Matt Rodier
@matthewrodier.bsky.social
Photojournalist primarily focused on the impact of conflict on civilians and political movements.
Yes, and please don’t take this as a lack of solidarity for our colleagues or the very real dangers they face. Whether I’m working here or abroad I am pulling for them, and hoping they make it home safe each day.
November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Yes, and please don’t take this as a lack of solidarity for our colleagues or the very real dangers they face. Whether I’m working here or abroad I am pulling for them, and hoping they make it home safe each day.
The difference between this type of coverage and covering a war is when you cover a war there is a significant chance they send your body home in a bag processed by the state department.
November 7, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The difference between this type of coverage and covering a war is when you cover a war there is a significant chance they send your body home in a bag processed by the state department.
The reason I disagree with the use of hyperbole by journalists is it does not collectively benefit us. They very well may start killing us here, intentionally and in large numbers, and I’d like to reserve comparisons for the most dangerous type of work we can do for if that day comes.
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
The reason I disagree with the use of hyperbole by journalists is it does not collectively benefit us. They very well may start killing us here, intentionally and in large numbers, and I’d like to reserve comparisons for the most dangerous type of work we can do for if that day comes.
One time in Kharkiv a local helping me find my Airbnb said “if you speak English here missiles will fly here.” This was not hyperbole, as a diplomat had recently told me “if the Russians find where you’re staying they’ll likely level the building.”
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
One time in Kharkiv a local helping me find my Airbnb said “if you speak English here missiles will fly here.” This was not hyperbole, as a diplomat had recently told me “if the Russians find where you’re staying they’ll likely level the building.”
The thing about NYC is no one in the history of humanity ever told me “it’s just like Chicago” to make it seem relevant or cool.
November 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
The thing about NYC is no one in the history of humanity ever told me “it’s just like Chicago” to make it seem relevant or cool.
Those diminished thresholds wouldn't seem to apply here, but 1. the US govt has a long history of declaring people terrorists if it feels the need to abduct them or kill them, sometimes after the fact, and 2. however loose our interpretation of intl law has been this isn't a normal administration.
September 4, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Those diminished thresholds wouldn't seem to apply here, but 1. the US govt has a long history of declaring people terrorists if it feels the need to abduct them or kill them, sometimes after the fact, and 2. however loose our interpretation of intl law has been this isn't a normal administration.
It usually is a boarding situation. IIRC from intl law class, many years ago, situations that involve the use of deadly force (outside act of war and with no direct threat present) usually involve piracy or terrorism. Those areas have a generally accepted diminished threshold for engagement.
September 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
It usually is a boarding situation. IIRC from intl law class, many years ago, situations that involve the use of deadly force (outside act of war and with no direct threat present) usually involve piracy or terrorism. Those areas have a generally accepted diminished threshold for engagement.
No one talks about the cost to a city to live in a constant state of artificially created and maintained housing scarcity. Whenever I come back to NY it's more bankers, more consultants, more tech people. It's driven away artists and actors and musicians and the people who make a city interesting.
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
No one talks about the cost to a city to live in a constant state of artificially created and maintained housing scarcity. Whenever I come back to NY it's more bankers, more consultants, more tech people. It's driven away artists and actors and musicians and the people who make a city interesting.
He wants a "free market version" of democratic socialism, which just shows how willfully ignorant they are about his appeal. To live in NYC for many years is to see close friends move away, often for economic reasons, and those are often the most interesting of the friends you have there.
September 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
He wants a "free market version" of democratic socialism, which just shows how willfully ignorant they are about his appeal. To live in NYC for many years is to see close friends move away, often for economic reasons, and those are often the most interesting of the friends you have there.
thehill.com
July 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Wouldn’t this define all Shahed or Shahed-style ordinance as cruise missiles?
July 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Wouldn’t this define all Shahed or Shahed-style ordinance as cruise missiles?
He also said he’d address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in two weeks. He made this statement four times.
June 19, 2025 at 9:25 PM
He also said he’d address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in two weeks. He made this statement four times.
That’s the thing I don’t get: “what if we got a severely misinformed person who is gullible as hell, incredibly popular, but on our side?” isn’t gonna save democracy. Unfortunately Dems have an extremely hard time governing for the benefit of their constituents. Can’t piss of the donor class.
June 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
That’s the thing I don’t get: “what if we got a severely misinformed person who is gullible as hell, incredibly popular, but on our side?” isn’t gonna save democracy. Unfortunately Dems have an extremely hard time governing for the benefit of their constituents. Can’t piss of the donor class.
I’m not sure what happened in LA with the metro, but in HK in 2019 it was common for them to shut down all stations within walking distance of large planned demonstrations.
June 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I’m not sure what happened in LA with the metro, but in HK in 2019 it was common for them to shut down all stations within walking distance of large planned demonstrations.