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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 9d

"We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process of law. We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason."

Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 1d

President accuses China of ‘very hostile’ moves and says additional tariffs could come on 1 November ‘or sooner’
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Trump threatens 100% China tariffs as Beijing restricts rare-earth exports

President accuses China of ‘very hostile’ moves and says additional tariffs could come on 1 November ‘or sooner’

www.theguardian.com

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 1d

I’ve been talking about it with everyone I know! My bf is a caseworker with the SF Department of Public Health and he has many clients who were recently unhoused, he’s reading it next. I so so appreciate your work

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KALX Berkeley @kalxberkeley.bsky.social · 2d

Tonight on Round Midnight (12-1am): Sex 14s hosts A celebration of pianist Fred Hersch’s 70th birthday

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 2d

10 years ago - Leaked (final?) TPP Intellectual Property chapter spells doom for free speech online
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Wikileaks release of TPP deal text stokes 'freedom of expression' fears

Intellectual property rights chapter appears to give Trans-Pacific Partnership countries greater power to stop information from going public

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 2d

What I Learned Today: Ortega hypothesis
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Ortega hypothesis - Wikipedia

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 2d

Listening: Charles Lloyd, Madi Diaz, Rhett Miller, Madison Cunningham, Makaya McCraven, Lorelle Meets the Obsolete, The Autumn Defense, Max Reger

Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 2d

"The fact that the very apparatus of 21st-century life relies on the internet is rendered visible to us only when something snaps, like the sole cable running to Tonga."
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

Extremely offline: what happened when a Pacific island was cut off from the internet | Samanth Subramanian

A colossal volcanic eruption in January 2022 ripped apart the underwater cables that connect Tonga to the world – and exposed the fragility of 21st-century life

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 2d

Currently listening to Brian Goldstone's There Is No Place for Us and it's perhaps the most important book about America since Evicted. It's empathetic, heartbreaking, bracing...and the people who need to read it will never read it
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There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America

Working and Homeless in America

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5 Calls @5calls.org · 3d

MTG: About 60% of the calls coming in right now are calls of support and saying yes, health insurance is a crisis... I'm getting phone calls from people that are saying that if the ACA tax credits expire they aren't going to be able to have health insurance, they're going to have to drop it.

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 2d

10/10/1871
Black educator, baseball player, and civil rights activist Octavius V. Catto murdered by a white supremacist on first election day after passage of 15th amendment, Philadelphia, PA

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KALX Berkeley @kalxberkeley.bsky.social · 3d

Artist Interview Archive: Hermeto Pascoal sat down with Reality Check on June 2, 2023

Artist Interview: Hermeto Pascoal

KALX 90.7FM Berkeley

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 3d

Before he was a bearded celebrity, a Great Man, young Tennyson was gauche, beautiful, ringed by tobacco smoke, and far more interesting
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...

The Boundless Deep by Richard Holmes review – wild times with young Tennyson

A masterful account of the poet’s early life during the tumultuous early 19th century crisis of faith

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 3d

10 years ago - Prisoners’ debate team trounces national champs from Harvard
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Harvard's prestigious debate team loses to New York prison inmates

Prisoners participating in Bard College initiative to provide them a liberal arts education beat Ivy League students who won national title only months ago

www.theguardian.com

Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 3d

Last night's show! Available to stream for 2 weeks
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FREEFORM Wed Oct 8 with Matokie on KALX

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 3d

Witnesses at White House describe being assaulted by leftwing protesters but fail to mention they often confront people and film the responses they provoke
www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

White House gives platform to conservative influencers to air grievances during ‘antifa roundtable’ – as it happened

Witnesses at White House describe being assaulted by leftwing protesters but fail to mention they often confront people and film the responses they provoke. This blog is now closed.

www.theguardian.com

Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 3d

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 4d

An unprecedented grand tour of bibliophilic crime: 170 rare Russian books, valued at more than $3 million, gone
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The Pushkin job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist

The long read: Between 2022 and 2023, as many as 170 rare and valuable editions of Russian classics were stolen from libraries across Europe. Were the thieves merely low-level opportunists, or were bi...

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KALX Berkeley @kalxberkeley.bsky.social · 4d

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 4d

The Story of Fixity by Noémie Goudal
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The Story of Fixity

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 4d

No one on Earth has done more to promote the power of fungi than Paul Stamets, whose mycology work has earned him numerous patents, millions of followers and a Star Trek character
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The Granddaddy of All Things Mushroom

No one on Earth has done more to promote the power of fungi than Paul Stamets, whose mycology work has earned him numerous patents, millions of followers and a Star Trek character.

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 4d

I'm blatantly against Amazon and therefore Prime Day except for how I'm tempted to replace my robovac which has started making the noise of a jet engine except for how I'm Dutch and therefore will make it last five more years at least

Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 5d

Lanvin Ready To Wear Spring Summer 2026 Paris

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Sarah Hotchkiss @sahotchkiss.bsky.social · 5d

Here's my commentary piece on the Big Art Loop, and what it means to hand our public space over to a billionaire and his choice of 100 pieces of existing, large-scale art.

And for god's sake: Send your opinions to the agencies/nonprofit/org involved, not to me!

www.kqed.org/arts/1398217...

Who Has a Say In the Flood of Public Art Coming to San Francisco?

The Sijbrandij Foundation’s plan to install 100 pieces of large-scale art around the city needs public oversight.

www.kqed.org

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Heidi J. De Vries @matokieslaughter.bsky.social · 5d

"I recommend you devote your full creativity and ingenuity to helping your key bonds ripen and deepen."

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KALX Berkeley @kalxberkeley.bsky.social · 7d

KALX Live! returns next Saturday with Oakland trio The Queen & I, hosted by DangerVenture buff.ly/Rcj7CMO

The Queen & I on KALX Live!

KALX 90.7FM Berkeley

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