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Matt
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Librarian, Antifascist, South African American.


No one is free until we are all free!

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These evil, evil fuckers!
21.44 EST Supreme court issues emergency stay allowing Trump administration to not pay Snap benefits The US supreme court has granted an emergency stay that lifts a lower court’s order that would have required the Trump administration to fully fund nutrition benefits for 42 million low-income Americans. “The Supreme Court just granted our administrative stay in this case,” the attorney general, Pam Bondi, posted on social media just after 9:30pm in Washington. “Our attorneys will not stop fighting, day and night, to defend and advance President Trump’s agenda.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Mr. Beanst
Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean superimposed over a massive explosion with the text Mr. Beanst over him. It is a parody of Mr. Beast
November 7, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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This list may help find alternatives to travelling in the USA if you were hoping to fly somewhere over the next few weeks but have been stymied by the cancellations.
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Book & DVD covers America by Rail Buses RV Hacks Cycling The Bus is For Us Subways Trains, Boats, Planes Better Buses Better Cities Drive
November 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Democracy Fuck yeah!
A sign bearing an American flag and the words “Vote Here” A sticker with an American flag and the words “I Voted in Douglas County”
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Perhaps the nichest booklist I have ever put together:

The Ea-nāṣir Reading List

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Book covers: The Sumerians Ancient Mesopotamia The Other Ancient Civilisations Copper Jewelry Boom Bust Boom a Story About Copper, the Metal That Runs the World The Mesopotamian Riddle The Encyclopedia of Misinformation Complaint! What's Your Problem?
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Was inspired by my stupid joke to make a digital Kat Labubughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social
Democratic nominee Kat Abughazaleh's face in a Labubu
October 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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Tom Gauld for New Scientist The Science Fiction Author: My novel is a cautionary tale about capitalism and the consequences of creating powerful technologies without considering the moral implications. The Tech Company Boss: Guys! This novel is so cool! Let's build some of these things!
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Life may feel overwhelming at times but you can help your community in many ways! Picking up trash, volunteering, giving blood, voting in local elections - to name but a few. It all helps (& it can give you a mental boost as well)
American Red Cross name tag Matt I'm giving the gift of life,
October 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Visited a Spirit Halloween for the first time this past weekend
Spirit Halloween storefront
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Wandered into @kansaspublicradio.bsky.social Live Day at Lawrence Public Library
Pianist and Clarinetist accompanying a vocalist performing Serenity by Robert Farago
October 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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The Goose and the Common
The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common But leaves the greater villain loose Who steals the common from off the goose The law demands that we atone When we take things we do not own But leaves the lords and ladies fine Who take things that are yours and mine The poor and wretched don't escape If they conspire the law to break This must be so but they endure Those who conspire to make the law The law locks up the man or woman Who steals the goose from off the common And geese will still a common lack Till they go and steal it back [Seventeenth century protest against English enclosures] Variations They hang the man and flog the woman Who steals the goose from off the common Yet let the greater villain loose That steals the common from the goose The law doth punish man or woman That steals the goose from off the common But lets the greater felon loose That steals the common from the goose The law locks up the hapless felon who steals the goose from off the common but lets the greater felon loose who steals the common from the goose The fault is great in man or woman Who steals a goose from off a common But what can plead that man's excuse Who steals a common from a goose
October 21, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Whose House?

Our House!

This is unacceptable cultural & historic vandalism!

We need to evict that orange squatter as soon as possible!

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This photograph obtained by The Washington Post shows ongoing construction on the East Wing of the White House as President Donald Trump’s proposed ballroom is built, on Monday. (Obtained by The Washington Post)
October 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Trump in that video instead of portraying strength and vigor looks more like a cross between the dying Darth Vader (without the redemption) at the end of Return of the Jedi and a broken down member of the Adeptus Mechanicus - kept alive by failing technologies they don’t understand
Trump wearing a crown in a fighter jet in a still from an AI created video Sebastian Shaw playing a dying Darth Vader in Return of the Jedi A Martian Techpriest from Warhammer 40K
October 19, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Today I discovered that my maternal grandfather played in a jazz band in the 1920’s and ‘30’s while traveling the world with the British Merchant Navy. He was a multi-instrumentalist who played the saxophone, banjo, clarinet and piano. These are trio of the pieces he played:
Sheet music: Sung, Broadcast and Recorded by the Savoy Bands Lareine’s Edition 6d The Ogo-Pogo The funny foxtrot Words by Cumberland Clark Music by Mark Strong A small green fish goblin creature is wearing Chelsea boots and strumming a banjo on the cover Sheet music: Snakes Hips A Jungle Jazz Words and Music by Spencer Williams Two apes are playing the banjo and saxophone while an elephant trumpets and a python and lion look on
October 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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Small apple
A small, ripe end of season apple in sharp focus in the foreground. Slightly out of focus behind it are other apple trees in the orchard. The sky is blue with a few clouds and the grass is green.
October 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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“President has ‘heart of a humanitarian’
Has it been confirmed that Donald Trump is stealing body parts now?
Photo of President Trump waving his little hands, his mouth puckered like an asshole with the text: Donald Trump White House slams Trump’s perceived Nobel peace prize snub as ‘politics over peace’ President has ‘heart of humanitarian’, spokesperson says after unsuccessful bid for prize amid Gaza ceasefire deal
October 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Herving fern isn't herd when yerv gert a lerbry curd
fern leaf herd of sheep library shelves lemon curd
October 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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Two Orcas were in Kalk Bay Harbour yesterday down the road from where I am staying. I do not capture this video but someone who was also there did:
September 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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The sunrise was beautiful this morning
Sun rising over False Bay, with Kalk Bay Harbour visible on the right
September 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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A cup of tea while waiting for the sunrise
Mug of tea on a low wall
September 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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The #FreePalestine March in Cape Town
The Free Palestine March in Cape Town people wearing keffiyehs and waving Palestinian flags marching down a street
September 27, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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Saw the albino squirrel in the Company Gardens in Cape Town today
Albino squirrel sitting on a tree root eating a piece of bread
September 26, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Spotted a Blue Dragon Nudibranch at Dalebrook Beach this morning
Blue Dragon Nudibranch floating in a sandy rock pool
September 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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First time I have been able to celebrate #HeritageDay at home in South Africa for years! #ProudlySouthAfrican
Rainbow over Kalk Bay Mountain
September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Coffee on a rainy spring morning in the Cape
View of the Fishing Village from my parents house in Kalk Bay. In the foreground are bushes in the garden, and beyond them a double story house and another house on the right. Then the Fishing Village and rain clouds in the distance
September 23, 2025 at 6:32 AM