Matt
@schmeeks.bsky.social
Mechanical engineer from PNW, working in energy efficiency
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Imagine if the guy was there though.
December 9, 2024 at 1:57 AM
Imagine if the guy was there though.
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leaving my boss's field of vision to see if he de-aggros
December 2, 2024 at 4:31 AM
leaving my boss's field of vision to see if he de-aggros
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December 2, 2024 at 12:19 PM
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joe lieberman doesn't get enough hate. his descendants should feel a prosocial compulsion to scrub the stain of his name off of themselves
November 30, 2024 at 7:12 AM
joe lieberman doesn't get enough hate. his descendants should feel a prosocial compulsion to scrub the stain of his name off of themselves
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Calling Bluesky an echo chamber misses the point, because what Bluesky offers is a chance to redefine how humans treat one another online, where so many of us live. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
Bruce Arthur: Bluesky may be our chance to build the type of online world that X has abandoned
Bluesky offers tools to shape your experience online, instead of being forced to exist in the echo chamber that defines X.
www.thestar.com
November 28, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Calling Bluesky an echo chamber misses the point, because what Bluesky offers is a chance to redefine how humans treat one another online, where so many of us live. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Americans are losing the right to exercise state power to restrict the fundamental human rights of a tiny minority of marginalized people without being criticized for that online, and Jeremy Fucking Peters is on it.
November 26, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Americans are losing the right to exercise state power to restrict the fundamental human rights of a tiny minority of marginalized people without being criticized for that online, and Jeremy Fucking Peters is on it.
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Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month. A year later, nearly half of participants said they had housing.
Participants in Denver's basic-income program reported having more-secure housing, though results were similar in the trial and control groups.
www.businessinsider.com
November 26, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1k/month. A year later, nearly half had housing.
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
They also had fewer ER visits, nights spent in a hospital, and jail stays.
The report estimates that this reduction in public service use SAVED the city $589k.
www.businessinsider.com/denver-basic...
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i think Drake’s only option at this point is try to appeal to Liz Cheney
November 26, 2024 at 2:37 AM
i think Drake’s only option at this point is try to appeal to Liz Cheney
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“Ending racism is an impossible goal so Black people must grow superhuman levels of resilience,” is not an uncommon take either
Trump HHS nominee RFK Jr.:
If you give Black children “resilience” then “the inevitable racism” will “bounce off” them like they are “the Avengers” because “they will be immune to it” and “then we don’t have to stop racism altogether, because we’re never going to be able to do that.”
If you give Black children “resilience” then “the inevitable racism” will “bounce off” them like they are “the Avengers” because “they will be immune to it” and “then we don’t have to stop racism altogether, because we’re never going to be able to do that.”
November 24, 2024 at 3:06 PM
“Ending racism is an impossible goal so Black people must grow superhuman levels of resilience,” is not an uncommon take either
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I think often about Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic saying a while back that they would have women and minorities do more features if they could but that there just aren't that many who can around.
I'm a senior staff writer at an online magazine. I write features (1100+ words) pretty regularly. I'm also expected to produce 25 articles a month. The VF feature annoys me because of how incredibly rare the opportunities are to publish profiles and features at that length, pay rate, and prominence.
November 24, 2024 at 3:35 PM
I think often about Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic saying a while back that they would have women and minorities do more features if they could but that there just aren't that many who can around.
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If someone can quote Shakespeare to you, but hasn’t even SEEN an August Wilson play, you’re at a klan rally and don’t even know it. RUN!!!!!!!
November 24, 2024 at 5:52 AM
If someone can quote Shakespeare to you, but hasn’t even SEEN an August Wilson play, you’re at a klan rally and don’t even know it. RUN!!!!!!!
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“Intellectual diversity is essentially a fake problem that is used to create cover for ideologically committed, far-right faculty who are not intellectually honest.” Craig Campbell, UT anthropology professor.
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
The Right-Wingification of UT
Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools
www.austinchronicle.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:37 PM
“Intellectual diversity is essentially a fake problem that is used to create cover for ideologically committed, far-right faculty who are not intellectually honest.” Craig Campbell, UT anthropology professor.
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
www.austinchronicle.com/news/2024-11...
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the reason this guy runs the internet is basically nobody else is even capable of doing "your shoes were so fugly I called the FBI" and have it be a factual statement
November 23, 2024 at 5:56 PM
the reason this guy runs the internet is basically nobody else is even capable of doing "your shoes were so fugly I called the FBI" and have it be a factual statement
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growing up is realizing that Bob Gottlieb was right to reject Confederacy of Dunces.
November 23, 2024 at 7:00 PM
growing up is realizing that Bob Gottlieb was right to reject Confederacy of Dunces.
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Being Black is Magic. Everything has a price.
Has America ever made you hate being black? Honest question
No engagement farming. I’m venting.
No engagement farming. I’m venting.
November 23, 2024 at 4:28 AM
Being Black is Magic. Everything has a price.
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The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
November 22, 2024 at 12:57 PM
The "bluesky is an echo chamber" think pieces that keep popping up really tickle me because they show how certain people genuinely believe social media should be for debating and arguing and not talking about the things that make you happy and sharing art with the world.
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Well, now I know we made the right decisions
November 22, 2024 at 10:38 PM
Well, now I know we made the right decisions
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Taxing the rich more literally feeds starving children
August 15, 2023 at 2:19 AM
Taxing the rich more literally feeds starving children
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Elon talking a whole bunch of shit and then finding a million reasons to chicken out of a fight with Zuckerberg is the quintessential online right wing tough guy moment
August 13, 2023 at 6:02 PM
Elon talking a whole bunch of shit and then finding a million reasons to chicken out of a fight with Zuckerberg is the quintessential online right wing tough guy moment