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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 15h

For a few years in the '70s, the Supreme Court banned capital punishment on the grounds that it was cruel and unusual punishment as well as discriminatory. It still is both of those things, but today, SCOTUS cleared the way for a botched execution before appeals were properly exhausted.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 30/09/2026

Jesus Christ Cornell

What use was it to bring the writer and activist Chanel Miller to campus in the spring just for fraternity brothers to scroll, bored, on their phones as she movingly shared her experience as Emily Doe, the victim of Brock Turner? As I wrote at the time, I was floored and dismayed as I sat in the audience with one of my brilliant undergraduates; we heard Miller’s shattering account of being sexually assaulted by Turner behind a dumpster at Stanford University after a fraternity party. Her talk was riveting, and there was so much to learn from it. And yet many of the male students who hailed predominantly from fraternities — 15 percent of each chapter was required to be in attendance — were so tuned out that Miller commented ruefully: “You know, this has been my hardest gig, because they didn’t turn down the house lights. I’m not sure how you professors do it, because it’s so hard looking out at this sea of mildly disgruntled faces. I mean, I’m sure you’re all very moved, but …,” Miller smiled. The implication being, it didn’t seem like it, from her angle.

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Matt Steinglass @mattsteinglass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Eric Schmitt’s conspiracy theory, slander and b-ball ignorance yesterday was humiliating. But also remember who he is: a natcon with a blood-and-soil belief that the only real Americans are descended from white Christians who immigrated before the mid-1800s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

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Sanho Tree @sanho.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Google and Apple immediately update their maps.

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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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Sam @samd.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

the dumbest scumbags on the left are now attacking zohran for *combatting antisemitism* Zohran derangement syndrome is real and applies to the alt-left just as much as the alt right

Aaron Maté
@aaronjmate
X.com
I'm not criticizing Zohran for doing this because I understand he has to deal with a very toxic political reality. Politics is a different game.
But to me launching a "Strategy to Combat
Antisemitism" in a time of the Gaza genocide is akin to a
"Strategy to Combat Anti-Whiteness" at the height of South African apartheid. That's not even a fair analogy:
Israel and its apologists do infinitely more to both fabricate and encourage anti-Semitism.
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani O
@NYCMayor•9h
The Talmud teaches that anyone who sustains one soul, has sustained an entire world. For generations, Jewish New Yorkers have sustained our city. Today, we are launching the first-ever municipal Strategy to Combat Antisemitism...

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Gobsmacked by the elite levels of not knowing ball in the Senate today, thinking an NBA team is called the Hawkeyes then, refusing to Google it, then accusing a guy of treason because you didn’t know the Iowa Lady Hawkeyes aren’t in the NBA. Somehow I don’t trust these people to Save Girls Sports.

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The Nexus Project @nexusproject.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

"97.6% of Americans are not Jewish. If we want to be safer, we need as many of those 97.6% as possible to want us to be safer too." Rabbi Rachel Timoner nailed it 💯

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's amazing how much money can be saved, not to mention lives, by *not* putting a homicidal, anti-science cult in charge of public health.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

They were cool with the racism, sexism, bigotry, corruption, dismantling of social services and common decency, burning every ally, shooting American citizens in the face in the street, the insurrection, Trump being besties with Epstein etc etc. But once the price of gas got too high it was over.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Feel however you want to feel about Israel. The second you use Israel to justify a shooting at a synagogue on Yom Kippur, you're rationalizing your desire to see Jews murdered. If you're tempted to argue with me on this point, seek therapy immediately in the hope that you could become less evil.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

People forget that you can WALK to Canada from parts of Buffalo. Of course Buffalo franchises have lots of Canadian fans, and it's not somehow un-American to respect those fans. Frankly, I question both the intelligence and the morality of anyone who has a problem with this.

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Mike Maples @mikemaples.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Put a pin in your AI panic and read this thread because it’s not theoretical, it’s right fucking now. Clinical trials saved my life. I don’t want to be the last to benefit.

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Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

1. This is a naked attack on press freedom by a president who hates it. 2. There are limits to the president's ability to carry out this threat thanks to the First Amendment. 3. It's also a threat to the "Other Fake News Media Outlets" who can face similar punishment based on their reporting.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Bragging about them before, after, and while committing them would seem to be clear evidence.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Nice to see the hometown represented on Jeopardy. Would've been nicer if it wasn't for our toxic waste dump, the neighborhood built over it, and all the people harmed by that choice.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Periodic reminder why American Jews disproportionately vote Democratic.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thought this was about Hegseth for a second.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I actually do think that Democrats should disavow anyone with a significant following who claims to support them but habitually traffics in bigotry. I just think Republicans should be held to the same standard, and if they were, they'd have to drop most of their leaders, not just Twitch streamers.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Why are people still telling scientists that we need to compromise with MAHA? How about if we tell MAHA that they can come to the table when they respect the scientific method instead.

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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

On Nov. 21, 1922, in the NY Times' first story about an up-and-coming politician named Adolf Hitler, the Times said "Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded." Yes, really. We should remember that when news media dismiss Trump's insane rhetoric. Take. It. Seriously.

"But several reliable, well-informed sources confirmed the idea that Hitler's anti-Semitism was not so genuine or violent as it sounded, and that he was merely using anti-Semite propaganda as a bait to catch masses of followers and keep them aroused, enthusiastic and in line for the time when his organization is perfected and sufficiently powerful to be employed effectively for political purposes."

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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

$16 million later, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was supposed to be open by July 4. Instead, it looks like this.

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I wonder if all R candidates are going to be asked to denounce the guy who attacked Amy Acton.

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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I’ll just note that right before Elon threw out two Sieg Heils to celebrate installing Donald Trump, he rallied a group of literal German fascists (AfD).

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Her statement, "I do agree with [Musk] that we need to eliminate waste and be much more efficient in government," sounds like she's endorsing Troy Jackson.

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Just in time for the 2026-2027 vaccines, a new review shows that COVID19 vaccination significantly reduces the risk of severe illness and hospitalization across all age groups, including kids. Pregnant women were also protected, as were their babies. Don’t forget to schedule your vaccination!

jamanetwork.com

COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness and Safety for the 2026-2027 Respiratory Season

This Special Communication aims to identify and summarize the most recently published evidence evaluating the effectiveness and safety of US-licensed COVID-19 vaccines and report on the epidemiology o...

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Nazism. It's literal f***ing Nazism. The eugenics, the Hitler salute, the master race bulls***, the hoarding of resources, the intentional effort at murdering millions. That's what they're endorsing when they take his money.

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Emily J. Edwards @msemilyedwards.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

ebola is ripping through Congo right now and we *used* to have health mechanisms to help but now my city government is getting slaughtered in social media comments for telling people to get a covid booster by anti vax nut jobs we don't have a basic understanding of global health anymore

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

When someone intentionally and repeatedly makes a Hitler salute, you should just assume they're evil. And you're not wrong if you start making inferences about the politicians they support.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The guy who admiringly described Trump as "America's Hitler" is looking forward to 9/11.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Last I saw, here in Watertown, it was roughly Markey +45. I don't think I've seen a single yard sign for Moulton all summer.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

You can also get your titers checked; if your immunity is waning, a third dose can help protect you from the homicidal cult in charge of federal health policy.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

It might have been a bad idea to put a homicidal cult in charge of the federal government.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

These people are weird and creepy and Democrats need to say it more

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Statement from a guy who voted for all of this.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

If they were tacky plastic gold, they'd still be there.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Trying and failing to pull off President Andrew Shepherd's line about Sydney Ellen Wade in The American President.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

For any scientific researcher with integrity, this is treason.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.

Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I wonder what would happen if a few million people submitted an error message for the label on Google headquarters, indicating that the correct label is "Avaricious Bootlickers Headquarters."

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I think Anita Hill might have something to say about whether Clarence Thomas ever had anything that might reasonably be described as "principles." And as I recall, she was far from the only woman he harassed.

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Dr. Matt Boxer @mboxer.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The more inept and evil doppelganger of the mayor on Spin City is the kind of bully who thinks using his victims' arms to hit themselves and taunting "why are you hitting yourself?" is hilarious.

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