Matt Cropp
@mattcropp.bsky.social
In #BTV #Vermont.
Steeped in the deep lore of co-ops, employee ownership, & solidarity economics.
Enjoys amateurish tinkering on electronics and energy with hackerspace friends.
Preschooler parent.
Now is the Time of Monsters.
Steeped in the deep lore of co-ops, employee ownership, & solidarity economics.
Enjoys amateurish tinkering on electronics and energy with hackerspace friends.
Preschooler parent.
Now is the Time of Monsters.
I'm guessing COVID killed #Vermont's DMV-not-being-Kafaesque-nightmare exceptionalism, huh?
December 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm guessing COVID killed #Vermont's DMV-not-being-Kafaesque-nightmare exceptionalism, huh?
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Holy fire from @damiengwalter.com about how the Singularity is just the Jackpot with a marketing gloss.
Worth watching just to hear him use the word ἀγάπη to describe my favorite scene from one of my favorite films.
Worth watching just to hear him use the word ἀγάπη to describe my favorite scene from one of my favorite films.
Science fiction's most terrifying prediction
YouTube video by Science Fiction with Damien Walter
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Holy fire from @damiengwalter.com about how the Singularity is just the Jackpot with a marketing gloss.
Worth watching just to hear him use the word ἀγάπη to describe my favorite scene from one of my favorite films.
Worth watching just to hear him use the word ἀγάπη to describe my favorite scene from one of my favorite films.
December 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The largest #WorkerCoop in #Vermont is raising community investment to fund the renovation of their newly-purchased building. If you're a Vermont resident and want to put your $$ to work building Vermont's solidarity economy, details here: www.nsmvt.org/fundraising
#vt #vtbiz #coop
#vt #vtbiz #coop
Invest & Donate | New School of Montpelier
www.nsmvt.org
December 2, 2025 at 8:08 PM
The largest #WorkerCoop in #Vermont is raising community investment to fund the renovation of their newly-purchased building. If you're a Vermont resident and want to put your $$ to work building Vermont's solidarity economy, details here: www.nsmvt.org/fundraising
#vt #vtbiz #coop
#vt #vtbiz #coop
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Whenever I engage in politics talk with someone left of center, it is readily apparent who still has an active twitter account and who doesn't
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Whenever I engage in politics talk with someone left of center, it is readily apparent who still has an active twitter account and who doesn't
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Desperately trying to commune with the AGI machine-god while the creditors are ramming down the door
November 24, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Desperately trying to commune with the AGI machine-god while the creditors are ramming down the door
Discovered tonight that my preschooler is 100% down for a Friday night hard electronica living room rave...
November 22, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Discovered tonight that my preschooler is 100% down for a Friday night hard electronica living room rave...
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I sometimes wonder about our ancestors' annihilation of the megafauna as a pre-historic Foucault's Boomerang?
The techniques developed to take down the mammoth turned inwards...
The techniques developed to take down the mammoth turned inwards...
November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I sometimes wonder about our ancestors' annihilation of the megafauna as a pre-historic Foucault's Boomerang?
The techniques developed to take down the mammoth turned inwards...
The techniques developed to take down the mammoth turned inwards...
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Biggest subsidy is the 30 year mortgage. It’s a loan no bank ever would write in large volumes. Much less with terms like fixed rates, fully amortizing, with little to no recourse. Undoing that is probably approaching “undo social security” levels of toxicity.
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Biggest subsidy is the 30 year mortgage. It’s a loan no bank ever would write in large volumes. Much less with terms like fixed rates, fully amortizing, with little to no recourse. Undoing that is probably approaching “undo social security” levels of toxicity.
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Hey #btv, own something broken?
Stop by the ONE Repair Cafe today at 12 North Street. Goes until 3pm, generally good to start repairs by 2.
Stop by the ONE Repair Cafe today at 12 North Street. Goes until 3pm, generally good to start repairs by 2.
November 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Hey #btv, own something broken?
Stop by the ONE Repair Cafe today at 12 North Street. Goes until 3pm, generally good to start repairs by 2.
Stop by the ONE Repair Cafe today at 12 North Street. Goes until 3pm, generally good to start repairs by 2.
So this is just a lightly cloaked Assassination Market, right?
November 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
So this is just a lightly cloaked Assassination Market, right?
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Welp, reports indicate the Sandwich Assault jury is currently breadlocked.
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Welp, reports indicate the Sandwich Assault jury is currently breadlocked.
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I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Lettuce exploding off the shoulder of my ironed uniform. I watched pickles glitter in the dark near the Vanderbilt Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
a close up of a man 's face with blood running down his face .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with blood running down his face .
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Lettuce exploding off the shoulder of my ironed uniform. I watched pickles glitter in the dark near the Vanderbilt Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
Buy (culture) War Bonds
If you care enough about this to divest, move your money to blue state municipal bond funds.
November 1, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Buy (culture) War Bonds
November 1, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A true Poster's Poster.
"The ordeal does not appear to have dimmed Bushart’s zeal for posting. He was back on social media Thursday, posting prolifically about baseball, candy corn and politics."
"The ordeal does not appear to have dimmed Bushart’s zeal for posting. He was back on social media Thursday, posting prolifically about baseball, candy corn and politics."
A retired police officer in Tennessee was arrested and put in jail after sharing a Facebook post about the killing of Charlie Kirk.
After more than five weeks since the incident, he’s planning to sue, his attorney told The Post.
After more than five weeks since the incident, he’s planning to sue, his attorney told The Post.
A retired policeman posted a Charlie Kirk meme. He spent a month in jail.
The 61-year-old Tennessee man plans to sue after authorities dropped charges over a political Facebook post. Free-speech advocates say it’s a symptom of a wider crackdown.
wapo.st
October 31, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A true Poster's Poster.
"The ordeal does not appear to have dimmed Bushart’s zeal for posting. He was back on social media Thursday, posting prolifically about baseball, candy corn and politics."
"The ordeal does not appear to have dimmed Bushart’s zeal for posting. He was back on social media Thursday, posting prolifically about baseball, candy corn and politics."
CNBC reporting bullish moves for the fentanyl trade...
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
CNBC reporting bullish moves for the fentanyl trade...
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With the federal government shutdown dragging on, top Vermont lawmakers announced Wednesday that the state will backfill food benefits for at least 15 days when federal dollars for SNAP run dry on Nov. 1.
Vermont will backfill SNAP benefits for 15 days
Vermont leaders approved a plan to use roughly $6 million in state money to pay for 15 days' worth of food benefits if the federal government shutdown continues and the SNAP program runs out of money ...
www.vermontpublic.org
October 29, 2025 at 6:03 PM
With the federal government shutdown dragging on, top Vermont lawmakers announced Wednesday that the state will backfill food benefits for at least 15 days when federal dollars for SNAP run dry on Nov. 1.
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Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
October 29, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Excuse me? So the company the President currently owns is teaming up with a cryptocurrency company to create a prediction market, which will take bets... on things the President himself has quite a lot of control over?
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
Gosh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen.
www.ft.com/content/4855...
It's almost November in northern Vermont and my strawberry plant has decided it seems like a fine time to flower...
October 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's almost November in northern Vermont and my strawberry plant has decided it seems like a fine time to flower...
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Linux is a secure operating system because you need to type sudo in front of the commands you don’t understand that a forum post wants you to run.
October 28, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Linux is a secure operating system because you need to type sudo in front of the commands you don’t understand that a forum post wants you to run.
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We’re generating too much content for Adam Curtis to sort through
October 25, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We’re generating too much content for Adam Curtis to sort through
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each episode will continue to play long after the plot resolution is abundantly clear
Netflix to adapt ‘Catan’ board game into a variety of live-action & animated content including film, series, and unscripted.
October 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
each episode will continue to play long after the plot resolution is abundantly clear