Matt D'Augustine
@daug.bsky.social
Social Studies Teacher and 7-12 Program Coordinator. Overconsumer of food, music, and sports. Philly born, Central Jersey (Metuchen) raised, Rochester NY-area (Brighton) resident. Phillies, Sixers, Eagles, Flyers
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Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
November 9, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Donald Trump’s approval rating has tanked and Republican suffered heavy losses in last week’s elections. There’s never been a better time for Senate Democrats to cave on the ACA extension.
Tyrese Maxey is a bad motherfucker
Maxey in the clutch. Love that kid.
October 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Tyrese Maxey is a bad motherfucker
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Lots of you have been asking for the syllabus for the lecture course -- "America at 250" -- that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.
Here you go:
president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Here you go:
president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
president.yale.edu
October 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Lots of you have been asking for the syllabus for the lecture course -- "America at 250" -- that I'm teaching with David Blight and Beverly Gage.
Here you go:
president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Here you go:
president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...
Maxey in the clutch. Love that kid.
October 28, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Maxey in the clutch. Love that kid.
Canvassing, huh? Who knew?
"Black organizers had noticed gaps in the campaign’s strategy for reaching Black voters. To address them, they led canvasses in working-class Black neighborhoods...By early October, Mamdani had taken a commanding lead over Cuomo among Black voters"
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
hammerandhope.org/article/zohr...
Will Zohran Mamdani Win Over Black New Yorkers?
Five people talk about their experience of the Mamdani campaign — from the inside and the outside.
hammerandhope.org
October 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Canvassing, huh? Who knew?
Damnit, I'm feeling optimistic!
Joel Embiid: "I'm just in a good space mentally, physically. I'm just happy to touch a basketball and be able to do what I love. When you don't get that, it's tough. That's what I'm most happy about."
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Damnit, I'm feeling optimistic!
Yeah, there's no way I'm giving either of those up. Fortunately I'm at a point in my life where there's no one "grading" my work.
Listen I love the em dash so much and this stuff is such a transgression.
If AI also comes for the Oxford comma I'm just going to have to personally find the king robot and put a stake through its heart
If AI also comes for the Oxford comma I'm just going to have to personally find the king robot and put a stake through its heart
Also likely AI again. She em dashed them
October 10, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yeah, there's no way I'm giving either of those up. Fortunately I'm at a point in my life where there's no one "grading" my work.
I mean, that's precisely why everyone in the US was doing so well the last couple of years of Hoover's Presidency. All that wonderful deflation lowering those high prices.
ANDREESSEN: Even if AI ends up destroying all the jobs, “the result would be hyper-deflation of prices, which is the thing that people miss. .. Things that today cost a lot of money will all of a sudden be cheap or free.”
@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...
@fortune.com
fortune.com/2025/10/08/b...
October 8, 2025 at 5:20 PM
I mean, that's precisely why everyone in the US was doing so well the last couple of years of Hoover's Presidency. All that wonderful deflation lowering those high prices.
Still too many coward draws from the Eagles
September 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Still too many coward draws from the Eagles
What an insanely beautiful ending that was. #JordanFuckingDavis #FlyEaglesFly
September 21, 2025 at 8:11 PM
What an insanely beautiful ending that was. #JordanFuckingDavis #FlyEaglesFly
Looking forward to Tanner McKee's induction speech in Canton. And boy, are the Bengals in trouble if that's their defense
August 8, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Looking forward to Tanner McKee's induction speech in Canton. And boy, are the Bengals in trouble if that's their defense
"innately" designed?
Trump announces that he’s having a 90,000 sq ft event space added to the White House
July 31, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"innately" designed?
The Sixers could have paid that. Guessing Yabu opted for a better chance to win along with less nonsense.
FROM SHAMS:
Free agent center Guerschon Yabusele has agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with the New York Knicks, plus a player option, sources tell ESPN. The Knicks negotiated the new deal with agents Olivier Mazet and Richie Felder for the big man on Tuesday.
Free agent center Guerschon Yabusele has agreed to a two-year, $12 million contract with the New York Knicks, plus a player option, sources tell ESPN. The Knicks negotiated the new deal with agents Olivier Mazet and Richie Felder for the big man on Tuesday.
July 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The Sixers could have paid that. Guessing Yabu opted for a better chance to win along with less nonsense.
Phillies small balling their way to a 3-0 lead
June 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Phillies small balling their way to a 3-0 lead
Because so many students can't spell my name, even by the end of the school year (who knew that saying "spell the part after the apostrophe like the month" would lead to "D'Agistine" and "D'Ogestine"?) I will legally be changing my name to "Matt Dog," or possibly just the one word "Mattdog."
'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' star Rob McElhenney files to legally change his name
'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' star Rob McElhenney has filed to legally change his name over concerns about the pronunciation of his current one as he extends his reach across the globe.
ew.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Because so many students can't spell my name, even by the end of the school year (who knew that saying "spell the part after the apostrophe like the month" would lead to "D'Agistine" and "D'Ogestine"?) I will legally be changing my name to "Matt Dog," or possibly just the one word "Mattdog."
NBA trades confuse the hell out of me
Orlando paid a hefty price to acquire Grizzlies guard Desmond Bane 👀
(Picks via @joshrobbins.bsky.social)
(Picks via @joshrobbins.bsky.social)
June 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
NBA trades confuse the hell out of me
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Let's not do this.
Instead of election denial, our time is better spent working to protect democracy against total death now and standing up against fascism.
Instead of election denial, our time is better spent working to protect democracy against total death now and standing up against fascism.
There is no way he won all 7 swing states.
June 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Let's not do this.
Instead of election denial, our time is better spent working to protect democracy against total death now and standing up against fascism.
Instead of election denial, our time is better spent working to protect democracy against total death now and standing up against fascism.
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We don’t need to back off the American Gestapo and we don’t need to respect its agents. People exercising state violence are not entitled to anonymity. Nor are the people directing the state violence.
MIKE JOHNSON: From the people who mandated mask wearing for years, it's absurd. They need to back off ICE & respect our agents
Q: So you're ok w/agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants?
J: Why, so they can target them? So they can put names and faces online and dox them?
Q: So you're ok w/agents not identifying themselves when they're arresting migrants?
J: Why, so they can target them? So they can put names and faces online and dox them?
June 6, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We don’t need to back off the American Gestapo and we don’t need to respect its agents. People exercising state violence are not entitled to anonymity. Nor are the people directing the state violence.
Zack Wheeler really does not like an extra day of rest
May 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Zack Wheeler really does not like an extra day of rest
The reports of its demise were greatly exaggerated, apparently
BREAKING: The Packers' proposal to ban the tush push did not receive the required 75% support from the NFL's owners to pass, per source.
The tush push remains alive.
The tush push remains alive.
May 21, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The reports of its demise were greatly exaggerated, apparently
Oh yeah, all of those injury concerns. The NFL is famous for giving a shit about player safety. Just fascinating that the league will ignore plays that may actually possess some injury risks and prioritize banning a play for which there's no evidence of such things. Beautiful framing.
May 21, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Oh yeah, all of those injury concerns. The NFL is famous for giving a shit about player safety. Just fascinating that the league will ignore plays that may actually possess some injury risks and prioritize banning a play for which there's no evidence of such things. Beautiful framing.
Welp, the Sixers didn't lose their pick but they got #3 in a 2-person draft. Very Sixersy.
May 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Welp, the Sixers didn't lose their pick but they got #3 in a 2-person draft. Very Sixersy.
The integration of campus and town was certainly a reason Amherst College ended up being my kid's first choice. Great little town. Already added it to my list of places I could retire.
Amherst named the best college town in the Northeast. Here's why
Here's why Amherst made the list for best college town in the Northeast and Boston didn't.
www.wickedlocal.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The integration of campus and town was certainly a reason Amherst College ended up being my kid's first choice. Great little town. Already added it to my list of places I could retire.
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What annoys me so much about the leftist NIMBY crowd is that even if they were right about prices they are still fighting against more people getting to live in a place which is categorically a reactionary impulse.
April 29, 2025 at 8:37 PM
What annoys me so much about the leftist NIMBY crowd is that even if they were right about prices they are still fighting against more people getting to live in a place which is categorically a reactionary impulse.
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