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Matthew Noe

@noethematt.bsky.social

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Overcaffeinated Kentuckian in Massachusetts. Librarian. Professor. Trustee. Ask me about #GraphicMedicine. Trying to be kind, do good, and read comics. (He/Him) linktr.ee/NoetheMatt

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · May 1

Standing together is the only way to survive, y'all ✊️

Me, outside in the sun wearing a red t-shirt that reads

Comrade Himbo Est. 2021

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 7m

Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Lays Off 25% of HUCTW Staff*

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 12m

This is one of those times where you will need to find me offline if you want my response to this

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 12m

Harvard Medical School Nixed a 2024 Graduation Speaker Over Pro-Palestine Statements

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard Medical School Nixed a 2024 Graduation Speaker Over Pro-Palestine Statements | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Medical School administrators removed from consideration a potential speaker for the school’s 2024 Class Day out of concern that pro-Palestine messages she had posted on social media would be ...

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 22m

I knew the budget at SEAS was fucked based on how we've had to approach library cost-shares, but I did not expect this.

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 23m

Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Lays Off 25 Percent of Staff

www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Lays Off 25 Percent of Staff | News | The Harvard Crimson

Harvard will lay off roughly 25 percent of staff at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and reorganize several offices in response to mounting funding pressures, according to Harvard’s staf...

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 25m

This part deserves more attention.

Given how often the City loses lawsuits and how ready to bow to every ask from WPD most of Council is...

Do we REALLY think anyone in the City is reading contracts or terms of service close enough to make sure our ordinances hold up?

#WorcPoli

Worcester might not share data with ICE, but LVT sure as shit does. And they are harvesting data here in Worcester, in direct violation of an ordinance banning the introduction of new surveillance tools without council oversight. They are harvesting that data because WPD was stoked on a free trial. There was no democratic body involved in any of this.

The betting odds are a proposal for a contract with LVT hits the public safety subcommittee sometime soon, but after the election. Toomey will read what she’s been told to read off her phone and the wheels will be set in motion making these trailers permanent features of the city’s landscape. That’s why it’s so so so important that we have a better city council than the one we have now.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 28m

Turns out, this device is worse than I even thought it was, because OF COURSE it is recording and feeding that information into an "agentic AI talk-down feature."

Catch this update and more from @billshaner.bsky.social:

www.worcestersucks.email/p/a-circuit-...

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 51m

New comic book based on the true story of an area boy who lives with double amputation after complications from the flu

#GraphicMedicine

theflintcouriernews.com/new-comic-bo...

New comic book based on the true story of an area boy who lives with double amputation after complications from the flu – The Courier News

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 57m

"There are three ethics central to permaculture, that is: earth care, people care, and fair share."

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 58m

This list would make a fun book display to program around

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The 10 Best Books on Permaculture

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The 10 Best Books on Permaculture

To begin, it may be helpful to define permaculture, as the term itself dates back only to 1978. The word is simply a portmanteau of “permanent” and “agriculture,” and was coined by Bill Mollison an…

lithub.com

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1h

So they are planning to further colonize and eliminate Palestinians from Gaza

This can't be the solution

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1h

Trump: "Gaza is gonna be slowly redone. You have tremendous wealth in that part of the world by certain countries and just a small part of what they make will do wonders for Gaza."

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1h

We had thought perhaps we'd fit another fun trip, rather than just me going to give a couple work talks, but it just hasn't worked out.

Not overstating it to say that the economy is making choices for us in ways we haven't had to worry about as much for a couple of years...

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1h

*this is happening live in Hoboken, and I'm coming in the night before, so if folks in the NYC area want to say hello perhaps, give me a shout

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1h

Upcoming events:

10/22 - Giving a talk titled "Defining Graphic Medicine: From Genre to Community" at Grand Valley State University.

10/24 - New England Graphic Medicine Summit in Boston!

10/29 - Participating in an internal Wiley professional development program*

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 1h

No, this one is just semi-hard cardboard but it has no seams or places to really open from. You just have to like... pick the least full feeling corner and pray you don't damage what is inside lol

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 3h

"Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." - Judy Blume

#BannedBooksWeek #CensorshipIsSo1984 #LibrarySky

Quote from Judy Blume reads "Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me." An illustration shows a young girl reading a book on a green bean bag. The cover of the book says "I love to read." Art is by Debbie Ridpath Ohi, based on a character from The Pain and The Great One.

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 2h

I have never figured out a good way to open these kind of book mailers

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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 4h

Francesca Albanese: "The request to demilitarise and deradicalise Gaza... in the name of Israels security. Where is the security of the Palestinians, who have been attacked without respite for decades... where is the demilitarisation and deradicalisation of Israels society?"

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3h

"Honestly, angel, can nothing be good enough as it is? Can we not love things for what they are while we have them?"

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3h

Reader, Belle is a 75lb, fluffy 11 year old doggo

The only choices she really makes during the work day are when to shift from sleeping on our bed to the couch to the sunspot on the floor, and when to eat her breakfast (immediately, in spurts, or at dinner)

My advice is not helpful lol

Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3h

There is a chill in the air that won't be denied today

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 3h

"Be good Belle Belle"

"Make good choices Belle"

"Don't drool on my couch today Belle"

"Keep your butt off my pillow dummy"

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Things I've said to Belle as I leave the apartment this week