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Matana Roberts
@matanaroberts.bsky.social
i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors… short list:
#neurodivergentadulting
#nonbinary
#theythem
#artssky
#musicsky
#bookssky
#blacksky
citizen of the world...
we talk "arts" over here and world building... DM Free zone pls and ty✌🏿
Pinned
don’t give up.
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I heard a new radio edit of "Dont Stop", and they sensored the p-diddy line entirely.

It was like

"I wake up in the morning..."
*awkward vocal silence as the beat keeps going*
December 10, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I worry about what kids take from seeing those interactions
It would be nice if their fellow journalists would stand up for the female reporters Trump routinely bullies.

He'll do it again. Make a plan for it. Act collectively.
December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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Waking up with a song in your head that you realize doesn’t exist and the Universe in this moment has given you the task of finishing it. Better strike while the iron is hot.
December 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
nutty
This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t...

and these are our closest allies!
December 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
I saw Piers Morgan at Heathrow once and literally wanted to tackle him for his terrible opinions but I appreciated some parts of tht terrible NF interview
December 10, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Okay, getting owned by Piers Morgan has to be a low point in one's life.
December 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
just saw that dishonest edit that 50 did on that doc with the biggie/toure footage...bro is seeing red and making bad artistic choices. all the producers and netflix shld be ashamed of themselves
( Diddy shld still be under the prison though)
December 10, 2025 at 12:24 AM
they also know great coffee
Once saw a Canadian jump a counter at a coffee shop to get the right espresso shot pull on their order ( this was in France to be fair:))
The only thing I ever learned about Canada is they'll make any flat service into a hockey rink.
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
that Twyla Tharp/Huberman interview on creativity is super cringe, but there are some gems in there I think...idk...haven't worked up the will to finish it
( I think Huberman is part hack tbh...and I embarrassingly say this as a former listener from the early days...I love brain science podcasts)
December 9, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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December 7, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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My youngest nephew turned 21 recently. The day after, his friend died. Aged 20 from an undiagnosed aneurism. They buried her last week.

That thing you keep putting off, but really want to do?

Just do it ♥️
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Is it too much to hope that Congress is regrowing some backbone? Baby steps here, but important ones. www.politico.com/news/2025/12...
Congress to withhold Pentagon travel funds until it sees boat strike videos
Lawmakers quietly stuck the requirement into their must-pass annual defense policy bill.
www.politico.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
also my last doc gripe maybe lol:
where is Fonzworth Bentley? He too quiet.
December 9, 2025 at 4:48 AM
i had this for the 1st time in my life at the start of this year, stress induced.

It was absolute pure hell.

I ran like a track star to get the vaccine once it finally went away
All over my FB people talking about their bad experiences with shingles vax and dissuading each other from getting it! We need to give people real info on how to mitigate the symtoms caused by vaccines because vaccines are always better than meeting a virus unprepared. Yet drs aren't coaching ppl
December 9, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Oscar, come thru, come thru🤞🏿
Michael B. Jordan is officially a first-time Golden Globes nominee for ‘Sinners.’
December 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
MD deck!
reconfigured the stack because the MD deck was flexing under the monitor, and moved the second cassette deck. more stable now!
December 9, 2025 at 3:31 AM
there’s also some light overseer humiliation energy in tht 50 doc to me…geez, so much to unpack….
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 AM
another European friend of friend has resigned from their American job in the arts sector and returned to their home country. Can you blame them?
December 9, 2025 at 3:23 AM
we went from lyrical rap beefs to netflix revenge docs
December 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
seems like years ago atm, which is disturbing
Remind me again. Something about the Epstein something or other?
December 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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sitting next to a sweaty guy on a plane who just finished a workout at terminal 8 while wearing a shirt, tie, and suit
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 10:26 PM
this is what it is like dating a narcissist
the last one I dealt with, or rather main one, I had started recording our conversations bc I thought I was losing my mind
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”

“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”

5 days apart 😬

(From @therecount.com )
December 9, 2025 at 2:12 AM
terrible
They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.
Torture Techniques from CIA Black Sites Were Used at Alligator Alcatraz
Amnesty International, interviewing migrant detainees, identifies use of the confinement box. There can be no denying it is a torture prison
www.forever-wars.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:06 AM
the diddy/biggie funeral thing was coldblooded
December 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I will say those east coast west coast hip hop wars were something...you really had to be there...pre public internet, glued to the radio....
December 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM