Matthew
@robinsonpost.bsky.social
Dad, #runner, #travel addict, #antifascist. Live in Seattle, work in tech. You can expect: travel/run photos, #history, #politics, #book and #film reviews, sass and sarcasm. Always looking for the next #runwithaview. 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇲🇽🇮🇪🇬🇧🇩🇪🇨🇿🇫🇷🇧🇪🇨🇭🇦🇹🇱🇮🇱🇺🇳🇱🇨🇷 so far…
Meta, stop trying to make threads happen. It’s not going to happen.
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Meta, stop trying to make threads happen. It’s not going to happen.
It’s an upsetting realization that MAGA Republicans are more bothered by contrived boogeymen than actual monsters.
November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
It’s an upsetting realization that MAGA Republicans are more bothered by contrived boogeymen than actual monsters.
Conservatives really got duped by a guy with a brain worm. Are we MAHA yet?
The EPA is starting to allow the use of pesticides containing PFAS on food. The move is part of an effort to roll back the regulation of PFAS — also known as "forever chemicals" because they don't break down easily in the environment.
November 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Conservatives really got duped by a guy with a brain worm. Are we MAHA yet?
Traffic out of west seattle is a mess today.
Heads up: Due to a power outage, the SR 99 tunnel in Seattle is CLOSED in both directions.
Seek alternate routes.
@seacitylight.bsky.social @seattledot.bsky.social
Seek alternate routes.
@seacitylight.bsky.social @seattledot.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Traffic out of west seattle is a mess today.
A few notes to explain why Trump is "supporting" the release of the Epstein files after spending 10 months playing games.
1) He's saving face. It's estimated about 100 House reps planned to break with the president on the vote, so he doesn't want to be seen as not in control.
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1) He's saving face. It's estimated about 100 House reps planned to break with the president on the vote, so he doesn't want to be seen as not in control.
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November 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
A few notes to explain why Trump is "supporting" the release of the Epstein files after spending 10 months playing games.
1) He's saving face. It's estimated about 100 House reps planned to break with the president on the vote, so he doesn't want to be seen as not in control.
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1) He's saving face. It's estimated about 100 House reps planned to break with the president on the vote, so he doesn't want to be seen as not in control.
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Out for a run tonight through the fog and rain. #runwithaview
November 17, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Out for a run tonight through the fog and rain. #runwithaview
We always wondered if there was a bridge too far for the cult of Trump - if there was any depth of depravity he could sink to that would shake their allegiance. We always knew the answer. Now his supporters know, too. They have to live with that.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 AM
We always wondered if there was a bridge too far for the cult of Trump - if there was any depth of depravity he could sink to that would shake their allegiance. We always knew the answer. Now his supporters know, too. They have to live with that.
The median age for first time home buyers is now over 40yrs old. Trump’s idea to make homes more affordable? A 50 year mortgage… Let’s look at the numbers.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The median age for first time home buyers is now over 40yrs old. Trump’s idea to make homes more affordable? A 50 year mortgage… Let’s look at the numbers.
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Remember folks, America is a Christian nation, but the nation shouldn't do anything Christian!
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Remember folks, America is a Christian nation, but the nation shouldn't do anything Christian!
Our neighbors rounded up like animals by masked thugs: "Christians" are silent.
SNAP benefits withheld from kids: still silent.
Millions losing health insurance: deafening silence.
But a Democratic Socialist gets elected in a city they don't even like, suddenly "Christians" have something to say.
SNAP benefits withheld from kids: still silent.
Millions losing health insurance: deafening silence.
But a Democratic Socialist gets elected in a city they don't even like, suddenly "Christians" have something to say.
November 6, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Our neighbors rounded up like animals by masked thugs: "Christians" are silent.
SNAP benefits withheld from kids: still silent.
Millions losing health insurance: deafening silence.
But a Democratic Socialist gets elected in a city they don't even like, suddenly "Christians" have something to say.
SNAP benefits withheld from kids: still silent.
Millions losing health insurance: deafening silence.
But a Democratic Socialist gets elected in a city they don't even like, suddenly "Christians" have something to say.
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Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is playing chess and making really good moves.
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is playing chess and making really good moves.
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
Tapping former FTC chair Lina Khan for his transition team has put fear into Wall Street. They absolutely loathe her John Wick approach to antitrust cases.
She’s brilliant and unyielding.
Great pick!
CALL TO ACTION: The president - who just hosted a roaring 20s party at his private club a few days ago, complete with scantily-clad dancers and flowing champagne - has decided to defy court orders and withhold SNAP benefits from Americans in need.
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November 5, 2025 at 1:12 AM
CALL TO ACTION: The president - who just hosted a roaring 20s party at his private club a few days ago, complete with scantily-clad dancers and flowing champagne - has decided to defy court orders and withhold SNAP benefits from Americans in need.
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This is a great example of why many of us have given up on trying to "reach people on the other side." I'm always happy to have a discussion with people if it's in good faith, but claims of genuine curiosity from folks in the MAGA cult are, in my experience, anything but genuine. Dude blocked me 😂
October 26, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This is a great example of why many of us have given up on trying to "reach people on the other side." I'm always happy to have a discussion with people if it's in good faith, but claims of genuine curiosity from folks in the MAGA cult are, in my experience, anything but genuine. Dude blocked me 😂
Gas prices: Up.
Energy costs: Up.
Job growth: Stalled.
Income: Stalled.
Savings: Falling.
Fascism: Gaining.
Are we great yet?
Energy costs: Up.
Job growth: Stalled.
Income: Stalled.
Savings: Falling.
Fascism: Gaining.
Are we great yet?
October 26, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Gas prices: Up.
Energy costs: Up.
Job growth: Stalled.
Income: Stalled.
Savings: Falling.
Fascism: Gaining.
Are we great yet?
Energy costs: Up.
Job growth: Stalled.
Income: Stalled.
Savings: Falling.
Fascism: Gaining.
Are we great yet?
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That’s totally how science works
RFK Jr on Tylenol and autism: "It is not proof. We're doing the studies to make the proof."
October 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
That’s totally how science works
Man, Ezra has lost the whole plot.
October 3, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Man, Ezra has lost the whole plot.
Why is my humor so broken?
September 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Why is my humor so broken?
From my run on Alki a few nights ago. Man I’m going to miss summer. #runwithaview
August 28, 2025 at 11:14 PM
From my run on Alki a few nights ago. Man I’m going to miss summer. #runwithaview
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United Airlines flights were temporarily grounded across the U.S. this evening due to a "technology issue" that the company said has now been fixed, but hundreds of travelers still face delays.
United flights across U.S. hit by FAA ground stops after "technology issue"
"We expect additional flight delays this evening as we work through this issue," United said.
www.axios.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:19 AM
United Airlines flights were temporarily grounded across the U.S. this evening due to a "technology issue" that the company said has now been fixed, but hundreds of travelers still face delays.
My new favorite response to people who share fake stats to back up their "white replacement" panic.
"Wow, those stats would be concerning if they were true and I was racist."
"Wow, those stats would be concerning if they were true and I was racist."
August 6, 2025 at 9:20 PM
My new favorite response to people who share fake stats to back up their "white replacement" panic.
"Wow, those stats would be concerning if they were true and I was racist."
"Wow, those stats would be concerning if they were true and I was racist."
Picked up 2 books from my favorite local shop today. They are both timeless &, given the current state of things, timely. I’ve read them both, having checked them out from the library, but immediately decided I needed them in my home. Thank you, Ta-Nehisi Coates and @timothysnyder.bsky.social
July 27, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Picked up 2 books from my favorite local shop today. They are both timeless &, given the current state of things, timely. I’ve read them both, having checked them out from the library, but immediately decided I needed them in my home. Thank you, Ta-Nehisi Coates and @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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There is an institutionalized culture of “unity” nostalgia that characterizes the Democratic Party. It is a core part of Democratic political identity that the responsibility to uphold the norms, protect the institutions, demonstrate bipartisanship lies almost exclusively with them.
July 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
There is an institutionalized culture of “unity” nostalgia that characterizes the Democratic Party. It is a core part of Democratic political identity that the responsibility to uphold the norms, protect the institutions, demonstrate bipartisanship lies almost exclusively with them.
The only thing we know for sure right now is that Ken Paxton definitely wasn’t on the Epstein list that doesn’t exist.
July 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The only thing we know for sure right now is that Ken Paxton definitely wasn’t on the Epstein list that doesn’t exist.
"The Party seeks to control the present by mandating the destruction of all records of the past through memory holes." - George Orwell, "1984"
July 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
"The Party seeks to control the present by mandating the destruction of all records of the past through memory holes." - George Orwell, "1984"
Soulless Gestapo pigs. Absolutely shameful.
I’m choked up seeing this—it’s shameful.
Iranian refugees got snatched by “immigration agents” dressed like bounty hunters in West LA’s Sawtelle neighborhood.
We’re really about to send them back to a country we just bombed? A regime known for jailing, torturing, and killing its own people?
Iranian refugees got snatched by “immigration agents” dressed like bounty hunters in West LA’s Sawtelle neighborhood.
We’re really about to send them back to a country we just bombed? A regime known for jailing, torturing, and killing its own people?
June 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Soulless Gestapo pigs. Absolutely shameful.