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Matt Stebbins

@stebbinsmatt.bsky.social

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Ghostwriter. (Developmental) Editor. Author coach. Helping authors bring their books (~200 so far) to life. Co-founder trails nonprofit (EndlessTrails.us) w/ wife Kerri. INTJ. Man City fan, cyclist, runner. Idaho.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · Jun 28

Earlier this year, @kerrianne.bsky.social and I started a book club with friends, both to help encourage ourselves and others to read books that challenge us, but also, ideally, for community-driven difficult conversations that go with those books.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 1d

“On your left”

But I love me a good ding ding

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 3d

Coffee isn’t working at all today. Open to other (legal) suggestions. Just need to get through the end of the month and then things (theoretically) get more manageable.

Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 3d

If yesterday was a Sunday and required nine (?) cups of coffee, what is the appropriate dosage for today, a Monday?

Happy caffeinating to all who observe!

a close up of a woman 's face with a ponytail and a surprised look on her face .

Alt: Mean Girls meme, Lindsay Lohan noting “the limit does not exist”

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 3d

If yesterday was a Sunday and required nine (?) cups of coffee, what is the appropriate dosage for today, a Monday?

Happy caffeinating to all who observe!

a close up of a woman 's face with a ponytail and a surprised look on her face .

Alt: Mean Girls meme, Lindsay Lohan noting “the limit does not exist”

media.tenor.com

Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 10d

October is always madness—putting on multiple trail races, preparing the next year’s race calendar + registrations, permitting & fiscal reporting, getting ourselves ready for winter, etc—but also we got our first snow yesterday & there’s leftover chili, so all is right with the world.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 10d

Possibly, probably, but also? The beer can chicken Pringles (originally purchased as a joke) are decidedly, surprisingly quite good. They were a huge hit at our trail race Saturday.

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Sebas @ohlookbirdies.bsky.social · 17d

"anti-AI people should just learn more about it" motherfucker I know so much about it, that's why I'm anti-AI

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 16d

“I was not born to have abrasions.” @kerrianne.bsky.social just now, reflecting on (her first-ever mountain) bike crash last week.

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Gillian Brockell @gbrockell.bsky.social · 17d

Claim: 10 cars rammed ICE
Truth: No cars rammed ICE

Claim: She boxed ICE in
Truth: ICE boxed her in

Claim: She shot a rifle at ICE
Truth: She did not have a rifle

Claim: ICE returned fire
Truth: Only ICE fired

Claim: She drove herself to the hospital
Truth: Paramedics found her

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 17d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 25d

I think there’s some truth in that, and that public pushback is somewhere I’d like to personally do more. Have you had much success yourself?

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 25d

Yeah, the more I think about it the more I think social shaming has to be part of the solution so at least they don't feel safe voicing their bigotry. And the identity piece makes that shaming more difficult.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 26d

I legitimately don’t understand how we combat broken brains, an inability to see others, a refusal to accept empathy as a part of the human condition.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 26d

Yesterday as I rode by, a man screamed at me to ask “are you one of those trans terrorists?” (Maybe because I have long hair and wore bright colors, including rainbow socks?) I wish I’d been less flustered, had told him no such thing exists. Mostly I keep thinking about how broken some brains are.

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Eyes on the Fright 🎃 @eyesontheright.bsky.social · 27d

Disbanding ICE and prosecuting everyone who led and worked for it is, in fact, the moderate position.

Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 27d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Damnèd Screamvens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 27d

The superintendent they just kidnapped is a former Olympic athlete who runs footraces with the kids from his schools while wearing a maroon suit and a bowtie. This is quite simply about the people in power feeling threatened by Black excellence.

quick13 @quick13.bsky.social · 27d

This is the man that ICE just detained. This isn't about catching criminals, it is about Ethnic cleansing www.iowapublicradio.org/news-from-np...

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 27d

5 pm here as a kid unless sports conflicted (which, tbh, they often did), & I still get hungry then now.

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Car Tyson (this is my scary Halloween name) @biketyson.bsky.social · 27d

But if you call the police and say, "someone stole my bike off my porch," they will ask for serial numbers and pictures and then do nothing.

Erin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 27d

A 19-yo allegedly rode out of Walmart on a bike he allegedly stole, got stalked by a fucking cop drone and now "faces charges including shoplifting, possession of burglary tools and obstructing an officer, according to police."

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 29d

The limit for all coffee beverages does not exist

Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · 29d

My recovering MCL tear (from June) wishes you all the best

Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · Sep 23

Confirming: Time is still very much an imaginary construct and is only loosely connected to reality these days.

Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · Sep 10

What day is it, even? What is time but an arbitrary construct meant to be broken?

- my to-do lists, probably, assuming they’ve finally* achieved sentience

* especially that thing that’s been on there for going on [redacted] years…

Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · Sep 13

This looks delightful and I hope you plan to have lots more

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · Sep 12

Today's version looked like cannellini beans, corn, olives, sundried tomatoes, lemon juice, feta, and parsley.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · Sep 12

Also when it comes to cold brew, the limit truly does not exist.

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Matt Stebbins @stebbinsmatt.bsky.social · Sep 12

Bean salad with chili crisp is truly a lunch of champions.

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 11

@bluesky moderation is suspending people for posting Kirk's own words which tells you everything you need to know.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · Sep 10

Whether or not you support political violence won’t change where we’ve come to, nor where we’ve been for some time in this country. I am quite taken aback by how many people only invoke the term ‘political violence’ when it happens to a person with power. It’s political violence the other way too.

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