Megan Mattes
@meganmattes.bsky.social
PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University's Department of Political Science studying democratic innovations. meganmattes.ca
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I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
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ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
This is who is paying for the destruction of the White House East Wing, per @wsj.com
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
Google
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
Altria Group Inc.
Amazon
Apple Inc.
Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.
Caterpillar Inc.
Coinbase Global
Comcast Corp.
Hard Rock International
HP Inc.
Lockheed Martin Corp.
Meta Platforms Inc.
1/3
October 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Lots of US companies have done lots of dreadful things to Americans. But the symbolism of paying to destroy the White House is hard to top.
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This is fascism, core fascism. Control of knowledge-producing institutions via subversion of their independence, to conscript them into service of the leader & his regime
Some schools will be starved of resources. Other schools will be offered bribes. The end goal is the same. To make the universities an extension of the Trump administration. Shame on any of these institutions willing to take the bribes.
October 2, 2025 at 1:57 AM
This is fascism, core fascism. Control of knowledge-producing institutions via subversion of their independence, to conscript them into service of the leader & his regime
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We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.
September 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
We laugh at this shit -- I mean, how can you not? -- but it's serious: these guys want to infuse reactionary thinking into AI and then infuse AI into every nook & cranny of American life. They can't win the argument so they are trying to blunt-force their views onto us with money & power.
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Bailing out Argentina clarifies "America First." The transnational right is first, everyone else is an enemy.
The Trump admin defends it by calling Argentina an ally. But while US-Argentina relations are friendly, they're not allies. US allies are states Trump is antagonizing, such as South Korea.
The Trump admin defends it by calling Argentina an ally. But while US-Argentina relations are friendly, they're not allies. US allies are states Trump is antagonizing, such as South Korea.
September 25, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Bailing out Argentina clarifies "America First." The transnational right is first, everyone else is an enemy.
The Trump admin defends it by calling Argentina an ally. But while US-Argentina relations are friendly, they're not allies. US allies are states Trump is antagonizing, such as South Korea.
The Trump admin defends it by calling Argentina an ally. But while US-Argentina relations are friendly, they're not allies. US allies are states Trump is antagonizing, such as South Korea.
Kneecap is no threat to public safety and the government knows it. It is insane that Canada is following the UK's disastrous policies of targeting those who speak out against genocide. Where's this level of condemnation for those alleged to support the state of Israel's genocidal hate and violence?
#Breaking: Canada bans Irish band Kneecap over its alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah
Canada bans Irish band Kneecap over its alleged support for Hamas and Hezbollah
Kneecap has attracted high-profile controversy in recent months and has been branded as antisemitic.
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September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Kneecap is no threat to public safety and the government knows it. It is insane that Canada is following the UK's disastrous policies of targeting those who speak out against genocide. Where's this level of condemnation for those alleged to support the state of Israel's genocidal hate and violence?
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Again, FCC chair Brendan Carr basically SAID THIS STRAIGHT OUT on Sean Hannity in a quote that nobody noticed:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
September 18, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Again, FCC chair Brendan Carr basically SAID THIS STRAIGHT OUT on Sean Hannity in a quote that nobody noticed:
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
newrepublic.com/article/2006...
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Contra this, saw someone (correctly) describe our situation as the administration wanting to skip to the steps at the end of an authoritarian consolidation when they haven’t even managed the first ones
It's pretty clear that they got their Reichstag Fire with the Kirk assassination. Democracy is dead.
We now have a fascist dictator.
We now have a fascist dictator.
September 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Contra this, saw someone (correctly) describe our situation as the administration wanting to skip to the steps at the end of an authoritarian consolidation when they haven’t even managed the first ones
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in case you’ve ever wondered how much a nazi prison supervisor would get paid in 2025
Concentration camp jobs posted on Indeed. I wonder if they’ll start advertising that the uniforms are being made by Hugo Boss:
www.indeed.com/cmp/Critical...
www.indeed.com/cmp/Critical...
July 13, 2025 at 2:10 PM
in case you’ve ever wondered how much a nazi prison supervisor would get paid in 2025
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"With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States."
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Concentration Camp Labor
Cannot Become Normal
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July 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
"With the passage of Trump's death bill, we face the prospect of many great harms, including an archipelago of concentration camps across the United States."
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🚨B.C. is listening!🚨
The all-party committee on electoral reform wants your input.
Think every vote should count? Speak up for proportional representation!
Submit your feedback by July 25 at 2 PM PT: consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultation...
The all-party committee on electoral reform wants your input.
Think every vote should count? Speak up for proportional representation!
Submit your feedback by July 25 at 2 PM PT: consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultation...
LABC Consultation Portal
Welcome to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia's Consultation Portal. Participate in public consultations, submit feedback, and share your views on key legislative matters.
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June 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🚨B.C. is listening!🚨
The all-party committee on electoral reform wants your input.
Think every vote should count? Speak up for proportional representation!
Submit your feedback by July 25 at 2 PM PT: consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultation...
The all-party committee on electoral reform wants your input.
Think every vote should count? Speak up for proportional representation!
Submit your feedback by July 25 at 2 PM PT: consultation-portal.leg.bc.ca/consultation...
My report written in collaboration with @realityclimatique.bsky.social with the support of Mitacs and SFU's 312 Main Research Shop is now available! Check it out to learn more about different tools for local public engagement on climate (and eight case studies!) bit.ly/ClimateDemocracyReport
April 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
My report written in collaboration with @realityclimatique.bsky.social with the support of Mitacs and SFU's 312 Main Research Shop is now available! Check it out to learn more about different tools for local public engagement on climate (and eight case studies!) bit.ly/ClimateDemocracyReport
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I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
April 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I will say this - EVERYONE with power seems to be desperately hoping that unpopularity does the work that consequences need to do
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you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
April 7, 2025 at 4:19 PM
you know things are going well when they break out the turnip photos
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With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.
April 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
With Yoon removed from office today, by my count that makes 34 democratic leaders convicted since 2010. Only one—Trump—faced no real consequences. Trump's actions weren't uncommon. What was exceptional was how our institutions failed to hold him accountable.
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A recession? In this economy?
April 4, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A recession? In this economy?
Since October I've been working with the Climate Reality Canada team to report on creative ways to include the public in climate policy making. Join us on April 24 for the report launch - registration below!
Join us April 24 to launch "Advancing Climate Action through Participatory Democracy: Innovative Approaches for Public Engagement at the Local Level".
Let's talk about inclusive policy making, polarization & climate action!
Sign-up: bit.ly/ClimateDemoc...
Co-hosted with @climatecaucus.bsky.social
Let's talk about inclusive policy making, polarization & climate action!
Sign-up: bit.ly/ClimateDemoc...
Co-hosted with @climatecaucus.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Since October I've been working with the Climate Reality Canada team to report on creative ways to include the public in climate policy making. Join us on April 24 for the report launch - registration below!
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Here's a picture of someone being pulled off the street in broad daylight during the rule of the Argentine junta. If you do it in public, during the day, it's because you want people to see
March 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Here's a picture of someone being pulled off the street in broad daylight during the rule of the Argentine junta. If you do it in public, during the day, it's because you want people to see
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Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
Video of the international student at Tufts being arrested by "federal authorities" in Massachusetts has been released and it's terrifying.
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
They're not even uniformed officers. Just secret police thugs in hoodies and masks.
From WCVB: youtu.be/PuFIs7OkzYY
March 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Unidentified men grabbing someone off the street and putting her in a car because she wrote an op-Ed. This as flatly authoritarian as anything we’ve seen in this country in a very long time.
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Hamdan Ballal, Academy Award winning co-director of No Other Land, has reportedly been kidnapped and imprisoned by the IDF
March 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hamdan Ballal, Academy Award winning co-director of No Other Land, has reportedly been kidnapped and imprisoned by the IDF
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Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
Trump takes credit for Mahmoud Khalil's arrest by ICE:
March 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Look, folks, this is it. The entire ballgame. Either we're a Republic of laws & the Constitution, or we have a dictator. This is fascism, & the impeachment vote should be happening today. Every single university president in the country should be out, in front of microphones, condemning this.
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Some figures on the potential death toll from Musk's pointless destruction of USAID, from a memo written by a fired official. He will be remembered as one of the great monsters of history. 1/x
March 3, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Some figures on the potential death toll from Musk's pointless destruction of USAID, from a memo written by a fired official. He will be remembered as one of the great monsters of history. 1/x
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People keep saying "it's gonna be a long four years," and I keep saying: this cannot go on for even a small portion of that.
People will die, government will crumble, America will go to war, and our democratic republic will be dead, buried, and rotted out top to bottom. He *must* be removed ASAP
People will die, government will crumble, America will go to war, and our democratic republic will be dead, buried, and rotted out top to bottom. He *must* be removed ASAP
I don't think you can look at what is brewing in Washington right now and just assume that the US will still be a functioning geopolitical actor this time next year
February 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
People keep saying "it's gonna be a long four years," and I keep saying: this cannot go on for even a small portion of that.
People will die, government will crumble, America will go to war, and our democratic republic will be dead, buried, and rotted out top to bottom. He *must* be removed ASAP
People will die, government will crumble, America will go to war, and our democratic republic will be dead, buried, and rotted out top to bottom. He *must* be removed ASAP