Black Matt, Thought Criminal
@polyglottos.bsky.social
I am a software dev, law school bound, polyglot, gamer, and Magic: The Gathering rules nerd.
We should abolish the Senate, unlimit the House, and discard the 2 party system.
My views are my own.
Furthermore, white nationalism must be destroyed.
We should abolish the Senate, unlimit the House, and discard the 2 party system.
My views are my own.
Furthermore, white nationalism must be destroyed.
Pinned
Read banned books.
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Y'all im so pissed off I may need to take a break today to keep from cussin' up a storm on here. I'm literally furious that they caved when we were WINNING. WHO PUNTS IN THE RED ZONE???...
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Y'all im so pissed off I may need to take a break today to keep from cussin' up a storm on here. I'm literally furious that they caved when we were WINNING. WHO PUNTS IN THE RED ZONE???...
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Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
November 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.
"The pieces, in other words, were in place for Democrats to stand firm in support of a popular cause. Eight of them folded anyway."
Excerpt from a piece by @maddow.msnbc.com
Excerpt from a piece by @maddow.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"The pieces, in other words, were in place for Democrats to stand firm in support of a popular cause. Eight of them folded anyway."
Excerpt from a piece by @maddow.msnbc.com
Excerpt from a piece by @maddow.msnbc.com
These sticky notes are making me irrationally happy.
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 PM
These sticky notes are making me irrationally happy.
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We have another reason to demand a reform of the Democratic Party. Some of its leaders are out of touch with the average American voter. What people need is an affordable healthcare, a decent place to live in, food in their plates and representatives who will fight for their social rights.
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
We have another reason to demand a reform of the Democratic Party. Some of its leaders are out of touch with the average American voter. What people need is an affordable healthcare, a decent place to live in, food in their plates and representatives who will fight for their social rights.
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While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
November 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
While Trump murders people on boats for supposedly trafficking drugs, Jonathan Braun, a convicted drug trafficker serving a 10 year sentence he pardoned in 2021, will be sentenced in court today after he sexually assaulted a woman after Trump freed him from prison.
Religious liberty is when white people want to do whatever they want.
Never when anyone else wants to *practice and observe an actual religion*
If your first instinct to this is to response with "nu-uh", you've not been paying attention to how we've practice "religious freedom" in this country!
Never when anyone else wants to *practice and observe an actual religion*
If your first instinct to this is to response with "nu-uh", you've not been paying attention to how we've practice "religious freedom" in this country!
Supreme Court did not seem very receptive to the idea that a Rastafarian man should be able to seek damages under a federal law called RLUIPA from Louisiana prison officials who cut his locks in violation of his religious rights:
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/sup...
Supreme Court skeptical of Rastafarian man's religious rights claim
Damon Landor is seeking damages after Louisiana prison officials cut off his dreadlocks in violation of his religious beliefs.
www.nbcnews.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Religious liberty is when white people want to do whatever they want.
Never when anyone else wants to *practice and observe an actual religion*
If your first instinct to this is to response with "nu-uh", you've not been paying attention to how we've practice "religious freedom" in this country!
Never when anyone else wants to *practice and observe an actual religion*
If your first instinct to this is to response with "nu-uh", you've not been paying attention to how we've practice "religious freedom" in this country!
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We have to get wealthy people out of elected office.
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We have to get wealthy people out of elected office.
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People took time off during the shutdown because their bills didn’t disappear. People literally had to call out so they could drive uber or donate plasma so they didn’t lose their cars and homes
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
People took time off during the shutdown because their bills didn’t disappear. People literally had to call out so they could drive uber or donate plasma so they didn’t lose their cars and homes
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Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is
If you think the president is a tyrant and you're running for office to oppose him the only platform you can have is "Give us enough votes to impeach and remove this menace." Otherwise what's the point of electing you?
November 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Anyway I think one reason I'm not that mad at these guys is we already knew they were the wrong people for this moment. A party trying to carry on with business as usual in the face of autocracy won't survive. They're sitting in a burning house and commissioning polls on how popular the fire is
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Here, this is not a difficult concept but I see people arguing about it here daily.
The reason that betrayal of our allies is far more infuriating and hateful than attacks of our sworn enemies, is that we don't trust our enemies to begin with, we don't rely on them.
Betrayal is FAR more injurious.
The reason that betrayal of our allies is far more infuriating and hateful than attacks of our sworn enemies, is that we don't trust our enemies to begin with, we don't rely on them.
Betrayal is FAR more injurious.
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Here, this is not a difficult concept but I see people arguing about it here daily.
The reason that betrayal of our allies is far more infuriating and hateful than attacks of our sworn enemies, is that we don't trust our enemies to begin with, we don't rely on them.
Betrayal is FAR more injurious.
The reason that betrayal of our allies is far more infuriating and hateful than attacks of our sworn enemies, is that we don't trust our enemies to begin with, we don't rely on them.
Betrayal is FAR more injurious.
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which means the money always wins, and the money always gets its way.
That changes when we bum rush the primaries with voters who reject that view and candidates with true integrity!
That changes when we bum rush the primaries with voters who reject that view and candidates with true integrity!
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
which means the money always wins, and the money always gets its way.
That changes when we bum rush the primaries with voters who reject that view and candidates with true integrity!
That changes when we bum rush the primaries with voters who reject that view and candidates with true integrity!
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THAT, more than anything else, is the lesson of the Mamdani win.
We keep ignoring that NYC has public funding of primary elections, which is what allowed Zohran to have the money to compete.
THAT’S what leveled the playing field with Cuomo and everyone else.
We don’t have that in federal races
We keep ignoring that NYC has public funding of primary elections, which is what allowed Zohran to have the money to compete.
THAT’S what leveled the playing field with Cuomo and everyone else.
We don’t have that in federal races
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
THAT, more than anything else, is the lesson of the Mamdani win.
We keep ignoring that NYC has public funding of primary elections, which is what allowed Zohran to have the money to compete.
THAT’S what leveled the playing field with Cuomo and everyone else.
We don’t have that in federal races
We keep ignoring that NYC has public funding of primary elections, which is what allowed Zohran to have the money to compete.
THAT’S what leveled the playing field with Cuomo and everyone else.
We don’t have that in federal races
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how much money can you raise.
And then those already elected by corporate money, give their endorsement to others who will bend over for corporate money.
Insurgency is EXTREMELY hard because Dem primary voters don’t want insurgency.
If we want to change the party, CHANGE THE PRIMAY ELECTORATE!
And then those already elected by corporate money, give their endorsement to others who will bend over for corporate money.
Insurgency is EXTREMELY hard because Dem primary voters don’t want insurgency.
If we want to change the party, CHANGE THE PRIMAY ELECTORATE!
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
how much money can you raise.
And then those already elected by corporate money, give their endorsement to others who will bend over for corporate money.
Insurgency is EXTREMELY hard because Dem primary voters don’t want insurgency.
If we want to change the party, CHANGE THE PRIMAY ELECTORATE!
And then those already elected by corporate money, give their endorsement to others who will bend over for corporate money.
Insurgency is EXTREMELY hard because Dem primary voters don’t want insurgency.
If we want to change the party, CHANGE THE PRIMAY ELECTORATE!
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If you are one of the people who doesn’t bother to vote in Dem primaries,
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 AM
If you are one of the people who doesn’t bother to vote in Dem primaries,
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
consider checking yourself.
We get these soulless corporate Dems because the primary voting base favors this kind of corporate centrist Dem.
I ran for office three times. The first thing the party asks a candidate is
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A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
November 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
A vile country isn't a country that can't feed its children, a vile country is a country that *won't* feed its children.
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seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
seems to me that those democrats inclined not to fight perceive themselves as living through a somewhat ordinary cycle of presidential overreach and backlash and not something much more significant and dangerous
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None of these politicians will ever be without healthcare or anything they need or want. That makes my blood boil that they have power over so many. They'll never taste suffering.
November 10, 2025 at 12:50 PM
None of these politicians will ever be without healthcare or anything they need or want. That makes my blood boil that they have power over so many. They'll never taste suffering.
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The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
November 10, 2025 at 3:27 AM
The reason people think the Democratic Party doesn't actually stand for anything is because it doesn't.
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The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
November 10, 2025 at 12:52 AM
The centrists in the Senate Democratic caucus saw that the country was rallying to the party in the 2025 elections and resolved that they would do anything they could to kill that momentum.
There are moments when I feel imposter syndrome as a software dev, and I imagine how much worse it will be if I ever become a lawyer.
Then I see stuff like this.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...
Then I see stuff like this.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...
AI use in Georgia courts brings harsh consequences
Georgia lawyers and self-represented litigants have run into trouble with judges after using artificial intelligence to create legal arguments.
www.ajc.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
There are moments when I feel imposter syndrome as a software dev, and I imagine how much worse it will be if I ever become a lawyer.
Then I see stuff like this.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...
Then I see stuff like this.
www.ajc.com/news/2025/10...
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Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization
How do you write text that conveys the whole meaning of a visualization? You probably can’t. But that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t try
medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Many struggle with writing alt text for charts and other other data visualizations. Amy Cesal's "Writing Alt Text for Data Visualization" hammers home the importance of explaining the chart type, the type of data, and the reason for the chart.
medium.com/nightingale/...
medium.com/nightingale/...
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Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.
November 10, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Please don’t think this beltway game of having retiring Dem senators vote yes while everyone else votes no is going to shield leadership from the end result. We see what is happening and can’t be fooled by those games.
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