Steven Matheson
@stevenmatheson.bsky.social
NorCal Forever. Berlin Wall chopper downer. Consumer of meats and cheeses. Coastal Scot heritage. Wall-E enthusiast. Finder of Things. #MexicoBound
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We *are* the Public Good. We are a country of ourselves, responsible for each other.
December 17, 2025 at 6:03 AM
We *are* the Public Good. We are a country of ourselves, responsible for each other.
**raises hand**
It's because they're black?
It's because they're black?
The US Administration has banned Americans from *adopting babies* from much of the African continent.
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
Adopting.
Babies.
What trait do those babies have that, when they grow up as fully American adults, would make them a threat to our country in any form?
On that last post: I genuinely cannot think of any good-faith reason to bar international adoptions from those 39 countries. Under this new ban, consulates will refuse adoption visas for any baby from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, Nigeria, or any of the 39 other countries.
December 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM
**raises hand**
It's because they're black?
It's because they're black?
It's Sunday night, and the "Tom Nichols Rolodex of Troll Talking Points" is being thumbed through while Mr. Nichols himself enjoys two fingers of Oban 12.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 11:55 PM
It's Sunday night, and the "Tom Nichols Rolodex of Troll Talking Points" is being thumbed through while Mr. Nichols himself enjoys two fingers of Oban 12.
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
@radiofreetom.bsky.social
When you find out what was going on with your favorite childhood books, Frog and Toad.
December 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
When you find out what was going on with your favorite childhood books, Frog and Toad.
We have an incredible paperbacks only shop by my house. Unfortunately for me, the overwhelming majority of them are mmpbs, but that doesn't stop me from going in every week just to make sure!
This. I had a bunch of beloved MMPB books on my bookcase that I purchased in the past that I have slowly been replacing with the larger PB's lately because I can't actually read the smaller ones any longer. (Eyesight AND hand strain. Boooo.)
December 14, 2025 at 10:45 PM
We have an incredible paperbacks only shop by my house. Unfortunately for me, the overwhelming majority of them are mmpbs, but that doesn't stop me from going in every week just to make sure!
Happy Hanukkah to all. I lit a candle in support of the victims, and the heroes, of the terrible shooting in Australia.
December 14, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Happy Hanukkah to all. I lit a candle in support of the victims, and the heroes, of the terrible shooting in Australia.
Here is the patient zero post that's going to completely pollute my feed for the next four or five hours
Watching CNN and I know people have been mad at Jake Tapper, but he is spending quite a lot of time taking apart Trump’s completely crazypants speech
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Here is the patient zero post that's going to completely pollute my feed for the next four or five hours
"then explain why you pardoned him?"
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
"then explain why you pardoned him?"
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I know we're all hating Netflix right now, but "The Beast in Me" was so, so good.
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are two of the most best actors alive right now.
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are two of the most best actors alive right now.
December 8, 2025 at 4:09 AM
I know we're all hating Netflix right now, but "The Beast in Me" was so, so good.
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are two of the most best actors alive right now.
Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys are two of the most best actors alive right now.
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Worth re-reading this seminal 2017 essay from Ta-Nehisi Coates, in light of everything that's happened since. To say it still stands up would be an understatement. A genuine tour de force. Very impressive.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
The First White President
The foundation of Donald Trump’s presidency is the negation of Barack Obama’s legacy.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Worth re-reading this seminal 2017 essay from Ta-Nehisi Coates, in light of everything that's happened since. To say it still stands up would be an understatement. A genuine tour de force. Very impressive.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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The older I get the less interested I am in criticizing art of any kind that a human made.
December 7, 2025 at 12:42 AM
The older I get the less interested I am in criticizing art of any kind that a human made.
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The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.
Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history
Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.
www.motherjones.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.
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I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
American Freakshow: Our Reality TV-Driven Media Is Killing Our Democracy
The lurid details of Olivia Nuzzi's transgressions and the popularity of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives derive from the same culture of voyeurism.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I wrote about the Olivia Nuzzi saga and how it reflects the voyeurism and indignity that drives so much of our media—social and otherwise.
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
This is an essay about elite excess, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, and the crisis of our democracy.
www.liberalcurrents.com/american-fre...
Literally, I could give a shit. Just seeing this movie again on the big screen in the original format for the first time since I was 8, is good enough.
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Literally, I could give a shit. Just seeing this movie again on the big screen in the original format for the first time since I was 8, is good enough.
Historically significant for the sheer number of STDs that were passed around that Safeway
Listen, I know the housing shortage is killing a great American city, but that really is one of our most historically significant Safeways www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/s...
Marina’s reaction to Safeway tower plans: ‘Along comes this behemoth right on the waterfront’
Plans to put a 25-story apartment complex on San Francisco’s Marina district sparked concerts about a future where the city’s waterfront is ringed by tall housing structures.
www.sfchronicle.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Historically significant for the sheer number of STDs that were passed around that Safeway
@mikethompson.house.gov I agree Mike. Time for you to work up, or have someone help you work up impeachment proceedings immediately. I want you on every Bay Area TV station screaming about this from now until the end of the year
Every Congressperson who does not file impeachment articles ASAP, or even just start talking about it, owns everything that happens to the people Trump targets. Their complicity and enablement of his abuse takes the protection of America away from them.
Trump, continued: "What the Somalian people have done to Minnesota is not even believable. It’s not even believable. And a lot of it starts with the governor. A lot of it starts with Barack HUSSEIN Obama, because that’s when people started coming in... They want to kiss our country good night."
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@mikethompson.house.gov I agree Mike. Time for you to work up, or have someone help you work up impeachment proceedings immediately. I want you on every Bay Area TV station screaming about this from now until the end of the year
Muting "Platner" too
December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Muting "Platner" too
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This is the only dentist that accepts my insurance.
December 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is the only dentist that accepts my insurance.
I'm sorry, but everyone whether or not they are vaccinated against Hep B are 100% likely to die at some point.
Children vaccinated against hepatitis B at birth are 22% less likely to die from any cause, according to to study of medical records from 1999-2018.
Why wouldn't a parent want that vaccine for their baby? Why is a CDC vaccine panel considering taking it away?
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Why wouldn't a parent want that vaccine for their baby? Why is a CDC vaccine panel considering taking it away?
www.cidrap.umn.edu/childhood-va...
Vaccinating newborns against hepatitis B saves lives. Why might a CDC panel stop recommending it?
www.cidrap.umn.edu
December 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I'm sorry, but everyone whether or not they are vaccinated against Hep B are 100% likely to die at some point.
Who is our John Ralston for TN-07?
Going to need the super micro local on this tonight
Going to need the super micro local on this tonight
December 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Who is our John Ralston for TN-07?
Going to need the super micro local on this tonight
Going to need the super micro local on this tonight
Nuzzi = muted
December 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Nuzzi = muted
To those who wish to respond:
December 2, 2025 at 10:27 PM
To those who wish to respond:
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Well we could just watch Michael Clayton over and over and over and over again. It's a perfect movie - like Jaws. I mean come on....
December 1, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Well we could just watch Michael Clayton over and over and over and over again. It's a perfect movie - like Jaws. I mean come on....