Matt Cropp

@mattcropp.bsky.social

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In #BTV #Vermont. Steeped in the deep lore of co-ops, employee ownership, & solidarity economics. Enjoys amateurish tinkering on electronics and energy with hackerspace friends. Preschooler parent. Now is the Time of Monsters.

Stop Making Stupid People Famous graffiti with stupid crossed out.
Graffiti "Stop Making Stupid People Famous" with Stupid crossed out.
"Space could be our future," I say. I believe that. As far as I'm concerned, space exploration and colonization are among the few things left over from the last century that can help us more than they hurt us. It's hard to get anyone to see that, though, when there's so much suffering going on just outside our walls."
Preschooler sitting on a wagon with a sign that says Refuse Fascism.
Load screen for Reader Rabbit (1989)
3 year old in sunglasses and a Patagonia coat holding a shot glass of maple syrup and a maple festival bingo card.
Ice vehicle with flat tire.
Multicolored basket of whistles.
New Minnesota flag hanging on my garage.
Cover of Civilization and its Discontents by Sigmund Freud.
Headline: "Trump cuts fentanyl tariffs on China to 10% as Beijing delays rare earth curbs"
Perpetual motion machine truck being pulled by a magnet attached to a bed with a gif of a man asking"why isn't it possible?"
Pic of flagpole on my deck topped with a hacked solar node.
Plate with corn on the cob and tofu
Painting of Andrew Jackson's inauguration rager
My son and I kayaking on Waterbury Reservoir.
Big Bird with a mic...
Co-ops mentioned meme
Cat newspaper meme "maybe I should try meth"