Woodwater
@matthewtimberlake.bsky.social
Technologist, English major, peacenik, digital equity advocate. Father. Once and future writer. I am aghast.
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If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
November 23, 2025 at 4:27 PM
If you’re a journalist who’s still on Twitter, from now on in your writing you have to replace “the American people want” with “troll bots in Eastern Europe demand”
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
Being there makes your judgment suspect. I don’t care how savvy you think you are, you’re marinating in a disinformation campaign.
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bulldozed by trump now.
designed by trump megadonor timothy mellon's stepmother.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_...
www.nps.gov/whho/learn/h...
designed by trump megadonor timothy mellon's stepmother.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_...
www.nps.gov/whho/learn/h...
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
bulldozed by trump now.
designed by trump megadonor timothy mellon's stepmother.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_...
www.nps.gov/whho/learn/h...
designed by trump megadonor timothy mellon's stepmother.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_...
www.nps.gov/whho/learn/h...
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Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
September 12, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Pro tip to Laura Loomer who deleted this: The Internet is written in indelible ink.
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If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
June 25, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you’re zip-tying grandmas protesting losing health care maybe you’re not the good guys in the story?
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Fascist American immigration police, in action: www.newyorker.com/ne...
How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation
As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.
www.newyorker.com
June 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Fascist American immigration police, in action: www.newyorker.com/ne...
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Good information on, well, not such good information.
The Alt National Park Service account calls itself the official "resistance" team of the US National Park Service. With 887k followers, is one of the biggest accounts on Bluesky. It is the 11 most followed account according to some trackers.
This thread will dive into its activity.
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This thread will dive into its activity.
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June 18, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Good information on, well, not such good information.
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Right?! Not to mention the billions of dollars it is costing to round up almost exclusively peaceful, law-abiding, hard-working, tax paying migrants who are valuable parts of our community and economy. All for no good reason than Stephen Miller & Trump's hatred, racism, xenophobia, & fascism. 😡
I do wonder what it costs financially to have an army occupying Los Angeles and why I keep being told the government doesn't have enough money to pay for public schools to buy supplies for their teachers
June 9, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Right?! Not to mention the billions of dollars it is costing to round up almost exclusively peaceful, law-abiding, hard-working, tax paying migrants who are valuable parts of our community and economy. All for no good reason than Stephen Miller & Trump's hatred, racism, xenophobia, & fascism. 😡
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the President of the United States, everyone
May 16, 2025 at 1:23 PM
the President of the United States, everyone
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This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.
I know your goal is to try to make life as hard as possible for immigrants.
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is the right approach — speak to them as you would an especially stupid child, spell out their crimes and your contempt clearly.
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This is also a remarkable statement from a prominent journalist who himself works for a large wealthy corporation.
“Hope you enjoy the money, Shari.”
“Hope you enjoy the money, Shari.”
Jake Tapper: "One 60 Minutes source tells me, 'The lawsuit was baseless. Bill Owens wouldn't apologize. He wouldn't bend. He fought for the broadcast and for independent journalism and that cost him his job. It's shameful.'"
April 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This is also a remarkable statement from a prominent journalist who himself works for a large wealthy corporation.
“Hope you enjoy the money, Shari.”
“Hope you enjoy the money, Shari.”
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“A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” — Thomas Jefferson
April 23, 2025 at 2:50 AM
“A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.” — Thomas Jefferson
Satire is dead.
April 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Satire is dead.
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These are the principles, set out by the great Judge Simon Rifkind, that once governed Paul Weiss.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
March 20, 2025 at 11:46 PM
These are the principles, set out by the great Judge Simon Rifkind, that once governed Paul Weiss.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
They should take his name out of the firm’s name out of respect for his memory.
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Without adequate funding and staff, the Department of Education will be severely weakened in its ability to enforce federal civil rights laws, protect students with disabilities, and safeguard student privacy.
Dismantling public education is an attack on civil rights.
Dismantling public education is an attack on civil rights.
Trump’s Attack on the Department of Education, Explained | ACLU
The Trump administration just put millions of students’ education and civil rights at risk by closing key Department of Education offices and firing half of its workforce.
www.aclu.org
March 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Without adequate funding and staff, the Department of Education will be severely weakened in its ability to enforce federal civil rights laws, protect students with disabilities, and safeguard student privacy.
Dismantling public education is an attack on civil rights.
Dismantling public education is an attack on civil rights.
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This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
March 15, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is horrible to post, but I may as well post it. We are essentially shutting down research operations in my group, which is focused on treatments for pediatric brain cancer. I’m a well funded investigator, and there’s no choice. Science can’t function without the stability of NIH
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Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
March 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Budapest today. People are demanding that PM Orban resign.
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How about this, Stanford, Harvard & other uni's with the wealth & power to fight back? You still think cowering in the shadows, refusing to take any position on anything, hiding behind your "institutional neutrality policies," is going to keep you safe from this campaign to destroy higher education?
Trump says pressure on Columbia is only the beginning for college campuses
The president has launched a campaign to remove noncitizens who protested against Israel -- and bend university administrators to his will.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
How about this, Stanford, Harvard & other uni's with the wealth & power to fight back? You still think cowering in the shadows, refusing to take any position on anything, hiding behind your "institutional neutrality policies," is going to keep you safe from this campaign to destroy higher education?
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Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
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UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
March 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
UPDATE: From the original poster of the letter on FB:
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After 1,000 National Park Service employees were abruptly fired on February 14, staff banded together to signal “dire distress” by draping an upside-down American flag from the 3,000-foot summit of Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan monolith.
February 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
After 1,000 National Park Service employees were abruptly fired on February 14, staff banded together to signal “dire distress” by draping an upside-down American flag from the 3,000-foot summit of Yosemite’s iconic El Capitan monolith.
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The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Ax falls on elite group of Ph.D.s training to lead U.S. public health labs
Most of the fellows in CDC’s highly competitive Laboratory Leadership Service were fired last weekend
www.science.org
February 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The CDC has an ultra-competitive 2-year program to train "the best of the best" to lead public health labs.
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
Most of the current class were terminated over the weekend. www.science.org/content/arti... (by @meredithwadman.bsky.social)
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“We salute and admire the courage many of you have already exhibited and that will guide all of you as you continue to serve the interests of justice. You’ve responded to ethical challenges of a type no public servant should ever be forced to confront..."
An open letter to career federal prosecutors
Yesterday, I joined more than 900 former federal prosecutors in signing an open letter meant to express support, as best we can, to the remaining career staff who continue to be under ferocious assaul...
harrylitman.substack.com
February 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
“We salute and admire the courage many of you have already exhibited and that will guide all of you as you continue to serve the interests of justice. You’ve responded to ethical challenges of a type no public servant should ever be forced to confront..."