Matt Bizer, PhD
@mttbizer96.bsky.social
Environmental engineer
Autistic
Passionate about climate adaptation, community resilience, music, and Boston sports
“It’s such a short and sad and beautiful life - do you ever see it that way?”
29, he/him
PVD, sometimes CT
Views my own
#BlackLivesMatter
Autistic
Passionate about climate adaptation, community resilience, music, and Boston sports
“It’s such a short and sad and beautiful life - do you ever see it that way?”
29, he/him
PVD, sometimes CT
Views my own
#BlackLivesMatter
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Matt Bizer, PhD
@mttbizer96.bsky.social
· Mar 11
![Matt Bizer smiles in relief at the conclusion of his dissertation presentation. He is standing in front of a slide that reads "Questions? - Thank you for attending and following along" with a quote from Rebecca Solnit's Hope in the Dark: "The hope I'm interested in is about broad perspectives with specific possibilities, one that invite or demand that we act. [...] You could call it an account of complexities and uncertainties, with openings." The slide also contains a lengthy list of acknowledgements and references.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:srn2r23pheebphjeaapwoxwb/bafkreihos7uq6z5bed5tjncit7liai7ighzmyjdpmtahwz6mvov6jsvhla@jpeg)
I defended my PhD dissertation, "Tracing and Assessing Transformational Climate Adaptation over Time in Public Wastewater Infrastructure Systems" yesterday! My defense was a massive success and I am honored to have earned a PhD in civil & environmental engineering from the University of Connecticut!
Cory Booker can stand and deliver the longest ever floor speech when the stakes are relatively low but he folds like a piece of paper when the stakes are really high
Asked if he's willing to shut down the government over ICE funding, Senator Cory Booker replies: "We had the longest government shutdown, and Democrats could not hold together to sustain that kind of pressure."
January 14, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Cory Booker can stand and deliver the longest ever floor speech when the stakes are relatively low but he folds like a piece of paper when the stakes are really high
I know it’s a tired thing to say but can you imagine if ANY other politician cussed at and flipped off a Michigan auto worker on camera
Trump yells “fuck you” and flips off an auto worker in Michigan who yelled “pedophile protector” www.tmz.com/2026/01/13/t...
January 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
I know it’s a tired thing to say but can you imagine if ANY other politician cussed at and flipped off a Michigan auto worker on camera
Abolishing ICE is close to breaking even and funding cuts are popular.
You would not know this from professional punditry, including the so-called “popularist” centrists/libs
You would not know this from professional punditry, including the so-called “popularist” centrists/libs
This YouGov poll on ICE is really eye-opening. Public opinion has really swung against DHS/ICE and their terror regime.
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/IC...
January 13, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Abolishing ICE is close to breaking even and funding cuts are popular.
You would not know this from professional punditry, including the so-called “popularist” centrists/libs
You would not know this from professional punditry, including the so-called “popularist” centrists/libs
The “alignment” has never been higher. Alignment is apparently what wins championships according to the Boston Red Sox (and nobody else)
From Devers to Bregman to nothing.
Make it make sense.
Make it make sense.
January 12, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The “alignment” has never been higher. Alignment is apparently what wins championships according to the Boston Red Sox (and nobody else)
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Drake Maye was born and won a playoff game in the time since you last won a playoff game 😬😬😬
January 12, 2026 at 4:27 AM
Drake Maye was born and won a playoff game in the time since you last won a playoff game 😬😬😬
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I go to extreme lengths to avoid advertisements. My wife finds it baffling, but this is why. It makes me noticeably dumber for several minutes
January 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
I go to extreme lengths to avoid advertisements. My wife finds it baffling, but this is why. It makes me noticeably dumber for several minutes
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More proof that traditional media is out of touch:
The level of pearl clutching over Mayor Jacob Frey dropping a well-deserved f-bomb versus the outrage over the murder of Renee Nicole Good
The level of pearl clutching over Mayor Jacob Frey dropping a well-deserved f-bomb versus the outrage over the murder of Renee Nicole Good
WELKER: Do you bear any responsibility to bring down the temperature?
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
FREY: Of course. But I dropped an F bomb and they killed somebody. I think the killing somebody is the inflammatory element here and not the F bomb.
January 11, 2026 at 5:21 PM
More proof that traditional media is out of touch:
The level of pearl clutching over Mayor Jacob Frey dropping a well-deserved f-bomb versus the outrage over the murder of Renee Nicole Good
The level of pearl clutching over Mayor Jacob Frey dropping a well-deserved f-bomb versus the outrage over the murder of Renee Nicole Good
Oh man, it is a very bad thing that I was very drunk and in a chaotic environment when I saw the Bregman news last night. I said some things here and elsewhere that I regret and don’t mean and have deleted.
(Breslow still a fucking stiff though)
(Breslow still a fucking stiff though)
January 11, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Oh man, it is a very bad thing that I was very drunk and in a chaotic environment when I saw the Bregman news last night. I said some things here and elsewhere that I regret and don’t mean and have deleted.
(Breslow still a fucking stiff though)
(Breslow still a fucking stiff though)
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So much is going on, but this week New Yorkers are getting to see how a protest is treated under a Mamdani administration
Anti-ICE march in lower Manhattan is moving north, destination unknown.
Looks to be about a thousand people.
This march does not have a permit, and used amplified sound at the rally with no issues. A notable shift from the Adams admin that directed NYPD to nitpick.
Looks to be about a thousand people.
This march does not have a permit, and used amplified sound at the rally with no issues. A notable shift from the Adams admin that directed NYPD to nitpick.
January 9, 2026 at 12:53 PM
So much is going on, but this week New Yorkers are getting to see how a protest is treated under a Mamdani administration
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this is the best reframe i’ve ever seen about calling your politicians
It really do recommend making your shitty day the problem of your shitty senator's voicemail every night, it doesn't have to be a chore. It is a actually cathartic
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 AM
this is the best reframe i’ve ever seen about calling your politicians
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Calling something the Trump administration did "disappointing" suggests that you had some expectation or hope that they would behave differently. If that's the case, you are an idiot.
January 9, 2026 at 5:13 AM
Calling something the Trump administration did "disappointing" suggests that you had some expectation or hope that they would behave differently. If that's the case, you are an idiot.
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Something to remind you
It's a world worth saving
It's a world worth saving
January 9, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Something to remind you
It's a world worth saving
It's a world worth saving
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need more cosmopolitan chauvinism imo. to be able to go to a world city and do this without crossing a border is something you should be proud of, it means you're a great country. To want to tear it down means you are inbred provincial hog with no greater drives than envy and fear.
Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional.
January 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
need more cosmopolitan chauvinism imo. to be able to go to a world city and do this without crossing a border is something you should be proud of, it means you're a great country. To want to tear it down means you are inbred provincial hog with no greater drives than envy and fear.
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Voting for Trump's nominees is the opposite of understanding that the Trump regime is a criminal enterprise and that we're in an unprecedented Constitutional crisis. Just fucking don't vote for them! And if you're D leadership, punish caucus members who do! It's the lowest possible bar!
Alexander Van Hook is confirmed 53-40 to be a District Judge of Western Louisiana. According to @senatepress.bsky.social, the Dems yeas are Dick Durbin (IL), Maggie Hassan (NH), Tim Kaine (VA), Amy Klobuchar (MN), Jeanne Shaheen (NH), and Peter Welch (VT). Angus King (I-ME) was also a yea.
January 8, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Voting for Trump's nominees is the opposite of understanding that the Trump regime is a criminal enterprise and that we're in an unprecedented Constitutional crisis. Just fucking don't vote for them! And if you're D leadership, punish caucus members who do! It's the lowest possible bar!
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All I want is for Democratic leaders to at least act like they understand that the Trump Regime is a criminal enterprise and that we're in an unprecedented Constitutional crisis. I know they can't stop it right now. I just want them to acknowledge it. And most of them can't even fucking do that.
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
All I want is for Democratic leaders to at least act like they understand that the Trump Regime is a criminal enterprise and that we're in an unprecedented Constitutional crisis. I know they can't stop it right now. I just want them to acknowledge it. And most of them can't even fucking do that.
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where’s the art
where’s the laughter
where’s the memes
where’s the music
where’s the food
where’s the laughter
where’s the memes
where’s the music
where’s the food
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 AM
where’s the art
where’s the laughter
where’s the memes
where’s the music
where’s the food
where’s the laughter
where’s the memes
where’s the music
where’s the food
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democrats cant get it through their minds that "theres nothing we can do" is a huge demotivator
Can we also point out that this shit is how Democrats lose elections?
People will 100% stay home when they think there is no point to voting. If Democrats will be limp noodles if elected.
That might be irrational or counterproductive. But it is how people will foreseeably respond.
People will 100% stay home when they think there is no point to voting. If Democrats will be limp noodles if elected.
That might be irrational or counterproductive. But it is how people will foreseeably respond.
January 7, 2026 at 3:29 PM
democrats cant get it through their minds that "theres nothing we can do" is a huge demotivator
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I’m trying to imagine the discourse if George Soros owned companies that produced both CSAM and cars that go rogue and kill people.
What is the point of having laws if nobody will enforce them?
January 6, 2026 at 1:14 PM
I’m trying to imagine the discourse if George Soros owned companies that produced both CSAM and cars that go rogue and kill people.
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kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 AM
kind of darkly funny that "gender studies" is the stereotypical "useless degree" because gender studies will help you understand a large and important chunk of the current psychosis in american life
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The vaccine autism thing is bullshit but even if you believed it, it seems incredibly fucked up to then believe that raising child death rates is some sort of worthwhile trade-off to reduce autism rates
BREAKING: CDC announces an unprecedented overhaul of the childhood vaccine schedule, a significant shift that recommends fewer shots for all kids.
CDC overhauls childhood vaccine schedule to resemble Denmark in unprecedented move
The new U.S. guidelines recommend all children get vaccines for 11 diseases, compared with the 18 previously on the schedule.
nbcnews.to
January 5, 2026 at 7:41 PM
The vaccine autism thing is bullshit but even if you believed it, it seems incredibly fucked up to then believe that raising child death rates is some sort of worthwhile trade-off to reduce autism rates
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i hate posting about donald trump because the replies, however well-meaning, are always the most dog shit posts you’ve ever seen
December 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
i hate posting about donald trump because the replies, however well-meaning, are always the most dog shit posts you’ve ever seen
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“Oh, Hitler was bad? Then why did he fight Stalin? Check and mate, libs.”
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
“Oh, Hitler was bad? Then why did he fight Stalin? Check and mate, libs.”
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the most prominent republican donor in america is producing csam
i havent seen or heard of a single democrat speaking about this
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
i havent seen or heard of a single democrat speaking about this
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Just when you thought Elon Musk's creepy AI couldn't get any worse
Elon Musk’s racist chatbot Grok is wreaking havoc once again, this time by producing sexualized images of children and women who did not consent.
Over the last few days, ...
www.dailykos.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:10 PM
the most prominent republican donor in america is producing csam
i havent seen or heard of a single democrat speaking about this
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
i havent seen or heard of a single democrat speaking about this
www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...