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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The New Luna Mesa Album Is Here. Look Up and Stay in Touch (2026) Available on YouTube now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQBy...

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The New Luna Mesa Album Is Here

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

25 years later. The "Tribute in Light" from East Village/Lower East Side rooftop on September 11th, 2026, at approximately 10:15pm tonight...

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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

🔥Jewish Actor Mandy Patinkin (brillant in Homeland) gets really passionate about Gaza and the child killer Benjamin Netanyahu. 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I just got a notice in the mail "Work Requirements for Medicaid Coverage" that my health insurance will be cancelled on... January 1st, 2027. Unless I can meet disability requirements - which is a big if - even though I've got a broken shoulder on the right side and 2 torn ligaments on the left.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Second LP by Luna Mesa has now been released. It's been quite a journey. After nearly 30 years of not being able to play due to a broken shoulder/chronic pain, 5 years after shoulder replacement surgery, some rough rehab, & stopping alcohol/weed, here's the result... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vFo...

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NEW: Luna Mesa - Look Up and Stay in Touch - Full Album (2026)

YouTube video by DarkBloodRevisited

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

New Luna Mesa song "Touch and Go" available on YouTube now. From the new album "Look Up and Stay in Touch"... www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW_Y...

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NEW: Luna Mesa - Touch and Go (2026)

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Joe Strummer, born today, August 21st, 1952. A picture taken the day before his birthday in 2020...

Ro at the Joe Strummer mural on August 20th, 2020. Location: Corner of East 7th Street and Avenue A in the East Village, NYC.

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Joe Roberts 🔥💙🔥🐸 @robbyjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

He didn’t change. They did.

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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The Heritage Foundation asserts that women never needed sports in the first place. To prove that Title IX has become a tool of “feminist social engineering.” To demonstrate that women don’t need sports and that “clubs, intramurals, and exercise classes” is enough. open.substack.com/pub/jesspipe...

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Give Them an Inch...

And they'll take away women's sports...

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Reached 3 years of no weed today. A personal achievement since I was self-medicating - doing a joint a day for over 25 years, due to chronic pain from a broken shoulder. Also, coming up on 4 years no alcohol (woulda been closer to 6, but). Over 30 years no meat too, but that's another story. Trying.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

He made it! Mel Brooks made it to 100. Born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28th, 1926, in Brooklyn, NY. Happy Birthday, Mel. My Top 3... Blazing Saddles (1974) Young Frankenstein (1974) History of the World Part I (1981).

Poster for Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles (1974).

Poster for Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein (1974).

Poster for Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I (1981).

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

1/ Terms can be debated, of course. But the thing about Progressivism is it's always progressing. A liberal from a hundred years ago is not as liberal as one today (Thomas Paine? Quite the counterpart in his day). That's just how it works. It requires CHANGE, growth. Kinda like evolution. ;-)

I find this exchange between Phoebe Bridgers and an ignorant "fan" on her Twitter page (7/7/22) to be quite amusing. IMAGE 1: Phoebe - "Fuck TERFs" IMAGE 2: Mei! - "I love you so much but you should question yourself and know more about what you post" Phoebe - "Shut the fuck up"

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

New Luna Mesa song "Look Up" available on YouTube now. From the upcoming album "Look Up and Stay in Touch", due to be released later in 2026. This track was released yesterday (June 12th), two days from the 5th anniversary of my shoulder replacement surgery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMCp...

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Luna Mesa - Look Up (2026)

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Another great environmental speech from Harrison Ford. One of my favorite humans. Let this one play in the background while you're doing other things if need be, but definitely check it out... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtFi...

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Harrison Ford Commencement Address at Arizona State University

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Very sorry to relay that BlueSky has lost one of their own recently. Anne, at sasurvivors.bsky.social passed away on March 5th, 2026, of severe pneumonia. She was a caring and talented person. A SA survivor, politically active & a musician, some of her music can be found here... suno.com/@anrealtart

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Sexual Assault Survivors for Democracy (@sasurvivors.bsky.social)

Blue dot 🔵 in the red state of Texas. This page is maintained by Anne, a CSA and SA Survivor and Thriver with a Blue Progressive Agenda. Artist, Musician and Marketer. Love all people, animals and the...

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Back from No Kings 3 here in New York City today. Another great time, surrounded by great people ✊💙...

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

These penguins - and these kids - know why we're here. Get it together people - and have a happy Sunday.

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I see you—the dreamers clinging to fairy tales despite lives that bear no resemblance to any of them. The hopeless romantics who continue to believe in love, the empaths who feel the world too deeply, the fighters carrying invisible wounds yet carrying on.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I was kinda joking last month when I posted about the "Blizzard of 2026" here in NYC, but I guess it's official now...

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Found this in front of Trader Joe's on 14th Street recently...

Truck parked on East 14th Street in NYC with graffiti by Benny Cruz that says "I'm aiming so high I keep forgetting I'm already living my dream".

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Love is the most important thing you can do with your time on this planet. If you can't find a person to love, then find a dog. Someone. Something. Anything. Just make sure it's the one thing you accomplish while you are here. Nothing matters more.

Photo of Red-Tailed Hawk in the East Village, NYC, taken on Valentine's Day, February 14th, 2024.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Minneapolis - Official Lyric Video is out now... www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDaP...

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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Lyric Video)

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TizzyWoman @tizzywoman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Today’s #HolocaustRemembranceDay. Listen to these Holocaust survivors. They’ve come together to send you a message that you won’t be able to forget. I’d love to say never again, but it’s happening. Here, in the fucken USA. Open your eyes. Stop this 💩 now.

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Jillian Rae "DRUM IN⚡️ICE OUT Activism comes in all forms. No act is too big or small. These absolute rock stars striking & making noise on the stone arch bridge in -15°F weather have more cajones than all these 🧊fu¢ks combined. ICE OUT OF MINNEAPOLIS NOW🖕🧊🥁" video cred: Eric Martin

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Here's a rooftop view of the Empire State Building, taken about an hour ago, during the 'Blizzard of 2026'. And a shot of what it normally looks like, from a couple years ago (that's the dragon from House of the Dragon at the top).

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Apparently, Marilyn Monroe had a thing for Lincoln. I had no idea, which is weird cause I like them both (probably for different reasons). It was more than a thing actually. More of an obsession. She carried around a photo of him with her, collected books about him, and had his picture over her bed.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

"Father has seizure as ICE agents attempt to take his child away from his family." Had this reposted on my page for a while but deleted it over the holidays because I thought it was too disturbing. I'm putting it back now because it's a necessary reminder of what we're dealing with. Pass it around.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

The Renee Good Cover-up Arrived Before Renee Good's Ambulance Republicans used to say “Don’t tread on me.” Now it’s “tread all over, officer, & thanks for not killing me.” johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-renee-...

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The Renee Good Cover-up Arrived Before Renee Good's Ambulance

Republicans used to say “Don’t tread on me.” Now it’s “tread all over, officer, & thanks for not killing me.”

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Watching the Abraham Lincoln docudrama on Prime, I thought I'd share some photographs from my trip to DC in 2011. Included here are pictures from Ford's Theater, as well as of Booth's gun, and a pillow Lincoln rested on afterwards at the Petersen house - across the street from the theater.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Happy Holidays, Bluesky. Somehow, we made it through another year. Merry Christmas, and Happy 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPPC...

Manger scene in front of an acoustic Yamaha guitar with Superman (Reeve), Robby the Robot, Gort, B9 Robot, Captain Picard, C-3PO, IG-88, Boba Fett, R2-D2 and Yoda under an illuminating flying saucer.

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

After a broken shoulder, chronic pain & then replacement surgery in 2021, I played my first gig in over 30 years. All things considered it went well. Good to be back. Am I back? Probably not. Still a lot of pain & I'm likely on borrowed time. But still enjoyed it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOyY...

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Luna Mesa at Baker Falls, NYC - November 29th, 2025

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Just watched Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein on Netflix. Beautiful film. If you need an escape from our world, go to this one. Just for a bit. Very well done. I hope for a sequel with Mia Goth as the Bride. "And thus the heart will break, yet brokenly live on." www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aul...

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Frankenstein | Guillermo del Toro | Official Trailer | Netflix

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I did the No Kings march here in New York City. Had a great time. Filmed a bit of it and edited some of the footage into this video, with new music from Luna Mesa. The song, "I Watched You Choose" was written just after the 2024 election... www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Sj...

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No Kings NYC (10/18/25) Luna Mesa - I Watched You Choose

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The new Luna Mesa EP has been released. Five songs. Track three, "I Watched You Choose" was written just after the 2024 election. Dunno how well that one will be received but any support on YouTube is appreciated. Luna Mesa - Stars in Your Eyes www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV26...

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NEW: Luna Mesa - Stars in Your Eyes - EP (2025)

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Posted to her Instagram account on 9/21/2025 Jane Goodall Institute 🇨🇦

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

The operative word here is "emergency". Think about that. Vance is trying to sound reasonable, but these malevolents don't want people suffering life threatening emergencies to be treated. Trillions in tax cuts to billionaires while citizens navigating over bodies in the street would be acceptable.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/09/2025

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

September 11th again. Two shots from my rooftop in the East Village/Lower East Side (before & after), and one from 20 years to the day later...

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

River Phoenix - musician, actor, environmental & animal rights activist - would have been 55 years old today. After River died, I stopped eating or wearing animals. I decided that since he didn't have the chance to change the world, he could at least change me. That was over 30 years ago now.

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

When Ted Turner asked Carl Sagan if he was a socialist, Sagan gave the answer America keeps failing to learn.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

the intensity of my anger at those who would criminalize the homeless — a population literally created by the greed and callousness of the ruling class — is very hard to contain. it was you who dismantled the safety net. if you don’t like the results, put it back

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Ro Matthews @romatthews.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Juvenile Red-tailed hawk, East Village, NYC...

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