Matt O.
@oster2003.bsky.social
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say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
There is a false dichotomy drawn between "the ivory tower" and "the real world," and I'm here to report that in a post-industrial society, your real-world economy absolutely hinges on the university.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
University towns are factory towns. Universities drive economic activity, not the other way around.
A must read
May 18, 2025 at 1:45 PM
say it again:
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
4 million people work in higher ed, the largest employer in 10 states, second largest employer in 10 more, and in 60 of the 100 biggest cities
ROI for NIH and NSF for local economies is conservatively 4x, often close to 10x
demolishing higher education is economic sabotage
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Here is the real lede: “a victory that ends the GOP's 12-year hold on Nebraska's largest … with Ewing ahead 54-46”
Not just a win, but a massive turnaround. A decade of MAGA flips to nearly double-digit victory for a Dem.
Those are 2010 Tea Party-in-reverse numbers.
Not just a win, but a massive turnaround. A decade of MAGA flips to nearly double-digit victory for a Dem.
Those are 2010 Tea Party-in-reverse numbers.
May 14, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here is the real lede: “a victory that ends the GOP's 12-year hold on Nebraska's largest … with Ewing ahead 54-46”
Not just a win, but a massive turnaround. A decade of MAGA flips to nearly double-digit victory for a Dem.
Those are 2010 Tea Party-in-reverse numbers.
Not just a win, but a massive turnaround. A decade of MAGA flips to nearly double-digit victory for a Dem.
Those are 2010 Tea Party-in-reverse numbers.
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AOC: Tom Homan said he was going to refer me to DOJ because I’m using my free speech rights in order to advise people of their constitutional protections… to that I say: Come for me… Do I look like I care?
There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.
There’s nothing illegal about it and if they want to make it illegal, they can come take me.
May 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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URGENT: This is not a crime
A judge has the authority in her courthouse to excuse a defendant for God's sake
Trump tried this in 1st term & he was thrown out of court 👉 www.courtlistener.com/docket/14997...
PS the violation here was Patel's tweet & that's why he deleted. I'll be filing complaint
A judge has the authority in her courthouse to excuse a defendant for God's sake
Trump tried this in 1st term & he was thrown out of court 👉 www.courtlistener.com/docket/14997...
PS the violation here was Patel's tweet & that's why he deleted. I'll be filing complaint
April 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
URGENT: This is not a crime
A judge has the authority in her courthouse to excuse a defendant for God's sake
Trump tried this in 1st term & he was thrown out of court 👉 www.courtlistener.com/docket/14997...
PS the violation here was Patel's tweet & that's why he deleted. I'll be filing complaint
A judge has the authority in her courthouse to excuse a defendant for God's sake
Trump tried this in 1st term & he was thrown out of court 👉 www.courtlistener.com/docket/14997...
PS the violation here was Patel's tweet & that's why he deleted. I'll be filing complaint
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What we all just witnessed had all the earmarks of a criminal conspiracy to deprive Abrego-Garcia of his constitutional rights, as well as an impeachable offense. The fraud scheme was a phony agreement engineered by the US to have Bukele say he lacks power to return Abrego Garcia and he won't do it.
April 14, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What we all just witnessed had all the earmarks of a criminal conspiracy to deprive Abrego-Garcia of his constitutional rights, as well as an impeachable offense. The fraud scheme was a phony agreement engineered by the US to have Bukele say he lacks power to return Abrego Garcia and he won't do it.
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Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
April 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Booker: "This isn't just about Mr. Garcia. This is about every American understanding that this president is making an assault on the due process rights that are afforded to people in our country ... you cannot disappear people off American streets."
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Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
April 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Disappearing people without any due process is fascism — full stop. I’m sick to my stomach and we all should be.
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Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
April 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Carney: The system of global trade anchored on the United States.. is over. Our old relationship of steadily deepening integration with the United States is over. The 80 year period when the United States embraced the mantle of economic leadership… is over.
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Sen. @booker.senate.gov's speech on the Senate floor, now live for almost 25 hours, has been liked on TikTok a staggering 350 million times www.tiktok.com/@senbooker/l...
April 1, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sen. @booker.senate.gov's speech on the Senate floor, now live for almost 25 hours, has been liked on TikTok a staggering 350 million times www.tiktok.com/@senbooker/l...
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In Signalgate, Trumpworld is demonstrating exactly what's wrong with authoritarian populism: Refusal to admit error, walling out of constructive criticism, the cult-like defense of the leader at all costs.
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
March 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
In Signalgate, Trumpworld is demonstrating exactly what's wrong with authoritarian populism: Refusal to admit error, walling out of constructive criticism, the cult-like defense of the leader at all costs.
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
Transcript of discussion w/ @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social:
newrepublic.com/article/1932...
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People respond to “call your Senator” with “but mine are both Republicans.”
Precisely.
The only way anything will change is with PRESSURE.
Signalgate is a serious breach & display of lying & incompetence at the highest levels.
Call them! 202-224-3121
www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/member...
Precisely.
The only way anything will change is with PRESSURE.
Signalgate is a serious breach & display of lying & incompetence at the highest levels.
Call them! 202-224-3121
www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/member...
Committee Membership | United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
United States Senate Committee on Armed Services
www.armed-services.senate.gov
March 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
People respond to “call your Senator” with “but mine are both Republicans.”
Precisely.
The only way anything will change is with PRESSURE.
Signalgate is a serious breach & display of lying & incompetence at the highest levels.
Call them! 202-224-3121
www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/member...
Precisely.
The only way anything will change is with PRESSURE.
Signalgate is a serious breach & display of lying & incompetence at the highest levels.
Call them! 202-224-3121
www.armed-services.senate.gov/about/member...
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So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
So it turns out Pete Hegseth lied. And Michael Waltz lied. And Tulsi Gabbard lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath. And John Ratliffe lied. And also lied to Congress while under oath.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
And as ever Jeffrey Goldberg and the Atlantic were telling the truth.
This is why journalism matters.
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I’m in Tucson to honor the life of my friend and colleague, Congressman Raúl Grijalva. He spent his life as a voice for equality and was a role model to so many, including myself. Rest in peace Chairman, you will be deeply missed.
March 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I’m in Tucson to honor the life of my friend and colleague, Congressman Raúl Grijalva. He spent his life as a voice for equality and was a role model to so many, including myself. Rest in peace Chairman, you will be deeply missed.
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Hegseth should be done for.
"The information ... Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was HIGHLY CLASSIFIED at the time he wrote it ... according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward."
"The information ... Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was HIGHLY CLASSIFIED at the time he wrote it ... according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward."
Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages | CNN Politics
The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it, especially because the operation had...
www.cnn.com
March 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hegseth should be done for.
"The information ... Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was HIGHLY CLASSIFIED at the time he wrote it ... according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward."
"The information ... Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was HIGHLY CLASSIFIED at the time he wrote it ... according to a US defense official familiar with the operation and another source who was briefed on it afterward."
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It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
March 25, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It’s like Watergate, only in this version Nixon directly mails the tapes to Woodward and Bernstein
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Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.
March 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Very fun to explain the signal scandal to my 13 year old who truly understands the catastrophe of adding the wrong person to the group chat and absolutely fell out when I showed her the Mike Waltz emojis.
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If Biden had ever tried to prevent lawyers and firms representing Jan. 6 clients from entering federal buildings, or pulled the security clearances of lawyers representing Trump, there would have been calls for impeachment THE NEXT DAY.
That’s all
That’s all
March 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If Biden had ever tried to prevent lawyers and firms representing Jan. 6 clients from entering federal buildings, or pulled the security clearances of lawyers representing Trump, there would have been calls for impeachment THE NEXT DAY.
That’s all
That’s all
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The reality here is very simple: Trump thinks there is no limit on his power, that he can spend money how he likes, jail who he likes, rule by fiat, criminalize criticism of himself. He is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution. And we can either acknowledge that or keep pretending he isn’t.
March 17, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The reality here is very simple: Trump thinks there is no limit on his power, that he can spend money how he likes, jail who he likes, rule by fiat, criminalize criticism of himself. He is breaking the law and ignoring the Constitution. And we can either acknowledge that or keep pretending he isn’t.
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For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countries—many under authoritarian rule—where reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.
March 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
For over 80 years, Voice of America delivered news to countries—many under authoritarian rule—where reliable information was scarce. Now, those broadcasts, once a vital tool for promoting democracy and transparency, are fading away.
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The research will continue, just not in the US.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
March 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
The research will continue, just not in the US.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
America got the scientific brain drain from Germany under Hitler & the rest of the world will now get ours.
Other countries will quickly surpass our research and benefit both financially and in scientific recognition.
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5:00PM: Hearing
ACLU tells judge US rapidly moving people in planes to El Salvador
Before 5:22:Hearing takes break for GOV to get official info on what's happening for judge
5:45:Flight takes off
6:00:Hearing resumes
Before 6:52:Judge rules to turn around planes
7:02:Flight arrives El Salvador
ACLU tells judge US rapidly moving people in planes to El Salvador
Before 5:22:Hearing takes break for GOV to get official info on what's happening for judge
5:45:Flight takes off
6:00:Hearing resumes
Before 6:52:Judge rules to turn around planes
7:02:Flight arrives El Salvador
Timeline of US Flight to El Salvador and Judge's Order to Turn Around Planes
Timeline of the Trump administration sending hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador compared to the timing of the federal court proceedings.
www.justsecurity.org
March 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
5:00PM: Hearing
ACLU tells judge US rapidly moving people in planes to El Salvador
Before 5:22:Hearing takes break for GOV to get official info on what's happening for judge
5:45:Flight takes off
6:00:Hearing resumes
Before 6:52:Judge rules to turn around planes
7:02:Flight arrives El Salvador
ACLU tells judge US rapidly moving people in planes to El Salvador
Before 5:22:Hearing takes break for GOV to get official info on what's happening for judge
5:45:Flight takes off
6:00:Hearing resumes
Before 6:52:Judge rules to turn around planes
7:02:Flight arrives El Salvador
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We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio.
I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’.
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I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’.
😡
March 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We’re only two months in, & they’re cancelling research into pediatric brain cancer. They’re deporting US kids with brain cancer. They’re putting millions at risk of malaria, TB, & polio.
I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’.
😡
I for one will never forgive or forget those who said ‘it won’t be that bad’.
😡
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I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!
New ride coming soon.
New ride coming soon.
March 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I bought a Tesla because it was fast like a rocket ship. But now every time I drive it, I feel like a rolling billboard for a man dismantling our government and hurting people. So Tesla, you’re fired!
New ride coming soon.
New ride coming soon.