Matt Chorpenning, MSW
@chorpenning.bsky.social
he/him. social work professor specializing in skilled complaining and applied anger. guitar player. abolitionist. Posts don't represent my employer's views even if they probably should.
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Now is the time of monsters.
“Beyond testing failures, the Journal reports that Anduril’s only real battlefield experience in Ukraine has also been problematic”
Anduril’s autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports
techcrunch.com/2025/11/27/a...
Anduril’s autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports
techcrunch.com/2025/11/27/a...
Anduril's autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports | TechCrunch
Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has faced numerous setbacks during testing of its autonomous weapons systems, according to new reporting by the
techcrunch.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Now is the time of monsters.
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Hey, Portland! Do you have leftovers after Thanksgiving? Drop them in the Free Fridges!
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November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey, Portland! Do you have leftovers after Thanksgiving? Drop them in the Free Fridges!
🦃➡️🧊✨ sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
🦃➡️🧊✨ sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen.
Devo
Tom Waits
Soundgarden
Wilco
Math Emergency
Devo
Tom Waits
Soundgarden
Wilco
Math Emergency
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
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Dear professional society leadership:
People say “believe women”. Until the man is someone they know.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Dear professional society leadership:
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Mike Johnson whining about how hard it is to have the job of being evil and perpetuating evil is so hilariously wormy
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Mike Johnson whining about how hard it is to have the job of being evil and perpetuating evil is so hilariously wormy
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answer is usually yes
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
answer is usually yes
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when contemplating whether to participate in news cycle chatter* it's good to ask "might I more fruitfully spend my keystrokes reminding people that wolves are cool and badass"
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
when contemplating whether to participate in news cycle chatter* it's good to ask "might I more fruitfully spend my keystrokes reminding people that wolves are cool and badass"
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
Yes to this whole thread. Gonna need to reread it from time to time and I suspect I am not alone in that.
I think certain organizing trainings did some of us real psychological damage in teaching us that YOU, ORGANIZER, PERSONALLY have responsibility for going out and making people leverage organized power and ultimately saving the world.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Yes to this whole thread. Gonna need to reread it from time to time and I suspect I am not alone in that.
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It actually takes <1 minute!
If you live in Portland and want to help people stay housed, take 5min and sign this petition from the Welcome Home Coalition
#TakeAction with ActionButton
ActionButton helps people take quick action to create powerful change.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It actually takes <1 minute!
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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With Black Friday approaching, there will inevitably be well-intentioned talk that these deals are only possible because workers are denied a livable wage.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
With Black Friday approaching, there will inevitably be well-intentioned talk that these deals are only possible because workers are denied a livable wage.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
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the only “train dreams” i am having are of high speed rail connecting all national metro areas with tickets available to all of the public, subsidized entirely by one fraction a billionaire’s annual income
November 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
the only “train dreams” i am having are of high speed rail connecting all national metro areas with tickets available to all of the public, subsidized entirely by one fraction a billionaire’s annual income
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RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
I actually think it’s okay to take a ridiculous scandal seriously when it involves a wingnut conspiracy theorist in charge of things like vaccine policy and pandemic preparedness
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
Sorry to be a wet blanket 🤷🏻♀️
She never misses a beat, of course, but Marina's first paragraph this week is *chef's kiss*
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
RFK Jr. is neither a joke nor a well-intentioned proponent of public health with a few kooky beliefs. He's a menace, evil even by the standards of Trump's inner circle, and the failure of the political press to convey this is maddening
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No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
No bailouts. The US should extort these companies when the crash happens so they get minimal compensation in return for nationalizing the entire panopticon industry and then destroying it once harvested for socially useful parts. It won’t happen but it should
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State sponsored.
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 PM
State sponsored.
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one of RFK Jr.'s main beefs seem to be that people involved with medicine sometimes materially benefit from their findings, but when his friends sell things like mercury eye drops or chakra-blasting lead pills, they are simply asked to get off the Walmart PA system
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
one of RFK Jr.'s main beefs seem to be that people involved with medicine sometimes materially benefit from their findings, but when his friends sell things like mercury eye drops or chakra-blasting lead pills, they are simply asked to get off the Walmart PA system
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Coast Guard Backtracks On Plan To Reclassify Swastikas As Mascot https://theonion.com/coast-guard-backtracks-on-plan-to-reclassify-swastikas-as-mascot/
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Coast Guard Backtracks On Plan To Reclassify Swastikas As Mascot https://theonion.com/coast-guard-backtracks-on-plan-to-reclassify-swastikas-as-mascot/
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this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
Matt Stoller: “..Trump & Mamdani defeated establishment in their own way, representing hunger of voters on the right & left who want something different. If those sides cd come together.. that would be a sea change in how we organize our political economy”.
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
www.thebignewsletter.com/p/monopoly-r...
Monopoly Round-Up: Why the Establishment Freaked Out Over a Mamdani-Trump Press Conference
Meta wins its antitrust case, there are now two fire truck antitrust claims, the stock market got wobbly, and Larry Summers was exiled from the establishment, at least for now.
www.thebignewsletter.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
this dumb shit is what i mean when i say this is a purely aesthetic “politics.” yeah man, why can’t we have a fusion of cosmopolitan social democracy and revanchist hierarchies of wealth and privilege? tough question.
I know these are accurate and important & definitely top of the list, but I feel compelled to add: we also learned this week that he is an awful poet who is about as romantic as food poisoning.
RFK Jr described by those who know him best:
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"A liar and a terrible human being"
"Messianic self-regard"
"Sadly off his rocker"
"A predator addicted to attention and power"
"Sickening and destructive"
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Most Powerful Man in Science
Why is Robert F. Kennedy Jr. so convinced he’s right?
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:49 AM
I know these are accurate and important & definitely top of the list, but I feel compelled to add: we also learned this week that he is an awful poet who is about as romantic as food poisoning.
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uh why is bookshop recommending noam chomsky in its holiday gift email list
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
November 24, 2025 at 2:51 AM
uh why is bookshop recommending noam chomsky in its holiday gift email list
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
has nobody in their marketing dept read the news lately
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bring back shame...and consequences
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
www.rawstory.com/doge-employe...
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'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to hau...
www.rawstory.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:04 PM
bring back shame...and consequences
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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It is funny how many movies out there are thematically “people sure are mad at systems.” Wonder what it means
November 23, 2025 at 10:21 PM
It is funny how many movies out there are thematically “people sure are mad at systems.” Wonder what it means
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IF you are going share something about RFK Jr., this is the story to share. I don't really give a shit who the man fucks. He is killing us. His "work" results in death and suffering among children. He is the worst human ghoul.
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
Devastating essay about living with a terminal cancer diagnosis at 35, made more devastating by the author's relation to the health and human services secretary who's spent the past year cutting cancer research.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
IF you are going share something about RFK Jr., this is the story to share. I don't really give a shit who the man fucks. He is killing us. His "work" results in death and suffering among children. He is the worst human ghoul.
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky
He has betrayed the country and his own family. #MedSky