Matthew Noe
@noethematt.bsky.social
Overcaffeinated Kentuckian in Massachusetts. Librarian. Professor. Trustee. Ask me about #GraphicMedicine. Trying to be kind, do good, and read comics. (He/Him)
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Did they seriously have the insanely overrated part-timer win the Rumble
February 1, 2026 at 3:18 AM
Did they seriously have the insanely overrated part-timer win the Rumble
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If the Epstein files feel “too dark to be true,” that’s the point.
Denial is how systems like this survive.
Denial is how systems like this survive.
January 31, 2026 at 3:21 PM
If the Epstein files feel “too dark to be true,” that’s the point.
Denial is how systems like this survive.
Denial is how systems like this survive.
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Environmental Ethics
2. Citizen KY: Journalism and Democracy
3. Gothic Literature
4. Philosophy of Death, Dying, and Quality of Life
5. Art Education for Elementary Teachers
1. Environmental Ethics
2. Citizen KY: Journalism and Democracy
3. Gothic Literature
4. Philosophy of Death, Dying, and Quality of Life
5. Art Education for Elementary Teachers
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. American nature writing
2. US-Soviet Relations post 1945*
3. Environmental biology
4. Romanticism (comp lit)
5. Post-modern Hollywood
*in 1988 before the Iron Curtain fell
1. American nature writing
2. US-Soviet Relations post 1945*
3. Environmental biology
4. Romanticism (comp lit)
5. Post-modern Hollywood
*in 1988 before the Iron Curtain fell
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
1. Marine Biology (we got to go out on a boat!)
2. The History of the Holocaust
3. Logic and Critical Thinking
4. Eastern Religions
5. The French Revolution
February 1, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college:
1. Environmental Ethics
2. Citizen KY: Journalism and Democracy
3. Gothic Literature
4. Philosophy of Death, Dying, and Quality of Life
5. Art Education for Elementary Teachers
1. Environmental Ethics
2. Citizen KY: Journalism and Democracy
3. Gothic Literature
4. Philosophy of Death, Dying, and Quality of Life
5. Art Education for Elementary Teachers
Is this "peace?"
Israel bombed tents in Gaza today, killed at least 30 people including children, and the death toll is likely to rise
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Children and police officers among at least 30 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza
Deadly attacks launched day before border crossing due to open as part of ceasefire deal
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Is this "peace?"
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The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
January 30, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The Epstein emails should really end the debate over whether society should have billionaires. "Do you want there to be a class of people so powerful they can fuck your kids and no one will even try to do anything" seems like an easy sell if everyone in politics wasn't trying to get on their payroll
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The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
January 30, 2026 at 2:09 PM
The City’s Budget is our future. And you deserve to know how it works.
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If anybody out there is like, “kids so young would never do this without adult prompting!“
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
Younger kid's whole middle school walked out today in solidarity with Minnesota. Apparently there were 13 year olds getting up and making impromptu speeches. They didn't prep a chant in advance, so they settled on "F*ck ICE"
January 31, 2026 at 1:45 AM
If anybody out there is like, “kids so young would never do this without adult prompting!“
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
1) you really don’t know kids
2) when Reagan met with Gorbachev, I was in 5th grade & still managed to get my class to sign an anti-nuke petition
Don’t underestimate how much the kids are paying attention
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Younger kid's whole middle school walked out today in solidarity with Minnesota. Apparently there were 13 year olds getting up and making impromptu speeches. They didn't prep a chant in advance, so they settled on "F*ck ICE"
January 30, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Younger kid's whole middle school walked out today in solidarity with Minnesota. Apparently there were 13 year olds getting up and making impromptu speeches. They didn't prep a chant in advance, so they settled on "F*ck ICE"
Starting to think "more studies" clamoring around issues like housing is just NIMBYism plus pseudointellectualism
Because y'know what solves the housing crisis, right?
No, not building housing, ya silly billy!
More studies!!
No, not building housing, ya silly billy!
More studies!!
Cambridge must do a full housing needs study - Cambridge Day
Monday night, the City Council passed zoning changes for the Cambridge Street Corridor that had been developed over four years of public meetings, surveys, Planning board meetings, and Council hearing...
www.cambridgeday.com
January 31, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Starting to think "more studies" clamoring around issues like housing is just NIMBYism plus pseudointellectualism
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Heya, how about a rent moratorium? My neighbors shouldn't have to choose between being abducted on the way to work, and being evicted for not being able to pay rent.
January 30, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Heya, how about a rent moratorium? My neighbors shouldn't have to choose between being abducted on the way to work, and being evicted for not being able to pay rent.
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I have spent fifty years rolling my eyes at conspiracy theories where all the elite rich people are in a secret evil gang, and thrillers where everyone remotely important has the same Dark Secret, and now sodding look.
January 31, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I have spent fifty years rolling my eyes at conspiracy theories where all the elite rich people are in a secret evil gang, and thrillers where everyone remotely important has the same Dark Secret, and now sodding look.
Today is a great day to support a local diner.
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Today is a great day to support a local diner.
"My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There's no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that."
January 31, 2026 at 3:06 AM
"My greatest wish for humanity is not for peace or comfort or joy. It is that we all still die a little inside every time we witness the death of another. For only the pain of empathy will keep us human. There's no version of God that can help us if we ever lose that."
"Who needs a car in L.A.? We have the best public transportation system in the world."
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January 30, 2026 at 11:52 PM
"Who needs a car in L.A.? We have the best public transportation system in the world."
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I sincerely hope NH library workers have found a way to avoid keeping records altogether because you can't share what doesn't exist and children deserve privacy and safe access to information just as much as any adult does.
newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/new-l...
newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/new-l...
New law to make New Hampshire library records available to parents • New Hampshire Bulletin
Borrowing records at public libraries have long been confidential under New Hampshire state law, even for the parents of a child borrower. A new law changes that.
newhampshirebulletin.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:47 PM
I sincerely hope NH library workers have found a way to avoid keeping records altogether because you can't share what doesn't exist and children deserve privacy and safe access to information just as much as any adult does.
newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/new-l...
newhampshirebulletin.com/briefs/new-l...
A message from the Public Library Association Board regarding federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and PLA 2026 Conference
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americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/informzdatas...
PLA Stands With Minneapolis
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net
January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
A message from the Public Library Association Board regarding federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis and PLA 2026 Conference
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/informzdatas...
americanlibraryassociation.informz.net/informzdatas...
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
January 30, 2026 at 1:15 AM
People are asking a lot “how is this happening?” It’s happening the way abolitionists have warned you for decades it’s happening — you can’t dehumanize whole groups of people, pay for their brutalization & not expect for more bounty hunters to come.
These people are not well and I genuinely fear for them
U guessed it
People are being extremely UNBEARABLY not normal about it
They feel lightheaded, like a soldier in the trenches
It is like losing a child
People are being extremely UNBEARABLY not normal about it
They feel lightheaded, like a soldier in the trenches
It is like losing a child
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 PM
These people are not well and I genuinely fear for them
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we saw BLM protesters in Utah threatened with life sentences for rinsing out paint cans.
we are seeing pro-palestinian protesters kidnapped and threatened with deportation.
alex pretti was likely murdered as revenge for kicking an ICE vehicle.
opsec exists for a reason.
we are seeing pro-palestinian protesters kidnapped and threatened with deportation.
alex pretti was likely murdered as revenge for kicking an ICE vehicle.
opsec exists for a reason.
January 30, 2026 at 6:31 PM
we saw BLM protesters in Utah threatened with life sentences for rinsing out paint cans.
we are seeing pro-palestinian protesters kidnapped and threatened with deportation.
alex pretti was likely murdered as revenge for kicking an ICE vehicle.
opsec exists for a reason.
we are seeing pro-palestinian protesters kidnapped and threatened with deportation.
alex pretti was likely murdered as revenge for kicking an ICE vehicle.
opsec exists for a reason.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:40 PM
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Day 5 after the storm and I'm still having to make 311 reports about snow every time I leave the apartment
January 30, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Day 5 after the storm and I'm still having to make 311 reports about snow every time I leave the apartment
A poem in today's American Journal of Public Health newsletter
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 PM
A poem in today's American Journal of Public Health newsletter
"The bill would establish a grant program within the Department of Justice to provide library services to incarcerated individuals to advance reintegration efforts, reduce recidivism and increase educational opportunities."
www.ala.org/news/2026/01...
www.ala.org/news/2026/01...
ALA welcomes Prison Libraries Act
The American Library Association praised the Prison Libraries Act, introduced today by Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II (D-MO-5), along with co-leads Rep. Shontel Brown (D-OH-11), and Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N...
www.ala.org
January 30, 2026 at 4:13 PM
"The bill would establish a grant program within the Department of Justice to provide library services to incarcerated individuals to advance reintegration efforts, reduce recidivism and increase educational opportunities."
www.ala.org/news/2026/01...
www.ala.org/news/2026/01...