Matt Reece
@mreece.bsky.social
physicist, obsessed with axions. Boston resident. never had a twitter or a mastodon, but here I am, inexplicably.
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Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Whenever some sanctimonious Dem announces that America needs a functioning Republican Party, I always think “I’d settle for a functioning Democratic Party.”
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This. MA's senators are generally among the best but I will vote for Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov in a primary without any hesitation.
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This. MA's senators are generally among the best but I will vote for Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov in a primary without any hesitation.
A shameful choice from Cornell.
BREAKING: Cornell University reaches a deal with the Trump administration to restore withheld federal funding.
Cornell University announces deal with Trump administration to restore withheld federal funding
Cornell University has agreed to pay $60 million and accept the Trump administration’s interpretation of civil rights laws in order to restore federal funding and end investigations into the Ivy League school.
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A shameful choice from Cornell.
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Judge McConnell basically walked them through the math, called all their arguments bullshit, and entered the order that the gov't stop playing games with the money while kids go hungry.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Judge McConnell basically walked them through the math, called all their arguments bullshit, and entered the order that the gov't stop playing games with the money while kids go hungry.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
Didn't even give the gov't the chance to respond.
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I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I'm happy that Mamdani won. But I won't let that get in the way of my celebrating Cuomo losing.
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Residents, businesses, food pantries to try to ensure nobody starves because of President Golden Ballroom (tried to list some resources; if you know of others, let me know)
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
October 30, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Residents, businesses, food pantries to try to ensure nobody starves because of President Golden Ballroom (tried to list some resources; if you know of others, let me know)
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
www.universalhub.com/2025/residen...
#Boston #SNAP
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No child should go to bed hungry and no family should have to choose between paying for medicine or putting food on the table.
But under this Republican government shutdown, that’s becoming a reality for many.
Here are two food bank resources for folks in the MA-7th:
But under this Republican government shutdown, that’s becoming a reality for many.
Here are two food bank resources for folks in the MA-7th:
October 23, 2025 at 1:49 AM
No child should go to bed hungry and no family should have to choose between paying for medicine or putting food on the table.
But under this Republican government shutdown, that’s becoming a reality for many.
Here are two food bank resources for folks in the MA-7th:
But under this Republican government shutdown, that’s becoming a reality for many.
Here are two food bank resources for folks in the MA-7th:
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Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
October 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Picture of the East Wing demolition of the White House taken on my flight out of DCA.
Readers of Richard Scarry know how the Louvre thief will be caught.
October 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Readers of Richard Scarry know how the Louvre thief will be caught.
Wondering when people who talk about “theta vacua” will realize it’s equally well-motivated to make any parameter into a space of “vacua.” Electron mass vacua! Top Yukawa vacua! Higgs mass vacua! Go wild, folks. Can’t wait to see what wacky insights you come up with.
October 16, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Wondering when people who talk about “theta vacua” will realize it’s equally well-motivated to make any parameter into a space of “vacua.” Electron mass vacua! Top Yukawa vacua! Higgs mass vacua! Go wild, folks. Can’t wait to see what wacky insights you come up with.
Hoping this planned "Zhu Restaurant" is actually named 猪.
News -- Zhu restaurant plans to open in the former Lir space in Boston's Back Bay. bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com/2025/10/zhu-...
#restaurant #boston #backbay
#restaurant #boston #backbay
Zhu Restaurant Plans to Open in the Former Lir Space in Boston's Back Bay
It looks like an Asian restaurant could be opening in the Back Bay of Boston, moving into the space where an Irish pub had been. According t...
bostonrestaurants.blogspot.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hoping this planned "Zhu Restaurant" is actually named 猪.
The rules have tightened, but it's true: students would tell me they were taking another class meeting at the same time as mine, or that they would be in Europe for months training for an athletic competition, and when I objected, would tell me it wasn't up to me. Deans let them do it.
This sentence was a bit of a record scratch moment for me. “Harvard may be partly to blame for encouraging student absences, with a policy that allows students to enroll in two classes that meet at the same time.”
Harvard Students Skip Class and Still Get High Grades, Faculty Say
www.nytimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The rules have tightened, but it's true: students would tell me they were taking another class meeting at the same time as mine, or that they would be in Europe for months training for an athletic competition, and when I objected, would tell me it wasn't up to me. Deans let them do it.
It just keeps going. As if Harvard hadn’t already betrayed its principles over and over to placate them.
Federal government formally recommends barring Harvard from receiving federal funds - The Boston Globe
The university has 20 days to notify the HHS civil rights office of whether it will contest the move.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 29, 2025 at 10:56 PM
It just keeps going. As if Harvard hadn’t already betrayed its principles over and over to placate them.
Something I’ve heard that isn’t in the Crimson article: some grants received reinstatement notices after the court decision, but then received new termination notices giving different reasons for termination than the original notices. They are not planning to pay Harvard what they legally owe.
Two Weeks After Court Ruling, Harvard’s Researchers Are Still Waiting for Grants | News | The Harvard Crimson
Nearly two weeks after a federal judge ruled the Trump administration’s freeze on Harvard’s federal funding was unconstitutional, Harvard’s researchers are still waiting to get their money back.
www.thecrimson.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Something I’ve heard that isn’t in the Crimson article: some grants received reinstatement notices after the court decision, but then received new termination notices giving different reasons for termination than the original notices. They are not planning to pay Harvard what they legally owe.
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Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
September 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Melissa Hortman practiced politics the right way.
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Get out and vote TODAY, Boston! 🗳️
Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.
Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.
September 9, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Get out and vote TODAY, Boston! 🗳️
Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.
Check where you vote at wheredoivotema.com and find more voting info at michelleforboston.com/vote.
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accurate depiction of yudkowsky in case anyone is confused
September 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM
accurate depiction of yudkowsky in case anyone is confused
How can anyone write this without mentioning one of Steve Ditko's most famous creations? This is the article visible in an early scene of a movie to foreshadow the horror that awaits, right?
One Maine scientist can’t sleep at night because he’s thinking about how this creature could unlock human regeneration - The Boston Globe
Could a slimy, cute little specimen change modern medicine?
www.bostonglobe.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
How can anyone write this without mentioning one of Steve Ditko's most famous creations? This is the article visible in an early scene of a movie to foreshadow the horror that awaits, right?
Not the first time in the last ten years or so I’ve felt like we’re living in a Paul Verhoeven movie, but one of the most over the top.
they get snapped in on-the-nose satirical pictures in front of this mural so often you’d think they were posing for them
August 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Not the first time in the last ten years or so I’ve felt like we’re living in a Paul Verhoeven movie, but one of the most over the top.
Looking at my ballot, options for #Boston city councillor are the incumbent who wants to undo vital safety improvements on Tremont St by my home, someone who worked on the Trump campaign, and someone I can find literally no information about online. Leave it blank? Write in Keytar Bear? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
August 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Looking at my ballot, options for #Boston city councillor are the incumbent who wants to undo vital safety improvements on Tremont St by my home, someone who worked on the Trump campaign, and someone I can find literally no information about online. Leave it blank? Write in Keytar Bear? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Absolutely appalling. I didn’t think I had a very rosy view of our institutions before, but they are all proving to be much more craven and willing to hurt vulnerable people than I thought possible.
Brown also agreed to adopt Trump’s definitions of a male and female, which were laid out in an executive order in January, for women’s sports, programing, facilities, and housing.
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/30/m...
Brown University reaches agreement with Trump administration to restore federal research funding - The Boston Globe
The deal settles three open investigations into the university, and does not require the Ivy League institution to admit any wrongdoing or make a payment to the federal government.
www.bostonglobe.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Absolutely appalling. I didn’t think I had a very rosy view of our institutions before, but they are all proving to be much more craven and willing to hurt vulnerable people than I thought possible.
I wanted to object but then I remembered a big conference in Madrid that served a different preparation of gazpacho at lunch every day and I have to admit that was pretty exciting.
I have probably a hundred college professors following me and 100% of them look like they work too much for too little money and the biggest excitement they get is having good soup
What the fuck is this guy talking about?
You get the sense that perhaps deBoer has never been to a college in this U.S. before, or that he doesn't really know what a college is
You get the sense that perhaps deBoer has never been to a college in this U.S. before, or that he doesn't really know what a college is
July 25, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I wanted to object but then I remembered a big conference in Madrid that served a different preparation of gazpacho at lunch every day and I have to admit that was pretty exciting.
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Perhaps merit-based decisions will finally let us stop having to hear from Larry Summers
Larry Summers blesses the deal Columbia cut with Trump administration
July 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Perhaps merit-based decisions will finally let us stop having to hear from Larry Summers