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Community college administrator, recovering international relations and political economy PhD, sports complainer. 🐾🐢 Formerly @RationalPastime on the dying bird site.

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JD @mathewson.us · 14h
Are we in the biggest disconnect between elite and popular opinion since Hoover? Maybe LBJ? I feel like these views cross cut generations and sectional boundaries more than those on Vietnam and civil rights…
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public health guy @publichealthguy1.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i genuinely forgot how bad this was
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Nobody Believed Neil deGrasse Tyson's First Accuser. Now There Are Three More.
No one believed Tchiya Amet when she said Tyson had raped her in the 1980s. Now, three other women tell BuzzFeed News that he harassed them, including one who’s sharing her story publicly for the firs...
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Maggie Astor @maggieastor.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The 988 suicide prevention hotline's Press 3 option — which provides specialized services to LGBTQ callers — has been restored more than a year after the Trump administration shut it down. Confirmed by HHS and the office of Senator Tammy Baldwin, who led on legislation that forced its restoration
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Story is up now on the site! jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-p...
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BREAKING: Republicans File Supreme Court Suit to End Shield Laws
9.30.26
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
especially if you work at the FBI
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Colin M. Henry @henryhenryhenry.com · 30/09/2026
this is specifically what Twitter was re-engineered to do, btw. it exists almost solely to threaten anyone at the flashpoint of a nascent social movement.
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Kelly @justkelly.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
She was doxxed by a Chi Phi alum who implored his followers to “help a Chi Phi.” Just in case anyone thought that organization was remotely redeemable.
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Carrie Brown @brizzyc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
sooo....as some have suggested, this is a human problem, not an AI problem. They knew it was going to go rogue and they ignored warnings didn't do anything about it. That's essentially how the Challenger failed. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/t...
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OpenAI Ignored Employees’ Warnings About Safely Testing A.I. Models (Gift Article)
Employees and security researchers said that they had cautioned the company on safely testing its A.I. models and strengthening its corporate infrastructure, but that OpenAI did not listen.
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
if you know anything about senator schmitt's monumental fuck up in the jack smith hearing, i implore you to reach out. can be anonymous. signal: marisakabas.04 email: marisa@thehandbasket.co
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Jessica Valenti @jessicavalenti.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please don't give the DA reopening the Cornell case any cookies. District Attorney Matthew Van Houten all but called Jane Doe a liar today. He said that in Doe's initial statement, she described "her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual.” CONSENSUAL
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the cornell case has me thinking about christine blasey ford and how she so bravely testified in 2018 about how future supreme court justice brett kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her. i'm thinking about what i wrote at the time and how nothing has changed:
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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
the horrific cornell gang rape case has me thinking about emma sulkowicz who alleged she was raped as a student at columbia in 2014 and never got any justice. it has me thinking about the physical and mental weight young women are forced to carry while their safety is subsumed by male potential.
Emma Sulkowicz carrying around a mattress on the Columbia campus in 2014 to raise awareness of her alleged rape and the university's inaction.
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Thleen @kathleenbot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you’re prepping Hooters Guys and need a sort of weirdly wholesome palate cleanser, I really loved this piece from a year ago about Hooters waitresses looking out for gay kids who get dragged there by their dads who hope it will turn them straight
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Opinion | Why Dads Take Their Gay Sons to Hooters (Published 2025)
Many fathers and grandfathers take their gay sons to the bar. It’s become a place of refuge, and how that happened is a curious story.
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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you really want to know what male loneliness looks like go read the 5 star reviews for a hooters restaurant
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 28/09/2026
absolutely amazing chart
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 28/09/2026
Even Navatek’s executives were surprised at how far their money went in D.C. “It was eye-opening for me, frankly. ‘Oh my God, all of it is for sale. It’s all for sale,’” said one.
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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JD @mathewson.us · 28/09/2026
First console: NES, 1987 First home computer: Atari 800XL, (present at my creation)
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
This strikes me is a common misunderstanding of the argument for humanities education, which is not that it serves as some sort of individual inoculation, but rather than it produces a citizenry more capable of self-governance when distributed widely, especially for decision-makers of every kind.
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/09/2026
Multiple ads I believe
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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Well yeah she's an adult
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JD @mathewson.us · 27/09/2026
Growing up is realizing the reason the patrons didn’t notice their “gourmet” coffee was replaced with Folgers Crystals was that most nice restaurants serve shitty coffee.
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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I think something to consider here is that Collins voted to confirm Russ Vought as OMB Director despite the fact that he said a billion times that he thought Trump had a constitutional right to illegally impound funds, and now she’s doing shocked Pikachu reactions.
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Without warning or consultation, Congress just received an $810 million package of pocket rescissions from the Administration. This is the most recent attempt by this Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to undermine Congress's Constitutional power of the purse.
This move shows that OMB intentionally withheld these funds for months to execute this unlawful cancellation of appropriations that were approved on a bipartisan basis and signed into law.Not only is the delay itself an impoundment that was not reported to Congress, but also it is a usurpation of Congress's appropriations powers.
OMB is an agency of the executive branch. It does not get to decide which programs are worth funding.
The independent Government Accountability Office has concluded that pocket rescissions are unlawful and not permitted by the Impoundment Control Act. Any effort to rescind appropriated funds without congressional approval is a clear violation of the law.
I will work with my colleagues to address these illegal actions.
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JD @mathewson.us · 27/09/2026
This is a great point and a great reference
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Bill @billtwibh.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Everything is REALLY bad right now. Tell me some funny jokes
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JD @mathewson.us · 26/09/2026
The proper framing isn’t “AI hacked so and so” it’s “Software engineers at this company hacked so and so.” And that’s what they’re doing, even if it wasn’t their intention.
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JD @mathewson.us · 26/09/2026
A good rule of thumb is that technological solutions can basically never resolve purely social problems. There may be some exceptions, but they are exceptions.
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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
There are other choices out there to host your newsletter
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Revealed: How Substack makes money from hosting Nazi newsletters
Exclusive: Site takes a cut of subscriptions to content that promotes far-right ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism
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optiMSTie @optimstie.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Folks, we're terribly sorry to announce that there was a LinkedIn spill that broke containment and leeched into Bluesky. While the spill is being handled, we ask that you refrain from discussions about synergy, hustle, paradigm shifts, and praise for grind culture. Thank you for your cooperation.
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JD @mathewson.us · 26/09/2026
What does it all mean?!
Double rainbow over a little league field
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JD @mathewson.us · 25/09/2026
There was a prominent higher ed equity activist who constantly slammed schools for doing this but whose org never posted salary ranges for its own openings. I don’t see them around on the socials much anymore.
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Colette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Good afternoon, psychology! ✨YOUR SCIENCE IS POLITICAL✨
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Every taxpayer, no matter your party, should be outraged by this. Your money is being used to fund campaign ads for Trump. It’s totally completely illegally. He’s stealing your money for his campaign. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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‘Love Me’ Ad Promotes Trump With Public Money Ahead of the Midterms
A disclaimer says the ad was paid for by the U.S. government, which could violate federal law.
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JD @mathewson.us · 25/09/2026
Don’t see any problem with those rankings except Succession.
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whet moser @whetmoser.com · 25/09/2026
i want nathan fielder to do undecided voter focus groups
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Personally I think it's fine to point out that policies intended to harm minorities also harm the majority! People respond to messages rooted in self-interest and it also emphasizes that we're all connected. "Trans bathroom bans harm cis people" isn't the only argument, but it's true & worth noting
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Every. F*cking. Time. The. Same. Story. Make a big fraud claim that doesn't hold up on inspection. The goal is to create doubt, not provide truth www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/u...
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Jachra 🏳️‍⚧️ @jachra.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm interested by how some of those markers are just better in general than 2015
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Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Andy Beshear has an entire chapter in his new book about backing the LGBTQ community and it's worth a read. He talks about how the anti-trans ads were tested in KY during his election and how vetoing anti-trans legislation didn't hurt his reelection campaign.
However the anti-trans ads had less to do with Kentucky and more to do with the fact that we were in an election. Terry Schilling, the head of the APP, decided to test the ads in our election to determine whether or not the issue could win votes for the Republican Party. Earlier in the summer of 2019, Scholling had partnered with a behavioral science firm to try to find a wedge issue that resonated with suburban voters. That's right. The anti-trans ads did not come out of some firmly held conviction but was a purely political stance. Their research landed on trans athletes, specifically trans women, competing in women's sports. They tested their theory in the 2019 Kentucky gubernatorial general election. Although I won, APP considered their test successful, because their research showed the ads delivered thirteen thousand votes for Trump Lite, which made the race tighter than anticipated.You might hask how, in this political climate, I was reelected after vetoing the anti-trans bill. Because people respect authentic faith. The day I vetoed it, I explained my why. I said I believe all children are children of God and that I don't want people picking on these kids. I then countered their anti-trans ads with commercials talking about good jobs, healthcare, roads and bridges, public education, and public safety. The result? The biggest win of my career. So don't tell me the Democratic Party should stop fighting for the rights of all people. Just explain your authentic why, and then get back to focusing on issues that touch all our lives on a daily basis.
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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 23/09/2026
I wrote about how Trump is treating presidential power like it's his own possession and using it to punish blue states — but also about how at least he's promised lots of cash for all of us. www.ctinsider.com/columnist/ar...
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Ariel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
STOP QUOTE TWEETING THE POLL ACCOUNTS THAT NEVER LINK BACK TO THE POLLS THEY'RE MENTIONING thank you
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JD @mathewson.us · 22/09/2026
What was your first computer growing up? Hope @siliconundergro.bsky.social doesn’t mind me borrowing this pic from his blog at dfarq.homeip.net/atari-400-ve...
Atari 800 computer with monitor
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Popular Science @popsci.com · 18/09/2026
Oh boy. Here we go again. www.popsci.com/science/airp...
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Why airplanes leave white streaks in the sky
Contrails are a problem, but not how you might think.
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JD @mathewson.us · 18/09/2026
Only one way to find out
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JD @mathewson.us · 18/09/2026
Yes
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Great system, no notes www.propublica.org/article/scho...
Voucher programs and the private schools they increasingly fund have proliferated across the country. Yet those schools often reject children with disabilities — the very kids who were used to help sell early voucher programs to lawmakers and the public - for having needs that are too costly, complex or disruptive. That leaves those children with few options beyond the public schools. And as public schools lose enrollment as a result of more and more
voucher use, they lose resources that would benefit children who remain, including those with disabilities.
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Ana Marie Cox @anamariecox.com · 17/09/2026
I closed my trade imbalance with the grocery store, now I just eat the money I would have spent there.
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Megan Greenwell @greenwell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m writing a book about teaching reading and what it even means to be “a good reader.” I want to talk to as many teachers, librarians, parents, and students as possible. If you have thoughts about reading, please get in touch at readingmachinebook@gmail.com. (And please pass along!)
THE READING MACHINE By Megan Greenwell
Imprint: Dey Street Books
August 10, 2026
Former Deadspin editor-in-chief and author of BAD COMPANY Megan Greenwell's THE READING MACHINE, a narrative investigation into how policy and profit reshaped the relationship between American children and books, changing what literacy is for and leaving millions of students behind in the process, to Libby Burton at Dey Street Books, at auction, by Anna Sproul-Latimer at Neon Literary (NA).
Rights: kent@neonliterary.com
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Not sure if people know Wakefield was trying to sell a competing measles vaccine when he made up his fraudulent study about the MMR. It was only after that failed (because he is a complete fraud) that he started grifting off opposing all vaccines. It’s all just a grift. Antivaxxers are their marks.
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Matt Barnum @mattbarnum.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So many people think that the students who can't pay back their loans are going to like Vassar or Oberlin or even Harvard. In reality they're going to schools like Legends Barber College or Construction Training Center. www.npr.org/2026/09/16/n...
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Dan "Scary" Greene @dmgreene.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
A government of hotdog men
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