Matt Thomas
@mjthomas43.bsky.social
eResources Librarian and Temporary Head, Information Resources @ Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario.
#freePalestine
#freePalestine
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Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.
March 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Seems like has been very little coverage of protests happening in the U.S.--not necessarily an intentional media blackout (although possibly), but the result of a longstanding stance in legacy media that protests aren't worth covering, activists aren't credible sources (but somehow CEOs are), etc.
I barely text. I choose the latter.
11. Would you rather your entire internet history be leaked, or have every text you’ve ever sent made public?
March 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
I barely text. I choose the latter.
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#BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋
#BluePetPatrol💙💛🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #Resistance #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga
#BluePetPatrol💙💛🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #Resistance #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga
March 2, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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Facts 💯
#BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋
#BluePetPatrol💙💛🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #Resistance #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga
#BlueCrew #BlueCircleFamily🌈🦋
#BluePetPatrol💙💛🐾 #ProudBlue #Resist #Resistance #TruthWarriors #antitrump #antimaga
March 2, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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The 'private prisons,' or cages, at the boarder were overseen by private firms, Trump friends. Toddlers were ignored, did not learn to speak. A horrible crime against humanity. Now asylum seekers will be placed in cheaply run, for profit prisons. And they are NEEDED.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a private prison company a 15-year contract worth $1 billion to detain up to 1,000 immigrants in New Jersey, reports @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social.
ICE awards $1B contract to private prison firm for major immigrant detention center • West Virginia Watch
ICE has awarded a private prison company a 15-year contract worth $1 billion to detain up to 1,000 immigrants in New Jersey.
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February 27, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The 'private prisons,' or cages, at the boarder were overseen by private firms, Trump friends. Toddlers were ignored, did not learn to speak. A horrible crime against humanity. Now asylum seekers will be placed in cheaply run, for profit prisons. And they are NEEDED.
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Living presidents shouldn’t be on currency.
February 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Living presidents shouldn’t be on currency.
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Renewed my library card. Finally got my book I've been waiting for and stuff happening @lpl.ca ! #booklover #LibrariesRock #MentalhealthMatters #LdnOnt
February 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Renewed my library card. Finally got my book I've been waiting for and stuff happening @lpl.ca ! #booklover #LibrariesRock #MentalhealthMatters #LdnOnt
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The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
February 14, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.
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REPOST if you stand with AOC!
February 18, 2025 at 6:00 AM
REPOST if you stand with AOC!
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In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
February 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In light of everything happening, I wrote about how the KKK in the 1920s felt unstoppable, about the people that fought against them anyway, and about how fascism always fails. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Today's @usatoday.com front page
First US death from measles in 10 years
First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
All of this fully preventable
First US death from measles in 10 years
First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
All of this fully preventable
February 27, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today's @usatoday.com front page
First US death from measles in 10 years
First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
All of this fully preventable
First US death from measles in 10 years
First child to die from measles in 22 years in the US
All of this fully preventable
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If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.
February 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
If your representative is dodging in-person town halls, call them out! Tag them and demand they face their constituents.
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Im excited to take place in the economic blackout boycott tomorrow.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
February 27, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Im excited to take place in the economic blackout boycott tomorrow.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
I hope you'll join me and millions of others.
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Great meeting with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers!
When our unions are strong, Minnesota is strong.
When our unions are strong, Minnesota is strong.
February 27, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Great meeting with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers!
When our unions are strong, Minnesota is strong.
When our unions are strong, Minnesota is strong.
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It is February 28 tomorrow.
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
February 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It is February 28 tomorrow.
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
This means a total and complete economic blackout.
This means buying nothing.
AT ALL
Not even your coffee!
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To be disabled is to have to spend ridiculous amounts of money on things we need to survive when stuck in a system that keeps us in poverty. Being forced into poverty and pushed out of Medicaid will make it so that many of us will die. The system isn’t broken, it’s working as designed.
February 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
To be disabled is to have to spend ridiculous amounts of money on things we need to survive when stuck in a system that keeps us in poverty. Being forced into poverty and pushed out of Medicaid will make it so that many of us will die. The system isn’t broken, it’s working as designed.
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Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
February 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hey, artists, in case you were wondering if your work matters: I'm a scientist working on climate change and biodiversity, and I would not be who I am today without The Lorax, The Secret of NIMH, Watership Down, The Last Unicorn, and The X-Files. I know I'm not alone. Thank you for all you do.
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Changing the name of my beet hot sauce to ‘40% of Cops Beet Their Wives’
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Changing the name of my beet hot sauce to ‘40% of Cops Beet Their Wives’
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Newspapers dead
Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos just emailed the paper's staff to announce a "change coming to our opinion pages."
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Newspapers dead