Matt Silberstein
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Thank you 🙏 for living and paying the painful price of defending our 1st Amendment.
Thank you 🙏 for living and paying the painful price of defending our 1st Amendment.
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
@john-abernathy.bsky.social
Thank you 🙏 for living and paying the painful price of defending our 1st Amendment.
Thank you 🙏 for living and paying the painful price of defending our 1st Amendment.
The amount of right wing violence in Minnesota has been absolutely staggering.
January 7, 2026 at 11:25 PM
The amount of right wing violence in Minnesota has been absolutely staggering.
Reposted by Matt Silberstein
At the turn of the year, I’m facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks | Emma Brockes
At the turn of the year, I’m facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks | Emma Brockes
At 50, I find myself in a gazing-up-at-trees phase. What does it all mean? It’s not completely clear – but it’s certainly bothering my kids, says Guardian columnist Emma Brockes
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:07 PM
At the turn of the year, I’m facing a pivot point. Midlife crisis? No thanks | Emma Brockes
We might need more miracles
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
We might need more miracles
“Every utterance of complaint is a confession.”
December 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
“Every utterance of complaint is a confession.”
Thinking about my grandfather, a Pearl Harbor survivor.
December 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Thinking about my grandfather, a Pearl Harbor survivor.
Dexter loved birthdays. This would have been #14. Miss you, joyous soul.
December 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Dexter loved birthdays. This would have been #14. Miss you, joyous soul.
In plain sight
"The danger is once you compile all this information, then hackers only have to go to one place instead of going to all 50-plus jurisdictions that run elections... It’s a hacker’s dream to have all of this private, sensitive information collected somewhere..."
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump’s DOJ is building a voter purge machine—powered by your private data
The federal agency ordinarily would prevent attacks on voting rights. Now it’s carrying them out.
www.motherjones.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:59 PM
In plain sight
Academic competition, Chihuahua style
December 4, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Academic competition, Chihuahua style
Reposted by Matt Silberstein
When I say Spotify is Surveillance, I don’t just mean it’s creepy that they are tracking what music you listen to and using that data to serve ads.
I mean your Spotify data is deeply intimate and can be used to glean information about you like your daily habits, your moods, and more.
I mean your Spotify data is deeply intimate and can be used to glean information about you like your daily habits, your moods, and more.
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
When I say Spotify is Surveillance, I don’t just mean it’s creepy that they are tracking what music you listen to and using that data to serve ads.
I mean your Spotify data is deeply intimate and can be used to glean information about you like your daily habits, your moods, and more.
I mean your Spotify data is deeply intimate and can be used to glean information about you like your daily habits, your moods, and more.
“The state cannot confer legality onto the abuse of human rights”
November 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“The state cannot confer legality onto the abuse of human rights”
Reposted by Matt Silberstein
The modern Republican Party has so many pedophiles and rapists that it makes me feel like I'm crazy because how is this even possible
November 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The modern Republican Party has so many pedophiles and rapists that it makes me feel like I'm crazy because how is this even possible
100%
As someone who was sexually assaulted by an adult male at the age of 15, I am horrified that this person exists and is given a platform to promote pedophilia.
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
100%
The press needs to explicitly break this down for folk:
“The dog that didn’t bark” meaning:
Euphemistic way of saying their silence was suspicious or revealing.
“The dog that didn’t bark” meaning:
Euphemistic way of saying their silence was suspicious or revealing.
November 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The press needs to explicitly break this down for folk:
“The dog that didn’t bark” meaning:
Euphemistic way of saying their silence was suspicious or revealing.
“The dog that didn’t bark” meaning:
Euphemistic way of saying their silence was suspicious or revealing.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
With Amazon going full steam ahead laying off people, embracing Ai and robots, there will be plenty of room for immigrants in those large warehouses. Maybe make them work for free? (Sarcasm)
With Amazon going full steam ahead laying off people, embracing Ai and robots, there will be plenty of room for immigrants in those large warehouses. Maybe make them work for free? (Sarcasm)
'Mega detention centers': ICE considers buying large warehouses to hold immigrants
The Trump administration is exploring a plan to buy warehouses designed for companies like Amazon, sources said, which would drastically increase the Trump administration’s capacity for detaining immi...
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 PM
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
With Amazon going full steam ahead laying off people, embracing Ai and robots, there will be plenty of room for immigrants in those large warehouses. Maybe make them work for free? (Sarcasm)
With Amazon going full steam ahead laying off people, embracing Ai and robots, there will be plenty of room for immigrants in those large warehouses. Maybe make them work for free? (Sarcasm)
Criminals talking about fighting crime. That’s rich.
November 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Criminals talking about fighting crime. That’s rich.
WTF?
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
NOAA cancels funding for data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
Direct feeds from seismology stations across Alaska are expected to stop in mid-November, state officials say.
www.adn.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
WTF?