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)
@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.
Like it's glued to my hand.
Do you hold grudges?
January 28, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Like it's glued to my hand.
Reposted by Matt Baldwin
Nunca creí que los leopardos comerían MI cara
The co-founder of Latinas for Trump is now condemning Trump’s ICE raids:
“I’m afraid of someone stopping my son.”
“This is not what we voted for.”
“I’m afraid of someone stopping my son.”
“This is not what we voted for.”
January 27, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Nunca creí que los leopardos comerían MI cara
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People become addicted to misery and will slap away the hand that offers succor.
January 28, 2026 at 12:26 AM
People become addicted to misery and will slap away the hand that offers succor.
Remember the 2010 World Cup when we all got to hear South African vuvuzelas in real time, a lot? We could be doing that out on these streets!
bro whistles are the NICE option. do you really want to challenge 1,000 nerds with 3D printers to invent something louder and more annoying???
January 28, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Remember the 2010 World Cup when we all got to hear South African vuvuzelas in real time, a lot? We could be doing that out on these streets!
I.....feel called out here?
account you think is kind of an idiot but you don’t dunk on because your other mutuals like them
January 27, 2026 at 10:11 PM
I.....feel called out here?
🛎️🛎️🛎️
I feel like a huge problem on this app is an inability to engage with who the base of the Democratic party actually is & how they came about being it.
January 27, 2026 at 9:14 PM
🛎️🛎️🛎️
Yeah sure, OK.
Hedy Lamarr in a publicity still for Samson and Delilah (1949)
January 27, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Yeah sure, OK.
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.
Started EXHIBIT by @rokwon.bsky.social last night, also just got my hands on some new research material for my novel-in-progress.
what are we reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaading?
January 27, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Started EXHIBIT by @rokwon.bsky.social last night, also just got my hands on some new research material for my novel-in-progress.
I'm interpreting this as her cutting loose people she thinks are leaking to the press and installing loyalists in their place.
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators. n.pr/3NP3o2g
After rocky start, Bari Weiss to cut staff, add commentators at CBS News
CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss came in with a mandate to reshape coverage. She is set to announce plans for newsroom cuts and the hiring of many new commentators.
n.pr
January 27, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I'm interpreting this as her cutting loose people she thinks are leaking to the press and installing loyalists in their place.
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It's weird how after every good thing/gain (even if we don't call it a victory) people circle up to insist we shouldn't celebrate. Celebrating is not how people give up, in my experience; believing we can't win, never win, and have no power is (with a side of joylessness).
I don't keep doomers in my feed but since apparently some folks do: "celebrate each and every win, loudly" is Organizing 101
January 27, 2026 at 3:51 PM
It's weird how after every good thing/gain (even if we don't call it a victory) people circle up to insist we shouldn't celebrate. Celebrating is not how people give up, in my experience; believing we can't win, never win, and have no power is (with a side of joylessness).
Did not expect one of my knees to make the same sound a shaken Cracker Jack box does while I was getting dressed, that's, uh, an interesting development.
January 27, 2026 at 3:54 PM
Did not expect one of my knees to make the same sound a shaken Cracker Jack box does while I was getting dressed, that's, uh, an interesting development.
People in the midwest and northeast on here: welp, had to use the snow shovel to drive off a couple of polar bears before I shoveled the driveway this morning, now to harness up the sled dogs to get my kid to school on time.
Meanwhile, in California:
Meanwhile, in California:
January 27, 2026 at 3:00 PM
People in the midwest and northeast on here: welp, had to use the snow shovel to drive off a couple of polar bears before I shoveled the driveway this morning, now to harness up the sled dogs to get my kid to school on time.
Meanwhile, in California:
Meanwhile, in California:
Genuinely shaking my head at the number of intelligent people on here getting mad at this even though *Schumer is laying out a path to abolish ICE here* simply because he isn't using the right buzzwords.
Some of y'all are as addicted to anger as any given MAGA chud, I swear.
Some of y'all are as addicted to anger as any given MAGA chud, I swear.
Seeing people get mad about this and what are we even doing here.
1) "Basically DHS is the problem and needs to be stripped out,” <-- this line from Schumer correctly assumes that carving out DHS from the rest of the minibus would be a MASSIVE win for Democrats.
1) "Basically DHS is the problem and needs to be stripped out,” <-- this line from Schumer correctly assumes that carving out DHS from the rest of the minibus would be a MASSIVE win for Democrats.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
www.nbcnews.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:53 AM
Genuinely shaking my head at the number of intelligent people on here getting mad at this even though *Schumer is laying out a path to abolish ICE here* simply because he isn't using the right buzzwords.
Some of y'all are as addicted to anger as any given MAGA chud, I swear.
Some of y'all are as addicted to anger as any given MAGA chud, I swear.
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many of you are coming off the top rope for greg bovino, but you really don't need to do that. bottom rope is high enough
January 27, 2026 at 1:18 AM
many of you are coming off the top rope for greg bovino, but you really don't need to do that. bottom rope is high enough
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Remember, folks: Greg Bovino won't see your jokes about how short he is- because you put them up too high lol
January 27, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Remember, folks: Greg Bovino won't see your jokes about how short he is- because you put them up too high lol
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this guy has been their shining poster boy for months in both chicago and minneapolis and now he’s publicly eating about as much shit as he can eat without being hit with charges, it rules, fuck that guy
January 27, 2026 at 12:42 AM
this guy has been their shining poster boy for months in both chicago and minneapolis and now he’s publicly eating about as much shit as he can eat without being hit with charges, it rules, fuck that guy