Matt Pearce
@mattdpearce.com
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct)
https://mattdpearce.substack.com
https://mattdpearce.substack.com
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I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I don’t want to seem out of touch but I don’t actually understand the economy anymore.
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You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
November 18, 2025 at 1:01 AM
You don't often see this at the end of a whistleblower story:
just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
November 18, 2025 at 2:15 AM
just imagining waiting a year to publicly drop an atomic warhead on an ex but being like “gotta get that big bamboo metaphor up in there”
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parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 9, 2025 at 12:05 AM
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
We need to give editors arrest powers.
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
We need to give editors arrest powers.
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Here are the facts:
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
November 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Here are the facts:
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
📉 More than 75% decrease in local journalists since 2002
⚖️ Less news = more government corruption, especially at the local level
🗳️ Less informed citizens are less civically engaged
Help us bring forth policy ideas that will revitalize local news: www.rebuildlocalnews.org/donate/
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Here’s last night’s story about public media, who it serves, what we can do to counteract the Trump administration’s budget cuts to it, and why the answer is “sell Russell Crowe’s jock strap.” You’ll see. youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA
Public Media: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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November 17, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here’s last night’s story about public media, who it serves, what we can do to counteract the Trump administration’s budget cuts to it, and why the answer is “sell Russell Crowe’s jock strap.” You’ll see. youtu.be/yknMJOgy2pA
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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thinking about this disguise George C. Scott dons in Hardcore and cracking up
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 PM
thinking about this disguise George C. Scott dons in Hardcore and cracking up
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As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
We Tried to Get Big Tech to Pay for Wrecking Journalism. It Didn’t Work Out.
The debate over Who Destroyed Journalism borders on theology among journalists and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
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amazing q&a with paul krugman
June 25, 2025 at 1:22 PM
amazing q&a with paul krugman
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I love the Chicago Pope
Getting a step closer every day to hanging a Leo portrait in my house what have I become deadline.com/2025/11/pope...
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
Pope Leo XIV Talks Movies To A-List Crowd At Vatican: Read His Speech
deadline.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I love the Chicago Pope
As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
We Tried to Get Big Tech to Pay for Wrecking Journalism. It Didn’t Work Out.
The debate over Who Destroyed Journalism borders on theology among journalists and...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
As part of its 25th anniversary anthology of journalists reflecting on digital media, @talkingpointsmemo.com asked me to write about when my Guild tried to make Google and Meta pay for journalism. (We totally lost.)
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
Thanks @allegrak.bsky.social for the edit!
talkingpointsmemo.com/tpm-25/we-tr...
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
Probably an unpopular opinion but “don’t type death threats even jokingly, yes that means you” seems to be one of the few real Bluesky rules and not something I personally struggle with.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Probably an unpopular opinion but “don’t type death threats even jokingly, yes that means you” seems to be one of the few real Bluesky rules and not something I personally struggle with.
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Journalism helped save an innocent man’s life. Fantastic work by @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social of @huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Journalism helped save an innocent man’s life. Fantastic work by @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social of @huffpost.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
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Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
BREAKING: Tremane Wood, who was moments away from being executed for a killing his brother admitted to committing, received a last minute clemency grant from Gov. Kevin Stitt www.huffpost.com/entry/treman...
Tremane Wood Spared From Execution In Shocking Decision
His case marks only the second time Gov. Kevin Stitt has commuted a death sentence since entering office in 2019.
www.huffpost.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Incredible. Jess has been on this story for YEARS. The victim's mother recently told her – in a quote that was shown to the state's Pardon and Parole board, contributing to their clemency recommendation – “They should let him live. I don’t think they should execute him.” The governor listened.
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This evening, I stood with the hardworking New Yorkers of CWA District 1 and the NewsGuild of New York as they fight for fair treatment from Conde Nast.
I'll always support our unions and our workers.
I'll always support our unions and our workers.
November 13, 2025 at 12:40 AM
This evening, I stood with the hardworking New Yorkers of CWA District 1 and the NewsGuild of New York as they fight for fair treatment from Conde Nast.
I'll always support our unions and our workers.
I'll always support our unions and our workers.
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also:
our sister publication, NIL-Wire, wrote its most important story yet.
a sit down with Boise State's Goth Volleyball Player
www.nil-wire.com/p/nora-hayd-...
our sister publication, NIL-Wire, wrote its most important story yet.
a sit down with Boise State's Goth Volleyball Player
www.nil-wire.com/p/nora-hayd-...
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 PM
also:
our sister publication, NIL-Wire, wrote its most important story yet.
a sit down with Boise State's Goth Volleyball Player
www.nil-wire.com/p/nora-hayd-...
our sister publication, NIL-Wire, wrote its most important story yet.
a sit down with Boise State's Goth Volleyball Player
www.nil-wire.com/p/nora-hayd-...
One of my strongly held elder millennial beliefs is that my transactions of that size need to be made on Big Computer.
Eric Trump: "You can send $500 million worth of bitcoin on a Sunday night at 11pm while having a glass of wine with your wife for virtually zero fees."
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 PM
One of my strongly held elder millennial beliefs is that my transactions of that size need to be made on Big Computer.
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genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
November 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
genuinely very few things more satisfying than reading the kinds of emails rich and famous people send each other
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I may just be a simple country hooftrimming video watcher, but I think it's time we raise America's hoof, pare away the separated horn until we reach the infected area, spray it with a powerful cleansing agent, and place a salicylic acid wrap on the foot so we can begin to heal
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I may just be a simple country hooftrimming video watcher, but I think it's time we raise America's hoof, pare away the separated horn until we reach the infected area, spray it with a powerful cleansing agent, and place a salicylic acid wrap on the foot so we can begin to heal
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