Matt Thompson

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PhD in Plant Physiology. Despairing of ever building platforms for Agriculture. E-bike commuter. ->Plant trees EVERYWHERE<- LBCA-raised, he/him, 3 kids #trees #plantscience #agriculture #culturalevolution

Joined October 2023

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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · 22h
classic false prophet ... Zechariah 13:3 (KJV) says a false prophet must be killed by their parents for speaking "lies in the name of the Lord"
- Sky Marchini sky.skymarchini.net · 23h
  is peter thiel just insane fortune.com/2026/02/04/p...
  Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune
  
  The Gen Z Swedish climate activist is a legionnaire of the Antichrist, Thiel claims, a “Luddite” who wants to halt technological progress in its tracks.
  
  fortune.com
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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · 22h
to be an effective politician, one must: * understand policy * have an articulable vision of the future * understand strategy (focused goals, how to achieve them) * enjoy people * think fast under pressure * be able to raise money * serve the **public** * have a soul * understand when to retire

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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 6
Schumer immediately rejected the offer
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure projec...

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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 6
хорошо, таварищ
- Aaron Rupar atrupar.com · Feb 5
  Ron Johnson: "Republicans are trying to make sure that only legitimate votes count"
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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 5
John Thune, anti-American non-Constitutionalist
- Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com · Feb 5
  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week if they do not work with Republicans and the White House.
  Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE
  
  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that demands made by Democrats for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Secu…
  
  trib.al
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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 5
anyone who has had to think through the tradeoff between "recall" and "precision" in machine learning will react to this with complete horror
- dell cameron dell.bsky.social · Feb 5
  NEW: Records reviewed by WIRED show DHS’s facial recognition app (Mobile Fortify) isn’t designed to actually "verify" identity—despite DHS claims and its agents relying on its matches to support probable cause in the field.
  ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
  
  ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy r...
  
  wired.com
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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 5
"After Hours" (Scorcese, 1985) is back on Netflix

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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 5
i don't suppose we should invest much in their theory of property
- Washington Post Opinions postopinions.bsky.social · Feb 5
  It’s time to put Billie Eilish’s theory of property out to pasture, Richard Epstein and Max Raskin write. "Americans are not thieves who built on stolen land." wapo.st/4rDYzrn
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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 5
what a smarmy liar
- Aaron Rupar atrupar.com · Feb 5
  MORENO: This deportation effort, especially the self-deportation, is going to lead to lower housing prices and we've already seen it, correct? BESSENT: We have. We're seeing a decrease in rents nationwide.
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Matt Thompson mvthomster.bsky.social · Feb 5
mercantilism!
- Patrick Wyman patrickwyman.bsky.social · Feb 5
  We all keep wondering about how Epstein actually made his money but the answer's hiding in plain sight: his network. Precisely what business he was in, what asset or property or field, didn't matter; what mattered were his connections to people who got him access to those assets.
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Matt Thompson

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist and apocalypse are linked to the ‘end of modernity’ currently happening—and cites Greta Thunberg as a driving example | Fortune

Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project — if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him | CNN Politics

Homeland Security shutdown grows more likely as Republicans rebuff Democratic demands for ICE

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are