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Matt Thompson

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Actual PhD in Plant Physiology (not from an LLM). Building platforms for Agriculture. E-bike commuter. ->Plant trees EVERYWHERE<- LBCA-raised, he/him, 3 kids #trees #plantscience #agriculture #culturalevolution

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alexis simpson @amutepiggy.bsky.social · 17h

hell yeah

Cover of the classic children's book Frog And Toad Are Friends.

Drawing of Toad, a brown toad, sitting on a bench, dressed in a green jacket and slacks. He is reading a book to his friend Frog, a green frog dressed in a brown jacket and slacks. They are surrounded by green plants and mushrooms. There is a silver Caldecott Medal in the corner.

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Fiftieth Anniversary
Frog and Toad Are Antifa
by Arnold Lobel

Commemorative Edition

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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 5h

In Broadview, IL this morning outside the Chicago area ICE detention center—

Just rolled up, immediately saw ISP/CCSO arresting a protester w/ a guitar (he appears to be in good spirits over it).

ICE vehicles have been coming and going, including a large bus driven by a masked agent seen earlier.

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 2h

and cool how tools for grassroots democracy are co-opted and treated like performance modifiers in whatever tabletop RPG simulation of reality billionaires are currently playing

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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 10h

More judges speak to the press (the NYT) about what a disaster the Supreme Court (specifically the shadow docket) has been - “incredibly demoralizing & troubling”; a “judicial crisis”; a “slap in the face to district courts.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/11/u...

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Lena Sun @lenasun.bsky.social · 8h

The CDC official who was leading the measles response and was RIFd has more than 28 yrs experience as the senior USG official leading outbreaks on Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. 2/4

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Helen Kennedy @helenkennedy.bsky.social · 6h

This seems like a good time to remind everyone that Donald Trump’s first appearance in the New York Times was when the Nixon Justice Dept. sued him and his father for refusing to rent apartments to black people.

◥◤Kriston Capps @kristoncapps.bsky.social · 6h

HUD laid off so many fair housing investigators on Friday that it shuttered the regional offices that oversee discrimination cases in 9 states: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

HUD Issues Layoff Notices, Targeting Fair Housing Staff With Deep Cuts

Fair housing staffers who investigate claims of housing discrimination at field offices nationwide were among the hundreds of HUD staffers who received layoff notices.

www.bloomberg.com

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 6h

"one of 250 ... so that attracted me"

it's like deciding to wear spats

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 6h

Lowell Thomas! H. L. Mencken! Edward R. Murrow! Walter Cronkite! ... Jake Tapper!

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 6h

Still blows me away that the press won’t defend the only form of government that gives their lives existential meaning.

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Richard Delevan @richard.wickedproblems.earth · 3d

Nobel Prize for Climate Tech. Should actually be a category going forward. But this'll do for today (gift link) - www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Chemistry Nobel Given for Molecules That Aid Carbon Capture

Scientists from Japan, the UK and Jordan were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for creating molecular constructions with potential to help combat climate change.

www.bloomberg.com

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 7h

Currently I’m happy when there’s no arguing or resistance to doing it

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Bend Over Here It Comes Again @pdxbohica.bsky.social · 7h

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The English Oak Project @thekentacorn.bsky.social · 14h

If you see a tree in the middle of the road, please be patient as it takes time for them to cross

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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 17h

In that same category is 'have rural Texas occupy urban Illinois' - cities and their rural hinterlands have been at odds many times in history and, uh, the cities usually win. The closest they get to losing is, 'the king can rule the countryside, but our city is a self-governing autonomous commune.'

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 19h

it's so good

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 23h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 20h

Which we will assume is a lie, carte blanche

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Bluegal Fran Langum #NoKings @bluegal.bsky.social · 1d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 23h

Rare opportunity to be a world historical hero … streets named after you

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Adam Selzer @adamchicago.bsky.social · 1d

The frogs have landed in Chicago!

Protestor in a frog suit and an anti-Ice sign with what I believe to be a Pokémon character on a street corner in Rogers Park.

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Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 1d

The prophecy!

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 1d

I like how much less of The Rock we see nowadays

Didn't expect that

I heard he's in talks to make Scorpion King II ... my 8-yr-old daughter will actually be interested in this, given her deep and abiding love for the franchise (due to the hotness of 90s Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz, tho)

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 1d

AKA The rise and fall of McG

Matt Thompson @mvthomster.bsky.social · 1d

goddammit sherman :) <3

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!