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Matthew Story

@mattstorymusic.bsky.social

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Local musician in SE Wisconsin. Ex-Ohioan. Prolific reposter. Educator. Dad. Bad Destiny 2 player. Reluctant Dungeon Master. Polyamorous. Unsophisticated whiskey drinker. Milwaukee Bucks fan. He/him.

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · Aug 13

Here's this year's entry in the 2025 Hey Nonny Songwriting Contest. It's a song about taking a break from our tumultuous times, just for long enough to recharge before you go back out into the world to be a part of positive changes.

Original Song: "Chain o' Lakes"

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 1d

Neil Young Pulling Music from Amazon, Calls for Boycott: “Support Your Community”

“BEZOS SUPPORTS THIS GOVERNMENT. IT DOES NOT SUPPORT YOU OR ME.”

consequence.net/2025/10/neil...

Neil Young Pulling Music from Amazon, Calls for Boycott: "Support Your Community"

Neil Young has announced the impending removal of his music from Amazon, and is calling for a boycott of the massive online retailer.

consequence.net

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1h

The teams have stopped play and have joined each other on the field to sing Christmas carols

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 5h

This administration definitely would jail the people hiding the little girl in the attic

Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 5h

My first thought was “wow I hope this guy didn’t give out his name because he could absolutely be charged” and yup, he is correct to stay anonymous.

This man’s account is shocking. His neighbors’ situation is shocking. The entire Chicago raid is shocking.

On the other side was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for his help.
"I wasn't planning on letting her stay, but I didn't know what the hell was going on," the man said of his Venezuelan migrant neighbors. But he quickly relented. The little girl was inconsolable and hid under his bed.
"I didn't want them to take her," said the man, who didn't want to be named because he fears he'll be targeted by federal authorities for his actions.
"I gave her my bedroom, and I just told her,
'Just stay there. Don't open, don't, shh, just stay quiet," he recalled telling the mom and daughter as he choked back tears.

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MsBrownMilf @jojojolie.bsky.social · 17h

I wish yall would pick up a history book to see what happens when you blindly let a regime just take over. It didn’t happen just in Germany…..

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Brian Hiatt @hiattb.bsky.social · 10h

A little moment in my newest James Gunn interview www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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TheRoadie. @roadie63.bsky.social · 14h

I just watched the video of the Portland Cop threatening to arrest an ICE agent if they drive their truck through a crowd. Now I see this where the General of the Oregon National Guard says if they get called up they will protect the protesters. People are fed up.
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Oregon general’s testimony that National Guard troops ‘will be protecting any protesters’ gains traction online

Brigadier General Alan R. Gronewold made the comments to state lawmakers Sept. 30, and they drew notice on social media this week.

www.oregonlive.com

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 13h

This is the way

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

M.I.T. Rejects a White House Offer for Special Funding Treatment

www.nytimes.com

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Shivam Bhatt @shivambhatt.bsky.social · 4h

Not even one full year and these guys have razed the entire government to the ground and salted the earth. We will never recover.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 21h

If Dems are in control, why are they airing this on the airport TVs?
www.cnn.com/2025/10/09/u...

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Sexy CHOAM Nomsky costume @samthielman.com · 7h

hm so that comes out to one million dollars per viewer

FOX NEWS
Bari Weiss joins CBS News as editor-in-chief, Paramount buys Free Press for $150
million
Brian Flood
Mon, October 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM EDT • 6 min read

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 3h

It's theoretically useful, but I've yet to see the use.

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John Panzer @johnpanzer.com · 3h

This wildly illegal action is also a betrayal that will, almost certainly, kill someone you love.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 4h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Manny Suazo @smokyburnout.bsky.social · 5h

topical

a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

ALT: a cartoon of a man in a frog costume talking to a woman

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 3h

I have more faith in young people. When TikTok goes to shit, I think a lot of them will leave.

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 3h

I fear they're snatching them up faster than new ones are being made.

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 6h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 7h

MAGA and its agenda are *wildly* unpopular, and media are hugely out of touch for not saying so. Politicians who tap into this reality will thrive, and media outlets that reflect this truth will earn enormous audiences.

G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 18h

A majority of adults oppose Trump’s use of the National Guard in America cities www.gelliottmorris.com/p/a-majority...

A majority of Americans oppose Trump sending the National Guard to Democratic-run cities

The president is defying the will of the people, federal judges, and the Constitution

www.gelliottmorris.com

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 4h

all at once? won’t that make him autistic

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 5h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 9h

His slip of the tongue reveals who’s really in charge. trib.al/mIvP0yE

“Illinois governor says we’re provoking actions that are unlawful,” Miller said on CNN. “If I put federal law enforcement and National Guard into a nice sleepy Southern town, is anyone gonna riot?”

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Matthew Story @mattstorymusic.bsky.social · 3h

It's only a matter of time until all social media is right wing slop. What do we do then? Go back to message boards?

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 7h

Huh: TikTok took down my 8-second video featuring this image of Debbie Brockman — the news producer just detained by Trump’s CBP agents — saying it violates the “joy of TikTok”

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 6h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 5h

The Democratic Attorneys General Association established a Legal Defense Fund for exactly this moment: when its members — including AG Tish James—are targeted by the Trump administration for political prosecution.

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