Matt Baldwin
@thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, cyclist, naturalist, martial artist, tall ship sailor. The Pirate Guy of Blue Sky, apparently. Mexican-American. No kings in America. He/him. San Diego, CA.
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Have picked up a lot of new followers recently, so: a (re)Dedication of Principles:
1) this is a diverse and queer-friendly place, inc. trans people
2) zero tolerance for anyone sharing, defending, or promoting AI "art"
3) I have a lot of interests, so expect posts covering a wide rage (con't)
1) this is a diverse and queer-friendly place, inc. trans people
2) zero tolerance for anyone sharing, defending, or promoting AI "art"
3) I have a lot of interests, so expect posts covering a wide rage (con't)
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Biology 30: Human Sexuality & Reproduction (aka “Dirty Thirty”)
Witch Trials in America
Race, Self, and the Other in Science Fiction (film theory)
Post-Modern International Literature
The Old West & Gender
Biology 30: Human Sexuality & Reproduction (aka “Dirty Thirty”)
Witch Trials in America
Race, Self, and the Other in Science Fiction (film theory)
Post-Modern International Literature
The Old West & Gender
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Race and Romanticism
Shakespeare
Jackie Robinson
Modernism
Holocaust and Film
Race and Romanticism
Shakespeare
Jackie Robinson
Modernism
Holocaust and Film
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Religion and Ethics
U.S. 1861-1865
History of Slavery
History of the Vietnam War
History of Cold War Foreign Policy
Just the ones that come immediately to mind
Religion and Ethics
U.S. 1861-1865
History of Slavery
History of the Vietnam War
History of Cold War Foreign Policy
Just the ones that come immediately to mind
January 31, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Never mind the jobs you had, tell me five classes you took in college
Biology 30: Human Sexuality & Reproduction (aka “Dirty Thirty”)
Witch Trials in America
Race, Self, and the Other in Science Fiction (film theory)
Post-Modern International Literature
The Old West & Gender
Biology 30: Human Sexuality & Reproduction (aka “Dirty Thirty”)
Witch Trials in America
Race, Self, and the Other in Science Fiction (film theory)
Post-Modern International Literature
The Old West & Gender
Sigh. Got a “we’re officially on a work stoppage on Monday, we’ll see about Tuesday” email about half an hour ago.
BREAKING: Senators pass a deal on government funding — but not in time to avoid a shutdown
www.ms.now/news/senator...
www.ms.now/news/senator...
Senators pass a deal on government funding — but not in time to avoid a shutdown
Friday night’s shutdown deadline will pass without a funding law enacted. But House members have a chance to approve a Senate-backed deal and quickly limit the damage.
www.ms.now
January 30, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Sigh. Got a “we’re officially on a work stoppage on Monday, we’ll see about Tuesday” email about half an hour ago.
WELP it's 12:30 p.m. PST and I still don't know if I'm actually working on Monday or not, this is fun.
Love to be scanning the news headlines asking, "are we shutting down or not?" while I calculate how far I can stretch the remaining discretionary income from my last paycheck.
January 30, 2026 at 8:30 PM
WELP it's 12:30 p.m. PST and I still don't know if I'm actually working on Monday or not, this is fun.
So help me, for some reason my brain is interpreting every single "Catherine O'Hara, who starred in HOME ALONE, has died" mention in the announcements as "Catherine O'Hara has died alone in her home" which is just making it worse STOP IT STUPID BRAIN
January 30, 2026 at 6:54 PM
So help me, for some reason my brain is interpreting every single "Catherine O'Hara, who starred in HOME ALONE, has died" mention in the announcements as "Catherine O'Hara has died alone in her home" which is just making it worse STOP IT STUPID BRAIN
*yawns*
January 30, 2026 at 3:51 PM
*yawns*
tick tick tick tick
Starting the stopwatch to see how long it takes for one of the Harper's Letter signatories to speak out about the (apparently extrajudicial?) arrest of Don Lemon while he was doing his job.
January 30, 2026 at 3:50 PM
tick tick tick tick
Well at least it’s finally Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil, we made it that far at least.
January 30, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Well at least it’s finally Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil, we made it that far at least.
Starting the stopwatch to see how long it takes for one of the Harper's Letter signatories to speak out about the (apparently extrajudicial?) arrest of Don Lemon while he was doing his job.
January 30, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Starting the stopwatch to see how long it takes for one of the Harper's Letter signatories to speak out about the (apparently extrajudicial?) arrest of Don Lemon while he was doing his job.
Three quarters of this website have poster's madness, I swear.
January 30, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Three quarters of this website have poster's madness, I swear.
Love to be scanning the news headlines asking, "are we shutting down or not?" while I calculate how far I can stretch the remaining discretionary income from my last paycheck.
January 29, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Love to be scanning the news headlines asking, "are we shutting down or not?" while I calculate how far I can stretch the remaining discretionary income from my last paycheck.
Especially since Ken Burns & Co. just did the exact same thing without resorting to that, on a PBS budget, and it looks AMAZING.
The fact that Darren Aronofsky made an entire series based on the Revolutionary War using AI and voice actors is surprising, disheartening, and disgusting. As an artist, he should know better and he should definitely be embarrassed.
January 29, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Especially since Ken Burns & Co. just did the exact same thing without resorting to that, on a PBS budget, and it looks AMAZING.
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nintendo is going to drone strike the data center responsible for this
Google’s new world AI model tool let me generate a bunch of Nintendo-inspired games. Including one featuring Link with a paraglider! Gift link: www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
January 29, 2026 at 5:52 PM
nintendo is going to drone strike the data center responsible for this
Suddenly feeling a whole lot better about having lost all interest in this man's work somewhere around that Noah's Arc movie he made.
"a series he made with Google DeepMind and Salesforce, which will unfurl on Time Magazine’s YouTube channel every week"
Darren Aronofsky Has Reconstructed the Revolutionary War Using AI
That's the conceit of a series he made with Google DeepMind and Salesforce, which will unfurl on Time Magazine’s YouTube channel every week through the end of the year.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:58 PM
Suddenly feeling a whole lot better about having lost all interest in this man's work somewhere around that Noah's Arc movie he made.
What the shit?
Whitney Cummings made her 'Daily Show' debut Wednesday night—not as a guest, but as the show’s newest contributor.
Whitney Cummings Is The Daily Show’s Newest Contributor
Whitney Cummings made her 'Daily Show' debut Wednesday night—not as a guest, but as the show’s newest contributor.
dlvr.it
January 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
What the shit?
One thing I learned during my time working in nightclubs is that musicians have whisper networks of bad venues to play at for one reason or another: crappy sound system, bad adherence to the rider, shitty management etc.
The Kennedy Center is now one such venue.
The Kennedy Center is now one such venue.
Must be a great place to work when people bail after two weeks.
Kennedy Center Artistic Director Kevin Couch Quits Less Than Two Weeks After His Hiring Was Announced
Kevin Couch, a veteran live entertainment exec and musician, was announced as the head of artistic programming at the newly rechristened Trump Kennedy Center on Jan. 16. Less than two weeks later, Cou...
variety.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:14 PM
One thing I learned during my time working in nightclubs is that musicians have whisper networks of bad venues to play at for one reason or another: crappy sound system, bad adherence to the rider, shitty management etc.
The Kennedy Center is now one such venue.
The Kennedy Center is now one such venue.
I guess I should add for context that I had no problem disowning both of my birthparents and a step-parent who've all refused to own up to their abuses, so ceasing being a fan isn't exactly a rigorous task for me.
Probably Neil Gaiman, though at the risk of sounding self-congratulatory, it wasn't exactly "hard" per se. Any discomfort or betrayal I felt (a lot!) was only a fraction of the pain endured by the people making the allegations and it wasn't hard to drop him more or less instantly.
Question for the Skyline: What was your HARDEST "cancel"?? Like the actor/singer/athlete that was the hardest to drop.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
January 29, 2026 at 5:12 PM
I guess I should add for context that I had no problem disowning both of my birthparents and a step-parent who've all refused to own up to their abuses, so ceasing being a fan isn't exactly a rigorous task for me.
Probably Neil Gaiman, though at the risk of sounding self-congratulatory, it wasn't exactly "hard" per se. Any discomfort or betrayal I felt (a lot!) was only a fraction of the pain endured by the people making the allegations and it wasn't hard to drop him more or less instantly.
Question for the Skyline: What was your HARDEST "cancel"?? Like the actor/singer/athlete that was the hardest to drop.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
I feel like it's always people I don't fw getting canceled so it's never really a loss.
The hardest one was maybe TI because I actually liked multiple albums by him.
January 29, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Probably Neil Gaiman, though at the risk of sounding self-congratulatory, it wasn't exactly "hard" per se. Any discomfort or betrayal I felt (a lot!) was only a fraction of the pain endured by the people making the allegations and it wasn't hard to drop him more or less instantly.
@stevensantos.bsky.social just in case you've managed to miss this.
These fraught times call for a show with what is either an intentionally or unintentionally hilarious title, and which I will be talking about for the rest of the year
January 29, 2026 at 2:59 AM
@stevensantos.bsky.social just in case you've managed to miss this.
Real talk: there are a lot of people on here whom I know are recovering addicts, most of whom are spiraling out pretty bad right now.
If this is you, or you think this might be you, please use whatever device you're reading this skeet on to get in touch with someone or find a meeting instead.
If this is you, or you think this might be you, please use whatever device you're reading this skeet on to get in touch with someone or find a meeting instead.
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Real talk: there are a lot of people on here whom I know are recovering addicts, most of whom are spiraling out pretty bad right now.
If this is you, or you think this might be you, please use whatever device you're reading this skeet on to get in touch with someone or find a meeting instead.
If this is you, or you think this might be you, please use whatever device you're reading this skeet on to get in touch with someone or find a meeting instead.
SERIOUSLY.
ICE is funded through fiscal year 2027 at least *right now*. If the government shuts down at the end of the month, they will not be impacted. If their funding is successfully stripped from the budget bill, they still have funds to operate on for another year.
It sucks!
ICE is funded through fiscal year 2027 at least *right now*. If the government shuts down at the end of the month, they will not be impacted. If their funding is successfully stripped from the budget bill, they still have funds to operate on for another year.
It sucks!
I know this is screaming into the void at this point but we cannot get rid of ICE until 2029 at the minimum bc thats how much longer Trump (or Vance) is president until. Anyone telling you we can abolish it "right now" is lying to you—but its v clear a lot of ppl on this site prefer to be lied to
January 29, 2026 at 1:51 AM
SERIOUSLY.
ICE is funded through fiscal year 2027 at least *right now*. If the government shuts down at the end of the month, they will not be impacted. If their funding is successfully stripped from the budget bill, they still have funds to operate on for another year.
It sucks!
ICE is funded through fiscal year 2027 at least *right now*. If the government shuts down at the end of the month, they will not be impacted. If their funding is successfully stripped from the budget bill, they still have funds to operate on for another year.
It sucks!
Look, I'm just going to say it (and I'm locking down replies because I don't feel like having a dialog about it):
Some of y'all really have a "Save Us, Magic Negro!" attitude regarding Barack Obama (both of them, tbh) and then you just get mad when he doesn't.
Some of y'all really have a "Save Us, Magic Negro!" attitude regarding Barack Obama (both of them, tbh) and then you just get mad when he doesn't.
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Look, I'm just going to say it (and I'm locking down replies because I don't feel like having a dialog about it):
Some of y'all really have a "Save Us, Magic Negro!" attitude regarding Barack Obama (both of them, tbh) and then you just get mad when he doesn't.
Some of y'all really have a "Save Us, Magic Negro!" attitude regarding Barack Obama (both of them, tbh) and then you just get mad when he doesn't.
Feeling run-down today, and genuinely cannot tell if
a) the barometric pressure changes are messing with my body
b) a hangover from the half-shot of NyQuill I took last night because I was feeling kinda grotty.
c) I've actually caught something
d) some combination thereof
a) the barometric pressure changes are messing with my body
b) a hangover from the half-shot of NyQuill I took last night because I was feeling kinda grotty.
c) I've actually caught something
d) some combination thereof
January 28, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Feeling run-down today, and genuinely cannot tell if
a) the barometric pressure changes are messing with my body
b) a hangover from the half-shot of NyQuill I took last night because I was feeling kinda grotty.
c) I've actually caught something
d) some combination thereof
a) the barometric pressure changes are messing with my body
b) a hangover from the half-shot of NyQuill I took last night because I was feeling kinda grotty.
c) I've actually caught something
d) some combination thereof
Everyone grieves in their own way, but gun to my head I do not think this woman is sad that her husband was murdered.
Candace Owens released leaked audio from Turning Point USA in which Erika Kirk is heard giggling and cheerfully discussing attendance figures, merchandise sales, and performance metrics from Charlie Kirk’s memorial event just 11 days after his death...
January 28, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Everyone grieves in their own way, but gun to my head I do not think this woman is sad that her husband was murdered.
“But what if Trump sends around armed thugs to suppress the vote???”— a whole lot of doomers on this site last week.
An incredible special election result in St. Paul, MN. Despite ICE’s reign of terror and frigid weather, Dems showed up while GOP support utterly collapsed.
Special election turnout is often low, but I have to wonder how much of this was GOP voters flipping or sitting it out in protest of Trump/ICE
Special election turnout is often low, but I have to wonder how much of this was GOP voters flipping or sitting it out in protest of Trump/ICE
LOL. Despite this being a Harris+71 seat, Democrat Meg Luger-Nikolai won tonight by a *91-point* margin. Easily one of the wildest overperformances we’ve ever seen, given the district’s deep, deep blue lean.
January 28, 2026 at 4:54 PM
“But what if Trump sends around armed thugs to suppress the vote???”— a whole lot of doomers on this site last week.
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It’s feather & claw maintenance day, and as usual Scrimshaw is MAD about it.
January 27, 2026 at 7:48 PM
It’s feather & claw maintenance day, and as usual Scrimshaw is MAD about it.