MattyBeRad
@mattyberad.bsky.social
Writer, woodworker, tenant organizer, law student. He/him
www.barad.me
www.barad.me
Pinned
MattyBeRad
@mattyberad.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Conservatives are a Danger to Children
While conservatives claim to fear for kids, they adopt policies, elect leaders, and foster cultures dedicated to child abuse.
mattyberad.medium.com
The GOP is the party of pedophiles. Unforgivable to throw trans people under the bus on their behalf.
mattyberad.medium.com/conservative...
mattyberad.medium.com/conservative...
Most important thing to know about this administration is that (1) it is filled with people who do actually want to make America into Nazi Germany (but successful) and (2) it is prevented from doing so by physical limitations like state capacity, popular opposition, and what remains of federalism.
January 8, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Most important thing to know about this administration is that (1) it is filled with people who do actually want to make America into Nazi Germany (but successful) and (2) it is prevented from doing so by physical limitations like state capacity, popular opposition, and what remains of federalism.
This is basically how we justified the mexican american war btw. Marched a US army into Mexico and declared war when they were shot at. One of Lincoln's first ever speaches was pointing this out in the House.
How does launching air strikes and a commando raid fall under the remit of self defense for an arrest operation
January 3, 2026 at 3:06 PM
This is basically how we justified the mexican american war btw. Marched a US army into Mexico and declared war when they were shot at. One of Lincoln's first ever speaches was pointing this out in the House.
The United States has created a world order where it's rational for every state to be militaristic, insular, and authoritarian. Any pacifism or weakness and the US might destroy your government without cause. We don't get to cry dictator when the world order reacts to our violence.
January 3, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The United States has created a world order where it's rational for every state to be militaristic, insular, and authoritarian. Any pacifism or weakness and the US might destroy your government without cause. We don't get to cry dictator when the world order reacts to our violence.
I mean surely letting people complain and make conspiracies is a better outcome for trump than giving every liberal a signed letter from epatein calling Trump a pedophile they can wave in front of their conservative family at xmas.
Genuinely shocked to learn the epstein files were actually this damning. Makes you wonder why the fuck trump was playing with fire suggesting this or even signed the bill
December 24, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I mean surely letting people complain and make conspiracies is a better outcome for trump than giving every liberal a signed letter from epatein calling Trump a pedophile they can wave in front of their conservative family at xmas.
Genuinely shocked to learn the epstein files were actually this damning. Makes you wonder why the fuck trump was playing with fire suggesting this or even signed the bill
December 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Genuinely shocked to learn the epstein files were actually this damning. Makes you wonder why the fuck trump was playing with fire suggesting this or even signed the bill
Turns out when you remove the 'woke nonsense' from the FBI they get really fucking bad at their jobs
The local cops seems to have figured it out after some Reddit post got sent to their tipline.
The FBI was still going all "nuh-uh. Not connected!"
news.sky.com/story/how-a-...
Amazing times we live in.
The FBI was still going all "nuh-uh. Not connected!"
news.sky.com/story/how-a-...
Amazing times we live in.
How a Reddit post blew Brown University shooting investigation wide open
Frustration had mounted that the murderer had managed to get away and that a clear image of his face hadn't emerged - until a Reddit post finally put police on his trail.
news.sky.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Turns out when you remove the 'woke nonsense' from the FBI they get really fucking bad at their jobs
There are two ways to get an A in Oklahoma:
(1) work hard to write a good essay that follows the rubric.
(2) tell chatgpt to write about the culture war from Trump's side
(1) work hard to write a good essay that follows the rubric.
(2) tell chatgpt to write about the culture war from Trump's side
December 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
There are two ways to get an A in Oklahoma:
(1) work hard to write a good essay that follows the rubric.
(2) tell chatgpt to write about the culture war from Trump's side
(1) work hard to write a good essay that follows the rubric.
(2) tell chatgpt to write about the culture war from Trump's side
Reposted by MattyBeRad
INBOX: New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was heckled by State Rep. @heathhowardnh.com at the NH Dems dinner last night after she pushed to reopen the government without securing Obamacare protections.
Howard, who is running against Shaheen's daughter in the open #NH01 seat, later posted this on X:
Howard, who is running against Shaheen's daughter in the open #NH01 seat, later posted this on X:
November 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
INBOX: New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was heckled by State Rep. @heathhowardnh.com at the NH Dems dinner last night after she pushed to reopen the government without securing Obamacare protections.
Howard, who is running against Shaheen's daughter in the open #NH01 seat, later posted this on X:
Howard, who is running against Shaheen's daughter in the open #NH01 seat, later posted this on X:
Critical to remember metoo was powerful and huge until it became a democratic party nonprofit (MeTooMovement) which, immediately after formation, became a catch and kill operation for Biden's primary campaign.
in retrospect the metoo movement did not go too far and in fact should have been given spanish inquisition levels of power and authority
November 13, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Critical to remember metoo was powerful and huge until it became a democratic party nonprofit (MeTooMovement) which, immediately after formation, became a catch and kill operation for Biden's primary campaign.
Reposted by MattyBeRad
Air traffic controllers are resigning due to the stress inflicted by the government shutdown, a union president warned
Air Traffic Controllers Union Head Gives Dire Warning About How This Shutdown's Different
Nick Daniels, president of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, said workers have gone too long without paychecks to work safely.
www.huffpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Air traffic controllers are resigning due to the stress inflicted by the government shutdown, a union president warned
The Farmer's life is objectively worse in most ways -- less free time, hard labor, high stakes, little room for error -- but it's also the opposite of the labor and social alienation most of us feel. To have your labor produce literal fruit, and to have a mutually dependent community.
I completely understand the ennui experienced by the average person in our modern age but it's very funny to be like "This sucks I wish I was a farmer in the 1400s"
October 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Farmer's life is objectively worse in most ways -- less free time, hard labor, high stakes, little room for error -- but it's also the opposite of the labor and social alienation most of us feel. To have your labor produce literal fruit, and to have a mutually dependent community.
Reposted by MattyBeRad
I would love one theorist of "why the democratic party should go right on immigration" to 1) look at what Clinton and Obama and Biden actually did, and 2) to reckon with the fact that despite those overtures, Stephen Miller now has a goon army doing forcible deportations without due process
October 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I would love one theorist of "why the democratic party should go right on immigration" to 1) look at what Clinton and Obama and Biden actually did, and 2) to reckon with the fact that despite those overtures, Stephen Miller now has a goon army doing forcible deportations without due process
Reposted by MattyBeRad
I'm definitely becoming a year zero guy for social media. shut it the fuck down. go back to RSS feeds and vbulletin forums. it should be more costly run a social media platform, doing so should involve more legal exposure, and it should be more difficult to access them.
October 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
I'm definitely becoming a year zero guy for social media. shut it the fuck down. go back to RSS feeds and vbulletin forums. it should be more costly run a social media platform, doing so should involve more legal exposure, and it should be more difficult to access them.
Devastating: my commute audiobook uses dramatic irony at the core plot device.
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Devastating: my commute audiobook uses dramatic irony at the core plot device.
Reposted by MattyBeRad
The problem today isn't people questioning science, but that they don't want the answers. They assume gaps in their knowledge are universal. But scientists aren't idiots, and if you think you've found an obvious flaw in their arguments, it's usually you who have missed something.
October 26, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The problem today isn't people questioning science, but that they don't want the answers. They assume gaps in their knowledge are universal. But scientists aren't idiots, and if you think you've found an obvious flaw in their arguments, it's usually you who have missed something.
Putting 'teacher union during covid' next to 'police unions' as examples of bad unions is bonkers. These people apparently wanted more kids and teachers to die and think opposing that was as evil as police brutality.
Solidarity with unions makes sense as long as they show solidarity with other workers. Looking into many examples, police union, teamster, teacher union during covid, ... you realize they too live in neoliberal era: they represent narrow special interests. They act as shareholders of a company.
October 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Putting 'teacher union during covid' next to 'police unions' as examples of bad unions is bonkers. These people apparently wanted more kids and teachers to die and think opposing that was as evil as police brutality.
Reposted by MattyBeRad
I think a pseudo-niche political opinion that I’m developing is judge-maxing. Both the United States and the world generally need far greater number of judges. I think we need legal-abundance: an oversupplied court system able to both clear simple cases quickly and devote more time to complex ones.
October 26, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I think a pseudo-niche political opinion that I’m developing is judge-maxing. Both the United States and the world generally need far greater number of judges. I think we need legal-abundance: an oversupplied court system able to both clear simple cases quickly and devote more time to complex ones.
Ik it's annoying and banal to point out but at some point you just gotta say that, if a Democrat dog-catcher in Vermont did even one of Trump's daily corruption scandals it would be a month-long national news story. Media likes Trump and wants to help him win.
it’s wild that this is just sort of the most openly corrupt administration of all time and they’re just allowed to do that and most media doesn’t say a word about it
October 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ik it's annoying and banal to point out but at some point you just gotta say that, if a Democrat dog-catcher in Vermont did even one of Trump's daily corruption scandals it would be a month-long national news story. Media likes Trump and wants to help him win.
Reposted by MattyBeRad
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something
This is not true, at least not unless everyone gives up. If such a thing were tried, the richest and wealthiest states in the country would secede. It's easier to imagine America ending than America having a guy with 39% approvals as dictator for life.
Based on current trends and the way congress and the Supreme Court have bent the knee, there won't be a third term. The second term will become permanent. He will declare he is protecting the nation from illegal voting, and simply not allow elections or election results.
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is not true, at least not unless everyone gives up. If such a thing were tried, the richest and wealthiest states in the country would secede. It's easier to imagine America ending than America having a guy with 39% approvals as dictator for life.
Republicans oppose social programs because they make women and children harder to abuse.
i know we’re talking about the ACA but this was true for me and my bestfriend for ARPA. dv shelters were flush with cash for prob the first time ever. This meant i could flee with my dog and cat without a 10 month waitlist and traveling 300 miles. they covered a ~year of her and her kids rent.
My best friend was able to leave her abusive husband because the ACA made it possible for her to still get health insurance
October 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Republicans oppose social programs because they make women and children harder to abuse.
Reposted by MattyBeRad
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
October 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”
Reposted by MattyBeRad
This would have been the first ever assassins creed game I bought lol, oh well.
SCOOP: Last year, Ubisoft cancelled an Assassin's Creed game set during Reconstruction. Was to feature a Black Assassin who, among other things, fought the rise of the Klan
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Sources: Leadership nixed it over concerns re: U.S. political climate, backlash to Yasuke
www.gamefile.news/p/scoop-ubis...
Scoop: Ubisoft cancelled a post-Civil War Assassin’s Creed last year
Company leadership deemed the project too controversial for the moment, sources tell Game File
www.gamefile.news
October 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This would have been the first ever assassins creed game I bought lol, oh well.