Matt Thompson
@mvthomster.bsky.social
PhD in Plant Physiology. Building platforms for Agriculture. E-bike commuter.
->Plant trees EVERYWHERE<-
LBCA-raised, he/him, 3 kids
#trees #plantscience #agriculture #culturalevolution
->Plant trees EVERYWHERE<-
LBCA-raised, he/him, 3 kids
#trees #plantscience #agriculture #culturalevolution
my humble suggestion:
Трампубликанцы
Трампубликанцы
November 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
my humble suggestion:
Трампубликанцы
Трампубликанцы
I'm sure bondi will use her connections to sort this out ... that's the obvious next step, right?
the mother of her nephew!!!
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
November 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm sure bondi will use her connections to sort this out ... that's the obvious next step, right?
TIL that exoplanet discovery has been highly biased for systems with small-orbit "jupiters" because close, massive planets (1) induce more stellar wobble and are (2) easier to detect in transit, but ALSO (3) we just haven't sampled long enough to confirm large orbital periods
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
TIL that exoplanet discovery has been highly biased for systems with small-orbit "jupiters" because close, massive planets (1) induce more stellar wobble and are (2) easier to detect in transit, but ALSO (3) we just haven't sampled long enough to confirm large orbital periods
lololololol
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
lololololol
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Elites are capitulating on the core values of the institutions they steward
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
In case you missed this, the BBC edited a historian's speech about Trump to remove the claim that he's "the most openly corrupt president in US history." This came after Trump had threatened a $1 billion lawsuit.
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Elite capitulation continues.
Read all about it here:
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Trump Angrily Threatened to Sue BBC. Then Things Took a Darker Turn.
First, British Broadcasting Corporation execs resigned after Trump complained about a segment. Now the BBC edited out a line from a historian that was critical of Trump. Where does this end?
newrepublic.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Elites are capitulating on the core values of the institutions they steward
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
This isn’t nibbling at the edges
A whole class of people who attained power and privilege devoid of duty and responsibility
get ready for 10 years of headlines, all variations on "Republican blind spot"
COOK POLITICAL: Republicans “may have had a blind spot: the extent to which Democrats could push .. in blue states to fight back.” 🤡
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
@cookpolitical.com #Redistrict
www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/hou...
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
get ready for 10 years of headlines, all variations on "Republican blind spot"
the awfulness of our media coverage is a smokescreen for what is the most (unimaginably) inept foreign policy team the United States has ever seen
3) This is getting lost, but this is the Trump administration green-lighting the principle that nuclear powers can now start carving up their neighbors—including those who've given up nukes.
This is all just a recipe for massive nuclear proliferation. (And yet another warning to Canada/Greenland.)
This is all just a recipe for massive nuclear proliferation. (And yet another warning to Canada/Greenland.)
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
the awfulness of our media coverage is a smokescreen for what is the most (unimaginably) inept foreign policy team the United States has ever seen
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We’ve now produced a toolkit to guide science communicators through (critically) using certain strategies. It has been beautifully illustrated by @jordancollver.bsky.social (in collab with @rikworth.bsky.social) and can be downloaded as a PDF here:
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
We’ve now produced a toolkit to guide science communicators through (critically) using certain strategies. It has been beautifully illustrated by @jordancollver.bsky.social (in collab with @rikworth.bsky.social) and can be downloaded as a PDF here:
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3194747/
Every single tech leader should be grilled on how bad they want that money for themselves.
NEW: Donald Trump says he wants ACA funds to end after 2025
“I’d rather not" extend them, he tells reporters on AF1. "I don’t want to extend them for two years. I’d rather not extend them at all."
He wants cash to go "directly" to people. Unclear how that'd work.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
“I’d rather not" extend them, he tells reporters on AF1. "I don’t want to extend them for two years. I’d rather not extend them at all."
He wants cash to go "directly" to people. Unclear how that'd work.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Trump says he would 'rather not' extend Obamacare tax credits 'at all'
The president said he prefers to let the Affordable Care Act subsidies expire on schedule at the end of December, saying if anything he wants the money to go to "the people directly."
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Every single tech leader should be grilled on how bad they want that money for themselves.
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Man I clicked through to the DHS website and this is not a joke
November 26, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Man I clicked through to the DHS website and this is not a joke
over the last 10 years, anyone else had the experience of running a 90% or (much) better success rate picking obvious right-wing frauds, only to watch our elites run a cool 20%, max?
November 26, 2025 at 1:14 AM
over the last 10 years, anyone else had the experience of running a 90% or (much) better success rate picking obvious right-wing frauds, only to watch our elites run a cool 20%, max?
people make custard pies because they don't require knowing how to make a pastry crust ... you can even buy one
completely reasonable
but they also don't know how to make a custard, and that's why everyone thinks they hate them
like the pecan pie recipes that call for a CAN of corn syrup?
yeah
completely reasonable
but they also don't know how to make a custard, and that's why everyone thinks they hate them
like the pecan pie recipes that call for a CAN of corn syrup?
yeah
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
people make custard pies because they don't require knowing how to make a pastry crust ... you can even buy one
completely reasonable
but they also don't know how to make a custard, and that's why everyone thinks they hate them
like the pecan pie recipes that call for a CAN of corn syrup?
yeah
completely reasonable
but they also don't know how to make a custard, and that's why everyone thinks they hate them
like the pecan pie recipes that call for a CAN of corn syrup?
yeah
And with that, we’re at just about the end of US soft power in Europe good job everyone
President Macron rebuked the U.S. peace blueprint and urged Europe to act independently on the roughly €140 billion of russian state assets frozen in Euroclear.
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
www.politico.eu/article/emma...
Macron: Europeans alone ‘must decide’ on Russian frozen assets
The French president praised Washington for seeking peace, just not this peace.
www.politico.eu
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
And with that, we’re at just about the end of US soft power in Europe good job everyone
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The intimidating stare of the Blue-throated Goldentail #hummingbird.
Terrifying.
#birds #nature At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
Terrifying.
#birds #nature At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
November 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The intimidating stare of the Blue-throated Goldentail #hummingbird.
Terrifying.
#birds #nature At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
Terrifying.
#birds #nature At @tapirvalley.bsky.social #CostaRica
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ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
British mum detained by ICE agents in California as six-month old baby and stunned husband watch on | LBC
Katie Paul, 33, was in the process of applying for a green card when she was ambushed by immigration agents
www.lbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 11:13 AM
ICE arrests, detains British woman with US husband and newborn when she shows up for her green card interview. She’s now in a detention center, separated from her 6-month-old. No criminal record. She had overstayed her visa.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
www.lbc.co.uk/article/brit...
Take a righteous stand
Galvanize
Advance issue
Repeat
Galvanize
Advance issue
Repeat
I think Democrats should double down on trans rights now. It's obvious that most voters don't care about it so you might as well stick with your principles and goad Republicans into focusing on it at the expense of everything else so they're the ones who look like freaks.
November 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Take a righteous stand
Galvanize
Advance issue
Repeat
Galvanize
Advance issue
Repeat
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I'm not sure which movie you're talking about. The series ends with the eighth movie, on an unresolved note.
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
I'm not sure which movie you're talking about. The series ends with the eighth movie, on an unresolved note.
human quicksand
November 24, 2025 at 11:23 PM
human quicksand
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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Not just that, we subsidize the car drivers because our taxes pay for car only freeways and on surface roads bikes don't contribute to the wear and tear of the road like multi-ton vehicles do.
You do know that cyclists pay taxes that pay for roads too, right
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Not just that, we subsidize the car drivers because our taxes pay for car only freeways and on surface roads bikes don't contribute to the wear and tear of the road like multi-ton vehicles do.
Listening to Black Flag while making cinnamon toast for my daughter who’s off from school today (Monday of Thanksgiving week!!!).
Am I doing 2025 right?
Am I doing 2025 right?
November 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Listening to Black Flag while making cinnamon toast for my daughter who’s off from school today (Monday of Thanksgiving week!!!).
Am I doing 2025 right?
Am I doing 2025 right?
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I'm so excited to see more electric cargo bikes hitting the secondhand/used market! I love the color on this Benno. 😍
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November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm so excited to see more electric cargo bikes hitting the secondhand/used market! I love the color on this Benno. 😍
www.facebook.com/share/1APnSC...
www.facebook.com/share/1APnSC...
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Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
A Disabled Child’s Mom Reported Him Missing. He Was Locked Away by Federal Immigration Authorities for 48 Days.
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old who has an intellectual disability, walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October. Houston Police called ICE.
thebarbedwire.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Emmanuel, a 15-year-old with intellectual disabilities, wandered away from his mom’s fruit stand in October.
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
She reported him missing to Houston police. But instead of reuniting them, the city turned him over to ICE.
“They’re failing all of us,” his mom said.
thebarbedwire.com/2025/11/24/d...
It’s SOOOO clear now that we got Trump because of elite failure, he’s still president even now because of elite failure, and the only way we avoid “Trump” in the future is to really hold our elites’ feet to the fire (perhaps get new ones with less real-life experience being absolute cowards).
"While elite journos and businessmen kiss the ring of Trump, people in jammies and slippers confront ICE in the street. The courage of ordinary people has been stunning compared to the elite."
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
On the pod @amandamarcotte.bsky.social is good on Trump's downward spiral:
newrepublic.com/article/2035...
Trump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
As Trump’s downward spiral starts producing harsher media coverage, a writer who regularly dissects MAGA and political media explains why he’s entering a tailspin that will be very hard to reverse.
newrepublic.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
It’s SOOOO clear now that we got Trump because of elite failure, he’s still president even now because of elite failure, and the only way we avoid “Trump” in the future is to really hold our elites’ feet to the fire (perhaps get new ones with less real-life experience being absolute cowards).