Matthew Emerick
@ctmstandup.bsky.social
Free Dad Vibes and Hugs for Everyone!
I'm just a guy in my 40's with a wife and young son. We live in Michigan, US. She's a teacher and I work in data.
I enjoy reading, learning, leatherworking, TTRPGs, larping, artificial intelligence, and much more.
I'm just a guy in my 40's with a wife and young son. We live in Michigan, US. She's a teacher and I work in data.
I enjoy reading, learning, leatherworking, TTRPGs, larping, artificial intelligence, and much more.
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If the current Dems can’t rise up with The People, then we need new bodies in office. And the Pelosis and Schumers need to get out of the way.
And I don’t apologize for that. If you don’t like it, please feel free to scroll on, mute me, or even block me. Because the time for action was yesterday.
And I don’t apologize for that. If you don’t like it, please feel free to scroll on, mute me, or even block me. Because the time for action was yesterday.
March 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
If the current Dems can’t rise up with The People, then we need new bodies in office. And the Pelosis and Schumers need to get out of the way.
And I don’t apologize for that. If you don’t like it, please feel free to scroll on, mute me, or even block me. Because the time for action was yesterday.
And I don’t apologize for that. If you don’t like it, please feel free to scroll on, mute me, or even block me. Because the time for action was yesterday.
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I've seen power users who post a lot on Bluesky forget to add alt-text. I know new habits are hard, but taking a few extra seconds to add alt-text to images increases accessibility for many other users and the site's experience overall. Please make a consistent effort to add alt-text to images.
If you're not used to writing alt text for every image, I found it helpful to enable this accessibility setting on both desktop and the Bluesky mobile app. The point is to be descriptive, as it helps users who visually impaired and blind, as well as users who have muted specific words or phrases.
February 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I've seen power users who post a lot on Bluesky forget to add alt-text. I know new habits are hard, but taking a few extra seconds to add alt-text to images increases accessibility for many other users and the site's experience overall. Please make a consistent effort to add alt-text to images.
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Good morning
He’s only been in office 2 weeks. Dems have to show up at every govt office he has shut down or restricted. Make a spectacle. Get on every local news, Sue in every court, block every appointment. Stop thinking this a normal presidency
He’s only been in office 2 weeks. Dems have to show up at every govt office he has shut down or restricted. Make a spectacle. Get on every local news, Sue in every court, block every appointment. Stop thinking this a normal presidency
February 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Good morning
He’s only been in office 2 weeks. Dems have to show up at every govt office he has shut down or restricted. Make a spectacle. Get on every local news, Sue in every court, block every appointment. Stop thinking this a normal presidency
He’s only been in office 2 weeks. Dems have to show up at every govt office he has shut down or restricted. Make a spectacle. Get on every local news, Sue in every court, block every appointment. Stop thinking this a normal presidency
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THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
This week, Elon Musk and a literal handful of 18 to 24-year olds have illegally taken over the US Treasury Department computers and now have access to all our nation's (both individual and collective) financial data.
This week, Elon Musk and a literal handful of 18 to 24-year olds have illegally taken over the US Treasury Department computers and now have access to all our nation's (both individual and collective) financial data.
February 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
THIS IS A NATIONAL EMERGENCY.
This week, Elon Musk and a literal handful of 18 to 24-year olds have illegally taken over the US Treasury Department computers and now have access to all our nation's (both individual and collective) financial data.
This week, Elon Musk and a literal handful of 18 to 24-year olds have illegally taken over the US Treasury Department computers and now have access to all our nation's (both individual and collective) financial data.
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State Department Appointee gives the entire game away.
February 3, 2025 at 7:40 PM
State Department Appointee gives the entire game away.
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Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025:
February 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Something I wrote elsewhere but is relevant here, as we start this first full week of February 2025:
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📌QUESTION: How can a private citizen, with zero govt. clearance be walking through the doors of OUR federal departments and the treasury, ransacking the places, stealing information, and NOBODY is stopping him?
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
February 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
📌QUESTION: How can a private citizen, with zero govt. clearance be walking through the doors of OUR federal departments and the treasury, ransacking the places, stealing information, and NOBODY is stopping him?
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
📌And what the fuck is law enforcement doing right now?
📌THIS IS A COUP.
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I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
The Fu*king Nightmare
Trump II, week 2
robertreich.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I want to share with you some thoughts about the second horrific week of Trump II.
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
It’s even worse than I’d imagined. robertreich.substack.com/p/the-fuking...
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Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."
February 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."
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Starting tomorrow, get vaccinated. Everything you can.
The CDC took down their list. Use this.
www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...
The CDC took down their list. Use this.
www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...
Vaccine Information Statements (VISs) Overview | Immunize.org| Immunize.org
Find materials on legal requirements to give VISs to patients before vaccinating.
www.immunize.org
February 1, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Starting tomorrow, get vaccinated. Everything you can.
The CDC took down their list. Use this.
www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...
The CDC took down their list. Use this.
www.immunize.org/vaccines/vis...
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Media purges have started.
If you’re keeping score at home yes, we’re on pace with 1933 level shit and speed
If you’re keeping score at home yes, we’re on pace with 1933 level shit and speed
February 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Media purges have started.
If you’re keeping score at home yes, we’re on pace with 1933 level shit and speed
If you’re keeping score at home yes, we’re on pace with 1933 level shit and speed
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
blog.archive.org
February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
January 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If it were legal to fire you, they wouldn't put so much effort into getting you to resign voluntarily.
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Hey, America! Tired of voting? The GOP's SAVE Act is for you.
In an eye-opening new CAP report, @gbedekovics.bsky.social & @sydkneeb.bsky.social show how the bill would disenfranchise millions of Americans. Hit hardest would be 69 million (largely Republican!) women who took their spouses' names.
In an eye-opening new CAP report, @gbedekovics.bsky.social & @sydkneeb.bsky.social show how the bill would disenfranchise millions of Americans. Hit hardest would be 69 million (largely Republican!) women who took their spouses' names.
The SAVE Act Would Disenfranchise Millions of Citizens
The SAVE Act would require all Americans to prove their citizenship with documentation unavailable to millions and upend the way every American citizen registers to vote.
www.americanprogress.org
January 31, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Hey, America! Tired of voting? The GOP's SAVE Act is for you.
In an eye-opening new CAP report, @gbedekovics.bsky.social & @sydkneeb.bsky.social show how the bill would disenfranchise millions of Americans. Hit hardest would be 69 million (largely Republican!) women who took their spouses' names.
In an eye-opening new CAP report, @gbedekovics.bsky.social & @sydkneeb.bsky.social show how the bill would disenfranchise millions of Americans. Hit hardest would be 69 million (largely Republican!) women who took their spouses' names.
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2021: MAGA wants to ban teaching of "'divisive concepts' through laws largely meant to curtail teaching about systemic racism. If that doesn’t read as chilling, it should. Put another way, politicians are dictating how the public learns about history —and the history those politicians are making."
Opinion | The damaging myth of America’s Marxist school system
Evidence abounds that educators tend to avoid rather than dive into politically hot topics. And such hesitancy has consequences.
www.nbcnews.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:44 PM
2021: MAGA wants to ban teaching of "'divisive concepts' through laws largely meant to curtail teaching about systemic racism. If that doesn’t read as chilling, it should. Put another way, politicians are dictating how the public learns about history —and the history those politicians are making."
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Noel Casler’s description of MAGA is brilliant
January 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Noel Casler’s description of MAGA is brilliant
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January 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Trump's treasury nominee Scott Bessent, who is worth ~$500 million, said extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich is "the most important economic issue of the day."
When asked if we should raise the federal minimum wage above the current paltry $7.25 an hour, he said, "No, sir."
When asked if we should raise the federal minimum wage above the current paltry $7.25 an hour, he said, "No, sir."
January 27, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Trump's treasury nominee Scott Bessent, who is worth ~$500 million, said extending Trump's tax cuts for the rich is "the most important economic issue of the day."
When asked if we should raise the federal minimum wage above the current paltry $7.25 an hour, he said, "No, sir."
When asked if we should raise the federal minimum wage above the current paltry $7.25 an hour, he said, "No, sir."
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I kind of trust the Germans to know a Hitlergruß when they see one
January 21, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I kind of trust the Germans to know a Hitlergruß when they see one
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