Matthew Connelly
@mattspast
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Director, Centre for the Study of Existential Threats; historian of secrecy, the future, and other hard targets.
past, present, or future
Joined March 2015
“It may be the most presciently timed book ever written. . . . It’s the love story between America and its secrets.” —Jon Stewart THE DECLASSIFICATION ENGINE is available now from @pantheonbooks
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USAID has long been a jobs program for Americans, farmers most of all. #learninghistorythehardway
We need 10,000 videos just like this!!! Many farmers have turned on Trump. I would have never believed this had I not seen it with my own eyes. #FAFO
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RT @dwallacewells: “What we found was that, yeah, there's a pretty strong case for PEPFAR. Even using conservative assumptions and ignoring…
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American businesses abroad will no longer be able to say it is illegal to give bribes -- each one will now face demands for money
8 years later, @potus @realDonaldTrump is telling @TheJusticeDept not to enforce a law that bans bribery of foreign officials by American corporations. By doing so, he violates his oath to faithfully carry out the law, @SpeakerJohnson @LeaderJohnThune.
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RT @cwebbonline: Donald Trump is making another 9/11-style attack more likely. His Gaza scheme is inflaming the Middle East. He’s gutting…
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I just signed up. If Trump/Musk defy a court order this seems like the logical response. Who is with me?
I’m aghast at the number of ppl who do not know there already is a national strike planned and weekly “no buy” days. Info can’t be posted here. You can s e a r c h: generalstrikeus. Fill out the s t r i k e card for more info. Info is all over TT.
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...but the rest of us realize @elonmusk is just another asshole who wants to rule over people without being accountable to them.
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RT @JamesSurowiecki: Brilliant decision by Musk to quash this obviously wasteful program. Red state colleges and farmers thank him. https:/…
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RT @yogaskidogs: FBI agents who spent their lives protecting Americans, prosecuting violent criminals--including murderers--have never felt…
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The worst episodes in USAID history occurred when people wanted to move fast and break things -- "Look how quickly we act, how outrageous we dare to be” -- precisely what @elonmusk is doing.
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RT @TopSecretNoam: The White House released a statement on payments from USAID they felt like were evidence of fraud and abuse. One of tho…
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RT @RepMcGovern: I'm all for going after waste, fraud, and abuse. The Department of Defense spends $800+ billion a year. It's never passed…
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RT @asymmetricinfo: This is incredibly stupid. Depriving treasury employees of access to proprietary Bloomberg bond market data to own the…
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But what @elonmusk is doing to USAID is sheer vandalism, if not treason. As a historian, I see it has all the hallmarks of a self-inflicted wound scholars will struggle to explain. What personal traumas made Musk hate altruistic people? The souls ot the dead will haunt him.
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My time analyzing existential threats with the amazing team @CSERCambridge has been excellent preparation for taking on the challenge of AI in higher education at Columbia. Why just study the apocalypse when you can experience it IRL?
Matthew Connelly(@mattspast)has returned to @Columbia as Vice Dean for AI Initiatives & stepped down as CSER Director. He will remain on our advisory board & as an affiliate. We wish him the best in this exciting leadership role, tackling one of today’s most pressing challenges!
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