Room for improvement. #Crew96
22.02.2026 05:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@mirmatt.bsky.social
Random list of things I like: democracy, voting, 1A, Columbus Crew, Newcastle United, books, libraries, and info literacy, Brahms, Bach, Beethoven, bikes, hikes, shrimp tacos and peach pie.
Room for improvement. #Crew96
22.02.2026 05:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Offside?
22.02.2026 03:56 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0π¨ π¨
Major scandal in Ohio!
Hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars sent to a for-profit organization that claimed to be helping Ohio kids, but later, turns out they couldnβt account for a bunch of the kids they claimed and were paid for.
βGhostβ students, they were called.
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Shut up! Shutupshutupshutup! May you get what you deserve.
20.12.2025 04:30 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Boasberg, Xinis, and Chutkan are on my Christmas card list this year.
12.12.2025 21:29 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Picture of Timothy Snyder and Amy Acton.
Thanks for this great conversation! @timothysnyder.bsky.social and @amyactonoh.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The @washingtonpost op-ed page on Friday, October 5, 2018
18.11.2025 19:13 β π 648 π 155 π¬ 20 π 6Disgusting!
18.11.2025 19:22 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Columbus, OH
19.10.2025 02:49 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Ohio: Impact on net benchmark Silver ACA plan premiums if enhanced tax credits expire
13. #OHIO ~568,000 ACA enrollees
Avg gross rate change: +19.8% (FINAL)
Avg gross 2026 premium: $695/mo
NET 2026 increase for 64-yr old couple earning $90K/yr if the enhanced tax credits expire: +314%
(this would be more than 25% of their gross income)
acasignups.net/ira-subsidy-...
Imagine the future history books:
βIn 2025, the Supreme Court ruled it was unconstitutional to consider race in helping a Latino student get into college, but totally awesome to consider race when throwing their dad into a concentration camp.β
Washington DC has 702,000 people, is 45% Black and has 0 senators
Wyoming has 590,000 people, is 86% white and has 2 senators
DC needs a state with proper representation, not a military takeover
I still don't understand why a consortium of university libraries doesn't give a few million bucks to a few university presses to publish journals at cost, and then unsubscribe from the for-profit ones. It would save them money even in the short term, and ... (1/2)
28.07.2025 19:05 β π 75 π 16 π¬ 5 π 0This is the journalism we need.
23.07.2025 17:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tomorrow is it: the #GoodTroubleLivesOn National Day of Action.
John Lewis told us:
"Never be afraid to get in good trouble, necessary trouble."
It's necessary now, if we're going to save our country.
Find your event at goodtroubleliveson.org.
Can you hit repost? Marjorie Taylor Greene doesn't want you to know the name of her opponent but will try every desperate attempt to save her seat.
My name is Shawn Harris. I am a Democrat, husband, father, Retired Brigadier General, farmer, and I'm running against MTG. Can you share and follow me?
About that record-high share of Americans saying immigration is good for the country: The surge is primarily driven by *Republicans* changing their tune. Rs have become much more positive on immigration than they had been before Trump took office.
11.07.2025 12:14 β π 2203 π 608 π¬ 61 π 131Gallup has new polling on immigration. Topline findings:
-Americans hate Trump's immigration policy (35% approve, 62% disapprove)
-Share who say immigration is a "good thing" for the country just hit an all-time high (79%)
news.gallup.com/poll/692522/...
π¨ REMINDER: There are 29 GOP-held House seats where the Republican won by 12 points or less.
Here's how many residents of each who WILL either lose healthcare coverage entirely or be faced w/MASSIVE premium hikes and/or ongoing paperwork to keep it:
acasignups.net/25/07/03/how...
βWe stay in the fight, not because weβre guaranteed to win it, but because itβs the right fight."
01.07.2025 19:16 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Gutting! π
28.06.2025 20:18 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My statement on todayβs decision in Trump v Casa:
27.06.2025 16:20 β π 297 π 120 π¬ 8 π 10Justice Ketanji Brown Jacksonβs dissent hits the target. She is reminding us of the stakes in this case. And she is spot on.
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
i am simply asking the press to cover the government sending masked thugs to rip people from their crying children and shipping them to a foreign concentration camp with the same ferocity they cover a trans kid playing jv tennis in sheboygan
24.06.2025 16:13 β π 11112 π 3607 π¬ 77 π 60I appreciate your work and am considering subscribing, but I'm conflicted about rewarding Substack that continues to platform alt-right blogs.I know purity tests are fruitless in this media world but wanted to share my thinking.
20.06.2025 15:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Have you signed the petition to repeal #Ohio's Higher Education Destruction Act (SB 1) yet??
You're almost out of time!
ohsb1petition.com
Find a petition to sign this weekend:
airtable.com/appZeT72s1eh...
Colorful quilt of a nighttime scene with Harriet Tubman in an orange jacket and purple dress carrying a rifle. She is leading other figures who walk behind her.
Harriet Tubman #quilt by my Mom, Vera P. Hall, who makes quilts celebrating Black people who fought for their own freedom. This seems to be the crowd favorite of the βWe Didnβt Wait for Freedomβ series. Happy #Juneteenth #quilting
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