Matthew Hahn

Nope. I’m gonna go for it.

I will definitely request to share my part first.

First one!

So, I made the mistake of scheduling a 2-hr Zoom call when I shall be drinking that colonoscopy liquid.

This will prove to be very interesting.

Anywho, not fighting with people on social media really does help your skin and a side effect is that you have more mental and spiritual space to devote to actual action.

We were strip searched when pork chops went missing from the kitchen.

We showered together and shat together.

Showers and toilets were out in the open on the yard.

Toilets were next to our bunks in our cells.

We grew accustomed to it.

My relationship to nudity following prison has a lot to do with desensitization.

We were strip searched at arrest.

We were strip searched at work every day.

We were strip searched at every visit.

We were strip searched when they searched our cells.

...Hahn brings his lived experience to this episode, talking about his time inside and his rehabilitation and road to recovery. The episode takes a turn when we discover what led Matt to this prison term – and how he got out early.”

Flightless Bird - Prison Firefighters with Matthew Hahn Flightless Bird explores incarcerated firefighters, talking to former inmate Matthew Hahn who signed up to fight fires when he was serving time.

“This week’s episode [of] Flightless Bird explores incarcerated firefighters, talking to former inmate Matthew Hahn who signed up to fight fires when he was serving time..."

And may the proposal have fewer typos than the original post.

@melissaedwards.bsky.social incoming.

Holy smokes. The book proposal is finished. As the least the rough copy is. Forty pages. Feels like a moment.

Thank you! I had fun doing this interview with @davidfarrier.bsky.social

Sworn in. Proud to be of service to the members of IBEW Local 617.

On this week’s episode of Flightless Bird with @davidfarrier.bsky.social we talk about fighting fires in prison, where rehabilitation happens behind the walls, and some of my story. Check it out wherever you get your podcasts.

I don’t know what’s more wild:

- getting propaganda emails from the Social Security Administration, or
- having to block the U.S. Department of Justice on Facebook

“I’m not having sex with a couch, I’m having sex with its cushions” - JD Vance, probably

“At least Trump won’t start any wars”.

Just coming back from a retreat.

Well fuck.

We might be better at presenting counter-narratives than paid, professional journalists, but we, too, fall into the trap of hyper-fixation.

And by media, I am not just referring to professional entities. We, on social media, are part of the problem, too. We like posting the interesting stuff, too. We are driven by the algorithm, too.

The media is a hive mind that mirrors the individual mind. It will ignore the bulk of experience, neutrality, and give a skewed impression of reality.

Don't fall for this trick. Los Angeles isn't burning.

In Buddhist thought, there is something called 'vedana', which is the hedonic tone of any particular sensation or experience, ranging from pleasant to neutral to unpleasant. The mind tends to fixate on unpleasant and then pleasant, while ignoring neutral. The bulk of experience is neutral.

A photo from Inauguration Day, 2017. Journalists curating the spectacle of a protest.

When I see images of Los Angeles, I try to remember that none of the uninteresting stuff is being shown to me.

So many people get angry about property destruction yet remain silent about ripping families apart. Silent about dead children. Silent about victims of police brutality.

Perhaps, if folks held humans in higher regard, others wouldn't have to destroy property to get their attention.

I have been elected to the Executive Board of IBEW Local 617. Honored to be of service to my fellows in organized labor.

It brings me great joy to mentor apprentices and then watch them become journeymen. This man is something special. The future is in good hands.

Drunk-ish: A Sobriety Podcast - Matthew Hahn This is not your average sobriety story. Matthew Hahn was a meth-addicted burglar who thought he’d just pulled off the heist of his life. Then he cracked open a safe and found a memory card.

“This is not your average sobriety story. Matthew Hahn was a meth-addicted burglar who thought he’d just pulled off the heist of his life. Then he cracked open a safe and found a memory card.”

matthewhahn.com/drunk-ish-a-...

I look forward to the day Trump seeks political asylum in Russia.

Our President is the embodiment of the root poisons.