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Matthew Story

@mattstorymusic.bsky.social

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Local musician in SE Wisconsin. Ex-Ohioan. Prolific reposter. Educator. Dad. Bad Destiny 2 player. Reluctant Dungeon Master. Polyamorous. Unsophisticated whiskey drinker. Milwaukee Bucks fan. He/him.

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here's this year's entry in the 2025 Hey Nonny Songwriting Contest. It's a song about taking a break from our tumultuous times, just for long enough to recharge before you go back out into the world to be a part of positive changes.

Original Song: "Chain o' Lakes"

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 17h

Media framing the Gaza deal and other international affairs around Trump’s quest for the Nobel peace prize highlights how much news and public discourse have become warped around one man’s pathologies.

Whether he gets praise is one of the least important thing about this.

Me, in @msnbc.com:

Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal

If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.

www.msnbc.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 16h

I asked ICE why they couldn’t comment on their own arrest. The agent said to direct questions to DHS. And it appears DHS is making accusations via X to justify the abduction of a child.

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Jim Owczarski @jimowczarski.bsky.social · 11h

Basically, 2 players worth $344 million beat the #Brewers $121 million team.

A great example of what payroll disparity means. At some point, the $160 / $180 / $365 / $700 million player is gonna do the thing.

And if you have that many of them, eventually, one (or two) of them will beat you.

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Tim Dickinson @timdickinson.bsky.social · 11h

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 11h

My sister the mayor got the good politics-talking genes in the family, so this Indigenous Peoples’ Day I donated to @nativerights.bsky.social Please check out the work they do at narf.org!

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 11h

Damn. That the Brewers made it close only makes it more painful.

Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 12h

Last chance. Only need two runs. Tell me Snell isn't pitching.

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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻❌👑 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 19h

Federal Secret Police and plainclothes ICE agents kidnap multiple people from a neighborhood in Chicago. They then deploy teargas and brutally beat neighbors who come out to express their concern.

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 12h

So much of the reaction to the latest Gaza deal acts as if Trump took office amidst a raging war, which simply isn't true.

There's a tendency in US media to praise Trump whenever the opportunity arises, as if they need to make up for all the factually accurate reporting that makes him look awful.

Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal

If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.

www.msnbc.com

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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 13h

Trump took office with a Israel-Hamas ceasefire in place, then announced a vision for Gaza as a US-owned resort, with most Palestinians living there gone. Israel restarted military ops in March and imposed famine. Thousands of dead Palestinians later, the Trump admin helped broker another ceasefire.

Opinion | Trump’s Nobel peace prize campaign is the least important part of the Gaza deal

If the ceasefire holds, the administration deserves much credit. But the fixation on Trump getting a prize distracts from things that actually matter.

www.msnbc.com

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 13h

maybe this will help some realize that you don’t need access to cover the government effectively. in fact, it’s actually better.

Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 15h

The Pentagon is telling beat reporters to sign restrictive new rules by Tuesday or surrender their press passes by Wednesday. Many news organizations are rejecting the ultimatum and saying they will not sign. Here's my latest >>> www.cnn.com/2025/10/13/m...

Media outlets, including MAGA channel Newsmax, refuse to sign Pentagon’s press access rules | CNN Business

www.cnn.com

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 12h

Great pitching and defense again. Top of the order again. Come on, Brewers. Do something.

Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 13h

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 13h

Brewers' pitching and defense keep getting them out of jams, and their bats keep doing absolutely nothing. Bottom of the order coming up. Give me something, Brewers.

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Jim Owczarski @jimowczarski.bsky.social · 13h

Huh

iPacers.com - Derek Kramer @ipacers.bsky.social · 13h

Pacers four centers tonight:

3 points, 0 for 10 combined, 11 fouls, 1 assist, 3 turnovers, 10 rebounds, 4 steals in 43 minutes

All the points by the center least likely to still be on the team at the start of the year. Rough one.

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 13h

Brewers pitching keeps pulling off these incredible saves and then their bats just do nothing.

Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 13h

Leaving Priester in got me like

a man in a green shirt is blowing his nose into a paper bag ..

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 13h

Okay, double play out of a jam, top of the order up. Let's do this.

Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 13h

DOUBLE PLAY HOLY SHIT

Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 13h

Quinn Priester has just not been the dude so far this playoffs.

Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 14h

I know this is nitpicking, but I wish we saw a little more Monasterio in these postseason lineups. He's an upgrade over Ortiz at the plate and a solid defensive infielder. He's not Ortiz definitely, but no one is.

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 14h

Signs your teen is secretly binging Werner Herzog:

LOL: labour of language
DILF: documentaries I love to film
BRB: brutal recordings of bears

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

dying at rightwingers falling for what looks like an ai generated turning points USA half time show with special guest “measles”

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Stephen West @stephenwest.bsky.social · 20h

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

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Lu 💙 @ladyinred50.bsky.social · 16h

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