV actually works, & were serious about beating Jacob. Either they don’t understand how the shape of our electorate plays out in RCV or they don’t care about beating him.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
very interesting thread. sounds like it might be the classic "center squeeze" issue with RCV, where a consensus second-choice candidate, who'd win any election head-to-head, gets too few first-choice votes to survive round 1
[assuming Fateh voters largely preferred the other candidates to Frey]
[assuming Fateh voters largely preferred the other candidates to Frey]
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Really helpful thread explaining something I will admit I hadn’t understood about ranked choice voting:
I am still so mad about this that I broke out the colored pencils, so I could do a little RCV explainer. Something is seriously wrong with me that this is what I am doing with my Saturday night, but here goes (a thread):
We wouldn’t need center left orgs if we had progressive electeds and orgs that took seriously the shape of our electorate, how RCV actually works, & were serious about beating Jacob. Either they don’t understand how the shape of our electorate plays out in RCV or they don’t care about beating him.
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Really helpful thread explaining something I will admit I hadn’t understood about ranked choice voting:
AO3 about to become the engine of our economy
November 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
AO3 about to become the engine of our economy
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I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
the harris campaign said the “they/them” ad didn’t sway the election.
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
one of the trump campaign’s top strategists this week said trans rights isn’t in the top five issues for swing voters.
when will the press stop talking about us like we’re a liability and start looking itself in the mirror
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I think a number of press outlets badly want there to be a groundswell of anti-trans feeling, because the ownership/senior editorial of those papers have absolutely cooked their own brains on transphobia. It seems to be largely an elite psychosis!
oh my god protect this precious boy. please don't let him milkshake duck
November 9, 2025 at 2:30 PM
oh my god protect this precious boy. please don't let him milkshake duck
@jfruh.bsky.social's suggestion that Hagar might write a book called "Horrible, and Profitable: What Today’s Leaders Can Learn From My Years Of Terror Around The North Sea Littoral" set my mind a certain way. then I had to avoid the obvious rhyme for "littoral"
joshreads.com/2025/11/plea...
joshreads.com/2025/11/plea...
November 9, 2025 at 1:37 PM
@jfruh.bsky.social's suggestion that Hagar might write a book called "Horrible, and Profitable: What Today’s Leaders Can Learn From My Years Of Terror Around The North Sea Littoral" set my mind a certain way. then I had to avoid the obvious rhyme for "littoral"
joshreads.com/2025/11/plea...
joshreads.com/2025/11/plea...
the virgin "ask the chatbot for papers with 'for' in the title" vs. the chad "search philpapers dot org for '"foundations for"'"
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
the virgin "ask the chatbot for papers with 'for' in the title" vs. the chad "search philpapers dot org for '"foundations for"'"
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WARNING: spoilers for Rise of Skywalker
November 8, 2025 at 10:57 PM
WARNING: spoilers for Rise of Skywalker
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Mamdani embodies a pro-Palestinian politics that truly distinguishes between the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and truly takes antisemitism seriously as its own problem. That makes him a threat to those who want to absolutely conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, whether the ADL or WoL.
The pro-Palestine group Within Our Lifetime has already decided that Zohran Mamdani has sold out the pro-Palestine cause... by condemning swastikas drawn on a Jewish day school in Brooklyn. forward.com/culture/7822...
Mamdani's first statement on antisemitism as mayor-elect got some weird pushback
After someone spraypainted a swastika on a yeshiva, Zohran Mamdani condemned antisemitism. Somehow, this generated conspiracy theories.
forward.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Mamdani embodies a pro-Palestinian politics that truly distinguishes between the state of Israel and the Jewish people, and truly takes antisemitism seriously as its own problem. That makes him a threat to those who want to absolutely conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, whether the ADL or WoL.
album cover with a vehicle
November 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
album cover with a vehicle
there used to be Election Twitter and now there's Ballot the BlueSky
November 8, 2025 at 5:08 PM
there used to be Election Twitter and now there's Ballot the BlueSky
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not great for making the (correct) case that antizionism≠antisemitism to say that anti-antisemitism=zionism
November 8, 2025 at 4:42 PM
not great for making the (correct) case that antizionism≠antisemitism to say that anti-antisemitism=zionism
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oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
Axios tried to bust James Talarico for following adult content creators on Instagram and I'm genuinely impressed by his campaign's response
November 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
oh so these people do pay attention to who politicians follow on social media, they just don’t care that the vice president follows a bunch of actual neo-nazis
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My 8th-amendment lawyer spouse just now: “I have literally been locked in rooms with death row inmates who committed horrible murders, and Elon is more fucked up and unnerving by a lot”
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Elon has never experienced this and neither have his biggest fans but now they can create these visuals with the help of a computermachine
November 8, 2025 at 4:46 PM
My 8th-amendment lawyer spouse just now: “I have literally been locked in rooms with death row inmates who committed horrible murders, and Elon is more fucked up and unnerving by a lot”
bsky.app/profile/jess...
bsky.app/profile/jess...
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Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | The sandwich thrower was wrong. But Jeanine Pirro was, too.
To establish a forcible assault, jurors were required to find that Dunn caused “reasonable apprehension of immediate bodily harm.” That allegation was laughable.
www.msnbc.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Sandwich verdict wasn’t jury nullification. It was failure to prove the required “reasonable fear of physical injury” in a case where the agent was wearing A BULLETPROOF VEST. The only crime was the waste of resources on this case. My thoughts in @MSNBCDaily.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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All my life I was told I was Jewish, I was stopped by Hasids on the streets asking me to wrap Tefillin, I was invited to Jewish holidays from strangers, etc.
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
October 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
All my life I was told I was Jewish, I was stopped by Hasids on the streets asking me to wrap Tefillin, I was invited to Jewish holidays from strangers, etc.
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
The ONLY time I’ve been told I’m NOT a real Jew is when I criticize Israel.
Go fuck yourself Alex
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the position of the right wing is that the government is too stupid to buy things for the constituents, but it *is* smart enough to figure out how much money constiuents need to buy the same things
November 8, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the position of the right wing is that the government is too stupid to buy things for the constituents, but it *is* smart enough to figure out how much money constiuents need to buy the same things
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Some context from @stevevladeck.bsky.social on what KBJ is doing www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on why Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Some context from @stevevladeck.bsky.social on what KBJ is doing www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-w...
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Guy with a sandwich: “Fuck you armed agent of the state.”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
Breaking News: Cornell University reached an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions in funding to the university. It's expected to pay a $30 million fine to the government and to invest $30 million in agriculture and farming programs.
Cornell Reaches Deal with Trump Administration to Restore Research Funds
The Ivy League university had warned of layoffs after the Trump administration stripped it of funds this year. The cuts were among the deepest in higher education.
nyti.ms
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Guy with a sandwich: “Fuck you armed agent of the state.”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
Ivy League: “I will eat my poop and thank you for it because I’m scared of a Fox News personality cosplaying as a lawyer”
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If it’s not too early for this annual reminder: remember not to give one single penny to these guys this Christmas.
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If it’s not too early for this annual reminder: remember not to give one single penny to these guys this Christmas.