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Matt Wallace

@mattfnwallace.bsky.social

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I write. On purpose. Novels, video games, television. SAVAGE COMPANY & SAVAGE BOUNTY are out now in the UK! Get Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate on PlayStation and Xbox!

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · May 8

UK readers!! The second novel in my empire smashin’ swords meets super science Savage Rebellion series is out today from @solarisbooks.bsky.social! Get SAVAGE BOUNTY now!

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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · May 8

🎂🎉Happy UK book birthday to SAVAGE BOUNTY, the second instalment in @mattfnwallace.bsky.social 's epic fantasy trilogy - SAVAGE REBELLION!

The empire stumbles towards its downfall...

Available to buy now from all good bookshops! geni.us/savagebounty
Buy book 1: geni.us/savagecompany.

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 7h

DHS default is to lie about every encounter. Which is why they’re trying to criminalize recording them.

CHICAGO (WGN) - A WGN creative services department employee was detained by two
Border Patrol officers and later released after federal agents swarmed a busy intersection on Chicago's North Side Friday morning, at the height of rush hour.
WGN is not naming the employee, as station policy requires blurring faces and not identifying those who have not been charged with a crime.
Witnesses on site who captured the incident on video spoke to WGN about the moments leading up to the staffer's detainment.

Thomas added that when he made his way down to the scene, around 8:30 Friday morning, he realized there was another person already detained inside the minivan being used by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents.
"I didn't get his name, although I asked for his name," Thomas said. "He didn't speak very good English. They claimed that the WGN employee was obstructing justice, even though she was, like all of us, just standing there, taking video.'
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Tricia McLaughlin ®
@TriciaOhio
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She was arrested for throwing objects at law enforcement.
Heartland Signal D @HeartlandSignal • 3h
BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook)

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 4h

wait were you there??

Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 4h

I have seen a dog openly mock ducks so this tracks perfectly for me.

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 4h

I am super hyped to see Good Boy and I am so jaded and dead inside that it feels good to be excited about something.

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 5h

Pretty messed up how the underlying message of Halloween Kills is basically “don’t call the fire department if a house is burning down cuz it might be a trap to kill Michael Myers” kind of irresponsible if you ask me

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 9h

Two different friends so far have sent this to me today. Good to know my brand is so strong. 😂😂😂

AmeriKraut @inchargeofthegirls.bsky.social · 1d

sherman, for the love of god!

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 11h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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perfect knight @shiningknightx.bsky.social · 1d

"we cant uninvent ai" no we cant but we couldnt uninvent nfts either and nobody gives a fuck about them anymore

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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 2d

Turns out that when Americans said "If it weren't for us you'd be speaking German now..." their objection was to learning a second language, not fascism.

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2d

I appreciate that and you. I ain’t done yet. ❤️

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 2d

If I was told I couldn’t do a job Meghan McCain did I think I’d become a monk

Raw Story @rawstory.com · 3d

Bari Weiss, the incoming editor in chief of CBS News, once auditioned for a role on the hit daytime television show "The View," but tested so poorly with audiences that she "wasn't invited back," according to a new report.

CBS News' new boss once auditioned for 'The View' — and 'wasn't invited back': report

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2d

That’s what Steve said

Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2d

You’re not the hero we deserve Greg and you may not even be the hero we need but

I forget where I was going with that

Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2d

🤜🏼🤛🏼

Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2d

Took a friend to a B&N to grab a book they needed. It’s the first time I’ve been in one that didn’t have a single copy of any of my books in stock, adult or middle grade.

Felt shitty, but also kind of sobering? Like, I realized I still care and want to be in the mix? I dunno. We’ll see, I guess.

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Nino Cipri @ninocipri.bsky.social · 2d

Y’all this movie is SO GOOD, please see it in theaters if you can!

Reactor Magazine @reactorsff.bsky.social · 2d

You will soon stalk, hunt, and take down Prey in theaters:

reactormag.com/prey-predato...

Prey Is Finally Getting the Theatrical Release Director Dan Trachtenberg Says It Was Made For - Reactor

The 2022 film is showing as part of a Predator double feature.

reactormag.com

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Hillary Monahan @hillarymonahan.bsky.social · 2d

Our release for @peculiarityshop.bsky.social was a wild success. Half the items were gone by day one. I still have three weeks to Halloween and spooky stuff I'd love to move.

20% off.

LGBTQIA+ staffed and owned!

www.peculiarityshop.com/halloween2025
www.peculiarityshop.com/nightborne

HALLOWEEN 2025 PECULIARITY SHOP

General Halloween goodness fromThe Peculiarity Shop.

www.peculiarityshop.com

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Premee Mohamed @premeemohamed.com · 5d

Somersaulting in here to be like "There are war pteranodons in THE SIEGE OF BURNING GRASS but those are the least of everybody's problems for most of the book" :D

Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 5d

sci-fi has gotta bring back dudes riding pterodactyls, that was a whole vibe

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social · 4d

THE WITCH ROADS ebook is currently on sale (US) for $2.99, so if you're curious & want to read a grimsweet tale of a humble deputy courier & her annoyed nephew, a possessed prince, & a ravenous fungal ghost plague, now's the time.
Bk 2 of the duology arrives Nov 4!

us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

The Witch Roads

Book 1 in the Witch Roads duology, the latest epic novel by fan favorite Kate Elliott.. Status is hereditary, class is bestowed, trust must be earned.When an...

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2d

SO bookshop.org is doing free shipping and you should buy some of my books from bookshop.org <3

bookshop.org/beta-search?...

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Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2d

Did they ever snort a Wendy’s burger shake up their butt if so I apologize

Matt Wallace @mattfnwallace.bsky.social · 2d

One of my current favorite forms of media are interviews that take dumb TikTokkers way too seriously. Some Ira Glass wannabe asking FuckBoi987 “so how DID you conjure the notion to put every menu item at Wendy’s in a blender and snort the mixture up your butt?” Like the kid is JD Salinger. Love it.

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