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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · 12d

Selling our souls for a 0.2% bump in the general fund budget

Nebraska Examiner @nebraskaexaminer.com · 12d

NEBRASKA-ICE CONTRACT: The state prison in McCook is now under contract to house migrant detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, based on a redacted copy of a contract Gov. Jim Pillen released Friday.

From Zach Wendling:

Nebraska signed contract with ICE on Sept. 30 to turn state prison into migrant detention center • Nebraska Examiner

Nebraska official signed a contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Sept. 30 to convert a state prison into an ICE facility.

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · 27d

This energy is especially needed, given the current administration’s law-breaking policy approach being “What the fuck are you gunna do about it?”

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 30

the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 30

Live again! mvo.live

POV: you rushing to donate before the end of September

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A half-clever Tapir @amelia.codes · Sep 28

An image of a bluesky post:
Alex Blechman

Senator: (posting on bluesky) The president told his supporters to prepare for the "Night Of One Thousand Screams." Might I suggest he instead hold the Night Of One Thousand Bipartisan Discussions Of Job Creation
Opportunities

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 30

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 29

Live again, raising money and saving the galaxy on Twitch!

September is almost over, so if you have not made your donation (and claimed your stickers), do so now!

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 28

Live again with more Mass Effect 3, more money raised for the kids at St. Jude, and more stickers!

My favorite scientist Salarian, Mordin Solus, joins the gang!

Tune in and donate at mvo.live

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 26

Back again, streaming some *key moments* of Mass Effect 3, all the while raising money for the kids at St. Jude

Tune in and give generously 👉 mvo.live

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 24

Going live again, streaming Mass Effect 3 for the kids!

Come hang out, and donate to a great cause. We’ll be joined by the wonderful @jamesthomson.bsky.social and @kathycampbell.com (and *baby Charlie!*) as guests during this stream!

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 23

September is not over yet!

Speaking of, I am live once more on Twitch kicking off Mass Effect 3 — come hang out, and get early deets on tomorrow’s very-special stream 👀

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Sep 23

So a spurious correlation from an observational study is “gold standard science”, but testing vaccines in multiple RCTs with over 30,000 participants each is not?

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 22

Live again, wrapping up Mass Effect 2 (maybe starting 3?), as we battle the intractable threat facing the galaxy: childhood cancer (and the Reapers).

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Kate @rhllzo.bsky.social · Sep 22

Now we’ve all recovered(?) from @relay.fm's Podcastathon for St Jude, I can announce that I spent *73 hours* researching the co-founders quiz! That time also includes work on my historian spreadsheets, and of course, my time checking the scoring/moderating during the Podcastathon itself.

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Mikah Sargent @mikahsargent.com · Sep 22

On Friday, Sept. 26, four players will take on the role of LEVEL 20 D&D characters in an epic adventure to save the world … and YOUR donations will impact the game!

Streaming live on the Relay YouTube channel from 8 PM – 12 AM Eastern on 9/26!
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A pixel-style graphic with the following text: D&D&Donations Charity Livestream to Benefit St. Jude. Friday, September 26 8 p.m. to 12 a.m. Eastern. youtube.com/@relaypodcasts. Pixel sprites of the players and their names — Erika Ensign, Annette Wierstra, Dan Moren, Aleen Simms, and Mikah Sargent — are arranged in pixelated tokens the foreground.

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 21

Live again with more Mass Effect 2, raising money for the kids at St. Jude.

Come chill in the chat, and give generously to this amazing cause: mvo.live

(Time is running out to claim some stickers!)

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Relay @relay.fm · Sep 21

If you didn't get to tune on Friday, clear your next 12 hours: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQ1aq...

DO NOT MISS THE LAST 10 MINUTES!!!

Relay for St. Jude Podcastathon 2025

Join six of your favorite Relay hosts as they compete and raise money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Learn more and donate: https://stjude.org/relay

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Myke Hurley @myke.social · Sep 19

We are having an amazing and fun time for this years Podcastathon. We're still live and will be for 4 more hours.

Join us!!!

www.youtube.com/live/HQ1aq-NH...

Before you continue to YouTube

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · Sep 18

Your regular reminder that measles vaccines are the most lifesaving childhood vaccine in the schedule, and save over a million lives globally per year.

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Measles vaccines save millions of lives each year

Measles once killed millions every year. Vaccines changed this, preventing disease, long-term immune damage, and deadly outbreaks.

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 18

Going live again on twitch, raising money for kids with cancer on the eve of @relay.fm’s annual Podcastathon.

Come hang out, and kick in a few dollars so that no child should die in the dawn of life.

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 17

and every time they aren’t stopped, their actions will grow bolder!

(Long quote, but worth the read)

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 16

Hello, I am live once more raising money for the kids at St. Jude.

Come hang out, and help make a dent in childhood cancer together!

(Stickers! Poetry! Shenanigans!)

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Matt VanOrmer @mvo.bsky.social · Sep 15

“The salvation of the state is watchfulness in the citizen” - Hartley Burr Alexander

I suppose the inverse is true, as well

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