Matt Butler

Matt Butler

@someshta.bsky.social

Social Worker, Educator, Covid-Conscious, Quaker (in no particular order). He/him. Here for the momentary solace from *gestures randomly*

283 Followers 318 Following 118 Posts Joined May 2023
2 months ago

separating the art from the artist is convenient until you consider that art is an expression of one’s self and all their problematic values are baked into it. which is why i can no longer wear the one ring to rule them all

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6 months ago

Thousands of folks getting doxxed, losing jobs and getting death threats for their knee-jerk reactions to this week’s murder. Regardless of where you stand politically, that is a really bad thing for our country. I understand being hurt and upset, but I don’t understand the urge to destroy anyone.

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8 months ago
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Ohio's New Flat Tax: What Does It Mean? Who benefits, who doesn't, and why?  (And do you agree with those who have been elected to represent you on this issue?)

Check out my piece about Ohio’s new flat income tax (how awful the logic behind it is, how my elected officials stand, and how much it’ll harm this state). Ugh. #flattax #ashtabula #shameful www.whatwecan.net/p/ohios-new-...

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1 year ago

Same!!! Crayons, candles, foam…

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1 year ago

We really like the soft things, are ambivalent about the hard things, and hate the things like books or stacks of paper which explode.

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1 year ago

executive function? uh, yeah, i sure wish it did!

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1 year ago

I am once again appealing to the ruling class to allow us all a four-day workweek. Two days is not enough, ever.

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1 year ago

Wafers!

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1 year ago
My dog in one of her favorite spots!
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1 year ago

Speaking truth to power is important! And also, maybe also blame the Republicans for trying to dismantle our entire system of government and for trying to systematically harm massive numbers of marginalized folks? Only attacking elected Dems for the current state of affairs feels shortsighted to me.

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1 year ago

I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO

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1 year ago

Way to go! You’re an inspiration. Thanks.

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1 year ago

Watched Predators and Atropia tonight—Sundance is this weekend, and we love the chance to take part without flying to Utah!

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1 year ago

Students are not doing okay—neither are educators. Therapists are not doing okay—neither are their clients. I’m honored to be the recipient of so much faith and trust, and also humbled by the massive weight of the world’s collective fear and doubt.

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1 year ago

I’m really enjoying Nosferatu, and cannot overstate how nice it is that I have the privilege to be able to afford to stream new releases in my living room instead of having to drag myself to a place that isn’t my house to watch a movie (with my own snacks and no shoes on).

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1 year ago

Not for him, for the country, or for the world. Staggeringly awful.

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1 year ago

Anybody at all, no matter how abhorrent, how many women they’ve harmed, despite being ludicrously incompetent, can now grow up to be US Secretary of State. What an inspiration to future DEI hires such as himself.

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1 year ago
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This is not normal. This is not normal. This is not normal.

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1 year ago

Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde is the Christian that Franklin Graham failed to be.

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1 year ago

Maybe it was a last-ditch emergency choice?

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1 year ago

The next few days will be incredibly painful for disabled, LGBTQ+ & marginalized folks

I’m seeing alot of “we survived him once & we will do it again!”

I appreciate the sentiment, but gentle reminder that not everyone survived the first term

It’s ok to be scared & angry. I know I am.

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1 year ago

It’s not a great look to brag that you didn’t care about TikTok. There are a lot of people who will now be much more isolated, and a lot of creators who will struggle a lot more. That’s not something to cheer about. Anti-Chinese jingoism is wrong whether it’s bipartisan or not, and this harms folks.

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1 year ago

No. We aren’t.

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1 year ago

Anybody have a suggestion for a carrying case for my brand-new AirFanta 4Lite? I’d love to have something to lug it down to my classroom more easily/less obtrusively.

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1 year ago

Today feels like a ‘chicken noodle soup from scratch’ kind of day.

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1 year ago

Agreed! We had commencement this week. I counted one attendee plus myself who were masked, out of several hundred.

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1 year ago

Thank you for this! I have the same thought when I encounter healthcare university faculty…I just don’t get it.

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1 year ago

Another faculty member was coughing and coughing at our commencement the other night. She said it was because she’s been a lifelong smoker. She’s a nursing professor.

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1 year ago

Really, really scary stuff.

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1 year ago

The irony of MAGA not realizing they’re Vanilla ISIS.

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