Matthew
@matthewchat.bsky.social
Retired curmudgeon, still curmudgeoning
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If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If these people are ever thrown out of power, I hope we all understand there is no reformist pathway for institutions like this as much as Dems might desperately wish and claim there is.
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“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
People gather in uptown to protest Border Patrol arrests in Charlotte
Community leaders and immigrant families protested federal agents’ presence in Charlotte as agents drove around the city taking people.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:02 AM
“Following the arrival of the U.S. Border Patrol in Charlotte Saturday morning, hundreds of protesters gathered at First Ward Park in the afternoon and marched through uptown, delivering a clear message to federal agents: ‘Get out’...”
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...
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Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 16, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Don't be evil?
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
"Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, and tell local cops whether to contact ICE about the person, while simultaneously removing apps designed to warn local communities about the presence of ICE officers..."
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
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I haven't read the novel version of 2001 since I was a kid (not really a novelization, as Clarke & Kubrick were collaborating and ACC was writing the book simultaneously), but I'm pretty sure this is more explicitly spelled out in the original book as well.
Taking a moment to realise that in the movie 2010 its revealed that HAL in 2001 goes nuts because he is asked to lie.
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I haven't read the novel version of 2001 since I was a kid (not really a novelization, as Clarke & Kubrick were collaborating and ACC was writing the book simultaneously), but I'm pretty sure this is more explicitly spelled out in the original book as well.
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They are planning to do to us what they did to L.A. and Chicago. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
ICE Scouted Site to Hold Immigrant Detainees in New York City
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:42 PM
They are planning to do to us what they did to L.A. and Chicago. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/14/n...
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Dear GOP, if you’re looking for the single opportunity history will afford you to redeem yourselves, the time is now. Your time to get rid of Trump before he destroys the country is now.
Remove him now or be forever cursed throughout American history.
@thebulwark.com
@maddow.bsky.social
Remove him now or be forever cursed throughout American history.
@thebulwark.com
@maddow.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Dear GOP, if you’re looking for the single opportunity history will afford you to redeem yourselves, the time is now. Your time to get rid of Trump before he destroys the country is now.
Remove him now or be forever cursed throughout American history.
@thebulwark.com
@maddow.bsky.social
Remove him now or be forever cursed throughout American history.
@thebulwark.com
@maddow.bsky.social
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Merrick Garland left a standing impression that no one powerful will ever be held accountable. Democrats should rectify that by saying, loudly and every hour, that people who act on illegal orders will face punishment by the next DOJ.
Dems can say: Are you really sure you want to trust Trump, of all people, when he tells you that what he’s directing you to do is lawful, and that you’ll be protected later as a result? That’s a tenuous position for anyone to put themselves into—and Dems should not hesitate to say so.
Awful: Trump's boat bombings are now being justified by a new legal memo that relies on WH's own determinations as evidence. Memo also says people can't be prosecuted for the killings. But that reveals WH knows there's legal vulnerability here, Ds tell me.
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
New piece:
newrepublic.com/article/2032...
November 14, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Merrick Garland left a standing impression that no one powerful will ever be held accountable. Democrats should rectify that by saying, loudly and every hour, that people who act on illegal orders will face punishment by the next DOJ.
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A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
A lot of people are going to walk away from the Ghislaine Maxwell coverage with the impression that our prison system isn’t punitive enough but I’d say it highlights how most everyone else is treated with *deliberate* cruelty.
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It’s “Merry Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence Screaming Day”, NOT “Happy Holidays!”
November 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It’s “Merry Partially Muscled Skeleton Stands by the Perimeter Fence Screaming Day”, NOT “Happy Holidays!”
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Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
“The prohibited activities would include joint research, co-authorship on papers, and advising a foreign graduate student or postdoctoral fellow. The language is retroactive, meaning any interactions during the previous 5 years could make a scientist ineligible for future federal funding.”
U.S. Congress considers sweeping ban on Chinese collaborations
Researchers speak out against proposal that would bar funding for U.S. scientists working with Chinese partners or training Chinese students
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Prohibited activities include advising Chinese graduate students. For reference, a recent Georgetown report estimated 16% of STEM graduate students in the US are Chinese nationals.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
This would take out entire fields at the knees, which is perhaps the point.
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Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Scientists Confirm Aurora Borealis Will Be Visible On Google Images Tonight https://theonion.com/scientists-confirm-aurora-borealis-will-be-visible-on-google-images-tonight/
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I've never been THIS high...
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I've never been THIS high...
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Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Something absolutely perfect about Larry Summers riffing about the scourge of woke cancel culture being unfair to predatory men in a friendly email to his pal JEFFREY EPSTEIN.
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no polite way to say this--there are a lot of fuckin crazy people out there
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
no polite way to say this--there are a lot of fuckin crazy people out there
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Donald Trump visited Jeffrey Epstein’s house for the articles.
November 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Donald Trump visited Jeffrey Epstein’s house for the articles.
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Today is a big and stark reminder that a horrifying number of people don’t believe women and children are human beings
November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Today is a big and stark reminder that a horrifying number of people don’t believe women and children are human beings
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the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
November 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
the biggest lesson from the emails today is that powerful people are so unafraid of consequences for crimes as bad as “raping children” that they will just talk about it openly in emails
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
the only path to a better society is one where that is no longer true
This is insane:
"wealthy, middle-class Italians would travel to Bosnia and pay to kill human beings for sport"
“a price tag for these killings: children cost more, then men, preferably in uniform and armed, women, and finally old people, who could be killed for free,”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"wealthy, middle-class Italians would travel to Bosnia and pay to kill human beings for sport"
“a price tag for these killings: children cost more, then men, preferably in uniform and armed, women, and finally old people, who could be killed for free,”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Wealthy foreigners ‘paid £80k for weekend safaris to kill civilians’ in Sarajevo
Wealthy foreigners paid tens of thousands of pounds to become “weekend snipers” and shoot civilians during the siege of Sarajevo, according to allegations being investigated by Italian authorities.
www.yahoo.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:01 AM
This is insane:
"wealthy, middle-class Italians would travel to Bosnia and pay to kill human beings for sport"
“a price tag for these killings: children cost more, then men, preferably in uniform and armed, women, and finally old people, who could be killed for free,”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
"wealthy, middle-class Italians would travel to Bosnia and pay to kill human beings for sport"
“a price tag for these killings: children cost more, then men, preferably in uniform and armed, women, and finally old people, who could be killed for free,”
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
November 12, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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how aren’t they just run out of town
November 12, 2025 at 6:21 PM
how aren’t they just run out of town
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LOOK WHATS HAPPENING FLYING OUT OF DENVER RIGHT NOW!!!!!! 🔭🧪
November 12, 2025 at 3:23 AM
LOOK WHATS HAPPENING FLYING OUT OF DENVER RIGHT NOW!!!!!! 🔭🧪