Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
Philosopher at UVM. he/any pronouns. Likes cats and weird improvised music. World's leading connoisseur of Dark Hi & Lois. Last name rhymes with "meaner." Self-photos are of Art Garfunkel.
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Matt Weiner
@mattweiner19.bsky.social
· Jun 20
A gofundme fund for Helen de Cruz's children, set up with Helen's blessing by @marcusarvan.bsky.social:
Besides the personal tragedy, Helen's untimely passing leaves their family in a difficult financial situation. Donate to support them:
Radhika Jones: "well well well, not so easy to find a Vanity Fair editor who doesn't suck shit, huh?"
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Radhika Jones: "well well well, not so easy to find a Vanity Fair editor who doesn't suck shit, huh?"
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
the fandom dot com "describe everything in the past tense" style is very stressful. i find myself reading in suspense like "Rikki Mortis didn't DiE in the vampire car explosion, did she?"
dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/Rikki_M...
dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/Rikki_M...
Rikki Mortis
Rikki Mortis was the girlfriend and accomplice of Abner Kadaver. She was a slender young woman with short black hair, light brown eyes and full lips. She typically dressed in "goth"-style clothes and ...
dicktracy.fandom.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 PM
the fandom dot com "describe everything in the past tense" style is very stressful. i find myself reading in suspense like "Rikki Mortis didn't DiE in the vampire car explosion, did she?"
dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/Rikki_M...
dicktracy.fandom.com/wiki/Rikki_M...
I'm right though. I'm completely right. Fuck Dagwood Bumstead. All my homies hate Dagwood Bumstead. If Dagwood Bumstead has no haters then I am deceased
November 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I'm right though. I'm completely right. Fuck Dagwood Bumstead. All my homies hate Dagwood Bumstead. If Dagwood Bumstead has no haters then I am deceased
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somewhere between 10/7 and today, an economic and ideological split happened where the largest donors to a bunch of Jewish community institutions decided that a tidal wave of antisemitism was coming, and also that antisemitism consists exclusively of antizionism. not even Holocaust denial counts.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
somewhere between 10/7 and today, an economic and ideological split happened where the largest donors to a bunch of Jewish community institutions decided that a tidal wave of antisemitism was coming, and also that antisemitism consists exclusively of antizionism. not even Holocaust denial counts.
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so if i understand this correctly, gaines has made her career by publicly calling trans athletes predators and threats to women while completely failing to ever mention even once that her mentor/college swimming coach was sexually assaulting and harassing women on the team while she was there?
Riley Gaines climbed the MAGA ladder by vilifying trans women in sports. Now, teammates are speaking out about the real problems on her team: abusive coaching, sexual harassment, eating disorders. ow.ly/o3wq50XuCzp
How right-wing superstar Riley Gaines built an anti-trans empire
The swimmer tied a trans woman for fifth. The MAGA industrial complex took care of the rest.
ow.ly
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 AM
so if i understand this correctly, gaines has made her career by publicly calling trans athletes predators and threats to women while completely failing to ever mention even once that her mentor/college swimming coach was sexually assaulting and harassing women on the team while she was there?
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Goodnight, Mary Jane ...
Evan Parker & George Lewis - From Saxophone & Trombone 5
open.spotify.com/track/2exQtj...
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#music #jazz #jazzSky #leepvogel #goodnight #EvanParker
Evan Parker & George Lewis - From Saxophone & Trombone 5
open.spotify.com/track/2exQtj...
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#music #jazz #jazzSky #leepvogel #goodnight #EvanParker
From Saxophone & Trombone 5
open.spotify.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Goodnight, Mary Jane ...
Evan Parker & George Lewis - From Saxophone & Trombone 5
open.spotify.com/track/2exQtj...
\\Ѳ≈≈≈≈ن
#music #jazz #jazzSky #leepvogel #goodnight #EvanParker
Evan Parker & George Lewis - From Saxophone & Trombone 5
open.spotify.com/track/2exQtj...
\\Ѳ≈≈≈≈ن
#music #jazz #jazzSky #leepvogel #goodnight #EvanParker
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I just feel we need to keep saying, over and over, that the problem with DOGE was not its failure to cut spending. the problem with DOGE is that it CUT GLOBAL AID LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF 600K PEOPLE AND COUNTING. 1
DOGE is one of the greatest failures of the Trump administration. The next Democratic administration should pick up that issue and actually work to cut government waste, fraud, and abuse. I’d suggest starting by taking a look at Elon Musk’s government contracts.
November 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I just feel we need to keep saying, over and over, that the problem with DOGE was not its failure to cut spending. the problem with DOGE is that it CUT GLOBAL AID LEADING TO THE DEATHS OF 600K PEOPLE AND COUNTING. 1
in his afterword to Gene Wolfe's Peace, the most cancelled man on Bluesky mentioned an astonishing revelation he had on a reread of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, and I was going to ask someone to explain it
but I just found out that it's not in the title novella, which is the one I read? grrr
but I just found out that it's not in the title novella, which is the one I read? grrr
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM
in his afterword to Gene Wolfe's Peace, the most cancelled man on Bluesky mentioned an astonishing revelation he had on a reread of The Fifth Head of Cerberus, and I was going to ask someone to explain it
but I just found out that it's not in the title novella, which is the one I read? grrr
but I just found out that it's not in the title novella, which is the one I read? grrr
Hide Away Folk Family, every time
Name your fav They Might Be Giants song.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hide Away Folk Family, every time
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i really struggle to understand why centre left parties do not like universities, do not like the soft power we wield (imagine getting to educate the children of your geopolitical rivals!!!! IMAGINE!!!). i dont believe that albo, starmer, etc are this stupid, it's got to be hatred. but y.
November 24, 2025 at 11:36 AM
i really struggle to understand why centre left parties do not like universities, do not like the soft power we wield (imagine getting to educate the children of your geopolitical rivals!!!! IMAGINE!!!). i dont believe that albo, starmer, etc are this stupid, it's got to be hatred. but y.
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Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Even Hilary Cass - who disgracefully called parents terrified that their trans kids would take their own lives if they were denied healthcare "shroud wavers" - didn't go so far as to call for a ban on puberty blockers.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
Nothing Wes Streeting says turns out to be true.
I apologize for having saying that various transphobes had devoted themselves full-time to the grift; would never mean to suggest that they were profiting from the existence of a real problem
"Grifts are undertheorized, and too often conflated with long cons, scams, frauds and other more blatant soft crimes. Lemme offer a definition.
A grift is a scheme that profits from the existence of a real problem without actually addressing it."
A grift is a scheme that profits from the existence of a real problem without actually addressing it."
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I apologize for having saying that various transphobes had devoted themselves full-time to the grift; would never mean to suggest that they were profiting from the existence of a real problem
I understand that opinions differ about the Oxford comma, but some amazing comma abuse at the end of this sentence
November 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I understand that opinions differ about the Oxford comma, but some amazing comma abuse at the end of this sentence
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Nefesh b’Nefesh promotes settlement. No offense but this is pretty clear cut. Their activities are in violation of international law and it's fine for Mamdani to say so.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Nefesh b’Nefesh promotes settlement. No offense but this is pretty clear cut. Their activities are in violation of international law and it's fine for Mamdani to say so.
I was reading a Classic Mystery from the 1930s, and three-quarters of the way through, the intended victim was like "I can't think of anyone who would want to kill me--well when I was younger I *did* murder my wife and best friend and abandon my child for twenty years"
now I'm not reading it
now I'm not reading it
November 23, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I was reading a Classic Mystery from the 1930s, and three-quarters of the way through, the intended victim was like "I can't think of anyone who would want to kill me--well when I was younger I *did* murder my wife and best friend and abandon my child for twenty years"
now I'm not reading it
now I'm not reading it
Benack's grandfather Benny Benack I was the composer of "Beat 'Em Bucs" aka "The Bucs are going all the way"
Happy birthday to trumpeter Benny Benack III who turns 35 on Nov 23 🎂
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/77/benny-benack-iii
#jazzsky #jazzsoloist #jazzmusician #happybirthday
https://www.allsolos.com/soloist/77/benny-benack-iii
Benny Benack III | AllSolos
Solos played by musician Benny Benack III on Trumpet, Voice
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November 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Benack's grandfather Benny Benack I was the composer of "Beat 'Em Bucs" aka "The Bucs are going all the way"
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This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
The government’s ban on puberty blockers undermines clinical expertise and targets trans youth with a policy that lacks evidence, consistency and fairness.
theconversation.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
This is very good. Clear, calm, factual, and devastating for proponents of bans on puberty blockers for trans youth.
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
theconversation.com/puberty-bloc...
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A few final points. If you are not a financial markets practitioner and you come across something with this much jargon, this many appeals to authority, and this much breadth, you need to ask someone with expertise before breathlessly amplifying it. cc @mattseybold.bsky.social
November 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
A few final points. If you are not a financial markets practitioner and you come across something with this much jargon, this many appeals to authority, and this much breadth, you need to ask someone with expertise before breathlessly amplifying it. cc @mattseybold.bsky.social
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If you don’t know the story of the fake Burger King in the south side, read this - used the story to portray scenes from the story www.cracked.com/article_2801...
The Story Of The Rogue Burger King In Pittsburgh
Every city has its own fast food urban legend, here's Pittsburgh's.
www.cracked.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 PM
If you don’t know the story of the fake Burger King in the south side, read this - used the story to portray scenes from the story www.cracked.com/article_2801...
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ian is an english lit professor who insists on writing all his papers in LaTeX. everyone he's ever collaborated with is sick of his shit and just begs him to use google docs
November 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
ian is an english lit professor who insists on writing all his papers in LaTeX. everyone he's ever collaborated with is sick of his shit and just begs him to use google docs
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When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
If we had to hear “Baby Shark” everywhere we went for two whole months out of the year we’d throw a fit, right?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
And rightfully so.
So tell me, why do we put up with it when the song is “Frosty the Snowman”?
November 22, 2025 at 3:52 AM
When I worked at a bookstore, I quickly learned that people cannot tell the difference between Xmas music and any Baroque or Elizabethan music album that doesn't get too organ-ish. I used this to my advantage.
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
One customer caught on... AND THANKED ME
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An interesting counterfactal is to imagine one of the conspiracy theories became the official story without him. We'd be like what about the weird loner who lived in Russia who was a marine sharpshooter whose palm print was on a rare gun that matched the bullets and who also shot a cop the same day.
JFK was killed by Lee Harvey Oswald, acting alone.
My first political memory - exactly 62 years ago right now, a 4-year-old boy trying to understand his mom's tears - is still the biggest event in my lifetime. We still (IMO) don't *really* know who killed JFK, but we know the public's trust was shattered. It's a straight line to today's mess
November 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
An interesting counterfactal is to imagine one of the conspiracy theories became the official story without him. We'd be like what about the weird loner who lived in Russia who was a marine sharpshooter whose palm print was on a rare gun that matched the bullets and who also shot a cop the same day.
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despite everyone sort of knowing fed soc was affirmative action for asshole beliefs, there was still a lot of prestige attached to it. there was negative prestige attached to, say, critical legal studies.
November 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
despite everyone sort of knowing fed soc was affirmative action for asshole beliefs, there was still a lot of prestige attached to it. there was negative prestige attached to, say, critical legal studies.
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This is, indeed, the only relevant piece of new information in the Ryan Lizza substack post
And it is relevant!!! I have a lot of questions for my former employers at NYMag!!!!!!!
And it is relevant!!! I have a lot of questions for my former employers at NYMag!!!!!!!
okay so here’s the actual bad part of the article
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
“oh it never affected my coverage” horse and also shit
and what the fuck is Lizza doing sitting on this while RFK takes a buzz saw to American health so he can sell substack subscriptions
ghouls, the lot of them
November 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is, indeed, the only relevant piece of new information in the Ryan Lizza substack post
And it is relevant!!! I have a lot of questions for my former employers at NYMag!!!!!!!
And it is relevant!!! I have a lot of questions for my former employers at NYMag!!!!!!!