Matt Sedlar
@mattsedlar.bsky.social
Public sociologist. Climate resilience and adaptation advocate. Horror and fantasy aficionado. Occasional podcast host.
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
What a loss. Jane Goodall was instrumental in the way we think about apes and ourselves. Rest in peace. apple.news/ABcPM_yLuSKC...
Jane Goodall, who transformed understanding of humankind by studying chimpanzees, dies at 91 — Los Angeles Times
Jane Goodall, the trailblazing naturalist whose intimate observations of chimpanzees in the African wild produced powerful insights that transformed basic conceptions of humankind, has died. She was 9...
apple.news
October 1, 2025 at 7:01 PM
What a loss. Jane Goodall was instrumental in the way we think about apes and ourselves. Rest in peace. apple.news/ABcPM_yLuSKC...
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We need to be pressing Fox News on whether their reporters covering "war-ravaged" Portland are getting combat pay.
September 28, 2025 at 12:40 PM
We need to be pressing Fox News on whether their reporters covering "war-ravaged" Portland are getting combat pay.
The season finale of Sociology Ruins Everything explores the intersection of robotics and reproductive labor, highlighting the potential risks of deploying technology without considering societal implications. Colette Searls
joins the discussion t.co/rAGWc9GZoG
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May 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The season finale of Sociology Ruins Everything explores the intersection of robotics and reproductive labor, highlighting the potential risks of deploying technology without considering societal implications. Colette Searls
joins the discussion t.co/rAGWc9GZoG
joins the discussion t.co/rAGWc9GZoG
A big win for Louisiana’s wetlands! ⚖️ Chevron was ordered to pay Plaquemines Parish over $744 million for damaging wetlands. This landmark ruling will fund crucial coastal restoration projects.
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Louisiana Wetlands Win: Plaquemines Ruling Sets Precedent
The Plaquemines Ruling is a significant win for Louisiana wetlands. Discover how this decision could influence future lawsuits against oil companies.
cepr.net
April 14, 2025 at 8:03 PM
A big win for Louisiana’s wetlands! ⚖️ Chevron was ordered to pay Plaquemines Parish over $744 million for damaging wetlands. This landmark ruling will fund crucial coastal restoration projects.
cepr.net/publications...
cepr.net/publications...
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I had a great conversation with @mattsedlar.bsky.social for his podcast Sociology Ruins Everything -- about public sociology, engagement, and what it means for right now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Civic Engagement
Podcast Episode · Sociology Ruins Everything · 04/07/2025 · 41m
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April 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I had a great conversation with @mattsedlar.bsky.social for his podcast Sociology Ruins Everything -- about public sociology, engagement, and what it means for right now. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
Occasionally I see a guy walking around my neighborhood wearing a tracksuit and holding a can of Monster energy in one hand and a joint in the other. There’s a story there.
January 10, 2024 at 1:59 PM
Occasionally I see a guy walking around my neighborhood wearing a tracksuit and holding a can of Monster energy in one hand and a joint in the other. There’s a story there.
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mathematics suggest there should also be an English actor called tom hollandest who is 1,57m tall and 82 years old
January 5, 2024 at 12:33 PM
mathematics suggest there should also be an English actor called tom hollandest who is 1,57m tall and 82 years old
My ONLY issue with the new Peter Gabriel album is that he couldn’t decide which mix to release so you’re forced to buy two albums but every mix is good because it’s Peter Gabriel.
December 29, 2023 at 6:03 PM
My ONLY issue with the new Peter Gabriel album is that he couldn’t decide which mix to release so you’re forced to buy two albums but every mix is good because it’s Peter Gabriel.
With DIAL OF DESTINY, Mangold succeeded in doing something Spielberg could never do: make an Indiana Jones movie that’s just fine. Spielberg’s movies bounced between brilliant and awful.
The Indiana Jones movie rankings are thus:
1. Raiders
(smallish drop)
2. Last Crusade
(substantial drop)
3. Dial of Destiny
(free fall into a chasm of suck)
4. Crystal Skull
(you've splatted on the bottom)
5. Temple of Doom
I understand if people switch the rankings of the last two.
1. Raiders
(smallish drop)
2. Last Crusade
(substantial drop)
3. Dial of Destiny
(free fall into a chasm of suck)
4. Crystal Skull
(you've splatted on the bottom)
5. Temple of Doom
I understand if people switch the rankings of the last two.
I was a huge fan op Indiy 1 & 3, won't watch this one. 4 was really bad too
December 11, 2023 at 2:44 PM
With DIAL OF DESTINY, Mangold succeeded in doing something Spielberg could never do: make an Indiana Jones movie that’s just fine. Spielberg’s movies bounced between brilliant and awful.
A dog detective agency called the Stinkertons. You’re welcome.
December 7, 2023 at 9:48 PM
A dog detective agency called the Stinkertons. You’re welcome.
Lede I wasn't expecting today: "A second person has died after drinking Panera's caffeinated 'Charged Lemonade' drinks"
Man dies on way home from Panera after having three “charged” lemonades
A large lemonade contains up to 390 mg of caffeine, nearly the FDA's daily safe limit.
arstechnica.com
December 7, 2023 at 5:13 PM
Lede I wasn't expecting today: "A second person has died after drinking Panera's caffeinated 'Charged Lemonade' drinks"
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Perhaps it was a mistake to let the head of the UAE’s state-owned oil company run the UN’s climate conference
December 4, 2023 at 3:32 PM
Perhaps it was a mistake to let the head of the UAE’s state-owned oil company run the UN’s climate conference
“DON’T CRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA!”
December 2, 2023 at 3:56 AM
“DON’T CRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA!”
For some reason the movie Parent Trap came up in conversation tonight, and now I’m hung up on the idea of parents separating twins at birth and not telling them. This was a light hearted comedy???
December 2, 2023 at 1:42 AM
For some reason the movie Parent Trap came up in conversation tonight, and now I’m hung up on the idea of parents separating twins at birth and not telling them. This was a light hearted comedy???
RIP The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan
R.I.P. Shane MacGowan, The Pogues frontman
The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan died at age 65 after suffering from encephalitis
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November 30, 2023 at 3:19 PM
RIP The Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan
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Say what you will about Henry Kissinger,
November 30, 2023 at 2:24 AM
Say what you will about Henry Kissinger,
The problem is glaring with proper nouns. iPhone reacts like there’s no possible way you were trying to spell “Spider-Ham” and suggests Hammer.
iPhones are very good machines, but from the minute I changed over from Android about three years ago, it was clear to me that the autocorrect is much, much worse — much more likely to create errors and no more likely to fix them.
does anyone understand why this new iOS is so aggressively seeking to misspell words that I’m in the process of spelling correctly? I kid you not as I was composing this skeet it changed misspell to “dispel”
November 28, 2023 at 8:54 PM
The problem is glaring with proper nouns. iPhone reacts like there’s no possible way you were trying to spell “Spider-Ham” and suggests Hammer.