Reposted by Matt PopekLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 5h“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 178145584354
Reposted by Matt PopekEd Kilgore @edkilgore.bsky.social · 10hI try not to rant in my writing, I really do. But J.D. Vance pushed me over the brink today: nymag.com/intelligence...nymag.comJ.D. Vance Went to Yale and Can’t Define SocialismAny fool can just make up lies about his political opponents. Vance foolishly ignores everything actual socialists believe. 052
Reposted by Matt PopekThe Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 15hQ: “How do you define socialism personally?” Vance: “I think in reality, what it actually means in the American context is that you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports.” 24528856
Reposted by Matt PopekSam Lloyd @llamsoyd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026great bit by major league baseball that the 19th, 24th, 28th, and 30th highest payroll teams are going to be four of the five squads still standing tomorrow, given that the whole sport will shut down for 2027 because owners have brainwashed everyone into believing teams like them don’t have a chance 29033
Reposted by Matt PopekChris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 07/10/2026People always ask “where are you going to get the money to pay for stuff like housing and healthcare and public transit” and the answer is the same as it’s always been Make the rich pay their fair share 25577110
Reposted by Matt PopekCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 07/10/2026SENTIMENTRADER: “.. S&P 500 closed at a record high. With twice as many lows as highs on the NYSE. Here's every date the S&P closed at a record and the NYSE low/high ratio was > 2: 6/22/29...2.1 12/3/99...2.0 12/21/99...4.2 12/22/99...4.1 12/23/99...2.3 12/29/99...2.4 10/6/26...2.6” 1017241
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Regarding that ad on the OSU/Iowa game: www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...news5cleveland.comWoman accusing Sherrod Brown of forcing transgender surgeries isn’t from Ohio, didn’t have procedure as minorIn an attack ad against U.S. Senate candidate Sherrod Brown, a woman accuses the Democrat of pushing transgender surgeries on minors "like her." She didn't have surgery until she was an adult. 000
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Big Ten looks weird this year. Gotta find some other schools to feel good for. Minnesota? The two teams that beat PSU already? 000
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026How bad was last night? Haven't seen anything like it since COVID. 110
Reposted by Matt Popekae @aelkus.bsky.social · 03/10/2026and in turn making it a normal systems safety problem also means that existing law and regulatory frameworks are applied, and the entire alchemical-occultic frame and the political economy it is aligned with is dropped in favor of treating the industry as other countries across the world have 235750
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026May be a healthy strategic decision to be otherwise occupied. 000
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Penn State's been outscored 41-10 over the last four quarters. Been a long time since we've seen that. 120
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Meanwhile, the defense has never heard of Chip Kelly and also can't tackle 000
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 03/10/20262nd 3rd down play running routes short of the sticks. Just...like, what is going on here 110
Reposted by Matt PopekEli @eliglazier.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Oh we’re like bad bad at football. Ok. 001
Reposted by Matt PopekTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41120453124
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Phillies will pay Aaron Nola $24.5 million every year through 2030. 020
Reposted by Matt Popekmaura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Yes 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. 168188104718
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Any doctors that you cross paths with in your daily life that you could consult? 110
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Real weird how actual practitioners sometimes don't line up with progressive/socialist theories (oh wait, it's not weird at all) 011
Reposted by Matt Popekryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 29/09/2026Norway has solution to this actually, stay at home parents can get their share of the public daycare subsidy as cash, that way parents are not pushed one way or the other. the problem of course is virtually no one on the center or right actually gives a shit about parents 382473528
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Well, that was trash. Trying to get back on a normal sleep schedule that includes two wild days that were wild even before playoff baseball was added to the mix in the afternoons. 000
Reposted by Matt PopekRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It is really remarkable that in a time of historic impasse in Congress, with both houses have been reduced to complete standstills despite a mounting number of political, economic, and ethical crises, both parties have spent months working to pass a bill limiting the pay of college athletes 11646160
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026so this game is going to be just as stupid as the rest of the weekend, huh 000
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 29/09/2026One of the last chances I'll have to watch a quarterback older than me play against the Eagles, I guess. (LeBron's gonna reset the age curve for a while, fortunately.) 000
Reposted by Matt PopekAndrew Lawrence @ndrew.bsky.social · 28/09/2026the two big ai stories to kick off the week are - meta ai giving your address to strangers on fb marketplace - stole a scientific breakthrough and presented it as its own work this is what we get instead of healthcare or third spaces or public transportation or pick literally anything else 232479613
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 28/09/2026My skepticism of a lot of things may not have been wrong...just early 010
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Listened to the first quarter on satellite radio and watched the second quarter via satellite internet on Peacock. Then went for a campfire dinner by the lake. Great choices all around. 000
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Paging my professional organization, who's supposed to be interested in establishing good physical spaces to do things 011
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Different kind of crazy day ahead today. Just in one of those stretches right now. (The rain is not going to help.) 000
Reposted by Matt PopekKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11897001923
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Little late on this, but the South "America" season premiere was excellent. 000
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026With 24 hours to mull it over...getting engaged was awesome, 10/10 would recommend 130
Matt Popek @mpopek.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Ok, what's the reason for an anti-Sherrod Brown ad during a Buffalo-Penn State game? 000
Reposted by Matt PopekMichael Wiebe @michaelwiebe.bsky.social · 17/09/2026New literature review on housing ladder spillovers: When rich tech workers move in, low-end rents go up. So does it follow that adding high-end homes would reduce them? Yes. Changes at the top of the ladder can propagate down and affect prices at the bottom. 1/ 718750