Matt Dragon
@mattdragon
Dad, Husband, Principal Engineer Nava PBC, State Comm. ORNJ. New Twitter, now with less Nazis and oligarchy. Opinions mine, idiots.
We’ve been told for years that our country, even the blue parts, is hostile to our Black neighbors, women, LGBTQIA+. It’s time to start listening. newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/thin...
Props to this lady, telling him to wrap this nonsense up. Gotta keep the show on time or the massive crowds won't make the last train home.
🧵But as Amanda Gorman said “the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice” So what is justice, and what will you do to keep it from being “just is?” www.publicsq.org/news-poems-1... Photo credit: unsplash.com/photos/grand...
We must remain steadfast in continuing to pay attention to both, and advocate for both, as these are not separate crises, but are deeply and permanently linked. newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/thin...
Somehow there is no dispute that the conditions inside of Delaney Hall are inhumane, disgusting, and unnecessary. It’s outside the gates that the Democrats we’ve elected are lying to our faces. newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/dela...
As #ICE escalates violence in #Newark, resharing my thoughts on how they could be used to influence the November #elections. #njpol #newjersey www.publicsq.org/latest-artic...
As ICE escalates violence in Newark, resharing my thoughts on how they could be used to influence the November elections www.publicsq.org/latest-artic...
Uh ... You just keep showing up. Where are you all coming from and what do you think I can provide you?
LOL, Bill Spadea remains the all time NJ champion of lack of self awareness
This tweet from Gottheimer after an attack on Muslims doesn't undo the violent rhetoric and hate he stokes on a weekly basis. Yet he gets platformed in the NY Times and the Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Atheist students who stood together against a genocide and for humanity got expelled. Vote them out.
In lieu of flowers: Do the work. Continue the fight. Attend the protest. Believe women. Fire the racist cops. Hold power accountable. Share the words. Write the stories. www.publicsq.org/news-poems-1...
🧵But, Hathaway lost. Resoundingly rejected by voters from across the political spectrum. But I think it’s troubling that a subset of voters decided, largely from their personal position of privilege, ... newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/thin...
Well, sir, there's nothing on earth Like a genuine, bona fide Electrified, six-car BALLROOM What'd I say? BALLROOM What's it called? BALLROOM That's right! BALLROOM What's it called? BALLROOM Once again BALLROOM But Main Street's still all cracked and broken Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken BALLROOM
🧵“Republicans want to inspect children’s genitals. That’s weird, I just can’t support that while supporting equal rights for everyone. Next question.” newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/thin...
Someone will pick up this quote, shared as advice to writers, & say "Guess what? AI can do this first pass writing for you!" No, it can't! Writing is thinking. The reason your piece changes as you edit & rewrite is because you're figuring out what you want to say. Using AI means you're not thinking.
🧵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. www.publicsq.org/latest-artic...
🧵So what can we do? We must apply the lessons of Minnesota citizen ICE patrols to our voting infrastructure. We need regular citizens monitoring for ICE presence outside polling sites. Costumes, whistles, brass bands, the whole Minnesota treatment. www.publicsq.org/latest-artic...
🧵If you have the means, donate to a group doing immigration support, or mutual aid, or helping the victims of our own country's genocidal and ethnic cleansing campaigns. One way or another, do something. We must bear witness. newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/thin...
🧵Even worse, those state and local police officers were often called out for antagonizing protestors and escalating non-lethal but still very violent responses to the protestors, not just protecting ICE, but facilitating their work. www.publicsq.org/latest-artic...
These assholes. Distillation is when a scary open source (maybe even Chinese, on my!) leverages your expensive model to build their model cheaply. But that's totally different from stealing the entire human history of creative output to build your original model, right? Right?