Matt Thompson
@mvthomster.bsky.social
PhD in Plant Physiology. Despairing of ever building platforms for Agriculture. E-bike commuter.
->Plant trees EVERYWHERE<-
LBCA-raised, he/him, 3 kids
#trees #plantscience #agriculture #culturalevolution
->Plant trees EVERYWHERE<-
LBCA-raised, he/him, 3 kids
#trees #plantscience #agriculture #culturalevolution
Pinned
anyone in a position of authority who supported Trump and argued "it won't be that bad, he'll just lower taxes" has a vanishingly small amount of time left to make it right to the people who trusted them, before their reputations disappear forever in a puff of sulfurous smoke
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(I'm in Austin). They're mostly trying to avoid the issue and/or make weak excuses, showing some admittedly small, but I think legitimately present, crack there
bsky.app/profile/sent...
Cult mentality will blunt it for most, but there is a legitimate slight wedge from what I'm seeing 🤷
bsky.app/profile/sent...
Cult mentality will blunt it for most, but there is a legitimate slight wedge from what I'm seeing 🤷
To bring it full circle to "everyone on the left who listens to right radio is an idiot", I tuned into Austin's conservative talk radio & noticed they were conspicuously not discussing the Trump quotes for their listeners, so I called in "as a strong 2A supporter" & they did most of my work for me
it is your duty as a patriot to run 2A psyops against Republicans right now
January 28, 2026 at 1:13 AM
(I'm in Austin). They're mostly trying to avoid the issue and/or make weak excuses, showing some admittedly small, but I think legitimately present, crack there
bsky.app/profile/sent...
Cult mentality will blunt it for most, but there is a legitimate slight wedge from what I'm seeing 🤷
bsky.app/profile/sent...
Cult mentality will blunt it for most, but there is a legitimate slight wedge from what I'm seeing 🤷
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‘Mother of all deals’: How India-EU trade deal creates $27 trillion market https://aje.news/26jjp0
January 27, 2026 at 6:30 PM
‘Mother of all deals’: How India-EU trade deal creates $27 trillion market https://aje.news/26jjp0
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New violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963) just dropped.
Uh. So ICE just technically tried to invade Ecuador. Cool new international incident dropping.
1/27/2026 - Minneapolis
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
ICE just attempted an illegal entry into the ECUADORIAN CONSULATE to abduct someone
They did not have a warrant
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 PM
New violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (1963) just dropped.
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Rep. Jamie Raskin says a nationwide general strike may be needed to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown, praising Minnesotans’ mass demonstrations and general strike as “the direction we may need to go” nationally.
Raskin Says Nationwide General Strike May Be Needed to Stop Trump
“I think the people of Minnesota have shown us…the direction we may need to go,” the Maryland Democrat said.
truthout.org
January 27, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Rep. Jamie Raskin says a nationwide general strike may be needed to stop Trump’s authoritarian crackdown, praising Minnesotans’ mass demonstrations and general strike as “the direction we may need to go” nationally.
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Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Hotline operators report flood of calls for rental assistance as residents hide during ICE surge
211 calls from Spanish-speakers have increased more than 1,600 percent and requests for rental assistance have more than tripled, according to Greater Twin Cities United Way. Local officials are pushi...
www.mprnews.org
January 27, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Minneapolis has seen a stunning 1,646% spike in calls from families who can't pay rent because they're afraid to leave their homes to work.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
This is state violence manufacturing housing precarity in real time.
People should not be facing eviction when their city is under occupation.
Again, please, bring it on
TOM HOMAN: “We’re going to create a database where those people that are arrested for interference, impeding and assault, we’re going to make them famous. We’re going to put their face on TV. We’re going to let their employers, in their neighborhoods, in their schools, know who these people are.”
Story: www.cnn.com/2026/01/27/u...
January 27, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Again, please, bring it on
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why are there still journalists who want to give the American people "homework", instead of just telling us the truth?
January 27, 2026 at 6:01 PM
why are there still journalists who want to give the American people "homework", instead of just telling us the truth?
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It’s nice to see somebody connecting these
I voted against the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security and I was pleased to speak with Ta-Nehisi Coates @VanityFair about the mood surrounding that debate.
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
www.vanityfair.com/news/story/t...
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 PM
It’s nice to see somebody connecting these
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Having fun with the microscope lately. Here’s one of my favourite artsy and slightly psychedelic shots of #Marchantia chloroplasts and a fluorescent membrane reporter. (z-stack maximum projection)
January 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Having fun with the microscope lately. Here’s one of my favourite artsy and slightly psychedelic shots of #Marchantia chloroplasts and a fluorescent membrane reporter. (z-stack maximum projection)
federal law enforcement has a possibly multi-generational challenge ahead of them, to rebuild trust with the general public -- anyone in federal LEO leadership saying otherwise (1) is fabulously naive or (2) is being paid to pretend it's not true
January 27, 2026 at 6:36 PM
federal law enforcement has a possibly multi-generational challenge ahead of them, to rebuild trust with the general public -- anyone in federal LEO leadership saying otherwise (1) is fabulously naive or (2) is being paid to pretend it's not true
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Alex Pretti’s most immediate legacy is galvanizing the country against tyranny. We should do what we can to see to it that his other legacy is reclaiming the public meaning of masculinity from the whiny, sadistic freaks responsible for his murder. www.offmessage.net/p/alex-prett...
Alex Pretti, MAGA, And The Public Meaning Of Masculinity
If you'd rather be like them than like him, it's time to take a look in the mirror...
www.offmessage.net
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Alex Pretti’s most immediate legacy is galvanizing the country against tyranny. We should do what we can to see to it that his other legacy is reclaiming the public meaning of masculinity from the whiny, sadistic freaks responsible for his murder. www.offmessage.net/p/alex-prett...
donated
Kaleb Blain, a 35-year old trans man and pitmaster, was fired from the legendary BBQ restaurant Terry Black’s after he was doxxed over Charlie Kirk comments.
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
Now he’s running his own barbecue spot in Waco: “I feel better than I ever have.”
By @kitoconnell.com
thebarbedwire.com/2026/01/21/b...
‘Barbecue Saved My Life’: Meet Waco’s Antifascist Transgender Pitmaster
Kaleb Blain went from the fast-paced world of 911 dispatching to the “low and slow” of BBQ, where he’s built a following.
thebarbedwire.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:37 PM
donated
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Incredible.
If you’re keeping score in the political realignment, Democrats have now claimed:
> The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendments
> The flag
> Reagan, MLK, and Lincoln
> The American Revolution
> The Constitution itself
Republicans are left with:
> Trump
> Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex ring
> CBS
If you’re keeping score in the political realignment, Democrats have now claimed:
> The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendments
> The flag
> Reagan, MLK, and Lincoln
> The American Revolution
> The Constitution itself
Republicans are left with:
> Trump
> Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex ring
> CBS
January 26, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Incredible.
If you’re keeping score in the political realignment, Democrats have now claimed:
> The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendments
> The flag
> Reagan, MLK, and Lincoln
> The American Revolution
> The Constitution itself
Republicans are left with:
> Trump
> Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex ring
> CBS
If you’re keeping score in the political realignment, Democrats have now claimed:
> The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Amendments
> The flag
> Reagan, MLK, and Lincoln
> The American Revolution
> The Constitution itself
Republicans are left with:
> Trump
> Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex ring
> CBS
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This single article may contain the highest density of excellent quotes of any I've ever seen. I'm saving this to use in talks and class, for sure. So many of all the phenomena I've ever studied are encapsulated here, with characteristic Irish wit.
“Where the built environment separates human skin and bone from lorries, cars, and buses, there is no need for our frantic striving to make fragile bodies hyper-visible”
“Anyone who thinks cyclists ‘come out of nowhere’ should not be in control of a vehicle”: Author slams ‘be safe, be seen’ hi-vis cycling campaigns, calls for ‘Look, don’t kill’ slogan; TT tinkering; V...
January is never going to end, is it? And on that cheery note, Ryan Mallon’s back for another cold, wet, and very windy shift rounding up all the latest cycling news on the Tuesday live blog
road.cc
January 27, 2026 at 1:31 PM
This single article may contain the highest density of excellent quotes of any I've ever seen. I'm saving this to use in talks and class, for sure. So many of all the phenomena I've ever studied are encapsulated here, with characteristic Irish wit.
hey all -- no one wants to see your screenshots from the other place if the content is *already here*
January 27, 2026 at 1:43 PM
hey all -- no one wants to see your screenshots from the other place if the content is *already here*
"I ain't licking anybody" ... we know, buddy, we know
Tim Pool: “I’m not licking the boot. It’s my boot. I voted for it. I’m the one stomping…”
This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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This mindset is genuinely pathetic.
It’s an alpha fantasy: watching state violence and imagining you’re exercising power rather than the one submitting to it.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:13 PM
"I ain't licking anybody" ... we know, buddy, we know
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Legitimately, if you want to be able to fight anything long term, you have to take time to remember what you're fighting for. It's hard sometimes, but make it a habit. Joy and hope sustain people!
January 27, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Legitimately, if you want to be able to fight anything long term, you have to take time to remember what you're fighting for. It's hard sometimes, but make it a habit. Joy and hope sustain people!
just dying laughing
Turns out that Bari Weiss's all hands at CBS today is to announce she's bringing on some anti-vax guys and Niall Ferguson. www.axios.com/2026/01/27/b...
January 27, 2026 at 12:36 PM
just dying laughing
what tf am I looking at here ... chaos in the US and Braverman, like the dunce she is (she really is), starts visibly salivating
Suella Braverman, "There is a very strong case to increase the powers of any immigration enforcement officers that we deploy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
"At the moment they're hamstrung by human rights laws, by health and safety laws, by all sorts of needless and obstructive bureaucracy"
January 27, 2026 at 12:08 PM
what tf am I looking at here ... chaos in the US and Braverman, like the dunce she is (she really is), starts visibly salivating
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If only Rep. Ritchie Torres had gotten his bill passed, Alex Pretti could have scanned the officers' QR codes right before they shot him 10 times ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
Bronx congressman wants to put QR codes on ICE and CBP uniforms
Torres told Spectrum News the codes, which could be scanned from a distance, would reveal the officer’s name, badge number and law enforcement agency.
ny1.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
If only Rep. Ritchie Torres had gotten his bill passed, Alex Pretti could have scanned the officers' QR codes right before they shot him 10 times ny1.com/nyc/all-boro...
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The blessed day is upon us once again
Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
January 27, 2026 at 11:10 AM
The blessed day is upon us once again
yeah, the National Guard supplying coffee and donuts was probably a really big deal
January 27, 2026 at 5:48 AM
yeah, the National Guard supplying coffee and donuts was probably a really big deal
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Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
The woman who survived five gunshots from a Border Patrol agent in Chicago, only to be criminally charged and then cleared, now wants a judge’s permission to share records showing how the feds respond when agents use deadly force.
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
@chicago.suntimes.com story: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
Woman shot by Border Patrol in Chicago asks judge to let her release evidence
Marimar Martinez is blocked from releasing evidence in her case by what's known as a "protective order." Though standard, her attorney says it's “become an albatross” around her neck and “keeps the en...
chicago.suntimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 11:33 PM
Martinez took five bullets from a CBP agent, and DHS went into overdrive claiming she was an armed threat to the agents who were merely defending themselves. Sound familiar?
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The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
BREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Gregory Bovino Gets Demoted
The Border Patrol chief was the public face of a traveling immigration crackdown on cities governed by Democrats.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
The testing ground for Bovino’s Operation At Large was Los Angeles. A California judge initially prohibited ICE/CBP’s most flagrant constitutional violations. SCOTUS overruled her 6–3, handing Bovino a blank check to inflict unspeakable brutality on Chicago and Minneapolis. The 6 bear so much blame.
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