Reposted by Matthew WilsonMassimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 14hNASA released onboard video of Artemis II's reentry through Earth's atmosphere. Top speed: about 25,000 mph. Original post 413736
Reposted by Matthew WilsonPBS News @pbsnews.org · 4hCanadian poet and essayist Anne Carson is this year's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. When asked how she would celebrate, Carson said she's going out for a walk in the woods to avoid the phone and, as she put it, "hear the quiet." 17217
Reposted by Matthew WilsonThe Assisi Project @assisiproject.com · 8h"Whenever might overtakes right, it undermines stability, trust and peaceful co-existence." #NaviPillay #NobelPrize #Peace 03711
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 08/10/2026👀 227 N. Charles St. is now back in the Masonic family. The Grand Lodge of Maryland AF&AM purchased its former longtime home yesterday. 🎩 000
Reposted by Matthew WilsonAbuse of Power Watch @abuseofpowerwatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2026📍 𝐁𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄, 𝐌𝐃: Immigration officials “failed at every single turn” to comply with a court order aimed to limit overcrowding at a Baltimore holding facility, and further violations could lead to contempt proceedings, a federal judge ruled. #AbuseofPowerWatchthedailyrecord.com‘Spectacular failure’: Baltimore ICE facility violated overcrowding order, judge findsImmigration officials at a Baltimore holding facility have "failed at every single turn" to comply with a court order aimed to limit overcrowding, a federal judge said. 0117
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had to use the phrase "Super Intelligence" in some talking points today. I feel dirty. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 05/10/2026It seems pretty ding dang obvious to me that in a K-shaped economy, averages and even medians obscure more than they reveal about lived reality for most people. So the continued reliance on that data to explain away widespread economic pain is very 🤔 110
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can't resist though. Even if I know it's not going to end well for me, I'm going in with the skritches. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Her reasoning is that Trump went too far and someone needs to help him dial it back. So she's not quite to Evelyn Normielib territory yet, but I'll take it. 040
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 05/10/2026My mom volunteered unprompted the other day that she's voting D for congressional elections this year (she's in VA-01, and she likes Mark Warner too). I believe this is the first time she's voted D since the '80s. Lots f people like her around, I'd imagine. 180
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 04/10/2026My one and only backyard plant, truly an Autumn Joy. 061
Reposted by Matthew WilsonJLRay @jlray.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Democrats are starting to clarify that Republicans are unpatriotic. They are also helping people realize Republicans are bad Christians, failed husbands and fathers, losers, weaklings, cowards. This is an embarrassing brand that degrades anyone associated with it. These ads only prove it further. 2147
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I might be ready for the sequel to that one, if you're taking requests. 000
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Starting today, this is a Brewers/Rays/Guardians/Braves fan account. In previous years, my temporary fandom has been the kiss of death for teams. However, this year will be different. Only good things can happen this year, I'm sure of it. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026My one and only real contribution to the effort was to vote for an amendment to the state constitution that would allow a gerrymander to get the last R in the Maryland congressional delegation. Fine, but not as satisfying as, yeah, helping punch out Paxton. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Voted. Just wish I was helping to vote out a Republican or two. The pain of being a blue dot in a blue city in a blue state. 😀 110
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Welcome back, Lower Rio Grande Valley. We missed you. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Music is anchored to specific contexts and memories and emotions too. When I feel a certain way, I want to listen to Daydream Nation, not some crap that synthesizes that album and a bunch of others in that same general tonal space. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Maybe you can tag along with Will. You can be the Easel Guy! 030
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Will, posting on Bluesky isn't enough to convince America that The Vibes are wrong and that well, actually, things are going rather swimmingly according to the data. You should go door to door, meeting people where they are. Bring charts. And an easel. Show them how wrong they are. Then report back. 130
Reposted by Matthew WilsonJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I give up. I’m moving into a cave. 743490676
Reposted by Matthew WilsonMichael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Musk managed to get it up this time, but it sputtered, and then fell back down prematurely 3346
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Yeah, I lived in Santa Fe for about four years, and I know El Norte is a little different, and neither southern nor northern NM Mexican food is Tex-Mex or the Mexican food around here. The owners are from ABQ, and have family roots in southern NM, as I recall. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Have you ever been to Anita's Restaurant in Fairfax County? Pretty decent Nuevo Mexicano food, especially for this side of the country. 110
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 25/09/2026FWIW, my top 10 TV series of the century. I may have a type. I may also be very lame. 100
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I was sneezing so bad at work that they sent me home. Allergies suck. 🤧 110
Reposted by Matthew WilsonPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 24/09/2026This is a SMALL version of the largest JWST image released so far—of IC 348, a star-forming region about 1,000 lightyears away. Open up the image and marvel in the incredible beauty even in our galactic neighbourhood. This is what it looks like when stars are born. 724788
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026It's astonishing that Denny has been there all those years. What a career. What a baseball legend. 010
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The last time I was with my dad, driving him back from the oncologist's office to the rehab center, where he had just agreed to hospice care, we listened silently to Denny call a game via XM. 120
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I grew up listening to Denny (and Fred White) on the radio, back when few games were televised. One of my favorite memories of childhood is sitting on the screened-in porch listening to them call a game as dusk fell and the lightning bugs came out. So peaceful, so perfect. 100
Reposted by Matthew WilsonWilliam Shakespeare @shakespeare.lol · 24/09/2026’tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish’d. 837461
Reposted by Matthew WilsonAmanda Finley Digs All the Spooky Things @rubyslippahs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I'm from Johnson City, Kansas, about 100 miles southwest of Dodge City. This is horrific. The only light in this situation is seeing so many people not okay with it. 1016598
Reposted by Matthew WilsonU.S. Mail Not For Sale @usmailnotforsale.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Letter Carrier Josh Gueniot was delivering mail in Essex Junction, VT, recently when he heard a woman yelling. The Postal Service employee saw the customer on the floor of her screened-in porch, where she had fallen 24 hours earlier and couldn’t move.news.usps.comThe customer was trapped for 24 hours – USPS Employee NewsLetter Carrier Josh Gueniot was delivering mail in Essex Junction, VT, recently when he heard a woman yelling. 083
Reposted by Matthew Wilsonrochkubatko.bsky.social @rochkubatko.bsky.social · 21/09/20267:20 p.m. approximate start time for #orioles and #bluejays 1151
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I look around at the vacant rowhomes on my block and yearn for transplants. From Honduras, Indiana, Montgomery County, wherever. 040
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Cats are the best. They form tight bonds with their humans, sleep a lot, don't need to be walked when it's raining outside. 070
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 19/09/2026When the O's season is over, I'm going to be rooting hard for the Brewers. Love the way they play the game, and they're the rebuttal to the argument that small market teams can't compete in today's MLB. 120
Reposted by Matthew WilsonWorking Families Party 🐺 @workingfamilies.org · 16/09/2026The political upset in Delaware last night is clear proof that voters have had enough of corporate Democrats who bow to billionaires like Elon Musk. Here’s what happened: 210838
Reposted by Matthew WilsonTony (Soft on Crime) @adalehunt.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Public schools are universalist programs for all children in the city. Charter & private schools are by nature organized against such a program. It's why the right goes to bat so hard for assorted "choice" models. Libs supporting such policies are no less reactionary 1113
Reposted by Matthew WilsonNPR @npr.org · 16/09/2026Dillard's work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature. She is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Maytrees and The Writing Life. n.pr/46M19TTn.prAnnie Dillard, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, dies at 81Dillard's work was characterized by spare prose and a deep connection to nature. She is best known for Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, An American Childhood, The Maytrees and The Writing Life. 815849
Matthew Wilson @mttwls.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I do the same thing, and I'm always a little shocked in a good way when I see the projected FERS monthly payout. 010
Reposted by Matthew WilsonPaul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.com · 04/09/2026That small black circle is the planet Mercury, seen crossing the face of the Sun by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory on 9 May 2016. 26620157