Matthew Simon Ryan Cavalletto
@mcavalletto.bsky.social
Progressive techie. New York City sidewalk gardener. SCAdian herald. Married to Piglet, father of Alex.
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If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
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Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
December 6, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Kishwer Falkner in The Times talking about the rights of "biological people". As compared to trans people, who are, of course, non-biological.
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A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
December 6, 2025 at 2:54 AM
A massive problem today is the uneven distribution of shame. Some of us are running dedicated on-site shame servers 24/7 while others have no access to shame at all, even though they desperately need it. What we need to do is put shame in the cloud
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Dozens of Israeli captives died in Israeli strikes, and Israeli forces also killed many of their own civilians on October 7 as helicopters and tanks fired into areas where Israelis and Hamas fighters were suspected to be together under Hannibal-style directives.
December 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dozens of Israeli captives died in Israeli strikes, and Israeli forces also killed many of their own civilians on October 7 as helicopters and tanks fired into areas where Israelis and Hamas fighters were suspected to be together under Hannibal-style directives.
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We had to stop allowing students to use Canva, a tool that actually was useful, because they added shitty generative AI that couldn’t be trusted to not make porn. Just fucking ridiculous.
Hey, @rweingarten.bsky.social and @aft.org, please immediately cancel your partnerships with "A.i." companies. You cannot morally and ethically justify pushing this kind of garbage on school kids.
This was just sent to me by an LAUSD parent. A 4th grader was assigned to design a book cover for Pippi Longstocking using Adobe for Education. Here is what the AI tool generated:
December 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We had to stop allowing students to use Canva, a tool that actually was useful, because they added shitty generative AI that couldn’t be trusted to not make porn. Just fucking ridiculous.
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It is a requirement that each person in this drama have two consecutive Z's in their name.
We expect that "Vito Mozzarella" will appear in Episode 5
bsky.app/profile/lewm...
We expect that "Vito Mozzarella" will appear in Episode 5
bsky.app/profile/lewm...
December 1, 2025 at 9:58 PM
It is a requirement that each person in this drama have two consecutive Z's in their name.
We expect that "Vito Mozzarella" will appear in Episode 5
bsky.app/profile/lewm...
We expect that "Vito Mozzarella" will appear in Episode 5
bsky.app/profile/lewm...
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The latter decision is usually blocking the former
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
December 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The latter decision is usually blocking the former
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On left:
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
December 5, 2025 at 10:38 PM
On left:
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
President Trump Statement Sept. 2, 2025:
"The strike occurred while the terrorists were at sea in international waters transporting illegal narcotics, heading to the United States."
On right:
(Under penalty of law) military leaders told Congress headed to Suriname.
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What makes this story about cats in China really fascinating to me is not JUST that leopard cats were there before house cats were. People changed the environment and they arrived.
But what's wild to me is that they left...and they left BECAUSE OF PEOPLE. www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
But what's wild to me is that they left...and they left BECAUSE OF PEOPLE. www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
Ancient DNA reveals China’s first 'pet' cat wasn’t the house cat
The modern house cat reached China in the 8th century. Before that, another cat — the leopard cat — hunted the rodents in ancient Chinese settlements.
www.sciencenews.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
What makes this story about cats in China really fascinating to me is not JUST that leopard cats were there before house cats were. People changed the environment and they arrived.
But what's wild to me is that they left...and they left BECAUSE OF PEOPLE. www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
But what's wild to me is that they left...and they left BECAUSE OF PEOPLE. www.sciencenews.org/article/dna-...
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the funniest thing about Trump is that if he doesn’t have someone actively poisoning him a few times a week he reliably comes out with “I just had the best idea—what if you didn’t have to PAY to go to the DOCTOR” or similar
December 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
the funniest thing about Trump is that if he doesn’t have someone actively poisoning him a few times a week he reliably comes out with “I just had the best idea—what if you didn’t have to PAY to go to the DOCTOR” or similar
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they’re not missing the point, you’re missing theirs
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
they’re not missing the point, you’re missing theirs
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Living in Maryland and having a portrait of Pinochet in your house is weird as hell. Complete freak behavior.
Let’s take one example. Jack Posobiec has access to the Oval Office and yesterday posted a message of approval for Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.
I don’t just want Posobiec to go back into the shadows and use coded messages for his bigotry. I want him to feel the full weight of consequences.
I don’t just want Posobiec to go back into the shadows and use coded messages for his bigotry. I want him to feel the full weight of consequences.
December 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Living in Maryland and having a portrait of Pinochet in your house is weird as hell. Complete freak behavior.
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It’s not “nationalism” in any American sense, loyal to the Constitution or values it embodies. It’s a white internationale intent on drawing a cordon blanc, you might say — and coldly willing to place democratic multiracial societies with long ties of loyalty to the U.S. outside of it.
I mean this is straight up white supremacy:
December 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
It’s not “nationalism” in any American sense, loyal to the Constitution or values it embodies. It’s a white internationale intent on drawing a cordon blanc, you might say — and coldly willing to place democratic multiracial societies with long ties of loyalty to the U.S. outside of it.
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Right now is the time to support primaries for any do-nothing Ds. We've got an incredible chance to win a bunch of seats in 2026. Let's fill them with fighters, not chumps.
What sticks out to me is how absolutely unafraid of prosecution this psychopath is. Part of it is narcissistic personality disorder, but it's mostly the perceived weakness of Democrats. Should they retake power, no one expects Democrats to hold anyone accountable.
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Right now is the time to support primaries for any do-nothing Ds. We've got an incredible chance to win a bunch of seats in 2026. Let's fill them with fighters, not chumps.
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Carrying the water for billionaires should be disqualifying for Dem candidates whose attention should be directed at the rest of the population of the US and not 1100 people with vastly more wealth than they could ever spend. Sorry, Gavin, that’s old think pandering to donors.
Gov. @gavinnewsom says he disagrees with Mayor @zohrankmamdani about the need for a wealth tax on billionaires, which he is “adamantly against” - says Dems are a “big tent party” with both views.
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
More on the CA proposal: www.sacbee.com/news/politic...
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Carrying the water for billionaires should be disqualifying for Dem candidates whose attention should be directed at the rest of the population of the US and not 1100 people with vastly more wealth than they could ever spend. Sorry, Gavin, that’s old think pandering to donors.
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the next admin should do what obama did with for profit colleges to the online gambling industry. just stomp on them with the regulatory power of the state until they run out of money.
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 AM
the next admin should do what obama did with for profit colleges to the online gambling industry. just stomp on them with the regulatory power of the state until they run out of money.
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Trump Administration sees its chief foreign policy role as the backer of the far right international, all foreign policy bends to that aim.
The antidote cannot be pursuing far-right policy in half-measures like Starmer is or Biden did on Israel & the border. Internationalist solidarity or barbarism
The antidote cannot be pursuing far-right policy in half-measures like Starmer is or Biden did on Israel & the border. Internationalist solidarity or barbarism
December 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Trump Administration sees its chief foreign policy role as the backer of the far right international, all foreign policy bends to that aim.
The antidote cannot be pursuing far-right policy in half-measures like Starmer is or Biden did on Israel & the border. Internationalist solidarity or barbarism
The antidote cannot be pursuing far-right policy in half-measures like Starmer is or Biden did on Israel & the border. Internationalist solidarity or barbarism
Maybe I just spend a lot of time thinking about the attempted takeover of my country by white-nationalists, but… yes, I agree that it’s difficult to read Pantone’s selection of white as their “color of the year” as an entirely non-political statement.
what did Pantone do now?! i ask myself before searching... oh god.
"a softer white, a white that is not bleached, a very natural-looking white"
but not, ya know, a *supremacist* white.
*taps out*
www.thedailybeast.com/pantones-col...
"a softer white, a white that is not bleached, a very natural-looking white"
but not, ya know, a *supremacist* white.
*taps out*
www.thedailybeast.com/pantones-col...
Pantone’s Color of the Year Isn’t Really a Color
A shade of off-white known as ‘Cloud Dancer’ has been named the official color of 2026.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Maybe I just spend a lot of time thinking about the attempted takeover of my country by white-nationalists, but… yes, I agree that it’s difficult to read Pantone’s selection of white as their “color of the year” as an entirely non-political statement.
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
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merriam-webster (hallmark movie dropping) opines, "If you are describing someone who is engaged in the grand old tradition of gobbling money from the public trough, then it is perhaps more accurate to choose grafter over grifter."
otoh, "grifters ... resort to unique and extraordinary practices."
otoh, "grifters ... resort to unique and extraordinary practices."
Is it 'grifter' or 'grafter'?
Keep your eye on the differences
www.merriam-webster.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:03 AM
merriam-webster (hallmark movie dropping) opines, "If you are describing someone who is engaged in the grand old tradition of gobbling money from the public trough, then it is perhaps more accurate to choose grafter over grifter."
otoh, "grifters ... resort to unique and extraordinary practices."
otoh, "grifters ... resort to unique and extraordinary practices."
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I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 4, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I swear maybe once a decade in public, and this is the moment. This fucking racist and all the gibbering racists nodding along behind him are the ruination of our country. Our fucking job for the next fucking year is to fucking destroy them in the next election. Fuck them.
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I think "financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" might be the worst thing I've ever read
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
I think "financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion" might be the worst thing I've ever read
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
the competition is strong but it's a real contender
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The entire U.S. population is in the low hundreds of millions (340m), meaning that according to NoemMath, nearly all of us were on track for a cocaine-related death. I am so grateful to have been saved.
Noem: You have saved hundreds of millions of lives with the Cocaine you’ve blown up in the Caribbean
December 4, 2025 at 3:09 AM
The entire U.S. population is in the low hundreds of millions (340m), meaning that according to NoemMath, nearly all of us were on track for a cocaine-related death. I am so grateful to have been saved.
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U.S. manufacturing activity has now contracted for 9 straight months.
December 2, 2025 at 5:07 PM
U.S. manufacturing activity has now contracted for 9 straight months.
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to reiterate a point from the column trump’s pardons of fraudsters and corrupt politicians should be understood as an expression of his belief that corruption should not be a crime
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
to reiterate a point from the column trump’s pardons of fraudsters and corrupt politicians should be understood as an expression of his belief that corruption should not be a crime