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Ferrett Steinmetz

@theferrett.bsky.social

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Writer of FLEX/SOL MAJESTIC/my new book series, DRAGON KINGS OF OKLAHOMA. Quietly (re)connecting with friends, nothing more. Please don't make this weird.

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · Oct 18

For new arrivals: My series The Dragon Kings of Oklahoma, a.k.a "Tiger King but with baby dragons" just dropped. If you liked my old stuff, you'll probably like this.

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 5h

Tl;dr - Hoo boy, was I unfortunately really right on that one.

Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 5h

I'm really getting that sickening feeling I had during the late-90s tech bubble where all the smart folks were going, "The finances make sense!" and I was going "Can you explain it to me in a way that doesn't feel like you're pulling numbers out of your ass? Can you tell me what this is BASED on?"

Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 5h

Oh, is it because the entire “economy” is 4 companies moving money around in a circle while 99.9% of all the other companies have made as little as 0.1% and the dollar has plummeted 11% in that same period?

Dow drops 500 points, S&P 500 falls the most since April after Trump's China tariff threat: Live updates

The Trump post sparked a rapid sell-off in stocks Friday.

www.cnbc.com

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 10h

"The occupation of Hank of King of the Hill is unspecified, but the setting suggest a blue collar suburb."

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 12h

I have repeatedly gone, "Ooo! Tron's on Disney+!" and put it on, only to get bored and wander away.

Yet no matter how many times I do this, the next time I see Tron on Disney+, I have the EXACT SAME REACTION. It's like something corrosively incorrect was baked into my very center.

Bob Chipman 🔜PAX East @bobchipman.bsky.social · 12h

It was a rare sci-fi/fantasy movie that "feels" like it's for adults but on a script/story level is basically for kids and looks/sounds EXACTLY of the edge of its own moment in time - so, pretty much designed to be something you only LIKE when you watch it but *LOVE* when you remember it.

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Unwinder @unwinder.bsky.social · 22h

Hopefully the diminishing returns of Marvel and Star Wars will teach movie studios that if you oversaturate every stratum of the media landscape, it will ONLY work flawlessly for maybe 10-15 years! You will only make about thirty billion dollars, and that's IT! 25 movies TOPS!!!

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 1d

The UFO Ending on Silent Hill F: Achieved.

Now, do I want to play through again?

Probably.

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Nick (derogatory) ✨ @slothropsmap.bsky.social · 1d

I would like to get to a place where consigning 14 million people to death isn’t described as “DOGE didn’t do much.”

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

Did DOGE save us $2 trillion?

“Not even close. .. Total spending excluding interest rose $220 billion, or 4%, for the entire fiscal year.” 🤡

@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/economy/tari...

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 2d

You guys want to go see a dead body?

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 3d

My Dad is visiting. Every morning, he gets great satisfaction from taking all the receipts from his purchases yesterday and entering them into a spreadsheet where he also catalogs every movie he's watched and every book he's read.

I need no formal diagnosis.

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The Frito Bandito @thefritobanditoo.bsky.social · 4d

Guys, every person you see on Fox News in a mask is just Robert O'Neill, retired Navy Seal and occasional Fox News contributor. He's the former Antifa, former Gazan, former gang member. His eyes are very unique.

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Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 4d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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J-ON the Grudge @justjonk.bsky.social · 4d

What makes this particularly bad is that the article lists 50 year old credentials for both of them (they were Marxists in the 1960s, but abandoned it for neoconservatism) to give the impression that this is a critique of the left, from the left, which couldn’t be further from the truth.

A bunch of bullshit credentials for the authors of this article. Essentially listing the leftist orgs they were affiliated with in the early 1960s before they sold out and became Reagan Republicans.

Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 4d

I'll take "Why I cancelled my WaPo subscription for $400," Alex

NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 4d

We wanted to understand Democratic Socialists of America. So we talked to two old guys who voted for Trump. (Yes, this is literally the article.)

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 4d

The current American news cycle:

1) Trump announces some major escalation shredding the Constitution

2) Court says he can’t do that

2a) Lefties take a victory lap

3) Trump does that

3a) Supreme Court emergency rules that he can do that…as a treat

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 4d

Turns out "America First" means "Buy from America Last"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4d

Hassett: "China has stopped buying US soybeans. The silos are full and there are soybeans sitting on the ground w/tarps over them. That's unacceptable to POTUS. We're calling up our soybean customers around the world as part of our trade negotiations & we'll strong policies to support our farmers"

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 5d

Wow, so shocked that so many "comedians" who made their name shitting on vulnerable people and populations and giggling out slurs on podcasts would take House of Saud money that forbids them from joking about the House of Saud all while braying about the sacredness of Free Speech

shocked

shocked

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 5d

"If I can't have perfection, I will destroy anything that isn't perfect - and then the guy who was actively harmful will take this person's place! And when *that* happens, I'll blame the person I destroyed for not being perfect enough for me to support anything but the most hateful alternatives!"

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Michael Ian Black @michaelianblack.bsky.social · 6d

All the videos we see of ICE/police/military assaulting people on camera are happening because they know they will face no consequences for their actions. They're breaking the law because they believe the law no longer applies to them. What kept them in check before was fear. Now they have none.

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Ayo @darrylayo.bsky.social · 8d

hey it’s me, Dave Chappelle, you will remember me from a vhs that your dorm mates played in the lounge

Anyway, I’m on my local homeowners association and I hate transgender people for some reason

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Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 8d

A Jewish friend of mine once said that he expected anti-Semitism to skyrocket back to its normal, hideous levels once the people who remembered the Holocaust directly were dead

And man do I wish I could say he was wrong

BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 8d

I don't think it's great that we are experiencing the most visible rise of anti-semitic conspirtorialism since WW2

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 8d

I wonder if Andrea Jenkyns is even dimly aware that the language she is using there is deeply, deeply problematic.

Ferrett Steinmetz @theferrett.bsky.social · 8d

Always a little weirded out when someone's like "Here is my cosplay" and their face is clearly photoshopped into the uncanny valley.

For me, anyway, the joy of cosplay is what people can do with just the physical changes, not also dropping in photo retouching

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 8d

NEW—US Department of Education sent out standard Out of Office language to employees on Wednesday in light of shutdown. Later yesterday, workers tell me they found someone had updated their auto-responses without consent to a new one blaming Democrats.

Version of original on left, updated on right:

Thank you for your email. There is a temporary shutdown of the U.S. government due to a lapse in appropriations. I will respond to your message as soon as possible after the temporary shutdown ends. Please visit ED.gov for the latest information on the
Department's operational status.
Thank you.

Thank you for contacting me. On September 19, 2025, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5371, a clean continuing resolution. Unfortunately, Democrat Senators are blocking passage of H.R. 5371 in the Senate which has led to a lapse in appropriations. Due to the lapse in appropriations I am currently in furlough status. I will respond to emails once government functions resume.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 9d

What a line from the Pope! I am so pleased he is carrying on Pope Francis’ advocacy for immigrants.

More pointedly, the pope said, "Someone who says, I'm against abortion, but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. Someone who says, I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life."

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michael lutz @ztul.bsky.social · 10d

they're gonna turn every remaining facet of government interface into a manosphere podcast, ie, a dumb white guy telling everyone who ostensibly works for him that they're gross pieces of shit who deserve all the bad stuff in their lives because they jack off too much

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