mland80
@themattcause.bsky.social
est. 1980 | Pittsburgh, PA US
Interests: Transit, Urban Infrastructure, NFL, MLB, Atheism
Politics: Left
Interests: Transit, Urban Infrastructure, NFL, MLB, Atheism
Politics: Left
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
September 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
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The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
September 1, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The problem isn’t refugees on boats. The problem is oligarchs hoarding obscene amounts of wealth while most people fight to stay afloat.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
Wages aren't tied to inflation, so the working class keeps falling behind no matter how hard they work.
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When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
July 18, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When a network lays off one of America’s greatest satirists, it’s not because he failed. It’s because he succeeded too loudly.
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I'll say it again, and again, and again: The Senate Democrats have 23 Yes votes ready to go on funding public transit across our commonwealth. Let's get it done.
July 15, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I'll say it again, and again, and again: The Senate Democrats have 23 Yes votes ready to go on funding public transit across our commonwealth. Let's get it done.
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I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
June 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I don't care if these monstrous ICE raids are a "federal operation". This is authoritarian violence, plain and simple.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
Just because Stephen Miller has kidnapping quotas for brown people he doesn't want to see on the street doesn't mean we have to think it's okay.
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Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
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This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
April 7, 2025 at 12:18 AM
This is really unfair to everyone who just voted for him for the racism.
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“Don’t use academic language” I’m not an academic. Academic prose is nothing like what I write. This anti-intellectual insistence on oversimplifying everything is what makes everything seem shallow. People long for a “real” that’s been trivialized away from our lives by everything being superficial.
April 3, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Don’t use academic language” I’m not an academic. Academic prose is nothing like what I write. This anti-intellectual insistence on oversimplifying everything is what makes everything seem shallow. People long for a “real” that’s been trivialized away from our lives by everything being superficial.
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Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
April 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Been thinking about this Zappa quote a lot lately.
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When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
March 29, 2025 at 4:44 PM
When you look at the list of institutions they want to defund: libraries, museums, the Smithsonian, public schools, PBS, NPR, archives, you can clearly see that the real threat to an authoritarian regime is an informed and educated public
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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GOP PLAYBOOK
First, they create the mess
Then, they complain everything is a mess
Then, they blame others for mess they created
Then, they do everything possible to prevent others from fixing mess
Then, propose the same policies that created the mess in the first place as a way to fix the mess
First, they create the mess
Then, they complain everything is a mess
Then, they blame others for mess they created
Then, they do everything possible to prevent others from fixing mess
Then, propose the same policies that created the mess in the first place as a way to fix the mess
March 24, 2025 at 10:24 AM
GOP PLAYBOOK
First, they create the mess
Then, they complain everything is a mess
Then, they blame others for mess they created
Then, they do everything possible to prevent others from fixing mess
Then, propose the same policies that created the mess in the first place as a way to fix the mess
First, they create the mess
Then, they complain everything is a mess
Then, they blame others for mess they created
Then, they do everything possible to prevent others from fixing mess
Then, propose the same policies that created the mess in the first place as a way to fix the mess
Education is the foe of ignorance. It's no great surprise that a party which thrives on ignorance wishes to abolish the government agency which enforces education standards. They want to make it easier to replace quality education w/their whitewashed version of history & self aggrandizing propaganda
March 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Education is the foe of ignorance. It's no great surprise that a party which thrives on ignorance wishes to abolish the government agency which enforces education standards. They want to make it easier to replace quality education w/their whitewashed version of history & self aggrandizing propaganda
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Fast food workers work hard.
Retail workers work hard.
Gig workers work hard.
Everyone deserves a living wage.
Retail workers work hard.
Gig workers work hard.
Everyone deserves a living wage.
February 17, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Fast food workers work hard.
Retail workers work hard.
Gig workers work hard.
Everyone deserves a living wage.
Retail workers work hard.
Gig workers work hard.
Everyone deserves a living wage.
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The Pirates are having the kind of offseason a team has when it’s in Year 2 of a deep rebuild
February 6, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Pirates are having the kind of offseason a team has when it’s in Year 2 of a deep rebuild
I can't wait to check out our new Airport Terminal once it is completed!
The ceiling in the new terminal at the Pittsburgh airport is looking better and better as they install more of the wood-toned cladding and lights.
(📷 PIT Airport) byerussell.substack.com/p/pittsburgh...
(📷 PIT Airport) byerussell.substack.com/p/pittsburgh...
February 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I can't wait to check out our new Airport Terminal once it is completed!
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“The kicker is that, contrary to the promises of state transportation depts, new & expanded highways consistently fail to reduce congestion. Instead of smoothing traffic flows, the added asphalt compels more people to drive until gridlock is as thick as before.” Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in Slate
It’s an American Obsession. It’s Based on a Total Lie. We Have to Stop Before It’s Too Late.
The truth about what's happening on America's roads—and how we can stop it.
slate.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
“The kicker is that, contrary to the promises of state transportation depts, new & expanded highways consistently fail to reduce congestion. Instead of smoothing traffic flows, the added asphalt compels more people to drive until gridlock is as thick as before.” Via @davidzipper.bsky.social in Slate
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CONFIRMED: Libs got custody of the NFL in the national divorce.
Roger Goodell, on the NFL’s DEI policies moving forward: “We’re not in this because it’s a trend. It’s about attracting the best talents.”
“I think we’ll continue those efforts.”
“I think we’ll continue those efforts.”
February 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
CONFIRMED: Libs got custody of the NFL in the national divorce.
Futility
With no quarterback under contract for 2025 - other than Skyler Thompson’s futures deal - there’s multiple directions the Steelers could take.
Taking a page from my favorite books, I went down some of those hypotheticals:
Choose Your Own QB Adventure
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Taking a page from my favorite books, I went down some of those hypotheticals:
Choose Your Own QB Adventure
www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...
Choose your QB adventure: Which path will the Steelers take -- Wilson, Fields or draft shocker?
Team owner and president Art Rooney II wants to keep Justin Fields or Russell Wilson, but likely not both of them. So who will it be?
www.espn.com
February 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Futility
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Some photos from across the country for the 50 States 50 State Capitols march today Feb 5 2025:
I will add more photos from more cities as I come across them.
(sorry, not able to credit photographers)
Lansing MI
Austin TX
Denver CO
Harrisburg PA
I will add more photos from more cities as I come across them.
(sorry, not able to credit photographers)
Lansing MI
Austin TX
Denver CO
Harrisburg PA
February 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Some photos from across the country for the 50 States 50 State Capitols march today Feb 5 2025:
I will add more photos from more cities as I come across them.
(sorry, not able to credit photographers)
Lansing MI
Austin TX
Denver CO
Harrisburg PA
I will add more photos from more cities as I come across them.
(sorry, not able to credit photographers)
Lansing MI
Austin TX
Denver CO
Harrisburg PA
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I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
February 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm sorry, but "they took over the whole federal payments system, fired the career staff, and won't let anybody see what they're doing" is not a situation in which you wait for more information. It's a situation in which you assume the worst. There's no explanation for it other than rampant crimes.
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An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
February 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
An unelected shadow government is conducting a hostile takeover of the federal government.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
DOGE is not a real government agency.
DOGE has no authority to make spending decisions.
DOGE has no authority to shut programs down or to ignore federal law.
DOGE’s conduct cannot be allowed to stand.
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RFK Jr. and his family stand to profit off lawsuits against vaccines. An HHS Secretary shouldn't have a financial interest in making our country sicker. I’m demanding RFK Jr. recuse himself from any work on vaccine policy while he has a financial interest in the outcome.
NEW via @nbcnews.com: RFK Jr. is refusing to divest his family's interest in an anti-vaccine lawsuit. Ranking Member Wyden is calling on RFK Jr. to recuse himself from vaccine lawsuits as long as those conflicts remain www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Democratic senators say they have 'grave concerns' over RFK Jr.'s potential financial conflicts
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden called on the HHS nominee to vow to recuse himself from certain decisions and promise not to profit from health litigation after leaving the post.
www.nbcnews.com
February 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
RFK Jr. and his family stand to profit off lawsuits against vaccines. An HHS Secretary shouldn't have a financial interest in making our country sicker. I’m demanding RFK Jr. recuse himself from any work on vaccine policy while he has a financial interest in the outcome.