well, they're back, and now i can diminish, and go into the west, or whatever

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · yesterday

I was banned by BlueSky (then apparently unbanned) for calling for the trial & death penalty for Ralph de la Torre, former CEO of Steward Health Care, a man directly responsible for the deaths of disabled Americans. I stand by my analysis - the full writeup is here: www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

Apparently this platform has taken an official anti-death penalty stance, because they will suspend or ban users if they say that a specific person should be tried and executed for their crimes when that person has killed people. So long as that person isn't an elected official, it seems.

Not gonna lie, I remain delighted that Bluesky management hates that the platform was immediately co-opted by artists and queers.

If you're looking for ME because you're looking for Matthew, well, they got banned. Details here: shouldntneedtobealawyer.com/posts/ralph-...

Ralph de la Torre, Steward Health Care CEO, Is A Murderer (And I've Been Banned By BlueSky) | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland

nb. I have been suspended from BlueSky. Patreon — now with new, easier URL, ShoudntNeedToBeALawyer.com or ShouldntNeed.com — is the best pla

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Anybody at @moderation.bsky.app want to try to explain why they suspended @matthewcort.land, ANOTHER of the most prominent people out here fighting for disabled and marginalized people? Like… are y'all planning to suspend/ban literally every disabled legal scholar/policy worker out here, orrrr…?

ali alkhatib@ali-alkhatib.com · 2d ago

anyway, if you're looking for Matthew Cortland, you should sub to their patreon since they're a disabled lawyer evidently getting deplatformed from places.

Summer’s not over yet! Check out this year’s 2026 Food and Farming Book Guide, which features titles written by and about farmers. 📚 ⬇️

Our Summer 2026 Food and Farming Book Guide

This year’s collection is rich in books by and about farmers.

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friend got suspended from here, i jokingly asked if it's because they said something mean about a billionaire, and i was right 🫩

if someone removes you as a follower on insta but does not stop following you, is that more likely a sign that they're interested in stirring up drama or that they just didn't finish the job for whatever reason?

Reminder to my Bay Area comrades that I have TWO book events next week! I'll be at Books, Inc's Alameda store at 6:30 on Wednesday, August 5, and would love to see you there. Reserve ahead of time so they know to expect you!

s.e. smith at books inc. alameda

Meet s.e. smith joining us to share their new book All My Dead Cats and Other Losses: Practicing Good Grief in a Culture That Fears Mourning

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No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...

Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation

PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...

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In case you missed it, this very personal project and also the largest I've ever worked on is out into the world!

s. e. smith@sesmith.lol · last wk.

ALL MY DEAD CATS AND OTHER LOSSES, my book about grief; who is allowed to mourn and how; and why people want to pathologize the experiences that make us human, is available now in print, ebook, and audiobook formats, wherever fine books are sold (or loaned, shoutout to libraries).

....if you are responsible for feeding a chimp, and you're not actively criming, you have access to better chimp experts than i do lol

i long for the great Sage-Grouse debates of yore

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 2w ago

The same five Democrats also voted to ban gender-affirming care from TRICARE.

Mystic Seaport Cortland would like a word with you.

This is solid advice.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 2w ago

Bottom Line Up Front: despite confused reporting & less than clear statements from FDA, Taylor Foods lettuce remains implicated in the Cyclospora outbreak. My recommendation remains the same: avoid lettuce if you are not absolutely, affirmatively certain it did not ultimately come from Taylor Farms

If you're in the Boston area, Matt's overview of the nurse and clinician strike at Brigham is a must-read. If you can get out there to the picket lines and support the strikers, I hope you do. They are fighting for better pay and safer patients.

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 4w ago

More than 4,000 Brigham and Women's nurses finished a one-day strike Thursday morning and showed up ready to work. Mass General Brigham locked them out until Monday. The CEO who locked them out paid herself $8.4 million www.patreon.com/mattbc/posts...

My sister, who is very similar to me, was diagnosed when we were kids. I was missed. We’re a natural experiment on this exact question. After diagnosis, my sister got kicked out of the school we both attended & thrown in special ed & ABA. She grew up being told she was a broken failure./

Sarah Kurchak@fodderfigure.bsky.social · last mo.

I think late diagnosed autistic people who genuinely believe that early diagnosis is a privilege should do the math, look up what the treatments and attitudes toward autism were like in their youth, and explain exactly what they believe they missed out on and what their outcome would have been.

first, @maysoonzayid is a friend & the person berating them has also publicly attacked me, so i'm not claiming any sort of removed objectivity here. but i am enough of a public health expert to be baffled by this approach — it is not persuasive, it is not successful.

✨marina✨@marinadove.bsky.social · 2mo ago

arguing with palestinians for not wearing masks on a podcast. genuine wrecker shit

“[Gay restaurants] still mean a lot to the community, and I think you’re going to have younger generations who are very thirsty for these types of spaces." Read the Q&A with "Dining Out" author Erik Piepenburg. ⬇️

How Gay Restaurants Became Comfort Spaces

In ‘Dining Out,’ author Erik Piepenburg explores the multifaceted role of restaurants in the LGBTQIA+ community.

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always one of my favorite lists of the year!!!

Civil Eats@civileats.com · 2mo ago

The summer book guide is here! 📚☀️ This year’s collection is rich in titles by and about farmers, with perspectives to bear in mind as the farm bill moves through Congress and the midterms approach.

Well, there goes one of my most treasured parasocial theories. Fuck.

Anthony Stewart Head will always be a real one for this. RIP www.thepinknews.com/2019/12/20/a...

Heartwarming story of Buffy's Giles going out of his way for a young trans fan

Tired: J.K. Rowling supporting a woman with anti-trans views. Wired: Buffy actor Anthony Stewart-Head quietly going above and beyond for his trans fans.

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A story I love about Anthony Stewart Head. Thank you to this person for sharing it on Tumblr. What a mensch.

every year i tell myself I won't be making any sort of special effort to read queer books during pride month because i read them all year long, and every year other people share lists of queer books that lengthen my TBR and mess up my short term reading plans!

Lololol I picked up a new interest which allowed me to figure out a whole additional red flag that goes nicely with someone’s red flag collection. Oh, you mean that wasn’t an oversight but instead is a consistent personality trait/intentional choice? Good to know.

Again, I cannot emphasize strongly enough that @beth4ma.bsky.social got into this race when it was against Seth Moulton, who is a terrible MoC for a Massachusetts Dem. That's real courage and commitment.

Beth Andres-Beck@beth4ma.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It is not surprising Chaya Raichik is attacking me on LibsOfTikTok. It's a little weird that her attack is just "look at this awesome person who will do a popular thing" 😂 Join us to support trans people & make crimes have consequences: secure.actblue.com/donate/beth-...

If you're someone who relies on Medicaid or you have family members/loved ones who rely on Medicaid, and you're interested in the most effective ways to talk about the vital program? This is also for you

Matthew Cortland (they)@matthewcort.land · 3mo ago

Trump is using a "waste, fraud, and abuse" campaign to cut Medicaid: freezing federal payments, labeling home care and autism therapy as fraud, justifying cuts. Lew Blank and I polled voters on what works against it, free messaging briefing, 5/28 @ 1PM ET Register: live.zoho.com/hila-mwe-ufe

Beth Andres-Beck entered the fight *against* Seth Moulton, before Moulton decided to torpedo his career by taking on Ed Markey. That's the sort of courage I want to see in Congress.

Beth Andres-Beck@beth4ma.bsky.social · 3mo ago

It doesn’t matter which creative thing Virginia Democrats do. Lower the mandatory retirement age. Change the process. Run a partisan map anyway. Do any of them. All of them. They might not work. But they might. Democracy is worth fighting for.

‪Ashoka Mukpo‬ has insight into Ebola few Americans posses - survived ebola in 2014 while working as a stringer for NBC news

Ashoka Mukpo@shokes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Scary news that Ebola is in Kinshasa and Kampala. Those cities see a lot more traffic than Monrovia, Freetown, or Conakry. Health authorities are going to have their hands full, good luck to them.

Looking for: Songs to audition to add to a very eclectic playlist to lift weights to! Currently some of the playlist: MUNA, a bunch of the Heated Rivalry Soundtrack, Rage Against the Machine, AC/DC, Eve 6, Beastie Boys, Garbage, Hole, Dessa, The Mountain Goats, Fall Out Boy, Fatboy Slim.