Matthew Byrd
@mbyrd.bsky.social
Writer, author, columnist, playwright, and thesaurus owner. Check out my profile (and/or pictures of my dog) at www.matthewbyrdwork.com.
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Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
December 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family
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Reject lamenting counterculture, embrace furious optimism: @mbyrd.bsky.social on how Pluribus's take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) suits a modern era with nothing to lose
#Pluribus
#Pluribus
How Pluribus Reimagines 1978's Invasion of the Body Snatchers for a Generation With Nothing Left to Sell Out - Reactor
Philip Kaufman's Body Snatchers asked what happens when you trade your identify away. Pluribus lives in the world that bargain resulted in.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Reject lamenting counterculture, embrace furious optimism: @mbyrd.bsky.social on how Pluribus's take on Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) suits a modern era with nothing to lose
#Pluribus
#Pluribus
Nick Bosa is about to get a 100 across the board rating in Madden.
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September 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Nick Bosa is about to get a 100 across the board rating in Madden.
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Looking forward to the weekend? (Us too). Molly Templeton brings some recommendations for your free time, for whenever you're not playing Silksong.
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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: We Have Tomb Raider At Home - Reactor
Plus strange little things, superior adaptations, and cursed bunnies.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Looking forward to the weekend? (Us too). Molly Templeton brings some recommendations for your free time, for whenever you're not playing Silksong.
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ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
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Creativity vs. Control: Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and A.I. "Art" - Reactor
Wendy Xu discusses creativity and the importance of getting through hardship.
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August 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
ChatGPT will only ever give you what you want, which is why it'll never surprise you. Wendy Xu (@wendyxu.bsky.social) on Bridge to Terabithia, The Boy and the Heron, and the shock of unfairness:
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The life of a showgirl?
August 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The life of a showgirl?
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Got some time to kill this weekend? @mollytempleton.com recommends some genre fiction highlights for you to check out, from catching up on the Hugo Awards noms to an essay by Hanif Abdurraqib to what to binge after finishing the newest season of Wednesday!
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What to Watch and Read This Weekend: Weapons, Wednesday, and Hot Vampire Summer - Reactor
Struggling with the dog days of summer? Here's what to watch and read for the weekend of August 8th.
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August 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Got some time to kill this weekend? @mollytempleton.com recommends some genre fiction highlights for you to check out, from catching up on the Hugo Awards noms to an essay by Hanif Abdurraqib to what to binge after finishing the newest season of Wednesday!
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Today's Classic Cover is Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson! Lisa Falkenstern has illustrated nearly 1000 book covers, including this one!
July 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Today's Classic Cover is Piper by Brett Rutherford and John Robertson! Lisa Falkenstern has illustrated nearly 1000 book covers, including this one!
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Plenty of movies on Letterboxd that I feel like people absolutely sleep on but this is very much one that I'm surprised doesn't have more love on there given its cult status
June 27, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Plenty of movies on Letterboxd that I feel like people absolutely sleep on but this is very much one that I'm surprised doesn't have more love on there given its cult status
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whatever the book, it should definitely be a book left out where the kid can find it after being told "I don't know, that might be too scary for you, maybe you shouldn't read it."
(this is how you make a reader for life)
(this is how you make a reader for life)
What's the best Stephen King book for a middle-schooler to start with?
May 14, 2025 at 8:47 PM
whatever the book, it should definitely be a book left out where the kid can find it after being told "I don't know, that might be too scary for you, maybe you shouldn't read it."
(this is how you make a reader for life)
(this is how you make a reader for life)
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A tribute to one of my favorite little corners of the film world: Movie trailers that feature footage that was never meant to appear in the final film:
20 Movie Trailers With Footage Shot Just For the Trailer
These ads featured scenes that were never intended to appear in the finished film.
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May 8, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A tribute to one of my favorite little corners of the film world: Movie trailers that feature footage that was never meant to appear in the final film:
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Takes like this remind us that success in creative industries is more ambiguous than ever. If something isn't undeniable across every conceivable metric, its success and the future of works like it can be spun in many ways according to the whims and wishes of those in control.
‘Sinners’ Is a Box Office Success (With a Big Asterisk)
Ryan Coogler’s original horror film was expected to sell a strong $46 million in tickets over the weekend, enough for No. 1. But its profitability remains a long way off.
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April 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Takes like this remind us that success in creative industries is more ambiguous than ever. If something isn't undeniable across every conceivable metric, its success and the future of works like it can be spun in many ways according to the whims and wishes of those in control.
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"In his grave, we praise him for his decency—but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own."
Four days after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Los Angeles Times published a letter from Rod Serling: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/s...
Four days after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Los Angeles Times published a letter from Rod Serling: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/s...
April 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
"In his grave, we praise him for his decency—but when he walked amongst us, we responded with no decency of our own."
Four days after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Los Angeles Times published a letter from Rod Serling: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/s...
Four days after the April 4, 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr., The Los Angeles Times published a letter from Rod Serling: thenightgallery.wordpress.com/2018/04/04/s...
Feels like a good time to remind people that sharing those awful Studio Ghibli AI images (even to dunk on them) still counts as sharing them, which is what the people behind that technology and the individual images want at any cost.
March 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Feels like a good time to remind people that sharing those awful Studio Ghibli AI images (even to dunk on them) still counts as sharing them, which is what the people behind that technology and the individual images want at any cost.
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I've found it, the perfect encapsulation of Bluesky. Bluesky distilled to its purest molecular form
March 26, 2025 at 8:39 PM
I've found it, the perfect encapsulation of Bluesky. Bluesky distilled to its purest molecular form
Genuinely good advice, but it's one of those pieces of good advice that bows to the horrifying context of the overwhelming hellscape it exists in.
DNA testing firm 23andMe files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to sell itself
Genetic testing firm 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the U.S. on Sunday and said it was looking to sell itself.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Genuinely good advice, but it's one of those pieces of good advice that bows to the horrifying context of the overwhelming hellscape it exists in.
I have a hard time trusting people who are surprised whenever there is a scandal about a streamer or YouTuber.
"Can you believe what Dr. SexWaffles did?"
Yes, I probably can.
"Can you believe what Dr. SexWaffles did?"
Yes, I probably can.
March 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have a hard time trusting people who are surprised whenever there is a scandal about a streamer or YouTuber.
"Can you believe what Dr. SexWaffles did?"
Yes, I probably can.
"Can you believe what Dr. SexWaffles did?"
Yes, I probably can.
I would have fought to preserve our national parks as protected lands rather than the places where they pimp vroom-vroom Tonka trucks to douchebags, but I'm not president.
Trump to designate attacks on Tesla dealerships as "domestic terrorism," he said moments ago
March 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I would have fought to preserve our national parks as protected lands rather than the places where they pimp vroom-vroom Tonka trucks to douchebags, but I'm not president.
For @denofgeek.bsky.social I explored how the Bond franchise will handle its classic villains now that the brand is owned by one of them.
The Next James Bond Movie Will Be Defined By Its Villain
While fans speculate about the next 007 and the future of the franchise, it is really a villain who will set the tone of James Bond’s future.
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March 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
For @denofgeek.bsky.social I explored how the Bond franchise will handle its classic villains now that the brand is owned by one of them.