Matt Davenport
@mrmattdavenport.bsky.social
"You ask too many questions, boy."
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A Black Hawk helicopter. SWAT teams repelling to the roof. 300 agents. Flash-bang grenades. A TV crew.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
“It’s 20,000 of them running through my house like we got Saddam Hussein in the closet."
For all that, fed prosecutors filed no criminal charges against anyone who was arrested.
Stunning report.
I got business cards today, which is super exciting. But it also reminded me I have still have most of a box left over from a previous job.
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I got business cards today, which is super exciting. But it also reminded me I have still have most of a box left over from a previous job.
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Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from disembodied prey discovered in Peru and Philippines www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
Tiny spiders turn their webs into 'theaters of deception' with giant 'puppets' to stave off predators
Researchers have documented the strange antics of two tropical spider species that build giant, arachnid-shaped decoys out of silk, plant matter and prey remains in their webs.
www.livescience.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from disembodied prey discovered in Peru and Philippines www.livescience.com/animals/spid...
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Cade Cunningham has the SECOND 40-point triple-double in Pistons franchise history
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
November 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Cade Cunningham has the SECOND 40-point triple-double in Pistons franchise history
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
The first since Isiah Thomas in 1983!
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Preliminary data from @umich.edu survey on student AI use for class.
Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies.
Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality
Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.
Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies.
Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality
Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Preliminary data from @umich.edu survey on student AI use for class.
Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies.
Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality
Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.
Most rarely/sometimes use AI & always follow class policies, but think others frequently use AI & only sometimes follow policies.
Perceptions of misuse ≠ reality
Misperceptions may provide implicit permission for misuse.
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Every time I see a band with pedal boards the size of command centers, they're deeply serious (and boring).
This is not that.
(Shout out to my colleague Nikki for booking Nova Twins at the Tiny Desk. This one rules.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
This is not that.
(Shout out to my colleague Nikki for booking Nova Twins at the Tiny Desk. This one rules.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
Nova Twins: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Every time I see a band with pedal boards the size of command centers, they're deeply serious (and boring).
This is not that.
(Shout out to my colleague Nikki for booking Nova Twins at the Tiny Desk. This one rules.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
This is not that.
(Shout out to my colleague Nikki for booking Nova Twins at the Tiny Desk. This one rules.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiOi...
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It's the first Friday of the month and we got no jobs data for the first time in 77 years. Hold me.
November 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's the first Friday of the month and we got no jobs data for the first time in 77 years. Hold me.
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1/ New research from our group @umich.edu in collaboration with MI DNR investigated if climate change is altering fish body size. Our team analyzed data from 13 species and 1,497 lakes from 1945-2020.
🐟 🧪 🌎🌐🌱
#climatescience #umichresearch
#blueskyscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🐟 🧪 🌎🌐🌱
#climatescience #umichresearch
#blueskyscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Long‐Term and Regional‐Scale Data Reveal Divergent Trends of Different Climate Variables on Fish Body Size Over 75 Years
This research demonstrated that over the past 75 years many ages of multiple species of freshwater fishes were decreasing in length through time and with increasing water temperatures. The largest de...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
1/ New research from our group @umich.edu in collaboration with MI DNR investigated if climate change is altering fish body size. Our team analyzed data from 13 species and 1,497 lakes from 1945-2020.
🐟 🧪 🌎🌐🌱
#climatescience #umichresearch
#blueskyscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🐟 🧪 🌎🌐🌱
#climatescience #umichresearch
#blueskyscience
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
November 5, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It’s hard to believe but there was a cartoon about an immigrant mouse and it was seen as totally fine and not controversial and not woke because it was an aspirational and nice thing about America that people could come here and find a better life
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ICYMI: After an August meeting on how the state permits large-scale animal feeding operations, Phil Roos, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, issued his final opinion laying out new terms for the permit.
@michiganadvance.com
michiganadvance.com/2025/11/03/s...
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State regulators tighten restrictions on Michigan factory farms to ensure protection for waterways • Michigan Advance
After meeting in August to hear arguments on updates to how the state permits large-scale animal feeding operations, Phil Roos, the director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and ...
michiganadvance.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:28 PM
ICYMI: After an August meeting on how the state permits large-scale animal feeding operations, Phil Roos, director of the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy, issued his final opinion laying out new terms for the permit.
@michiganadvance.com
michiganadvance.com/2025/11/03/s...
@michiganadvance.com
michiganadvance.com/2025/11/03/s...
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In which two of my interests overlap unexpectedly...
www.the-scientist.com/metal-vocali...
www.the-scientist.com/metal-vocali...
Metal Vocalists Scream for Science
Studying how performers who use harsh vocals structure their vocal tract can offer insights for voice coaches and people with speaking disorders.
www.the-scientist.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In which two of my interests overlap unexpectedly...
www.the-scientist.com/metal-vocali...
www.the-scientist.com/metal-vocali...
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"Michigan's 10-cent deposit... applies only to carbonated beverages, fizzy and bubbly drinks. But the number of beverages available to consumers has skyrocketed since the Bottle Bill was enacted in 1976. It was the following year, 1977, when Perrier launched a successful U.S. advertising campaign...
Michigan's 10-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program is on the decline. Here's why.
Bottle and can redemptions above a dime? More redemption-eligible containers? Those are among the ideas floated to bolster Michigan's declining program.
www.freep.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:46 PM
"Michigan's 10-cent deposit... applies only to carbonated beverages, fizzy and bubbly drinks. But the number of beverages available to consumers has skyrocketed since the Bottle Bill was enacted in 1976. It was the following year, 1977, when Perrier launched a successful U.S. advertising campaign...
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I don't know if that's true anymore. Real newspapers have a limited scope, the erosion of local news means that the bar for stuff to get reported on is quite high, and I see stuff on TikTok all of the time that people is saying is happening in their communities that I have no way to verify
I feel one million years old here, but we do actually have a pretty reliable way of knowing what news is true. Did a real newspaper publish it? Then probably yes. Can’t find it in a real newspaper? Maybe not.
A large majority of U.S. adults now get news digitally, but nondigital news consumers are less likely to say they extremely often or often encounter inaccurate news.
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
Read more on Americans’ views of information accuracy and distinguishing truth from fiction:
November 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I don't know if that's true anymore. Real newspapers have a limited scope, the erosion of local news means that the bar for stuff to get reported on is quite high, and I see stuff on TikTok all of the time that people is saying is happening in their communities that I have no way to verify
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The government shutdown is blocking funding for LIHEAP, an energy assistance program that helped over 400k Michiganders keep their heat on last winter, assisting another 129k with year round support. @planetdetroit.org
How government shutdown could add to strain on Michigan ratepayers
Michigan's energy assistance funding, crucial for vulnerable residents, is blocked by the federal government shutdown.
planetdetroit.org
November 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The government shutdown is blocking funding for LIHEAP, an energy assistance program that helped over 400k Michiganders keep their heat on last winter, assisting another 129k with year round support. @planetdetroit.org
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Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
His Brother Admitted To A Murder. He Is Set To Be Executed For It.
Next week, Tremane Wood will have the chance to make his case for mercy. Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death.
www.huffpost.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Tremane Wood is currently on death row, despite his older brother admitting to killing victim Ronnie Wipf in 2002.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
Next week, he will have the chance to make his case for mercy.
Oklahoma's attorney general is fighting to ensure his death anyway.
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Can we develop robots that anyone can teach new tricks? 🤖
In the latest episode, I chatted to Prof. Chad Jenkins from @umich.edu about #robot learning and perception.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod #Robots #Robotics #AI #MachineLearning
In the latest episode, I chatted to Prof. Chad Jenkins from @umich.edu about #robot learning and perception.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod #Robots #Robotics #AI #MachineLearning
October 30, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Can we develop robots that anyone can teach new tricks? 🤖
In the latest episode, I chatted to Prof. Chad Jenkins from @umich.edu about #robot learning and perception.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod #Robots #Robotics #AI #MachineLearning
In the latest episode, I chatted to Prof. Chad Jenkins from @umich.edu about #robot learning and perception.
Available wherever you get your podcasts: linktr.ee/robottalkpod #Robots #Robotics #AI #MachineLearning
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NEW: With #Medicaid work requirements looming, our team that's evaluating Michigan's Medicaid expansion just published new findings in @jamahealthforum.com about the intersection between coverage, health and work: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
October 31, 2025 at 3:26 PM
NEW: With #Medicaid work requirements looming, our team that's evaluating Michigan's Medicaid expansion just published new findings in @jamahealthforum.com about the intersection between coverage, health and work: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
"The dime deposit in 1976, when Michigan adopted the Bottle Bill, would be equivalent to only two cents today." A great deep dive into Michigan's bottle bill, featuring a new @umich.edu report, in @freep.com.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
Michigan's 10-cent beverage bottle and can deposit program is on the decline. Here's why.
Bottle and can redemptions above a dime? More redemption-eligible containers? Those are among the ideas floated to bolster Michigan's declining program.
www.freep.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
"The dime deposit in 1976, when Michigan adopted the Bottle Bill, would be equivalent to only two cents today." A great deep dive into Michigan's bottle bill, featuring a new @umich.edu report, in @freep.com.
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
www.freep.com/story/news/l...
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Lennie Briscoe 2099, full color version. #Orbachtober
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Lennie Briscoe 2099, full color version. #Orbachtober
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MOM: You can’t spend all day moping. Not on Lottery’s Eve!
TESSIE: I have to find a way to get my life back. I don’t have time for the Lottery.
MOM: There's always time for family. Help your sister roll her wheelchair down to the creekbed to collect some stones for tomorrow.
TESSIE: I have to find a way to get my life back. I don’t have time for the Lottery.
MOM: There's always time for family. Help your sister roll her wheelchair down to the creekbed to collect some stones for tomorrow.
The Hallmark Channel Presents: Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery”
INT. BIG CITY HEDGE FUND Tessie Jacobs (30-something, blonde) stares at a bar graph with two columns: “money” and “not money.” Her boss (you know h...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:20 AM
MOM: You can’t spend all day moping. Not on Lottery’s Eve!
TESSIE: I have to find a way to get my life back. I don’t have time for the Lottery.
MOM: There's always time for family. Help your sister roll her wheelchair down to the creekbed to collect some stones for tomorrow.
TESSIE: I have to find a way to get my life back. I don’t have time for the Lottery.
MOM: There's always time for family. Help your sister roll her wheelchair down to the creekbed to collect some stones for tomorrow.
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Tracking your carbon "hoofprint" based on where you live. A _fun_ lookup piece from @naemas.bsky.social and I
🎁: wapo.st/4ocwoy8
🎁: wapo.st/4ocwoy8
Column | Your diet’s impact on the planet depends on where you live. Look up your city.
What you eat, and where you eat it, can have a big impact on how much you’re contributing to climate change, according to a study published Monday.
wapo.st
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Tracking your carbon "hoofprint" based on where you live. A _fun_ lookup piece from @naemas.bsky.social and I
🎁: wapo.st/4ocwoy8
🎁: wapo.st/4ocwoy8
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Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Congratulations to the 2025 winners of the National Academies Eric and Wendy Schmidt Awards for Excellence in Science Communications given by @nationalacademies.org in partnership with @schmidtsciences.bsky.social !
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
Learn more about the winners: www.nationalacademies.org/news/2025/10... #scicomm
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This is a really, really cool analysis of how the carbon footprint ("hoofprint") of meat consumption varies widely across US metro areas. Chicago's history as a center for meatpacking has left it with a low hoofprint.
news.umich.edu/revealing-th...
news.umich.edu/revealing-th...
Revealing the 'carbon hoofprint' of meat consumption for American cities
Depending on where you live in the United States, the meat you eat each year could be responsible for a level of greenhouse gas emissions that's similar to what's emitted to power your house.
news.umich.edu
October 22, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is a really, really cool analysis of how the carbon footprint ("hoofprint") of meat consumption varies widely across US metro areas. Chicago's history as a center for meatpacking has left it with a low hoofprint.
news.umich.edu/revealing-th...
news.umich.edu/revealing-th...