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Matt Bernius

@mattbernius.bsky.social

Qualitative Researcher at Code for America, former Measures For Justice. Accidental union organizer, trauma responsive thinker, participatory action research facilitator, civic design/tech, martial arts (BJJ, FMA, CMA), and more. He/they.

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This has me lmao bsky.app/profile/rach...

31.01.2025 03:51 β€” πŸ‘ 974    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2

Question: I've heard some people react negatively to the term "financial literacy" for a variety of reasons.

Does anyone have suggestions for alternate terms?

24.11.2024 20:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a cat wearing sunglasses and a smiley face with the word cool . ALT: a cat wearing sunglasses and a smiley face with the word cool .

Hey all, it's been a while since I posted here.

I do plan on engaging a lot more in the weeks to come.

Insert funny gif here... Oh, wait, you can do that now!

21.11.2024 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry to disappoint, but no federal judge will save America.

05.09.2024 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 379    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

Well of course. @kenwhite.bsky.social just recorded Serious Trouble.

05.09.2024 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you think you can do trust & safety better than a pro, give it a try...

05.09.2024 18:02 β€” πŸ‘ 159    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 19    πŸ“Œ 3

Hunter Biden: mid-fifties, dick has been seen all over the internet

Me: mid-fifties, has been seen being a dick all over the internet

05.09.2024 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 418    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 1
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Interesting that Jennifer Aniston is talking shit about JD Vance but had no problem working with his ex

25.07.2024 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2520    πŸ” 391    πŸ’¬ 44    πŸ“Œ 26

Thank you for being so public about your struggles. It really helps people, more than you will ever know.

26.07.2024 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ok, so I finally have the time to figure out how this slightly-less-crappy (who am I kidding--significantly less crappy!) website works.

Suggestions always welcome.

10.06.2024 15:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The public library at its best is maybe the most radically democratic of all public institutions, because it grants to children the same civic status and prerogatives it affords to all other patrons. Fight every attack on a child’s right to be just another patron. πŸ“š

07.05.2024 12:59 β€” πŸ‘ 506    πŸ” 221    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

another one for the "the george floyd protests represented a social reproduction crisis for the nation's elites"

01.05.2024 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1073    πŸ” 207    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 3
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*David Attenborough voice* and now we see the newly-minted Heterodox Thinker emerge from its cocoon to begin the journey to the right wing grift-o-sphere

17.04.2024 15:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3060    πŸ” 581    πŸ’¬ 96    πŸ“Œ 55

this guy attacks and disparages his colleagues, all but says outright that he doubts the objectivity of anyone who isn’t a white guy, and then flounces when his targets push back

17.04.2024 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 782    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 0
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there was a lot of ink spilled over ~2021 seeing the largest recorded increase in homicides. Now we're seeing one of largest recorded decreases in homicides. So... the pandemic was unique, and now we're seeing reversion to mean.

www.axios.com/2023/12/28/u...

16.04.2024 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

One of the major things about Bari Weiss is that she is a huge liar and constantly makes arguments full of deliberate misrepresentations like this:

09.04.2024 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 390    πŸ” 52    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 2

I think about this Calvin and Hobbes a lot, nowadays.

06.04.2024 04:30 β€” πŸ‘ 971    πŸ” 224    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 13

Any help or suggestions would be so helpful. My friend has already reached out to NAMI and other groups.

05.04.2024 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@kenwhite.bsky.social could you put up a Popehat signal for help with this request?

A friend is looking for CA-based lawyers & resources to assist someone they know with a serious mental health condition.Β The individual in question is in pretrial incarceration on charges related to that condition.

05.04.2024 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

It's been clear for 25 years, but today really underscored that the only consistent principle among the court's conservative judges is the desire for conservative outcomes. Federalism, originalism, textualism -- they're all just a means to an end, readily abandoned when inconvenient.

04.03.2024 15:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2137    πŸ” 595    πŸ’¬ 43    πŸ“Œ 25
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Murder is down 21.7% in 113 cities with data available through at least January. Still too early to know likelihood it will persist through the year, but does portend a massive national drop this year.

Down 21% in 48 cities with data at least through Feb 20.

02.03.2024 19:03 β€” πŸ‘ 340    πŸ” 93    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 68

SUPREME COURT RULES THAT CLARENCE THOMAS WANTS A WINNEBAGO JET

29.02.2024 03:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1098    πŸ” 142    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 5
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OH MY GOD…

A Turning Point rep (Charlie Kirk’s org) tweeted this out and look at the response.

29.02.2024 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3919    πŸ” 796    πŸ’¬ 102    πŸ“Œ 67
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Lara Trump officially announces campaign for RNC co-chair as Trump loyalists move in Lara Trump officially announced her candidacy for co-chair of the Republican National Committee, a step toward former President Trump consolidating his control over the organization.

I think it'll be great to see the RNC take a stand on behalf of meritocracy and AGAINST hiring on the basis of identity by choosing Lara Trump as the next co-chair! www.foxnews.com/politics/lar...

29.02.2024 05:27 β€” πŸ‘ 219    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

It's not even a pardon. As POTUS, Trump could order the DOJ to drop the cases against him and no court could interfere. This is true even if a jury has already found him guilty, unless he's been sentenced & judgment entered. Under today's timeline, there's no way for judgment to enter by 1/20/25.

29.02.2024 01:13 β€” πŸ‘ 173    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 5

Also, the next time someone tries to blame a reform DA for homicide rates, be sure to point out it is hard for prosecutors to prosecute murdersβ€”the crime ALL reforms still go after aggressively, whatever drivel Fox News spewsβ€”if the police don’t, you know, make arrests for murders.

17.02.2024 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 180    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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β€ŽChameleon: The Michigan Plot on Apple Podcasts β€ŽTrue Crime Β· 2024

Just finished this podcast. Really well done. Knew that, as with its β€œterrorism” stings against Muslims, the FBI’s behavior in this case was comically inept. Just didn’t realize *how* inept. These β€œplotters” were losers. It took the FBI to make them criminals.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

17.02.2024 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 64    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

And as @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social’s new book makes clear, that narrative was always a lie.

18.02.2024 14:13 β€” πŸ‘ 327    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 1
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dumbfuck and his dumbfuck audience don’t know that police officers are almost always already indemnified by cities

18.02.2024 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 587    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 13

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