Matt Dragon

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Dad, Husband, Principal Engineer Nava PBC, State Comm. ORNJ. New Twitter, now with less Nazis and oligarchy. Opinions mine, idiots.

A woman in a white dress tells the dude debating a 10-year-old girl arguing witches are (were?) real
Screenshot from piece: Our country has a long history of people dying for demanding or daring to try to exercise their right to vote. Congressional Democrats clearly have no plan to stop ICE from committing whatever violence they choose, wherever they choose to inflict it. So it will require the rest of us, the regular folks, to stand up, just as we have in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Minnesota. State and County Democratic Party Democratic Committees should be game planning with local officials, their members, and their communities. It’s not a question of if ICE and CBP will try to interfere on Election Day. It’s a question of whether communities can out-organize them.
Rock arch forming the sunset, Moab
Rock arch forming the sunset, Moab
Driveway chalk art saying Happy Pride
A protestor flies an upside down US flag across from a riot line of police officers near Delaney Hall. The sky is a light blue as the sun sets with a scattering of clouds. Behind the police line in the distance a number of emergency vehicle lights backlight the line of officers.
Photo of George Orwell on the left. On the right, the quote from 1984, "The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Sign taped to a store window: Private Property Absolutely No I.C.E. Allowed ICE agents may NOT enter private areas without a judicial warrant We do not consent to any searches without legal authority
Protest sign: CowardICE PrejudICE InjustICE MalICE Stop ICE and also F**K ICE
Protest sign: CowardICE PrejudICE InjustICE MalICE Stop ICE and also F**K ICE
Alt text of multiple Bluesky notifications about dozens of new followers.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "He did this to himself. Tragic figure. So much promise, Gave it away for ego and hurt feelings. Time to move on. Lame duck. The GOP better figure it out soon." — Radio host and former 2025 GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Spadea on the declining polls of President Donald Trump, who endorsed his rival Jack Ciattarelli.
@RepJoshG tweet: "There is no room for hate in America. We are praying for the victims and families impacted by the horrific shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego. No one should ever fear for their safety while worshipping or gathering in their community. We must stand united against Islamophobia. America is strongest when we protect every person's freedom to live and worship in peace."
In a black and white photo, a single flower bent downwards toward the camera from a bouquet of flowers as if bowing its head.
In a black and white photo, a single flower bent downwards toward the camera from a bouquet of flowers as if bowing its head.
In a black and white photo, a single flower bent downwards toward the camera from a bouquet of flowers as if bowing its head.
MC Hammer wearing gold parachute pants and a black and gold jacket with his left foot on a folding chair and his left elbow resting on his knee.
Marching up Market St
Tidal top songs for April: Open their wallets - Spose A world without billionaires - Spose Blood on the wheel - Everlast, WLPWR Song for Alicia - Haley Heyndericks, Max Garcia Conover Scooby - corook Fucked up - Macklemore
An ad for make up to wear red white and blue on your face for the World Cup. A smoking woman with red white and blue sparkle is below the wording "The World Cup hits different in the USA"
Cardboard protest sign: "What lessens one of us lessens all of us." "What lessens" and "lessens" are written in black, "one of us," "all of us" are written in red.
Concrete wall with white letters stenciled: "we all live here" On the top left side of the photo the trees are shading the wall and partially shading "we."
The end of the Monorail song in the Simpsons. The town has just finished a big musical number and the scammer Lyle Lanley is front and center.
Concrete wall with white letters stenciled: "we all live here" On the top left side of the photo the trees are shading the wall and partially shading "we."
Concrete wall with white letters stenciled: "we all live here" On the top left side of the photo the trees are shading the wall and partially shading "we."
Flyer says: "Palestinian Joy is Resistance" in black letters on white background. "Palestinian Joy" is in much larger letters. To the right of the words is a Palestinian flag hanging vertically with the green stripe on the left and the black stripe on the right. At the bottom it has tassels like a keffiyeh
Flyer says: "Palestinian Joy is Resistance" in black letters on white background. "Palestinian Joy" is in much larger letters. To the right of the words is a Palestinian flag hanging vertically with the green stripe on the left and the black stripe on the right. At the bottom it has tassels like a keffiyeh
Flyer says: "Palestinian Joy is Resistance" in black letters on white background. "Palestinian Joy" is in much larger letters. To the right of the words is a Palestinian flag hanging vertically with the green stripe on the left and the black stripe on the right. At the bottom it has tassels like a keffiyeh
Flyer says: "Palestinian Joy is Resistance" in black letters on white background. "Palestinian Joy" is in much larger letters. To the right of the words is a Palestinian flag hanging vertically with the green stripe on the left and the black stripe on the right. At the bottom it has tassels like a keffiyeh
Screenshot shot from article: All of my time and all of my attention. It’s the only way I know how to write, darn it. But I do have a trick that makes things easier for me. Since writing is very hard and rewriting is comparatively easy and rather fun, I always write my scripts all the way through as fast as I can, the first day, if possible, putting in crap jokes and pattern dialogue—“Homer, I don’t want you to do that.” “Then I won’t do it.” Then the next day, when I get up, the script’s been written. It’s lousy, but it’s a script. The hard part is done. It’s like a crappy little elf has snuck into my office and badly done all my work for me, and then left with a tip of his crappy hat. All I have to do from that point on is fix it. So I’ve taken a very hard job, writing, and turned it into an easy one, rewriting, overnight. I advise all writers to do their scripts and other writing this way. And be sure to send me a small royalty every time you do it.
Flyer says: "Palestinian Joy is Resistance" in black letters on white background. "Palestinian Joy" is in much larger letters. To the right of the words is a Palestinian flag hanging vertically with the green stripe on the left and the black stripe on the right. At the bottom it has tassels like a keffiyeh
Flyer says: "Palestinian Joy is Resistance" in black letters on white background. "Palestinian Joy" is in much larger letters. To the right of the words is a Palestinian flag hanging vertically with the green stripe on the left and the black stripe on the right. At the bottom it has tassels like a keffiyeh
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America A cardboard sign: CowardICE PrejudICE InjustICE MalICE! STOP ICE * and also, F**K ICE The references to ICE are in light blue, the work STOP is the largest on the sign and is in red with black outline.
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America A cardboard sign: CowardICE PrejudICE InjustICE MalICE! STOP ICE * and also, F**K ICE The references to ICE are in light blue, the work STOP is the largest on the sign and is in red with black outline.
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America A cardboard sign: CowardICE PrejudICE InjustICE MalICE! STOP ICE * and also, F**K ICE The references to ICE are in light blue, the work STOP is the largest on the sign and is in red with black outline.
Screenshot of post by @omarsuleiman: I'm receiving a number of press inquiries to defend myself against the "antisemite" smear. I'm not doing any of those. Anyone who defends a state or its ideology that has enabled its soldiers to gleefully snipe dead thousands of Palestinian children or gang rape Palestinian prisoners to death ALL ON CAMERA should be on trial, not me or anyone who dares speak out. Those who defend this genocide and occupation are worse than the apologists of any monstrous regime or actor in history because these crimes have been filmed for the world to see, and are well documented by every human rights organization in the world. Call me what you want. My family and people's blood is on your hands, and your tongues will one day testify against you.
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America A cardboard sign: CowardICE PrejudICE InjustICE MalICE! STOP ICE * and also, F**K ICE The references to ICE are in light blue, the work STOP is the largest on the sign and is in red with black outline.
Screenshot from header of piece: "We must bear witness" Photo of "Gaza" spelled out on black rectangles with white letters and led lights. In front of the letters are a Ceasefire Now sign and a heart in white tea lights.
Screenshot from header of piece: "We must bear witness" Photo of "Gaza" spelled out on black rectangles with white letters and led lights. In front of the letters are a Ceasefire Now sign and a heart in white tea lights.
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America
protest sign: It's time to DE-ICE America
screenshot of piece with image of Gaza sign and heart in tea lights in the header
screenshot of piece with image of Gaza sign and heart in tea lights in the header
Random AI weird silhouettes coming, out of the sunset?, holding hands and looking like rip off video game characters float over Jesus Trump's head.
Screenshot from piece: however, the real competition in the long run are open source models. Right now those primarily come from China, and a key ingredient in fast-following frontier models is distillation; from Anthropic’s blog: We have identified industrial-scale campaigns by three AI laboratories—DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax—to illicitly extract Claude’s capabilities to improve their own models. These labs generated over 16 million exchanges with Claude through approximately 24,000 fraudulent accounts, in violation of our terms of service and regional access restrictions. These labs used a technique called “distillation,” which involves training a less capable model on the outputs of a stronger one. Distillation is a widely used and legitimate training method. For example, frontier AI labs routinely distill their own models to create smaller, cheaper versions for their customers. But distillation can also be used for illicit purposes: competitors can use it to acquire powerful capabilities from other labs in a fraction of the time, and at a fraction of the cost, that it would take to develop them independently.
Screenshot from piece: April 13, 2026 Things I'm reading We must bear witness. A photo of black letter signs with white letters and led lights, spelling Gaza. In from of that is a Ceasefire Now sign and in front of that is a heart made of tea lights.
Ben Affleck smoking meme
Screenshot of things you can't do under West Orange's IHRA Resolution with the following parts highlighted: "State of Israel is a racist endeavor" and "Drawing comparisons of contemporary Israeli policy to that of the Nazis."
Screenshot from the Washington Post has the text content "What readers are saying The comments express strong criticism of the Trump administration's actions, particularly regarding the decision to start a war with Iran and the subsequent security measures taken by officials like Rubio and Hegseth, who are reportedly living on military bases. Many commenters... Show more This summary is AI-generated. AI can make mistakes and this summary is not a replacement for reading the comments." Over a rounded Black button with white text: Comments 901
Screenshot of Dolores Huerta's statement: “I am nearly 96 years old, and for the last 60 years have kept a secret because I believed that exposing the truth would hurt the farmworker movement I have spent my entire life fighting for. I have encouraged people to always use their voice. Following the New York Times’ multi-year investigation into sexual misconduct by Cesar Chavez, I can no longer stay silent and must share my own experiences."
Google results for campus protest Iran war
NJ Transit alert that rail service is suspended due to overhead wire issues
A BlueSky pile on trying to convince us that Kamala Harris didn't lose over her choice to not separate herself from Biden on Gaza.
A picture of the gold medal winning Women's Olympic Hockey team over the text of Threads post by user @voknows: "Shout out to Team USA Women's Hockey for bringing home the gold medal and not partying with Kash Patel."
Screenshot of poem "Bent by the weight of sobbing children, separated from their parents at the border, at school drop off, at the doctor’s office, or at church – by unidentified men, cosplaying as soldiers, but too embarrassed to show their face, as to learn what their own children think of them"
Bent by the weight of sobbing children, separated from their parents at the border, at school drop off, at the doctor’s office, or at church – by unidentified men, cosplaying as soldiers, but too embarrassed to show their face, as to learn what their own children think of them
Quote from piece: "Action is happening up-and-down the LLM stack: Nvidia is making deals with Intel, OpenAI is making deals with Oracle, and Nvidia and OpenAI are making deals with each other. Nine years after Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang hand-delivered the first Nvidia DGX-1 AI computer to OpenAI, the chip giant is investing up to $100 billion in the AI lab, which OpenAI will, of course, spend on Nvidia AI systems."
Screenshot from piece: "It’s women’s rights, because of the dead mothers, the dead children, so many dead children. Girls murdered who will never grow up to become women. Fathers kidnapped off the street, held for decades without formal charges, never getting to meet their unborn daughter before they grow to become mothers themselves, or are vaporized before they can escape childhood. Mothers who must mourn multiple children all at once, after collecting bits and pieces in a bag to bury. And those are the “lucky” ones, because they didn’t die in childbirth because of a blockade on medical supplies, or see their babies killed before they could even get a birth certificate."