Matt Beckman

Matt Beckman

@daphsci.bsky.social

Bikes, sweat, sandwiches, dogs, guitar, gardening, science, Daphnia.

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i am inviting anyone from a legacy media organization to explain to me why the house judiciary dems report on trump’s epstein’s ties and multiple allegations of rape isn’t worthy of extensively reporting on. i’m serious. i want to understand.

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it feels truly insane that it’s not

Andy Craig@andycraig.bsky.social

I know there's a lot going on but I feel it should probably be more of an above-the-fold story that members of Congress released a thoroughly documented report directly accusing the president of the United States of being a serial rapist.

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MN Folks: I hope you have cast your vote in the midterm election that concludes next Tuesday evening at 8 pm. If you haven't, please promise yourself to get to your early voting center this week or to your regular polling site on Nov. 3. I'm counting on you. You are the heroes we need.

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Enjoyed launching a doorknock yesterday in Martin County! So grateful for the folks who are spreading the word about our campaign to bring down costs, take on corruption, and invest in our small towns. This race is going to be extremely close, and every conversation makes a difference!

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‘We, the people’—not we, the white people—not we, the citizens or the legal voters—not we, the privileged class, and excluding all other classes but we, the people; not we, the horses and cattle, but we the people.” —Frederick Douglass, 1857 www.americaamerica.news/p/showing-tr...

americaamerica.newsShowing Trump Who “We the People” AreWhile Donald Trump serves himself, his family and his cronies, Americans can soon make clear that “we” are more powerful than “he”

tfw you realize your spouse bought a massive bag of Halloween candy and you don't need to raid the chocolate chips again for a while. Muahahaha, only one candy per kid this year!

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A potential new data center in West Virginia is “almost certain to kill” 1.2 acres of American Chestnuts that have thus far managed to survive the chestnut blight and produce chestnuts, according to the American Chestnut Foundation. wvpublic.org/story/energy...

wvpublic.orgData Center Threatens Rare American Chestnut Orchard In W.Va. - West Virginia Public BroadcastingNew data center developments are changing local landscapes and communities across West Virginia – and one is set to remove a very rare stand of trees.

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Anti-trans Democrats are spreading poison when we can least afford it, during elections in this ongoing fascist takeover. As a strategy, it’s a recipe for failure. As a moral stand, it’s reprehensible. PS I’m the father of young trans woman and I’ll never forgive anyone who makes her life harder.

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Story time March 2026: CDC gave $1.6m to fund unethical vaccine Hep B trial on newborns in Guinea-Bissau. The world yelled. @standupforscience.net briefed congress. Canceled. Now: Same trial almost went on. Danish scientists got raided. Trial is off again. Moral of story: Don't stop yelling🧪

theguardian.comControversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns haltedHepatitis B study in Guinea-Bissau that was to be funded by CDC and that drew global backlash ‘will not move forward’

Water treatment facilities and ponds are excellent birding sites, especially for waterfowl. West of Wells, MN we saw many American Coots and probably a Redhead Duck diving.

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How to clone a nerve net? In our new paper, we show how Hydra builds a new, fully functional nerve net during asexual reproduction, step by step, until the bud takes control and shows independent behavior. Out now 👇 doi.org/10.1038/s420...

doi.orgIn vivo replication of a fully functional nerve net in a clonally reproducing animal - Communications BiologyCommunications Biology - In vivo replication of a fully functional nerve net in a clonally reproducing animal

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JUST POSTED: A Russian energy giant has secretly moved to acquire a position in a massive Alaska gas project. Its part of talks between Witkoff/Kushner & Putin. But CEO of US company resigns after learning of Russian money in the project. A wowzer of a story. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

nytimes.comIn U.S. Gas Talks With Kremlin, Hidden Financing for Alaska Project EmergesInterviews and documents show a Russian energy giant secretly funded a U.S. firm. The deal has been discussed in talks to end the war in Ukraine.

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“The proportion of estimated heat deaths attributable to human-induced climate change shows a marked rise over time, increasing from 39% in 2000 to 68% in 2025.”

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“For me as an American, it’s humiliating that my country’s leader is taking the side of the Kremlin. I never dreamed that we would have a Republican president on the side of the Kremlin in my life,” Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret.), Former Commander of U.S. Army Europe, said in an interview with TVP World.

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hmmmm...not sure one person giving half a billion dollars to one party is a great sign of a healthy political system just not quite on board with that

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The Midtown Greenway will be closed between 5th Ave and Bryant Ave Tuesday 10/27 to Friday 10/30 for the Pillsbury Ave S bridge reconstruction project. This is to pave the trail, slope paving, and reinstall the fence next to it. #MidtownGreenway

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Replying to @marisakabas.bsky.social

Huge follow-up reporting to my scoop: The Guardian confirmed America Next—the conservative nonprofit founded by Bobby Jindal that was offering students $ to disrupt El-Sayed events—paid a firm registered to Tommy Teepell’s dad Timmy $250k for “canvassing and influencer marketing” against El-Sayed.

theguardian.comMichigan heckler the son of Republican adviser paid for ‘influencer marketing’ against El-SayedTimmy Teepell’s firm paid $250,000 by America Next, which has been trying to gin up ‘organic’ opposition to El-Sayed

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Ukraine was winning the war, so Trump kneecapped Ukraine to help Russia. I wish it weren’t that simple, but it is. Our president is in bed with our enemies.

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I am honored to have earned the endorsements of Former Governor Arne Carlson (GOP) and Former Governor Mark Dayton (DFL). Both served as Minnesota State Auditor before becoming Governor, and having their support means a great deal to me. Thank you, Governor Carlson and Governor Dayton!

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#OnThisDay Oct 21 1926: Frank Lloyd Wright and companion Olga Milanoff are arrested at a Lake Minnetonka cottage on charges of adultery. They had fled Wisconsin to escape his messy divorce and her estranged husband. Wright spent a few days in jail before being released, charges were later dropped.

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Did not know this!

Vince Mpls@vincempls.bsky.social

#OnThisDay Oct 21 1926: Frank Lloyd Wright and companion Olga Milanoff are arrested at a Lake Minnetonka cottage on charges of adultery. They had fled Wisconsin to escape his messy divorce and her estranged husband. Wright spent a few days in jail before being released, charges were later dropped.

Let's talk about the poorly researched hit piece Alison Kite "wrote" today in the @startribune.com. What was the goal other than to attack the DFL candidate. Here again, Glen and Steve putting their thumb on the scale. Disgusting. I canceled my subscription.

@governorwalz.mn.gov If you could do one thing in Minnesota to reduce preventable deaths and morbidity that costs ~$4.6 BILLION dollars each year, it would be to mandate local, county and state enforcement of the basic traffic laws already on the books through an executive order.

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I was grateful to be endorsed by the Post Bulletin Editorial Board this morning, following their previous endorsements of my opponent in 2022 and 2024. They see what folks across southern Minnesota are seeing: our congressman doesn't show up, but I do.

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A woman in Arkansas was seeking care for a life-threatening miscarriage. Under the state’s strict abortion ban, no doctor would treat her. “Our hands are tied behind our backs,” one doctor told her. “Tell your friends to vote differently.” (Published May)

propublica.orgShe Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.

Henceforth it’s the Taylor Grove Fascist Herald.

mollypeonies@mollypeonies.bsky.social

DEEP DIVE is up! How the Star Tribune turned Republican “Somali gangs” rhetoric into an election-year crime narrative—and helped give demands for expanded local, state, and federal enforcement the authority of news.

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Please reach out as a volunteer to make calls.. or walk door to door! 🙏

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The guy who made his fortune by giving Alzheimer’s patients and their families false hope just tried to exploit the sex abuse his opponent suffered as a child for his own political gain. Republicans are a Mad Libs of depraved cruelty and moral degeneracy. Just horrible people.

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They're weirdly pressing two kinds of white supremacist lies at once -- some non-white immigrants are poverty-wracked criminals who are eating our dogs and cats, but other non-white immigrants are rich elites who are buying up mansions and flying first class. Pick a fucking lane, you clowns.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Stephen Miller claims Somali-Americans in Minnesota are "buying Mercedes, buying BMWs, they buy a nice house, all their kids fly first class all over the world" (This is a lie!)

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That Vivek Ramaswamy ad might end up being the worst own goal we've seen in a major race. Platforming the estranged mother of your opponent to attack her, only for everyone to discover that the mother protected the rapist of her 12-year-old daughter and stayed married to him, is beyond despicable.

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After endorsing Finstad in 2022 and 2024, the Post Bulletin endorsed our campaign this morning! I enjoyed reading their explanation for why: Finstad doesn't show up for us, and I actually will.