M. Cooper
@mattwritesbooks.bsky.social
Writer, painter, creative mind. My books second edition, The House of Polly Lane, is available everywhere in paperback NOW ❤️
No AI in anything I do ever.
I don’t put up with random arguments with strangers. One reply, then block.
No AI in anything I do ever.
I don’t put up with random arguments with strangers. One reply, then block.
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A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
September 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM
A massive group of demonstrators is currently forming a human chain around the Kennedy Center following Trump’s threats against it
When people say they’re apolitical it’s because they know you won’t like them. It’s a red flag.
“I don’t do politics … I’m right down the middle” guy is almost always a John McCain Republican at the least.
lol, lmao
September 19, 2026 at 12:36 AM
When people say they’re apolitical it’s because they know you won’t like them. It’s a red flag.
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"what if the democrats become labour on trans rights" is the nightmare scenario for trans people in the united states and avoiding that is why I think we need to continue pushing back on dems who waver as hard as possible
This point, from my recent interview with @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for TNR, is so crucial. Trans people are desperate for relief from the relentless Republican attacks impacting all of us.
When Democrats move right, they signal relief may not be coming, and that engenders a lot of despair.
When Democrats move right, they signal relief may not be coming, and that engenders a lot of despair.
September 18, 2026 at 5:57 PM
"what if the democrats become labour on trans rights" is the nightmare scenario for trans people in the united states and avoiding that is why I think we need to continue pushing back on dems who waver as hard as possible
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i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?
September 18, 2026 at 6:33 PM
i am genuinely bewildered by people who say that the rise of white nationalism in the republican party is a response to the "woke left." like, did the woke left cause pat buchanan's 1992 presidential campaign? is the woke left why steve king had a long career in congress?
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I’ve seen some people making comments about not caring about the Kennedy Center, or even wanting it gone, and if you’re not local, maybe sit this one out. It may be an abstraction to you, but to me it’s where I want to take my kids someday to see the symphony, the ballet, touring shows, etc
September 18, 2026 at 6:56 PM
I’ve seen some people making comments about not caring about the Kennedy Center, or even wanting it gone, and if you’re not local, maybe sit this one out. It may be an abstraction to you, but to me it’s where I want to take my kids someday to see the symphony, the ballet, touring shows, etc
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Another Iowa Dem releases an ad in response to anti-trans ads against her.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
September 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Another Iowa Dem releases an ad in response to anti-trans ads against her.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
"We need to protect kids, and we need common sense rules to keep sports fair for boys and for girls. Parents know what's best for our kids. Washington needs to stay out of it."
From Lindsay James, IA-02.
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Every news outlet shames itself by using the word “skeptic.” Skeptic implies someone waiting for evidence, not someone committed to ignoring it. Vaccine denialism does not deserve to be lent the prestige of critical thinking.
“On Thursday, Mr. Gorton said that “the success of the polio vaccine was a massive medical fraud” and that widespread vaccination was a “public health disaster.” He received a standing ovation…
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
Mr. Kennedy spoke next, linking arms with the group even as measles cases continue to rise”
RFK Jr. Assures Vaccine Skeptics They Have a ‘Friend at the White House’
The health secretary spoke at a conference featuring misinformation about vaccines, including a claim that the success of the polio vaccines was a “fraud.”
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Every news outlet shames itself by using the word “skeptic.” Skeptic implies someone waiting for evidence, not someone committed to ignoring it. Vaccine denialism does not deserve to be lent the prestige of critical thinking.
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Recent events have a lot of people asking "what is northsky?"
We're still working on revamping our website, but this video about migrating to Northsky does a quick job of explaining our account hosting services:
We're still working on revamping our website, but this video about migrating to Northsky does a quick job of explaining our account hosting services:
Migrating to Northsky Social on AT Protocol
YouTube video by Northsky Social
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September 18, 2026 at 10:19 AM
Recent events have a lot of people asking "what is northsky?"
We're still working on revamping our website, but this video about migrating to Northsky does a quick job of explaining our account hosting services:
We're still working on revamping our website, but this video about migrating to Northsky does a quick job of explaining our account hosting services:
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This is straight out of Handmaids Tale.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
September 18, 2026 at 4:37 AM
This is straight out of Handmaids Tale.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
A high school trying to force girls to disclose the dates and lengths of their menstrual cycle.
Don’t comply? You lose a grade.
There’s absolutely no reason a school needs this information other than to exert control over our bodies.
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But they like had to know they weren't shipping me the item.
Why are they waiting for me to tell them it's missing?
And to be clear: both items were less than $20 bucks. It's like they were hoping I wouldn't notice and they could pocket the money.
Why are they waiting for me to tell them it's missing?
And to be clear: both items were less than $20 bucks. It's like they were hoping I wouldn't notice and they could pocket the money.
September 18, 2026 at 1:16 AM
But they like had to know they weren't shipping me the item.
Why are they waiting for me to tell them it's missing?
And to be clear: both items were less than $20 bucks. It's like they were hoping I wouldn't notice and they could pocket the money.
Why are they waiting for me to tell them it's missing?
And to be clear: both items were less than $20 bucks. It's like they were hoping I wouldn't notice and they could pocket the money.
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I would love an AI cliff notes pamphlet laying out who the players are, what the main arguments are on all sides, and what the current proposals on the table are.
September 18, 2026 at 1:20 AM
I would love an AI cliff notes pamphlet laying out who the players are, what the main arguments are on all sides, and what the current proposals on the table are.
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All these people trying to solve human trafficking using the power of racial profiling.🤡
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
Her dad was accused of trafficking her on a flight. Now she's suing.
An Arkansas woman says her dad was wrongly accused of human trafficking her on a flight when she was 13.
www.usatoday.com
September 18, 2026 at 1:19 AM
All these people trying to solve human trafficking using the power of racial profiling.🤡
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
They don't want to release the Epstein files. But they do want to vote for Trump and his "teen beauty pageants" 3 times. And they do want to look at Black parents to try to catch human traffickers.
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The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
This is the part many Americans -- including the Bezosites at the Washington Post -- don't understand. Canadians don't see this just as a Trump thing. It's that America elected him twice, and the second time with an even bigger mandate.
The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
The problem we're addressing is America, not Trump.
"Out of spite for President Donald Trump, Carney is accelerating the decoupling of a trade bloc that has generated enormous prosperity for North America." Seriously, Wapo editorial - you're going with Canadian spite? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
September 18, 2026 at 12:14 AM
The US already got a do over. A mulligan. A second chance.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
Much of the world, especially US allies, were ready to write off Trump’s first term as a fluke.
The American people’s choice to put him back in power—as a convicted felon, after an openly bigoted, anti-democracy campaign—showed it was not.
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This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE
reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
September 18, 2026 at 1:02 AM
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE
reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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The Republican Project for literally my entire life has been to warn us that the Federal Government was Too Powerful and Overreaching and would Strip Our Freedoms and now they have gotten into lockstep behind this loon who's like "I might fuck around and ban muffins"
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
September 18, 2026 at 12:54 AM
The Republican Project for literally my entire life has been to warn us that the Federal Government was Too Powerful and Overreaching and would Strip Our Freedoms and now they have gotten into lockstep behind this loon who's like "I might fuck around and ban muffins"
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@linkara.bsky.social, I don't suppose you could help spread the word on some friends of mine that need help to keep their home?
www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-h...
www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-h...
September 18, 2026 at 12:29 AM
@linkara.bsky.social, I don't suppose you could help spread the word on some friends of mine that need help to keep their home?
www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-h...
www.gofundme.com/f/save-our-h...
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You can put regular sized shoes on Sora in Fortnite and it looks insane
September 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
You can put regular sized shoes on Sora in Fortnite and it looks insane
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My dad wouldn’t let us play with Ouija boards when we were kids not because he necessarily believed they conjured evil spirits but because of the psychological effects of thinking you were conjuring them. Anyway that’s how I feel about AI panic, only if Oujia boards were run by a eugenicist sex cult
September 18, 2026 at 3:13 AM
My dad wouldn’t let us play with Ouija boards when we were kids not because he necessarily believed they conjured evil spirits but because of the psychological effects of thinking you were conjuring them. Anyway that’s how I feel about AI panic, only if Oujia boards were run by a eugenicist sex cult
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He's being honest: "We're not going to get something done up here." I don't even think that a Dem House and Senate will do anything meaningful on this.
Rick Scott: "With regard to destroying mankind, these companies need to do the right thing on their own. We're not going to get smart enough to regulate them. We're not going to get something done up here."
September 18, 2026 at 3:16 AM
He's being honest: "We're not going to get something done up here." I don't even think that a Dem House and Senate will do anything meaningful on this.
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“Once you understand that the broligarchs are eugenicists who care more about hypothetical, future AI-enhanced lives than about today’s population…a lot of things start making sense.”
What Policymakers and the Public Need to Know About the Cult of AI
Nathalie Maréchal asks, why are we betting the economy and the future of democracy on cult-like beliefs?
techpolicy.press
September 18, 2026 at 2:38 AM
“Once you understand that the broligarchs are eugenicists who care more about hypothetical, future AI-enhanced lives than about today’s population…a lot of things start making sense.”
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just learned this today
September 17, 2026 at 5:18 AM
just learned this today
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I honestly dont understand yall "but we can pull them to our side" clowns
These people would rather nuke the country and the entire world before giving up their bigotry
Yall trying to reason with family annihilators. you lack discernment.
These people would rather nuke the country and the entire world before giving up their bigotry
Yall trying to reason with family annihilators. you lack discernment.
September 18, 2026 at 3:36 AM
I honestly dont understand yall "but we can pull them to our side" clowns
These people would rather nuke the country and the entire world before giving up their bigotry
Yall trying to reason with family annihilators. you lack discernment.
These people would rather nuke the country and the entire world before giving up their bigotry
Yall trying to reason with family annihilators. you lack discernment.
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We're stuck here because republicans would rather have this than let women get abortions, Black people allowed to exist in public, trans people be allowed to get hormones, and immigrants be allowed to apply for asylum
They would literally rather have this
They would literally rather have this
Trump: "I could've banned fishing. The power of this office is crazy. I could've banned fishing. I think I'm gonna do that."
September 18, 2026 at 3:34 AM
We're stuck here because republicans would rather have this than let women get abortions, Black people allowed to exist in public, trans people be allowed to get hormones, and immigrants be allowed to apply for asylum
They would literally rather have this
They would literally rather have this
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The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
Netanyahu seeks to strip citizenship from Israelis as threats to NAZA film directors intensify
Israeli prime minister to pursue new laws as directors of Guardian-produced film face threats from far-right officials and activists
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 9:19 AM
The response in Israel to Naza is beyond unhinged. Mobs have shown up at the house of co-director Rachel Szor's family. All over social media the directors are being branded traitors and "not Jews". There is a frenzy of incitement to violence against them online
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...