M. Cooper
@mattwritesbooks.bsky.social
Writer, painter, creative mind. I Won’t Tell Them Your Name is available on Kindle and paperback now ❤️
I don’t put up with random arguments with strangers. One reply, then block.
I don’t put up with random arguments with strangers. One reply, then block.
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Every jobs report is like look, we wrecked the economy, but we swear that’s a good thing
February 10, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Every jobs report is like look, we wrecked the economy, but we swear that’s a good thing
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"We left with all of my children" is a very strange thing to say.
VAN HOLLEN: Did you in fact make the visit to Epstein's private island?
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
LUTNICK: I did have lunch w/ him as I was on a boat going across on a family vacation. My wife was with me as were my 4 children and nannies. We had lunch on the island. That's true. For an hour. We left with all of my children
February 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"We left with all of my children" is a very strange thing to say.
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LFG
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
LFG
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Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Ring is a wildly dangerous company. Always has been. But it has sort of flown under the radar the last couple years as it tried to soften its image. Make no mistake that this is an extremely dangerous surveillance dragnet:
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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It must be so cool to know that your congressional representative will never do a single thing to improve your life unless you already have $100 million, and sees his job as a lifetime appointment whose duties amount to getting extremely upset about TV and doing a bunch of sweaty posts about it.
February 10, 2026 at 4:36 PM
It must be so cool to know that your congressional representative will never do a single thing to improve your life unless you already have $100 million, and sees his job as a lifetime appointment whose duties amount to getting extremely upset about TV and doing a bunch of sweaty posts about it.
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Why does it still exist
Harry fled to America. William bought a “forever home” in the woods and barely wants to be seen in public/won’t live in London.
The Queen protected her favorite son, Andrew, which unfortunately will be what she is remembered for if he brings the monarchy down for good.
Harry fled to America. William bought a “forever home” in the woods and barely wants to be seen in public/won’t live in London.
The Queen protected her favorite son, Andrew, which unfortunately will be what she is remembered for if he brings the monarchy down for good.
Rep. Ro Khanna: The British monarchy is ‘the most vulnerable it has ever been’ www.celebitchy.com/961314/
Rep. Ro Khanna: The British monarchy is ‘the most vulnerable it has ever been’
Rep. Ro Khanna: The British monarchy is ‘the most vulnerable it has ever been’
www.celebitchy.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Why does it still exist
Harry fled to America. William bought a “forever home” in the woods and barely wants to be seen in public/won’t live in London.
The Queen protected her favorite son, Andrew, which unfortunately will be what she is remembered for if he brings the monarchy down for good.
Harry fled to America. William bought a “forever home” in the woods and barely wants to be seen in public/won’t live in London.
The Queen protected her favorite son, Andrew, which unfortunately will be what she is remembered for if he brings the monarchy down for good.
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House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
February 10, 2026 at 3:15 PM
House Oversight hearing on ICE opens with the rules:
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
"It is also a clear violation of the rules of the House to make statements that might personally be offensive to the President or the Vice President of the United States."
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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good thread documenting what's going on here but I think it's important to emphasize this is 100% on the judges. If every DoJ attorney headed into federal court knew that this sort of behavior would result in immediate sanctions or recommendations for disbarment from a federal judge, it would end.
NEW: Federal judges are increasingly furious at what they see as a pattern / playbook of defiance by the Trump administration to court orders in immigration cases — in Minnesota and around the country.
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
Here’s a look at what they’re seeing: www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
How the Trump administration skirts — and defies — court rulings on ICE detentions
A POLITICO review of hundreds of cases brought by ICE detainees shows a pattern of noncompliance that has frustrated judges across the country.
www.politico.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:57 PM
good thread documenting what's going on here but I think it's important to emphasize this is 100% on the judges. If every DoJ attorney headed into federal court knew that this sort of behavior would result in immediate sanctions or recommendations for disbarment from a federal judge, it would end.
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The thing is... a lot of that was predicated on Black culture...
people born in america probably don’t realize how cool america used to be. the death of US soft power is going to have long term consequences we are only beginning to see
February 10, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The thing is... a lot of that was predicated on Black culture...
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Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Listen to this. Not a penny more for this. Abolish and prosecute anyone who had anything to do with it.
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And it is well known that Rikers is inhumane hence the calls to close it
Right now Rikers Island, the physically largest jail in the entire United States, is holding under 7,000 people.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
ICE's warehouse plans include detention camps which will hold between 8,500-10,000 people in buildings not designed for human habitation.
February 10, 2026 at 3:44 PM
And it is well known that Rikers is inhumane hence the calls to close it
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Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Emails from 2016 Show Amazon Ring's Hold on the LAPD Through Camera Giveaways
In March 2016, “smart” doorbell camera maker Ring was a growing company attempting to market its wireless smart security camera when it received an email from an officer in the Los Angeles Police Depa...
www.eff.org
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Since we're re-litigating Ring's sins: How did they grow so fast?
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
Until 2016, Ring gave out free/discounted cameras to police & giving cops perks if the public (including victims of crimes) used the officer's discount code to buy cameras--all of which meant Ring essentially made cops salespeople.
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This should be less understood as "white immigrants are in equal danger" and more "a machine that eats misery will eat everything in its path"
"A modern-day concentration camp ... People have been killed by the staff here." Irish citizen Seamus Culleton has been in ICE detention since September, despite having a valid work permit and his own business in the US.
February 10, 2026 at 3:43 PM
This should be less understood as "white immigrants are in equal danger" and more "a machine that eats misery will eat everything in its path"
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have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 3:14 PM
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
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“Judicial review of the rollback may take months or years. But the repeal will have immediate effects by negating climate standards for passenger cars and commercial trucks, leaving the highest-emitting U.S. sector unregulated for carbon.” www.eenews.net/articles/her... (amazingly…
Here’s what could happen when the endangerment finding dies
States, courts and Congress could be forced to fill the climate policy vacuum.
www.eenews.net
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 PM
“Judicial review of the rollback may take months or years. But the repeal will have immediate effects by negating climate standards for passenger cars and commercial trucks, leaving the highest-emitting U.S. sector unregulated for carbon.” www.eenews.net/articles/her... (amazingly…
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Gay was the easiest thing to explain to my son. I was literally just “sometimes two men or two women fall in love.” “Ok, cool. What’s a war?”
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Gay was the easiest thing to explain to my son. I was literally just “sometimes two men or two women fall in love.” “Ok, cool. What’s a war?”
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Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
February 10, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Finding out that top execs from both LifeTouch and Chuck E. Cheese are in the Epstein files has pissed me off in a way that I didn’t think was still possible.
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Reminder that we can submit support tickets. support.discord.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Reminder that we can submit support tickets. support.discord.com
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The NSW government claims everyone 'lacks context', so we spoke to an officer hear his story. chaser.com.au/general-news...
February 10, 2026 at 6:41 AM
The NSW government claims everyone 'lacks context', so we spoke to an officer hear his story. chaser.com.au/general-news...
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I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.
NEWS: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept his job, got 'no discipline' on his record, UAW says.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
UAW: Ford worker who heckled Trump kept job, 'no discipline' on record
The United Auto Workers union said TJ Sabula remains employed and called out the president for making an obscene gesture toward the worker.
www.detroitnews.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:18 PM
I really want people to think about this. After all the insane lawsuits, all the threats, all the bullshit weve seen from this admin and the targets who kneeled in fear, an average Joe called the president a Pedophile protector to his face and didn't get touched. That's the Power of a union.
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Discord leadership only people on planet who think adding age verification to Discord a good idea:
aftermath.site/discord-age-ve...
aftermath.site/discord-age-ve...
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Discord leadership only people on planet who think adding age verification to Discord a good idea:
aftermath.site/discord-age-ve...
aftermath.site/discord-age-ve...
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Happy birthday Firewatch ❤️🔥
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Gimme a buck on ko-fi or Patreon if you feel like it (I do not make money from this video)
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Gimme a buck on ko-fi or Patreon if you feel like it (I do not make money from this video)
February 10, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Happy birthday Firewatch ❤️🔥
youtu.be/AbpFchnkTOc?...
Gimme a buck on ko-fi or Patreon if you feel like it (I do not make money from this video)
youtu.be/AbpFchnkTOc?...
Gimme a buck on ko-fi or Patreon if you feel like it (I do not make money from this video)
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Ramadan is just around the corner. While homes around the world are preparing joyfully, our house is destroyed, and my daughters are waiting for safety before celebrating.
I'm not asking for luxuries, just the necessities to live this holy month with dignity.
- Sama’a 🤍
chuffed.org/project/157569
I'm not asking for luxuries, just the necessities to live this holy month with dignity.
- Sama’a 🤍
chuffed.org/project/157569
February 10, 2026 at 6:12 AM
Ramadan is just around the corner. While homes around the world are preparing joyfully, our house is destroyed, and my daughters are waiting for safety before celebrating.
I'm not asking for luxuries, just the necessities to live this holy month with dignity.
- Sama’a 🤍
chuffed.org/project/157569
I'm not asking for luxuries, just the necessities to live this holy month with dignity.
- Sama’a 🤍
chuffed.org/project/157569