Matt Lyons

my heart wants a beautiful, neatly arranged home like the ones featured in architectural digest. but my spirit wants to adopt as many cats and dogs as my living space humanely allows. very difficult dilemma.

Dear @vanhollen.senate.gov , please DO NOT agree to any deal in which ACA subsidies are not included. Maryland voters will not forget.

The things we do for love

It's actually remarkably easy to not ever use ChatGPT.

There are violent extremists on the left but they are not in charge of the party. You can find them on social media, not in the halls of power.

The violent extremists on the right are in congress, on courts, and sitting in the Oval Office.

Serbian architect and Belgrade mayor, Bogdan Bogdanovic, argued the history of the west could be seen as a war waged by the city haters against those who love the city and its diverse cosmopolitanism. I think about that a lot

“You look happier.”

“Thanks, I’m on Bluesky.”

Blue jeans are uncomfortable. Also, men should never wear flip flops more than 100 meters from the beach.

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

As promised, in light of the WaPo report of Everglades camp detainees being swarmed by mosquitoes in the shower and unable to sleep at night due to being bitten, I want to briefly address concentration camp history and mosquitoes. I won't be comprehensive but will give a few examples. [1/17]

25 Harsh Truths About the 21st Century (So Far) The more innocent 1999 versions of ourselves would never believe what we've experienced.

25 things we’ve learned in this glorious quarter-century. www.esquire.com/news-politic...

I hate to say it but the nineties were the pinnacle of human civilization. I would like to be proven wrong on this and I fear the only thing that will allow for that to happen is some sort of large scale EMP.

#SADITUDE

Protest is as American as apple pie

This is incredibly beautiful storytelling.

Big service improvements are coming to #YourMetro this Sunday!

⌚️Longer weekend hours on rail
🔴⚪️ More frequent Red and Silver Line service during peak times
🚇 New split Silver Line service

Here’s everything you need to know: wmata.com/about/news/M...

Today, the sun reaches its northernmost point in the sky, marking the summer solstice! Take a moment to enjoy the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere and the official start of summer. Step outside, feel the warmth of the sun and appreciate the natural world that sustains us all! 🌱🌞

The Only Thing to Fear I’m not sure where I’m going with this as I begin to write, but I’m trying to put myself in the mind of my younger self.

"What we’re seeing playing out today, a quarter of a century after 9/11, is the final act of that day. The difference between then and now is the introduction of a pervasive, non-localized fear into the American bloodstream." michaelianblack.substack.com/p/the-only-t...

I feel like it's underappreciated that the more climate pollution we emit, the more harmful it becomes to continue emitting. Climate harm is at least quadratic in temperature rise, and likely more strongly nonlinear. A gigaton emitted in 2025 is much more harmful than a gigaton emitted in 2005 was.

Talked to so many people who were at the first protests of their lives today. Ex-Republicans, introverts, 90-year-olds and 3-year-olds. This was at an intersection in a 60,000 person town. Haven’t felt hope like this in my life.

YouTube video by tennesseejed93 SchoolHouse Rock - No More Kings

I'd love for a major artist to make a great upbeat cover of this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvOZ...

Protesters in great spirits waving U.S. flags and homemade signs from the sidewalk as cars drive by on Georgia Avenue.

#NoKings protest sign with an adorable Statue of Liberty that had been colored by a child, cut-outs of hands in different colors, and text that reads “Liberty and Justice for All.”

Amazing energy earlier at #NoKings Leisure World, Maryland!

The tragic landslide in Blatten gives me the excuse to tell you the story of how we found out Ice Ages existed. It's a cool story and the most important bit is rather similar to what's happening now.

And just a few minutes after taking this pic, our phones screamed a tornado warning and we headed down to the basement.

Double rainbow as seen through a gap in the trees

Rainbow over North Kensington 🌈 @capitalweather.bsky.social

OH filmed the night sky above our suburban garden last night — & captured something absolutely full of wonder & awe to me. It gives me delight.

EXPERTS AGREE: what Trump is doing is fascism While too many American leaders are content to quibble over definitional particularities, experts are (finally) calling a fascist a fascist.  Jason Stanley, a fascism expert who publicly announced hi...

the latest from RD: senior correspondent @ardenthistorian.bsky.social on why it's time to start calling a fascist a fascist

(and how to spot one in the wild)

religiondispatches.org/experts-agre...

At this juncture I’d like to point out:
* we’re on the brink of a golden age of medical healing
* there’s enough money in the world to solve every problem in the world
* a united approach could stop the climate crisis
But a small group of sociopaths seeking personal power are going to throw it away.

I want to know who told AI to love the em dash. They will pay for their crimes. Now we have to see this robot voice everywhere, using the punctuation of GODS. I won’t stand for it.

Six months apart. 🇺🇸

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