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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 7h

Why?

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 18h

a cartoon character is holding a bucket of popcorn and a donut .

Alt: a muppet holding a bucket of popcorn

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 19h

I’ve never seen someone live-skeet reading a whole book - impressive

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 23h

What a freakin concept!?

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Aaron Huertas @aaronhuertas.bsky.social · 1d

I would simply not use a national party body to intervene in a primary race and instead build infrastructure for the eventual nominee, trusting the choice of primary voters, but then again I lack the political acumen of people who have steered the party into its lowest ever modern approval rating.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

It’s amazing how all the reporting is just memory-holing this part

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 1d

Wow I missed that… that’s next level insane climate navel-gazing misdirection bullshit.

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C. E. Aubin @ceaubin.bsky.social · 2d

What The Hell Is Going On, a thread:

I’ve seen some thinkpieces and posts about Portland protests that fail to understand the long-term hyperspecificity of Portland culture/humor, and frame it as a sort of shitposting meme-pilled ironic thing. Which is wrong.

So I’m gonna give you my breakdown.

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 2d

Please share today

jen by. @jenbyers.com · 2d

in honor of indigenous peoples' day, here's a story i produced in 2019, detailing how the u.s. & canada's treatment of native people amounts to genocide.

the piece ties into the present — showing that the mistreatment of immigrants via ICE kidnapping & detention is a continuation of that violence.

Dr. Kim Tall Bear on Indigenous genocide — jen byers, xo.

AJ+

www.jenbyers.com

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 2d

Agreed. We get purple ones around here - they’re lovely but very very invasive in our climate in CA.

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

In July, I realized monitoring & testing of people with high risk exposures had essentially stopped since May. I checked today, and these numbers haven't moved. Monitoring & testing is not occurring, despite the fact that exposures almost certainly are.
rasmussenretorts.substack.com/p/where-has-...

Graph of human H5N1 monitoring and testing, showing tests have stopped in May 2025

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 2d

The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.

Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · Apr 21

So this interview lasted 2 hours so this “you’re scaring me” part might seem like an overreaction or fearmongering to someone without that context.

There’s a lot of evidence to support my hypothesis that a potential H5N1 pandemic would be worse than COVID.

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 2d

Wait people don’t want to pay $100K for a giant sign that screams “I’m an asshole” everywhere they go.

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah like dead man switches on the billionaire that have to constantly prove they’re alive or the food safe won’t open for the guards. Very normal and rational behavior

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, I just had the same thought…

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 2d

Google Maps does slap

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Eman Abdelhadi @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social · 3d

Living between the abject horror of state violence and the sweetness of the solidarity we are all building to face said violence—canvassing our neighborhoods with KYR literature, migra watch shifts, signal chats full of love and outrage. Thank God for everyone stepping up to meet this moment.

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 4d

Would be a good time to shut down Dreamforce. If I have friends who are still speaking there, this is a good reason to cancel.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 4d

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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zota @zota.bsky.social · 3d

the cute inflatable suits are *also* armor against less-lethal rounds and allows you to hide your gear.

Frog is Tactical

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xanadian @xanadian.bsky.social · 3d

I've been tremendously impressed with the frogs (and the unicorns, and the bears, and the raccoons, and)

It's smart and it punctures the admin's self-seriousness and it brings *us* moments of joy. Just brilliant work.

Fedposters could never

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 4d

@emorwee.bsky.social 💗

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 4d

Totally. The best

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Matt R @matthew43.bsky.social · 4d

At some point it’ll be the only category.

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