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.
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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 $$$
They could get up and walk out at any time. Or just refuse to go in the first place. But no. Their “access” is more important to them than their dignity or professional pride.
May 19, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the reporters in the briefing room do the shuck and jive so they can build a brand. where did you first hear about jake tapper? he was abc's wh correspondent. he parlayed that into "this week" then jumped to his gig at cnn where he writes thriller novels and politics books to make a shit ton of $$$
At least half of me is watching The Studio every week for Seth Rogen’s glasses.
May 4, 2025 at 4:17 AM
At least half of me is watching The Studio every week for Seth Rogen’s glasses.
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Please highlight this story.
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...
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...
'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 …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
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...
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...
Ok, so far Government Cheese is somehow the only show ever released on AppleTV that doesn’t look like it was shot through putty.
April 27, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Ok, so far Government Cheese is somehow the only show ever released on AppleTV that doesn’t look like it was shot through putty.
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Ugh I’m getting so many of these
April 22, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Ugh I’m getting so many of these
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SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
April 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
SORRY. Sorry.
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
Have we seen this *incredible* news video coming out of Queensland? Wait for the witness/witnesses statement
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 “ALL THAT!” with adults.
April 20, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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 “ALL THAT!” with adults.
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Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
April 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Staple this to RFK Jr’s forehead.
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it remains endlessly fascinating that trump’s most reliable SCOTUS votes aren’t the ones he nominated
April 19, 2025 at 5:24 AM
it remains endlessly fascinating that trump’s most reliable SCOTUS votes aren’t the ones he nominated
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These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
April 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
These stories landed today, within 11 hours of each other.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
This presidential administration is a clear and present danger to the American people.
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Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
RFK Jr. wants to eradicate autistic people and also has no idea what an autistic person is
April 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hi, I’m autistic and I’m the mayor of my city.
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Books are worthless which is why Meta needed to steal more than 7 million of them
April 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Books are worthless which is why Meta needed to steal more than 7 million of them
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.
April 15, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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.
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Twelve of them! They got Zuck too
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.
www.paloaltoonline.com
April 13, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Twelve of them! They got Zuck too
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CEOs upset about Trump’s tariffs sound like mob bosses shouting “I thought we had a deal!” at the Joker.
April 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
CEOs upset about Trump’s tariffs sound like mob bosses shouting “I thought we had a deal!” at the Joker.
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.
April 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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.
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"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
“A Minecraft Movie” sold an astounding $157 million in tickets in North America from Friday through Sunday, according to box office analysts, nearly double the expected amount.
‘A Minecraft Movie’ Arrives as a Surprise Box Office Smash
Weekend ticket sales will total $157 million, analysts said, nearly double the expected amount, ending a Hollywood dry spell.
www.nytimes.com
April 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"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
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Imagine taking the doodlebug up to see your best gal and your rival shows up in a flying hamburger
April 6, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Imagine taking the doodlebug up to see your best gal and your rival shows up in a flying hamburger
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DO NOT MISTAKE EARNESTNESS FOR A THING TO BE AFRAID OF. “Cringe” 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!
April 6, 2025 at 12:04 AM
DO NOT MISTAKE EARNESTNESS FOR A THING TO BE AFRAID OF. “Cringe” 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!
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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?
2025: When you really think about it is money even real?
April 4, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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?
2025: When you really think about it is money even real?
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Loving the right-wing turn towards “Why’s everyone always so worried about Money, and Possessions, these days…” strangely coinciding with the big man tanking the economy
April 4, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Loving the right-wing turn towards “Why’s everyone always so worried about Money, and Possessions, these days…” strangely coinciding with the big man tanking the economy
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Dow Down 2200+ Points
Fox:
Fox:
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Dow Down 2200+ Points
Fox:
Fox:
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.
April 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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.
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.
Sean Duffy: "The truth is, transit across America is dangerous. And these liberals -- liberal mayors -- they want everybody out of cars and into trains but they made the trains unsafe so nobody really wants to ride them ... even big men don't want to ride the subway at those times of night."
April 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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.