Matana Roberts
@matanaroberts.bsky.social
i make records and art, love books, and the outdoors… short list:
#neurodivergentadulting
#nonbinary
#theythem
#artssky
#musicsky
#bookssky
#blacksky
citizen of the world...
we talk "arts" over here and world building... DM Free zone pls and ty✌🏿
#neurodivergentadulting
#nonbinary
#theythem
#artssky
#musicsky
#bookssky
#blacksky
citizen of the world...
we talk "arts" over here and world building... DM Free zone pls and ty✌🏿
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Some good news.
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Some good news.
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Leave it to the HHS boys to depathologized HRT in order to pathologize menopause. “HRT has saved marriages, rescued women from depression, prevented children from going without a mother,” Dr. Makary said.
No, menopause does not kill women or cause divorce.
The many problems with the FDA’s big menopause announcement
No, it doesn't kill women or cause divorce.
www.motherjones.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Leave it to the HHS boys to depathologized HRT in order to pathologize menopause. “HRT has saved marriages, rescued women from depression, prevented children from going without a mother,” Dr. Makary said.
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NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
NOW THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!!! 🥳
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
As your politicians caved in Washington, comrades across Texas came together to support trans healthcare by building out 800 HRT Harm Reduction Toolkits.
Fund a kit here: distributeaid.org/hrt-harm-red...
See their post here: www.instagram.com/p/DQ220LxgP4v/
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Americans deserve better than the eight Democratic Senators who voted on a promise, without a guarantee, to protect the Affordable Care Act.
November 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Americans deserve better than the eight Democratic Senators who voted on a promise, without a guarantee, to protect the Affordable Care Act.
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sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
sometimes to read a book of poetry is to be reminded that another person is much funnier and better at expressing their pain than you are
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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can't trust numbers, it's jst part of the arts ecosystem, "we're all passing around the same 50 bucks" as a storied elder once told me..."critics help feed us, we help feed them...circle of life..." however there is such a thing as media darlings getting way more hype thn deserved so idk...
A few months ago Indigo De Souza called Pitchfork “internet bullies” over a 6.6 review of her new album and asked her fans to tell the publication it was “whack”: “why not ONLY write reviews about art you LIKE?”
Last night she wore a shirt featuring the review onstage at Pitchfork Music Festival.
Last night she wore a shirt featuring the review onstage at Pitchfork Music Festival.
Indigo De Souza Played Pitchfork Fest In A Shirt Featuring Their 6.6 Review Of Her Album
Indigo De Souza released her new latest album Precipice back in July, and some drama ensued shortly thereafter. Stereogum contributor Grace Robins-Somerville reviewed it for Pitchfork and gave it a 6....
www.stereogum.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
can't trust numbers, it's jst part of the arts ecosystem, "we're all passing around the same 50 bucks" as a storied elder once told me..."critics help feed us, we help feed them...circle of life..." however there is such a thing as media darlings getting way more hype thn deserved so idk...
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Pacific Koel, a couple of days ago. These visit every year but are usually heard and not seen. I was pretty happy to get this.
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Pacific Koel, a couple of days ago. These visit every year but are usually heard and not seen. I was pretty happy to get this.
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Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sounds like the squishes in the senate caucus are ready to pull the plug with no ACA changes. This is real. If you want to register your opinion you shld call yr senator in the next hour. They not only want to reopen w/nothing. They want cover from their colleagues who still want to hold out.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Hundreds of Thousands of Anonymous Deportees
Amid the president’s fast-moving deportation campaign, the stories of most people being swept up are missed.
www.theatlantic.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"For every person arrested whose name and story we’ve learned, there are thousands we haven’t heard about." @caitlindickerson.bsky.social via @theatlantic.com ⬇️
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
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💯 agree, even when it's challenging (the sweeter the release of finding the right fit).
Writers write, period. However, the process of doing language as Morrison called it separates people for whom it's a means to an end and those of us who honor it as a craft.
Writers write, period. However, the process of doing language as Morrison called it separates people for whom it's a means to an end and those of us who honor it as a craft.
Sometimes I wonder if our many years of jokes about writers hating writing and doing anything but writing, etc, have convinced people that the writing part is the hurdle and the goal is just to have a thing in hand. But I am here to tell you: the writing is the best part. The act is the thing.
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
💯 agree, even when it's challenging (the sweeter the release of finding the right fit).
Writers write, period. However, the process of doing language as Morrison called it separates people for whom it's a means to an end and those of us who honor it as a craft.
Writers write, period. However, the process of doing language as Morrison called it separates people for whom it's a means to an end and those of us who honor it as a craft.
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Sitting here eating a hamburger. Two old ladies sitting a couple tables away. Star Wars A New Hope is playing on the TV. One turns to the other, “what was his name?” The other replies. “Oh um, Tupac?” “I think you’re right.” They take another bite of their burger as they turn back to Yoda on T.V.
a picture of yoda with the words live yoda reaction
ALT: a picture of yoda with the words live yoda reaction
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November 9, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Sitting here eating a hamburger. Two old ladies sitting a couple tables away. Star Wars A New Hope is playing on the TV. One turns to the other, “what was his name?” The other replies. “Oh um, Tupac?” “I think you’re right.” They take another bite of their burger as they turn back to Yoda on T.V.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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NYT: Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
NYT: Marcyliena Morgan, Founder of Harvard’s Hip-Hop Archive, Dies at 75
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
Gift link1
By Alex Williams
Her university’s vast collection of albums, scholarly essays and other ephemera helped establish rap as a course of serious study on a par with classical music.
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WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
November 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
WRYTE
WEIRDE
BOOKES
WEIRDE
BOOKES
30.
Waiting for a very delayed flight to Atlanta & the pilot (Scott!) has become everyone's best friend, hanging out amongst the people. He's let us know that Atlanta is only allowing 30 flights an hour, when it's usually 120.
Obviously frustrating but also enjoying how much Scott is relishing this.
Obviously frustrating but also enjoying how much Scott is relishing this.
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 AM
30.
it's in the water🖤
Chicagoans never stop. I was just watching a live stream of a press conference held by community members in front of FBI headquarters. In the rain in the dark. Umbrellas at hand they are calling for the release of 6 people taken by ICE, 3 also arrested by CPD. They never stop fighting.
November 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
it's in the water🖤
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(1/3) November 8 is also #IntersexDayofRemembrance. Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Solidarity Day, is an important day of acknowledgement. It is designed to highlight issues faced by intersex people across the globe.
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
(1/3) November 8 is also #IntersexDayofRemembrance. Intersex Day of Remembrance, also known as Intersex Solidarity Day, is an important day of acknowledgement. It is designed to highlight issues faced by intersex people across the globe.
this freaks me out personally
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
this freaks me out personally
ngl, you really do have to be careful with mirrors👻
✨🪞HAUNTED MIRRORS 🪞✨
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
A man acquires an antique mirror with a bloodthirsty ghoul trapped in the glass. This is the premise of From Beyond the Grave’s “The Gatecrasher” (1974), based on a short story by Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes.
November 9, 2025 at 6:03 AM
ngl, you really do have to be careful with mirrors👻
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My son: What's with all the orphans in your childhood movies? Were orphans like super popular in the olden days?
November 9, 2025 at 2:49 AM
My son: What's with all the orphans in your childhood movies? Were orphans like super popular in the olden days?
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have you seen the video about teaching an octopus to play piano yet
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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we had the same yoga teacher for awhile, it was always trippy to see her in class. But very nice lady and seriously underrated.
Happy birthday to the great Parker Posey! Here she is giving one of her unforgettable '90s performances in Greg Mottola's one-crazy-day odyssey THE DAYTRIPPERS (1996). You can enjoy our edition of the film now on the Criterion Channel.
www.criterionchannel.com/the-daytripp...
www.criterionchannel.com/the-daytripp...
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
we had the same yoga teacher for awhile, it was always trippy to see her in class. But very nice lady and seriously underrated.