Matthew Sherman
@mernk.bsky.social
Autistic, culturally Jewish, atheist, leftist.
Black Lives Matter, Trans Lives Matter, Fuck Capitalism. FREE PALESTINE.
I love music and football and I’m just trying to do my best ☺️
Go Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox!
Black Lives Matter, Trans Lives Matter, Fuck Capitalism. FREE PALESTINE.
I love music and football and I’m just trying to do my best ☺️
Go Patriots, Celtics, and Red Sox!
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Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
January 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Rough vibes on this website today, likely because people feel Hopeless and Helpless Because Can't Stop It and No One Who Is Supposed To Is Trying To So Now We're Fighting Each Other™. I recommend activities such as book, or potentially instrument if you like instrument, or even do talk on phone.
Jeezus phucking kryst, what the hell is going on.
December 31, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Jeezus phucking kryst, what the hell is going on.
I wonder if they would back him up if they weren’t in the thick of a successful season.
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I wonder if they would back him up if they weren’t in the thick of a successful season.
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The eighth record of our 2025 countdown: Again by The Belair Lip Bombs
December 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The eighth record of our 2025 countdown: Again by The Belair Lip Bombs
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Scott Hanson just said if TB & CAR both lose then TB/CAR will be for the division. This isn't quite accurate. If TB & CAR both lose, TB beats CAR next week and ATL wins out, CAR will still win the division by winning the 3-way ATL/TB/CAR tie on head-to-head.
December 28, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Scott Hanson just said if TB & CAR both lose then TB/CAR will be for the division. This isn't quite accurate. If TB & CAR both lose, TB beats CAR next week and ATL wins out, CAR will still win the division by winning the 3-way ATL/TB/CAR tie on head-to-head.
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Politicians introduced 96 bills targeting transgender student athletes in 2025.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
December 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Politicians introduced 96 bills targeting transgender student athletes in 2025.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
That’s more than 9x the number of trans people playing college sports nationally.
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This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This entire grift relies on convincing people that they don't know how to do the things they have always known how to do, and ironically, if it works, we will, in a very short amount of time, forget how to do all the things we have always known how to do.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Just for context, it was an international scandal when YouTube erased documentation of Syrian government war crimes. Now it's just the Intercept and tech outlets who care.
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
November 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Just for context, it was an international scandal when YouTube erased documentation of Syrian government war crimes. Now it's just the Intercept and tech outlets who care.
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
apnews.com/article/d9f1...
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And we should ALWAYS be allowed to laugh at authority.
The First Amendment protects our right to joke — even if the federal government isn't laughing with us.
In our latest installment of Press in Peril, we examine how the Trump administration's attempt to censor Jimmy Kimmel earlier this year threatens our right to freedom of expression.
In our latest installment of Press in Peril, we examine how the Trump administration's attempt to censor Jimmy Kimmel earlier this year threatens our right to freedom of expression.
Government Attempts to Censor Entertainment, Explained
Jimmy Kimmel and other late-night hosts face government pressure, highlighting threats to free speech and political satire in entertainment.
www.aclu.org
October 29, 2025 at 2:23 PM
And we should ALWAYS be allowed to laugh at authority.
Spotify 🤝 Fascism
Spotify says the ICE recruitment ads that have been running on their platform don't violate company policy
Spotify Says ICE Recruitment Ads Don’t Violate Company Policy
In the past few months, a number of artists have moved to take their music down from Spotify. The list includes Massive Attack, Sylvan Esso, and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, among many others. ...
www.stereogum.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Spotify 🤝 Fascism
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BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
October 20, 2025 at 7:35 PM
BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.
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white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
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D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer
D’Angelo Dead At 51
Terrible, shocking news: The great soul artist D’Angelo, one of the most gifted and mythic musicians of his generation, has reportedly passed away. TMZ reports that pancreatic cancer was his cause of ...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
D'Angelo is dead at age 51 after a private battle with pancreatic cancer
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Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
October 4, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Free Greta Thunberg and the rest of the illegally detained flotilla activists.
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racism in the trans community is extremely real and extremely dangerous.
unfortunately, a lot of white trans people haven't done the work to be anti-racist and don't notice how they mistreat and dehumanize Black and brown trans women.
you gotta put the work in. bring POC into your social circles.
unfortunately, a lot of white trans people haven't done the work to be anti-racist and don't notice how they mistreat and dehumanize Black and brown trans women.
you gotta put the work in. bring POC into your social circles.
October 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
racism in the trans community is extremely real and extremely dangerous.
unfortunately, a lot of white trans people haven't done the work to be anti-racist and don't notice how they mistreat and dehumanize Black and brown trans women.
you gotta put the work in. bring POC into your social circles.
unfortunately, a lot of white trans people haven't done the work to be anti-racist and don't notice how they mistreat and dehumanize Black and brown trans women.
you gotta put the work in. bring POC into your social circles.
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Secretary Hegseth is trying to bend the military to his extreme ideology by going after women in combat roles, imposing discriminatory grooming policies, and making it harder for service members to report assaults, bias, and other abuses.
This makes all of us less safe.
This makes all of us less safe.
Hegseth to upend troops’ access to watchdog, whistleblower complaints
New Pentagon directives will overhaul the channels that allow troops and defense personnel to file whistleblower complaints, report toxic leadership or point out discrimination.
wapo.st
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Secretary Hegseth is trying to bend the military to his extreme ideology by going after women in combat roles, imposing discriminatory grooming policies, and making it harder for service members to report assaults, bias, and other abuses.
This makes all of us less safe.
This makes all of us less safe.
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Richmond Sheriff Antionette Irving is investigating the use of pepper spray on fans at Turnstile’s show on Wednesday. In videos, concertgoers and bassist Franz Lyons can be seen covering their eyes after a fan got sprayed in the face. The sheriff’s office handled security for the event.
Investigation Launched After Sheriff’s Deputy Pepper Sprayed Turnstile Fan In Richmond
Turnstile’s massive US tour kicked off earlier this month, and it hasn’t been going so smoothly. There’s apparently been an ongoing phone theft problem that fans are begging the hardcore band to addre...
www.stereogum.com
September 27, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Richmond Sheriff Antionette Irving is investigating the use of pepper spray on fans at Turnstile’s show on Wednesday. In videos, concertgoers and bassist Franz Lyons can be seen covering their eyes after a fan got sprayed in the face. The sheriff’s office handled security for the event.
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According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.
Immigrants with no criminal record now largest group in Ice detention
Government data shows 16,523 people with no record, versus 15,725 with a record and 13,767 with pending charges
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
According to data from Ice, we passed a significant milestone. Immigrants with no criminal record now make up the largest group arrested and booked into detention by Ice.
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“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University @katiefallow.bsky.social
NEW: The Pentagon told journalists it will require them to pledge they won’t gather any information — even unclassified — that hasn’t been expressly authorized for release, and will revoke the press credentials of those who do not obey. @washingtonpost.com
Pentagon demands journalists pledge to not obtain unauthorized material
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is imposing strict new rules that would severely limit the ability of journalists to report on the Pentagon.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:27 PM
“A reporter who publishes only what the government ‘authorizes’ is doing something other than reporting,” said Katie Fallow, deputy litigation director at the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University @katiefallow.bsky.social
