Matt McGowan
@msmcgowan.bsky.social
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America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
America has 925 billionaires as of this year. Collectively they have a record $6.9 trillion in wealth.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The bottom 50% of Americans control $4.2 trillion in wealth.
When 925 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
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🚨 REMINDER: 30% of the U.S. population STILL HAS TIME TO ENROLL in #ACA healthcare coverage starting in January.
If you live in CA, IL, MD, NV, NJ, NM, PA, RI, VA or WA, you still have until New Year's Eve to #GetCovered starting January 1st!
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If you live in CA, IL, MD, NV, NJ, NM, PA, RI, VA or WA, you still have until New Year's Eve to #GetCovered starting January 1st!
acasignups.net/25/12/25/gro...
Grouching towards Enrollment: My 2026 ACA OEP Guide
Almost exactly a year ago I began my 2025 ACA Open Enrollment Period guide with the following words: This is the best OEP ever for the ACA for several reasons: The expanded/enhanced premium subsidies ...
acasignups.net
December 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨 REMINDER: 30% of the U.S. population STILL HAS TIME TO ENROLL in #ACA healthcare coverage starting in January.
If you live in CA, IL, MD, NV, NJ, NM, PA, RI, VA or WA, you still have until New Year's Eve to #GetCovered starting January 1st!
acasignups.net/25/12/25/gro...
If you live in CA, IL, MD, NV, NJ, NM, PA, RI, VA or WA, you still have until New Year's Eve to #GetCovered starting January 1st!
acasignups.net/25/12/25/gro...
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Tomorrow is Bluestockings's last day open! If you've been holding off and have a chance to go, NYC, now's your last chance!
December 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Tomorrow is Bluestockings's last day open! If you've been holding off and have a chance to go, NYC, now's your last chance!
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We may technically be poorer than them, but when it comes to what really matters, most of us are far richer. That’s why stuff like A Christmas Carol hits nearly 200 years later. Tale as old as time, bringing much comfort
December 26, 2025 at 5:30 AM
We may technically be poorer than them, but when it comes to what really matters, most of us are far richer. That’s why stuff like A Christmas Carol hits nearly 200 years later. Tale as old as time, bringing much comfort
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These types have many admirers, but they don’t respect those people, and they clearly don’t have the kind of attention they crave from the people they would really want it from. They’re lonely, miserable, insecure, and pathetic.
December 26, 2025 at 5:27 AM
These types have many admirers, but they don’t respect those people, and they clearly don’t have the kind of attention they crave from the people they would really want it from. They’re lonely, miserable, insecure, and pathetic.
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It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
December 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
It doesn’t fix things, but it really does bring me comfort to know how miserable some of the worst people are. Donald Trump tweeting over 200 times on Christmas. Billionaires fighting with strangers online during the holidays. Everything about Elon Musk
Same!
I signed this.
Reposting this petition for NYC people interested in pushing back rather than partnering up:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pl...
December 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Same!
Last month, for her birthday, I got my niece _The Princess Who Saved Herself_, by @gregpak.com and others. Now, visiting for Christmastime, we have confirmation—she absolutely loves it!
December 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Last month, for her birthday, I got my niece _The Princess Who Saved Herself_, by @gregpak.com and others. Now, visiting for Christmastime, we have confirmation—she absolutely loves it!
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It's really the culture's shame that Epstein became a huge pop culture trope & a huge subject of political discussion, his name everywhere, & we're just talking around actual justice for his victims, which never comes, nor does accountability for his associates.
December 23, 2025 at 3:03 PM
It's really the culture's shame that Epstein became a huge pop culture trope & a huge subject of political discussion, his name everywhere, & we're just talking around actual justice for his victims, which never comes, nor does accountability for his associates.
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Every single day he does something impeachable.
Every single day his despicable, unpunished actions encourage worse behavior from everyone in the country.
Every single day his despicable, unpunished actions encourage worse behavior from everyone in the country.
This is as easy a test of your belief in the American system as is conceivable: Should this be an acceptable argument from a president?
December 23, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Every single day he does something impeachable.
Every single day his despicable, unpunished actions encourage worse behavior from everyone in the country.
Every single day his despicable, unpunished actions encourage worse behavior from everyone in the country.
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1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
HHS Sec. Kennedy Attempts To Stop Trans Youth Care In Hospitals Nationwide—Before New Federal Rules Take Effect
Like many of the Trump regime’s attempted powergrabs, this kind of piecemeal and disheveled rulemaking is enforced at least in part by fear and sheer uncertainty.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
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Done! You can fill out this survey too, whether you work in the industry or are just a reader and enjoyer of Sci-fi and fantasy
Please take the @sfwa.org survey and tell them to ban "A.i." entirely. If they don't, they don't deserve our membership or support.
gregpak.net/2025/12/23/t...
gregpak.net/2025/12/23/t...
Tell the SFWA to ban “A.i.” entirely - gregpak.net
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association recently announced new guidelines that left a door open for works using “A.i” to be eligibl...
gregpak.net
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Done! You can fill out this survey too, whether you work in the industry or are just a reader and enjoyer of Sci-fi and fantasy
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Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
There’s like a dozen things that are wrong about this statement.
December 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Something very funny about de santis praising Coolidge for “immigration.” Coolidge’s immigration policy was that people named de santis shouldn’t be allowed to come here bsky.app/profile/anth...
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Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
December 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Stop using Spotify until the ICE recruitment ads stop: indivisible.org/cancel-spotify?source=bluesky
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I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere.
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
My conspiracy theory about genAI in games blowing up more and more by big companies is that they’ve all got a ton of investors insisting they use genAI tools otherwise they(investors) won’t be able to bankroll em anymore
December 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’ve been in game dev for 26 years and I can’t remember any other time where a specific tech was being insistently and persistently pushed on devs as a group in the public sphere.
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
Why would it? Cui bono? Why would any given dev have an interest in other devs using tech they don’t have a stake in?
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It Wouldn't Surprise You If This Headline Was About 318 People Being Shot In 12 Different Public Places https://theonion.com/it-wouldnt-surprise-you-if-this-headline-was-about-318-1819574532/
December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
It Wouldn't Surprise You If This Headline Was About 318 People Being Shot In 12 Different Public Places https://theonion.com/it-wouldnt-surprise-you-if-this-headline-was-about-318-1819574532/
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"cutting-edge generative image and video models" are based on theft from creative people. that's not "workplace efficiency" or "analytics" - and it pretty obviously *is* designed to "replace human creativity."
for shame, @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
for shame, @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
December 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"cutting-edge generative image and video models" are based on theft from creative people. that's not "workplace efficiency" or "analytics" - and it pretty obviously *is* designed to "replace human creativity."
for shame, @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
for shame, @publisherswkly.bsky.social.
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the idea that weiss had journalistic concerns is belied by the fact that she's not a journalist
December 22, 2025 at 2:49 AM
the idea that weiss had journalistic concerns is belied by the fact that she's not a journalist
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Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
Surviving CECOT (full documentary) | Deported to a Maximum-Security Prison | FRONTLINE + ProPublica
YouTube video by FRONTLINE PBS | Official
m.youtube.com
December 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Now seems like a swell time to point out that Frontline just released this excellent 11-minute mini-documentary about what happened inside CECOT.
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"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
December 18, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"concept artists can experiment with AI to make their lives easi-"
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
wrong
I smack you with Claire Hummel's immaculate and detailed understanding of costume design, which she got by studying historical references, which made her strong, which you will not become by relying on AI
get good
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Never in American political history has there been a party so focussed on other people’s genitalia.
December 18, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Never in American political history has there been a party so focussed on other people’s genitalia.
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Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
December 16, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Jane Austen used 'however' at the beginning of a sentence, and so can you.
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O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
December 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
O, horrible, O, horrible, most horrible!
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never vote for a republican
December 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
never vote for a republican