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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends

@mhboroson.bsky.social

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Author of THE GIRL WITH GHOST EYES and THE GIRL WITH NO FACE. Will risk my life to protect the innocent from Trump. He/him.

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

armed agents raiding schoolbuses to harass the kids who look different

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

From my notes last night: “I can’t give in to depression. Need to stay strong. For the next four years, I must be a bacon of hope for others.” It was unintended, but henceforward I shall be A BACON OF HOPE

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Facebook deliberately induced depression in 155,000 people and nobody talks about it. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.com

Facebook emotion study breached ethical guidelines, researchers say

Lack of 'informed consent' means that Facebook experiment on nearly 700,000 news feeds broke rules on tests on human subjects, say scientists. By Charles Arthur

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Every year on 1/17, an announcement in the NYT commemorates the Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, who rescued thousands of Jews, and his chauffeur Vilmos Langfelder. They disappeared in 1945. Who places these memorials? Who pays for them? It isn’t known. encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...

encyclopedia.ushmm.org

Raoul Wallenberg and the Rescue of Jews in Budapest

Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg led an extensive rescue effort during the Nazi era. His work with the War Refugee Board saved thousands of Hungarian Jews.

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Airport bookstore features THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD in their frontmost display and I am HERE for this! Can you imagine grabbing an inflight-read with dull disinterent and spending the next hours experiencing the love of Janie and Tea Cake FOR THE FIRST TIME?

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We criticize, because we want to gain understanding; we want to gain understanding, in order to create profound and truthful works. Been so frustrating seeing people conflate criticism with censorship.

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

The Techbroligarchy is terrifying.

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

This is me and Cassie, eight years ago today (I’m the human). That magnificent creature helped me through the last reign of tyranny. She’s gone so now I need to find my strength elsewhere. I need to help, and that means I need to be able to help.

Hairy man smiling with the world’s best fluffy beautiful cat on his shoulder

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

you will never be able to see the world from the perspective of anyone else, not fully but you can see more than you currently do, if you try and this effort, this beautiful struggle to comprehend the people who share a world with you — it’s everything. Everything. This is my credo.

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

“Now. I will say this. I believe Mark Zuckerberg, he called me, he called me a lot. They are working and I think they fixed it.” — Donald Trump to Maria Bartiromo this summer, saying his friend Mark Zuckerberg tweaked Facebook’s algorithms to fix the election for him.

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M. H. Boroson, Matthew to my friends @mhboroson.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

First post, “hello world!” and all that. Forgive the pointlessness but I need to test character count, etc., before I share meaning or funnies. Protect innocent people from Trump, please!

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