Michaelangelo Matos
@matoswk.bsky.social
Michaelangelo Matos
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
Author, historian, critic, journalist
St. Paul
he/him
The Underground Is Massive (Dey Street, 2015); Can't Slow Down (Hachette, 2020)
I edit books - inquire within
Beat Connection: DJ mixes newsletter - http://michaelangelo.substack.com
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The Trump admin wont name the agents who killed Alexi Pretti.
So we are.
So we are.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:42 PM
The Trump admin wont name the agents who killed Alexi Pretti.
So we are.
So we are.
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White supremacy is a gateway drug
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:30 PM
White supremacy is a gateway drug
Only a month late: My first roundup of 2026, a Jan. 1 sampler platter that promises a better New Year than we’re getting.
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc159-five...
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc159-five...
BC159 - Five Mixes: New Year’s Day 2026
Welcome from the terrordome
michaelangelo.substack.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Only a month late: My first roundup of 2026, a Jan. 1 sampler platter that promises a better New Year than we’re getting.
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc159-five...
michaelangelo.substack.com/p/bc159-five...
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I wrote a piece...i believe they call it "an appreciation"... about one of my comedy heroes: Ms.Catherine O'Hara.
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
Catherine O'Hara: The Grande Dame of Off-Center Comedy
Comedy writer Merrill Markoe remembers Catherine O'Hara and the impact of her career from 'SCTV' to Christopher Guest movies and beyond.
www.rollingstone.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I wrote a piece...i believe they call it "an appreciation"... about one of my comedy heroes: Ms.Catherine O'Hara.
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...
So yes, this is the first Bob Fosse joint I've ever seen.
February 1, 2026 at 7:46 PM
So yes, this is the first Bob Fosse joint I've ever seen.
There is a real Facebook page called Max Roach AI—and it is currently mining content by asking people if they've ever attended a Max Roach show. Genuinely sinister shit.
February 1, 2026 at 7:28 PM
There is a real Facebook page called Max Roach AI—and it is currently mining content by asking people if they've ever attended a Max Roach show. Genuinely sinister shit.
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Still hard to believe
February 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Still hard to believe
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ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again
ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again
WASHINGTON—Claiming the nation’s beloved North Star State was in peril, Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a ransom note Tuesday that told the United States to pay $65 billion if it ever wante...
theonion.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:00 PM
ICE Issues Ransom Note Demanding $65 Billion If U.S. Wants To See Minnesota Again
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There’s a terrifying world where holocaust survivors die in American jails for protecting a minority community from a nationalist charismatic leader.
“The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.” The CEO of the center: “That reminds me of Anne Frank.” [jta.org]
'Reminds me of Anne Frank': Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump's TPS end looms - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida.
www.jta.org
February 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
There’s a terrifying world where holocaust survivors die in American jails for protecting a minority community from a nationalist charismatic leader.
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DFL legislators need to insist on a compensation fund of tens of millions of dollars to offset economic harms of the ICE siege. It infuriates me that Mercado Central has to hold a $500,000 bake sale to hold onto their building. Tens of fucking millions.
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 PM
DFL legislators need to insist on a compensation fund of tens of millions of dollars to offset economic harms of the ICE siege. It infuriates me that Mercado Central has to hold a $500,000 bake sale to hold onto their building. Tens of fucking millions.
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This tracks: Mining companies used racist Fennophobia to blacklist Finnish labor organizers on the Range a century ago.
February 1, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This tracks: Mining companies used racist Fennophobia to blacklist Finnish labor organizers on the Range a century ago.
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If you care about Don Lemon, don't forgot Mario Guevara (reporter who was filming police at a No Kings rally in June) was targeted for his journalistic activity; detained for 112 days; and deported. He had no criminal charges against him and was on the path to getting a green card.
February 1, 2026 at 9:40 AM
If you care about Don Lemon, don't forgot Mario Guevara (reporter who was filming police at a No Kings rally in June) was targeted for his journalistic activity; detained for 112 days; and deported. He had no criminal charges against him and was on the path to getting a green card.
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It’s the single most important thing anyone in this state can do right now. That way people can shelter in place safely.
At the local level we be voting on funding support for rental assistance, legal assistance, small business support, and more.
At the local level we be voting on funding support for rental assistance, legal assistance, small business support, and more.
February 1, 2026 at 1:48 PM
It’s the single most important thing anyone in this state can do right now. That way people can shelter in place safely.
At the local level we be voting on funding support for rental assistance, legal assistance, small business support, and more.
At the local level we be voting on funding support for rental assistance, legal assistance, small business support, and more.
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You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
They’re taking kids from Minnesota and sending them to detention camps. They’re shooting American citizens in the street and locking investigators out of the crime scenes. The world is watching what happens next.
Hundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30.
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
February 1, 2026 at 1:44 PM
You’re describing an emergency. The world is also watching you and waiting for you to do something.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
Are you going to establish an eviction moratorium? Rent is due today.
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Why is @newyorker.com denying me a pithy @susanorlean.bsky.social's original subheadline offering AI slop instead? Also, the article was published on September 27, 1999 not September 20. AI-slopped date perhaps?
February 1, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Why is @newyorker.com denying me a pithy @susanorlean.bsky.social's original subheadline offering AI slop instead? Also, the article was published on September 27, 1999 not September 20. AI-slopped date perhaps?
Guys, it's on Tubi. You deserve it.
February 1, 2026 at 8:01 AM
Guys, it's on Tubi. You deserve it.
Hello @nstop.com
Archival sources cast new light on the relationships between 3 key musicians in the Dunedin Sound/Flying Nun scene, by way of the letters they wrote to each other.
Fantastic story for @audioculturenz.bsky.social by @rubbasoul.bsky.social.
Fantastic story for @audioculturenz.bsky.social by @rubbasoul.bsky.social.
When Dunedin rock’n’roll people wrote letters to each other - a fascinating insight into the thinking and ambitions of David Kilgour, Martin Phillipps and Peter Gutteridge.
www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/hol...
www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/hol...
February 1, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Hello @nstop.com
Research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gu...
Janet Jackson - The Pleasure Principle
YouTube video by JanetJacksonVEVO
www.youtube.com
February 1, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Research. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-gu...
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"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."
Man Who Lost Everything In Crypto Just Wishes Several Thousand More People Had Warned Him
CHICAGO—Saying he had been absolutely blindsided by the sudden change in his fortunes, local 33-year-old Tyler Branton, a man who lost everything in cryptocurrencies, told reporters Thursday that he j...
theonion.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:38 PM
"It’s really a shame that I learned all of this too late."
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Racist real estate grifting has always been this administration’s destiny
January 31, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Racist real estate grifting has always been this administration’s destiny
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Point is: it's impossible to navigate the thickets of these assholes' sub-literate correspondence, or to keep track of which schmuck is sad that some other schmuck didn't make it to the New Year's debauch aboard a third schmuck's mega-yacht.
January 31, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Point is: it's impossible to navigate the thickets of these assholes' sub-literate correspondence, or to keep track of which schmuck is sad that some other schmuck didn't make it to the New Year's debauch aboard a third schmuck's mega-yacht.
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I'm going to need this to be talked about daily, local news needs to bring this up any time they talk about Demuth.
Let's put it on billboards, make some ads.
"Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said Monday that her caucus steered YouTube creator Nick Shirley to day care sites in Minnesota"
Let's put it on billboards, make some ads.
"Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said Monday that her caucus steered YouTube creator Nick Shirley to day care sites in Minnesota"
Demuth: GOP caucus directed YouTuber to Minnesota. A professor explains why it went viral
University of Minnesota media law professor Jane Kirtley says the new viral video is flashy but absent of facts to back up its claims.
www.mprnews.org
January 31, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I'm going to need this to be talked about daily, local news needs to bring this up any time they talk about Demuth.
Let's put it on billboards, make some ads.
"Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said Monday that her caucus steered YouTube creator Nick Shirley to day care sites in Minnesota"
Let's put it on billboards, make some ads.
"Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth said Monday that her caucus steered YouTube creator Nick Shirley to day care sites in Minnesota"
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I don’t know why we would extend the courtesy of intellectually honest criticism to Bari Weiss?
we’re having fun with this but I do think it’s worth saying that Bowles’ story seems consistent and I haven’t seen any indication that she met him more than the one time she acknowledges
In 2019, Nelly Bowles revealed that she had been to Epstein's house, and that she wasn't impressed enough to think there was a story there. www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/b...
January 31, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I don’t know why we would extend the courtesy of intellectually honest criticism to Bari Weiss?