Matt Cahill
@mattcahill.bsky.social
Novelist (Radioland, The Society of Experience) / short fiction / essays.
Agent: Kelvin Kong, K2 Literary
Former film/TV post supervisor, currently Registered Psychotherapist in private practice
Haunting the margins
Agent: Kelvin Kong, K2 Literary
Former film/TV post supervisor, currently Registered Psychotherapist in private practice
Haunting the margins
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Matt Cahill
@mattcahill.bsky.social
· Feb 23
I don't promote my writing very often (ironically because I'm usually busy writing in my spare time), but I'd like to feature my two novels today, THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIENCE and most recently RADIOLAND.
Both are mind-bendy urban literary fiction with generous doses of dark spec blended in.
Both are mind-bendy urban literary fiction with generous doses of dark spec blended in.
I worked on a film w/ Udo Kier in it--Guy Maddin's KEYHOLE--and was surprised to see him at the TIFF after-party (he must've been in town shooting something else). I was tempted to introduce myself, but was super intimidated and didn't want to make an ass of myself.
November 24, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I worked on a film w/ Udo Kier in it--Guy Maddin's KEYHOLE--and was surprised to see him at the TIFF after-party (he must've been in town shooting something else). I was tempted to introduce myself, but was super intimidated and didn't want to make an ass of myself.
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I finally figured out how to design my radiator cover because of Nicole Kidman's monologue in Eyes Wide Shut.
November 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
I finally figured out how to design my radiator cover because of Nicole Kidman's monologue in Eyes Wide Shut.
Good explainer on the precariousness of the AI industry (gift link)
What you need to know about the AI bubble – and how it will pop
Real estate, technology, energy – history is full of booms and busts. Why should artificial intelligence be any different?
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Good explainer on the precariousness of the AI industry (gift link)
I mean, sure, we'll take your scientists and researchers, but I can also get behind this a whole bunch.
The oldest brewing school in the U.S. is leaving Chicago for Canada, citing Trump visa restrictions. blockclubchi.co/4oaLGmn
November 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I mean, sure, we'll take your scientists and researchers, but I can also get behind this a whole bunch.
Same goes with instrumental jazz
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 5:00 PM
Same goes with instrumental jazz
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This is amazing!
Yes! I don’t understand it, but with some dogs their nose color is temperature dependent. His nose was pink most of the time we lived in MD but I just realized it’s changed back to black
vetster.com/en/condition...
vetster.com/en/condition...
Seasonal Nasal Hypopigmentation In Dogs - Causes, Treatment And Associated Conditions - Vetster
Seasonal nasal hypopigmentation (SNH), aka “snow nose” in dogs, describes a seasonal loss of nasal pigment (called melanin) resulting in a lighter, pink colored nose.
vetster.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:41 AM
This is amazing!
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Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Ok Bluesky, let’s give this a go: I found this postcard in the back of a photo frame I bought at a London thrift shop.
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
It’s an unsent postcard from a woman called Linda to her parents. The front shows the Kremlin in Moscow and the stamp says 1984 (!).
I’d love to return it to Linda - can you help?
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The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
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During a downtown protest calling out Trump's plan for a Gaza "stabilization force," a snowplow operator drove through the crowd and gave attendees the finger.
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
Snowplow Operator Drives Through Pro-Palestine Demonstration
Despite videos of the incident being published and a photo showing the driver giving the finger to the pro-Palestine crowd, Toronto police say there was “no reason to believe there was any malicious…
www.thegrindmag.ca
November 21, 2025 at 12:24 AM
During a downtown protest calling out Trump's plan for a Gaza "stabilization force," a snowplow operator drove through the crowd and gave attendees the finger.
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
Toronto police told CBC News there is "No reason to believe there was any malicious intent."
"Ashton may pose a particular risk to the other parties because his explicit class politics speak directly to the precarity so many Canadians feel. At the very least, this suggests the NDP’s future, and electoral success, may run through unapologetic class politics."
What does the future of the NDP have in store? A lot of good, perhaps. But first the party and it's next leader have a lot to figure out.
A conversation on the state of the NDP leadership race:
jacobin.com/2025/11/ndp-...
A conversation on the state of the NDP leadership race:
jacobin.com/2025/11/ndp-...
Can Canada’s NDP Step Back From the Brink of Electoral Ruin?
The leadership race in Canada’s New Democratic Party has exposed fractures between workers and professionals and between leader-driven branding and party democracy. Its survival as a serious left-wing...
jacobin.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
"Ashton may pose a particular risk to the other parties because his explicit class politics speak directly to the precarity so many Canadians feel. At the very least, this suggests the NDP’s future, and electoral success, may run through unapologetic class politics."
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Ask for more bikeshare glam shots and you shall receive
November 20, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Ask for more bikeshare glam shots and you shall receive
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OTD 1969 James Brown drags his road-weary band into King Studios in Cincinnati to record. Drummer Clyde Stubblefield bangs out a drum pattern Brown crafts into "Funky Drummer." Minor hit but it forms a foundational beat in Hip-Hop. The bldg remains vacant & standing but King left in 1971.
November 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
OTD 1969 James Brown drags his road-weary band into King Studios in Cincinnati to record. Drummer Clyde Stubblefield bangs out a drum pattern Brown crafts into "Funky Drummer." Minor hit but it forms a foundational beat in Hip-Hop. The bldg remains vacant & standing but King left in 1971.
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Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck
November 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Larry Summers Announces He Will Step Down From Chair With Belt Around Neck
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Congrats to Curaçao on their first World Cup qualification, as well as being the smallest nation to qualify by population (185,000 citizens)
#jamcur
#jamcur
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Congrats to Curaçao on their first World Cup qualification, as well as being the smallest nation to qualify by population (185,000 citizens)
#jamcur
#jamcur
Congrats to Curaçao on their first World Cup qualification, as well as being the smallest nation to qualify by population (185,000 citizens)
#jamcur
#jamcur
November 19, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Congrats to Curaçao on their first World Cup qualification, as well as being the smallest nation to qualify by population (185,000 citizens)
#jamcur
#jamcur
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A therapeutic brand for every human nook and cranny is the profession chasing its own tail. Rather than collecting tools for every situation, we should focus on fundamentals that work in most situations.
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-age-of...
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-age-of...
The Age of Acronyms
"Little by little and letter by letter, acronyms obscure the essence of psychotherapy." Stephanie Foster
www.psychiatrymargins.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A therapeutic brand for every human nook and cranny is the profession chasing its own tail. Rather than collecting tools for every situation, we should focus on fundamentals that work in most situations.
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-age-of...
www.psychiatrymargins.com/p/the-age-of...
People regularly park ACROSS THE STREET from White Squirrel Coffee Shop, blocking an entire lane of Queen West during morning rush hour, so that they can spend five minutes getting a latte.
It’s cool when drivers decide they can park in the middle of the street because they want to get a coffee
November 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
People regularly park ACROSS THE STREET from White Squirrel Coffee Shop, blocking an entire lane of Queen West during morning rush hour, so that they can spend five minutes getting a latte.
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My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
Exactly one woman has won the Booker in the past six years www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
My favourite year for oppressed literary masculinity was 2023 when the number of women on the Booker shortlist was smaller than the number of men named Paul
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It's not actually about supply and demand, at heart. It's about 3 years of severe drought in the west that made it impossible to feed cattle, which was quite likely exacerbated by global climate change. But that's never mentioned.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
Why sky-high beef prices are a lesson in supply and demand
After years of drought, North America’s legacy industry – and consumer steak holders – face a climate hostile to cattle ranching
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
It's not actually about supply and demand, at heart. It's about 3 years of severe drought in the west that made it impossible to feed cattle, which was quite likely exacerbated by global climate change. But that's never mentioned.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...
This evening's vinyl: Wildcat Tamer 1951-1962, Tarheel Slim & Little Ann. Come for the rockabilly, stay for the B-side gospel harmonizing.
November 16, 2025 at 4:40 AM
This evening's vinyl: Wildcat Tamer 1951-1962, Tarheel Slim & Little Ann. Come for the rockabilly, stay for the B-side gospel harmonizing.
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Just once, it would be nice if a footballer pointed down after scoring a goal, to dedicate it to a departed loved one they know is in hell.
April 18, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just once, it would be nice if a footballer pointed down after scoring a goal, to dedicate it to a departed loved one they know is in hell.
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We're going to the bookstore!
November 15, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We're going to the bookstore!
Me pulling up in a car with Ed Asner and @lectio.bsky.social: Get in, loser.
J. G. Ballard (1930-2009) was born on this day. Bibliography: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.c...
L, Chris Foss, 1978; R, James Marsh, 1985
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
L, Chris Foss, 1978; R, James Marsh, 1985
#scifi #sciencefiction #books
November 15, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Me pulling up in a car with Ed Asner and @lectio.bsky.social: Get in, loser.