Matt Brown (he/him)

Cool that Genocide Joe sent a card to you between sending bombs to Israel? Gross.

cc: @mmpadellan.bsky.social, @jojofromjerz.bsky.social, et al.

The fact that you can so blithely ignore Biden’s participation in (and gaslighting about) Israel’s genocide is frightening. Do better, please, or at least consider hiding your racism, Zionism, or Islamophobia while Palestinians are being assassinated, terrorized, and starved.

I truly don’t care if Joe and Jill sent you a Christmas card. It’s not the flex you think it is. I care about all the Palestinians murdered with American weapons, ammunition, planes, and money that Biden has fast-tracked so Israel can ethnically cleanse as quickly as possible.

Bluesky appears to be the new online home for Democrats who proudly proclaim their warm fuzzies for President Biden. Which, unfortunately, means that there are a lot of people on here who are totally fine with the fact that Biden has gone out of his way to arm, fund, and rearm the genocide in Gaza.

The number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills.

Norway - 0
UK - 0
France - 0
Spain - 0
Portugal - 0
Denmark - 0
Australia - 0
Iceland - 0
Italy - 0
Finland - 0
Ireland - 0
Germany - 0
Netherlands - 0
Sweden - 0
Japan - 0
Canada - 0
United States - 643k

Elon Musk spent $250 million dollars so Donald Trump could put him in charge of cutting wasteful spending.

Trump: billionaire
Elon Musk, DOGE: billionaire
Vivek Ramaswamy, DOGE: billionaire
Linda McMahon, Education Sec: billionaire
Doug Burgum, Interior Sec: billionaire
Howard Lutnick, Commerce Sec: billionaire
Scott Bessent, Treasury Sec: billionaire

Forever guilty on all counts.

on “Wonderful Christmastime,” Sir Paul McCartney set out to make a timeless christmas classic and also to figure out what every button on his synthesizer did, and he absolutely succeeded at one of those things

“only 23 per cent of the needs to protect displaced people in the Gaza Strip from rain and cold weather have been met, leaving 945,000 people at risk of exposure this winter.” - UNRWA Situation Report #150 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem

YouTube video by Matt Brown “What Child Is This?” (a.k.a. “Greensleeves”) | two-finger banjo

“What Child Is This?” (a.k.a. “Greensleeves”) | two-finger banjo
youtu.be/rHnvs6Hr4_M

it's giving tuesday so please give me a fucking break already

YouTube video by Matt Brown “Silent Night” | thumb lead, two-finger banjo

‘Tis the season for Christmas carols on the banjo! “Silent Night” | thumb lead, two-finger banjo
youtu.be/r0X2_90R9pA

Meet White

My stories as an OB/GYN in Gaza reveal the truth of the Gaza genocide I am an obstetrician and gynecologist who has worked in Gaza throughout the Israeli genocide. I have seen the destruction of Gaza’s medical sector firsthand. My patients’ stories tell the story of...

I am an obstetrician and gynecologist who has worked in Gaza throughout the Israeli genocide. I have seen the destruction of Gaza's medical sector firsthand. My patients' stories tell the story of the genocide.

https://mondoweiss.net/2024/11/my-stories-as-an-ob-gyn-in-gaza-reveal-the-truth-of-the-…

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We had nearly four years to hold Trump accountable, a Constitutional amendment (14th) that says no one is above the law, and a solid criminal conviction. This should not have happened. Ever.

#jacksmith

Not that anyone’s going to do anything about it, but it might be good to remember that, as an adjudicated oath-breaking insurrectionist, Mr.Trump is constitutionally disqualified under Sec. 3 of 14th Am from taking the oath as president on 1/20/25 unless 2/3 of both houses lift the disqualification

This is what journalism looks like. Thank you @premthakker.bsky.social for being relentless. President Biden’s State Department has a lot to answer for. Since when do we let murderers (on any scale) investigate themselves?

I’m pretty sure that if some CEO got fired from his job & on his way out he told a mob of crazies to show up with zip ties, flag poles and tasers and to bash in the windows & smear poop on the walls, that he wouldn’t get hired back a few years later, but what the hell do I know.

I apologize.

Do you have a preference for a mask retailer? I need to order more and am sick of the white ones. Some color variations would be welcome

H5N1 bird flu virus in Canadian teenager displays mutations demonstrating virus’ risk The H5N1 virus that infected a Canadian teen appears not to have spread, but it shows signs of mutation that makes flu virologists nervous.

The genetic sequence of the H5N1 bird flu virus that infected a teenager in British Columbia shows that the virus had undergone mutational changes that would make it easier for that version of H5N1 to infect people, scientists who have studied the data say.

www.statnews.com/2024/11/18/b...

YouTube video by Lake Street Dive Lake Street Dive - “I Want It That Way” (Backstreet Boys cover)

A moment, well 3:25, of levity. youtu.be/XR8TdEXqRKQ?...

Holy fuck. Seb Gorka is his pick to be senior director for counterterrorism.

Seb fucking Gorka, who was denied security clearance in the last Trump administration… Seb fucking Gorka who has ties to a Nazi-allied organization in Hungary…

The. Director. Of. Counterterrorism.

When I was a voting member of The Recording Academy, I remember wishing we got one vote that was worth triple just so I could be extra emphatic for To Pimp a Butterfly to be Album of the Year.

He is a visionary!

“Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world.” - bell hooks, Killing Rage: Ending Racism