Matthew Federman

"Dude, you gotta listen to this song about fatherhood optimization."

This what happens when you teach all STEM and no humanities, people who think machines are the solution to every problem, including the stuff of being human.

*That's what a relationship is.

The premise of every AI person applying it to creative writing is "wouldn't it be great to not have to do the hard part?" It's like using AI to give your significant other someone to talk to at the end of the day so you can skip that part. Like, what a relationship is.

Their misunderstanding of how creativity works is only matched by their misunderstanding of David Simon.

Have we considered just making up awards to dangle in front of him? A Nobel for Economic Justice, an Oscar for Anti-Corruption?

"One of the fired FBI employees, a combat veteran who was months away from becoming eligible for retirement, was called back to the office after having left for the day and informed of the dismissal, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News."

Tech isn't the cause of any of our problems but it seems to be an accelerant to all of them.

This would be good news but the words "Trump said" are cause for doubt in any sentence.

One of the Trump Administration's most openly fascist moments and CNN edits it out.

Tells you everything you need to know about a news network that has a firm policy against telling you everything you need to know.

Jimmy Kimmel put together an amazing compilation of Donald Trump saying all the words from the birthday letter he wrote to his best friend Jeffrey Epstein

Crazy how this tech peaked like 15 years ago. Nothing has ever replaced the simplicity of its interface--all your shows in one spot! It all seems like a dream now.

I think it's starting to be forgotten that joining the National Guard was originally a commitment to to serve in unforeseen emergencies, almost always natural disasters. You might get called up every second or third hurricane season. The second Gulf War changed all that and now... now, what is this?

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally Solar and wind power aren’t just keeping up with global electricity demand anymore – they’re pulling ahead. According to a new analysis from energy think tank Ember, solar and wind combined outpaced global electricity demand growth in the first half of 2025. That shift led to a drop in both coal and gas generation compared to the same period last year. For the first time ever, renewables generated more power than coal globally. more…

In a first, renewables generate more power than coal globally

We secured the 218th signature. The press conference was scheduled. Epstein’s survivors were ready to speak. So what did Republican leadership do?

They sent us home during a shutdown.

Bring Congress back. Swear @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social in. It’s time to vote to release the Epstein Files.

This is literally the only interpretation of these things. Rs could end this in whatever time it takes to do a voice vote in both houses, but they chose not to (because they don't have the votes). None of that is the responsibility of the Dems to fix.

It's always so funny to me how they fetishize a place that was wiped off the map, and meanwhile Athens is still there.

Abbott egged on the Jade Helm conspiracists, who claimed that a military training operation was actually Obama invading the state of Texas.

Now a U.S. president is deploying Texas troops to other states to dominate and intimidate those states, and Abbott is complicit.

The media trots out the "deplorable" comment from a decade ago to castigate the left. Once a week now Trump implies that the military should destroy democrats, and it is just how things are.

No idea what he's talking about here. There's no historical precedent for people who view everyone through a racial hierarchy fleeing to Argentina.

When institutions keep bending the knee for a guy whose approval is underwater in every category, imagine how how bad things would be if the wannabe autocrat made any effort to actually be popular.

Sometimes a project pops on Kickstarter. Sometimes, it's a slower crawl to funding. I'm lucky to have an amazing fanbase (built over time) who are basically my KS cheat code.
But that can take time to build. So let's help build it for a few projects that could use a few more fans. Starting with...

The Dragon King An epic new animated series from the creators of The Dragon Prince

Not mine but my friend’s and the Dragon Prince was great so I’d love to see more of that world. www.kickstarter.com/projects/won...

CALIFORNIANS!!!!

You’re gonna start getting your ballots. Vote YES for prop/ state measure 50, (it will be titled differently in different counties.)

Vote as soon as you get your ballot so that phone calls and texts can be directed to people who need more convincing.
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I’ve noticed this trend as well, audiences rejecting the story that’s clearly being told for their own head canon version of the story they want. I’m thinking maybe creating an “On Demand” world with algorithms that further reinforce your priors has perhaps not been great for us as a species.

From the It’s About Damn Time files.

Weeks before his death, you say?