Matt Schwartz
@shocklines.bsky.social
Book industry by day, queer tattooed horror-movie-loving, board-game-playing guy by night. He/him
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Violent paramilitary organizations are shooting civilians in the face in Minneapolis and we're just supposed to sit here doing our jobs?
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Violent paramilitary organizations are shooting civilians in the face in Minneapolis and we're just supposed to sit here doing our jobs?
Of course, the current administration believes otherwise.
January 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Of course, the current administration believes otherwise.
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Will there be enough surviving kids to die in school shooting?
BREAKING: The U.S. drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child in an unprecedented overhaul of childhood health protections.
US drops the number of vaccines it recommends for every child
The U.S. took the unprecedented step Monday of dropping the number of vaccines it recommends for every child — leaving other immunizations, such as flu shots, open to families to choose but without clear guidance.
bit.ly
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Will there be enough surviving kids to die in school shooting?
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During the holiday season, we all want to spend time with our loved ones.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
December 23, 2025 at 5:41 PM
During the holiday season, we all want to spend time with our loved ones.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
And yet, just two months after buying Walgreens for $10 billion, the private equity firm Sycamore Partners stripped hourly workers of paid vacation, including Christmas and New Year’s Day.
Shameful.
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Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
DHS says recording or following law enforcement 'sure sounds like obstruction of justice'
Seven federal circuit courts have upheld the First Amendment right to record and monitor the police.
reason.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Wrong.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
The First Amendment protects our right to record law enforcement activity in public — full stop.
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My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
December 22, 2025 at 3:49 AM
My god.
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
From Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her ‘60 Minutes’ colleagues, posted by the NYT Michael Grynbaum:
When people discuss "post-credit" scenes in movies and tv shows, I often think many of them don't understand the "post" part.
December 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When people discuss "post-credit" scenes in movies and tv shows, I often think many of them don't understand the "post" part.
That Trump posted this isn't shocking. We know Trump is a piece of shit excuse for a human being. But the refusal of others to condemn it will speak volumes about their own humanity.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
That Trump posted this isn't shocking. We know Trump is a piece of shit excuse for a human being. But the refusal of others to condemn it will speak volumes about their own humanity.
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Narrator: "That language was racism..."
Rep. Randy Fine defends Trump's gutter racist rants about Somalis: "Not all cultures are equal ... the president speaks in language that Americans understand."
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Narrator: "That language was racism..."
This important read (it's a must-read reminder of just how problematic generative AI is) is as hilarious as it is infuriating.
OK, I lied. It's actually more infuriating than hilarious. Any society that thinks "ehhh, close enough" when presenting information should fuck all the way off.
OK, I lied. It's actually more infuriating than hilarious. Any society that thinks "ehhh, close enough" when presenting information should fuck all the way off.
December 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This important read (it's a must-read reminder of just how problematic generative AI is) is as hilarious as it is infuriating.
OK, I lied. It's actually more infuriating than hilarious. Any society that thinks "ehhh, close enough" when presenting information should fuck all the way off.
OK, I lied. It's actually more infuriating than hilarious. Any society that thinks "ehhh, close enough" when presenting information should fuck all the way off.
This is, quite simply, a terrible take. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/jud...
Judi Dench Says Harvey Weinstein Has ‘Done His Time’ And Urges Forgiveness
“It is thanks to Harvey that I’ve got a film career,” the actress previously said.
www.thedailybeast.com
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
This is, quite simply, a terrible take. www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/jud...
There is no way I could make a statement like this without either vomiting or laughing.
Rep. Austin Scott to Trump: "Thank you very much, Mr President. We love you."
December 8, 2025 at 8:14 PM
There is no way I could make a statement like this without either vomiting or laughing.
I've always thought Gene Simmons came off like an asshole, but suggesting that a 74 year old falling down the stairs was unlikely to result in death seems pretty fucking insane.
December 8, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I've always thought Gene Simmons came off like an asshole, but suggesting that a 74 year old falling down the stairs was unlikely to result in death seems pretty fucking insane.
Just what I would expect from an administration that claims to be (despite so much evidence to the contrary) in favor of life. It's so on-brand for them to be against abortion yet take proactive measures to increase the number of deaths of children that have been born.
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/c...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/c...
CDC panel scraps hepatitis B shot recommendation in massive move
The move enshrines a top agenda item of vaccine critics as government policy.
www.axios.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Just what I would expect from an administration that claims to be (despite so much evidence to the contrary) in favor of life. It's so on-brand for them to be against abortion yet take proactive measures to increase the number of deaths of children that have been born.
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/c...
www.axios.com/2025/12/05/c...
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Or--and here me out--Republicans in Congress can get interested enough in this to stop this. There is nothing stopping them but he's passing the buck to the American people, waiting on MAGA to finally turn on Trump so they won't face political blow back. He's a fucking coward.
Rand Paul tells me that he wants the full video of the Venezuelan boat strike released.
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
“And I think if the public sees images of people clinging to boat debris and being blown up, I think that there is a chance that finally, the public will get interested enough in this to stop this.”
December 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Or--and here me out--Republicans in Congress can get interested enough in this to stop this. There is nothing stopping them but he's passing the buck to the American people, waiting on MAGA to finally turn on Trump so they won't face political blow back. He's a fucking coward.
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Trump has commuted the sentence of David Gentile, 59 yo resident of Long Island, who defrauded people of $1.6B in a phony investment scheme.
Gentile spend just seven days in prison for a seven year sentence.
Grift sees grift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Gentile spend just seven days in prison for a seven year sentence.
Grift sees grift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Trump Frees Fraudster Just Days Into Seven-Year Prison Sentence
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Trump has commuted the sentence of David Gentile, 59 yo resident of Long Island, who defrauded people of $1.6B in a phony investment scheme.
Gentile spend just seven days in prison for a seven year sentence.
Grift sees grift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
Gentile spend just seven days in prison for a seven year sentence.
Grift sees grift
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/u...
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Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Secretary Pete Hegseth, a Princeton graduate, was unable to comprehend that photographs create mirror images of their subjects. Here's why affirmative action has lowered the standards of Ivy League admissions.
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Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
November 26, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Pediatricians say vaccines do not cause autism. A bear-eating heroin addict who fantasizes about sucking his own semen out of his lovers' orifices says they do. For busy parents, it can be hard to know who to trust.
People are fucking disgusting. I hope there's a special level of hell for guards like these that torture inmates, let alone disabled ones.
This is how disabled & marginalized inmates are treated in jail.
Videos from the Rankin County jail show Larry Buckhalter being electrocuted & then instructed to wish a Happy Birthday to the former head of the jail.
Racism & ableism are a horrific combination.
Videos from the Rankin County jail show Larry Buckhalter being electrocuted & then instructed to wish a Happy Birthday to the former head of the jail.
Racism & ableism are a horrific combination.
November 21, 2025 at 8:32 PM
People are fucking disgusting. I hope there's a special level of hell for guards like these that torture inmates, let alone disabled ones.
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Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Zohran Mamdani doesn’t make me, an American Jew, feel unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
Having the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, decide that a swastika isn’t really a symbol of hate? That makes me, an American Jew, feel pretty damn unsafe.
This from the idiot who has suggested vaccines cause autism. So if you think HE thinks you should be rewarded to take steps for making yourself healthier -- you're wrong. He just wants poor people to die.
Markwayne Mullin: "Reward people for being healthy. Think about this. Healthcare is the only industry that you're not rewarded for taking care of your responsibility. If you think about homeowners insurance, if you're within 500 feet of a fire hydrant, your insurance goes down."
November 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This from the idiot who has suggested vaccines cause autism. So if you think HE thinks you should be rewarded to take steps for making yourself healthier -- you're wrong. He just wants poor people to die.
To be fair, it's always embarrassing to be asked why you had someone tortured and dismembered because he said a mean thing.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
To be fair, it's always embarrassing to be asked why you had someone tortured and dismembered because he said a mean thing.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
A rare weakness? This is literally a president who has a nickname about him reversing course and backing down. Do better @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
Analysis: Trump’s Epstein files capitulation betrays a rare weakness | CNN Politics
The Jeffrey Epstein files saga is far from over, even after President Donald Trump suddenly reversed himself Sunday night and told Republicans to vote for releasing them.
www.cnn.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A rare weakness? This is literally a president who has a nickname about him reversing course and backing down. Do better @cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/17/p...
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The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Bari Weiss Newsmaxification of @CBSNews is a sight to behold, and marg brennan seems content to go right along with it