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mathan erhardt
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Writer. Award winner. I like snacks, especially ice cream.
99% of the time. It is my preferred way to attend a concert.
Have yall ever gone to a concert by yourself? How was it?
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
There was a fire that caused the closure of a Metro station and 20 minute train delays.

As a result the Metro has achieved NYC subway levels of crowdedness.
November 26, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I think the fact that Billboard used a photo that’s only 2/3s Bee Gees really undermines/answers the rhetorical question. Thank goodness @billboard.com doesn’t purport to be a reputable industry source, or else this Maurice Gibb erasure would be pretty embarrassing.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Judgement Night
Black Panther
Dead Presidents
Whiplash
The Outfit
The Muppet Movie
Out of Sight

And while they’re recent drops Sinners (both soundtrack and score) and One Battle After Another have been in heavy rotation and may end up all-timers.
Some of my all-time fav movie soundtracks. What are yours?

1. Rushmore
2. 1984
3. The Man Who Wasn't There
4. Repo Man
5. Submarine
November 20, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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WGAE members, this is going to be such an amazing event on Zoom, with panelists @susanrinkunas.com of @autonomynews.co, Zora Howard, Eliza Hittman, and Caren Spruch of @ppfa.org, moderated by @melissahilfers.bsky.social! RSVP in the link!
What do we do when our reproductive rights are under attack? Stand up, write back! Join us for a virtual panel in which screenwriters, journalists and experts discuss how we can reframe reproductive freedom in our stories.

This event is only open to WGAE members. RSVP: wgaea.st/repro-freedom
November 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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" ... so you're saying I get to tell Trump AND Texas to go fuck themselves with one vote? What's the catch?"
Holy shit, the Prop 50 turnout was massive! NYT projecting 10.6 million votes, CA GOV 2022 was 10.9M votes.
November 5, 2025 at 4:33 AM
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People who are leaving NYC, please post pix of your U-Hauls!
November 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Hard to think of a comic that has scratched a particular itch as well as the Absolute Batman Annual.
November 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Preach! @tmobilesupport.bsky.social is indeed trash.
October 24, 2025 at 5:50 AM
In my happy place.
October 24, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Disney has Tron: Ares, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, Rental Family, Zootopia 2, Ella McCay, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and Is This Thing On? opening this year. I hope the talent involved in these movies curtails all planned publicity until the company reverses its decision about Kimmel.
September 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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The only way forward is to inflict as much financial AND publicity damage on Disney as possible as swiftly as possible. Cancel streaming subscriptions, boycott products, picket, encourage politicians and entertainment figures to shout about this from the housetops. Demonstrate the cost of cowardice.
September 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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To say that Charlie Kirk cared about engaging with people and changing their minds is like saying the Harlem Globetrotters care about the challenge of playing competitive basketball. www.indignity.net/il-est-charl...
September 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Things are dire. We’re losing faith in institutions. Journalism is, at best, under attack and at worst rolling over for an authoritarian. It is a dark moment in history.

But at least The Morning Show is back and giving me faith in journalists and journalism again.
September 17, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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"I don't care that he's dead."
"He's not a hero."
"He's a scumbag."
"He shouldn't be celebrated."

No, no. I'm not saying that about Charlie Kirk. Charlie Kirk said that about George Floyd.

Just in case anyone's interested in what he thought was fair to say about someone who was killed on camera.
September 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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This was a word AND he cussed 😂
September 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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Is this doing politics the right way @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social? Lies and hate is doing politics right is it? Maybe if the lies and hate were directed at you, you’d see things differently. (By the way this post is doing politics right).
I recommend everyone watches this
September 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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"On the last episode of his show before he was killed," Kirk told "his audience, falsely, that “one in 22 Black men will be a murderer in their lifetime” and that “by age of 23, half of all Black males have been arrested and not enough of them have been arrested.”
September 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Last September Charlie Kirk claimed that Haitian immigrants in Huntsville were "raping your women and hunting you down at night." He said that rural Alabamians faced a future in which Haitian immigrants "will become your masters." www.mediamatters.org/charlie-kirk...
Charlie Kirk warns that Haitian migrants "will become your masters" if Trump loses the election
www.mediamatters.org
September 13, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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They could make it today! The guys finally come back from Mexico. Or we open with Hank waiting for Britt to come out of jail... again.
September 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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some remarkable stuff happening in the Tucson region, don't miss it

this is a really interesting public official / local leader:
South Tucson Mayor Roxy Valenzuela lives with her family at a motel that was purchased by a local soup kitchen and converted to affordable housing. It’s an act of solidarity with other residents, she says.
Facing Arizona’s Crackdown on Homelessness, Two Cities Offer Different Responses
State intervention has led Tucson to ramp up sweeps and pass harsh new policies. Officials in the small town of South Tucson have emphasized support and services, even as they face blowback.
boltsmag.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Voting is important.
September 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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How to record ICE:

1) Record from a safe distance. DO NOT INTERVENE.
2) Put the DATE, TIME, & LOCATION on the video.
3) Ask for NAMES & BIRTHDAYS
4) CONTEXT, how many people were taken? What happened? How?
5) If possible, document vehicles used and agents, even if masked.

@eltragon.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM