matthewrodier.bsky.social
Photojournalist primarily focused on the impact of conflict on civilians and political movements. Currently based in Ukraine.
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That’s a fair point, but it wasn’t the recency of release but the relatively timeless nature of great art that was most beneficial to me.
You ever talk to a 18-21 year old about Hunter S. Thompson? Huge amongst that demographic and is of the same era.
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As one does.
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Still a viable and respectable choice. When I was young my Mom played a lot of Janis Joplin and Marvin Gaye, which was not exceedingly popular in my high school in the 90’s, but it 1. is great and 2. helped prime me to examine and look for what I thought was great in other music.
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I used to use Too Good to Go in Brooklyn, mostly at a local bakery. Generally anything that reduces food waste is a good thing.
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SBU recently posted to telegram claiming 7 billion dollars of damage to Russian military aircraft.
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The ability of bots on social media to amplify propaganda I think is widely misunderstood generally, although there has been great reporting on the topic. It’s pennies on the dollar compared to previous delivery methods. Govts used to drop pamphlets from planes, and still do at times.
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The is credible evidence the CCP used a bot network to suppress dissent around the harsher COVID security measures. I don’t see why an authoritarian state that relies on control of narratives to retain power would turn those off. I’m not sure why any internet traffic is treated as wholly organic.
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Does this account for bots? Bc the manner in which engagement (real or not) influences distribution of information on social media would seem to present a significant incentive to deploy a massive army of bots to follow your state media pages.
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Interesting to hear a man who works for a company largely responsible for a genocide in Myanmar describe content moderation staffing changes as “painful.”
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TLDR: people should be worried but not specifically about the meeting.
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I appreciate your perspective, but while the strength of an alliance will wax and wane I think it’s certainly growing more robust based on the general lack of confidence in our leadership and the possible decoupling of the world’s most economically productive business arrangement in modern times.
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Tomorrow is another day. I have faith in you.
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Once he excluded himself from any negative consequences, for foreign policy in Ukraine, for domestic economic policy, he seemingly began to consider himself immune from the criticisms of his actions. It’s a recipe for disaster, and we have a long way to fall.
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I photographed an evacuation in Pokrovsk in late December, and it was getting hit consistently the entire time I was there. Hard to think what those people are going through now.
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Thank you sir.
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Any thoughts on the Giants draft picks?
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21 hospitalized in Kyiv thus far, per Mayor Klitschko. Kyiv is quiet now but Russia reportedly still has jets in the air.
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Read today that monthly shipping containers from China to US are down 30% from last year, and that’s the beginning. There is no domestic manufacturing to replace these products, so everything will become expensive as mass public sector firings impact the economy. It’s a recipe for a steep downturn.
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It is almost theoretically impossible that you could have posted an article I was less likely to read.
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He created an electronic subordinate and then immediately sexually harassed it.
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When you look at the history of drug prohibition, particularly in the United States, it’s impossible to fully assess their impact on society without addressing the crime.
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Trainspotting, Basketball Diaries, Blow, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Narc, American Gangster, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Wall, The Doors, Spun, The Salton Sea, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas.
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Libertarians, in particular, do not seem too interested in liberty.
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I think in all the evilness it gets lost somewhat just how bad at their jobs these people are. When I did corporate sales I always made it a point to not walk into the meeting and punch someone in the face, as all cultures frown on that type of behavior.
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I think she’s better off in Congress. It’s good to fight, and these times call for it vastly more than most, but I wonder if her temper could trip her up in a debate. Pritzker seems promising to me in that he can appeal to centrists and isn’t willing to cede the rights of trans people.
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Yeah, this wasn’t in defense of her. She lost to the dumbest person to ever hold the office of president in modern times, in a world where GW exists. Lots of factors involved but that’s a failure of her and her team.
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The same reason he can’t be bothered to tie his tie correctly: they don’t care.
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You could see children playing on the playground, seemingly happy to have some sense of normalcy in such difficult times, but in the background there’s a constant sound of drone attacks and incoming and outgoing artillery. The Russian government is committing horrible crimes against these people. 6/
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Those places get hit so often that if an hour goes by and you don’t hear an explosion you start wondering why and what’s coming. And there are children and families living there. I covered a Christmas party in Donetsk in December, in the city of Druizhkivka, set up by a humanitarian org. 5/
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Then you have places in Donetsk where I’ve worked, like Dachne and Pokrovsk. Most of the people I interacted with there were fleeing, and those that weren’t were scrambling to gather resources so if occupation came they could hide with their families. 4/
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Kharkiv gets hit so routinely that if you spend time there you’re gonna hear it often, the city is smaller and the war is closer to you. People are doing their best to live their lives, but reminders of the terror that the Russian military has unleashed on the Ukrainian people are more present. 3/
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In Kyiv or Odesa at times it’s relatively quiet for a few days. You’ll wake up and check and find out dozens of drones were sent at Kyiv, but they were all stopped or maybe one got through and no one died. It’s terrible, of course, but it’s not in your face. It’s not like that in Kharkiv. 2/
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Democracies are nations of laws. Once he defied the court we do not qualify as one.
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Whatever your thoughts are on her she lost to a demonstrably bad candidate.
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@fordham.edu fighting the good fight. I expected nothing less.