Matthew Brown
@urbansocrates.bsky.social
Retired HS history and psychology teacher. Semi-pro bass guitarist and cat lover. He/him.
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The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
F.B.I. Says It Found Largest Cache of Homemade Explosives in Its History at Va. Farm
Investigators discovered more than 150 devices, mostly pipe bombs, on a property outside Norfolk, court papers say.
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
The fact that the FBI didn’t hold a press conference announcing the largest seizure of self-made explosives in history tells you everything you need to know about race and ideology of the suspect. Wanna guess? www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/u...
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John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
January 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
John Roberts is very upset that the public has lost confidence in John Roberts and the institution John Roberts leads following a series of confidence-cratering actions by John Roberts and his colleagues, and therefore would like everyone to know that this is not John Roberts' fault, it's yours.
Giuliani schadenfreude is the best.
A federal judge has revealed the witness list in Giuliani’s upcoming case—making things a whole lot more interesting.
Judge Deals Massive Blow to Rudy Giuliani Just Days Before Trial
A federal judge has revealed the witness list in Giuliani’s upcoming case—making things a whole lot more interesting.
newrepublic.com
December 31, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Giuliani schadenfreude is the best.
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Waymo is peak American innovation. With way less money they could have built a reliable public transport network, but instead someone was like "what if we could find a way for empty vehicles to contribute to traffic too? There's no reason we can't have more cars on the road than there are drivers"
December 30, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Waymo is peak American innovation. With way less money they could have built a reliable public transport network, but instead someone was like "what if we could find a way for empty vehicles to contribute to traffic too? There's no reason we can't have more cars on the road than there are drivers"
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When I wrote for Law & Order, we fake-murdered more people on all three shows than were actually murdered in NYC that year. And that was just three shows on one network.
Murder mysteries make good stories. But they’re just stories.
You’re safer than you think.
Murder mysteries make good stories. But they’re just stories.
You’re safer than you think.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/30/u.... The right continues to create false narratives to further divide us.
The Number of Murders Kept Falling This Year, But Fear of Crime Persists (Gift Article)
Crime was a talking point on the presidential campaign trail. But after a spike during the pandemic, murders have been dropping steadily, including in big cities like Chicago and San Francisco.
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2024 at 3:50 PM
When I wrote for Law & Order, we fake-murdered more people on all three shows than were actually murdered in NYC that year. And that was just three shows on one network.
Murder mysteries make good stories. But they’re just stories.
You’re safer than you think.
Murder mysteries make good stories. But they’re just stories.
You’re safer than you think.
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RNS' Most-Read Stories of 2024:
The PCUSA’s divestment resolution calls on the Presbyterian Foundation and Board of Pensions to divest from Israel bonds.
The PCUSA’s divestment resolution calls on the Presbyterian Foundation and Board of Pensions to divest from Israel bonds.
Presbyterian Church (USA) votes to divest from Israel bonds
(RNS) — On Monday, the denomination also passed a resolution denouncing Christian Zionism.
religionnews.com
December 30, 2024 at 2:00 AM
RNS' Most-Read Stories of 2024:
The PCUSA’s divestment resolution calls on the Presbyterian Foundation and Board of Pensions to divest from Israel bonds.
The PCUSA’s divestment resolution calls on the Presbyterian Foundation and Board of Pensions to divest from Israel bonds.
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I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
December 30, 2024 at 12:19 AM
I would love to see a bunch of musical artists and celebrities put on a nationally televised tribute concert for Pres. Jimmy Carter on inauguration day with all proceeds going to Habitat for Humanity.
You might be worried that Elon Musk has bought Trump with 270 million dollars. Luckily, it would be completely in character for Trump to give him almost nothing in return. Stiffing people is his favorite hobby.
December 29, 2024 at 1:49 AM
You might be worried that Elon Musk has bought Trump with 270 million dollars. Luckily, it would be completely in character for Trump to give him almost nothing in return. Stiffing people is his favorite hobby.
What do AI and crypto have in common? CRIMINALS LOVE THEM.
December 28, 2024 at 11:33 PM
What do AI and crypto have in common? CRIMINALS LOVE THEM.
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It appears Musk came to US on a student visa, did not attend school and worked illegally here.
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
What’s amazing about Musk claiming the reason he’s in America is the H1B visa is that it isn’t true. According to story below, he came here on a student visa, worked illegally and then got an H1B. He should release his immigration records to clear this up.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Investors in Musk’s first company worried about “our founder being deported” and gave him a deadline for obtaining a work visa.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2024 at 2:40 PM
It appears Musk came to US on a student visa, did not attend school and worked illegally here.
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
If he lied in his subsequent immigration applications he committed a felony level crime and could be stripped of his citizenship and security clearances.
Musk's brother: "We were illegal immigrants."
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Please read this heartbreaking account.
If only 3/4 of it is true — and I think it’s much more— the Israel of my own beloved relatives has lost its mind, its heart, and its soul.
Like David Schulman, “I can’t help asking myself: For this we created a Jewish state?”
search.app/K445rnKW6NXy...
If only 3/4 of it is true — and I think it’s much more— the Israel of my own beloved relatives has lost its mind, its heart, and its soul.
Like David Schulman, “I can’t help asking myself: For this we created a Jewish state?”
search.app/K445rnKW6NXy...
A Deadly Apathy | David Shulman
A blank indifference to cruelty and atrocity as a normative mode of waging war has infected Israel's collective conscience.
search.app
December 28, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Please read this heartbreaking account.
If only 3/4 of it is true — and I think it’s much more— the Israel of my own beloved relatives has lost its mind, its heart, and its soul.
Like David Schulman, “I can’t help asking myself: For this we created a Jewish state?”
search.app/K445rnKW6NXy...
If only 3/4 of it is true — and I think it’s much more— the Israel of my own beloved relatives has lost its mind, its heart, and its soul.
Like David Schulman, “I can’t help asking myself: For this we created a Jewish state?”
search.app/K445rnKW6NXy...
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Just possibly, could this guy lack the temperament and character to be providing sound advice to an American president?
December 28, 2024 at 1:46 PM
Just possibly, could this guy lack the temperament and character to be providing sound advice to an American president?
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He’s just now figuring this out
December 28, 2024 at 1:52 PM
He’s just now figuring this out
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This is why science is both amazing and important for us to believe/invest in.
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 28, 2024 at 4:23 AM
This is why science is both amazing and important for us to believe/invest in.
It is gratifying to see the leaders of the GOP feuding publicly over immigration policy even before Trump takes office.
December 27, 2024 at 11:41 PM
It is gratifying to see the leaders of the GOP feuding publicly over immigration policy even before Trump takes office.
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Hang it in The Louvre.
December 27, 2024 at 8:15 PM
Hang it in The Louvre.
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They want fewer Americans going to college to create larger pools of low cost labor.
They want to import for higher skill jobs, but handcuff them with work visas.
It's a seismic labor grift devised by Bond villains.
It's great for them. Not so good for you.
They want to import for higher skill jobs, but handcuff them with work visas.
It's a seismic labor grift devised by Bond villains.
It's great for them. Not so good for you.
December 26, 2024 at 6:55 PM
They want fewer Americans going to college to create larger pools of low cost labor.
They want to import for higher skill jobs, but handcuff them with work visas.
It's a seismic labor grift devised by Bond villains.
It's great for them. Not so good for you.
They want to import for higher skill jobs, but handcuff them with work visas.
It's a seismic labor grift devised by Bond villains.
It's great for them. Not so good for you.
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The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
December 26, 2024 at 11:00 PM
The concentration of wealth in the hands of an elite few isn't just bad for our economy. It's corrosive to our democracy.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
When the wealthy and well-connected control our political system, the American people don't have a voice.
The result is demagoguery and corruption.
Here's my first prediction for 2025: Widespread condemnation of Israel for using chemical weapons.
December 26, 2024 at 2:08 PM
Here's my first prediction for 2025: Widespread condemnation of Israel for using chemical weapons.
You don't need a god for morals. Living in a body should give us all the resources for compassion that we need.
December 25, 2024 at 10:08 PM
You don't need a god for morals. Living in a body should give us all the resources for compassion that we need.
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This holiday season, try and see it from someone else's point of view. The moose isn't crossing the road, the road is crossing her home.
December 25, 2024 at 4:11 PM
This holiday season, try and see it from someone else's point of view. The moose isn't crossing the road, the road is crossing her home.