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Matthew Lasar

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90 percent of everybody forgets 90 percent of everything in 90 days. www.youtube.com/@90cubedrule

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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
SF Bay Area voters undecided on whether to commit regional suicide or not. www.sfgate.com/politics/art...
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Voters are split on whether or not to save Bay Area public transit
Only 48% of respondents said they would vote for the tax measure.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
And now a message from the 1890s that you may find timely. youtu.be/0ViSbbW8b5s?...
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"Our barbarians come from above . . .
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here it is, a complete history of the Wall Street crash of 1869. You're welcome. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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The Wall Street crash of 1869 - YouTube
It was all about gold.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Mark Twain once said that "travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness." Was he right? Consider the cases of two travelers: Theodore Roosevelt and Malcolm X.
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Is travel really fatal to prejudice?
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Just so you know, we are now in the 90 Cubed Rule zone. We are less than 90 days to Tuesday November 3 (87 as of this writing). That means that whatever takes place between now and then, voters are much less likely to forget those things. More on this here: youtu.be/a0PSOuVgPD0
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How to do politics with the 90 Cubed Rule.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Donald Trump is a lot of very bad things. Stupid is not one of them. youtu.be/7qXLAPyQ_kc?... #trump #stupidity
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Hey liberals: stop calling Donald Trump stupid
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
A plea: stop calling yourselves Luddites every time some new technology that you don't like or understand pops up. In this video I explain why. #luddite
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Why you are not a Luddite
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Hey #sanfrancisco. How come New York City got Mamdani and we got Herbert Hoover? missionlocal.org/2026/07/big-...
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Money in San Francisco elections is growing. City watchdogs are getting cut.
The San Francisco Ethics Commission has in recent years seen a steady decrease in staff amid a growing torrent of money in city elections.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
I know that you have all wanted to know about this FBI Bigfoot thing from the 1970s, so here goes . . . www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyrH... #fbi #bigfoot
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The FBI's very short search for Bigfoot
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I have finally become a politics guru. youtu.be/a0PSOuVgPD0?...
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How to do politics with the 90 Cubed Rule.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Still time to subscribe to my YouTube history channel before it becomes hegemonic. www.youtube.com/@90cubedrule
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90 cubed rule
"90 percent of everybody forgets 90 percent of everything in 90 days." That's the 90 Cubed Rule. I'm Matthew Lasar, retired history lecturer at UC Santa Cruz and now maker of short videos about the fo...
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
"All right then, I'll go to hell." - Huckleberry Finn #talarico
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
When you are database searching for someone, it's tricky when their name is frequently misspelled. Here's how I deal with that. www.youtube.com/shorts/LERHY... #epstein #ghislainemaxwell
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
When was the last time you said to yourself: "gee, I wish I could follow President Trump's pardons and commutations on a daily basis?" youtube.com/shorts/m9svI...
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How to keep track of Trump's pardons online. #trump #pardons
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Code B7D. Watch for it.
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How to identify a snitch in an FBI file. #fbi #snitches #history
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Sharon Wood @sharonwood.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Another day of filming for "Translated By...", this time with Jeremy Tiang.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
youtu.be/j75cIZ6mueQ?... Follow the largest electromagnetic storm ever recorded from the accounts of journalists, travelers, and scientists who witnessed the event. #aurora #carrington
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The Great Auroral Storm of 1859: A Guided Tour
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In his book Walden, did Henry David Thoreau predict how the Internet would turn out? youtu.be/HKycUPmzGvk?...
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Walden and the man who called it on the Internet
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Happy birthday V.I. Lenin! If you've ever read a bio of the guy or more than one book about the Russian revolution, you may have read that at some point Lenin supposedly swore off music. Here's the backstory on that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRVX... #lenin #russianhistory #music #beethoven
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The day that Lenin (supposedly) swore off music
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
A-for-Initiative Department. #lego #pasta www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...
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Man Charged in Lego Theft Scheme of Replacing Pieces With Pasta, Police Say
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
What would John Quincy Adams think of Trump's war on Iran? Here's my best guess: youtu.be/A2Wa_ebCMHA?... #iran #war #johnquincyadams #history #trump
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"Monsters to Destroy": John Quincy Adams' warning to America
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Just got back from #nokings in San Francisco. This guy made me feel so much better.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Gee I wonder what this cat wants? #caturday
Hungry cat standing in front of empty kibble bowl.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
I tried to read this article, but then my cat wanted to play. #concentration
Cal Newport: There's a good reason why you can't concentrate. NYTs.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Happy birthday Jack Ruby! www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj4a... #jackruby #leeharveyoswald #jfk
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Jack Ruby and his terrible no good very bad trial
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
It will be quite an irony if the reason the USA eventually severs its relationship with Israel is not because of genocide and apartheid, but because our government embraces America First antisemitism, with its obsessions about Jewish influence and control, as the basis for official policy.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
I control 1/7.5m of the USA. Ask me how.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Well, here's the good news about the whole Cesar Chavez thing: a whole lot of mural artists are going to get fresh commissions. #cesarchavez #murals #history
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Here it is, my one shot at becoming Cecil B. DeMille. youtu.be/UlSWPjOu12c?... #moses #oldtestament #bible #exodus #god
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What does God mean by "I am who I am" in the Book of Exodus? (version one)
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Old age is wasted on the old.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Happy birthday to my favorite war criminal crazed thug president, Andrew Jackson. youtu.be/9VvJ2Gp0QcQ?... #andrewjackson #warcrimes #genocide
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Andrew Jackson's stupidest duel, part one
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
For years students in my US history classes have asked me who my favorite president is. But I don’t have one. Here’s why. #presidents #history
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Why I don't have a favorite president
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Hey west coast: "We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place 'Cause girl, there's a better life for me and you."
headline: Trump Allies Near 'Total Victory' in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Happy Birthday Kaiser Wilhelm the Second!
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Trump's Virtual Ancestors #1: Kaiser Wilhelm the Second
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
I will never get over the antics of the most violent president in US history. Here's part 2 of a series I made about then Major General Andrew Jackson's pointless 1813 duel, or gang fight really, fought over, yes way, another duel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gi6... #andrewjackson #duels #history
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Andrew Jackson's stupidest duel, part two.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Hope this helps. #greenland #iceland
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Canada's prime minister says there has been a "rupture" in the world order: "the beginning of a brutal reality where the geopolitics of the great powers is not subject to any constraint.” For what it's worth, I called this a year ago. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGlr... #trump #xi #putin #newworldorder
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Welcome to the Age of Three Dictators
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I can always spot a narcissist because when I'm talking about me they invariably want to change the subject. #narcissist #narcissism
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
A wonderful long overdue obit for the great artist Pamela Colman Smith, whose tarot deck is a thing of endless beauty. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/o... #tarot #pamelacolmansmith
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Overlooked No More: Pamela Colman Smith, Artist Behind a Famous Tarot Deck
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
In which I suggest that, when it comes to history and politics, what we decide to remember sometimes isn't as important as what we choose to forget. The 90 Cubed Rule is a handy way of keeping this in mind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=txHa... #forgetting #politics #memory #history
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How do we choose what to forget? An introduction to the 90 Cubed Rule.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Andrew Jackson got into over fifty fist fights, knife fights, fracases and duels over the course of his lengthy career as a general and politician. This, in my opinion, was the dumbest. Part one. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VvJ...
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Andrew Jackson's stupidest duel, part one
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Just so you know, you cannot "future proof" technology. People who say you can just want your pennies.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Regardless of my concerns about Netflix buying Warner Brothers, I look forward to Paramount/David Ellison's filing asserting that Netflix's proposal would be anti-competitive, but Ellison's bid wouldn't. The creativity never stops. #netflix #warnerbrothers #paramount #ellison #oligarch
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
"The upzoning, in fact, may have a much more limited effect than anticipated. Even in the best-case scenario, the mayor’s upzoning plan would lead to only about 14,600 additional units over the next 20 years . . . . " missionlocal.org/2025/11/sf-d... #upzoning #sanfrancisco #lurie #housing
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At Richmond upzoning town hall, crowd is tough and Mayor Lurie is feisty
Residents of the Richmond want Mayor Daniel Lurie’s upzoning plan to change. Lurie says time for change is over.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In case u want to apply 4 the open District 4 supervisor position in San Francisco, here is the questionnaire. 10 references seems a bit much, but perhaps Mayor Lurie is overcompensating 4 the apparent lack of any vetting 4 the last appointee. newspack-missionlocal.s3.amazonaws.com/mission/wp-c...
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Is there a bubble of articles about the AI bubble? #aibubble
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Some day I hope to be able to keep the distinctions between alpha and luma in my brain for more than 20 seconds.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Cheer up NYC, here in San Francisco we just picked someone who has never held political office before + whose career consisted of rich folks "jobs" (fundraising, "deputy" director, "senior" adviser, etc). I mean, you could still elect the nursing home/sexual harassment scandal guy but I wouldn't.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Molly is crabby because she missed #caturday.
Molly is crabby because she missed #caturday.
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Matthew Lasar @matthewlasar.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
All three parts of my series "The Constitution's Invisible Word" are now available in this YouTube video. youtu.be/5QfWOMjrT-M?... #constitution #history
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The Constitution's Invisible Word: all three episodes
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