Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. World's leading connoisseur of Dark Hi & Lois. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
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Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
· Jun 20
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on a slightly closer read this piece suffers from the same malady as every TCW piece: he is incapable of dealing with the substance of a thing. the most relevant thing to him is that jan 6ers and george floyders *sounded the same*, the substance of what they wanted is irrelevant. this is stupid.
November 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
on a slightly closer read this piece suffers from the same malady as every TCW piece: he is incapable of dealing with the substance of a thing. the most relevant thing to him is that jan 6ers and george floyders *sounded the same*, the substance of what they wanted is irrelevant. this is stupid.
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When they go tollens, we go ponens
(Yes, surprised that they’re going with minimising the wrong rather than running away from the wrongdoer)
(Yes, surprised that they’re going with minimising the wrong rather than running away from the wrongdoer)
in case you're wondering how the cope is going www.mediamatters.org/megyn-kelly/...
November 13, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When they go tollens, we go ponens
(Yes, surprised that they’re going with minimising the wrong rather than running away from the wrongdoer)
(Yes, surprised that they’re going with minimising the wrong rather than running away from the wrongdoer)
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this whole paragraph is an exercise in the pose of knowingness, and illustration of how making being "more reasonable than the extremists" the whole core of your intellect leads inexorably to believing in nothing at all
This paragraph especially!
If I understand him right, he's saying "moral clarity it good" and the right has been utterly immoral so it might sound weird to criticize moral clarity. HOWEVER, because the left is bad [unspecified reasons], "moral clarity is an obstacle to insight." ???
If I understand him right, he's saying "moral clarity it good" and the right has been utterly immoral so it might sound weird to criticize moral clarity. HOWEVER, because the left is bad [unspecified reasons], "moral clarity is an obstacle to insight." ???
November 13, 2025 at 10:29 PM
this whole paragraph is an exercise in the pose of knowingness, and illustration of how making being "more reasonable than the extremists" the whole core of your intellect leads inexorably to believing in nothing at all
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I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I cannot begin to properly articulate how upsetting it is to have had people baselessly accuse trans people of being groomers and pedophiles only for it to come out that they were deliberately doing this as part of a project to provide cover to actual groomers and pedophiles in positions of power
nothing is going to be as satisfying today as remembering who wrote these books that I read ~20 years ago
courtesy of the queen herself
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
courtesy of the queen herself
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
November 13, 2025 at 8:55 PM
nothing is going to be as satisfying today as remembering who wrote these books that I read ~20 years ago
courtesy of the queen herself
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
courtesy of the queen herself
www.newyorker.com/magazine/200...
possibly related to current news: it is not my story to tell, but I have heard a story of creepy behavior from Punch Sulzberger
[not with underage girls]
[not with underage girls]
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
possibly related to current news: it is not my story to tell, but I have heard a story of creepy behavior from Punch Sulzberger
[not with underage girls]
[not with underage girls]
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give me new automation systems, i don't care, those are fine. the automation system should not be designed in a way where it is trying to convince me it is my friend to keep me using it
November 13, 2025 at 6:32 PM
give me new automation systems, i don't care, those are fine. the automation system should not be designed in a way where it is trying to convince me it is my friend to keep me using it
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it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
it's been hard to put this feeling into words, but we've spent the past couple of decades being lectured to and patronized by an elite class that spent its free time joshing with jeffrey epstein about his little sex abuse empire while lecturing us about how out of touch we are
calm the fuck down, autosuggest
November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
calm the fuck down, autosuggest
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Two modest proposals:
Start calling people who are paid to have particular opinions sophists again.
Stop sharing, writing for, and participating in anything to do with the institute for arts and ideas (dunno who funds it, but what it's doing is putting a *philosophy* shine on reactionary thought)
Start calling people who are paid to have particular opinions sophists again.
Stop sharing, writing for, and participating in anything to do with the institute for arts and ideas (dunno who funds it, but what it's doing is putting a *philosophy* shine on reactionary thought)
November 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Two modest proposals:
Start calling people who are paid to have particular opinions sophists again.
Stop sharing, writing for, and participating in anything to do with the institute for arts and ideas (dunno who funds it, but what it's doing is putting a *philosophy* shine on reactionary thought)
Start calling people who are paid to have particular opinions sophists again.
Stop sharing, writing for, and participating in anything to do with the institute for arts and ideas (dunno who funds it, but what it's doing is putting a *philosophy* shine on reactionary thought)
for a long time I have thought about what it would be like to be a great writer in exile, surrounded by speakers of another language, producing poetry only you understood
Another selection of the best dril's replies on Threads:
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November 13, 2025 at 4:31 PM
for a long time I have thought about what it would be like to be a great writer in exile, surrounded by speakers of another language, producing poetry only you understood
mild correction: the word "Gotcha!" did not sneak in from another strip, it is Ditto's line/sound effect as he chases Dot wearing an alien mask
(DARK did sneak in from another strip and I'd like to know which one)
(DARK did sneak in from another strip and I'd like to know which one)
in a typical case of AI Overview bullshit, this is not true. It was Lois who needed fresh air. The word "Gotcha!" snuck in from another strip thanks to some mangled OCR (www.newspapers.com/newspage/846...). And it wasn't a fan-made strip...
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
mild correction: the word "Gotcha!" did not sneak in from another strip, it is Ditto's line/sound effect as he chases Dot wearing an alien mask
(DARK did sneak in from another strip and I'd like to know which one)
(DARK did sneak in from another strip and I'd like to know which one)
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a computer can never be held accountable; therefore a computer must never be permitted to impersonate a human being.
November 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
a computer can never be held accountable; therefore a computer must never be permitted to impersonate a human being.
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no see using these photos would be beneath the Times, which would never take material from a dubious source, unless it was, say, hacked documents showing that a guy born in Africa had put 'African-American' on his application form for a university he didn't get into. You know, something important.
Can we circle back to the part where the NY Times never disclosed that they have incriminating information on Donald Trump from sent by Epstein that's been sitting on their email servers for nearly a decade?
Stuff like this makes me wonder why there hasn't been any reporting about Trump having affairs during his presidencies
November 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
no see using these photos would be beneath the Times, which would never take material from a dubious source, unless it was, say, hacked documents showing that a guy born in Africa had put 'African-American' on his application form for a university he didn't get into. You know, something important.
I am fine with this policy, particularly as applied to threat-like things that are clearly not meant to express an intention to commit violence
(actual threats that do express an intention to commit violence are prosecutable, not just bannable)
(actual threats that do express an intention to commit violence are prosecutable, not just bannable)
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I am fine with this policy, particularly as applied to threat-like things that are clearly not meant to express an intention to commit violence
(actual threats that do express an intention to commit violence are prosecutable, not just bannable)
(actual threats that do express an intention to commit violence are prosecutable, not just bannable)
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The important corollary to Trump2.0 pulling strings to get BOP to move Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum security camp is Trump1.0 pulling strings to torture Michael Cohen
They’re dangling sweeteners & commutation in front of Maxwell but there’s also an implicit threat
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
They’re dangling sweeteners & commutation in front of Maxwell but there’s also an implicit threat
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
www.reuters.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:59 PM
The important corollary to Trump2.0 pulling strings to get BOP to move Ghislaine Maxwell to a minimum security camp is Trump1.0 pulling strings to torture Michael Cohen
They’re dangling sweeteners & commutation in front of Maxwell but there’s also an implicit threat
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
They’re dangling sweeteners & commutation in front of Maxwell but there’s also an implicit threat
www.reuters.com/article/worl...
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this is absurdly offensive, there are a lot more reasons to think Summers is sincere here than insincere, and this should get you drummed out of intellectual society.
November 12, 2025 at 8:03 PM
this is absurdly offensive, there are a lot more reasons to think Summers is sincere here than insincere, and this should get you drummed out of intellectual society.
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Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Today is the day! Our reply to the two concurrent critiques (from the same set of authors) is now published in the journal Intelligence 🧵 1/
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It’s not just that Trump is personally a rapist, though there’s lots of credible evidence to suggest that he is. It’s that he is promoting a fundamentally pro-rape ideology, and that the permissiveness for rape and entitlement to rape that are core to his worldview are central to his appeal for men.
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
It’s not just that Trump is personally a rapist, though there’s lots of credible evidence to suggest that he is. It’s that he is promoting a fundamentally pro-rape ideology, and that the permissiveness for rape and entitlement to rape that are core to his worldview are central to his appeal for men.
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i can only express my sheer befuddlement with this ominous looking garfield screenshot
November 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
i can only express my sheer befuddlement with this ominous looking garfield screenshot
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An analysis of news pieces about Trump’s anti-trans decrees found that “70 percent did not include a quote from a single trans person. Instead, journalists turned to cisgender sources — mostly government officials — to speak about trans people, their lives, and how they would be affected.”
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:00 PM
An analysis of news pieces about Trump’s anti-trans decrees found that “70 percent did not include a quote from a single trans person. Instead, journalists turned to cisgender sources — mostly government officials — to speak about trans people, their lives, and how they would be affected.”
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the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
A direct email exchange from 2011 between Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, just released by House Oversight Committee Democrats.
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 PM
the republican party is engaged in a cover up to keep the american people from learning whether president trump is president pedo
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LABYRINTH (Two Palindromes)
Daedalus, nine pass….
I, Minos, add a son.
I miss a peninsula, dead.
Spool's end: Air, an isle….
Vary. A way ravels in
Ariadne’s loops.
Daedalus, nine pass….
I, Minos, add a son.
I miss a peninsula, dead.
Spool's end: Air, an isle….
Vary. A way ravels in
Ariadne’s loops.
November 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
LABYRINTH (Two Palindromes)
Daedalus, nine pass….
I, Minos, add a son.
I miss a peninsula, dead.
Spool's end: Air, an isle….
Vary. A way ravels in
Ariadne’s loops.
Daedalus, nine pass….
I, Minos, add a son.
I miss a peninsula, dead.
Spool's end: Air, an isle….
Vary. A way ravels in
Ariadne’s loops.
and pepper-spraying the driver of a moving car should be reckless endangerment at the least
"President Donald Trump’s federal law enforcement crackdown has hit a disgusting new low, after federal agents reportedly pepper-sprayed a 1-year-old in Chicago and then lied about it."
Damning Video Shows DHS Agents Pepper-Spray a Baby
The Department of Homeland Security has denied it.
newrepublic.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:18 PM
and pepper-spraying the driver of a moving car should be reckless endangerment at the least
in Burlington, Vermont, the sky is a beautiful pale glow. because it's overcast. could not see the aurora one tiny bit
November 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
in Burlington, Vermont, the sky is a beautiful pale glow. because it's overcast. could not see the aurora one tiny bit