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matthewrodier.bsky.social
Photojournalist primarily focused on the impact of conflict on civilians and political movements. Currently based in Ukraine.
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Nowhere in Ukraine is currently safe right now. Whatever success Ukrainian air defenses have had against drones (and they do a really good job with that) Russia’s continued use of ballistic missiles proves that. But you experience the war differently based on where you are in Ukraine. 1/

submitted 51 days ago • 1 comment

all accurate. To my friends who keep saying “we’ll see how this plays out,” it played out.

submitted 52 days ago • 13 comments

There’s just no plausible way you can describe the U.S. as a free country anymore.

submitted 52 days ago • 27 comments

Trump is cozying up to Putin and putting no pressure on him to end his war in Ukraine, even as Russia ramps up drone and missile strikes against civilian targets.

submitted 52 days ago • 11 comments

"Still, legal analysts have raised questions about the legality of sending US citizens to prisons abroad." what are we doing here. it is illegal. there is literally zero question that it is illegal. what is this 'raised questions' stuff.

submitted 53 days ago • 57 comments

I know we beat this drum daily, but today especially it’s obvious these are not the actions of a party that anticipates ever losing power.

submitted 53 days ago • 139 comments

Wrote a thing at how the Bukele/Trump meeting, full of absolute nonsense and bullshit in support of out-and-out fascism and despotism, is yet another dark day in America. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/t...

submitted 53 days ago • 26 comments

Can’t say more strongly: they are claiming the power to disappear people with no recourse, to entirely remove anyone they want to, forever, with no ability to stop them. “Unamerican” doesn’t do it justice. Diametrically opposed to anything even remotely resembling a society we should support.

submitted 53 days ago • 76 comments

One thing I wish people understood about authoritarianism is life often looks more or less the same. Troops aren’t marching down the street every day; people go to restaurants, have their office jobs. But everyone knows that stepping out of line, even slightly, can derail your life with no recourse

submitted 53 days ago • 122 comments

Russia admits Sumy missile strike but predictably blames Kyiv and unloads a bunch of disinformation around it. Meanwhile, Trump can't condemn the attack, instead calls it a "mistake," falsely blaming Zelensky for starting the war. Latest with @maxseddon.bsky.social: www.ft.com/content/edb5...

submitted 53 days ago • 4 comments

The President of the United States says that Ukraine and Zelensky started the war. bsky.app/profile/atru...

submitted 53 days ago • 233 comments

One of hundreds of people abducted by ICE and sold to slavery in El Salvador was a 19 year old with no criminal record in the US or Venezuela and no tattoos of any kind. An ICE kidnapper who grabbed him outside his house said, "He's not the one." The other said, "Take him anyway." So they did.

submitted 53 days ago • 689 comments

3 days ago RFK Jr. told the CDC to stop recommending water fluoridation, claiming it was a neurotoxin (this is a lie). Turns out he also just eliminated the CDC’s entire Lead Program, and now lead poisoned children in Milwaukee are just on their own. Lead IS a neurotoxin and harms brain development

submitted 56 days ago • 866 comments