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mattcropp.bsky.social
In #BTV Enjoyer of cooperatives, employee ownership, history, gardening, DIY solar projects, etc. I'm a toddler parent, so am usually tired... ;)
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Risky choice to attack a country with significant cyber attacks capabilities that is known to have probed the US grid right before a heat dome settles over much of the country...

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

Fuck this shit

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no online hatred is more intense than people on a city's subreddit

submitted 13 days ago • 4 comments

Weird they're showing Swan Lake on Fox right now

submitted 20 days ago • 235 comments

The sheer volume of cinnamon pop tarts and Gatorade is, in retrospect, alarming.

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

I was wondering when Transhumanist Olympics would become a thing....

submitted 35 days ago • 0 comments

The festishization of grilling to the point of doing it in the winter is an interesting manifestation of #energyblindness. Grilling is a strategy to keep the oven outside when trying to keep your building envelope cool; grilling in the winter is just giving away useful waste heat... 🔥

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

Howard Hopson is one of those characters that's been forgotten by history who has just a crazy story: utilities regulator who had a heel turn and pulled off a gigantic gas and electric consolidation and then got directly attacked by FDR before dying of syphilis. Also he looked like an axolotl.

submitted 40 days ago • 2 comments

Our Monthly Old North End #RepairCafe is today from 11am-3pm at 12 North Street! Bring your broken things and/or desire to tinker and mend... #btv #Vermont #vt

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If you manage organizational reserves, shifting from T-bills to Blue State municipal bonds might be worth considering? I mean, if Treasuries default nothing is safe, but increasing the relative capitalization of the non-fascist elements of the American state seems good, probably.

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The Trump administration is continuing its effort to deport the Palestinian student activist. For now, he can continue his fight for freedom outside of prison.

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#btv PSA: South End City Market has huevos rancheros on the hot bar, if you're looking for a low overhead mother's day breakfast...

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one of cleverer YIMBY/Georgist bits I remember from Twitter is that "Up" is not a NIMBY movie. All the elderly protagonist cares about is his house, the land itself has no value to him. Hence, he vacates the premises with the house

submitted 46 days ago • 4 comments

The whole reason AI creates moral hazards in higher education is that the student is the product -- a human resource processed for a third party -- rather than someone satisfying their own desire for knowledge. You only pretend to have done something when it's something you never wanted to do.

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

*big steam whistle goes off* day's over, boys. walk away from your work computers and get on home to your loving home computers

submitted 50 days ago • 33 comments

for a life worth living happy MayDay!

submitted 55 days ago • 5 comments

The singing at the end of Mohsen Mahdawi's release press conference has me legitimately choked up. Starts around the 17 minute mark. ❤️ youtu.be/B17c6NpqGQQ?...

submitted 56 days ago • 0 comments

Mrw when a Ghorman spider silk producer #coop is referenced in #Andor. Also further confirms Ghorman is Space Italy, not Space France.

submitted 57 days ago • 1 comment

A free composter was posted to my neighborhood FPF, and I was apparently the 16th person to ask about it. Having quit FB, it got me thinking that @frontporchforum.bsky.social should add a free/marketplace function to streamline such things & create a hyperlocal FB Marketplace alternative. #btv #vt

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Judge Gives Trump Administration 3 Days To Return Her From El Salvador Prison

submitted 62 days ago • 84 comments

rfk jr makes history as first hungry ghost to hold cabinet position

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

I have a deep aversion to local TV news, but now I am ON it because last year, the power company Arizona Public Service cut off electricity to my mother’s house outside of Phoenix, killing her.

submitted 64 days ago • 64 comments

The 2020ish popular rebrand of "charity when people with left politics do it" as #MutualAid has created a significant communications challenge for the development of projects rooted in actually mutualistic relations.

submitted 64 days ago • 0 comments

PSA for the younger Tall Dudes out there: try suspenders. The ones that clip directly to your belt-loops are as convenient/efficient as a belt, and far more effective.

submitted 65 days ago • 0 comments