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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He had the temerity to absolutely destroy St. Bernie on Super Tuesday 2020 and the internet left will never forgive him for it.
February 18, 2026 at 5:25 PM
He had the temerity to absolutely destroy St. Bernie on Super Tuesday 2020 and the internet left will never forgive him for it.
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But yes, the Dems of the 1990s were much further right, and Biden moved left with the party. That's correct
February 18, 2026 at 5:14 PM
But yes, the Dems of the 1990s were much further right, and Biden moved left with the party. That's correct
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he also got no political benefit for Afghanistan. The attempt to rewrite that obvious fact goes something like 'ah but Palestine' forgetting that Afghanistan tanked Biden's numbers. There was no sector of the electorate it was popular with.
February 18, 2026 at 5:23 PM
he also got no political benefit for Afghanistan. The attempt to rewrite that obvious fact goes something like 'ah but Palestine' forgetting that Afghanistan tanked Biden's numbers. There was no sector of the electorate it was popular with.
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I see people are adding made-up memories from the 2020 primary to the perpetual 2016 grievance.
The Biden admin gave major portions of governance over to several key factions who were prominent in the coalition/primary — more than any Dem president in generations.
The Biden admin gave major portions of governance over to several key factions who were prominent in the coalition/primary — more than any Dem president in generations.
Biden was clearly reaching out to the left more than any president in generations and got no political benefit from it. This attempt to rewrite reality is Insane
February 18, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I see people are adding made-up memories from the 2020 primary to the perpetual 2016 grievance.
The Biden admin gave major portions of governance over to several key factions who were prominent in the coalition/primary — more than any Dem president in generations.
The Biden admin gave major portions of governance over to several key factions who were prominent in the coalition/primary — more than any Dem president in generations.
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For the supposed groundswell of people going another direction, the Biden 2020 primary campaign was a trench coat held up by a coat hanger and a broom handle… and it triumphed easily.
February 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
For the supposed groundswell of people going another direction, the Biden 2020 primary campaign was a trench coat held up by a coat hanger and a broom handle… and it triumphed easily.
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btw I went to the official rulebook provided by the Federation International du Ski about the rules of cross-country
and it turns out there are, in fact, no rules that a dog can't play cross-country skiing
and it turns out there are, in fact, no rules that a dog can't play cross-country skiing
February 18, 2026 at 5:22 PM
btw I went to the official rulebook provided by the Federation International du Ski about the rules of cross-country
and it turns out there are, in fact, no rules that a dog can't play cross-country skiing
and it turns out there are, in fact, no rules that a dog can't play cross-country skiing
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"Scientific expertise from the top all the way down to bench scientists has been lost .." How Kennedy dismantled public health agencies with almost no positive achievements to show for it.
bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@lisamjarvis.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
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@lisamjarvis.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
One Year of RFK Jr. Has Left Public Health Devastated
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made a lot of promises on his way to becoming health secretary. He pledged to Make America Healthy Again, of course, and to restore trust in embattled health agencies. And he sai...
bloomberg.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:00 PM
"Scientific expertise from the top all the way down to bench scientists has been lost .." How Kennedy dismantled public health agencies with almost no positive achievements to show for it.
bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@lisamjarvis.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
@lisamjarvis.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com
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"The risks are so immediate and constant that it can be difficult to keep track of them all."
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social on RFK Jr. www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-robert...
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social on RFK Jr. www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-robert...
The Disastrous First Year of RFK Jr.
The damage the HHS secretary has done to science and public health is appalling—and it could have been avoided.
www.thebulwark.com
February 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
"The risks are so immediate and constant that it can be difficult to keep track of them all."
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social on RFK Jr. www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-robert...
@jilldlawrence.bsky.social on RFK Jr. www.thebulwark.com/p/rfk-robert...
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some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
February 18, 2026 at 7:41 PM
some of you are looksmaxxing when you need to be booksmaxxing
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Expected Friday: reckless rollback by Trump EPA of limits on brain poison, mercury, & other hazardous air pollution causing cancer, infertility, fetal harm—including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel & lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to developmental delays in kids. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...
E.P.A. Plans to Loosen Mercury Rules for Coal Plants, Documents Show
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Expected Friday: reckless rollback by Trump EPA of limits on brain poison, mercury, & other hazardous air pollution causing cancer, infertility, fetal harm—including arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel & lead, a potent neurotoxin linked to developmental delays in kids. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/c...
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The pod save guys don’t get enough shit for the role they played helping this freakshow along.
I don’t want Platner for one simple reason: I don’t want there to be a Nazi problem on both sides.
It’s insane to let this slide. He’s still lying about it.
I don’t want Platner for one simple reason: I don’t want there to be a Nazi problem on both sides.
It’s insane to let this slide. He’s still lying about it.
Yeah, the Nazi tattoo is part of the appeal for Platner for a lot of people. His candidacy is supposed to signal the left no longer concerns itself with “woke” issues like public displays of bigotry.
Just gonna say there are plenty of insurgent, anti-establishment candidates WITHOUT Nazi tattoos that the New Republic could have featured instead of Platner.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
You could ABSOLUTELY make the point that Ds are mad at the centrist leaders of the party WITHOUT helping rehabilitate this particular guy.
February 15, 2026 at 2:41 PM
The pod save guys don’t get enough shit for the role they played helping this freakshow along.
I don’t want Platner for one simple reason: I don’t want there to be a Nazi problem on both sides.
It’s insane to let this slide. He’s still lying about it.
I don’t want Platner for one simple reason: I don’t want there to be a Nazi problem on both sides.
It’s insane to let this slide. He’s still lying about it.
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Wes Moore had more executive experience than Trump did with his first run. Experience or lack of is no longer a deal breaker. Clooney only mentioned “Wes Moore” to shield himself from allegations of racism.
I remember that in his op-ed, the first person he suggested to replace Biden was Wes Moore. WES MOORE??? I love the guy but he has very little experience. That's one of the reasons I thought Clooney was full of BS. He should stick to acting - he knows about that.
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Wes Moore had more executive experience than Trump did with his first run. Experience or lack of is no longer a deal breaker. Clooney only mentioned “Wes Moore” to shield himself from allegations of racism.
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I remember that in his op-ed, the first person he suggested to replace Biden was Wes Moore. WES MOORE??? I love the guy but he has very little experience. That's one of the reasons I thought Clooney was full of BS. He should stick to acting - he knows about that.
November 3, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I remember that in his op-ed, the first person he suggested to replace Biden was Wes Moore. WES MOORE??? I love the guy but he has very little experience. That's one of the reasons I thought Clooney was full of BS. He should stick to acting - he knows about that.
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“I’ll support a Black candidate…just not that one. Or that one…”
That’s what I thought when he said that.
That’s what I thought when he said that.
November 3, 2025 at 1:59 AM
“I’ll support a Black candidate…just not that one. Or that one…”
That’s what I thought when he said that.
That’s what I thought when he said that.
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I thought it was a not-so-backhanded insult to Harris to mention her second, like an afterthought.
November 3, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I thought it was a not-so-backhanded insult to Harris to mention her second, like an afterthought.
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Clooney had an agenda, though. No cognitive decline was noted in the remarks Biden made at the fundraiser. And Clooney deliberately used his op ed to sink media coverage of the NATO Summit. An op ed in which he suggested Wes Moore as Biden's replacement 👀 Clooney is part of the enemy within.
May 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Clooney had an agenda, though. No cognitive decline was noted in the remarks Biden made at the fundraiser. And Clooney deliberately used his op ed to sink media coverage of the NATO Summit. An op ed in which he suggested Wes Moore as Biden's replacement 👀 Clooney is part of the enemy within.
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Biden won the primaries with her as his running mate. I know a lot of Dems and ALL of them were 100% on board with her. They had no desire to have another primary. Who would you have preferred? Wes Moore, like Clooney? 🤣
May 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Biden won the primaries with her as his running mate. I know a lot of Dems and ALL of them were 100% on board with her. They had no desire to have another primary. Who would you have preferred? Wes Moore, like Clooney? 🤣
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You are telling the truth about the POD BROS. They are backing the racist Nazi lover in Maine.
February 17, 2026 at 2:18 AM
You are telling the truth about the POD BROS. They are backing the racist Nazi lover in Maine.
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As though, only the Pod Save America guys could be kingmakers. As though, no other Black candidate can break through without the blessings of a few white men in a certain wing of our party.
February 17, 2026 at 1:50 AM
As though, only the Pod Save America guys could be kingmakers. As though, no other Black candidate can break through without the blessings of a few white men in a certain wing of our party.
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Absolutely. Its always been there. It got more visible after Obama.
February 16, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Absolutely. Its always been there. It got more visible after Obama.
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It shows racism is in the Democratic Party.
February 16, 2026 at 11:55 PM
It shows racism is in the Democratic Party.
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The hit pieces are increasing and it makes no sense when we have to have a functional Congress. Anyways, here's one on Moore
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Democrats revolt against rising 2028 star, dubbing him arrogant
A top potential candidate for the Democratic presidential ticket in 2028 is seen as arrogant by his colleagues and out of touch by his constituents.
www.dailymail.co.uk
February 16, 2026 at 10:43 PM
The hit pieces are increasing and it makes no sense when we have to have a functional Congress. Anyways, here's one on Moore
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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They have so much resentment for the fact that they support a party that has to cater to a nonwhite base of support.
February 15, 2026 at 4:36 PM
They have so much resentment for the fact that they support a party that has to cater to a nonwhite base of support.