Matt Hanson
@matthansonaf.bsky.social
Writer moviesbooksmusicpolitics. Masshole now living in the land of dreams. Cont. ed at The Arts Fuse. Byline all over the place. Opinions solely my own, whoever I am. Website: www.hansonmatthew.com
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If you can make it out to the lineup spots for any of the parades, do it. Guarantee there's gonna be a battle of the marching bands and dance groups every block. It's pure joy and energy, the good kind of energy. Universal salve.
February 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
If you can make it out to the lineup spots for any of the parades, do it. Guarantee there's gonna be a battle of the marching bands and dance groups every block. It's pure joy and energy, the good kind of energy. Universal salve.
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50 years of her comedy is not enough 💔
January 31, 2026 at 2:40 AM
50 years of her comedy is not enough 💔
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Had to go find the 1999 "review" that Plugged In (Focus on the Family's pop culture magazine, which all evangelical kids will remember well) published for "Devil Without a Cause," the album that "Bawitdaba," his hit song he performed tonight, is on ... www.pluggedin.com/album-review...
February 9, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Had to go find the 1999 "review" that Plugged In (Focus on the Family's pop culture magazine, which all evangelical kids will remember well) published for "Devil Without a Cause," the album that "Bawitdaba," his hit song he performed tonight, is on ... www.pluggedin.com/album-review...
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Tactical success and military power, without strategy or a plan. Familiar, and not in a good way.
One Month Later, There’s Still No Plan for Venezuela
The Trump administration is the dog that caught the Caracas.
lnk.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Tactical success and military power, without strategy or a plan. Familiar, and not in a good way.
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The idea that an 5-year-old citizen is somehow harmed by a 5-year-old non-citizen being present within our borders makes my blood boil
Gonzales on Liam Ramos and his family: "They're not gonna qualify for asylum. So what do you do with all the people that go through the process and do not qualify for asylum? You deport them. I understand that 5-year-old and it breaks my heart. I also think, what about that 5-year-old US citizen?"
February 8, 2026 at 7:05 PM
The idea that an 5-year-old citizen is somehow harmed by a 5-year-old non-citizen being present within our borders makes my blood boil
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crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
FAMU can't use the word Black on anything posted around campus related to Black History Month, to stay in compliance with Florida state laws against DEI. Black students can't use the word Black at their Historically Black College during Black History Month.
February 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
crickets from the free speech crowd, of course
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Like, if you wanna feel sad, pick your favorite artist or writer from 100 years ago and imagine them having to work it in the online algorithm universe. Imagine Faulkner having to do fake candid bedhead shots or Agatha Christie having to post fun facts to drum up engagement.
February 8, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Like, if you wanna feel sad, pick your favorite artist or writer from 100 years ago and imagine them having to work it in the online algorithm universe. Imagine Faulkner having to do fake candid bedhead shots or Agatha Christie having to post fun facts to drum up engagement.
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A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
A red hat, inspired by a symbol of resistance to Nazi occupation, gains traction in Minnesota
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
n.pr
February 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
A Minneapolis knitting shop has resurrected the design of a Norwegian cap worn to protest Nazi occupation. Its owner says the money raised from hat pattern sales will support the local immigrant community.
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Correct. Subscribe to @flaminghydra.com to support and strengthen this model.
It's working!! Slowly, but it's working. Just by sharing the subscription money, publishing good work, and attracting enough subscribers, eventually it will add up to a whole salary for each member.
It's working!! Slowly, but it's working. Just by sharing the subscription money, publishing good work, and attracting enough subscribers, eventually it will add up to a whole salary for each member.
"We just want to do good work and each make a decent living and keep the lights on" is still a radical idea in comparison to how everything has always worked but it's not fantastical.
February 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Correct. Subscribe to @flaminghydra.com to support and strengthen this model.
It's working!! Slowly, but it's working. Just by sharing the subscription money, publishing good work, and attracting enough subscribers, eventually it will add up to a whole salary for each member.
It's working!! Slowly, but it's working. Just by sharing the subscription money, publishing good work, and attracting enough subscribers, eventually it will add up to a whole salary for each member.
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Besides the splendid @roncharles.bsky.social and @johnwilliams.bsky.social and Becca Rothfeld, I'm thinking about former editors Nina King and Marie Arana and Jabari Asim and Michael Dirda. Book World has long had a unique and often surprising voice. What a terrible loss.
February 4, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Besides the splendid @roncharles.bsky.social and @johnwilliams.bsky.social and Becca Rothfeld, I'm thinking about former editors Nina King and Marie Arana and Jabari Asim and Michael Dirda. Book World has long had a unique and often surprising voice. What a terrible loss.
...they said I don't got any class, I'll show em, I got class, I got so much class, more class than anybody ever...I'm gonna shut down their stupid center and see how they like it...tell me I got no taste...I'll show em....
www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/p...
Trump says Kennedy Center will close in July for two-year renovation | CNN Politics
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts will close for roughly two years to allow for extensive renovations, President Donald Trump said Sunday, a move that comes as the nation’s preeminent arts in...
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February 2, 2026 at 1:53 AM
...they said I don't got any class, I'll show em, I got class, I got so much class, more class than anybody ever...I'm gonna shut down their stupid center and see how they like it...tell me I got no taste...I'll show em....
www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/p...
www.cnn.com/2026/02/01/p...
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Self-portrait,
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4085
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4085
February 1, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Self-portrait,
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4085
https://botfrens.com/collections/19/contents/4085
good reference point to rebut the whole "but the billionaires create jobs" line
I guess if you bankroll a bomb like "Melania," there isn't a lot left over to pay your people. Amazon, you've got to budget your bribes better.
Amazon just announced another round of 16,000 layoffs, months after it laid off 14,000 workers.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
Reminder that Amazon CEO Andy Jassy raked in over $40M in 2024.
And Amazon is spending at least $75 million producing and promoting the Melania documentary.
The system is rigged.
January 29, 2026 at 8:43 PM
good reference point to rebut the whole "but the billionaires create jobs" line
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I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
January 28, 2026 at 10:00 PM
I spoke to a woman at the protest in minneapolis and she explained she wanted to be there in part because "i was a kid when george floyd got killed" and i nearly dropped my recorder
Land of a Thousand Dances 1/27/26
Playlist - Land of a Thousand Dances 1/27/26 - 42 items
tidal.com
January 28, 2026 at 6:11 AM
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Nice theory, I suspect it would have happened.
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
The #1 reason that Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022 was to stop Ukraine from succeeding as a capitalist democracy with real freedom and prosperity for their people.
If Ukraine achieved what Poland achieved before them, then this would have led to revolution in Russia within a decade.
If Ukraine achieved what Poland achieved before them, then this would have led to revolution in Russia within a decade.
January 26, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Nice theory, I suspect it would have happened.
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
I hope the freedom loving world continues to assist Ukraine to get back their country
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Today's vinyl is Big Star Live in Memphis. Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens reunited in the early nineties, along with Jon Auer (and, sadly, the since-credibly-accused-of-multiple-sex-crimes Ken Stringfellow) of the Posies. Auer is here singing Chris Bell's solo song "I Am The Cosmos".
Big Star- 04- I am the cosmos- Live in Memphis 94
YouTube video by Juan C Marioni
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January 11, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Today's vinyl is Big Star Live in Memphis. Alex Chilton and Jody Stephens reunited in the early nineties, along with Jon Auer (and, sadly, the since-credibly-accused-of-multiple-sex-crimes Ken Stringfellow) of the Posies. Auer is here singing Chris Bell's solo song "I Am The Cosmos".
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Alex Pretti did not “tragically die. He was murdered.
January 25, 2026 at 11:42 PM
Alex Pretti did not “tragically die. He was murdered.
what's the purpose of teaching literature in today's world, you ask?
January 22, 2026 at 9:16 PM
what's the purpose of teaching literature in today's world, you ask?
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Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
Poetry Review/Interview: Poet Martín Espada - Resistance is Obligatory - The Arts Fuse
Martín Espada’s lyricism sings deeply in the key of loss, turning the anguish of social and personal histories into hope.
artsfuse.org
January 22, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
Found a book by the excellent contemporary poet Martin Espada today on a shelf at a school in Nola which was inscribed to someone at UMass Boston, my alma mater.
Spent an afternoon with him a few years ago, talking about a few things which are still relevant #poetry
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Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
Land of a Thousand Dances 1/20/26
Playlist - Land of a Thousand Dances 1/20/26 - 50 items
tidal.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:38 AM
tidal.com/playlist/6f9...
Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
Tonight's #playlist was one hour of #punk with California gettin' repped
hour two was #NewWave with a hint of goth
hour three was all #Nola carnival joy
dig it
dig in
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Cassidy sentenced countless children to death, knowingly, by confirming RFK
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
Trump throws a dagger into the Louisiana Senate race, pushing Rep. Julia Letlow to challenge Sen. Bill Cassidy, who has worked hard to stay on Trump’s good side.
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
Trump: “Should she decide to enter this Race, Julia Letlow has my Complete and Total Endorsement. RUN, JULIA, RUN!!!”
January 18, 2026 at 3:06 AM
Cassidy sentenced countless children to death, knowingly, by confirming RFK
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
and Trump stabs him in the back anyway
I hope it eats at him every miserable day of the rest of his life
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Congrats to everyone who voted for Trump to lower prices! You’re now paying more for everything so Trump can feel better about himself bsky.app/profile/twse...
Trump says he'll impose a 10% tariff (rising to 25% in June) on Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the UK, the Netherlands and Finland, because they've sent people to Greenland, until the US can buy Greenland.
January 17, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Congrats to everyone who voted for Trump to lower prices! You’re now paying more for everything so Trump can feel better about himself bsky.app/profile/twse...
Living in New Orleans a few years really does strange things to a guy
January 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Living in New Orleans a few years really does strange things to a guy