Matt Greenfield
@mattgreenfield.bsky.social
Social impact investor. Married to @mollyjongfast. Co-founder of a software company that serves 3 million neurodivergent kids annually.
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Say what you will about social media, but there was no other point in history where you got to read thousands of people trying to explain Catholicism directly to the Pope
November 14, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Say what you will about social media, but there was no other point in history where you got to read thousands of people trying to explain Catholicism directly to the Pope
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It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
November 13, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It all would have been much easier if, as would have happened if we were remotely a serious country, it all ended with the Access Hollywood interview.
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If only our society took major crimes by rich people as seriously as minor crimes by poor people. Ideally more seriously. But as seriously would be a big improvement.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
If only our society took major crimes by rich people as seriously as minor crimes by poor people. Ideally more seriously. But as seriously would be a big improvement.
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genuinely its really funny that the "online american catholic" position is that the pope is wrong about the bible and the "online american secular" position is that the pope is always right about the bible
October 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
genuinely its really funny that the "online american catholic" position is that the pope is wrong about the bible and the "online american secular" position is that the pope is always right about the bible
More relevant than ever. Except that the rest of the US had been Florida-ized.
November 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
More relevant than ever. Except that the rest of the US had been Florida-ized.
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We are finally getting away from woke science and embracing a health care system based on spells and omens
November 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
We are finally getting away from woke science and embracing a health care system based on spells and omens
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Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
"This will live on" -- Duffy explains that flying will remain a mess even after the shutdown because so many air traffic controllers are retiring
November 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ask him why so many air traffic controllers are retiring at once. Ask him if it has anything to do with Reagan firing 11K union strikers in 1981 and having to replace them all at once. Ask him how the mass firings this year will impact us the same way 40 years from now. Ask him, Jake.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.
November 9, 2025 at 1:11 AM
$40B of your money to this guy, so he can dance at CPAC at Mar-a-Lago while Americans wait for their paychecks, hoping the money actually comes.
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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Of course the president can’t subvert the Constitution by lying that there’s an emergency. If lying that there’s an emergency is a magic loophole granting the executive branch the powers of Congress, there’s no point to Article I.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Of course the president can’t subvert the Constitution by lying that there’s an emergency. If lying that there’s an emergency is a magic loophole granting the executive branch the powers of Congress, there’s no point to Article I.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
The fact that this is even a question is a sign of degradation.
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
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the scotus tariff case is going to be interesting because we'll finally learn if the supreme court is more beholden to its authoritarian backers or its corporate benefactors
November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
the scotus tariff case is going to be interesting because we'll finally learn if the supreme court is more beholden to its authoritarian backers or its corporate benefactors
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www.cnn.com/2025/11/04/s...
“Getting rid of Goddard removes the entire nation’s capability to build, develop and analyze data from space science satellites”
“Getting rid of Goddard removes the entire nation’s capability to build, develop and analyze data from space science satellites”
NASA may be quietly gutting an iconic campus with what it calls strategic closures, workers fear | CNN
Buildings at Goddard’s Maryland campus are being emptied and padlocked, sources say. NASA leadership has pushed back against the concerns.
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November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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“Getting rid of Goddard removes the entire nation’s capability to build, develop and analyze data from space science satellites”
“Getting rid of Goddard removes the entire nation’s capability to build, develop and analyze data from space science satellites”
Very thoughtful critique. open.substack.com/pub/danmeyer...
The Chatbot Tutors Are Sick of Your Nonsense
And they SHOULD be!
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Very thoughtful critique. open.substack.com/pub/danmeyer...
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Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
October 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Medicare for All would save $450B a year.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
Every dollar spent on food stamps generates $1.50-$1.80 in economic activity.
Each dollar going to low-wage workers adds $1.20 to the economy overall.
It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford.
It’s about priorities.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
Opinion | In Trump’s America, Are We Losing Our Democracy?
Donald Trump has wielded power as no previous president has.
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:25 PM
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Better late than never.
Better late than never.
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The Republican party has embraced full-on fascism while the Democratic party has staked out a position on immigration that is slightly different from mine. I have never felt more politically homeless.
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The Republican party has embraced full-on fascism while the Democratic party has staked out a position on immigration that is slightly different from mine. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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I have a very bad feeling about this...
October 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have a very bad feeling about this...
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Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Did you know that over 1.3M active duty service members and veterans rely on SNAP benefits to feed themselves and their families?
Now you know.
Now you know.
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I still say anyone who wants to defend a Confederate statute should be forced to read the original dedication speeches to tell us all what “heritage” they’re celebrating.
Here’s one from my college:
1619education.org/sites/defaul...
Here’s one from my college:
1619education.org/sites/defaul...
1619education.org
October 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I still say anyone who wants to defend a Confederate statute should be forced to read the original dedication speeches to tell us all what “heritage” they’re celebrating.
Here’s one from my college:
1619education.org/sites/defaul...
Here’s one from my college:
1619education.org/sites/defaul...
It is so cruel of Ross Douthat to work so hard at putting @nytimespitchbot.bluesky.social out of business. I mean, how can a satirist top this kind of nuclear-powered stupidity?
October 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It is so cruel of Ross Douthat to work so hard at putting @nytimespitchbot.bluesky.social out of business. I mean, how can a satirist top this kind of nuclear-powered stupidity?
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Imagine if we did this but instead of paying people to racially profile and terrorize communities and grab mostly innocent people we did it for teachers
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Imagine if we did this but instead of paying people to racially profile and terrorize communities and grab mostly innocent people we did it for teachers