Matt Patulski
@mrpatulski.bsky.social
By our wits. By our tools.
A December 2019 Nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist Church depicts the Holy Family separated as refugees in cages.(The Rev. Karen Clark Ristine)
A December 2019 Nativity scene at Claremont United Methodist Church depicts the Holy Family separated as refugees in cages.(The Rev. Karen Clark Ristine)
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The Trump administration is reviewing Smithsonian exhibits on slavery, reportedly flagging materials like "The Scourged Back" − a powerful 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man's scarred back − for removal from public museums and national parks.
Slavery’s brutal reality shocked Northerners before the Civil War − and is being whitewashed today by the White House
Abolitionists used hard facts to counter pro-slavery propaganda, forcing indifferent Americans to face ugly realities.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The Trump administration is reviewing Smithsonian exhibits on slavery, reportedly flagging materials like "The Scourged Back" − a powerful 1863 photograph of a formerly enslaved man's scarred back − for removal from public museums and national parks.
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Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
November 18, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice.
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instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
November 11, 2025 at 1:42 PM
instead of saying this was good strategy, maybe senate dems should say: "the republicans were going to kill people by starving them to death, and because we aren't monsters, we decided to let this fight go. We'll keep fighting. Stop electing monsters."
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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California city tried to stamp out 10-year-old's beehive project. Saving the bees was a lesson in love
California city tried to stamp out 10-year-old’s beehive project. Saving the bees was a lesson in love
Before he goes out for lacrosse games, it's tradition that he has a spoonful of honey. Also, perhaps not coincidentally given what happened later, he gets a kick out of seeing tiny insects work together to get big things done.
www.latimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
California city tried to stamp out 10-year-old's beehive project. Saving the bees was a lesson in love
Vote in your local elections today. If you are in Kent County, MI, please vote YES on the #KISD millage renewal. #ElectionsMatter #EducationMatters
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November 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Vote in your local elections today. If you are in Kent County, MI, please vote YES on the #KISD millage renewal. #ElectionsMatter #EducationMatters
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Case closed—the em dash did it!
Nope, it's got all the hallmarks of ChatGPT-generated text. Right now it really likes em dashes and groups of nouns and adjectives in threes. And it has long loved a bird's eye view with zero specifics. "agonizingly intense." get real.
November 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Case closed—the em dash did it!
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Nope, it's got all the hallmarks of ChatGPT-generated text. Right now it really likes em dashes and groups of nouns and adjectives in threes. And it has long loved a bird's eye view with zero specifics. "agonizingly intense." get real.
November 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Nope, it's got all the hallmarks of ChatGPT-generated text. Right now it really likes em dashes and groups of nouns and adjectives in threes. And it has long loved a bird's eye view with zero specifics. "agonizingly intense." get real.
In which Palantir recruits high school students for fellowships by telling them to skip college because its holds little value and then puts them through a cherry-picked curriculum that oddly resembles… college
The older I get the more I value conscientiousness over raw intelligence or anything like that — when someone has completed college that’s a stronger signal of being able to handle tasks in an independent environment on a consistent basis: www.wsj.com/business/pal...
November 2, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in the California desert, descendants are returning to play baseball and softball, sports that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
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Baseball returns to a Japanese American detention camp after a historic ball field was restored
80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center, descendants are returning to play the sport that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
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October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
80 years after Japanese Americans were imprisoned at the Manzanar Relocation Center in the California desert, descendants are returning to play baseball and softball, sports that gave prisoners hope and a sense of normalcy.
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Here’s a great guide on how to stay safe at a No Kings protest today.
How to Protest Safely: What to Bring, What to Do, and What to Avoid
If you’re planning to hit the streets, here’s what you need to know.
www.wired.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Here’s a great guide on how to stay safe at a No Kings protest today.
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we recognize the resilience of Indigenous Peoples and the injustices they’ve experienced throughout history. I stand with our Native communities today and always in their continued fight for justice.
October 13, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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"and it is here that we are, in some pain and with no guarantees, working out our destiny."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
October 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
"and it is here that we are, in some pain and with no guarantees, working out our destiny."
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
-Carl Sagan, Cosmos
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The latest from the research team supporting the ‘Halt and Catch Fire‘ prequel series writers room. Reportedly the first season will be centered around John Bosworth and his early days at Cardiff Electric.
Imagine having sixth of your entire customer base switch to something else in the span of a year. That’s what Raytheon did when it convinced its vacuum-tube hearing aid users to embrace transistors.
tedium.co/2025/10/02/s...
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Subminiature Vacuum Tube History: Letting The Better Tech Win
For years, subminiature vacuum tubes were looking like the future of electronics—until a key figure in their rise heard about something better.
tedium.co
October 4, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The latest from the research team supporting the ‘Halt and Catch Fire‘ prequel series writers room. Reportedly the first season will be centered around John Bosworth and his early days at Cardiff Electric.
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ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…
October 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
ICE unleashed tear gas on the street in Chicago’s Logan Square today and I tried to find meaning among the fog and my own anger about, well, everything. dansinker.com/posts/202…
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Top. Men.
Ric Grenell, Kennedy Center president, organized a claque of Republicans to heckle a musician critical of Trump. It's like junior high school
www.washingtonian.com/2025/09/23/l...
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Log Cabin Republicans Disrupted Yasmin Williams’s Kennedy Center Performance - Washingtonian
Staffers say center president Ric Grenell's office set aside passes for the group, which booed and heckled the musician.
www.washingtonian.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Top. Men.
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Couple of weeks ago I talked to someone about what autism is. And a thought was born - we need to have a cultural ambassador for autism.
Someone that will explain masses what it is and what its not. That person currently doesn't exist, as far as I'm concerned, which is a crying shame.
Someone that will explain masses what it is and what its not. That person currently doesn't exist, as far as I'm concerned, which is a crying shame.
September 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Couple of weeks ago I talked to someone about what autism is. And a thought was born - we need to have a cultural ambassador for autism.
Someone that will explain masses what it is and what its not. That person currently doesn't exist, as far as I'm concerned, which is a crying shame.
Someone that will explain masses what it is and what its not. That person currently doesn't exist, as far as I'm concerned, which is a crying shame.
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Trump Renames White House Fridge Department Of Ham https://theonion.com/trump-renames-white-house-fridge-department-of-ham/
September 12, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump Renames White House Fridge Department Of Ham https://theonion.com/trump-renames-white-house-fridge-department-of-ham/
“Violence in the last refuge of the incompetent.”
—Isaac Asimov
#September11 #schoolshootings #politicalshootings #ukraine
—Isaac Asimov
#September11 #schoolshootings #politicalshootings #ukraine
September 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“Violence in the last refuge of the incompetent.”
—Isaac Asimov
#September11 #schoolshootings #politicalshootings #ukraine
—Isaac Asimov
#September11 #schoolshootings #politicalshootings #ukraine