Mat Johnson

A lot of people hate the Republicans because they are evil. A lot of those very same people hate the Democrats because the Democrats have been so ineffective in fighting evil.

How the Israeli Right Explains the Aid Disaster It Created The fiercest defenders of Netanyahu’s war in Gaza continue to insist that Palestinians aren’t starving.

I don’t understand why people keep letting themselves be interviewed by Isaac Chotiner.

a man and a boy are playing basketball in a gym with an exit sign Alt: Basketball defensive legend Mutombo slaps a little shits attempted jumper into the bleachers. All while wearing a polo shirt and chinos.

I have to say, my fav part about Bluesky is the blocking.

It's beautiful: a rando pops-up for an insulting tweet-dunk and you hit a button and they're gone. Forever. I don't mean the cordial disagree-ers, but the ones where they say shit they'd never say to strangers IRL for fear of getting popped.

"Stop saying, 'We're not going back.' It wasn't focused enough on the future. Second, lay off all the 'weird' talk."

Are people too committed to their view on why Dems lost to remember that MASSIVE doomed tone-shift went down? You can argue that's not why she lost, but not that this didn't happen.

I said this is what must have happened. I knew it.

I remember this well because I spent last August screaming at the TV like it was Sixers game.

A couple people responded that this was just a conspiracy theory. Yeah, no. It went down publicly. Walz's "weird" thing broke thru by being unguarded...then several party insiders were on MSNBC pushing for him to move to policy—in a *vibe* election. He did, the press got bored, and he lost coverage.

Exactly.

It is my personal opinion that the Dems lost the 2024 election the moment party advisors told Tim Walz—then bursting out with refreshing authenticity—to shut the fuck up.

Amazing make-up effects job. You could open Brando's iPhone with that face.

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85% of Gaza is on the brink of death due to starvation. Israel could let aid in at any moment. And some people (like these men tried to do with me on Friday) are still trying to justify this atrocity.

There is no justification. This could stop at any moment. End the blockade now.

Frank Luntz is the Chris Cillizza of Chuck Todds.

Fascism at home, genocide abroad, and yet most daily mundanities continue unhindered.

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference’s Centennial Summer; Mat Johnson fiction faculty.

100 Years. Older than penicillin.

Pedro Pascal (52) and Vanessa Kirby (37) as Mr. Fantastic and Sue Storm in 2025's Fantastic Four movie.

Well, they definitely nailed that "science professor who married his grad student" vibe.

You deserve the Nobel Prize for that episode.

Chekov’s ICE: You don’t build a multi-billion dollar quasi-military police force in the first act unless you plan to detain and disappear large segments of the audience by the third act.

*SACRIFICE

THE FINAL SACRAFICE

Paramount can merge with deez nuts.

Sitting on the street in full PPE on my CFMoto Ibex 450 motorcycle.

A bucket-list hobby since I was 8. Insanely dangerous and terrifying—spent more $ on protective gear than the bike. Also terrifying, being a grown-ass man enduring the humiliations of learning in public. But like many things, living a life without ever trying was scarier to me than the thing itself.

It’s a genocide, possibly the greatest moral catastrophe of our time, and the flippant unwillingness to grapple with it is an egregious failure of intellect in addition to a chilling abdication of honor.

“Good. Fuck that guy.” —a headless bat

Listen….you and I may not like all the cussing. But in this clip especially. Where are the lies?

Kashana Cauley's latest book conjures a new villain for our times: the debt police We talked to the author, TV writer, and social media wit about "The Payback"—and finding humor in darkness.

Well, here is basically my whole life story, and a couple of jokes, and some love for Bluesky the website, and how “humor shakes me out of the constant depression that is the news and our politics.” Thanks @motherjones.com!

Wasn’t it amazing!?!?!

Just loving the all marks declaring their POTUS regret and then immediately justifying the act by saying versions of, “But I had no choice—I couldn’t vote for the lady.”