Matthew Covington
covi-7.bsky.social
Matthew Covington
@covi-7.bsky.social
Civil Engineer living in Atlanta, sad Atlanta sports fan (and Arsenal)
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November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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“After Ferreira was detained, Dos Santos Rodrigues said Michael Leavitt Sr. and his father, Bob Leavitt, reached out to her.”

“‘They just kept saying, ‘Tell her to self-deport,’” she recalled. “Self-deport to where? Brazil is not her home.’” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/26/m...
‘Brazil is not her home.’ Mother of Karoline Leavitt’s nephew, brought to US as child, detained by ICE. - The Boston Globe
Bruna Ferreira, 33, was brought to the United States as a child in 1998. She is now in removal proceedings in Louisiana.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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November 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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October 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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We’ve met with Greta Thunberg and others in the flotilla. They describe hours-long scenes of torture and sexual harassment in Israeli captivity. Experts conclude that they have been subjected to serious crimes – Sweden’s foreign minister believes they have themselves to blame.

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Greta Thunberg: “They kicked me every time the flag touched my face”
– Greta Thunberg on her days in Israeli captivity Beating, kicking, and threats of being gassed in cages. Greta Thunberg and several others from the flotilla ar
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October 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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This is a masterpiece. Simply excellent
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August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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A 4-year-old boy’s ongoing care for stage 4 kidney cancer was interrupted when U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers illegally deported him, his sister and mother “without even a semblance of due process.”
Child with stage 4 cancer deported by ICE despite being US citizen, lawsuit says
Before his deportation, the 4-year-old was receiving “life-saving” treatment in Louisiana, the lawsuit says.
www.miamiherald.com
August 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Leave Brooks Lennon in Orlando
August 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Experts estimate USAID cuts are leading to 88 deaths PER HOUR. A UN office called these “the deepest funding cuts ever to hit the international humanitarian sector.” If funding isn't resumed, they estimate an additional 10 million cases & 2 million preventable deaths by 2030: tb.impactcounter.com
Tuberculosis Impact Counter | Tracking TB Funding Impact
Tracking the impact of TB funding via USAID
tb.impactcounter.com
July 8, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Once again it is Father’s Day, which means it’s time to share the most Dad* thing you did in the last year. As is custom, I will go first:

Watching YouTube videos for small repair jobs around the house has turned into watching YouTube videos for large repair jobs I cannot and should not attempt.
June 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Look at downtown LA right now
June 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Despite warnings from the law enforcement not to attend today’s No Kings rally after this mornings shooting of Minnesota lawmakers with the killer on the lose, the No Kings Rally is happening at the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul.
June 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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my current favorite TikTok account is this guy who tries to replicate women fitness influencers
May 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
So many of these guys on US team today are just not at the level
June 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Carlos facing triple Championship point
a silhouette of a man in a dark room with a light behind him
ALT: a silhouette of a man in a dark room with a light behind him
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June 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
That French Open Final was insane!
June 8, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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one of the most incredible championship events in any sport I’ve ever seen. Vamos!
June 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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UEFA financial rules explicitly forbid the kind of shenanigans that Chelsea and Barca have used to squeeze past their domestic financial regulators

but their bet has been that UEFA enforces its rules with the urgency and commitment typical to parking violations

looks like it'll play
Chelsea set to be hit with a UEFA fine for exceeding the losses limit last season. Expected to learn the extent of their punishment within the next week. #CFC
www.standard.co.uk/sport/footba...
Chelsea to be hit by UEFA punishment after financial rules breach
Club breached UEFA limits on financial losses last season
www.standard.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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good morning. i’ve watched this pass 28 times already.
June 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Dream on, you dreamers
May 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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NSF budget would close down one of LIGO's sites. This would be, to put it lightly, a catastrophe for gravitational wave astronomy.

"In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two sites
and will support a reduced level for technology development."
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May 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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This is one of the world’s largest and most sophisticated physics experiments, it’s won the noble prize, and it literally does not work without both sites. Like it can’t function.
NSF budget would close down one of LIGO's sites. This would be, to put it lightly, a catastrophe for gravitational wave astronomy.

"In FY 2026 NSF will operate only one of the two sites
and will support a reduced level for technology development."
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May 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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With all of the discourse around xG as it relates to striker targets, particularly Arsenal's links this summer, I got to thinking about those numbers and how we look at them. Some thoughts and lessons I've learned over the years follow... (1/x)
May 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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As a reminder, she didn’t even run a red light, something DHS harped on as her disobeying US laws. The cops eventually admitted they pulled over the wrong car.
NEW: 19 year old Ximena Arias-Cristobal who came to America at age 4 has finally been reunited with her family in Dalton, Georgia after ICE detained her for three weeks over a now-dismissed red light traffic ticket and was in the process of trying to deport her (Video: News Channel Nine)
May 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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The President said of the U.S. economy: "We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it."

And then... I lost it.
April 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM