Matt Erickson
@thematterickson.bsky.social
At least as uninteresting online as I am at the other places. he/him
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I never met Melissa Hortman, but, each in our lane, worked on a bunch of the same issues. No one gets all the credit for legislation, but I think its important for people to understand how much good Speaker Hortman did/led/was a part of. That's something being an aging union guy equips you for 1/12
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Solar and wind are covering ALL new power demand worldwide in the first three quarters of 2025 electrek.co/2025/11/13/s...
#upshift 🔌💡
#upshift 🔌💡
November 14, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Solar and wind are covering ALL new power demand worldwide in the first three quarters of 2025 electrek.co/2025/11/13/s...
#upshift 🔌💡
#upshift 🔌💡
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incredibly funny side note that in the midst of all this one guy was actually exonerated via the horse’s mouth and it was this guy
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 AM
incredibly funny side note that in the midst of all this one guy was actually exonerated via the horse’s mouth and it was this guy
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80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
U.S. Strike Kills 4 on Boat Trump Says Was Smuggling Drugs
www.nytimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:08 PM
80 people. Basically, Trump and Hegseth are prolific serial killers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/u...
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Democrats should get comfortable saying at every opportunity they can: Donald Trump, long time best friend of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is implicated in Epsteins crimes & is using the presidency & his hold over the GOP to try and hide evidence of that.
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Democrats should get comfortable saying at every opportunity they can: Donald Trump, long time best friend of child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, is implicated in Epsteins crimes & is using the presidency & his hold over the GOP to try and hide evidence of that.
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A reminder of what the NYT actually finds to be a punishable offense bc they are not an org dedicated to upholding the tenets of democracy or journalistic ideals, they interest is in defending the status, positions, & reactionary goals of the already powerful.
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A reminder of what the NYT actually finds to be a punishable offense bc they are not an org dedicated to upholding the tenets of democracy or journalistic ideals, they interest is in defending the status, positions, & reactionary goals of the already powerful.
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At elite institutions, journalistic ethics are only abided by insofar as they are useful to maintain ingroup dynamics, and the journalists who are out here telling us, "but what about all the other journalists doing good work and not sleeping with their sources" are the ones riding the fences.
November 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
At elite institutions, journalistic ethics are only abided by insofar as they are useful to maintain ingroup dynamics, and the journalists who are out here telling us, "but what about all the other journalists doing good work and not sleeping with their sources" are the ones riding the fences.
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65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
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Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
November 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Nuzzi's fawning coverage of the sociopathic conspiracy crank she was having an affair with aided his rise to political power, which he is using to perpetrate the worst intentional public health catastrophe of our unnecessarily shortened lifetimes, and THAT is the STORY.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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We have to destroy every last remnant of symbolic decency in our proud Red States, and if the hunt for Pride streets ends up snagging Buddy Holly? Well, then Buddy Holly's got to go, for being too close to woke.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Buddy Holly crosswalk in his Texas hometown to be removed following order on road safety
“It’s such a tasteful cross section and people like it. But what do you do?” City Council Member Christy Martinez-Garcia said of the crosswalk that depicts Holly's iconic glasses.
www.nbcnews.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We have to destroy every last remnant of symbolic decency in our proud Red States, and if the hunt for Pride streets ends up snagging Buddy Holly? Well, then Buddy Holly's got to go, for being too close to woke.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
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For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 AM
For no particular reason….posting former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell’s mugshot before he went to Federal prison for committing numerous crimes on behalf and or/at the direction of President Nixon including obstruction of justice and conspiracy.
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The “Epstein Files” saga shows that Republicans were only ever interested in using sexual assault as a pretext to smear political rivals and deprive LGBT people of their constitutional rights www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The President Who Cried ‘Hoax’
Republicans went after Epstein only when it was politically useful.
www.theatlantic.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The “Epstein Files” saga shows that Republicans were only ever interested in using sexual assault as a pretext to smear political rivals and deprive LGBT people of their constitutional rights www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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I need it, I want it! Gimme Garfield!
I had zero chill about getting this screener. Here's the first of three pieces on @netflix's Death by Lightning
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
A Presidential Historian Explains What to Know Before Watching 'Death by Lightning'
The series dives into the assassination of President James A. Garfield.
www.townandcountrymag.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I need it, I want it! Gimme Garfield!
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Mark your calendars for 10 am (Eastern) this Sunday, Nov. 16! I’ll be appearing on my friend Alexis Coe’s Substack Live to discuss the new James A. Garfield Netflix series “Death by Lightning!”
My thanks to @alexiscoe.bsky.social for this kind invitation. This should be fun!
My thanks to @alexiscoe.bsky.social for this kind invitation. This should be fun!
November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Mark your calendars for 10 am (Eastern) this Sunday, Nov. 16! I’ll be appearing on my friend Alexis Coe’s Substack Live to discuss the new James A. Garfield Netflix series “Death by Lightning!”
My thanks to @alexiscoe.bsky.social for this kind invitation. This should be fun!
My thanks to @alexiscoe.bsky.social for this kind invitation. This should be fun!
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I'm still in my Garfield era!
Here's my third piece on @netflix.com's Death by Lightning: A Q&A with @candicemillard.bsky.social.
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
Here's my third piece on @netflix.com's Death by Lightning: A Q&A with @candicemillard.bsky.social.
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
November 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I'm still in my Garfield era!
Here's my third piece on @netflix.com's Death by Lightning: A Q&A with @candicemillard.bsky.social.
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
Here's my third piece on @netflix.com's Death by Lightning: A Q&A with @candicemillard.bsky.social.
www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts...
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my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
Former UVA president Jim Ryan, who resigned over the summer due to pressure from the Trump Administration, just shared this 12-page letter with the Faculty Senate, detailing his experience with the Board of Visitors and DOJ.
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
It's a surreal--and troubling--read.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Is6x...
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
my takeaway from this letter is that glenn youngkin, rector sheridan and their flunkies on the board are deeply dishonest people who are engaged, with the trump administration, in a mob-style shakedown against the university of virginia
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Currently running my home office from a large portable battery.
When the sun is out I charge it from portable solar panels, and when it isn’t I charge it overnight from the mains on a cheaper renewable tariff.
It saves me a fortune!
When the sun is out I charge it from portable solar panels, and when it isn’t I charge it overnight from the mains on a cheaper renewable tariff.
It saves me a fortune!
November 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Currently running my home office from a large portable battery.
When the sun is out I charge it from portable solar panels, and when it isn’t I charge it overnight from the mains on a cheaper renewable tariff.
It saves me a fortune!
When the sun is out I charge it from portable solar panels, and when it isn’t I charge it overnight from the mains on a cheaper renewable tariff.
It saves me a fortune!
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I dunno how you sell it, exactly, but "make legal immigration work the way median voters think it already works" would be a fantastic policy achievement
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I dunno how you sell it, exactly, but "make legal immigration work the way median voters think it already works" would be a fantastic policy achievement
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The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
The Epstein case against Trump is as if everyone is looking at a 500 piece puzzle with 2 pieces missing and pretending they can't make out the picture for certain.
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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More than anything else, powerful men - like the ones who run the NYT - believe in the legitimacy of power itself. Because if it isn’t legitimate, they have to start asking hard questions about the world and themselves.
November 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
More than anything else, powerful men - like the ones who run the NYT - believe in the legitimacy of power itself. Because if it isn’t legitimate, they have to start asking hard questions about the world and themselves.
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welcome back. if you're just joining us, nazis are defending pedophiles
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 PM
welcome back. if you're just joining us, nazis are defending pedophiles
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I really don’t like to post Elon screenshots but this was heinous is several different ways
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I really don’t like to post Elon screenshots but this was heinous is several different ways