Mat Johnson
@matjohnson.bsky.social
Author: Invisible Things, Loving Day, Pym, Incognegro, etc. Helped on The Fall of the House of Usher (Nflx) and Manhunt (🍎).
Philly-born; Oregon-thriving
Storytelling Guru at U of Oregon; Go 🦆!
Will block for pedantic responses to joke posts—gleefully
Philly-born; Oregon-thriving
Storytelling Guru at U of Oregon; Go 🦆!
Will block for pedantic responses to joke posts—gleefully
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Mat Johnson
@matjohnson.bsky.social
· Oct 17
Next Month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"Overwhelmed with grief over the death of his mother, shamed by his failures in marriage and fatherhood, and burdened by massive debt, Devin’s life is spiraling out of control... That is, until he discovers the impossible: nostalgia is his superpower."
"Overwhelmed with grief over the death of his mother, shamed by his failures in marriage and fatherhood, and burdened by massive debt, Devin’s life is spiraling out of control... That is, until he discovers the impossible: nostalgia is his superpower."
When this went viral, I remember people saying I made this up, that there’s no way a child would talk like that. But when that child is 16 and smart as fuck, this is what happens.
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
When this went viral, I remember people saying I made this up, that there’s no way a child would talk like that. But when that child is 16 and smart as fuck, this is what happens.
"The freshest idea you've ever had was staler than the oily sack in the back of Maya Angelo's garage."
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"The freshest idea you've ever had was staler than the oily sack in the back of Maya Angelo's garage."
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All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
December 23, 2025 at 1:58 AM
All of these bootlegged copies of the 60 Minutes segment flooding my feed (saying, ‘Watch it quick! Before it disappears!’) makes me feel like I’m in the Soviet Union and just got some black market foreign newspaper I need to hide under a floorboard in my house.
This is where America is now
This is where America is now
OMG — I MADE A LIST OF THINGS I HAD TO DO, AND THEN I DID THEM!!!
a group of people are sitting in a room and laughing .
ALT: a group of people are sitting in a room and laughing .
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:20 PM
OMG — I MADE A LIST OF THINGS I HAD TO DO, AND THEN I DID THEM!!!
Favorite Xmas Movie: Trading Places
Favorite Xmas Song: “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses
Favorite Xmas Gift Received: The Green Machine
Favorite Xmas Song: “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses
Favorite Xmas Gift Received: The Green Machine
December 19, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Favorite Xmas Movie: Trading Places
Favorite Xmas Song: “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses
Favorite Xmas Gift Received: The Green Machine
Favorite Xmas Song: “Christmas Wrapping” by The Waitresses
Favorite Xmas Gift Received: The Green Machine
Lord, please give me the strength not to say shit out loud just because it sounds really funny in my head.
December 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Lord, please give me the strength not to say shit out loud just because it sounds really funny in my head.
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Wishing a Joyous, Healthy and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
December 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Wishing a Joyous, Healthy and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate.
oh fuck no
Here's what some of the new National Park Service passes will look like, starting Jan 1
December 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
oh fuck no
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People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
December 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
People keep wondering why they're going after Venezuela. It's because they want to do regime change and control its oil, then use a big tract of land there to keep a tax free "network state" that looks like Dubai but operates like Rhodesia. They are saying this out loud! Believe them!
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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Me, signing off an email with "Sincerely."
December 9, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Me, signing off an email with "Sincerely."
Over the break, I will be drafting legislation to remove Sean Combs from the intro to Craig Mack's "Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)."
December 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Over the break, I will be drafting legislation to remove Sean Combs from the intro to Craig Mack's "Flava In Ya Ear (Remix)."
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BACK IN STOCK! BACKFLASH, by @matjohnson.bsky.social and me, color by Lee Loughridge. From @karenpberger.bsky.social’s imprint at Dark Horse. It was such an honor getting to work with Mat on this. Available again at the Helioscope etsy shop!
stevelieberart.etsy.com/listing/1785...
stevelieberart.etsy.com/listing/1785...
December 9, 2025 at 7:51 PM
BACK IN STOCK! BACKFLASH, by @matjohnson.bsky.social and me, color by Lee Loughridge. From @karenpberger.bsky.social’s imprint at Dark Horse. It was such an honor getting to work with Mat on this. Available again at the Helioscope etsy shop!
stevelieberart.etsy.com/listing/1785...
stevelieberart.etsy.com/listing/1785...
No disrespect to Quentin Tarantino but 50 Cent is the greatest hater of all time.
December 7, 2025 at 3:56 PM
No disrespect to Quentin Tarantino but 50 Cent is the greatest hater of all time.
I WILL ONE DAY RISE UP AND CONCUR ALL THOSE WHO SEEK TO OPPOSE ME!!! But for now, I think I really need to focus on self-care, you know? Figure out who I really am, beyond the whole "blood-soaked conqueror" persona my therapist says I created as a trauma response to my parents' divorce.
December 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I WILL ONE DAY RISE UP AND CONCUR ALL THOSE WHO SEEK TO OPPOSE ME!!! But for now, I think I really need to focus on self-care, you know? Figure out who I really am, beyond the whole "blood-soaked conqueror" persona my therapist says I created as a trauma response to my parents' divorce.
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this really isn’t an exaggeration
This man may be the most racist president this country has ever had, and twelve presidents owned slaves
Trump: "It’s a hellhole right now. And those Somalians should be out of here. They've destroyed our country. And all they do is complain, complain, complain. You have her. She’s always talking about the Constitution provides me with – go back to your own country and figure out your constitution."
December 4, 2025 at 11:31 AM
this really isn’t an exaggeration
Beautiful people look the way normal people do when you’re in love with them.
December 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Beautiful people look the way normal people do when you’re in love with them.
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The U.S. president speaks and relates information like a mentally disabled person or a person with a head injury. I will never understand how this is not front-page, top-of-the-hour news.
Reporter: Governor Walz called for the release of your MRI results
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
Trump: They were perfect like my phone call where I got impeached.
Reporter: Can you tell us what they were looking at?
Trump: I have no idea. It was just an MRI. It wasn’t the brain because I took a cognitive test and aced it.
December 1, 2025 at 4:52 AM
The U.S. president speaks and relates information like a mentally disabled person or a person with a head injury. I will never understand how this is not front-page, top-of-the-hour news.
My theory is that Avatar fandom isn’t a thing but that we should keep up the ruse until James Cameron dies because dude’s like reeeally into it.
November 28, 2025 at 9:36 AM
My theory is that Avatar fandom isn’t a thing but that we should keep up the ruse until James Cameron dies because dude’s like reeeally into it.
I'm half-white, but I'm pretty sure if I commit to a steady diet of Hallmark Christmas movies from now through December that I could be all-white by New Year's.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I'm half-white, but I'm pretty sure if I commit to a steady diet of Hallmark Christmas movies from now through December that I could be all-white by New Year's.
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A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:26 PM
A bit too on the nose for thanksgiving
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"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
"I say we take off and nuke the site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure."
My kids slipped my dog pizza under the table for years and now they're all grown up and moved out and I live alone with a dog who whines every time I cook a red sauce.
November 25, 2025 at 4:48 AM
My kids slipped my dog pizza under the table for years and now they're all grown up and moved out and I live alone with a dog who whines every time I cook a red sauce.