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Matt R

@mrrenn.bsky.social

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Ocean stater. Koozie aficionado. Nascent purveyor of Old Books. Buffalonian. Bills. Sabres. City. Sox. State. Bonas. Celtics. Alty. A life on the coast is a thing you can boast, my friend.

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Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · Jan 26

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Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 8h

Would rather have the Phillies over the dodgers but other than that perfect LCS lineups

Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 9h

Fuck the Rowdies

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Liz Andromeda 🏴♿ @lizandromeda.bsky.social · 11h

every time you shop at a salvation army thrift store, you are supporting christian nationalistic fascism

unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 13h

It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.

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Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 10h

RIFC beating the piss out of Tampa at least

Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 12h

Here here

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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 12h

The end of federal enforcement of special ed laws. Some states - including MN - will likely be ok. But a lot of disabled kids in a lot of states are going to lose the education that federal law and decades of jurisprudence say they are owed.

Education Department wipes out special ed office in shutdown layoffs, union says

The Education Department laid off nearly everyone at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.

www.usatoday.com

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Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 12h

Which one of my idiot sports teams are you

Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 12h

Just settling into our seats at the RIFC game after wrangling two kids and grilling at the tailgate. I see I was always right about James Franklin!

Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 16h

What positive health care action looks like to democrats:

Getting rid of the evil kook running the department of health: fuck no, get out of here idiot

Making sure the grizzled band-aid helping 1% of the public stays on: I don’t give a fuck if millions lose jobs, the Netflix guy has a LEGACY

Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 16h

Well as long as Obama’s 15 year old half-assed healthcare bill keeps its subsidies I guess

Steve Ahlquist @steveahlquist.bsky.social · 17h

Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment

"The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."

Senators Reed and Whitehouse support NDAA that targets transgender rights and allows Trump unlimited domestic troop deployment

"The NDAA vote provides insight into how far most congressional Democrats are willing to go in opposing Trump’s culture war fascism and use of troops on domestic soil..."

steveahlquist.substack.com

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Matt R @mrrenn.bsky.social · 19h

Adams has to be relieved to have this season’s excuse already lined up

Joe Yerdon @joeyerdon.bsky.social · 19h

Lindy Ruff told media in Boston this morning that Josh Norris will miss a significant amount of time with his upper-body injury. It’s a crushing blow for him and for the Sabres who were banking on him to be the 1C.

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Natalie Weiner @natalieweiner.bsky.social · 19h

we need stricter regulations on what's sold but in lieu of that any kind of traffic enforcement/red light or speed cameras/ANYTHING at all - acab bc they only use traffic stops to be racist and not to make transport safer!! bsky.app/profile/davi...

David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 21h

Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."

Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?

It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.

www.construction-physics.com

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Akshay @aksh.ai · 21h

“The US is the only country in history to allow a seditionist to run unpunished. Even Hitler went to prison in between his putsch and presidency. But “scholars” of American politics have refused to ask why this unique disaster happened here.”

Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 1d

New Q & A answers are up! Readers sent in thoughtful questions on city raids, digital surveillance, the disappearing internet, and much more: sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/panopticon...