Matt
@mvanec.bsky.social
I play with mandolins, cameras, and languages. I work with computers. Find me on Substack at:
https://mvanec.substack.com
https://mvanec.substack.com
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Trump has escalated his attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to a disturbing new level. Yesterday, federal immigration agents pulled over her son and demanded proof of his citizenship.
Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar says her son was pulled over by ICE
Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar said federal immigration agents pulled over her son on Saturday and asked him to prove his citizenship.
www.cbsnews.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Trump has escalated his attacks on Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar to a disturbing new level. Yesterday, federal immigration agents pulled over her son and demanded proof of his citizenship.
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⚡️Update: Ukrainian immigrant, Holocaust survivor killed in Australia terror attack.
Alexander Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Australia from Ukraine with his wife Larisa, was one of 16 killed in a mass shooting targeting the Jewish community in Sydney on Dec. 14.
Alexander Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Australia from Ukraine with his wife Larisa, was one of 16 killed in a mass shooting targeting the Jewish community in Sydney on Dec. 14.
Ukrainian immigrant, Holocaust survivor killed in mass shooting in Australia
Alexander Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Australia from Ukraine with his wife Larisa, was one of 16 killed in a terrorist attack targeting the Jewish community in Sydney.
kyivindependent.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
⚡️Update: Ukrainian immigrant, Holocaust survivor killed in Australia terror attack.
Alexander Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Australia from Ukraine with his wife Larisa, was one of 16 killed in a mass shooting targeting the Jewish community in Sydney on Dec. 14.
Alexander Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor who immigrated to Australia from Ukraine with his wife Larisa, was one of 16 killed in a mass shooting targeting the Jewish community in Sydney on Dec. 14.
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As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
December 14, 2025 at 11:19 PM
As it turns out, the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun *isn’t* a good guy with a gun—it can be a good guy *without* a gun. Just another NRA lie.
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Violence has no place in our communities — whether it happens here at home or across the world. What we saw this weekend is heartbreaking, and my thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. (1/2)
December 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Violence has no place in our communities — whether it happens here at home or across the world. What we saw this weekend is heartbreaking, and my thoughts are with the victims and their loved ones. (1/2)
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I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔
December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I've loved Sigourney Weaver ever since one of my all-time favorite movies, ALIEN. Couldn't resist going all fanboy on her yesterday & asking for a photo. She told me she's now in the cast of The Mandalorian. Talk about bad timing: she's now in that galaxy far, far away, years after I checked out! 💔
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Jesus fucking Christ, America. We are a shithole country with a shithole president and a shithole congress that does nothing to stop this entirely preventable violence. Fuck your guns and fuck you.
so far tonight msnbc has interviewed two students from brown university that are also survivors of separate high school shootings.
insanity.
insanity.
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Jesus fucking Christ, America. We are a shithole country with a shithole president and a shithole congress that does nothing to stop this entirely preventable violence. Fuck your guns and fuck you.
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Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
December 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Heartbreaking and horrifying to go to bed reading about the mass shooting at Brown University and wake up to read about the mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach. Thinking of the victims, their loved ones, and those affected by the hate that drove these attacks.
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Fact-check: true
December 14, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Fact-check: true
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New post: Transport Evolved Chicken and Garden Update: Please Make The Rain STOP! https://www.transportevolved.com/2025/12/14/transport-evolved-chicken-and-garden-update-please-make-the-rain-stop/
December 14, 2025 at 2:00 PM
New post: Transport Evolved Chicken and Garden Update: Please Make The Rain STOP! https://www.transportevolved.com/2025/12/14/transport-evolved-chicken-and-garden-update-please-make-the-rain-stop/
Muscovites trying to achieve a slow moving victory in #Ukraine by creating an outbreak of scurvy.
Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦
After a Russian strike on a ferry in Chornomorsk, Odesa region, the cargo was almost completely destroyed by fire. Footage suggests many of the vehicles on board were carrying mandarins.
Russia's war against, mandarins.
Russia's war against, mandarins.
December 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Muscovites trying to achieve a slow moving victory in #Ukraine by creating an outbreak of scurvy.
Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦
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This is why i love snow in Kyiv. Just look at it ❤️❄️
December 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
This is why i love snow in Kyiv. Just look at it ❤️❄️
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14 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Bezalel Zucker, was born in Leżajsk. A merchant.
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
December 14, 2025 at 3:00 PM
14 December 1903 | A Polish Jew, Bezalel Zucker, was born in Leżajsk. A merchant.
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
In #Auschwitz from 26 February 1942.
No. 25366
He perished in the camp on 9 March 1942.
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Our podcast talks about the situation of Polish & Jewish prisoners in the camp: https://youtu.be/_ZaWqIsmY4U
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📢 The 12/12/25 SitRep on Ukraine is live: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19997...
For 3+ years, we’ve delivered verified updates—no clickbait, just facts. To expand our independent reporting, we need your support.
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December 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
📢 The 12/12/25 SitRep on Ukraine is live: threadreaderapp.com/thread/19997...
For 3+ years, we’ve delivered verified updates—no clickbait, just facts. To expand our independent reporting, we need your support.
💙 Monthly: patreon.com/NOELREPORTS
⚡️ One-time: buymeacoffee.com/noelreports
For 3+ years, we’ve delivered verified updates—no clickbait, just facts. To expand our independent reporting, we need your support.
💙 Monthly: patreon.com/NOELREPORTS
⚡️ One-time: buymeacoffee.com/noelreports
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At night, Russia conducted a large attack on Odesa’s energy infrastructure including ports, gas facilities, and substations. All of Odesa is without power. Kherson also faces blackouts. Damage to 10 substations and a thermal plant were confirmed. In Mykolaiv, homes were also damaged.
December 13, 2025 at 7:28 AM
At night, Russia conducted a large attack on Odesa’s energy infrastructure including ports, gas facilities, and substations. All of Odesa is without power. Kherson also faces blackouts. Damage to 10 substations and a thermal plant were confirmed. In Mykolaiv, homes were also damaged.
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Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
Putin said Russia had taken Kupiansk weeks ago.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
Today, Zelenskyy visited Ukrainian troops there.
December 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Putin sits in Moscow claiming that his armies have taken a town that the Ukrainian president is personally visiting. There are cowardly tyrants and there are courageous elected leaders and it is good to know the difference.
You **are** the #AI!! 🤣😂
#Programming #VibeCoding
From @albertatech.bsky.social:
youtube.com/shorts/9693I...
#Programming #VibeCoding
From @albertatech.bsky.social:
youtube.com/shorts/9693I...
Tricking a vibe coder into learning to code
YouTube video by Alberta Tech
youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
You **are** the #AI!! 🤣😂
#Programming #VibeCoding
From @albertatech.bsky.social:
youtube.com/shorts/9693I...
#Programming #VibeCoding
From @albertatech.bsky.social:
youtube.com/shorts/9693I...
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This is how it feels with all the generator roaring around us in Kyiv during blackouts. Some of the words I write, some I find like precious treasure: the ‘you feel like just another generator and you are’ is the one that came to me and wrapped around me and made me feel how strong I am we all are
December 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is how it feels with all the generator roaring around us in Kyiv during blackouts. Some of the words I write, some I find like precious treasure: the ‘you feel like just another generator and you are’ is the one that came to me and wrapped around me and made me feel how strong I am we all are
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This is such a lovely and perhaps upsetting tribute.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhA1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhA1...
Hank Green, from A to Z
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
This is such a lovely and perhaps upsetting tribute.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhA1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhA1...
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Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Hank Green: Pissing Out Cancer | Full Comedy Special
YouTube video by Hank Green
www.youtube.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Pissing Out Cancer, my comedy special produced by and formerly exclusively on Dropout.tv is now available for free and in full on YouTube.
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
Thank you so much to Dropout for being chill and letting me write this into my contract!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh5G...
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Today is #HumanRightsDay. It’s a privilege to work @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social on archives of Mary Robinson, former President 🇮🇪, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights & Chair @theelders.bsky.social & still working at 81. I’m currently cataloging v relevant material related to her work at UN.
December 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Today is #HumanRightsDay. It’s a privilege to work @uniofgalwayasc.bsky.social on archives of Mary Robinson, former President 🇮🇪, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights & Chair @theelders.bsky.social & still working at 81. I’m currently cataloging v relevant material related to her work at UN.
The next interview in our Queally's series is now live on YouTube. From July 2023, Dublin fiddle and concertina players Siún Ní Ghlacáin and Méabh Mulligan talk about their musical up-bringing and Méabh's family pub, The Cobblestone.
Watch the full interview and tunes: www.itma.ie/playlists/qu...
Watch the full interview and tunes: www.itma.ie/playlists/qu...
December 12, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Historic Flooding Swamps Washington's Snoqualmie River Basin
The towns of Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall are cut off from the world as the Snoqualmie River continues to rise on Thursday night.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/historic-f...
The towns of Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall are cut off from the world as the Snoqualmie River continues to rise on Thursday night.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/historic-f...
Historic Flooding Swamps Washington's Snoqualmie River Basin
The towns of Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall are cut-off from the world as the Snoqualmie River continues to rise on Thursday night.
malcontentnews.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Historic Flooding Swamps Washington's Snoqualmie River Basin
The towns of Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall are cut off from the world as the Snoqualmie River continues to rise on Thursday night.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/historic-f...
The towns of Fall City, Carnation, and Duvall are cut off from the world as the Snoqualmie River continues to rise on Thursday night.
malcontentnews.substack.com/p/historic-f...
New #music from Maddie Rice. She used to be a #guitarist on the @colbertlateshow.bsky.social back before the pandemic, and has been doing her own thing since then. She's got a lovely voice, and of course is a skilled guitarrista.
maddierice.bandcamp.com/album/late-b...
maddierice.bandcamp.com/album/late-b...
Late Blooming/ Hyperballad (Live Acoustic), by Maddie Rice
2 track album
maddierice.bandcamp.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New #music from Maddie Rice. She used to be a #guitarist on the @colbertlateshow.bsky.social back before the pandemic, and has been doing her own thing since then. She's got a lovely voice, and of course is a skilled guitarrista.
maddierice.bandcamp.com/album/late-b...
maddierice.bandcamp.com/album/late-b...
The Muscovites are absolute monsters. These are not isolated incidents but rather standard operating procedure for them. Remember #Bucha? The terrorist state must be evicted from all of #Ukraine and all children and POWs returned.
Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦
Slava Ukraïni 🇺🇦
A new report exposes Russia’s torture “kit,” revealing electric shocks, suffocation, beatings, and forced mutilation used against Ukrainians.
The “Gentleman’s Kit” of Torture: Firsthand Accounts Reveal Russia’s Brutal POW Abuse System
An investigation into the abuse of Ukrainian POWs reveals systemic torture and violations of international law within Russian detention centers.
united24media.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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⚡️ Leaked files show Russia testing Shahed drones abroad with European SIM cards.
Leaked Files Reveal Russia Testing Shahed Drones Abroad Using European SIM Cards
Russia is enhancing its Shahed drones through covert upgrades and testing abroad, raising security concerns in Europe and Ukraine.
united24media.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
⚡️ Leaked files show Russia testing Shahed drones abroad with European SIM cards.