Matt Kopans
@mattkopans.bsky.social
Father of 2 children, 2 cats, and a dog. Fundraiser for Planned Parenthood of Greater New York living in upstate. All opinions are my own.
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24 December 1905 | A Dutch Jew, Henri Emile Mossel, was born in Amsterdam.
A clarinetist and saxophonist, the leader of the AVRO dance orchestra, music store owner.
At Auschwitz from 25 March 1944
No. 175312
He perished at Auschwitz III-Monowitz on 4 August 1944.
A clarinetist and saxophonist, the leader of the AVRO dance orchestra, music store owner.
At Auschwitz from 25 March 1944
No. 175312
He perished at Auschwitz III-Monowitz on 4 August 1944.
December 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
24 December 1905 | A Dutch Jew, Henri Emile Mossel, was born in Amsterdam.
A clarinetist and saxophonist, the leader of the AVRO dance orchestra, music store owner.
At Auschwitz from 25 March 1944
No. 175312
He perished at Auschwitz III-Monowitz on 4 August 1944.
A clarinetist and saxophonist, the leader of the AVRO dance orchestra, music store owner.
At Auschwitz from 25 March 1944
No. 175312
He perished at Auschwitz III-Monowitz on 4 August 1944.
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1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
HHS Sec. Kennedy Attempts To Stop Trans Youth Care In Hospitals Nationwide—Before New Federal Rules Take Effect
Like many of the Trump regime’s attempted powergrabs, this kind of piecemeal and disheveled rulemaking is enforced at least in part by fear and sheer uncertainty.
www.erininthemorning.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
1. New federal rules were released last week banning gender affirming care for youth at hospitals nationwide.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
Those rules don't go into effect until public comment, months from now.
But it appears Sec. Kennedy is using an arcane process to try to implement them immediately.
Our latest story.
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A few billionaires control things.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
@theradr.bsky.social Hi Rabbi - your piece on anti-semitism is a wonderful resource. Question you may have addressed before.
How should we think abt the idea that a handful of billionaires (Musk, Thiel, Trump, Putin, etc) control the world, which is so similar to the anti-semitic conspiracy theory?
How should we think abt the idea that a handful of billionaires (Musk, Thiel, Trump, Putin, etc) control the world, which is so similar to the anti-semitic conspiracy theory?
December 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A few billionaires control things.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
Money has ALWAYS controlled things.
Sometimes it's been the monarchy, the Church, etc.
Notably, none of the people you named are Jews.
A cabal of Jews do not, have never, controlled the world.
The conspiracy theory exists to detract from those in actual power.
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This is NYT headline morning after JD’s grotesque hot blast of white supremacist nativism at Turning Point’s hate-fest?!
December 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
This is NYT headline morning after JD’s grotesque hot blast of white supremacist nativism at Turning Point’s hate-fest?!
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
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These are the people the mainstream media is constantly telling us to understand and sympathize with.
December 19, 2025 at 6:10 PM
These are the people the mainstream media is constantly telling us to understand and sympathize with.
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
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the cherry on the perfect legacy sundae
I think it's kind of beautiful that this was Rob Reiner's final line on television
December 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
the cherry on the perfect legacy sundae
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Here are a few reasons off the top of my head why creators don’t LOVE AI:
1. It has been used to create videos of them saying inappropriate things
2. It has been used to sexually harass them
3. It has been used to scam their fans
4. It directly competes with their business and devalues their work
1. It has been used to create videos of them saying inappropriate things
2. It has been used to sexually harass them
3. It has been used to scam their fans
4. It directly competes with their business and devalues their work
December 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Here are a few reasons off the top of my head why creators don’t LOVE AI:
1. It has been used to create videos of them saying inappropriate things
2. It has been used to sexually harass them
3. It has been used to scam their fans
4. It directly competes with their business and devalues their work
1. It has been used to create videos of them saying inappropriate things
2. It has been used to sexually harass them
3. It has been used to scam their fans
4. It directly competes with their business and devalues their work
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Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
December 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Extraordinary courage from Ahmed al Ahmed, a Muslim, 43-year-old father of two, who bravely risked his life to save his neighbors celebrating Hanukkah.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
Praying for his full & speedy recovery.
And so deeply inspired by his example.
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TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
December 13, 2025 at 10:44 PM
TIL the original lyrics to Deck the Halls are awesome and “don we now our gay apparel” is temperance movement bullshit
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Some law prof on law prof violence here
Opinion | Looks Like the Supreme Court Will Continue to Overturn the 20th Century
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Some law prof on law prof violence here
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Striking two men standing on a wrecked ship unarmed, waving their arms at a drone, is the textbook definition of a war crime.
Every single person in the chain of command, from the guy who pulled the trigger to Hegseth who gave the order, are war criminals.
Every single person in the chain of command, from the guy who pulled the trigger to Hegseth who gave the order, are war criminals.
December 7, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Striking two men standing on a wrecked ship unarmed, waving their arms at a drone, is the textbook definition of a war crime.
Every single person in the chain of command, from the guy who pulled the trigger to Hegseth who gave the order, are war criminals.
Every single person in the chain of command, from the guy who pulled the trigger to Hegseth who gave the order, are war criminals.
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Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
December 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump's dementia has grown so extreme that a select group of advisors are now running the country without his input. To find who those advisors are and what their plans are, buy my new book, which will appear in March 2029.
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Page 1075 of the DoD Law of War Manual:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked would be clearly illegal."
December 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
This totally made my day
This They Might Be Giants TONIGHT SHOW performance of "Birdhouse In Your Soul" from 1990 remains firmly lodged in my noggin thanks to the Tonight Show Band's full commitment and Doc Severinsen's incredible trumpeting... It took an already great song and made it transcendent.
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This totally made my day
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“Strong floor, no ceiling” sounds like what your pelvic floor therapist tells you the goal is after birth.
November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
“Strong floor, no ceiling” sounds like what your pelvic floor therapist tells you the goal is after birth.
Strong Floor No Ceiling is a motto for a Kegel gym
November 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Strong Floor No Ceiling is a motto for a Kegel gym
Actually has to double check that this was parody. Because it’s definitely not
"In the last court term, I wrote ten dissenting opinions, more than any other justice. Have you previewed the horror show on the docket for this term? Alito just winked at me and asked if it’s too soon to joke that I don’t have the brain processing power to do this job."
With America on My Last Fucking Nerve, I, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Dissent
You know me as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Over the past three years, I’ve tried changing the system from within. I’ve wri...
buff.ly
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Actually has to double check that this was parody. Because it’s definitely not
What a loss. Possibly the greatest playwright of my lifetime. Certainly one of my favorites
Oof. He was truly a master, from Rosenkrantz & Guildenstern to Arcadia to Leopoldstadt—just a lifetime of tremendous, thought-provoking, hilarious work. RIP. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
What a loss. Possibly the greatest playwright of my lifetime. Certainly one of my favorites
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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21 November 1915 | Stanisław Ryniak was born in Sanok. He was the first Polish prisoner registered in #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 (camp no. 31). In October 1944 he was transferred to Letmeritz, a subcamp of KL Flossenbürg.
He survived the war. He died on 13 February 2004.
He survived the war. He died on 13 February 2004.
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
21 November 1915 | Stanisław Ryniak was born in Sanok. He was the first Polish prisoner registered in #Auschwitz on 14 June 1940 (camp no. 31). In October 1944 he was transferred to Letmeritz, a subcamp of KL Flossenbürg.
He survived the war. He died on 13 February 2004.
He survived the war. He died on 13 February 2004.
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The opposite of the Moms for Liberty wave should get more attention
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
dlvr.it
November 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The opposite of the Moms for Liberty wave should get more attention
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November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social has kept me going for much of this year.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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A year on from Trump’s victory, resistance is everywhere | Rebecca Solnit
Americans have shown a tremendous amount and variety of opposition – more than some may realize
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social has kept me going for much of this year.
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