Mat Johnson
@matjohnson.bsky.social
Author: Invisible Things, Loving Day, Pym, Incognegro, etc. Helped on The Fall of the House of Usher (Nflx) and Manhunt (🍎).
Philly-born; Oregon-thriving
Storytelling Guru at U of Oregon; Go 🦆!
Will block for pedantic responses to joke posts—gleefully
Philly-born; Oregon-thriving
Storytelling Guru at U of Oregon; Go 🦆!
Will block for pedantic responses to joke posts—gleefully
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Mat Johnson
@matjohnson.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Next Month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Overwhelmed with grief over the death of his mother, shamed by his failures in marriage and fatherhood, and burdened by massive debt, Devin’s life is spiraling out of control... That is, until he discovers the impossible: nostalgia is his superpower."
"Overwhelmed with grief over the death of his mother, shamed by his failures in marriage and fatherhood, and burdened by massive debt, Devin’s life is spiraling out of control... That is, until he discovers the impossible: nostalgia is his superpower."
dummy wearing a novelty arrow hat
January 19, 2026 at 6:42 PM
dummy wearing a novelty arrow hat
gimme a nobel peace prize or the dog gets it
January 19, 2026 at 6:34 PM
gimme a nobel peace prize or the dog gets it
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Knut Hamsun’s 1890 masterpiece Hunger is a truly great novel. But most people today have never even heard of it because its author became a totally fascist nazi piece of shit. And that is a just punishment.
In 1943!!!
“Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun famously gave his Nobel medal and diploma to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as a gesture of admiration for the Nazi regime, following his support for the occupation….”
“Nobel Literature laureate Knut Hamsun famously gave his Nobel medal and diploma to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels as a gesture of admiration for the Nazi regime, following his support for the occupation….”
Reporter: Why would you want someone else’s Nobel Prize?
Trump: She offered it to me.
Trump: She offered it to me.
January 18, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Knut Hamsun’s 1890 masterpiece Hunger is a truly great novel. But most people today have never even heard of it because its author became a totally fascist nazi piece of shit. And that is a just punishment.
Tribe Called Quest’s “Electric Relaxation” is the song I’m playing when the aliens ask what that whole hip-hop thing was about.
January 18, 2026 at 7:53 AM
Tribe Called Quest’s “Electric Relaxation” is the song I’m playing when the aliens ask what that whole hip-hop thing was about.
Every time a new Star Trek series launches, Stephen Miller loses an inch. In both places.
January 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Every time a new Star Trek series launches, Stephen Miller loses an inch. In both places.
This Is the Future the Left Wants
January 16, 2026 at 6:44 AM
This Is the Future the Left Wants
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If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net
TY @jamellebouie.net
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
If you won’t hear me, hear Jamelle Bouie. He’s right: the ICE operation in Minnesota reads as panic. After Renee Good was killed, the White House escalated force instead of accountability. That choice isn’t strength. It’s fear. And it’s why they’re losing the political fight.
TY @jamellebouie.net
TY @jamellebouie.net
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pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 15, 2026 at 4:41 PM
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
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“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
January 15, 2026 at 4:04 PM
“As a reasonable centrist, I think the paramilitary death squads need better training.”
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Comic artist LeBeau Underwood’s daughter has been missing in Chicago since yesterday morning. Please share in the hopes we can bring the family a happy conclusion to this.
January 13, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Comic artist LeBeau Underwood’s daughter has been missing in Chicago since yesterday morning. Please share in the hopes we can bring the family a happy conclusion to this.
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“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:16 PM
“.. Federal agents grab a woman to drag her away from her car, days after an ICE agent fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.”
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
I Do Not Overthink Things: A 752-Page Rebuttal
January 12, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I Do Not Overthink Things: A 752-Page Rebuttal
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once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
Trump appalls with attack on Civil Rights Act: 'White people very badly treated'
Critics pounced on President Donald Trump Monday after he complained to the New York Times that the Civil Rights Act – the landmark 1964 legislation that outlawed racial discrimination – was “unfair i...
www.rawstory.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:51 PM
once again shoutout to every dipshit who insisted it was hysterical to talk about trump and white supremacy in the same breath www.rawstory.com/trump-267487...
Philly Things in San Francisco
1. The LOVE sculpture, @ SF MoMA
2. The old 23 trolley, a long way from Germantown Avenue
3. Wilt Chamberlain, on the zombie Philadelphia Warriors. He only lasted about a year before coming back to join his hometown’s new team, the 76ers
1. The LOVE sculpture, @ SF MoMA
2. The old 23 trolley, a long way from Germantown Avenue
3. Wilt Chamberlain, on the zombie Philadelphia Warriors. He only lasted about a year before coming back to join his hometown’s new team, the 76ers
January 10, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Philly Things in San Francisco
1. The LOVE sculpture, @ SF MoMA
2. The old 23 trolley, a long way from Germantown Avenue
3. Wilt Chamberlain, on the zombie Philadelphia Warriors. He only lasted about a year before coming back to join his hometown’s new team, the 76ers
1. The LOVE sculpture, @ SF MoMA
2. The old 23 trolley, a long way from Germantown Avenue
3. Wilt Chamberlain, on the zombie Philadelphia Warriors. He only lasted about a year before coming back to join his hometown’s new team, the 76ers
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The richest and most powerful people in our country are sociopaths.
Elon Musk (net worth $600 billion+) says people shouldn't worry about saving for retirement because, in 20 years, everyone will have everything they want thanks to AI.
Elon Musk says saving for retirement will be 'irrelevant' in abundant future
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk described a future where technology creates an abundance of resources so "anyone can have whatever stuff they want."
www.businessinsider.com
January 10, 2026 at 4:40 PM
The richest and most powerful people in our country are sociopaths.
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Is that actually where we are at? Because if you mean that then we are just pretending about America right now and we need to be saying/doing other things.
"The question that you're basically asking is, can our cops arrest them? From a legal perspective, yes. From a practical perspective...they have bigger guns than we do." That's where we're at.
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
Look out for @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social on today's Bulwark Podcast with @timmiller.bsky.social!
January 10, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Is that actually where we are at? Because if you mean that then we are just pretending about America right now and we need to be saying/doing other things.
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“The best thing we can do in this moment is link arms because there are more of us than there are of them. They’re projecting strength but their power is fragile.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Over 1,000 ICE Out For Good events are happening across the nation this weekend: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Over 1,000 ICE Out For Good events are happening across the nation this weekend: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
January 10, 2026 at 2:18 AM
“The best thing we can do in this moment is link arms because there are more of us than there are of them. They’re projecting strength but their power is fragile.” - @ezralevin.bsky.social
Over 1,000 ICE Out For Good events are happening across the nation this weekend: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
Over 1,000 ICE Out For Good events are happening across the nation this weekend: mobilize.us?tag_ids=2913...
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In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
January 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.
Damn it feels good to be a daddy.
January 9, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Damn it feels good to be a daddy.
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i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
ah. they all got the memo
xcancel.com/JDVance/stat...
xcancel.com/JDVance/stat...
January 9, 2026 at 6:57 PM
i just watched this video and the fact that they believe this to be exculpatory is genuinely insane
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Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
January 9, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Rep. @AOC: I understand that Vance believes shooting a young mother of three in the face three times is an acceptable America that he wants to live in, and I do not. That is a fundamental difference between Vance and I. I do not believe that the American people should be assassinated in the street.
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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Looking back, everyone will one day realize that all that woke stuff was right. Unfortunately, being right won’t erase the suffering.
January 8, 2026 at 2:38 AM
Looking back, everyone will one day realize that all that woke stuff was right. Unfortunately, being right won’t erase the suffering.
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Opens history book — uh oh
Opens history book — uh oh
mathewingram.com
January 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Opens history book — uh oh