Matt Kohn
@mattkohn.bsky.social
Film Director, Prod, ✍🏻 , Shooter, Editor
Experiential Theater Maker, Host “Speakeasy Cinema”
Docs: Call It Democracy, Site Specific: Legacy of Paul Rudolph, Our Tall Man: Manute Bol, Kelly Street Garden.
Upcoming fic feature: Colorblind Color Corrector
Experiential Theater Maker, Host “Speakeasy Cinema”
Docs: Call It Democracy, Site Specific: Legacy of Paul Rudolph, Our Tall Man: Manute Bol, Kelly Street Garden.
Upcoming fic feature: Colorblind Color Corrector
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Reminder - Mark Kelly is a space hero who believes in the #StarTrek vision of Gene Roddenberry trekmovie.com/2017/01/27/i...
INTERVIEW – Astronaut Mark Kelly Discusses Role Deciding Inaugural Roddenberry Foundation Prize
Commander Kelly and his fellow judges will be awarding five prizes totaling $1 million dollars to individuals and/or companies that are trying to make the world a better place in February.
trekmovie.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Reminder - Mark Kelly is a space hero who believes in the #StarTrek vision of Gene Roddenberry trekmovie.com/2017/01/27/i...
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
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I'm gonna just start blocking accounts that post AI art. I don't come here for that.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I'm gonna just start blocking accounts that post AI art. I don't come here for that.
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For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM
For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.
Hope that clears things up.
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"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
Jeffrey Epstein, The Difference Between Conspiracy & Conspiracy Theory, Sarah Kendzior
YouTube video by The Mark Thompson Show
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Every administration had people directly connected to Epstein in top positions. Barr, Blinken, Acosta, etc. You can play 'six degrees of Jeffrey Epstein' but it's like, the guy down the hall. You don't have to look very far."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e84j...
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And what happens when DHS does this around election time next November, just to make everyone think twice about going through the hassle of going to vote?
The message to everyone in 2026 must be: vote early! (whether, if allowed, in person or, if allowed, by mail)
The message to everyone in 2026 must be: vote early! (whether, if allowed, in person or, if allowed, by mail)
DHS takes credit for seemingly less traffic in Charlotte because their masked goons are making people afraid to leave their homes
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
And what happens when DHS does this around election time next November, just to make everyone think twice about going through the hassle of going to vote?
The message to everyone in 2026 must be: vote early! (whether, if allowed, in person or, if allowed, by mail)
The message to everyone in 2026 must be: vote early! (whether, if allowed, in person or, if allowed, by mail)
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I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I want to take a moment to thank the entire Elias Law Group team who worked on the Texas redistricting case as well as our fearless clients. The thirteen Black and Latino voters we represented stood up to challenge Texas's unprecedented mid-decade redistricting. We all ow them a debt of gratitude.
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A pretty good write-up about Star Trek: Khan’s ending — warning, HERE BE SPOILERS!
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
43 Years Later, Star Trek Just Created A Massive New Canon Question
The Wrath of...Kali? Here's how 'Star Trek: Khan' creates a new canon question.
www.inverse.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 AM
A pretty good write-up about Star Trek: Khan’s ending — warning, HERE BE SPOILERS!
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
www.inverse.com/entertainmen...
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Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Some news: tomorrow at 9am, Ted Koppel + CBS Sunday Morning will air a two-part story on the devastating surge of full-time workers being pushed into homelessness.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
I'll be interviewed along with two families from There Is No Place for Us. It would mean a lot if you'd watch and help spread the word.
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Episode 2 of Stories From The States is live! This week, host @fitzsimon.bsky.social talks to a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain who was detained by ICE for 73 days.
Now, he shares his experience.
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/73-d...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
Now, he shares his experience.
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/73-d...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
73 days in ICE detention: an Ohio hospital chaplain speaks out | News From The States
www.newsfromthestates.com
November 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Episode 2 of Stories From The States is live! This week, host @fitzsimon.bsky.social talks to a former Cincinnati Children’s Hospital chaplain who was detained by ICE for 73 days.
Now, he shares his experience.
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/73-d...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
Now, he shares his experience.
www.newsfromthestates.com/episode/73-d...
#FairFearlessFree #LocalJournalism
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It’s wildly disingenuous for @aaron.bsky.team to reply to queries about Sarah Kendzior’s suspension about how they don’t comment publicly on individual users when he knows that we all know that they haven’t even told her privately what the basis for the suspension is
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
It’s wildly disingenuous for @aaron.bsky.team to reply to queries about Sarah Kendzior’s suspension about how they don’t comment publicly on individual users when he knows that we all know that they haven’t even told her privately what the basis for the suspension is
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If Schumer lets this total con job of a “deal” happen, he is either the world’s biggest sucker/idiot, or the country’s most feckless damned traitor. Whichever it is, if he lets his caucus fold he will have proved himself unfit for office and we’ll have to picket his office until he resigns.
Shutting down the government is a big deal. People have been hurt in big ways as a result of the decision. To have that suffering be for nothing—to re-open the government without actually having protected people’s health insurance and economic well-being—is unconscionable.
November 10, 2025 at 12:53 AM
If Schumer lets this total con job of a “deal” happen, he is either the world’s biggest sucker/idiot, or the country’s most feckless damned traitor. Whichever it is, if he lets his caucus fold he will have proved himself unfit for office and we’ll have to picket his office until he resigns.
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I always say how I never had a mentor to help me figure out how to be a journalist, but I do have a hero. This woman, who needs know introduction, Marley Shebala, who is probably the best Native journalist ever! She’s a trailblazer. But she has fallen on hard times like many
gofund.me/4dd20c6db
gofund.me/4dd20c6db
Donate to Rebuild Hope for a Displaced Navajo Family, organized by Marley Shebala
Ya’at’eeh Relatives/Frens/Humans, my family & I are still standing but we ne… Marley Shebala needs your support for Rebuild Hope for a Displaced Navajo Family
gofund.me
November 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I always say how I never had a mentor to help me figure out how to be a journalist, but I do have a hero. This woman, who needs know introduction, Marley Shebala, who is probably the best Native journalist ever! She’s a trailblazer. But she has fallen on hard times like many
gofund.me/4dd20c6db
gofund.me/4dd20c6db
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BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge rules Trump’s Portland military takeover unconstitutional.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
Trump-Appointed Judge Rules His Portland Military Takeover Was Unconstitutional
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:15 AM
BREAKING: A Trump-appointed judge rules Trump’s Portland military takeover unconstitutional.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
Judge Immergut permanently blocked Trump’s order to federalize Oregon’s National Guard — calling it a violation of the Tenth Amendment and a power grab beyond lawful authority.
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Elections (still) matter.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
Safeguarding Democracy Project
The Safeguarding Democracy Project at UCLA Law promotes research, collaboration, and advocacy aimed at ensuring continued free and fair elections in the United States, conducted in accordance with dem...
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Elections (still) matter.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
We need to keep it that way, with free and fair elections, in 2026.
SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org.
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
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“Future of Gerrymandering? Here’s How Weird Things Could Look” electionlawblog.org?p=152868
"Future of Gerrymandering? Here’s How Weird Things Could Look" #ELB
NYT’s The Tilt: You’ve probably seen gerrymandered congressional maps with snaking, winding, twisting districts drawn to give one party an advantage. In the not too distant future, it might be possibl...
electionlawblog.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
“Future of Gerrymandering? Here’s How Weird Things Could Look” electionlawblog.org?p=152868
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My last Halloween as a Controller.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
October 31, 2025 at 8:56 PM
My last Halloween as a Controller.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.
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Watch Archived Video of My Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Danielle Citron, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz on the Media and Social Media Information Environment in 2026 electionlawblog.org?p=152856 @brendannyhan.bsky.social @daniellecitron.bsky.social
Watch Archived Video of My Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Danielle Citron, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz on the Media and Social Media Information Environment in 2026 #ELB
An elucidating conversation. Watch:
electionlawblog.org
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Watch Archived Video of My Safeguarding Democracy Project Conversation with Danielle Citron, Brendan Nyhan, and Amy Wilentz on the Media and Social Media Information Environment in 2026 electionlawblog.org?p=152856 @brendannyhan.bsky.social @daniellecitron.bsky.social
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World leaders are getting old! And not just in autocracies. It’s human nature to cling to power, but history has shown us that political leaders who stay too long don’t deliver, even after promising early days in office. My latest in @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...
Elizabeth Shackelford: The intoxication of power and its consequences on democracy around the world
Elderly leaders in Africa and around the world are holding on to power. Democratic states should be wary about the impact of entrenched rule.
www.chicagotribune.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:24 PM
World leaders are getting old! And not just in autocracies. It’s human nature to cling to power, but history has shown us that political leaders who stay too long don’t deliver, even after promising early days in office. My latest in @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/31/c...