Matt Aldrich

Me, every morning: (Hey, something cool happened, or I baked something neat, or I thought of a funny quip, I should go on Bluesky and —

Oh.)

Humvees, Mounted ICE Officers And Soldiers Descend On LA's 'Ellis Island,' Face Protesters And Mayor Around 100 soldiers and federal agents convened on the Los Angeles park Monday morning for an immigration enforcement operation.

Faces covered, armed to the teeth, marauding through a city park on horseback. This is a terror campaign—one that, on Friday, got a $170B bump in funding. That’s a lot of hay.

California schools wake up to find $928M of their money held hostage for undisclosed reasons. I suppose they expect us to hold a bake sale now.

Another thing they don’t tell you about parenting teenage boys: all the bottle-flipping.

East Bay Blue Bottle Coffee workers unionizing Workers across four coffee shops have started the process to unionize at the Oakland-based company, citing economic exploitation, inconsistent staffing and scheduling and lack of healthcare benefits.

Collective action solves collective problems. Let’s hear it for the East Bay! Now, coffee.

From the bottom of my soul: can we just not?

Picking Your Battles should get a whole day at the SRTP!

What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?

Writing animated features is non-union work. Even more shocking: there is nothing stopping studios from offering union contracts on those films.

Kouign Amann for No Kings Day. #bakingsky

This is only a sliver of today’s turnout in Walnut Creek, CA.

In first-of-its-kind lawsuit, Hollywood giants sue AI firm for copyright infringement Disney and Universal's 110-page lawsuit against Midjourney claims the AI player stole "countless" copyrighted works to train its software.

It’s about damn time. The WGA was telling the studios to do this two years ago. If your business model relies on theft of copyrighted material, it is not a legal business.

I kicked the Little Free Bakery back up yesterday with some almond croissants.

It’s amazing how much a box of free pastries confuses people walking by. A friend described the enterprise as “subversive mischief”. I agree. Down with capitalism, up with butter.

More from the cornucopia. Brioche tart with poached pears, palmiers… Learning how to make these treats is so satisfying. Thank you SFBI. #bakingsky

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Dance
Remember the names of flowers
Freestyle rap
Eye surgery
Bowl
Sit still…

Not in this batch. That was the day before. Heavenly

I’m taking a 2 week pastry class, and this is what I made TODAY. Family, friends, and neighbors be warned: the danish dump truck is backing up.

Overheard before a screening at the #TCMfilmfest: “Hey Google, how did Merle Oberon die?”

I love this festival.

So… none of us are retiring, ever. Am I getting this right?

Why didn’t Oda Mae Brown get her own CBS procedural in the aughts? It’s a Paramount property for heaven’s sake. And yes, I’ve posted about this before, and I will keep posting about this until I get a satisfactory answer.

I think you nailed it.

Matt Aldrich’s Debut Novel ‘The Natural Order’ Sells To Simon & Schuster Matthew Aldrich's novel The Natural Order has landed at Simon & Schuster after its film deal at Universal with Barry Jenkins and Glen Powell attached.

We are now in bucket list territory. I put my heart and soul into this one and I can’t wait to share it. I sincerely hope #booksky will have me.

Thank you sir! Quite odd all of this.

Weekend bakes: strawberry maritozzi and country sourdough. #bakingsky

Barry Jenkins in Talks to Direct Glen Powell in Sci-Fi Thriller ‘The Natural Order’ Barry Jenkins is in talks to direct Glen Powell in the sci-fi thriller "The Natural Order," based on Matthew Aldrich's manuscript, for Universal.

Still walking on air this morning. I couldn't be more excited for this project. Much work ahead, but it's the best kind.

I admit I haven’t read my state’s Constitution in a while; what section provides for a governor’s podcast again?

Always

Some families pass colds from one member to the next. We pass ear worms. I just got over my case of “Solsbury Hill” and now my wife has it. It’s going to be a long week.

50% whole wheat sourdough. Baking my way through 2025.
#bakingsky

Thank you Noah & Dan for having me on! I don’t know how you do it, but you make talking about failure really fun.