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Matt Rothstein

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Reporter and writer and copy editor based in Philadelphia actively seeking freelance work

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 2h
there are PLENTY of writers who come from a blue collar background and have worked in the trades and i can't remember ever seeing one of them publish an op-ed about how everyone should pivot to hard, painful physical labor
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Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 29/09/2026
3rd circuit rules AI training on copyrighted material is NOT fair use. Wow! chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
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BREAKING News: Third Circuit affirms summary judgment rejection of fair use defense by ROSS Intelligence in AI training
Opinion under seal for now.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 8h
Today, 8 years ago, my friend, Saudi Journalist and Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi was murdered.
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 6h
I know firsthand how bad some public schools can be, but it can't be stressed enough that public schools have accountability measures that private schools simply don't
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Kara Yorio @karayorio.bsky.social · 9h
"State law in Arkansas doesn’t require much to open a private school, nothing about teacher skills or what kids learn. But it does require that all schools display an American flag, and we wanted to follow the rules." Unbelievable story. Also, immediately ordering the ProPublica Academy pencils.
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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 7h
If NFL broadcasters are going to treat Deshaun Watson being ok at QB as a sign that he has been Redeemed For His Past, they must remain ideologically consistent. If he starts playing badly again they have to blame it on his failure to repent for his heinous sexual misconduct
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Bill Barnwell @billbarnwell.com · 21h
Let's check out TNF en Espanol
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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 22h
ICE must be defunded and destroyed in its entirety and every person who enabled and worked for it must be stripped of all honor and government employment forever. Their names should be added to registries and people should be notified if they're moving into their neighborhoods. They're dangerous.
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Curb Your Malthusiasm @manucleardevice.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
a bunch of nonsense, unverified reputation laundering that did not save a single Palestinian life. Every last one of these exists solely to make sure genocidal war criminals from the Biden administration can be readmitted into the halls of power with future democrats
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
I recommend people read this to get a sense of the president's grave cognitive impairment. Trump is either unwilling or unable (or maybe both) to answer the questions he's actually asked, so he just rants and raves while the interviewers do their best to provide structure to his random brain firings
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Read TIME’s ‘What Trump Has Built’ Interview Transcript
The U.S. President discussed the war in Iran, press freedom, AI, and more ahead of the midterm elections.
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It would be nice to believe that the Knicks have unlocked the dimension where orange and blue teams can win things again. Don't look at the Mets (evergreen caveat)
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Zombies. The undead. You know, ghouls. @edgarallanbro.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's so fucking easy to have standards
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
As with most of the issues our country faces, the solution is ending the era of elite impunity
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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Like, we already know that these companies wantonly break existing laws. We should start enforcing them!
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'd huck bibberty at a highway radar sign to check my fastball velo
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
This is what it means, to me, to blog
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veery @veery.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
yes you could say i’m a centrist
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damniel spookradski @self.agency · 01/10/2026
THEY'RE DEPORTING AN ISRAELI HASID FOR BEING ANTI-ZIONIST
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 01/10/2026
NEW: Emma Joyce died at 3 years old. The next year, her sister Ava Joan died. Then their brother died from the same complication of untreated diabetes that killed Ava Joan. Later, a fourth sibling died. Their parents believed in prayer, not medicine.
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Four Kids in One Faith-Healing Family Died. Authorities Could Do Nothing.
An exemption in Idaho law shields faith-healing parents from criminal prosecution for conduct that otherwise would be charged as neglect. It also keeps police and social workers from stepping in to pr...
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yes every woman has been harassed, many assaulted. But every woman has also experienced invisible loss from moments she avoided harassment. She felt a space becoming unsafe, so she left, while men stayed on. And in leaving, she lost: opportunities, experiences, learning, promotions, even simply fun.
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Truthout @truthout.org · 30/09/2026
A recent disclosure of Amazon’s internal “employee relations” documents reveals just how extreme Amazon’s methods of warehouse surveillance and control have become.
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Amazon Is Deploying AI to Spy on Its Workers and Bust Unions Before They Form
Internal company documents obtained by a Canadian labor board show how Amazon is tracking workers’ every move.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/09/2026
A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” (Published Oct. 2025)
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These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Democrats have finally found what they believe is a winning message: Reminding voters that former President Trump pressured Republicans to kill a bipartisan bill that would impose tougher border controls and make it harder to get asylum.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...
Harris' immediate goal is to signal to moderate voters that she will be an aggressive enforcer of the law and keep migration in check.
After struggling on the issue, Democrats have finally found what they believe is a winning message:
Reminding voters that former President Trump pressured Republicans to kill a bipartisan bill that would impose tougher border controls and make it harder to get asylum.
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
just like with restaurants, the current economic conditions make it all but impossible for live music to make money without causing serious harm to its own labor force
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­­ ­ ­ the­ ­­ ­ ­ ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 30/09/2026
an AI cannot meaningfully be horny therefore an AI cannot meaningfully make music
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 30/09/2026
oh man you know a small paper did good when the NYT reports on their reporting rather than ripping them off without credit www.nytimes.com/2026/09/29/n...
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Students at Cornell Daily Sun Pursued Sexual Assault Case for Two Years (Gift Article)
The student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, covered the allegations of rape at a fraternity party since they were first made in 2024 and led the reporting on the case.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Hannah Main @hannahmain.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Carter Hart is tending goal tonight in the Golden Knights’ opener in Vegas. This is a post about Cornell. 🙃
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
such a good list but it's missing gamble and huff, the backbone of philly soul
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I can't imagine how much inner strength it takes to face the kind of schmucks she deals with every day while you're carrying this
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Bill DiFilippo @billdifilippo.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i think it's pretty damning on the last decade of The Democrats that a guy can go "actually immigrants are good" and it's viewed as a remarkable act of political messaging
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: As Trump’s White House and influencers keep touting the unproven benefits of raw milk, hundreds across the country are falling ill from outbreaks. Some people get severe indigestion. And some nearly die. Here's the story of one toddler who drank it. 🧵👇 www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin @ecmclaughlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Same story with a friend of mine, who is now actually quite famous. She dropped out after my university refused to discipline the two men who raped her, and made her sit in the same class with her in her specialized major. Her planned entire career path ended immediately.
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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Starting to think the destruction of facts and knowledge serves the fascist agenda…! 🤔
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Matt Rothstein @mattrothstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Boy all it takes is reading one history book about a dictatorship to see what's happening, and as they go it matters less and less which one
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Amanda Mull @amandamull.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our current gaggle of right-wingers knows so little ball that sports are dangerously close to becoming lib-coded
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Alex Zucker @alexzucker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“These filings reveal shocking disdain for writers and their work through repeated, intentional decisions to steal books rather than pay for them with full knowledge that their products will destroy the careers of authors. +
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Brian Grubb @briancgrubb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
guys we got a new penguin people.com/new-penguin-...
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Scientists Identify New Penguin Species for the First Time in More Than 100 Years
A new species of penguin has been discovered for the first time in 100 years, according to a study. Researchers found evidence that the gentoo penguin actually consists of four different species, and ...
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Mike Ludwig @mludwig.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
After reviewing the brutal invasions of US metro areas, Amnesty International now officially calls for abolishing ICE. While the grassroots has said #AbolishICE for years, support from the global human rights org signals a significant momentum shift as public support for mass deportations plummets
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The Movement to Abolish ICE Is Gaining Momentum
As activists rally around federal legislation to dismantle ICE, Amnesty International joins the call for abolition.
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Jay Willis @jaywillis.net · 29/09/2026
If you’d asked me to parody how silly and broken legal journalism is, I genuinely don’t think I could have come up with “so the best-known ‘nonpartisan’ Supreme Court outlet is now run by an ex-Trump DOJ flack who had her longtime personal friend Brett Kavanaugh officiate her wedding”
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The Conservative Takeover of SCOTUSblog Is Just What the Supreme Court Needed
SCOTUSblog used to cover the Supreme Court. Now, it cheers for it.
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Ruth Zakarin @ruthz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
New Democratic candidate talking point just dropped.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 29/09/2026
Talking recently to family members of people snatched up and expelled to third countries by ICE, I learned: 1) All of those captured were in 287(g) jurisdictions; 2) None of the family members had known what 287(g) was and had erroneously thought people with no arrests were safe.
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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI
recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.
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Abbie @kabbiearlish.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I know there are men who think, "If they're gonna do something bad, they won't stop because of me." Yeah, bud. They will. You might not stop all future evil, but you can protect one person, and you might make them think in the future. You really do have power when it comes to other men.
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bitter aubie @bitteraubie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
one day, maybe democratic senators will vote against bills whose republican proponents explicitly want to pass to help themselves in the last weeks leading to an election
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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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Dylan Roth @dylanroth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I’m going to create a mod for Slow Roads where throughout your endless drive you have to respond to phone calls about both your ambitious construction project and your collapsing domestic life
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 28/09/2026
"Around 15 percent of all ULP charges brought against employers are brought against the USPS. Around 23 percent of all ULP charges brought against unions are brought against the postal unions." www.nlrbedge.com/p/the-postal...
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The Postal Service is Drowning the NLRB
An easy way to cut down the NLRB backlog.
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