Matt Blair
@lsws.bsky.social
Words. Music. Sound as Signal. Monteverdi fan. Appreciator of rain. I aspire to multitudes. (In the Whitman sense of the word.) Formerly elsewisemedia on the dead bird app. (Lost some vowels along the way.) Continuously pregrieving these days. he/him
Thank you for telling her story, and yours. Thinking of you and your family tonight.
October 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Thank you for telling her story, and yours. Thinking of you and your family tonight.
Reposted by Matt Blair
An audience member asked about how we’ll fix things “after Trump.” Wrong q in a room full of historians. There isn’t a whole lot of “afterward” in US history. Massive paradigms linger. Sometimes for good—New Deal—sometimes not—Reaganism. Or, for that matter, the Civil War, never fully over. 4/
October 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
An audience member asked about how we’ll fix things “after Trump.” Wrong q in a room full of historians. There isn’t a whole lot of “afterward” in US history. Massive paradigms linger. Sometimes for good—New Deal—sometimes not—Reaganism. Or, for that matter, the Civil War, never fully over. 4/
During a 30-minute dog walk a few nights ago, Black Hawk helicopters flew within visual range several times, and we were miles away from the ICE facility.
October 11, 2025 at 11:20 PM
During a 30-minute dog walk a few nights ago, Black Hawk helicopters flew within visual range several times, and we were miles away from the ICE facility.
That said, I don’t want minimize what’s changed in the last two weeks: while the area of protest in Portland is only a block or two near the ICE facility, the sound of helicopters feels omnipresent at times.
October 11, 2025 at 11:19 PM
That said, I don’t want minimize what’s changed in the last two weeks: while the area of protest in Portland is only a block or two near the ICE facility, the sound of helicopters feels omnipresent at times.