Matt Cropp
@mattcropp.bsky.social
In #BTV #Vermont.
Steeped in the deep lore of co-ops, employee ownership, & solidarity economics.
Enjoys amateurish tinkering on electronics and energy with hackerspace friends.
Preschooler parent.
Now is the Time of Monsters.
Steeped in the deep lore of co-ops, employee ownership, & solidarity economics.
Enjoys amateurish tinkering on electronics and energy with hackerspace friends.
Preschooler parent.
Now is the Time of Monsters.
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Matt's Weather Rapport: You will probably pay for that big Florida #freeze at the supermarket. Pretty much every type of veggie and fruit in Florida suffered some damage. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/flor...
Florida Freezes To Mess Up Your Grocery Bill
Farmers at Southern Hill Farm in Clermont, Florida tried encasing crops in ice which counterintuitively protects crops from harsh freezes. M...
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February 7, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Matt's Weather Rapport: You will probably pay for that big Florida #freeze at the supermarket. Pretty much every type of veggie and fruit in Florida suffered some damage. Details: matttsweatherrapport.blogspot.com/2026/02/flor...
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important developments in political science are occurring
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The march for billionaires is basically centrist PSL
February 8, 2026 at 4:35 AM
important developments in political science are occurring
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i am thirty to forty years old and do not need to know of a new youngest generation
February 6, 2026 at 7:49 AM
i am thirty to forty years old and do not need to know of a new youngest generation
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On this day in Vermont history: Norman Rockwell was born in New York City in 1894. He became one of the best-known American artists of the 20th Century (particularly for the covers he illustrated for The Saturday Evening Post and for paintings such as Rosie the Riveter, and the Four Freedoms series)
February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
On this day in Vermont history: Norman Rockwell was born in New York City in 1894. He became one of the best-known American artists of the 20th Century (particularly for the covers he illustrated for The Saturday Evening Post and for paintings such as Rosie the Riveter, and the Four Freedoms series)
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The site they want to build this very heavy structure on is 100% dredged Potomac silt.
Foundations alone could be nine figures. They are basically building a bridge abutment.
Foundations alone could be nine figures. They are basically building a bridge abutment.
Another visualization to show just how large the new Independence Arch would be, if Trump gets his way and installs it in a traffic circle between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery
with @hannahdormido.bsky.social @timmeko.bsky.social
with @hannahdormido.bsky.social @timmeko.bsky.social
January 31, 2026 at 11:45 PM
The site they want to build this very heavy structure on is 100% dredged Potomac silt.
Foundations alone could be nine figures. They are basically building a bridge abutment.
Foundations alone could be nine figures. They are basically building a bridge abutment.
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Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
January 31, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
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I'm beginning to suspect that 3-D printed ICE whistles are going to be this moment's material culture equivalent to the hand-sewn masks at the start of COVID...
January 26, 2026 at 7:51 PM
I'm beginning to suspect that 3-D printed ICE whistles are going to be this moment's material culture equivalent to the hand-sewn masks at the start of COVID...
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#btv I plan to stand in protest of the latest Minneapolis ICE murder at 5pm on the corner of Pearl Street by the Federal Building. I'd welcome company and will have a basket of 3D printed whistles with me.
January 24, 2026 at 9:21 PM
#btv I plan to stand in protest of the latest Minneapolis ICE murder at 5pm on the corner of Pearl Street by the Federal Building. I'd welcome company and will have a basket of 3D printed whistles with me.
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The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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NEW VIDEO: this appears to be the footage from the woman in the pink coat.
January 24, 2026 at 7:29 PM
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Woman tells Minnesota Public Radio that the man killed today was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather and "next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/live-updates....
The latest on ICE in Minnesota
Live updates on ICE enforcement in Minnesota, with the latest developments and links to deeper reporting as events unfold.
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January 24, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Woman tells Minnesota Public Radio that the man killed today was helping vehicle traffic get around the area where ICE agents and observers had started to gather and "next thing I knew, they shot him." www.mprnews.org/live-updates....
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Appears this is also true for fascism.
January 24, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Appears this is also true for fascism.
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Liberals read even one fucking thing about modern asymmetric conflict, deterrence, and escalation ladders rather than assume that the point of being prepared for armed conflict is to as soon as possible line up forces like the redcoats of yore and get into a shootout. Challenge rating: impossible.
Bluesky posters will be like you “you think massive universal legal resistance with total support from the population works? that pales in comparison to my strategy, winning a shootout with an ICE army” and then not win a shootout with an ICE army
Oh my god theyre killing rosa luxemburg again lmao, your failure to engage in armed resistance is speedrunning you towards death camps
January 18, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Liberals read even one fucking thing about modern asymmetric conflict, deterrence, and escalation ladders rather than assume that the point of being prepared for armed conflict is to as soon as possible line up forces like the redcoats of yore and get into a shootout. Challenge rating: impossible.
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We're a country ruled by third generation car dealers who shot the golden goose on a guided hunt
January 18, 2026 at 4:40 PM
We're a country ruled by third generation car dealers who shot the golden goose on a guided hunt
Minnesota flag arrived today.
🖤 and solidarity from Vermont...
🖤 and solidarity from Vermont...
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Minnesota flag arrived today.
🖤 and solidarity from Vermont...
🖤 and solidarity from Vermont...
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In the (94) Rwandan genocide the core theory was that if everyone participated in the slaughter, no one could be held accountable.
I often think about how successful this logic is. When *every* media outlet is rabidly transphobic or pro-cop, activists have a hard time singling out one.
I often think about how successful this logic is. When *every* media outlet is rabidly transphobic or pro-cop, activists have a hard time singling out one.
January 17, 2026 at 7:20 PM
In the (94) Rwandan genocide the core theory was that if everyone participated in the slaughter, no one could be held accountable.
I often think about how successful this logic is. When *every* media outlet is rabidly transphobic or pro-cop, activists have a hard time singling out one.
I often think about how successful this logic is. When *every* media outlet is rabidly transphobic or pro-cop, activists have a hard time singling out one.
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You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
You would have thought it was Kissinger, but having the actual physical Nobel Peace Prize publicly bartered in exchange for a literal international war is the point at which we can say whatever Alfred Nobel had in mind has run its course and then some, time to pull the plug.
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We could end thermostatic politics in America if we simply replaced the presidency with a heat pump.
Commiserations to Matty Yglesias, the merry band of well funded centrists, and all the major politics desks behind them
January 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
We could end thermostatic politics in America if we simply replaced the presidency with a heat pump.
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When you're at the "functionally infinite money" income bracket your value heuristic changes to value things you can't get normally with money, which includes a lot of things deemed immoral and/or illegal
It's no surprise that Big Tech looks the other way w/r/t CSAM unless called out
It's no surprise that Big Tech looks the other way w/r/t CSAM unless called out
January 10, 2026 at 8:32 AM
When you're at the "functionally infinite money" income bracket your value heuristic changes to value things you can't get normally with money, which includes a lot of things deemed immoral and/or illegal
It's no surprise that Big Tech looks the other way w/r/t CSAM unless called out
It's no surprise that Big Tech looks the other way w/r/t CSAM unless called out