Matt Popek
@mpopek.bsky.social
Building something new? Guess it's the only option we've got.
Views are my own and definitely don't represent my employer, who isn't here yet anyway.
Views are my own and definitely don't represent my employer, who isn't here yet anyway.
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Matt Popek
@mpopek.bsky.social
· Jan 1
December was very busy, and very fun, and once the ice stopped we got to London to enjoy a holiday vacation. Ending the year early in order to get started on what had better be a entertaining and productive 2026.
Happy 250th, America.
Happy 250th, America.
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Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
January 30, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Not to get political, but America is very pretty and has a lot of nice folks making cool things, and I think if we had a president who wasn’t actively trying to murder us, we could have a pretty good time
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It makes you sound crazy to say this out loud, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the United States government has been effectively toppled by a group of overt pedophiles
Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.
Trump's Fed chair pick named in Epstein files just hours after his nomination
Barely a few hours after President Donald Trump named him as the next nominee to chair the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh was revealed to be in the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking case files.According to The New Republic, "Warsh’s name appears to be on an emailed list of guests to 'St. Barth’s Christm...
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January 31, 2026 at 12:15 AM
It makes you sound crazy to say this out loud, but it's becoming increasingly clear that the United States government has been effectively toppled by a group of overt pedophiles
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Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
January 30, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Don Lemon is not the only reporter who was arrested by federal agents overnight — local independent journalist Georgia Fort just went live on FB to say federal agents were also at her door to take her into custody over her protest coverage in Minneapolis.
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Let’s try this one in foreign correspondent voice:
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
Don was taken into custody by federal agents last night in Los Angeles.
January 30, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Let’s try this one in foreign correspondent voice:
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
State Security Forces Arrest Journalist Who Covered Protests Against Regime Official
greatest deliberative body in the world (derogatory)
NO SENATE VOTE TONIGHT
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
Couldn’t get all senators to allow a speedy vote. Schumer tells reporters Lindsey Graham is blocking it. “That’s the holdup,” Schumer tells reporters. Graham wants to keep a provision letting him sue to pocket $500,000 over J6 phone records seized.
January 30, 2026 at 4:35 AM
greatest deliberative body in the world (derogatory)
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reminds me of a friend who explained why recent years have felt so weird to so many millennials here and it’s because “we went into the pandemic young people and came out of it old”
I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
January 28, 2026 at 10:41 PM
reminds me of a friend who explained why recent years have felt so weird to so many millennials here and it’s because “we went into the pandemic young people and came out of it old”
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Maybe this is about central banks. Maybe it’s about inflation hedges. Maybe it’s about masked agents of the state shooting unarmed US citizens 10 times in the back — and we still don’t know who, or where, they are.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but gold is up 7% from yesterday's close.
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/everything...
robinjbrooks.substack.com/p/everything...
January 29, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Maybe this is about central banks. Maybe it’s about inflation hedges. Maybe it’s about masked agents of the state shooting unarmed US citizens 10 times in the back — and we still don’t know who, or where, they are.
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It’s like if Teapot Dome, Watergate, Kent State, Credit Mobilier, and Iran Contra had all happened in the same week.
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
It’s like if Teapot Dome, Watergate, Kent State, Credit Mobilier, and Iran Contra had all happened in the same week.
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Scrolling through Twitter, finding the ancient texts, discovered a quintessential Dan tweet.
January 29, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Scrolling through Twitter, finding the ancient texts, discovered a quintessential Dan tweet.
[email protected] point forecasts use automatically generated ranges for temperatures for 48 hour periods.
I don't care for this particular range, even if it's correct.
I don't care for this particular range, even if it's correct.
January 28, 2026 at 4:29 AM
[email protected] point forecasts use automatically generated ranges for temperatures for 48 hour periods.
I don't care for this particular range, even if it's correct.
I don't care for this particular range, even if it's correct.
Really feels like this region lost its institutional memory of how to deal with more than 6 inches of snow at once in the last 10 years.
(And yes, the sleet on top really didn't help.)
(And yes, the sleet on top really didn't help.)
"Analysis of the City of Philadelphia’s PlowPHL data, which tracks the movement of plows via GPS data, showed that about a quarter of streets citywide had received no snow treatment at all — including salting or plowing — after the conclusion of the storm Sunday" www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Many Philly side streets remain full of snow and ice days after Sunday’s storm
Residents are reporting major queues for 311 as some streets have yet to be cleared by the city.
www.inquirer.com
January 28, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Really feels like this region lost its institutional memory of how to deal with more than 6 inches of snow at once in the last 10 years.
(And yes, the sleet on top really didn't help.)
(And yes, the sleet on top really didn't help.)
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The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
January 26, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The biggest risk in this moment is something sociologists call “symbolic compliance.”
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
That’s when an institution that is violating civil rights gives the public just enough symbolic victories that accountability efforts lose steam before there has been any meaningful change.
Let's just try not to solely subsidize demand once again.
54% of Americans think that housing is unaffordable www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/u...
It’s a case for major state & federal intervention to reduce housing costs: low cost public loans for homeownership, direct public investment in housing, protections for renters.
It’s a case for major state & federal intervention to reduce housing costs: low cost public loans for homeownership, direct public investment in housing, protections for renters.
January 26, 2026 at 1:50 PM
Let's just try not to solely subsidize demand once again.
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The ballroom was already a symbol for his disengagement and tendency to live in fantasies. Diving into construction minutiae like this when the nation is in crisis really hammers the point home. He really has slipped badly.
Trump: “I’m building, on top of everything else that I am doing, one of the greatest and most beautiful Ballrooms anywhere in the World, with more than 300 Million Dollars of Great American Patriots’ money, & working closely with, right from the beginning, the US Military and Secret Service”
January 25, 2026 at 5:58 PM
The ballroom was already a symbol for his disengagement and tendency to live in fantasies. Diving into construction minutiae like this when the nation is in crisis really hammers the point home. He really has slipped badly.
Starting to see the "brave" posts from people in power positions "speaking up" and saying "this isn't acceptable".
Great. What are you actually going to do about it?
Great. What are you actually going to do about it?
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Starting to see the "brave" posts from people in power positions "speaking up" and saying "this isn't acceptable".
Great. What are you actually going to do about it?
Great. What are you actually going to do about it?
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Our elites decided Charlie Kirk was a watershed event that changed politics forever, but the repeated murders of people who weren't in their contacts is a point of debate they grudgingly have to concede might be an issue
January 25, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Our elites decided Charlie Kirk was a watershed event that changed politics forever, but the repeated murders of people who weren't in their contacts is a point of debate they grudgingly have to concede might be an issue
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🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
Is liberal democracy in terminal decline?
The old system worked under a set of conditions that are no longer present
www.ft.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 AM
🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
Both victims in Minneapolis were my age.
What does that say about what I need to do with my life?
The cognitive dissonance is reaching a fever pitch right now.
What does that say about what I need to do with my life?
The cognitive dissonance is reaching a fever pitch right now.
January 24, 2026 at 7:48 PM
Both victims in Minneapolis were my age.
What does that say about what I need to do with my life?
The cognitive dissonance is reaching a fever pitch right now.
What does that say about what I need to do with my life?
The cognitive dissonance is reaching a fever pitch right now.
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It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
January 24, 2026 at 5:18 PM
It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites.
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Completely unoriginal thought but: it's frustrating that the actual experience of living in large cosmopolitan multicultural city (London Uk in my case) is actually pretty dope, but a lot of politics is organised around this being a nightmare scenario that must be apologised for and avoided.
January 24, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Completely unoriginal thought but: it's frustrating that the actual experience of living in large cosmopolitan multicultural city (London Uk in my case) is actually pretty dope, but a lot of politics is organised around this being a nightmare scenario that must be apologised for and avoided.
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Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
January 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Trump’s back to threatening 100% tariffs on Canada this morning, wow I can’t imagine why the Canadians now see the Chinese as a more reliable trade partner
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This is one of those things that in another administration couldve been a months long scandal if the media wanted it to be. call it AgentGate. What did Bondi know and when did she know it? Weeks of opinion pieces etc etc.
Breaking NYT:
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
F.B.I. Agent Who Tried to Investigate ICE Officer in Shooting Resigns
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:39 AM
This is one of those things that in another administration couldve been a months long scandal if the media wanted it to be. call it AgentGate. What did Bondi know and when did she know it? Weeks of opinion pieces etc etc.
Today's the last day above freezing in the 10 day forecast.
January 23, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Today's the last day above freezing in the 10 day forecast.
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If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
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John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 AM
John Birch Society having a totally normal moment.