Jack Matirko
@ledflashing.bsky.social
columnist, author, interviewer, publisher, producer. https://linkin.bio/ledflashing
see cuz the candies we hand out in my household almost all have nut allergy warnings www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1750...
May contain nuts by HappyProduct | Redbubble
Halloween: May Contain Nuts serves as both a festive holiday piece and a reminder that your house has candies with peanut butter in them.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
see cuz the candies we hand out in my household almost all have nut allergy warnings www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1750...
Who had “MAGA shaman crashes out and tries to do an Emperor Norton” on their bingo card? I sure didn’t
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QAnon Shaman says he’s rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion
In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Who had “MAGA shaman crashes out and tries to do an Emperor Norton” on their bingo card? I sure didn’t
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www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
Clay Higgins just resigned his seat on the house homeland security committee.
September 2, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Clay Higgins just resigned his seat on the house homeland security committee.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is about, for all intents and purposes, intensive purposes of intentive porpoises.
August 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is about, for all intents and purposes, intensive purposes of intentive porpoises.
On this episode of the Naked Diner Podcast cohost Andrew Hall and I are joined by Katheryn McGaffigan whose recently debuted her one-woman show “Follower” off-Broadway and has a new EP in the works with members of Swans.
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Writer/Performer Katheryn McGaffigan - Naked Diner Podcast
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August 15, 2025 at 9:29 PM
On this episode of the Naked Diner Podcast cohost Andrew Hall and I are joined by Katheryn McGaffigan whose recently debuted her one-woman show “Follower” off-Broadway and has a new EP in the works with members of Swans.
youtu.be/cK9DNxorw7U?...
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My latest at @onlyskymedia.bsky.social
New on OnlySky: The future of late night, by @ledflashing.bsky.social
The CBS network's spiteful cancellation of Stephen Colbert shows how late-night TV is dying. What might spring up to replace it?
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#media #culture #comedy #colbert #lateshow
The CBS network's spiteful cancellation of Stephen Colbert shows how late-night TV is dying. What might spring up to replace it?
onlys.ky/the-future-o...
#media #culture #comedy #colbert #lateshow
The future of late night
If late-night TV is ending, what might replace it?
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August 5, 2025 at 1:56 PM
My latest at @onlyskymedia.bsky.social
Anyone doing the vanlife thing ought to be real nervous about now. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump plans to send US homeless to treatment centers
Trump's new order will reportedly redirect federal funds to send impacted homeless people to treatment or rehabilitation facilities.
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July 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Anyone doing the vanlife thing ought to be real nervous about now. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
May hell be so loud tonight that heaven can’t sleep. #RIPOzzy youtu.be/NsXEb-NOs88?...
N.I.B.
YouTube video by Black Sabbath - Topic
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July 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
May hell be so loud tonight that heaven can’t sleep. #RIPOzzy youtu.be/NsXEb-NOs88?...
Got spoons?
This week on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social I talk about spoons a lot. onlys.ky/hope-you-hav...
This week on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social I talk about spoons a lot. onlys.ky/hope-you-hav...
Hope you have the spoons for this
The surprising relevance of a handy piece of flatware.
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July 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Got spoons?
This week on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social I talk about spoons a lot. onlys.ky/hope-you-hav...
This week on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social I talk about spoons a lot. onlys.ky/hope-you-hav...
The Magabros are just pissed at James Gunn’s Superman because it showed them their abused trophy wives would betray them in a heartbeat for schlelppy nobodies like Jimmy Olsen if given half a chance.
July 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The Magabros are just pissed at James Gunn’s Superman because it showed them their abused trophy wives would betray them in a heartbeat for schlelppy nobodies like Jimmy Olsen if given half a chance.
The Superman movie isn’t woke; it’s a Superman movie. A woke Superman movie would be a Lois Lane movie, and a whole lot more like All the President’s Men. Whole thing would take place in and around the Planet bullpen.
July 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The Superman movie isn’t woke; it’s a Superman movie. A woke Superman movie would be a Lois Lane movie, and a whole lot more like All the President’s Men. Whole thing would take place in and around the Planet bullpen.
The bots— have they not figured out how to properly use an interrobang‽
Like you’d think since they’re not limited to qwerty keyboards they’d make better use of that one. Don’t think I’ve ever seen an LLM use one.
Like you’d think since they’re not limited to qwerty keyboards they’d make better use of that one. Don’t think I’ve ever seen an LLM use one.
July 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
The bots— have they not figured out how to properly use an interrobang‽
Like you’d think since they’re not limited to qwerty keyboards they’d make better use of that one. Don’t think I’ve ever seen an LLM use one.
Like you’d think since they’re not limited to qwerty keyboards they’d make better use of that one. Don’t think I’ve ever seen an LLM use one.
Me and Andrew Hall are back in the Naked Diner this week with University of Illinois Chicago History Chair Kevin M. Schultz to talk about his new book and the history of American Liberalism.
I particularly enjoyed Professor Schultz’s extended Spiro Agnew rant. youtu.be/Rtn7cwQSq4c?...
I particularly enjoyed Professor Schultz’s extended Spiro Agnew rant. youtu.be/Rtn7cwQSq4c?...
Professor Kevin M. Schultz on White Liberals - Naked Diner Podcast
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July 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Me and Andrew Hall are back in the Naked Diner this week with University of Illinois Chicago History Chair Kevin M. Schultz to talk about his new book and the history of American Liberalism.
I particularly enjoyed Professor Schultz’s extended Spiro Agnew rant. youtu.be/Rtn7cwQSq4c?...
I particularly enjoyed Professor Schultz’s extended Spiro Agnew rant. youtu.be/Rtn7cwQSq4c?...
New from me on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social onlys.ky/the-benefits...
The benefits of wearing a keffiyeh
It's just a practical garment for life in the desert.
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June 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
New from me on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social onlys.ky/the-benefits...
Y’know what we had last time we did this big Middle East war stuff? Chronological timelines. That whole ceasefire fiasco would’ve been a lot more straightforward if everyone just still had chronological timelines.
June 24, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Y’know what we had last time we did this big Middle East war stuff? Chronological timelines. That whole ceasefire fiasco would’ve been a lot more straightforward if everyone just still had chronological timelines.
80s kids know … the best Cyrano wasn’t Gerard Depardieu but actually Steve f’n Martin youtu.be/OwB9zQ-8MaM?...
20 something better - Roxanne
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June 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
80s kids know … the best Cyrano wasn’t Gerard Depardieu but actually Steve f’n Martin youtu.be/OwB9zQ-8MaM?...
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How do we fix work/life balance for parents?
We'd all benefit if more jobs were compatible with raising a family.
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June 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New from me at @onlyskymedia.bsky.social
9 years ago for one glorious week I beat that other podcaster in the rankings and all y’all had to do to avoid this whole mess was give us the giant piles of cash instead.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
9 years ago for one glorious week I beat that other podcaster in the rankings and all y’all had to do to avoid this whole mess was give us the giant piles of cash instead.
Join my patreon.
patreon.com/JackMatirko
Join my patreon.
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And we’re back. “A brief history of the future of publishing” New from me on OnlySky. onlys.ky/a-brief-hist...
A brief history of the future of publishing
Will AI turn creatives into digital coal miners?
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June 2, 2025 at 3:27 PM
And we’re back. “A brief history of the future of publishing” New from me on OnlySky. onlys.ky/a-brief-hist...
The announcement that Netflix will be getting Sesame Street lock, stock, and barrel seems like a pretty good deal. New episodes with continue to air on PBS, so that’s good.
May 19, 2025 at 4:17 PM
The announcement that Netflix will be getting Sesame Street lock, stock, and barrel seems like a pretty good deal. New episodes with continue to air on PBS, so that’s good.
Me and my bestie talking dad facts
May 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Me and my bestie talking dad facts
@pontifexes.bsky.social … just sanyin’ man. Wanna come watch a movie about some Chicago boys who made good?
Oh, thanks Le-le. Tell me all about … you just got made Pope and you’re from Chicago, congrats! Just tell me whether or not you want to sit down and watch the Blues Brothers sometime when you get a chance.
May 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
@pontifexes.bsky.social … just sanyin’ man. Wanna come watch a movie about some Chicago boys who made good?
I hope the new pope can live up to the legacy of the greatest Catholic Missionaries to ever come from Chicago … St. Elwood and Brother Jake youtu.be/euJ22UqLD5Y?...
The Blues Brothers - Sweet Home Chicago (Official Audio)
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May 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I hope the new pope can live up to the legacy of the greatest Catholic Missionaries to ever come from Chicago … St. Elwood and Brother Jake youtu.be/euJ22UqLD5Y?...
So these kids just said they’re going to maintain a 24/7 presence on the national mall calling for Trump’s impeachment … the more eyes the better www.youtube.com/live/tl8rXqx...
LIVE: Major MAYDAY Protest for Trump's REMOVAL from Office | Lights On with Jessica Denson
YouTube video by Jessica Denson
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May 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
So these kids just said they’re going to maintain a 24/7 presence on the national mall calling for Trump’s impeachment … the more eyes the better www.youtube.com/live/tl8rXqx...