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Matt Kohn
@mattkohn.bsky.social
Film Director, Prod, ✍🏻 , Shooter, Editor
Experiential Theater Maker, Host “Speakeasy Cinema”

Docs: Call It Democracy, Site Specific: Legacy of Paul Rudolph, Our Tall Man: Manute Bol, Kelly Street Garden.

Upcoming fic feature: Colorblind Color Corrector
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There has long been enough evidence to indict and the slow release is intended to 1) further torment Epstein victims 2) get Americans used to child rape by elites 3) flaunt impunity, since there have been no meaningful consequences for perpetrators 4) arrive right when AI casts everything in doubt.
December 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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The GOP says that liberals are killing off American industry, yet Jim Beam is shutting down for a YEAR due to tariffs.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Bourbon maker Jim Beam halts production at main distillery for a year
US distillers face uncertainty after President Trump imposed tariffs on countries around the world.
www.bbc.com
December 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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This story takes a lot of turns, and every single one of them is bad. Women denied the ability to visit loved ones because they have tampons. Guards unwilling to be screened to prevent contraband from getting in prison. Bad all the way down.

nysfocus.com/2025/12/06/d...

@chrisgelardi.bsky.social
State Prisons Are Turning Away Visitors After Scanners Pick Up Their…
Guards demanded body scanners to cut down on contraband. Now they’re turning visitors away over their hygiene and medical supplies.
nysfocus.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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🇸🇩🧵We’re kicking off a detailed thread to help you catch up on the catastrophic violence & humanitarian crisis unfolding in Sudan. If you haven’t been following closely, this will give you the essential context.

➤ Up to 400,000 people have been killed since the civil war broke out in April 2023...
December 14, 2025 at 2:24 AM
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Read his book. Get involved in your community; donate, volunteer, carry around money and food/hygiene products to help the unhoused.
Truly, genuinely floored by this.
December 19, 2025 at 2:27 AM
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Sen. Blumenthal making a very good point.
Sen. BLUMENTHAL: Was the U.S. Capitol attacked on January 6, 2021?

Trump nominee: *dodges*

Trump nominee: *dodges*

Trump nominee: Well, individuals entered the Capitol.

Blumenthal: You are in fear—how will you have the courage to be fair and impartial?
December 18, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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CNN has suddenly discovered Tennessee's Patriot Front compound that was a subject of an extensive NewsChannel 5 investigation back in March. Here is my report: 1/ www.newschannel5.com/news/newscha...
'This isn't your granddad's KKK.' Inside the hate group expanding its presence in Tennessee
They are the largest hate group in America, wrapping themselves in the red-white-and-blue of the flag, marching into the middle of American cities and claiming to be patriots.
www.newschannel5.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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The third time in 2 months that the official DHS account has tweeted a Nazi term which means "ethnic cleansing" of all people of color from America and Europe.
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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Still processing the tragic news of the loss of Rob Reiner. I'm of the age when he was a huge part of my film-viewing in the 80s, and about ten years ago wrote a piece for the BFI celebrating to my mind some of his finest work. www.bfi.org.uk/lists/rob-re...
Rob Reiner: 5 essential films
Revisit the astonishing run of films that Rob Reiner made in his early career.
www.bfi.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Rob Reiner was a true patriot, a champion of democracy who understood the risks we face and strove to ensure that future generations of Americans would live in a free country. May his memory be a blessing.
December 15, 2025 at 4:14 AM
No words tonight.
I don’t have words.
December 15, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
December 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Supreme Court at any time may issue 2 orders on its emergency docket that will greatly affect how Americans live over the next few years: one on legality of national guard troops in American cities and one on whether States like Texas can re-redistrict and get away with it on timing grounds for 2026
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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If you happen to have read an SF tie-in novel this year that you really enjoyed, maybe consider adding that to the mix, eh?

(*watches thousands of votes pour in for MASTER OF EVIL*)

Maybe I should’ve worded that more clearly....

reactormag.com/cast-your-vo...
Cast Your Vote for the Best SFF of the Year! - Reactor
Books! Movies! TV shows! Video games! Short fiction! And more!!
reactormag.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Vangeline, well known teacher, author and leader of NYC’s Butoh community, had a terrible experience on a flight from Montreal to NYC:

www.vangeline.com/writings-van...
Writings -- Vangeline–Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute
www.vangeline.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Absolutely stunned and honored to see THERE IS NO PLACE FOR US on this list.

I'm grateful beyond words to the five families who trusted me with their stories and allowed me to witness their struggle to secure a home.
The 10 Best Books of 2025
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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The emergency powers in the EU's Digital Services Act risk destroying important evidence for future courts and historians. Alena Gribanova offers three targeted reforms to mitigate these risks and ensure the preservation of the digital historical record. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Hidden Risks of Platform Control Over Historical Memory
Emergency powers in the EU’s Digital Services Act risk destroying important evidence for future courts and historians.
www.lawfaremedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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📌"I have typed before, and will until my last breath, that Black voters are America’s TRUE patriots, and the only voting bloc that overwhelmingly and consistently gets it right.
How incredibly sad it must be to see white people elect bile who see white supremacy as a virtue, instead of a plague."
WHITE COWER
Like it or not, Donald Trump's vulgar presidency is very much a black-and-white issue ...
dearlstephens.substack.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Reminder - Mark Kelly is a space hero who believes in the #StarTrek vision of Gene Roddenberry trekmovie.com/2017/01/27/i...
INTERVIEW – Astronaut Mark Kelly Discusses Role Deciding Inaugural Roddenberry Foundation Prize
Commander Kelly and his fellow judges will be awarding five prizes totaling $1 million dollars to individuals and/or companies that are trying to make the world a better place in February.
trekmovie.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Really important to stress that the Crown Jewels of the US higher education system were never the Ivies or elite SLACs (other countries have equivalents of these) but the well-funded, large, cheap, and excellently staffed public state university systems bringing high quality education to the masses.
November 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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I'm gonna just start blocking accounts that post AI art. I don't come here for that.
November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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For what it’s worth, as a commander and officer it was my duty, moral obligation, and legal requirement to first question and then to not obey any illegal order I was given.

The same is true for everyone who swear their oath.

Hope that clears things up.
November 20, 2025 at 10:16 PM