Matthew Blanchette
@mattpb.bsky.social
He/him. Physically disabled. Canadian-American; fond of rye toast, when he can get it. Dreams a little.
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Matthew Blanchette
@mattpb.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Slowly going crazy because I've got no idea how to access the OneDrive account that automatically backed up files from my Desktop on my now-dead old laptop because I
1.) don't remember which Microsoft account it connects to
2.) can't get the one-time code to route to the e-mail I use
Help?!? :-(
1.) don't remember which Microsoft account it connects to
2.) can't get the one-time code to route to the e-mail I use
Help?!? :-(
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👀 – Biss' campaign seems to have shared favorables for AIPAC with @capitolfax from the internal poll it put out yesterday #IL09
Very fav: 4%
Somewhat fav: 7%
Total fav: 11%
Somewhat unfav: 14%
Very unfav: 35%
Total unfav: 49%
Name ID: 60%
Can't rate: 40%
Very fav: 4%
Somewhat fav: 7%
Total fav: 11%
Somewhat unfav: 14%
Very unfav: 35%
Total unfav: 49%
Name ID: 60%
Can't rate: 40%
February 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
👀 – Biss' campaign seems to have shared favorables for AIPAC with @capitolfax from the internal poll it put out yesterday #IL09
Very fav: 4%
Somewhat fav: 7%
Total fav: 11%
Somewhat unfav: 14%
Very unfav: 35%
Total unfav: 49%
Name ID: 60%
Can't rate: 40%
Very fav: 4%
Somewhat fav: 7%
Total fav: 11%
Somewhat unfav: 14%
Very unfav: 35%
Total unfav: 49%
Name ID: 60%
Can't rate: 40%
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According to a Biss internal, AIPAC has -38 favorability among Democratic primary voters in a district that has a sizable Jewish population.
👀 – Biss' campaign seems to have shared favorables for AIPAC with @capitolfax from the internal poll it put out yesterday #IL09
Very fav: 4%
Somewhat fav: 7%
Total fav: 11%
Somewhat unfav: 14%
Very unfav: 35%
Total unfav: 49%
Name ID: 60%
Can't rate: 40%
Very fav: 4%
Somewhat fav: 7%
Total fav: 11%
Somewhat unfav: 14%
Very unfav: 35%
Total unfav: 49%
Name ID: 60%
Can't rate: 40%
February 13, 2026 at 10:00 PM
According to a Biss internal, AIPAC has -38 favorability among Democratic primary voters in a district that has a sizable Jewish population.
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Neg 38 with 40 unknown is rough
February 13, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Neg 38 with 40 unknown is rough
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Yeah the data honestly makes it seem like the negative favorables could as high as -60 to -75, which would put it at roughly around the negative favorability that Israel itself enjoys among Democratic voters according to some polling from YouGov and Quinnipiac
Neg 38 with 40 unknown is rough
February 13, 2026 at 11:15 PM
Yeah the data honestly makes it seem like the negative favorables could as high as -60 to -75, which would put it at roughly around the negative favorability that Israel itself enjoys among Democratic voters according to some polling from YouGov and Quinnipiac
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AOC's response here is fascinatingly similar to every top progressive in #IL09 's actual position on conditioning aid, despite rhetoric suggesting otherwise
Use of the word genocide is the key difference; Biss has not used it, Abughazaleh, Amiwala and Simmons have
More below
Use of the word genocide is the key difference; Biss has not used it, Abughazaleh, Amiwala and Simmons have
More below
Munich attendee: Should we re-evaluate military aid to Israel?
AOC: “The idea of completely unconditional aid--no matter what one does--does not make sense. I think it enabled a genocide in Gaza”
AOC: “The idea of completely unconditional aid--no matter what one does--does not make sense. I think it enabled a genocide in Gaza”
February 14, 2026 at 3:05 AM
AOC's response here is fascinatingly similar to every top progressive in #IL09 's actual position on conditioning aid, despite rhetoric suggesting otherwise
Use of the word genocide is the key difference; Biss has not used it, Abughazaleh, Amiwala and Simmons have
More below
Use of the word genocide is the key difference; Biss has not used it, Abughazaleh, Amiwala and Simmons have
More below
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In my interview with Daniel Biss this week, here's what he told me re: his support for conditioning aid:
(more from this interview soon)
(more from this interview soon)
February 14, 2026 at 3:05 AM
In my interview with Daniel Biss this week, here's what he told me re: his support for conditioning aid:
(more from this interview soon)
(more from this interview soon)
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I looked through his blocklist at some point and noticed you were on it and then looked through your posts to figure out which might have led to the block and I remember it was just an extremely innocuous criticism. He blocks people for the most ridiculous reasons.
June 1, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I looked through his blocklist at some point and noticed you were on it and then looked through your posts to figure out which might have led to the block and I remember it was just an extremely innocuous criticism. He blocks people for the most ridiculous reasons.
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It endeared you to me, as a fellow member of the Blocked by Mike McMahan Club!
June 1, 2025 at 1:44 AM
It endeared you to me, as a fellow member of the Blocked by Mike McMahan Club!
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I need someone with 10k followers to review my social media bio, the same way that dudes have their lady friends review their online dating profile. Like maybe I think being blocked by Mike McMahan and banned from STSP is endearing, but it's probably off-putting to most people.
June 1, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I need someone with 10k followers to review my social media bio, the same way that dudes have their lady friends review their online dating profile. Like maybe I think being blocked by Mike McMahan and banned from STSP is endearing, but it's probably off-putting to most people.
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Haha, there is a TOS episode where Kirk describes the enterprise as having the firepower to destroy a planet and that he will do it.
Picard would *never*
Picard would *never*
February 13, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Haha, there is a TOS episode where Kirk describes the enterprise as having the firepower to destroy a planet and that he will do it.
Picard would *never*
Picard would *never*
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Starfleet General Order 24
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Starfleet General Order 24
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Also the fact that Starfleet has a standing SOP on using a single starship to destroy all life on a planet kind of shifts the Federation away from its pop culture version
February 13, 2026 at 10:25 PM
Also the fact that Starfleet has a standing SOP on using a single starship to destroy all life on a planet kind of shifts the Federation away from its pop culture version
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Captain Goodhair and the Zoomers would never contemplate General Order 24
Starfleet General Order 24
February 13, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Captain Goodhair and the Zoomers would never contemplate General Order 24
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It suggests the Milky Way is more dangerous than we think too.
February 13, 2026 at 10:26 PM
It suggests the Milky Way is more dangerous than we think too.
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*makes Vana White motions to his current project*
February 13, 2026 at 10:27 PM
*makes Vana White motions to his current project*
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I suppose it could also have something to do with not sending both of the top officers on every single dangerous mission, or occasionally making attempts at maintaining a consistent chain of command when it's not too inconvenient.
February 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I suppose it could also have something to do with not sending both of the top officers on every single dangerous mission, or occasionally making attempts at maintaining a consistent chain of command when it's not too inconvenient.
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My guess is “Picard carries himself as more of the idea of the Military Commander I have in my head, so it’s more military”
February 13, 2026 at 7:23 PM
My guess is “Picard carries himself as more of the idea of the Military Commander I have in my head, so it’s more military”
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It is however more military than Disco (season 2 onward) or Strange New Worlds
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
It is however more military than Disco (season 2 onward) or Strange New Worlds
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Captain Goodhair is the anti-Hornblower
February 13, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Captain Goodhair is the anti-Hornblower
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Maybe "more military" means "captain puts his dick in fewer aliens".
February 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
Maybe "more military" means "captain puts his dick in fewer aliens".
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I mean that’s more Riker, Zapp Brannigan, or Shatnerverse Kirk than the actual TOS Kirk
February 15, 2026 at 5:25 PM
I mean that’s more Riker, Zapp Brannigan, or Shatnerverse Kirk than the actual TOS Kirk
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Yes, a competent captain delegates that kind of responsibility.
(But also you're right, if you actually watch TOS, Kirk is way more professional than conventional wisdom makes him out to be)
(But also you're right, if you actually watch TOS, Kirk is way more professional than conventional wisdom makes him out to be)
February 15, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Yes, a competent captain delegates that kind of responsibility.
(But also you're right, if you actually watch TOS, Kirk is way more professional than conventional wisdom makes him out to be)
(But also you're right, if you actually watch TOS, Kirk is way more professional than conventional wisdom makes him out to be)
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"act like peacetime military professionals" would be true
February 15, 2026 at 5:33 PM
"act like peacetime military professionals" would be true
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TNG Enterprise is a floating conference center, what a baffling read
February 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
TNG Enterprise is a floating conference center, what a baffling read
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Which is funny because there's multiple fanon claims of the Galaxy-class in general being a flex on the rest of the quadrant until the D'deridex reveal
February 13, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Which is funny because there's multiple fanon claims of the Galaxy-class in general being a flex on the rest of the quadrant until the D'deridex reveal