Matt J
@tatteddaysaint.bsky.social
Husband and Dad. Here to talk tech, news, religion, hip-hop, parenting, community building, rugby, and whatever else. Likes hot sauce, caffeine, libraries, and public radio. Hopefully transitioning from writing to IT. Cis. He/Him #RADICLES
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Matt J
@tatteddaysaint.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Over the course of my life I see a lot of people talking about "the liberal agenda" or "the conservative agenda," and I just wanted to talk about my agenda.
At this point in my life, I would consider myself a left-of-center Democrat who is find with well-regulated capitalism.
At this point in my life, I would consider myself a left-of-center Democrat who is find with well-regulated capitalism.
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This may be a dumb question.
Why do we talk about "girl dads" and "boy moms" but never "girl moms" or "boy dads."
Like, I'm not sure what the first two illustrate that the second two don't tbh. Is the assumption that the opposite-gender-ness makes for special social commentary?
Why do we talk about "girl dads" and "boy moms" but never "girl moms" or "boy dads."
Like, I'm not sure what the first two illustrate that the second two don't tbh. Is the assumption that the opposite-gender-ness makes for special social commentary?
December 3, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This may be a dumb question.
Why do we talk about "girl dads" and "boy moms" but never "girl moms" or "boy dads."
Like, I'm not sure what the first two illustrate that the second two don't tbh. Is the assumption that the opposite-gender-ness makes for special social commentary?
Why do we talk about "girl dads" and "boy moms" but never "girl moms" or "boy dads."
Like, I'm not sure what the first two illustrate that the second two don't tbh. Is the assumption that the opposite-gender-ness makes for special social commentary?
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You know how I know Eric Garcia is a good reporter you should be following?
November 29, 2025 at 9:44 PM
You know how I know Eric Garcia is a good reporter you should be following?
I need a @benwinslow.bsky.social to let me know what's how this could affect Utah.
Or someone.
www.wired.com/story/propos...
Or someone.
www.wired.com/story/propos...
A Proposed Federal THC Ban Would ‘Wipe Out’ Hemp Products That Get People High
The provision, tucked into the spending bill that could end the US government shutdown, would ban intoxicating hemp-derived THC products, including gummies and drinks.
www.wired.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:29 AM
I need a @benwinslow.bsky.social to let me know what's how this could affect Utah.
Or someone.
www.wired.com/story/propos...
Or someone.
www.wired.com/story/propos...
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One of my daughters was frustrated with the site crash and mentioned the church should not have been so unprepared for the demand. The leaders like to say they are in touch with member concerns. They are clearly not.
Sleeveless LDS garments are now on sale across the U.S. I wouldn't try ordering them online just now. Demand has crashed the site.
✍️ Peggy Fletcher Stack
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✍️ Peggy Fletcher Stack
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The wait is finally over. Sleeveless LDS garments are now on sale across the U.S.
Latter-day Saints in Utah and across the U.S. have been itching to buy the faith's new sleeveless garments. Well, now they can — online and at church stores.
www.sltrib.com
October 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
One of my daughters was frustrated with the site crash and mentioned the church should not have been so unprepared for the demand. The leaders like to say they are in touch with member concerns. They are clearly not.
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BREAKING:
"Just landed."
Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
"Just landed."
Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
He Wrote a Book About Antifa. Death Threats Are Driving Him Out of the US
Rutgers historian Mark Bray is trying to flee to Spain after after an online campaign from far-right influencers was followed by death threats. He was turned back at the airport on his first attempt.
www.wired.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:12 AM
BREAKING:
"Just landed."
Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
"Just landed."
Mark Bray confirms to me this morning that he and his family did, on the second attempt, make it out of the US and to Spain
www.wired.com/story/mark-b...
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In a just world, Elizabeth Spiers would be in charge of the New York Times, but we live in an unjust world so instead she has to spend her time doing this and you should read what she has to say
We are so screwed if people keep relying on mainstream outlets to protect democracy. @davidchasecohen.bsky.social and I make a case here for why we need independent media and people with resources need to step up and fund it thebarbedwire.com/2025/10/03/b...
Bari Weiss Doesn’t Want You to Read This
Bari Weiss’s reported hiring at CBS News is the latest example of corporate media capitulating to Trump.
thebarbedwire.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
In a just world, Elizabeth Spiers would be in charge of the New York Times, but we live in an unjust world so instead she has to spend her time doing this and you should read what she has to say
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Absolutely right
So much Democrat and pundit handwringing about the shutdown as if they're in charge of the government.
They're not. The only possibilities are Trump makes things worse with Democratic approval or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic resistance. Don't bail him out.
My latest (on @msnbc.com):
They're not. The only possibilities are Trump makes things worse with Democratic approval or Trump makes things worse despite Democratic resistance. Don't bail him out.
My latest (on @msnbc.com):
Opinion | Democrats shouldn’t bail out Trump as the shutdown drags on
The best time for the opposition to take a stand, rather than settle for untrustworthy promises, is right now.
www.msnbc.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Absolutely right
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“Goering shouted, ‘This [the Reichstag fire] is the beginning of the Communist revolution! We must not wait a minute. We will show no mercy. Every Communist official must be shot, where he is found. Every Communist deputy must this very night be strung up.’”
- Rise & Fall of the Third Reich, p 139
- Rise & Fall of the Third Reich, p 139
October 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
“Goering shouted, ‘This [the Reichstag fire] is the beginning of the Communist revolution! We must not wait a minute. We will show no mercy. Every Communist official must be shot, where he is found. Every Communist deputy must this very night be strung up.’”
- Rise & Fall of the Third Reich, p 139
- Rise & Fall of the Third Reich, p 139
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"I'd like tto see people do what Charlie Kirk did. But not what Charlie Kirk *actually* did, rather what I choose to believe he did"
This was the most fascinating exchange to me. Coates asks whether a liberal going to Evangelical churches and selectively editing exchanges to mock Christians would be "doing politics the right way."
Klein says it would if it were done completely differently.
Klein says it would if it were done completely differently.
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
"I'd like tto see people do what Charlie Kirk did. But not what Charlie Kirk *actually* did, rather what I choose to believe he did"
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Of note: Gov. Whitmer noticeably handled the shooting differently than elected officials after UT, TX shootings.
Cox urged calm, but shared alleged Kirk shooter details. Sen. Cruz linked ICE shooting to political rhetoric.
Whitmer, today: "Speculation is unhelpful and can be downright dangerous."
Cox urged calm, but shared alleged Kirk shooter details. Sen. Cruz linked ICE shooting to political rhetoric.
Whitmer, today: "Speculation is unhelpful and can be downright dangerous."
not surprising, but positively maddening (to the point of making me feel insane) that the response to this particular act of violence has been so subdued
From an editorial standpoint I get *why* they caveat stuff like this in this sort of breaking situation, but this is still a funny set of sentences.
September 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Of note: Gov. Whitmer noticeably handled the shooting differently than elected officials after UT, TX shootings.
Cox urged calm, but shared alleged Kirk shooter details. Sen. Cruz linked ICE shooting to political rhetoric.
Whitmer, today: "Speculation is unhelpful and can be downright dangerous."
Cox urged calm, but shared alleged Kirk shooter details. Sen. Cruz linked ICE shooting to political rhetoric.
Whitmer, today: "Speculation is unhelpful and can be downright dangerous."
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BREAKING: Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say.
Multiple people shot at Mormon church in Michigan and shooter is down, police say
Police say multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down. Local police said in a social media post that the shooting occurred at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, about 50 miles north of Detroit.
bit.ly
September 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
BREAKING: Multiple people have been shot at a Mormon church in Michigan and the shooter is down, police say.
Remember, RFK said he didn't think people should take medical advice from him.
September 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Remember, RFK said he didn't think people should take medical advice from him.
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… yeah this is when I gotta just call in the gods I been running from , because we need the ones who can destroy worlds to save the people
September 24, 2025 at 1:43 AM
… yeah this is when I gotta just call in the gods I been running from , because we need the ones who can destroy worlds to save the people
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Do not use Tylenol recreationally. Got it.
Trump, citing no evidence at all, suggests Tylenol during pregnancy is linked to autism
He says the FDA will recommend pregnant women avoid using the painkiller unless “medically necessary"
He says the FDA will recommend pregnant women avoid using the painkiller unless “medically necessary"
September 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Do not use Tylenol recreationally. Got it.
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Wow, mediocre white joke dude got his show back
Now do all the POC journalists who were fired
Now do all the POC journalists who were fired
September 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Wow, mediocre white joke dude got his show back
Now do all the POC journalists who were fired
Now do all the POC journalists who were fired
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One path forward I could envision Democrats message on isn’t any of the (obvi. important) policy stuff - it’s that a spouse is whoever you love, a family is the kids or pets you cherish, we’re all just out here trying our best — so let’s make it a little bit easier and a little bit cheaper for all
September 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
One path forward I could envision Democrats message on isn’t any of the (obvi. important) policy stuff - it’s that a spouse is whoever you love, a family is the kids or pets you cherish, we’re all just out here trying our best — so let’s make it a little bit easier and a little bit cheaper for all
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I think this is what made Walz a pretty singular figure for Democrats — he engaged on cultural issues in a way with broad appeal.
He wasn’t talking about democratic norms — he was a school teacher saying he’d provide free meals to kids and keep the government from asking about their privates
He wasn’t talking about democratic norms — he was a school teacher saying he’d provide free meals to kids and keep the government from asking about their privates
I think today convinced me inheritors of the Trump movement won’t be the firebrands in the mold of Trump himself, they’ll instead be the conservative Christians like JD Vance or Mike Johnson — equally willing to ignore norms, more faith fluent, less noise.
September 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I think this is what made Walz a pretty singular figure for Democrats — he engaged on cultural issues in a way with broad appeal.
He wasn’t talking about democratic norms — he was a school teacher saying he’d provide free meals to kids and keep the government from asking about their privates
He wasn’t talking about democratic norms — he was a school teacher saying he’d provide free meals to kids and keep the government from asking about their privates
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The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.
New: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...
FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr warned. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
www.cnn.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.
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I guess dear leader doesn’t believe in free speech unless it’s laden with bigotry.
September 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
I guess dear leader doesn’t believe in free speech unless it’s laden with bigotry.
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Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
September 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Q: My condolences on the loss of your friend Charlie Kirk. How are you holding up?
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
TRUMP: I think very good. And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. They just started construction of the new ballroom for the White House, which is something they've been trying to get for about 150 years.
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Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
September 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone shot up my kid's school today, and our governor is paying tribute to a guy who thought that is an acceptable price to pay for having the Second Amendment.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
Jared Polis has failed Colorado.
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Murder Is Always Bad
Murder is wrong. Always. No exceptions.
Murder is wrong. Always. No exceptions.
Murder Is Always Bad
Murder is wrong. Always. No exceptions.
bycommonconsent.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Murder Is Always Bad
Murder is wrong. Always. No exceptions.
Murder is wrong. Always. No exceptions.
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the people who will REEEALLLLY get it are Black and brown people...
AS IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING THE BRUNT OF EVERYTHING in this country for 100s of years, lol...
Comical
AS IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING THE BRUNT OF EVERYTHING in this country for 100s of years, lol...
Comical
September 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
the people who will REEEALLLLY get it are Black and brown people...
AS IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING THE BRUNT OF EVERYTHING in this country for 100s of years, lol...
Comical
AS IF WE HAVEN'T BEEN TAKING THE BRUNT OF EVERYTHING in this country for 100s of years, lol...
Comical