TrishEM
@pematson.bsky.social
Award-winning journalism editor and writer, speculative fiction reviewer and podcaster, lover of games, music, audiodramas, wordplay and more. (She/her)
https://www.linkedin.com/in/patriciamatson
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TrishEM
@pematson.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Note: Due to trolls and bots, I'm blocking anyone with no posting history who follows me without ever interacting with me first (e.g. liking or replying to one of my posts) and anyone who direct-messages me out of the blue. Sorry if you're just new, but I need a sign that you're real and not evil.
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The Misty Vale has its secrets--and it's time to discover them! Join @trendane.bsky.social, @taritoons.bsky.social, Undeveloped Bruce, and Croxxx at 12 p.m. EST for the premiere of Dragonbane: The Secret of the Dragon Emperor! www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron
February 10, 2026 at 4:42 PM
The Misty Vale has its secrets--and it's time to discover them! Join @trendane.bsky.social, @taritoons.bsky.social, Undeveloped Bruce, and Croxxx at 12 p.m. EST for the premiere of Dragonbane: The Secret of the Dragon Emperor! www.twitch.tv/arvaneleron
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I am simply going to suggest everyone read @zachweinersmith.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social excellent book, A City on Mars. bookshop.org/p/books/a-ci...
February 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM
I am simply going to suggest everyone read @zachweinersmith.bsky.social and @weinersmith.bsky.social excellent book, A City on Mars. bookshop.org/p/books/a-ci...
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That’s what’s up.
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 AM
That’s what’s up.
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Fixing a problem that doesn't exist while making it more difficult for anyone with a changed last name to vote.
Absolutely not, Mike.
Absolutely not, Mike.
Mike Johnson: "Now we have the Save America ACT. Voters would have to display a valid ID to participate in federal elections. Again, a no brainer."
February 10, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Fixing a problem that doesn't exist while making it more difficult for anyone with a changed last name to vote.
Absolutely not, Mike.
Absolutely not, Mike.
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I worried on Sunday night that the "oh your poor lost doggy!" veneer would be too attractive, but based on how it landed I'd guess many women immediately thought of how a stalker/abuser could use this and that every single person horrified by ICE terrorizing our communities did too.
have never seen popular public opinion shift so fast about a surveillance product than the fallout from ring's super bowl "search party" ad. they'll teach this in advertising courses one day. chef's kiss baby www.404media.co/with-ring-am...
With Ring, American Consumers Built a Surveillance Dragnet
Ring's 'Search Party' is dystopian surveillance accelerationism.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
I worried on Sunday night that the "oh your poor lost doggy!" veneer would be too attractive, but based on how it landed I'd guess many women immediately thought of how a stalker/abuser could use this and that every single person horrified by ICE terrorizing our communities did too.
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Living in Angus, we are surrounded by standing stones, Pictish art, and hill forts.
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Living in Angus, we are surrounded by standing stones, Pictish art, and hill forts.
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
So this book caught my eye
#CarvedInStone
#Picts
carvedinstone.scot
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About a year ago, I started to wonder what would happen if the Devil took a vacation in Washington, D.C. & realized that humans had gotten better at torturing humans than his own minions? Clearly, I thought, he would raise up a corner of Hell into the 'burbs to show his workforce how it's done (1/2)
Hornytown Chutzpah
Hornytown Chutzpah [Hiller, Andrew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Hornytown Chutzpah
www.amazon.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 PM
About a year ago, I started to wonder what would happen if the Devil took a vacation in Washington, D.C. & realized that humans had gotten better at torturing humans than his own minions? Clearly, I thought, he would raise up a corner of Hell into the 'burbs to show his workforce how it's done (1/2)
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President Trump has threatened to block the opening of a bridge between Michigan and Ontario.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge has been under construction since 2018 and is due to open early this year, according to the organization behind it.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge has been under construction since 2018 and is due to open early this year, according to the organization behind it.
Trump threatens to block opening of bridge between U.S. and Canada
As the Gordie Howe bridge neared its completion, Trump, in his latest salvo against Canada, suggested he would “not allow” it to open, saying Canada had treated the U.S. “very unfairly.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:00 PM
President Trump has threatened to block the opening of a bridge between Michigan and Ontario.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge has been under construction since 2018 and is due to open early this year, according to the organization behind it.
The Gordie Howe International Bridge has been under construction since 2018 and is due to open early this year, according to the organization behind it.
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The US labor board is giving up oversight of SpaceX, abandoning a yearslong legal battle and handing a victory to Elon Musk.
US Labor Board Gives Up Oversight of SpaceX in Victory for Musk
Agency drops yearslong case over firing of Musk critics.
bloom.bg
February 9, 2026 at 10:30 PM
The US labor board is giving up oversight of SpaceX, abandoning a yearslong legal battle and handing a victory to Elon Musk.
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Walking up to an open restaurant and pulling on the door before realizing it’s locked and you need to wait for someone to let you in. Pretty common experience the last 2 months around the metro.
Minneapolis, February 2026
Minneapolis, February 2026
February 10, 2026 at 2:10 AM
Walking up to an open restaurant and pulling on the door before realizing it’s locked and you need to wait for someone to let you in. Pretty common experience the last 2 months around the metro.
Minneapolis, February 2026
Minneapolis, February 2026
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A negative-option requirement to *ask* not to give up your rights on submission, with the *possibility* of Red Ogre Review agreeing, isn't better! It's arguably worse!
For those following the Red Ogre Review saga, he has made good on his promise to change his licensing terms...by doubling down.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
On left: the original (awful) license. On right: the new license, mostly the same as the old license, but with some additions that I've circled in red.
February 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
A negative-option requirement to *ask* not to give up your rights on submission, with the *possibility* of Red Ogre Review agreeing, isn't better! It's arguably worse!
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The immigration crackdown in Minnesota has affected nearly every aspect of daily life, including the health of many residents. https://to.pbs.org/3Mwl4zu
How the ICE operation in Minnesota is affecting medical care and mental health
Despite the announcement of a drawdown in federal immigration enforcement agents in Minnesota, tensions remain high in the Twin Cities. Some communities say they've seen little change in the numbers o...
to.pbs.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:40 AM
The immigration crackdown in Minnesota has affected nearly every aspect of daily life, including the health of many residents. https://to.pbs.org/3Mwl4zu
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"I think that the goal of Tom Homan switching out for Gregory Bovino is purely optics and damage control. It's not actually a change in their tactics of intimidation and indiscriminate apprehension,” said Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne.
Minneapolis City Council president says immigration enforcement still active in Minneapolis
Five days after federal officials announced hundreds of immigration agents would be leaving Minneapolis, City Council President Elliott Payne says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is still vis...
www.mprnews.org
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
"I think that the goal of Tom Homan switching out for Gregory Bovino is purely optics and damage control. It's not actually a change in their tactics of intimidation and indiscriminate apprehension,” said Minneapolis City Council President Elliott Payne.
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An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
Immigration Court Drops Case Against Tufts Student Rumeysa Ozturk
The Turkish national had been arrested by plainclothes federal officers outside her apartment.
on.wsj.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
An immigration court dropped its case against Turkish graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk, a little less than a year after federal agents arrested her on a street near Tufts University
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In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 9, 2026 at 6:09 PM
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
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Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
February 9, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Purchasing and converting these warehouse detention camps will cost the U.S. government billions of dollars. So far ICE has purchased at least half a dozen warehouses at a cost of $70-$110 million each. It'll cost billions more to refit them into detention camps, and hire staff.
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ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
ICE to begin detaining immigrants inside Social Circle warehouse in April
Homeland Security plans to build warehouse detention facilities in other cities being met with opposition.
www.ajc.com
February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
ICE has now spent over half a BILLION dollars just on purchasing warehouses around the country to convert into detention camps.
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
If these mega-camps are utilized to the full capacity ICE intends, they'll be the largest prisons in the country, with little real oversight. www.ajc.com/politics/202...
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Michelle Yeoh will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week.
February 9, 2026 at 11:40 PM
Michelle Yeoh will be getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame next week.
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I'm working on what I am calling the Parthenogenesis Series; vintage sci-fi novels by different authors about Women Who Don't Need Men For Anything
I'm producing e-texts from existing scans of the original publications and posting them on InternetArchive as public domain ePub files
I'm producing e-texts from existing scans of the original publications and posting them on InternetArchive as public domain ePub files
February 9, 2026 at 9:51 PM
I'm working on what I am calling the Parthenogenesis Series; vintage sci-fi novels by different authors about Women Who Don't Need Men For Anything
I'm producing e-texts from existing scans of the original publications and posting them on InternetArchive as public domain ePub files
I'm producing e-texts from existing scans of the original publications and posting them on InternetArchive as public domain ePub files
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February 10, 2026 at 12:39 AM
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We will be awash in sloppy nostalgic representations of the American Revolution this year. That’s why sharp careful analyses of the distance between those representations and evidence-based history is so important.
Also I really appreciate @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social !
Also I really appreciate @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social !
Dive into “Fact versus Fabrication: Popular Depictions of Francis Marion and the Historical Record” to explore how art, storytelling, and national memory reshaped the Swamp Fox into an American hero, sometimes at the expense of accuracy.
Read it here 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/02/f...
Read it here 👉 ageofrevolutions.com/2026/02/02/f...
Fact versus Fabrication: Popular Depictions of Francis Marion and the Historical Record
By Scott Kaufman More than a century ago, Sydney G. Fisher charged fellow historians with mythologizing the American Revolution. The colonists debated for years over whether to seek freedom from Gr…
ageofrevolutions.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:39 PM
We will be awash in sloppy nostalgic representations of the American Revolution this year. That’s why sharp careful analyses of the distance between those representations and evidence-based history is so important.
Also I really appreciate @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social !
Also I really appreciate @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social !
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heard on Boston Public Radio that 23% of all the advertisements during the Super Bowl were AI
That's Twenty Three percent too much
That's Twenty Three percent too much
February 10, 2026 at 12:46 AM
heard on Boston Public Radio that 23% of all the advertisements during the Super Bowl were AI
That's Twenty Three percent too much
That's Twenty Three percent too much
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Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn't enough fuel for airplanes to refuel on the island, the latest step in its moves to ration energy as the Trump administration cuts the Caribbean nation off from its fuel resources. https://to.pbs.org/4chprZA
Airlines will no longer be able to refuel on Cuba as U.S. blockade deepens island's energy crisis
Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn't enough fuel for airplanes to refuel on the island, the latest step in its moves to ration energy as the Trump administration cuts the Car...
www.pbs.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Cuban aviation officials have warned airlines that there isn't enough fuel for airplanes to refuel on the island, the latest step in its moves to ration energy as the Trump administration cuts the Caribbean nation off from its fuel resources. https://to.pbs.org/4chprZA