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Matt Debenham

@debenham.bsky.social

Short storyist: THE BOOK OF RIGHT AND WRONG, winner of the Ohio State Press Prize for Fiction. Helping, hopefully not hindering. Angeleno.

856 Followers  |  647 Following  |  188 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023  |  2.0738

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Friend at work saw it and loved it, too! So great to hear.

26.07.2025 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh yes. Or, say, work in a store for half a day.

24.07.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the reporters in the briefing room do the shuck and jive so they can build a brand. where did you first hear about jake tapper? he was abc's wh correspondent. he parlayed that into "this week" then jumped to his gig at cnn where he writes thriller novels and politics books to make a shit ton of $$$

19.05.2025 14:42 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Pics from Threads user eulogizing the burned-down Nottoway Plantation, saying they’d gotten married there. Another user replies, β€œWas Auschwitz not available.”

Pics from Threads user eulogizing the burned-down Nottoway Plantation, saying they’d gotten married there. Another user replies, β€œWas Auschwitz not available.”

17.05.2025 15:03 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At least half of me is watching The Studio every week for Seth Rogen’s glasses.

04.05.2025 04:17 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …

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ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.

kfor.com/news/local/w...

29.04.2025 14:15 β€” πŸ‘ 22006    πŸ” 13785    πŸ’¬ 1292    πŸ“Œ 2222

Ok, so far Government Cheese is somehow the only show ever released on AppleTV that doesn’t look like it was shot through putty.

27.04.2025 03:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ugh I’m getting so many of these

22.04.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 11114    πŸ” 1765    πŸ’¬ 139    πŸ“Œ 61
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement

21.04.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 17675    πŸ” 4903    πŸ’¬ 784    πŸ“Œ 2035

Roku serves SO many ads for Mormon TV! I haven’t watched any of it, so I like to assume Studio C, their sketch comedy show, is just β€œALL THAT!” with adults.

20.04.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A screengrab from Twitter.

HeatherLhaney @heather_l... asks:
β€œWhy do you think we have so many more kids with Autism”

David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS quotetweets this reply:
β€œProbably for the same reason there are so many more planets in outer space now than there were before the telescope was invented”

A screengrab from Twitter. HeatherLhaney @heather_l... asks: β€œWhy do you think we have so many more kids with Autism” David Dennis Jr. @DavidDTSS quotetweets this reply: β€œProbably for the same reason there are so many more planets in outer space now than there were before the telescope was invented”

Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.

19.04.2025 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 38149    πŸ” 8156    πŸ’¬ 384    πŸ“Œ 219

it remains endlessly fascinating that trump’s most reliable SCOTUS votes aren’t the ones he nominated

19.04.2025 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2679    πŸ” 213    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 26
NBC News: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

NBC News: A deadly E. coli outbreak hit 15 states, but the FDA chose not to publicize it

Reuters: US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts
April 17, 2025

Reuters: US FDA suspends food safety quality checks after staff cuts April 17, 2025

These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.

This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.

17.04.2025 20:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11971    πŸ” 5290    πŸ’¬ 285    πŸ“Œ 413

Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.

17.04.2025 01:54 β€” πŸ‘ 24170    πŸ” 4653    πŸ’¬ 624    πŸ“Œ 164

Books are worthless which is why Meta needed to steal more than 7 million of them

17.04.2025 02:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1586    πŸ” 479    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 11

Everyone in the San Fernando Valley drives like they’ve either been to Aggressive Asshole School, or they’re going 10mph while wearing a paper surgical mask under their nose.

15.04.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices Crosswalk buttons along the mid-Peninsula appear to have been hacked, so that when pressed, voices professing to be Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk begin speaking.

Twelve of them! They got Zuck too

13.04.2025 02:53 β€” πŸ‘ 972    πŸ” 284    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 84

I would kill for a *deficit* of attention.

13.04.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

CEOs upset about Trump’s tariffs sound like mob bosses shouting β€œI thought we had a deal!” at the Joker.

07.04.2025 16:09 β€” πŸ‘ 12396    πŸ” 2867    πŸ’¬ 97    πŸ“Œ 72

My main takeaway from THE PITT: if I have some kind of medical emergency, a whole lot of professional strangers are going to see my dick.

07.04.2025 15:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m late on this, but: Lucinda Williams, β€œLake Charles.”

07.04.2025 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"let's make a movie that will appeal to kids and teens" used to be conventional wisdom but Hollywood somehow forgot it and started trying to please 35 year old supernerds instead

06.04.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 3440    πŸ” 367    πŸ’¬ 83    πŸ“Œ 27
From Wikipedia: (a trusted source)

Early gas powered "doodlebug' self-propelled railcars entered service on railroads in the first decade of the 1900s. Experimentation with diesel and gas power continued, culminating in the German "Flying Hamburger"

From Wikipedia: (a trusted source) Early gas powered "doodlebug' self-propelled railcars entered service on railroads in the first decade of the 1900s. Experimentation with diesel and gas power continued, culminating in the German "Flying Hamburger"

Imagine taking the doodlebug up to see your best gal and your rival shows up in a flying hamburger

06.04.2025 22:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1951    πŸ” 322    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 13

Get fucked, for real. What are you doing??

06.04.2025 04:44 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

DO NOT MISTAKE EARNESTNESS FOR A THING TO BE AFRAID OF. β€œCringe” or s too often simply just the word used to mask the discomfort that comes with being vulnerable! It’s okay to feel vulnerable about being earnest about important issues in the world!

06.04.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3560    πŸ” 700    πŸ’¬ 39    πŸ“Œ 32
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2024: Vote Trump he will cut your taxes and lower prices and make us all rich

2025: When you really think about it is money even real?

04.04.2025 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3591    πŸ” 690    πŸ’¬ 175    πŸ“Œ 72

Loving the right-wing turn towards β€œWhy’s everyone always so worried about Money, and Possessions, these days…” strangely coinciding with the big man tanking the economy

04.04.2025 20:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2433    πŸ” 271    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 21
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Dow Down 2200+ Points

Fox:

04.04.2025 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 19599    πŸ” 4390    πŸ’¬ 1222    πŸ“Œ 411

I’m loving The Pitt, and truly one of my favorite things is that in 2025 it portrays a hospital that isn’t lit like a basement jazz club.

05.04.2025 01:42 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m a wee, glasses-wearing fella who’s taken the subway at 3 or 4am many times between 1993 and now, and, uh, I was fine every time. Then again, I don’t have the racist paranoia that every nonwhite person is coiled to attack me with a gleaming blade.

05.04.2025 01:18 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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