Matt Hodler
@mhodler.bsky.social
assoc professor uri 🌊 | ex-swimmer | former bartender & bus-washer | miamioh uncg uiowa | race, gender, class, nation, & sport | views & typos = mine | he/him | cis
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A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins.
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
January 12, 2026 at 9:05 PM
A decade ago, when Trump one the first time, I and other Black writers tried to make us see that racism — both explicit and deeply seeded — was at the root of Trump’s rise. We were dismissed even as late as last year as people attributed economic anxieties to Trump’s wins.
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
DO YOU BELIEVE US NOW?
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The same question, same tone of voice, of a million domestic abusers.
ICE agent screaming a threat: "Did you not learn from what just happened?"
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
www.reddit.com/r/Minneapoli...
January 12, 2026 at 2:24 AM
The same question, same tone of voice, of a million domestic abusers.
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Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
January 12, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Tillis is spot on. The Senate can't confirm a Trump toady to succeed Powell at the Fed. The rest of the game is now out in the open, and it doesn't end well.
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“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses, because somewhere down the road of history, some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
January 12, 2026 at 2:05 AM
“Get it all on record now. Get the films. Get the witnesses, because somewhere down the road of history, some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
Dwight D. Eisenhower, Germany, 1945
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hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 AM
hi, political philosopher here! this is not funny, central banks only do this when they're in extreme distress
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Hope it was worth it.
January 12, 2026 at 2:13 AM
Hope it was worth it.
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
January 10, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and City Council Speaker Julie Menin on Saturday announced an initiative to install more public bathrooms across the city.
i haven’t watched much NFL this year - until yesterday. This #BUFvsJAX is pretty good, BUT has Tony Romo been this bad all year? Oof
Tony Romo just said he thinks whoever wins this game has a shot at going to the Super Bowl which is in fact how the postseason is structured
January 11, 2026 at 8:39 PM
i haven’t watched much NFL this year - until yesterday. This #BUFvsJAX is pretty good, BUT has Tony Romo been this bad all year? Oof
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Not a novel observation, obviously, but these guys sincerely love to threaten and put their hands on women.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Not a novel observation, obviously, but these guys sincerely love to threaten and put their hands on women.
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THIS LETS ME BRING OUT THIS POST AGAIN
December 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
THIS LETS ME BRING OUT THIS POST AGAIN
At what point are other nations going to retaliate against US by treating US citizen travelers the same way our government treats them?
EU asks for 5 years of social media history before entry for all US citizens?
EU asks for 5 years of social media history before entry for all US citizens?
Citizens of countries including the UK and France will have to disclose the past five years of their social media history to visit the US even though they are covered by visa waiver schemes, under new proposals by the Trump administration.
www.ft.com/content/683b...
www.ft.com/content/683b...
US to require social media disclosure for visa-waiver requests
Change would affect visitors from countries including the UK, France and Australia
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:50 PM
At what point are other nations going to retaliate against US by treating US citizen travelers the same way our government treats them?
EU asks for 5 years of social media history before entry for all US citizens?
EU asks for 5 years of social media history before entry for all US citizens?
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This world cup is going to be a disaster
This is almost exactly what my friend said! "I'm here because I have no choice; nobody else I work with wanted to come here."
We were quizzed on our jobs and incomes, our status as self-employed people, our families back home, and asked to show evidence of how we'd support ourselves for 5 weeks.
We were quizzed on our jobs and incomes, our status as self-employed people, our families back home, and asked to show evidence of how we'd support ourselves for 5 weeks.
December 11, 2025 at 10:41 AM
This world cup is going to be a disaster
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Support from Trump administration officials played a crucial role in the release of Andrew Tate from Romania, where he is accused of rape and coercing women into pornography, a New York Times investigation found.
How Andrew Tate, Manosphere Star Accused of Rape and Trafficking, Was Freed
Barred from leaving Romania, Andrew Tate courted powerful figures on the American right, from Tucker Carlson to Barron Trump. Then an extraordinary order let him go.
nyti.ms
December 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Support from Trump administration officials played a crucial role in the release of Andrew Tate from Romania, where he is accused of rape and coercing women into pornography, a New York Times investigation found.
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you'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story
December 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
you'd think that the fact the president of the united states is completely fucking insane would be a bigger news story
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"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 AM
"I'm not in denial, I'm in open rebellion" damn that quote goes hard
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I can't emphasize enough that they're trying to disconnect you from your own body and children so that those children will enter a fascist regime's snitch system / go to war / turn on you / buy things to fill their parent-sized hole inside of them.
This kind of lack of “imagination” - or, more accurately, this a-historicity & anti-humanities approach - from these technofascists will be the ruin of us
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I can't emphasize enough that they're trying to disconnect you from your own body and children so that those children will enter a fascist regime's snitch system / go to war / turn on you / buy things to fill their parent-sized hole inside of them.
This kind of lack of “imagination” - or, more accurately, this a-historicity & anti-humanities approach - from these technofascists will be the ruin of us
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 PM
This kind of lack of “imagination” - or, more accurately, this a-historicity & anti-humanities approach - from these technofascists will be the ruin of us
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From NYC Department of Health:
“Flu season is in full swing in NYC. Cases are rising sharply across the city, sending New Yorkers to emergency departments.
Getting an annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against severe illness and hospitalization from flu.”
“Flu season is in full swing in NYC. Cases are rising sharply across the city, sending New Yorkers to emergency departments.
Getting an annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against severe illness and hospitalization from flu.”
December 9, 2025 at 1:28 PM
From NYC Department of Health:
“Flu season is in full swing in NYC. Cases are rising sharply across the city, sending New Yorkers to emergency departments.
Getting an annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against severe illness and hospitalization from flu.”
“Flu season is in full swing in NYC. Cases are rising sharply across the city, sending New Yorkers to emergency departments.
Getting an annual flu vaccine is the best way to protect against severe illness and hospitalization from flu.”
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it’s pretty funny that Duffy is simultaneously
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
it’s pretty funny that Duffy is simultaneously
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
1. scolding passengers for not wearing fancy clothes while flying
2. supporting airport gyms so passengers can be sweaty and gross while flying
both of these proposals are idiotic but the direct contradiction is next level
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This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This kind of bottle-shaming is a not-so-subtle way to push women out of the workforce.
I spoke to my 77yo dad last night, and he was telling me the progress he’s made with his trainer since he injured his knee about 16 months ago. Ironically, he just did his first pull up in ages!
Plus, he‘s vaccinated.
Plus, he‘s vaccinated.
December 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I spoke to my 77yo dad last night, and he was telling me the progress he’s made with his trainer since he injured his knee about 16 months ago. Ironically, he just did his first pull up in ages!
Plus, he‘s vaccinated.
Plus, he‘s vaccinated.
their list of terrorist criteria is also a list of things I appreciate in my friends, family, and trusted coworkers - plus some stuff I learned at church as a kid
Stay safe, US friends. The FBI is compiling a list of domestic terrorists and I for one satisfy the criteria in all five possible ways.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/leak-fbi-l...
December 8, 2025 at 7:43 PM
their list of terrorist criteria is also a list of things I appreciate in my friends, family, and trusted coworkers - plus some stuff I learned at church as a kid