Matt Loar
@matt.loar.name
Former software engineer for big tech, former in-house privacy counsel for a smaller tech company, future solo practitioner?
He/him. Chicago-adjacent.
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He/him. Chicago-adjacent.
Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/B19ogjK1ReqNnet150oQTfP_h4YzWKJ-wgJ-rcZ6g8ibFdEoEn1N6LQVDp8Uvl-W
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It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
Max Headroom 1987 Broadcast Signal Intrusion Incident
YouTube video by andrew867
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November 22, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It's my favorite day! It's the 38th anniversary of the Max Headroom signal broadcast intrusion!
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
1st incident lasted 25s during the 9PM news on WGN-TV in Chicago; The 2nd, 2hrs later, lasted ~90s on PBS affiliate WTTW during Dr. Who.
You can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqge...
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They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
Instead of hiring more immigration judges, the Department of Justice just posted an ad for "deportation judges." join.justice.gov
November 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
They are literally firing all the judges they think might grant relief. They just fired a friend of mine a couple hours ago. They have no shame. The bastards want an assembly line for deportations and nothing more; rubber-stamping bootlickers who’ll yes’sir at every new diktat to deny.
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Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Folks, I don’t know how it’s possible, but it gets funnier.
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Should be unreal, but this is the reality we are getting modeled from the top down.
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Should be unreal, but this is the reality we are getting modeled from the top down.
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Trump take beer
NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Trump take beer
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Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date
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NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
November 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
NEW IL-09 poll with the Justice Coalition Action: Daniel Biss and Kat Abughazaleh are tied for first in the Democratic primary with 18% of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
Laura Fine trails in third with 10%, and all other candidates receive 6% or less of the vote.
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there are some pictures out from the preliminary investigation into the UPS crash and holy fuck it’s American 191 all over again
there was no saving that plane
there was no saving that plane
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
there are some pictures out from the preliminary investigation into the UPS crash and holy fuck it’s American 191 all over again
there was no saving that plane
there was no saving that plane
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Turning the US military into the world's largest Nazi Bar
Exclusive: The U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify the swastika, nooses and the Confederate flag as hate symbols.
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
The military service drafted a new policy that classifies them as “potentially divisive.”
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
www.washingtonpost.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Turning the US military into the world's largest Nazi Bar
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The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
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I guess I do now have to hand it to them
Directly and explicitly commit to prosecuting anyone issuing, relaying, and following illegal orders, or just shut the fuck up
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 20, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I guess I do now have to hand it to them
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Put this in the context of the Comey and James prosecutions.
* Career attorneys have been forced out because they didn't support those prosecutions.
* DOJ lawyers will prosecute at Trump's direction whether or not the underlying law supports it.
It is foolish to dismiss this as just an outburst.
* Career attorneys have been forced out because they didn't support those prosecutions.
* DOJ lawyers will prosecute at Trump's direction whether or not the underlying law supports it.
It is foolish to dismiss this as just an outburst.
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Put this in the context of the Comey and James prosecutions.
* Career attorneys have been forced out because they didn't support those prosecutions.
* DOJ lawyers will prosecute at Trump's direction whether or not the underlying law supports it.
It is foolish to dismiss this as just an outburst.
* Career attorneys have been forced out because they didn't support those prosecutions.
* DOJ lawyers will prosecute at Trump's direction whether or not the underlying law supports it.
It is foolish to dismiss this as just an outburst.
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WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSEEE
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
WHAT ARE THOOOOOOSEEE
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This is a singleminded focus on bigoted scapegoating and punishment that only happens to justify atrocities. You can blame all my Holocaust education for me thinking this ain’t great.
this defies parody. also helps explain why Sec Bessent bizarrely blamed immigrants when confronted with a question about high beef prices
November 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is a singleminded focus on bigoted scapegoating and punishment that only happens to justify atrocities. You can blame all my Holocaust education for me thinking this ain’t great.
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///BREAKING/// The 7th Circuit has GRANTED the Trump administration’s request to stay the release of hundreds of “Operation Midway Blitz” arrestees on Friday chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/onl…
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
///BREAKING/// The 7th Circuit has GRANTED the Trump administration’s request to stay the release of hundreds of “Operation Midway Blitz” arrestees on Friday chicagotribune.com/2025/11/14/onl…
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Today was Palestinian Independence Day.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today was Palestinian Independence Day.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
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Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Something the US needs to accept too is that without a large-scale correction imposing consequences on a large number of people, the crisis of governance here will continue indefinitely
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It's maddening that elected officials choose to not only see the kidnapping and disappearance of members of our community as an inevitability that they can't do anything about, but then blame protesters for cops choosing to attack them. This is Olympic level gaslighting
broadview mayor katrina thompson blames today’s brutality on “out-of-town protesters” who’ve “chosen their fists” over their voices.
does this look like cops “protecting [protesters’] free speech”?
does this look like cops “protecting [protesters’] free speech”?
November 14, 2025 at 10:12 PM
It's maddening that elected officials choose to not only see the kidnapping and disappearance of members of our community as an inevitability that they can't do anything about, but then blame protesters for cops choosing to attack them. This is Olympic level gaslighting
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Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Note: The pastor being thrown to the ground and arrested here while protesting outside an ICE facility here — who police single out — appears to be Rev. Michael Woolf, a Baptist pastor (he’s ordained by both American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists).
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CCL board member Robert Held is challenging Broadview’s protest hour restrictions outside the #ICE facility, arguing they place unconstitutional limits on peaceful assembly—especially for working people who can’t protest during a 9-6 window.
@chicago.suntimes.com
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@chicago.suntimes.com
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...
Protest hours at Broadview ICE facility too restrictive, lawyer suing village says
“The First Amendment isn’t something that has a time clock,” Robert Held argues in push to broaden 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. protest hours in western suburb.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:25 PM
CCL board member Robert Held is challenging Broadview’s protest hour restrictions outside the #ICE facility, arguing they place unconstitutional limits on peaceful assembly—especially for working people who can’t protest during a 9-6 window.
@chicago.suntimes.com
chicago.suntimes.com/news/2025/11...
@chicago.suntimes.com
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LA:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Gregory Bovino, the top Border Patrol official leading the charge on the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in cities, and his officers are heading to Charlotte, according to a source familiar with the planning. That was news to city officials. https://cnn.it/49crpZT
November 14, 2025 at 3:09 AM
LA:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
- black mayor
- majority non-white
DC:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Chicago:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
Charlotte:
- black mayor
- majority non-white
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I'm listening, under 70 year old white man.
Breaking a little news tonight: Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov, speaking tonight at Progressive Maryland's annual gala, just announced he will be sponsoring Medicare for All legislation in the US Senate. This is his first time sponsoring 👀👀👀
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I'm listening, under 70 year old white man.
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Imagine trying to convince someone a decade ago that this sentence would be a 100% literally accurate description of the American political situation.
The attorney general and the FBI director, a manosphere podcaster bro, pulled into the situation room a member of Congress best known for getting kicked out of a Beetlejuice musical for drunkenly giving her date a handy, in order to pressure her about the president's child sex trafficking scandal.
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Imagine trying to convince someone a decade ago that this sentence would be a 100% literally accurate description of the American political situation.