Matt Butler
@someshta.bsky.social
Social Worker, Educator, Covid-Conscious, Quaker (in no particular order). He/him. Here for the momentary solace from *gestures randomly*
Thousands of folks getting doxxed, losing jobs and getting death threats for their knee-jerk reactions to this week’s murder. Regardless of where you stand politically, that is a really bad thing for our country. I understand being hurt and upset, but I don’t understand the urge to destroy anyone.
September 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Thousands of folks getting doxxed, losing jobs and getting death threats for their knee-jerk reactions to this week’s murder. Regardless of where you stand politically, that is a really bad thing for our country. I understand being hurt and upset, but I don’t understand the urge to destroy anyone.
Check out my piece about Ohio’s new flat income tax (how awful the logic behind it is, how my elected officials stand, and how much it’ll harm this state). Ugh. #flattax #ashtabula #shameful www.whatwecan.net/p/ohios-new-...
Ohio's New Flat Tax: What Does It Mean?
Who benefits, who doesn't, and why? (And do you agree with those who have been elected to represent you on this issue?)
www.whatwecan.net
July 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Check out my piece about Ohio’s new flat income tax (how awful the logic behind it is, how my elected officials stand, and how much it’ll harm this state). Ugh. #flattax #ashtabula #shameful www.whatwecan.net/p/ohios-new-...
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executive function? uh, yeah, i sure wish it did!
February 15, 2025 at 5:35 AM
executive function? uh, yeah, i sure wish it did!
I am once again appealing to the ruling class to allow us all a four-day workweek. Two days is not enough, ever.
February 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I am once again appealing to the ruling class to allow us all a four-day workweek. Two days is not enough, ever.
Speaking truth to power is important! And also, maybe also blame the Republicans for trying to dismantle our entire system of government and for trying to systematically harm massive numbers of marginalized folks? Only attacking elected Dems for the current state of affairs feels shortsighted to me.
February 2, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Speaking truth to power is important! And also, maybe also blame the Republicans for trying to dismantle our entire system of government and for trying to systematically harm massive numbers of marginalized folks? Only attacking elected Dems for the current state of affairs feels shortsighted to me.
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Watched Predators and Atropia tonight—Sundance is this weekend, and we love the chance to take part without flying to Utah!
February 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Watched Predators and Atropia tonight—Sundance is this weekend, and we love the chance to take part without flying to Utah!
Students are not doing okay—neither are educators. Therapists are not doing okay—neither are their clients. I’m honored to be the recipient of so much faith and trust, and also humbled by the massive weight of the world’s collective fear and doubt.
January 31, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Students are not doing okay—neither are educators. Therapists are not doing okay—neither are their clients. I’m honored to be the recipient of so much faith and trust, and also humbled by the massive weight of the world’s collective fear and doubt.
I’m really enjoying Nosferatu, and cannot overstate how nice it is that I have the privilege to be able to afford to stream new releases in my living room instead of having to drag myself to a place that isn’t my house to watch a movie (with my own snacks and no shoes on).
January 25, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I’m really enjoying Nosferatu, and cannot overstate how nice it is that I have the privilege to be able to afford to stream new releases in my living room instead of having to drag myself to a place that isn’t my house to watch a movie (with my own snacks and no shoes on).
Anybody at all, no matter how abhorrent, how many women they’ve harmed, despite being ludicrously incompetent, can now grow up to be US Secretary of State. What an inspiration to future DEI hires such as himself.
January 25, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Anybody at all, no matter how abhorrent, how many women they’ve harmed, despite being ludicrously incompetent, can now grow up to be US Secretary of State. What an inspiration to future DEI hires such as himself.
This is not normal. This is not normal. This is not normal.
January 22, 2025 at 3:14 AM
This is not normal. This is not normal. This is not normal.
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Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Christian that Franklin Graham failed to be.
January 21, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Christian that Franklin Graham failed to be.
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The next few days will be incredibly painful for disabled, LGBTQ+ & marginalized folks
I’m seeing alot of “we survived him once & we will do it again!”
I appreciate the sentiment, but gentle reminder that not everyone survived the first term
It’s ok to be scared & angry. I know I am.
I’m seeing alot of “we survived him once & we will do it again!”
I appreciate the sentiment, but gentle reminder that not everyone survived the first term
It’s ok to be scared & angry. I know I am.
January 19, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The next few days will be incredibly painful for disabled, LGBTQ+ & marginalized folks
I’m seeing alot of “we survived him once & we will do it again!”
I appreciate the sentiment, but gentle reminder that not everyone survived the first term
It’s ok to be scared & angry. I know I am.
I’m seeing alot of “we survived him once & we will do it again!”
I appreciate the sentiment, but gentle reminder that not everyone survived the first term
It’s ok to be scared & angry. I know I am.
It’s not a great look to brag that you didn’t care about TikTok. There are a lot of people who will now be much more isolated, and a lot of creators who will struggle a lot more. That’s not something to cheer about. Anti-Chinese jingoism is wrong whether it’s bipartisan or not, and this harms folks.
January 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It’s not a great look to brag that you didn’t care about TikTok. There are a lot of people who will now be much more isolated, and a lot of creators who will struggle a lot more. That’s not something to cheer about. Anti-Chinese jingoism is wrong whether it’s bipartisan or not, and this harms folks.
Anybody have a suggestion for a carrying case for my brand-new AirFanta 4Lite? I’d love to have something to lug it down to my classroom more easily/less obtrusively.
January 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Anybody have a suggestion for a carrying case for my brand-new AirFanta 4Lite? I’d love to have something to lug it down to my classroom more easily/less obtrusively.
Today feels like a ‘chicken noodle soup from scratch’ kind of day.
January 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Today feels like a ‘chicken noodle soup from scratch’ kind of day.
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The irony of MAGA not realizing they’re Vanilla ISIS.
January 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
The irony of MAGA not realizing they’re Vanilla ISIS.
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everybody wants to get stuffed on thanksgiving but nobody wants to be carved :(
November 29, 2024 at 3:31 AM
everybody wants to get stuffed on thanksgiving but nobody wants to be carved :(
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the "an average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid is actually just a statistical error. an average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in a cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted
November 29, 2024 at 3:32 AM
the "an average person eats 3 spiders a year” factoid is actually just a statistical error. an average person eats 0 spiders per year. Spiders Georg, who lives in a cave & eats over 10,000 each day, is an outlier and should not have been counted
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It’s not ok to vote to remove the rights of entire groups of people for the “economy”.
It’s not ok to vote for hate because you belong to the one group who won’t be impacted by authoritarianism.
It’s not ok to wipe out decades of progress because you feel slighted by those who are “different”.
It’s not ok to vote for hate because you belong to the one group who won’t be impacted by authoritarianism.
It’s not ok to wipe out decades of progress because you feel slighted by those who are “different”.
November 26, 2024 at 5:12 AM
It’s not ok to vote to remove the rights of entire groups of people for the “economy”.
It’s not ok to vote for hate because you belong to the one group who won’t be impacted by authoritarianism.
It’s not ok to wipe out decades of progress because you feel slighted by those who are “different”.
It’s not ok to vote for hate because you belong to the one group who won’t be impacted by authoritarianism.
It’s not ok to wipe out decades of progress because you feel slighted by those who are “different”.
I woke up at 6:45 so that I could drive to a local TV station for an interview about my program. Totally worth it! It’s such a treat to be in this role. Do dream jobs exist? Yes, they do—because I’m in mine.
November 25, 2024 at 2:33 PM
I woke up at 6:45 so that I could drive to a local TV station for an interview about my program. Totally worth it! It’s such a treat to be in this role. Do dream jobs exist? Yes, they do—because I’m in mine.
Doing an experiment where I turn off pretty much all my phone alerts besides digests at 8am and 6pm. My mind was blown to look at just how many of those things were popping up—an average of around 700 NYT alerts, for example, WEEKLY. That’s wild. Trying to protect my peace of mind. #worthatry
November 24, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Doing an experiment where I turn off pretty much all my phone alerts besides digests at 8am and 6pm. My mind was blown to look at just how many of those things were popping up—an average of around 700 NYT alerts, for example, WEEKLY. That’s wild. Trying to protect my peace of mind. #worthatry
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sicillian: I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the half-full cup in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it so I can clearly not choose the half-empty cup in front of me
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sicillian: I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the half-full cup in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it so I can clearly not choose the half-empty cup in front of me
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Clara Schumann: Only in music could I express my longing for my half empty cup to be full again.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Clara Schumann: Only in music could I express my longing for my half empty cup to be full again.
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single cup of good china is in want of tea.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single cup of good china is in want of tea.
November 24, 2024 at 5:27 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sicillian: I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the half-full cup in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it so I can clearly not choose the half-empty cup in front of me
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sicillian: I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the half-full cup in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it so I can clearly not choose the half-empty cup in front of me