Matt Chorpenning, MSW
@chorpenning.bsky.social
he/him. social work professor specializing in skilled complaining and applied anger. guitar player. abolitionist. Posts don't represent my employer's views even if they probably should.
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Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.
November 30, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just hear me out: maybe the Democratic Party’s problem is that the party leadership is full of people incapable of realizing that Matt Yglesias has terrible political instincts.
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LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
SOURCES: Lane Kiffin is expected to accept LSU's offer to become the Tigers next head coach. Kiffin is set to meet with his Ole Miss team this morning at 9 AM CT. As we reported yesterday morning, LSU has been very confident it was going to land Kiffin. www.nytimes.com/athletic/684...
Lane Kiffin expected to take LSU job as Ole Miss sets team meeting: Source
www.nytimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
LSU is paying its previous football coach over $50 million NOT to coach there while likely guaranteeing Kiffin something approaching double that, all while having an academic hiring freeze and budget cuts across the board. What is the purpose of a university (rhetorical)?
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a children’s birthday party.
BREAKING: Four people are dead and 10 are hospitalized after a shooting at a banquet hall in Stockton, California, officials say.
4 killed, 10 injured in shooting during family celebration in California banquet hall
Victims ranged from children to adults, a San Joaquin County Sheriff's spokesperson said. No information about the gunman has been developed, she said.
nbcnews.to
November 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
a children’s birthday party.
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Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
Several Arrested as Protesters Block Federal Agents in Manhattan Garage
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Props to the protestors who the New York Times credits for foiling ICE’s intended raid in Chinatown earlier today.
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
So many people are showing they know what it means to be New Yorkers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/n...
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
Almost seems like the student wrote the paper with this outcome in mind...
"Women naturally want to do womanly things because God created us with those womanly desires in our hearts. The same goes for men."
November 30, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Almost seems like the student wrote the paper with this outcome in mind...
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I’m not the first one to say so, but remarkable to see the legacy papers get slammed here after their very thorough efforts to appease.
The White House web site now includes a "media bias" tracker with a leaderboard and an offender hall of shame. www.whitehouse.gov/mediabias/
November 30, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I’m not the first one to say so, but remarkable to see the legacy papers get slammed here after their very thorough efforts to appease.
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The law is not now, nor has it ever been, a moral instrument.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The law is not now, nor has it ever been, a moral instrument.
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It's also worth noting that romanticizing the rule of law means adopting a wholly false perspective around what the law is, who it targets, who it privileges, and how it functions—or I suppose it could just be an embrace of that hierarchy, which is also... a problem.
November 29, 2025 at 1:47 AM
It's also worth noting that romanticizing the rule of law means adopting a wholly false perspective around what the law is, who it targets, who it privileges, and how it functions—or I suppose it could just be an embrace of that hierarchy, which is also... a problem.
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The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
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In some ways MAGA is actually a more honest form of political nostalgia...
The problem with fetishizing the rule of law is that people have to break the law to resist fascism, state violence, and oppression. This has always been true, and is very much the case RIGHT NOW.
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM
In some ways MAGA is actually a more honest form of political nostalgia...
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Encampment sweeps kill and every single Mayor knows it. They need to be held accountable for the policy violence.
www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
November 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Encampment sweeps kill and every single Mayor knows it. They need to be held accountable for the policy violence.
www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
www.atlantamagazine.com/news-culture...
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Now is the time of monsters.
“Beyond testing failures, the Journal reports that Anduril’s only real battlefield experience in Ukraine has also been problematic”
Anduril’s autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports
techcrunch.com/2025/11/27/a...
Anduril’s autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports
techcrunch.com/2025/11/27/a...
Anduril's autonomous weapons stumble in tests and combat, WSJ reports | TechCrunch
Defense tech startup Anduril Industries has faced numerous setbacks during testing of its autonomous weapons systems, according to new reporting by the
techcrunch.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Now is the time of monsters.
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Hey, Portland! Do you have leftovers after Thanksgiving? Drop them in the Free Fridges!
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PDX FREE FRIDGE - Maps
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November 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Hey, Portland! Do you have leftovers after Thanksgiving? Drop them in the Free Fridges!
🦃➡️🧊✨ sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
🦃➡️🧊✨ sites.google.com/view/pdx-fre...
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen.
Devo
Tom Waits
Soundgarden
Wilco
Math Emergency
Devo
Tom Waits
Soundgarden
Wilco
Math Emergency
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
Screaming Females
Hurray for the Riff Raff
De La Soul
Arooj Aftab
Bikini Kill
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Dear professional society leadership:
People say “believe women”. Until the man is someone they know.
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Dear professional society leadership:
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Mike Johnson whining about how hard it is to have the job of being evil and perpetuating evil is so hilariously wormy
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Mike Johnson whining about how hard it is to have the job of being evil and perpetuating evil is so hilariously wormy
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answer is usually yes
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
answer is usually yes
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when contemplating whether to participate in news cycle chatter* it's good to ask "might I more fruitfully spend my keystrokes reminding people that wolves are cool and badass"
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
November 27, 2025 at 2:27 AM
when contemplating whether to participate in news cycle chatter* it's good to ask "might I more fruitfully spend my keystrokes reminding people that wolves are cool and badass"
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
*not gonna call it "discourse" I'm reclaiming discourse for undergrad semioticians
Yes to this whole thread. Gonna need to reread it from time to time and I suspect I am not alone in that.
I think certain organizing trainings did some of us real psychological damage in teaching us that YOU, ORGANIZER, PERSONALLY have responsibility for going out and making people leverage organized power and ultimately saving the world.
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Yes to this whole thread. Gonna need to reread it from time to time and I suspect I am not alone in that.
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November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It actually takes <1 minute!
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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With Black Friday approaching, there will inevitably be well-intentioned talk that these deals are only possible because workers are denied a livable wage.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
November 26, 2025 at 12:15 AM
With Black Friday approaching, there will inevitably be well-intentioned talk that these deals are only possible because workers are denied a livable wage.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.
Don't buy into this. It's not low prices vs. fair pay. It's the demand for ever-higher profits and shareholder returns that forces deprivation.