Rich Mathieson
@rmathieson.bsky.social
Words, music, photos, design, dogs. Hokies. Steelers. Nittany Lions. (Not necessarily in that order.) “Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime."
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Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
The indomitable @bethmacy.bsky.social has built a career amplifying unheard voices, shining light on those too often forgotten, and calling out abuses of power. I believe she’s the right person to replace Ben Cline in Congress.
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Welcome to the Worst-Kept Secret
I'm running for Congress!
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November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The indomitable @bethmacy.bsky.social has built a career amplifying unheard voices, shining light on those too often forgotten, and calling out abuses of power. I believe she’s the right person to replace Ben Cline in Congress.
bethmacy.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
bethmacy.substack.com/p/welcome-to...
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Opinion: Why global education matters to Virginia’s future
Why global education matters to Virginia’s future
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More than 90% of alumni say their international experience helped them build the skills employers value most — communication, adaptability and problem-solving.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Opinion: Why global education matters to Virginia’s future
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“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
October 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“We found over 35 cases in which the judges have specifically said what the government is providing…false information. It might be intentionally false information, including false sworn declarations time and again," says Ryan Goodman, law professor at New York University.
What does it say about our country when anonymous enforcers can snatch someone off the street in broad daylight?
This is not a plot point in a dystopian novel. It’s happening here, now.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
This is not a plot point in a dystopian novel. It’s happening here, now.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
WGN-TV producer detained during ICE enforcement action in Lincoln Square
A WGN-TV video editor and producer was roughly detained by two Border Patrol agents on Friday morning during a highly visible rush hour enforcement action in Lincoln Square.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
What does it say about our country when anonymous enforcers can snatch someone off the street in broad daylight?
This is not a plot point in a dystopian novel. It’s happening here, now.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
This is not a plot point in a dystopian novel. It’s happening here, now.
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/10/w...
Maybe the world just needs more fiery banjo-harp tangos… or cha-cha… or fusion… or whatever the heck that was during a fun weeknight out with @belafleck.music-social.com and pals.
October 2, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Maybe the world just needs more fiery banjo-harp tangos… or cha-cha… or fusion… or whatever the heck that was during a fun weeknight out with @belafleck.music-social.com and pals.
Like Jimmy, I’m cheering for Marty, not Biff.
September 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Like Jimmy, I’m cheering for Marty, not Biff.
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"For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry's alignment with President Trump. @katie-drummond.bsky.social explains what this shift means for Silicon Valley and for readers."
WIRED global editorial director on tech's growing political power under Trump
For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry's alignment with President Trump. Katie Drummond, the magazine's global editorial d...
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September 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
"For the first time in its history, WIRED is dedicating an issue to politics, citing concerns about the tech industry's alignment with President Trump. @katie-drummond.bsky.social explains what this shift means for Silicon Valley and for readers."
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They are literally canceling culture
September 18, 2025 at 12:26 AM
They are literally canceling culture
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Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
September 18, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Becoming increasingly clear we’re gonna have to build a parallel infrastructure for all the media we really love. The reason all of this is happening under the color of law is hyperconsolidation, dissent being traded straight up for merger approval, or fear of harassment.
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OK, not even getting into the ethics or the existential issues around AI: Have some goddamn self-respect. If you're a writer and you do this I don't know how you look at yourself, but I know exactly how I look at you.
Scoop: Business Insider informed its staff this week that they are allowed to use ChatGPT to generate first drafts of their stories, while also indicating the newsroom will not disclose such A.I. use to readers.
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/business-i...
Business Insider and the Bots
The Axel Springer-owned newsroom is buzzing over new ChatGPT writing guidelines—part of an aggressive A.I. strategy pushed by its German parentco and detailed in a memo obtained by Status.
www.status.news
September 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
OK, not even getting into the ethics or the existential issues around AI: Have some goddamn self-respect. If you're a writer and you do this I don't know how you look at yourself, but I know exactly how I look at you.
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Kudos to all members of the WSJ team who resisted legal threats from the president to do journalism about the president.
July 17, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Kudos to all members of the WSJ team who resisted legal threats from the president to do journalism about the president.
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Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize
June 8, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Give the photographer the Pulitzer Prize
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Unbelievable moment with a 9 reporter thankfully their okay but the footage made me wince m.youtube.com/shorts/tG1A8...
Australian reporter shot with rubber bullet in LA | 9 News Australia
YouTube video by 9 News Australia
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June 9, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Unbelievable moment with a 9 reporter thankfully their okay but the footage made me wince m.youtube.com/shorts/tG1A8...
And as Rome burned, Nero flew to Florida for some golf.
April 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
And as Rome burned, Nero flew to Florida for some golf.
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Masha Gessen: "The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before."
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Opinion | Unmarked Vans. Secret Lists. Public Denunciations. America’s Police State Has Arrived. (Gift Article)
Those of us who seen secret police in action can’t shake a feeling of dreadful familiarity.
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April 2, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Masha Gessen: "The United States has become a secret-police state. Trust me, I’ve seen it before."
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/o...
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In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
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A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
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Cory Booker Just Gave The Longest Speech In The History of The US Senate
Only two men have spoken on the floor of the U.S. Senate...
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April 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
In his 1957 filibuster, Strom Thurmond said "Negroes ... are not so well qualified to vote as are the white people.”
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
A Black senator just broke the record Thurmond set with that speech.
talkingpointsmemo.com/news/cory-bo...
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An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there.
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
An FDA worker confirms what I've seen out there.
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
CDC's entire FOIA office is gone.
The FDA's communications and web office were cut.
"The FDA as we know it is gone."
Proud to work alongside educators at Virginia Tech who understand the critical importance of supporting international students, especially in today's world.
Helping international students thrive in the classroom
Faculty development programs offer strategies to support learning styles and enrich the classroom experience.
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April 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Proud to work alongside educators at Virginia Tech who understand the critical importance of supporting international students, especially in today's world.
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I think about this a lot. I think there are a substantial number of Trump voters who want their kids to have access to the traditional college experience, and I'm not sure they grasp that is about to collapse.
“For future college students and their parents, the campus experience they expect—the one that generations of Americans took for granted—is no longer guaranteed.” www.theatlantic.com/science/arch...
The End of College Life
If they persist, Donald Trump’s attacks on universities will destroy a cornerstone of American life.
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March 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I think about this a lot. I think there are a substantial number of Trump voters who want their kids to have access to the traditional college experience, and I'm not sure they grasp that is about to collapse.
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As long as thugs in hoodies can disappear people from our streets, we do not have a functioning democracy.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
As long as thugs in hoodies can disappear people from our streets, we do not have a functioning democracy.
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Social Security in turmoil:
— SSA website crashed four times in 10 days this month
— Phone service a mess following Musk-led cuts
— Agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience due to DOGE
— Major staff exodus
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
— SSA website crashed four times in 10 days this month
— Phone service a mess following Musk-led cuts
— Agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience due to DOGE
— Major staff exodus
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Social Security in turmoil:
— SSA website crashed four times in 10 days this month
— Phone service a mess following Musk-led cuts
— Agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience due to DOGE
— Major staff exodus
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
— SSA website crashed four times in 10 days this month
— Phone service a mess following Musk-led cuts
— Agency no longer has a system to monitor customers’ experience due to DOGE
— Major staff exodus
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...