Matthew Borus
@matthewborus.bsky.social
Sociologist, social work faculty
Posting topics include community, disability, social welfare, Chicago, social movements, organizing, policy, the state, labor, coffee, and various nerdy side trips. Personal account
Posting topics include community, disability, social welfare, Chicago, social movements, organizing, policy, the state, labor, coffee, and various nerdy side trips. Personal account
The Zohran sign generator and this particular @themountaingoats.bsky.social lyric seemed like a good match.
November 11, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Zohran sign generator and this particular @themountaingoats.bsky.social lyric seemed like a good match.
Mamdani is going to implement shakshuka law. Looks delicious.
November 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Mamdani is going to implement shakshuka law. Looks delicious.
Real heads love to see a water crib from a plane window.
November 6, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Real heads love to see a water crib from a plane window.
I take back everything I said about Zohran. His confiscatory socialist policies stole approximately 70% of my hair by volume.
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I take back everything I said about Zohran. His confiscatory socialist policies stole approximately 70% of my hair by volume.
🎵These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
LET’S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK 🎶
Big lights will inspire you
LET’S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK 🎶
November 5, 2025 at 2:47 AM
🎵These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
LET’S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK 🎶
Big lights will inspire you
LET’S HEAR IT FOR NEW YORK 🎶
I saw this comment on a YouTube video of Chidi making Peeps chili, and it is an alarming point.
Some replies point out that canned chili would be cold, but not actually raw…and I’m not sure how reassuring that is.
Some replies point out that canned chili would be cold, but not actually raw…and I’m not sure how reassuring that is.
November 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I saw this comment on a YouTube video of Chidi making Peeps chili, and it is an alarming point.
Some replies point out that canned chili would be cold, but not actually raw…and I’m not sure how reassuring that is.
Some replies point out that canned chili would be cold, but not actually raw…and I’m not sure how reassuring that is.
I have to say, there’s a certain satisfaction in voting against our incumbent mayor in a building named for his father.
Vote @burnettforbing.bsky.social, Binghamton. We can do better than a Republican nepo-baby. And we need to.
Vote @burnettforbing.bsky.social, Binghamton. We can do better than a Republican nepo-baby. And we need to.
November 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I have to say, there’s a certain satisfaction in voting against our incumbent mayor in a building named for his father.
Vote @burnettforbing.bsky.social, Binghamton. We can do better than a Republican nepo-baby. And we need to.
Vote @burnettforbing.bsky.social, Binghamton. We can do better than a Republican nepo-baby. And we need to.
For two years in a row, I have taught on Halloween.
For two years in a row, I have worn a lion costume and told my class that we will be studying lion policy.
For two years in a row, I have worn a lion costume and told my class that we will be studying lion policy.
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
For two years in a row, I have taught on Halloween.
For two years in a row, I have worn a lion costume and told my class that we will be studying lion policy.
For two years in a row, I have worn a lion costume and told my class that we will be studying lion policy.
Let me kick this off! I donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Between the SNAP shutoff and the ICE onslaught, the city needs support.
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Let me kick this off! I donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository. Between the SNAP shutoff and the ICE onslaught, the city needs support.
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
giving.chicagosfoodbank.org/page/FUNRKUJ...
Thank you for this prompt! I gave to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier here in rust-belt upstate New York. If you’re still matching (and/or if others want to!), they could really use help.
October 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Thank you for this prompt! I gave to the Food Bank of the Southern Tier here in rust-belt upstate New York. If you’re still matching (and/or if others want to!), they could really use help.
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 23, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
I was asked for a fun fact. I provided two.
October 20, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I was asked for a fun fact. I provided two.
The speed at which inflatable costumes have diffused thru multiple movement circles is kind of amazing.
They started as a protest/de-escalation tactic in Portland. But in spaces like a No Kings protest in Binghamton (pictured), they’re more a symbol of solidarity and affinity. And that’s cool too.
They started as a protest/de-escalation tactic in Portland. But in spaces like a No Kings protest in Binghamton (pictured), they’re more a symbol of solidarity and affinity. And that’s cool too.
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 AM
The speed at which inflatable costumes have diffused thru multiple movement circles is kind of amazing.
They started as a protest/de-escalation tactic in Portland. But in spaces like a No Kings protest in Binghamton (pictured), they’re more a symbol of solidarity and affinity. And that’s cool too.
They started as a protest/de-escalation tactic in Portland. But in spaces like a No Kings protest in Binghamton (pictured), they’re more a symbol of solidarity and affinity. And that’s cool too.
So I’m seeing estimates of 4-5000 in Binghamton today. That seems high, but I have learned over many years that I am not great at crowd counts.
Still, even if it was 2-3000, that’s pretty good for a city of 47K with several other rallies within a 50 mile radius.
Still, even if it was 2-3000, that’s pretty good for a city of 47K with several other rallies within a 50 mile radius.
October 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
So I’m seeing estimates of 4-5000 in Binghamton today. That seems high, but I have learned over many years that I am not great at crowd counts.
Still, even if it was 2-3000, that’s pretty good for a city of 47K with several other rallies within a 50 mile radius.
Still, even if it was 2-3000, that’s pretty good for a city of 47K with several other rallies within a 50 mile radius.
To the chicken-suited hero who made this headline possible: we salute you.
October 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
To the chicken-suited hero who made this headline possible: we salute you.
From @juliametraux.bsky.social’s new piece out today at www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
![“I am concerned [that] without the staff to distribute funds, they will not get to the states and local districts, creating a shortfall that will harm students with disabilities,” said Michael Gilberg, a special education attorney. “This is absolutely a violation of federal law since this is money obligated to the states that would not be delivered.”
Katy Neas, CEO of the Arc, said that it is important to recognize that IDEA funding isn’t just giving out funds. OSEP is also in charge of compliance related to IDEA.
“OSEP has a robust monitoring system that states have to provide data every year on how they are doing on certain indicators,” Neas, former deputy assistant secretary in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, said. “It will go if you don’t have anybody to manage that function—it all goes away.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:znpc23hozgjyrhg2hnzj5w2p/bafkreihsompmjywkyz2cwpqslfelnbzbtowxrfp6ued26cr7xpma5fpp4i@jpeg)
October 13, 2025 at 10:40 PM
From @juliametraux.bsky.social’s new piece out today at www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
October 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"
In case anyone wants something to smile at, here is a list of team names in the Eastern League of minor league baseball.
PS The Rumble Ponies won their first playoff game tonight!
PS The Rumble Ponies won their first playoff game tonight!
September 17, 2025 at 2:31 AM
In case anyone wants something to smile at, here is a list of team names in the Eastern League of minor league baseball.
PS The Rumble Ponies won their first playoff game tonight!
PS The Rumble Ponies won their first playoff game tonight!
Four National Guard members amidst the upscale shops on the top floor of DC Union Station.
Soldiers acting as literal mall cops.
Soldiers acting as literal mall cops.
September 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Four National Guard members amidst the upscale shops on the top floor of DC Union Station.
Soldiers acting as literal mall cops.
Soldiers acting as literal mall cops.
Welcome to DC.
Saw about ten uniformed soldiers with long guns hanging off their chests at Union Station alone. Unsettling to say the least.
Saw about ten uniformed soldiers with long guns hanging off their chests at Union Station alone. Unsettling to say the least.
September 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Welcome to DC.
Saw about ten uniformed soldiers with long guns hanging off their chests at Union Station alone. Unsettling to say the least.
Saw about ten uniformed soldiers with long guns hanging off their chests at Union Station alone. Unsettling to say the least.
Post a meme made by you
September 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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