Matt Flinner
@mattflinner.bsky.social
Hitting strings with a piece of plastic for 45 years. On the road now and then with various acoustic esoterica, and showing folks how to play the mandolin at mattflinner.com
Advocate for education and healthcare as a rights, not privileges
#resistance
Advocate for education and healthcare as a rights, not privileges
#resistance
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you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
March 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.
Wait, so do they go back into the bathroom?
The FBI on Friday gave President Trump the boxes of materials the bureau had seized during a search of his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 2022, the White House announced.
F.B.I. Returns Materials Taken From Mar-a-Lago to Trump
Among the items taken from the president’s Florida residence were files that investigators said contained classified material and formed the central evidence in one of the criminal cases against him.
www.nytimes.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Wait, so do they go back into the bathroom?
Always looking out for our seniors
Well shit: March meeting of advisers to the US FDA to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall’s flu season has been canceled
Maybe we won’t have #fluvaccines for the 2025-6 flu season 😬
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
Maybe we won’t have #fluvaccines for the 2025-6 flu season 😬
amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
FDA meeting to choose flu vaccine composition canceled without explanation | CNN
A March meeting of outside advisers to the United States Food and Drug Administration to discuss the composition of flu vaccines for this fall’s flu season has been canceled, a member of the advisory ...
amp.cnn.com
February 27, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Always looking out for our seniors
We need Bernie Sanders to be President.
We need a Labor Secretary who will be a champion of working families.
We need a Labor Secretary who will raise the minimum wage and vigorously defend workers' right to bargain collectively.
We need a Labor Secretary who has the courage to stand up to an anti-worker POTUS.
We need a Labor Secretary who will raise the minimum wage and vigorously defend workers' right to bargain collectively.
We need a Labor Secretary who has the courage to stand up to an anti-worker POTUS.
February 26, 2025 at 11:11 PM
We need Bernie Sanders to be President.
How long until a Reichstag event? Seems like the next step for these ghouls.
If I wanted terrorists to attack my country, I’d put Patel and Bongino in charge of the FBI.
February 25, 2025 at 11:34 PM
How long until a Reichstag event? Seems like the next step for these ghouls.
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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
February 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)
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It feels like people are waking up
February 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It feels like people are waking up
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This x10000000000
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
“In other words: We, the opposition, are the majority. Take heart.”
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-a...
They Are a Minority
Get your mind right.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:44 AM
So we should start calling trump Krasnov?
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
Donald Trump 'recruited by KGB in 80s and even has codename'
Alnur Mussayev, 72, who headed Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee, alleges Donald Trump was recruited when he was a 40-year-old New York real estate developer
www.irishstar.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
So we should start calling trump Krasnov?
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
www.irishstar.com/news/us-news...
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COME ON JUST THROW THE FUCKING RING INTO THE FIRE FRODO WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT
February 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
COME ON JUST THROW THE FUCKING RING INTO THE FIRE FRODO WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS SHIT
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Jill Stein’s campaign manager just admitted what anyone with half a brain knew all along—their real mission was to help elect Donald Trump.
Fu*k Jill Stein and anyone who supported her
Fu*k Jill Stein and anyone who supported her
February 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Jill Stein’s campaign manager just admitted what anyone with half a brain knew all along—their real mission was to help elect Donald Trump.
Fu*k Jill Stein and anyone who supported her
Fu*k Jill Stein and anyone who supported her
BlueSky friends: here's what I do when I'm not on the road. My online mandolin classes will start up in late March and will focus on fiddle tune standards, Monroe tunes and the ever-evolving genre of New Acoustic Music. All courses run 8 weeks. $75 off through 2/9 www.mattflinner.com/2025/02/save...
February 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
BlueSky friends: here's what I do when I'm not on the road. My online mandolin classes will start up in late March and will focus on fiddle tune standards, Monroe tunes and the ever-evolving genre of New Acoustic Music. All courses run 8 weeks. $75 off through 2/9 www.mattflinner.com/2025/02/save...
Shit, the Mormons are taking over the DOT.
February 2, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Shit, the Mormons are taking over the DOT.
"I am not a convicted felon....that's an order!"
Insanity — Trump signs an order blaming Biden and DEI for flight dangers
January 31, 2025 at 6:01 AM
"I am not a convicted felon....that's an order!"
The latest from our current administration of stable geniuses
"Obviously it is not standard to have aircraft collide. I want to be clear on that." -- Sean Duffy, our new secretary of transportation in the new awful administration.
January 30, 2025 at 1:29 PM
The latest from our current administration of stable geniuses
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" The 'Daddy Trump' chorus isn't a quirk or a joke – it's a window into how millions of Americans process political reality."
- @gilduran.com
- @gilduran.com
Mel Gibson and Republicans call Trump a 'Daddy.' Here's why
Once you understand Strict Father Morality, you understand Republican politics
www.theframelab.org
January 27, 2025 at 12:22 PM
" The 'Daddy Trump' chorus isn't a quirk or a joke – it's a window into how millions of Americans process political reality."
- @gilduran.com
- @gilduran.com
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"Aye, the sirens," says the lighthouse keeper, picking a bit of tobacco from his beard. "Some nights, when the wind is just so, I swear I can hear 'em singing." "What do they sing?" I prod him. A faraway look in his eyes, he says in a voice barely above a whisper, "Tubthumping."
January 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
"Aye, the sirens," says the lighthouse keeper, picking a bit of tobacco from his beard. "Some nights, when the wind is just so, I swear I can hear 'em singing." "What do they sing?" I prod him. A faraway look in his eyes, he says in a voice barely above a whisper, "Tubthumping."
Came across this via a student of mine today. A reminder of good times in Wisconsin back in September. And such a fun band to play with! Thank you Sam, Chris, Victor and Logan (as well as Rachel and Ed!) for the great music and the wonderful vibes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLck...
Sam Grisman Project : SET 1 Live at Stoughton Opera House (September 21, 2024) - Full Concert
YouTube video by Sam Grisman Project
www.youtube.com
January 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Came across this via a student of mine today. A reminder of good times in Wisconsin back in September. And such a fun band to play with! Thank you Sam, Chris, Victor and Logan (as well as Rachel and Ed!) for the great music and the wonderful vibes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLck...
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Here are links to lists of people and organizations who have supported trump and project 2025.
www.opensecrets.org/elections-ov... (lists both R and D top donors)
projects.propublica.org/fortune-500-...
www.goodsuniteus.com
www.democratsabroad.org/companies_th...
www.opensecrets.org/elections-ov... (lists both R and D top donors)
projects.propublica.org/fortune-500-...
www.goodsuniteus.com
www.democratsabroad.org/companies_th...
January 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Here are links to lists of people and organizations who have supported trump and project 2025.
www.opensecrets.org/elections-ov... (lists both R and D top donors)
projects.propublica.org/fortune-500-...
www.goodsuniteus.com
www.democratsabroad.org/companies_th...
www.opensecrets.org/elections-ov... (lists both R and D top donors)
projects.propublica.org/fortune-500-...
www.goodsuniteus.com
www.democratsabroad.org/companies_th...
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Stephen Miller and Homan’s goal is to shock and awe blue cities to terrify whole communities. They’ll deliberately targeting businesses, schools, hospitals churches and other places of worship. They want Americans to be afraid. Mayors and governors must stand up to them. Lawyers get on standby.
January 24, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Stephen Miller and Homan’s goal is to shock and awe blue cities to terrify whole communities. They’ll deliberately targeting businesses, schools, hospitals churches and other places of worship. They want Americans to be afraid. Mayors and governors must stand up to them. Lawyers get on standby.
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One bishop, in one church, literally just asked the president to be nice and him and everyone in his circle been melting down for a week.
These aren't strong people. They're very, very weak people. They can be beaten.
These aren't strong people. They're very, very weak people. They can be beaten.
January 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
One bishop, in one church, literally just asked the president to be nice and him and everyone in his circle been melting down for a week.
These aren't strong people. They're very, very weak people. They can be beaten.
These aren't strong people. They're very, very weak people. They can be beaten.
A little too late. Did you just not pay any attention to his campaign promise to pardon Jan 6 criminals? Jackweeds.
The Fraternal Order of Police, the largest police union in the country, just released a statement rescinding their endorsement of President Trump due to his pardoning of Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
January 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
A little too late. Did you just not pay any attention to his campaign promise to pardon Jan 6 criminals? Jackweeds.
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If you feel like LGTBQ people having "parades" to say they have rights is them "shoving it down your throat," you're part of the reason they need to have parades to say they have rights.
January 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
If you feel like LGTBQ people having "parades" to say they have rights is them "shoving it down your throat," you're part of the reason they need to have parades to say they have rights.