Matt
@mpk23.bsky.social
Plant and Critter lover, High school (7-12) science teacher, He/him/'yall,
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Matt
@mpk23.bsky.social
· Jun 26
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WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
January 28, 2026 at 7:49 PM
WARNING, fellow journalists: As @nicoschmidt.io explains, attackers are trying to hijack reporters' Signal accounts by tricking people into handing over their 2FA codes. www.linkedin.com/posts/nicosc...
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Look at this sweet little face. Our government used our tax dollars to kill this child.
Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez died in government custody.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
She had sickle cell and congenital heart disease but couldn’t access timely and adequate medical care.
We need to reform immigration detention.
January 28, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Look at this sweet little face. Our government used our tax dollars to kill this child.
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"It's about the grotesque power of the machine."
ra.co/features/4361
ra.co/features/4361
Inside West Bengal's Booming Sound System Battles · Feature ⟋ RA
In the region's rural villages, ceremonial competitions have birthed an ear-splitting sub-genre of bass-heavy music. Arielle Domb visited the operators behind the vibrant scene.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:35 PM
"It's about the grotesque power of the machine."
ra.co/features/4361
ra.co/features/4361
As fibers break down, they're comparable to asbestos.
❓ What do #drones, #DeepSeaMining, #mounjaro and mirror proteins all have in common?
🅰️: They have all been identified as 15 emerging issues of concern for global biodiversity conservation.
All 1️⃣5️⃣ threats: 🔗 hhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534725003015
🅰️: They have all been identified as 15 emerging issues of concern for global biodiversity conservation.
All 1️⃣5️⃣ threats: 🔗 hhttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169534725003015
January 27, 2026 at 4:34 PM
As fibers break down, they're comparable to asbestos.
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My miniature tree identification pins are finally back in stock and the 2nd edition is better than ever! Please share them around so people can see 💚 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4386...
January 26, 2026 at 2:12 PM
My miniature tree identification pins are finally back in stock and the 2nd edition is better than ever! Please share them around so people can see 💚 canopyrobin.etsy.com/listing/4386...
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After the Boston Massacre, the soldiers responsible were arrested and received fair trials. King George recalled the regiment to England, and then American leaders were like “good, that was enough, we’ll remain your loyal subjects forever…” wait, that’s not right…
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 PM
After the Boston Massacre, the soldiers responsible were arrested and received fair trials. King George recalled the regiment to England, and then American leaders were like “good, that was enough, we’ll remain your loyal subjects forever…” wait, that’s not right…
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"A special education student logged on for their online class from the basement. They were hiding because immigration agents were banging at the door."
"The situation has also enforced a sort of segregation...'Most of the brown kids are at home, and the other kids are at the school.'”
"The situation has also enforced a sort of segregation...'Most of the brown kids are at home, and the other kids are at the school.'”
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"A special education student logged on for their online class from the basement. They were hiding because immigration agents were banging at the door."
"The situation has also enforced a sort of segregation...'Most of the brown kids are at home, and the other kids are at the school.'”
"The situation has also enforced a sort of segregation...'Most of the brown kids are at home, and the other kids are at the school.'”
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"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that the parents have disappeared.”
- Anne Frank, 13 January 1943
- Anne Frank, 13 January 1943
January 26, 2026 at 11:09 AM
"Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that the parents have disappeared.”
- Anne Frank, 13 January 1943
- Anne Frank, 13 January 1943
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Today’s spotlight: Anise Hyssop is an easy to grow multipurpose native perennial I recommend for (most) gardens; whether it’s for pollinators, pest deterrence, or herbal medicine. It only grows ~3 ft tall, has a delightful sweet anise aroma, and doesn’t spread aggressively 🌱💚
#gardening #herbalism
#gardening #herbalism
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Today’s spotlight: Anise Hyssop is an easy to grow multipurpose native perennial I recommend for (most) gardens; whether it’s for pollinators, pest deterrence, or herbal medicine. It only grows ~3 ft tall, has a delightful sweet anise aroma, and doesn’t spread aggressively 🌱💚
#gardening #herbalism
#gardening #herbalism
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1/ Thoughts:
It's good when people who didn't agree with me change their minds.
However, exactly how much grace I offer them post-revelation depends on a range of factors.
My tent is big and so has room for many people.
It's also large enough that I can let someone in but not sit with them.
It's good when people who didn't agree with me change their minds.
However, exactly how much grace I offer them post-revelation depends on a range of factors.
My tent is big and so has room for many people.
It's also large enough that I can let someone in but not sit with them.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
1/ Thoughts:
It's good when people who didn't agree with me change their minds.
However, exactly how much grace I offer them post-revelation depends on a range of factors.
My tent is big and so has room for many people.
It's also large enough that I can let someone in but not sit with them.
It's good when people who didn't agree with me change their minds.
However, exactly how much grace I offer them post-revelation depends on a range of factors.
My tent is big and so has room for many people.
It's also large enough that I can let someone in but not sit with them.
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
January 26, 2026 at 2:46 PM
There are people trying to stop others from using whistles, and next they'll say it's ableism.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
As your disability advocate friend, I will be the first with serious sensory sensitivity to say that I would rather be in pain than someone get abducted, or shot.
Block/mute this argument, it's an op.
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4/ Third, there's how you treated people in my tent while you were still happily outside.
My expectations for an acceptable mia culpa rise exponentially if you were publishing one "People concerned about leopards eating faces are hysterical communist leftie soy boys" op-ed a week since 2014.
My expectations for an acceptable mia culpa rise exponentially if you were publishing one "People concerned about leopards eating faces are hysterical communist leftie soy boys" op-ed a week since 2014.
January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
4/ Third, there's how you treated people in my tent while you were still happily outside.
My expectations for an acceptable mia culpa rise exponentially if you were publishing one "People concerned about leopards eating faces are hysterical communist leftie soy boys" op-ed a week since 2014.
My expectations for an acceptable mia culpa rise exponentially if you were publishing one "People concerned about leopards eating faces are hysterical communist leftie soy boys" op-ed a week since 2014.
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It’s not a very full bus and everyone is sitting a few rows apart so it’s not easy to ask anyone. The police clearly want us to stay put because no one’s moving.
January 25, 2026 at 9:37 PM
It’s not a very full bus and everyone is sitting a few rows apart so it’s not easy to ask anyone. The police clearly want us to stay put because no one’s moving.
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There’s a lot of commotion from the back of the bus. Are they just looking for a phone??? The police???
January 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
There’s a lot of commotion from the back of the bus. Are they just looking for a phone??? The police???
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The nurses are pissed
January 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
The nurses are pissed
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I’m this many years old.
January 25, 2026 at 12:09 AM
I’m this many years old.
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PLEASE STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET. THEY ARE LITERALLY SUPPORTING FASCISM.
Target is HQ’d in MN & lost 35% of its value after it capitulated to Trump & gutted DEI—a $16B loss.
Now, as ICE murders Good & Pretti, as ICE arrests 2 Target employees (who were citizens)—Target does NOTHING to stop ICE.
Let’s continue our Target boycott & gut the remaining 65% value. Who’s in?
Now, as ICE murders Good & Pretti, as ICE arrests 2 Target employees (who were citizens)—Target does NOTHING to stop ICE.
Let’s continue our Target boycott & gut the remaining 65% value. Who’s in?
January 25, 2026 at 2:18 PM
PLEASE STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET. THEY ARE LITERALLY SUPPORTING FASCISM.
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Good luck painting a nurse who looks like Dr Robbie's slightly geeky but endearing younger brother as a domestic terrorist.
January 24, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Good luck painting a nurse who looks like Dr Robbie's slightly geeky but endearing younger brother as a domestic terrorist.
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We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
January 24, 2026 at 9:35 PM
We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun
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I think it’s important to remember that the shooting of Philando Castile happened in a Minneapolis suburb in 2016.
“Everyone should be allowed to carry a gun for their safety but the government can murder you in the street if you have a gun” is an incredible endpoint for the conservative moment
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 PM
I think it’s important to remember that the shooting of Philando Castile happened in a Minneapolis suburb in 2016.
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They’ve been murdering and raping people in concentration camps for months. THIRTY TWO PEOPLE (that we know of) have been executed in those camps.
The complicity line was crossed and LONG time ago.
The complicity line was crossed and LONG time ago.
From this moment forward (and before, but clearly now):
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
-If you work for ICE.
-If you vote for money for ICE.
You are complicit. This is the gestapo. You're on the wrong side. You can't pretend not to know.
January 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
They’ve been murdering and raping people in concentration camps for months. THIRTY TWO PEOPLE (that we know of) have been executed in those camps.
The complicity line was crossed and LONG time ago.
The complicity line was crossed and LONG time ago.