Matthew Ryan Shelton
@mattrshelton.bsky.social
Poet, Translator, Percussionist, PhD, Lecturer in Irish Studies at UC Berkeley
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My one and only article in an academic journal is this frustratingly evergreen take on guys saying they just can't stop themselves from ending the world hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/wz35dvpo...
AI Safety Is a Narrative Problem
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December 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
My one and only article in an academic journal is this frustratingly evergreen take on guys saying they just can't stop themselves from ending the world hdsr.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/wz35dvpo...
Arú! Focail shit uuuuuuuuup!
November 22, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Arú! Focail shit uuuuuuuuup!
Jaysus. Trending shit is going to fucking kill the lot of us. Along with convenience. Along with self-affirmation. Along with Live Laugh Love bullshit. Uuuuuuuuuuuughghghgh.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Jaysus. Trending shit is going to fucking kill the lot of us. Along with convenience. Along with self-affirmation. Along with Live Laugh Love bullshit. Uuuuuuuuuuuughghghgh.
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‘By 1790, one in eight Liverpool households were dependent on the slave trade.’
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
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John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Kerrigan · No Illusions: Syntax of Slavery
Slavery was accepted across most of the early modern world. No one wanted to be a slave, except when the alternative was...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
‘By 1790, one in eight Liverpool households were dependent on the slave trade.’
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
John Kerrigan on Liverpool, the Atlantic slave trade and m. nourbeSe philip’s long poem 𝘡𝘰𝘯𝘨!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Och, g'wan then, big man. #seamusheaney #poems
November 20, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Och, g'wan then, big man. #seamusheaney #poems
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this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
October 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
this is wild: while Stephen Miller's guy was in Minnesota for his uncle's funeral, somebody was able to see his entire phone and take pictures of his Signal group chats talking about military deployments to Portland, and brought them to the Strib (gift link: www.startribune.com/trump-offici...)
“What we have learned leads us to deliberately avoid GenAI in our own work and to emphasise authentic human thinking and experience in our teaching.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Opinion: We are lecturers in Trinity College Dublin. It is our responsibility to resist AI
Even if all the known issues were magically resolved, we would still not want our students to use GenAI
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September 5, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“What we have learned leads us to deliberately avoid GenAI in our own work and to emphasise authentic human thinking and experience in our teaching.”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Ah yes. Chappelle Roan is so hot right now.
August 9, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ah yes. Chappelle Roan is so hot right now.
Ilya Kaminsky on ‘Deaf Republic’ and the poetry of resistance - www.reuters.com/lifestyle/il...
Ilya Kaminsky on ‘Deaf Republic’ and the poetry of resistance
The Ukrainian-American poet reflects on the enduring relevance of his 2019 epic, its London adaptation and the power of poetry to hold attention in times of crisis.
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August 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Ilya Kaminsky on ‘Deaf Republic’ and the poetry of resistance - www.reuters.com/lifestyle/il...
"If humanity does not pursue peace through international law based on the United Nations and its treaties, the next generation may very well live to see World War III — and that would be truly catastrophic for us all.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
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Opinion | I Survived an Atomic Bomb. It’s Time to End the Nuclear Threat.
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August 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"If humanity does not pursue peace through international law based on the United Nations and its treaties, the next generation may very well live to see World War III — and that would be truly catastrophic for us all.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...
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This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
June 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This time-lapse video of protesters marching down Broadway in Oakland for No Kings Day gives an idea of how many people turned out today @sfchronicle.com
💔 we cannot be complacent. We cannot stand idley by. This sort of political violence is unacceptable and must be condemned and met with real action. Bipartisan action. The time for thoughts and prayers has been over for too long now.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
Live Updates: Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’
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June 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
💔 we cannot be complacent. We cannot stand idley by. This sort of political violence is unacceptable and must be condemned and met with real action. Bipartisan action. The time for thoughts and prayers has been over for too long now.
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/06...
#RestInPower
Sly Stone, Bay Area funk pioneer and Family Stone frontman, dies at 82
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Sly Stone, Bay Area funk pioneer and Family Stone frontman, dies at 82
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Sly Stone, Bay Area funk pioneer and Family Stone frontman, dies at 82
His hits like “Everyday People” and “Dance to the Music” remain timeless, while his influence spans from Prince to hip-hop’s golden age.
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June 9, 2025 at 9:22 PM
#RestInPower
Sly Stone, Bay Area funk pioneer and Family Stone frontman, dies at 82
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Sly Stone, Bay Area funk pioneer and Family Stone frontman, dies at 82
www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
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Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
June 4, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
RIP Loretta Swit. Absolute legend. 💔
Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87 - www.reuters.com/business/med...
Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87 - www.reuters.com/business/med...
Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87
Loretta Swit, the Emmy Award-winning actress who played no-nonsense U.S. Army combat nurse Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the hit TV series "M*A*S*H" for more than a decade, died on Friday at the age of 87.
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May 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
RIP Loretta Swit. Absolute legend. 💔
Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87 - www.reuters.com/business/med...
Loretta Swit, 'Hot Lips' Houlihan on 'M*A*S*H,' dies at 87 - www.reuters.com/business/med...
RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87
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May 29, 2025 at 8:50 PM
RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Writer Who Condemned Colonists and Elites, Dies at 87 www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/b...
Devastating news. Paul Durcan was a fucking legend. What a voice! May it echo in ours who will remember him and his incomparable influence on us.
RIP Paul Durcan
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RIP Paul Durcan
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Acclaimed poet Paul Durcan dies aged 80
Poet who more than 20 books was awarded the Lifetime Achievement at the Irish Book Awards in 2014
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May 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Devastating news. Paul Durcan was a fucking legend. What a voice! May it echo in ours who will remember him and his incomparable influence on us.
RIP Paul Durcan
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RIP Paul Durcan
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Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing? Very.
One hundred days in, honking is down; bus speeds are up.
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April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Some stats from 100 days in on congestion pricing:
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year
- Complaints about car-honking are down 70%
- The Holland Tunnel has 65% fewer delays at rush hour; time to get thru it is down 48%
- 6 million fewer cars
- Half as many traffic-related injuries
- 1.5 million more visitors to BIDs year over year