Matison W. McCool
@matwmccool.bsky.social
Dad, music listener toer, & research assistant professor at UNM CASAA.
Harm reduction saves lives and I’m sick of people dying.
My opinions represent my own calamity.
Harm reduction saves lives and I’m sick of people dying.
My opinions represent my own calamity.
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“The general strike is the name for when the riot, the strike, and the commune all happen at once,” late theorist Joshua Clover said..."that’s the day, the week, or the year where there will be a role for everyone.” There is a role for everyone; that time must be now theintercept.com/2026/01/24/s...
We Can Fight This: Minnesota’s General Strike Shows How
A day before Alex Pretti’s brutal killing by federal agents in the Minneapolis steets, Minnesota showed us a way forward: the general strike.
theintercept.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:13 AM
“The general strike is the name for when the riot, the strike, and the commune all happen at once,” late theorist Joshua Clover said..."that’s the day, the week, or the year where there will be a role for everyone.” There is a role for everyone; that time must be now theintercept.com/2026/01/24/s...
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Attached is the letter I sent this afternoon to State Secretary Belio (Spain), and Mrs. Roberta Metsola (President of the European Parliament) regarding recent events in the United States, asking them to take action to preserve the dignity and sanctity of human life and to preserve global democracy.
January 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Attached is the letter I sent this afternoon to State Secretary Belio (Spain), and Mrs. Roberta Metsola (President of the European Parliament) regarding recent events in the United States, asking them to take action to preserve the dignity and sanctity of human life and to preserve global democracy.
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I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
January 24, 2026 at 11:01 PM
I’m completely fed up with elected Representatives saying shit like, “Republicans will tell you behind closed doors that they don’t agree with what ICE is doing”.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
Playtime is over. Professional courtesy no longer exists.
Name them, record them, and make it public.
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attention texans: are you a lawyer, do you know lawyers willing to file pro bono habeas petitions for Minnesotans that have been sent here?
please reach out via DM (and not just with links to already swamped nonprofits though)
please reach out via DM (and not just with links to already swamped nonprofits though)
January 22, 2026 at 3:45 PM
attention texans: are you a lawyer, do you know lawyers willing to file pro bono habeas petitions for Minnesotans that have been sent here?
please reach out via DM (and not just with links to already swamped nonprofits though)
please reach out via DM (and not just with links to already swamped nonprofits though)
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NEW: A state House panel voted 4-2 along party lines Thursday afternoon to advance a bill banning local governments in New Mexico from contracting with the federal government to run immigration detention centers. sfnm.co/45TA4Ok
House committee votes to ban ICE detention facilities in New Mexico
"We have the power to stand up against this campaign of terror and intimidation," said Rep. Eleanor Chávez, D-Albuquerque.
sfnm.co
January 22, 2026 at 11:09 PM
NEW: A state House panel voted 4-2 along party lines Thursday afternoon to advance a bill banning local governments in New Mexico from contracting with the federal government to run immigration detention centers. sfnm.co/45TA4Ok
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I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
January 22, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I fear my tipping point into madness is "Thus is un-American" posts in response to ICE terrorizing immigrants. I beg you to open Wikipedia (I would say a book but let's start small) and read up on The Trail of Tears, Fugitive Slave Catchers, Japanese internment, Indian Boarding schools & Jim Crow
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Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
Dr. Gladys West, Mathematician Whose Work Made GPS Possible, Dies at 95
ALEXANDRIA, VA — Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She passed away
thezebra.org
January 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.
I come back to MLKs speech to my profession often. His ‘67 speech to the APA calls on social scientists to “disclose the suicide instinct that governs the administration and Congress in their total failure to respond constructively.” To critically examine the inaction of white Americans.
January 19, 2026 at 4:16 PM
I come back to MLKs speech to my profession often. His ‘67 speech to the APA calls on social scientists to “disclose the suicide instinct that governs the administration and Congress in their total failure to respond constructively.” To critically examine the inaction of white Americans.
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I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
January 16, 2026 at 10:10 PM
I have the utmost respect for Senator Kaine and Senator Warner but we do not need “coaching” on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
this ben bernanke guys alright.
January 12, 2026 at 1:48 AM
this ben bernanke guys alright.
Out of curiosity I added “Addiction Science” to my meta algo. The amount of addiction specific misinformation is profound and absolutely not coming from anyone in science. Worse was the amount of vaccine misinfo that began showing up saying it was coming from addiction science.
January 11, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Out of curiosity I added “Addiction Science” to my meta algo. The amount of addiction specific misinformation is profound and absolutely not coming from anyone in science. Worse was the amount of vaccine misinfo that began showing up saying it was coming from addiction science.
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I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
January 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
I hate to break it to you, but heavily-armed government militias are roaming unchecked through US cities and shooting human rights observers dead in the streets. That's happening in our country.
I’m no historian but I always thought the Monroe doctrine was about NOT colonizing South America and Teddy reverse uno’d that one.
January 6, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I’m no historian but I always thought the Monroe doctrine was about NOT colonizing South America and Teddy reverse uno’d that one.
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Trump promised to bring back American industry but his administration can't even manufacture consent for unconstitutional war.
January 3, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Trump promised to bring back American industry but his administration can't even manufacture consent for unconstitutional war.
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But in the tech startup space, the reward is cold hard cash.
Reputation schmeputation.
And so this requires a very different sort of due diligence from science reporters who, because of their domain of work, are used to interviewing reasonably trustworthy subjects.
Nature etc. have yet to adapt.
Reputation schmeputation.
And so this requires a very different sort of due diligence from science reporters who, because of their domain of work, are used to interviewing reasonably trustworthy subjects.
Nature etc. have yet to adapt.
December 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
But in the tech startup space, the reward is cold hard cash.
Reputation schmeputation.
And so this requires a very different sort of due diligence from science reporters who, because of their domain of work, are used to interviewing reasonably trustworthy subjects.
Nature etc. have yet to adapt.
Reputation schmeputation.
And so this requires a very different sort of due diligence from science reporters who, because of their domain of work, are used to interviewing reasonably trustworthy subjects.
Nature etc. have yet to adapt.
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@degette.house.gov Let me second Colette's suggestion.
Waiting for RFK, Jr. to respond, writing strongly worded letters, furrowing brows, won't help.
Impeachment action is a next step if you are serious about American public health.
FYI. I directed an NIH institute from 2003-2011.
Waiting for RFK, Jr. to respond, writing strongly worded letters, furrowing brows, won't help.
Impeachment action is a next step if you are serious about American public health.
FYI. I directed an NIH institute from 2003-2011.
Dear @degette.house.gov,
While I appreciate your continued fight for science…this is the definition of insanity.
Why would RFK Jr. choose the 17th or 25th or 47th time to respond.
The time for accountability is NOW. Please co-sponsor the articles of impeachment against him. Lives are on the line.
While I appreciate your continued fight for science…this is the definition of insanity.
Why would RFK Jr. choose the 17th or 25th or 47th time to respond.
The time for accountability is NOW. Please co-sponsor the articles of impeachment against him. Lives are on the line.
December 28, 2025 at 9:44 PM
@degette.house.gov Let me second Colette's suggestion.
Waiting for RFK, Jr. to respond, writing strongly worded letters, furrowing brows, won't help.
Impeachment action is a next step if you are serious about American public health.
FYI. I directed an NIH institute from 2003-2011.
Waiting for RFK, Jr. to respond, writing strongly worded letters, furrowing brows, won't help.
Impeachment action is a next step if you are serious about American public health.
FYI. I directed an NIH institute from 2003-2011.
As someone who’s had anosmia for like 15 years, I VERY occasionally get a whiff of a smell. Today it was milk, I wish that experience on no one.
December 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
As someone who’s had anosmia for like 15 years, I VERY occasionally get a whiff of a smell. Today it was milk, I wish that experience on no one.
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“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:53 AM
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
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We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 2:55 PM
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
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The NIH director is a shameless and fully committed political operative.
We gave Jay Bhattacharya an opportunity to clarify his vaccine stance: does he REALLY believe that the vaccine is worse than the disease? Instead, he launched into a defense of MAHA as the future of scientific inquiry, and never really gave us a straight answer...
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
@repauchincloss.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 1:24 AM
The NIH director is a shameless and fully committed political operative.
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White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
December 10, 2025 at 10:00 PM
White House Begins Christmas Season With Ceremonial Lighting Of Cross
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First BlackRock in Minnesota. Now Blackstone, the world's largest private equity firm, is buying a utility based in New Mexico. Blackstone also runs data centers in the state, and critics believe it will leverage its utility ownership to benefit those investments. James Baratta reports:
Private Equity’s Utility Spending Spree Threatens New Mexico - The American Prospect
Two firms are vying for control over much of New Mexico’s energy infrastructure, but consumer advocates are fighting back.
prospect.org
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
First BlackRock in Minnesota. Now Blackstone, the world's largest private equity firm, is buying a utility based in New Mexico. Blackstone also runs data centers in the state, and critics believe it will leverage its utility ownership to benefit those investments. James Baratta reports:
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BREAKING‼️ @rephaleystevens.bsky.social files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. for his actions as Health Secretary endangering American lives.
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
December 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
BREAKING‼️ @rephaleystevens.bsky.social files articles of impeachment against RFK Jr. for his actions as Health Secretary endangering American lives.
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
This is a huge victory in our fight. Take action with us! #ImpeachRFKJR #Impeachthequack
www.standupforscience.net/impeach-rfkjr
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🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
December 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
🚨 Today, I formally introduced articles of impeachment against Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.
RFK Jr. has turned his back on science and the safety of the American people. Michiganders cannot take another day of his chaos.