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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 08/06/2026

Seventeen years ago today, I was in prison and in Santa Barbara, battling the Jesusita Fire as an incarcerated wildland firefighter. Pictured is myself, an unknown free firefighter, and my sawyer (Mando Perez, who is a firefighter today, as a free man).

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 10/05/2026

She's been there for the good times, and stayed there for the bad times. Happy Mother's Day to the woman who's always had my back. Pictured: Folsom State Prison, 2007.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 03/05/2026

Career opportunity! The apprenticeship application window for inside wiremen (general electrician) in San Mateo County’s IBEW 617 opens on June 1st. First year apprentices start at $30.10/hr & scale up to journeyman wage ($88/hr) over the course of the 5-year apprenticeship.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 17/03/2026

I started sharing my story with high school students less than two months after coming home from prison. It was terrifying for me. I had yet to work through my prison-trauma and the intense fear of vulnerability with people. This chair was my friend.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 13/03/2026

SFO STRIKE UPDATE: IBEW 617 Airtrain workers are returning to work on Friday, March 13 with a temporary contract extension in place (through March 31). Conditions of current agreement: - all economic increases from a new agreement will be retroactive to March 1st - cont’d …

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 11/03/2026

IBEW Local 617 Airtrain workers are striking at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). Please support our efforts in protesting unfair labor practices and negotiating a fair contract.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 02/03/2026

This was the love that saved my life.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 09/02/2026

Kaiser healthcare workers are striking. 31,000 people strong. #kaiser #healthcare #strike #unionstrong #patients

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 18/01/2026

Ichi-go ichi-e. This particular constellation of delightful people had its moment yesterday, never to gather in this particular way ever again. I really love my people. Spirit Rock’s Community Dharma Leaders, January 2026.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 08/01/2026

Jacob Frey, Minneapolis Mayor: “To ICE - get the fuck out of Minneapolis”. The rest of us: “To ICE - get the fuck out of our country”.

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capitolhunters @capitolhunters.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

The cynics think today's attack on Venezuela is staged and transactional. Maduro is allied with Putin, but in 2019 Putin offered Trump a swap: Russia cedes Venezuela and gets Ukraine. (See Fiona Hill's testimony in Trump's first impeachment trial, h/t @davetroy.com). Even Maduro may be in on it. 2/

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 02/01/2026

I was mentored by men who had murdered. Let me tell you about one of them. A thread in honor of Herb Blake.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 02/01/2026

I was mentored by men who had murdered. Let me tell you about one of them. A thread in honor of Herb Blake.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 31/12/2025

Per tradition, here is my annual book list - 2025 edition. Book titles followed with an asterisk were repeat reads. Forty-five books! 1. Unhindered: A Mindful Path Through the Five Hindrances - Gil Fronsdal * 2. Night Sky with Exit Wounds - Ocean Vuong @oceanvu A thread, of course...

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 30/12/2025

While I was in prison, a correctional officer fired live rounds into a crowd of skinheads. I was nearly struck by a bullet. A thread.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 25/12/2025

Admiring the Clark-Hahn-Jerez Family Christmas Tree while wishing a Merry Christmas from our home to yours. In this turbulent world, there is still much to be grateful for and many of you are part of that.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 24/12/2025

While I was in prison, I was the food procurement clerk. It was my job to work with the first cook to design the daily food menu and then make sure the men were fed on a budget of $2.60 per person per day. How I helped make the best Christmas prison meal, a thread.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 21/12/2025

Holiday sweater ✅ Festive pajamas ✅ 11 days off work ✅

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 16/12/2025

While I was in San Quentin last weekend, we honored a man who was paroling. Some reflections. . The hindrances, leaving prison, and the Zen ox herding pictures.

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Returning To The Market From Prison

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 14/12/2025

Nothing quite like having vertigo but still going to the holiday party because I’m Santa.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 12/12/2025

I was fortunate enough to represent IBEW Local 617 at Defy Ventures’ Deep Dive Business Coaching Day in CTF Soledad this month. Along with Senator Josh Becker and other volunteers, we joined incarcerated folks for a day of mock interviews, business planning, and community building.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 12/12/2025

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 08/12/2025

A misty evening at San Quentin, where the Buddhadharma Sangha held its celebration of the Buddha’s enlightenment. We honored transformed lives, community, and liberation.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 22/10/2025

At the union hall phone banking for Yes on Prop 50. First time for everything.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 05/10/2025

I was once a person who wanted to do good but harmed instead. I was once a person who wanted to do good but did not because I feared the personal consequences. I think a lot of people struggle with pragmatism on one hand and leading an ethical life with integrity on the other.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 03/10/2025

I was a burglar who discovered a horrific sex crime against a child and helped the police catch the man. My sentence was more than three times longer than Diddy’s.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 02/10/2025

As I’m working through the process of getting a new citizenship, I was just informed that in the European Union “moving and living with your spouse is a human right” and, thus, my wife’s entry and residency there is guaranteed. I mean, that’s as it should be.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 02/10/2025

I really appreciated when Ta l-Nehisi Coates asked Klein, “But was silence not an option?” This. If there is one skill I’ve had to learn as a white dude, it’s knowing when it’s time to shut up or sit something out. I’m imperfect, of course, but getting better.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 01/10/2025

Eavesdropping on a conversation at work. A: “My family in Mexico is hella rich”. B: “There aren’t any rich people in Mexico, everyone’s poor.” A: “There are lots of rich people in Mexico.” B: “Nope. You’re trippin.” …

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 27/09/2025

To be clear, 60% of the jury thought Comey should go to trial for obstruction charges and 100% of the jury thought Trump sexually abused Jean Carrill.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 27/09/2025

In prison, I received a book in the mail by Murray Bookchin, called "Social Ecology and Communalism". The prison guard, a Christian who poked fun at my leftist leanings, said, "So you're a communist?" "It says communalism, not communism." "Oh," he said. "Haha".

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 27/09/2025

When I was in prison, I read Assata’s autobiography and had to put a book cover on it so the other white people didn’t see me reading it. Hers was the first of many such books that required secrecy. George Jackson, Malcolm X, James Baldwin, etc.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 10/08/2025

The Weather Underground would like a word.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 07/08/2025

So, I made the mistake of scheduling a 2-hr Zoom call when I shall be drinking that colonoscopy liquid. This will prove to be very interesting.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 31/07/2025

My relationship to nudity following prison has a lot to do with desensitization. We were strip searched at arrest. We were strip searched at work every day. We were strip searched at every visit. We were strip searched when they searched our cells.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 22/07/2025

“This week’s episode [of] Flightless Bird explores incarcerated firefighters, talking to former inmate Matthew Hahn who signed up to fight fires when he was serving time..."

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Flightless Bird - Prison Firefighters with Matthew Hahn

Flightless Bird explores incarcerated firefighters, talking to former inmate Matthew Hahn who signed up to fight fires when he was serving time.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 13/07/2025

Holy smokes. The book proposal is finished. As the least the rough copy is. Forty pages. Feels like a moment.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 10/07/2025

Sworn in. Proud to be of service to the members of IBEW Local 617.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 05/07/2025

On this week’s episode of Flightless Bird with @davidfarrier.bsky.social we talk about fighting fires in prison, where rehabilitation happens behind the walls, and some of my story. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 05/07/2025

I don’t know what’s more wild: - getting propaganda emails from the Social Security Administration, or - having to block the U.S. Department of Justice on Facebook

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 22/06/2025

“I’m not having sex with a couch, I’m having sex with its cushions” - JD Vance, probably

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 22/06/2025

Just coming back from a retreat. Well fuck.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 11/06/2025

A photo from Inauguration Day, 2017. Journalists curating the spectacle of a protest. When I see images of Los Angeles, I try to remember that none of the uninteresting stuff is being shown to me.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 10/06/2025

So many people get angry about property destruction yet remain silent about ripping families apart. Silent about dead children. Silent about victims of police brutality. Perhaps, if folks held humans in higher regard, others wouldn't have to destroy property to get their attention.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 06/06/2025

I have been elected to the Executive Board of IBEW Local 617. Honored to be of service to my fellows in organized labor.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 01/06/2025

It brings me great joy to mentor apprentices and then watch them become journeymen. This man is something special. The future is in good hands.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 28/05/2025

“This is not your average sobriety story. Matthew Hahn was a meth-addicted burglar who thought he’d just pulled off the heist of his life. Then he cracked open a safe and found a memory card.” matthewhahn.com/drunk-ish-a-...

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Drunk-ish: A Sobriety Podcast - Matthew Hahn

This is not your average sobriety story. Matthew Hahn was a meth-addicted burglar who thought he’d just pulled off the heist of his life. Then he cracked open a safe and found a memory card.

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Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com · 27/05/2025

I look forward to the day Trump seeks political asylum in Russia.

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