Matt Eckel

Researcher at NCPERS. Pensions. Public Policy. Wargaming. Other nerderies. DC. Massachusetts. Someday Berlin.

[Matt Eckel @MattEckel]

Realizing that my dislike of trashy reality TV might be a matter of thematic distaste. If you locked up seven people in a house for three months and filmed them while they played a game of Diplomacy with weekly-resolving turns I would never stop watching it.

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@Clint_Davey1 If it included guided feedback I'd consider it as a disciplining mechanism.

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@gabydvj Only do it if the experience of being a grad student is something you want for itself, not for any instrumental/career reasons.

[g a b y @gabydvj]

i went to minneapolis and wrote about what i saw (a massive, robust mutual aid network that is ultimately just a bunch of regular people) and what i didn’t see (thousands of people who are terrified to leave their homes)

https://t.co/WzUpDiHmoD

[Matt Eckel @MattEckel]

You should think about donating a kidney: https://t.co/WJWZ4i3h1g

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@ZaidJilani @shadihamid In the argument that anti-Catholicism was unimportant or important? Because it seems pretty bloody important.

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@DavidLarter

[Siddhartha Mahanta @sidhubaba]

oh, hello -- i'm editing tech coverage at Fast Company for a few months, reach out, hit me up, yell at me, trip me on the street, let's talk stories!

[Center on Budget @CenterOnBudget]

More than 22M people rely on #ACA marketplaces for their health coverage. But unless Congress acts, enhanced premium tax credits will expire this year, driving premiums up nearly 20% & leaving about 7M people uninsured. Here are five key changes to watch: https://t.co/lSmjgTRWSv

[Kat Abughazaleh @KatAbughazaleh]

That’s me in the video. And a Fox News host just celebrated me being assaulted by ICE.

If ICE will do this to a congressional candidate with a big platform, just imagine what they’re doing to the people they’re kidnapping.

[Ilhan Omar @IlhanMN]

I am proud to be born a Muslim.
I am proud to be born in Somalia.
I am proud to have become an American.

None of you can change that no matter how much you rage tweet.

Drink some water and touch grass.

[Matt Eckel @MattEckel]

Of course it’s logistically possible! It’s almost certainly *politically infeasible* but that’s a different question.

[Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬 @lymanstoneky]

see, this isn't a dunk tho.

the only way to change the US' position on the graph here would be to forcibly confiscate 60-90% of guns on the US.

and there's literally no way to do that! it is not logistically possible!

[Matt Eckel @MattEckel]

The absolutely unhinged replies to this are a sight to behold.

[Alexis Coe @AlexisCoe]

I just realized that I don’t know a single historian who skips vaccinating their kids—because we've seen what happens when people don’t. And now you will too, but not in the archives. In Florida.

[Matt Eckel @MattEckel]

@markherman54 @bushontheradio Character in an old Ronald Reagan movie.

[Fort Circle Games @fortcircle]

Circle DC 2026 will be held on April 10-12, 2026 here in lovely Washington, DC. The convention will be capped at 250 attendees and we have opened up badge registration this morning. https://t.co/KU1fdml4DT

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@6xW_a I vaguely recall reading somewhere that the Italian front saw comparatively high rates of hand grenade usage. Seems related.

[Brianne K. Nadeau @BrianneKNadeau]

This morning my team and I visited Ward 1 schools to welcome students to their first day, support our families, and ensure kids were safe during arrival. It was amazing to see the outpouring of support from the community and everyone who showed up for our students.

[Ryan Grim @ryangrim]

Interfaith protest against Trump’s DC takeover in Columbia Heights

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@smarkg52 @Mountain_Navy @SebastianBae QGIS?

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Another part of “what unions do” is to provide a disciplining mechanism to remind their membership to keep their eyes on the prize, votes-wise (see eg. race/civil rights from ~1940 - ~1970).