Matthew Budman, book guy
@matthewbudman.bsky.social
News junkie, editor, faculty spouse, author of “Book Collecting Now.”
Happy Thanksgiving, Bluesky family!
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Happy Thanksgiving, Bluesky family!
Given the opportunity for a second edition, I would vastly broaden the examples, downplaying those aligning with my own collecting tendencies. But I'm happy with a lot of the book! It's extremely cheerful! I think Chatwin still has signed & numbered copies available!
Book Collecting Now — Chatwin Books
At a time when we take e-readers to the beach and read novels on our smartphones, is the book-collecting hobby still relevant? Yes, more than ever. Matthew Budman’s illustrated guide gives you ...
www.chatwinbooks.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Given the opportunity for a second edition, I would vastly broaden the examples, downplaying those aligning with my own collecting tendencies. But I'm happy with a lot of the book! It's extremely cheerful! I think Chatwin still has signed & numbered copies available!
Thanks for highlighting the all-time greatest Thanksgiving episode!
Master of None | The Thanksgiving Episode | Netflix
YouTube video by Still Watching Netflix
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Thanks for highlighting the all-time greatest Thanksgiving episode!
I love his throwing in the "soon to be out of business New York Times" for old times' sake
The Times’s Profit Jumps With 460,000 More Subscribers
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I love his throwing in the "soon to be out of business New York Times" for old times' sake
Using government funds to commemorate pretty much anything is fine, except for World AIDS Day, for reasons
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Using government funds to commemorate pretty much anything is fine, except for World AIDS Day, for reasons
We killed how many cancer research trials to pay for this?
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
We killed how many cancer research trials to pay for this?
How can a reporter flatly state that Trump is 6’3” when he’s MAYBE 6’0”
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 AM
How can a reporter flatly state that Trump is 6’3” when he’s MAYBE 6’0”
I had no idea
Hong Kong actor Jackie Chan says he wants to join the Chinese Communist Party | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
Hong Kong movie icon Jackie Chan has said he wants to join the Chinese Communist Party. “I am very honoured to be Chinese, but I am jealous that you are Chinese Communist Party members,” the actor tol...
hongkongfp.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I had no idea
A CITIZEN KANE remake in which Kane marries the right woman
That Time Donald Trump Gave Charles Foster Kane Advice: 'Get Yourself a Different Woman' (Video)
"He comes quite close to my vision of Donald Trump," documentarian Errol Morris tells TheWrap, comparing POTUS to lead character in "Citizen Kane"
www.thewrap.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A CITIZEN KANE remake in which Kane marries the right woman
Dershowitz: tanned, rested, and ready for his close-up
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Dershowitz: tanned, rested, and ready for his close-up
A *lot* of people learned about Tulsa from WATCHMEN in late 2019.
Watching “Watchmen” as a Descendant of the Tulsa Race Massacre
A family was surprised to find their great-grandparents’ businesses at the center of the HBO show’s depiction of the Greenwood race riots. Now they want to tell their own story.
www.newyorker.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
A *lot* of people learned about Tulsa from WATCHMEN in late 2019.
Never shoplifted there but did see Spoon and Aimee Mann for full-band in-store shows and CD signings
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Never shoplifted there but did see Spoon and Aimee Mann for full-band in-store shows and CD signings
Edna - "FIGHT... WIN !! "
YouTube video by QuickQuotes Soundboard
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 AM
How big can bubbles actually get? I guess we'll find out
Google must double AI serving capacity every 6 months to meet demand, AI infrastructure boss tells employees
At a recent all-hands meeting, Google's head of AI infrastructure said the company has to race to build out compute capacity.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
How big can bubbles actually get? I guess we'll find out
I wonder whether Trump has resisted firing any of his team of sycophants partly because he's still smarting from the 2017–18 wave of CHAOS IN THE WHITE HOUSE!! features
November 24, 2025 at 11:19 PM
I wonder whether Trump has resisted firing any of his team of sycophants partly because he's still smarting from the 2017–18 wave of CHAOS IN THE WHITE HOUSE!! features
"they appeared to have canceled hundreds of millions in research"—who's *they*, Senator?
November 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
"they appeared to have canceled hundreds of millions in research"—who's *they*, Senator?
Wheeee
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Wheeee
Every Trump official's job is to work as an influencer: Duffy for cars & planes, Zeldin for polluters, Bondi for vengeance, Miller & Noem for white supremacy, Hegseth for '50s manliness, RFK for quackery, Bessent & Lutnick & Rollins & Leavitt for the greatness of Dear Leader.
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every Trump official's job is to work as an influencer: Duffy for cars & planes, Zeldin for polluters, Bondi for vengeance, Miller & Noem for white supremacy, Hegseth for '50s manliness, RFK for quackery, Bessent & Lutnick & Rollins & Leavitt for the greatness of Dear Leader.