Reposted by Matt Cropplog̷o, respawned dad @loxophile.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This must have been what it felt like to live in the USSR circa 1980 hearing about American televisions and shit 1714
Reposted by Matt CroppVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 25/09/2026"If I'm never going to have the things I've been promised, I might as well have a nice TV." Kaye Phipps returns to "What Class Are You?" to share her thoughts on the myth of delayed gratification. Read more: www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/20… 031
Reposted by Matt Cropp#BruceSterling @bruces.bsky.social · 26/09/2026*I don't think "Rogue AI" is "human incompetence," but I do think "Rogue AI" is the "ideal form of plausibly-deniable Gray War attack." Man are we gonna suffer if that automated depredation gets normalized 45013
Reposted by Matt CroppErika Chappell 🏳️⚧️ Stop Asking For STLs @opensketchbook.bsky.social · 28/10/2025with the new expansion, i had to finally formalize this presenting the first roleplaying game to use Hearts of Iron 4 as a resolution system to properly model fascist dysfunction it is not cooperative or competitive, but a secret third thing docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comTrue Imperial Japan ExperienceTrue Imperial Japan Experience A Hearts of Iron 4 Game This is a counteroperative roleplaying game. The resolution system is a game of multiplayer Hearts of Iron 4 and a number of discord chats. Requi... 33344142
Reposted by Matt Croppvawc.bsky.social @vawc.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Thanks to the Brattleboro Reformer for promoting our *Why Go Co-op?* event coming up on Monday at 5 pm at @flatironcoop.bsky.social Interested? Check out the (free) registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-valley... www.reformer.com/business/lea... 021
Reposted by Matt Croppjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 08/09/2026yeah this is a separate conversation but one of the things that hasn’t quite bubbled up from scholarship into mainstream thinking is that american slavery was a system centered principally on reproduction. forced birth for capital accumulation is what it was 232232306
Reposted by Matt CroppAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Unfortunately even more relevant given AfD's victory today. Here's a fresh gift link: as.ft.com/r/68f961b0-b...as.ft.comRerun or sequel? Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor on end times fascismHow nationalists, theocrats and tech titans turned their backs on a shared future 515869
Matt Cropp @mattcropp.bsky.social · 06/09/2026After putting a deposit on the GoSun solar EV charger crowdfund a while back, the gear arrived this week! After some socket wrench time, I'm now a *solar powered* minivan dad... 🌞🚐😅 030
Reposted by Matt Cropptimoconnorbl.bsky.social @timoconnorbl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026But apart from that, USS Lincoln… 031
Matt Cropp @mattcropp.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Amaranth climbed by scarlet runner beans in the garden on a sunny late summer day. 000
Reposted by Matt CroppMatt Cropp @mattcropp.bsky.social · 02/08/2026The Roth IRA is a mighty wealth inequality generating engine that legally compels the investment of savings in environmentally and socially destructive ways, thanks to the myopic nature of fiduciary duty under ERISA. harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-13...harvardlawreview.orgRethinking Retirement Savings Harvard Law ReviewAt the end of 2020, Americans held a collective $35 trillion in their retirement accounts. To put this in perspective, $35 trillion is larger... 001
Reposted by Matt CroppDavid @crookedknight.bsky.social · 20/08/2026>BESSENT ON IRAN: 'WE ARE GOING TO COLLAPSE THIS REGIME' Fuckin Oracle at Delphi-ass treasury secretary 311613
Reposted by Matt CroppIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 20/08/2026Again, as an atheist, I find it extremely annoying to have my non-belief in the antichrist tested in this way 302163221
Reposted by Matt CroppJerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · 20/08/2026(lying to myself) i'll just get up earlier tomorrow and do it then 28888114
Reposted by Matt CroppIsaiah Bishop @isaiahbishop.bsky.social · 19/08/2026one way to get the dopamine or norepinephrine you need, is to induce anxiety by finishing things last minute, or doing stressful work. The learned responses can be extremely bad for you 813010
Reposted by Matt CroppVermont Public @vermontpublic.org · 12/08/2026Janoo now sets to the task of unseating Republican Gov. Phil Scott, a five-term incumbent who won more than 70% of the general election vote in 2024. www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/20…vermontpublic.orgAmanda Janoo wins Democratic primary for governorJanoo, a 38-year-old economist who previously worked internationally for the United Nations, entered the race in March with virtually no name recognition. She will face incumbent Gov. Phil Scott as he seeks a sixth term in the general election. 1314
Reposted by Matt CroppMorgan Gold / Gold Shaw Farm @goldshawfarm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026When I vote, I live in constant fear of this happening 342
Reposted by Matt CroppAdam McKay @ghostpanther.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Piece I just wrote for Current Affairs. www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-mas...currentaffairs.orgThe Massive Climate Lie That Will Destroy Human CivilizationThinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that become more obvious with every new broken temperat... 501007485
Reposted by Matt Cropp🍥bot @y0.bot · 06/08/2026payback for Stuxnet being "overload power lines in burnable areas" would be horribly poetic 141
Reposted by Matt CroppDan Hon @danhon.com · 05/08/2026Look I feel like the torment nexus didn't even 19217
Matt Cropp @mattcropp.bsky.social · 30/07/2026It's my preschooler's favorite food, so I've been forced to innovate a "healthy" version: - sub bone broth for one of the cups of water - 50% flavor packet - the boy adds chopped spinach, green onion, and shredded carrot to the boil at 1 minute mark. He'll eat veggies if he's the one who added 'em 000
Reposted by Matt CroppBessie the Cow @bovinebessie.bsky.social · 30/07/2026🎶 6 6 6, the number on the lease 🎶 0302
Reposted by Matt Croppintracranial aneurysm (spooky, scary) @chemotaxis.bsky.social · 29/07/2026and stick the next admin with the bill 1293
Reposted by Matt CroppBill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 29/07/2026So, I finally did a TED talk, and it got released today. I seem to have been quite intense, but I'm grateful they left in my Trump joke. www.ted.com/talks/bill_m...ted.comOur last, best chance to cool the EarthWe're living through oil wars, wildfire smoke and extreme weather driven by a warming planet. But environmentalist Bill McKibben says one thing is finally going right: the price of clean energy has pl... 21526222
Reposted by Matt CroppCameron Patrick @cameronpat.bsky.social · 29/07/2026looking forward to the preprequel episodes -2 through 0 for more detailed history of the Galactic Empire's tariff regime 051
Reposted by Matt CroppJames Stout @jamesstout.bsky.social · 29/07/2026This is going to happen more and more until people in power and in the media stop lying about the basis for asylum. People don’t risk their lives to come here for nothing, they do it because it’s the only chance they have at safety. 217147
Reposted by Matt CroppVorarchivist @voraciousarchivist.bsky.social · 17/07/2026the national service is the graveyard of people with no real ideas 01722
Reposted by Matt CroppJorts (and Jean) @jortsthecat.bsky.social · 14/11/2024We are all going to have so many kinds of diarrhea 14675721702
Reposted by Matt CroppBlue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Getting diarrhea like, "Hope this isn't the diarrhea that was on the news" 11184061220
Reposted by Matt CroppKatherine Alejandra Cross @quinnae.com · 09/07/2026The compromise I'm willing to make here is calling them Strasserites: but that requires understanding that this is a disease specific *to* the left: hating liberals more than fascists, obsessed with defeating liberalism, while believing an alliance with "working-class" fascist fans is possible. 36633171
Matt Cropp @mattcropp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Liquidating all the stocks/mutual funds in your 401k is praxis at this point. "Why did one straw break the camel's back? Here's the secret — the million other straws underneath it" 000
Reposted by Matt CroppJK @miniver.bsky.social · 02/07/2026The abandonment of third places starts earlier than 2001. There are a host of interlocking reasons, but if you know anything about anything you know the big one.melaninbasecamp.comThird Places We Lost Due to Racism: Public Pools — Melanin Base CampWhen legally required to share public pools with Black children, white Americans chose to abandon them entirely. Rest in peace to yet another third place lost to racism. 1104
Reposted by Matt CroppJulian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 03/07/2026People who spiral out overusing LLM chatbots are really just experiencing the kind of brain-damaging stream of unconditional validation that’s always been the norm for the hyper-wealthy, which explains a lot. 2479821791
Reposted by Matt Croppernesto @ernesto.bsky.social · 29/06/2026grieving this does nothing, we have time to put together a roster of the most vicious bureaucratic killers alive 425745
Matt Cropp @mattcropp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Took the boy on a ramble for his 4th birthday to encounter the Gods that a hippie art cult trapped in paper maché and store in a rickety fire-trap barn in rural Vermont. 050
Matt Cropp @mattcropp.bsky.social · 21/06/2026A few centuries in, it's clear that the Senate is structurally unable to convict, even in the most extreme cases (post-Civil War), rendering impeachment a paper tiger. While we can dream of a parliamentary executive, replacing the Senate with a citizen jury would be interesting to try?smithsonianmag.comPresidents Can Be Impeached Because Benjamin Franklin Thought It Was Better Than AssassinationThe founding fathers struggled with the idea of whether the top leader should be impeachable 010