Matthew Budman, book guy
@matthewbudman.bsky.social
News junkie, editor, faculty spouse, author of “Book Collecting Now.”
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On X creeps are using Grok to make revenge & child porn naked pics, but MAGA Rep Andy Ogle (TN) is using it to pretend he's a knight. He posted this in response to Mamdani swearing oath on Quran. Here's a sample of some of the many, many "knights" joining him in his idiot crusade.
January 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
On X creeps are using Grok to make revenge & child porn naked pics, but MAGA Rep Andy Ogle (TN) is using it to pretend he's a knight. He posted this in response to Mamdani swearing oath on Quran. Here's a sample of some of the many, many "knights" joining him in his idiot crusade.
Of all the @postopinions.bsky.social columns I will not be reading today, this is the one I will most not be reading
January 2, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Of all the @postopinions.bsky.social columns I will not be reading today, this is the one I will most not be reading
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Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
January 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Mamdani: "While only action can change minds, I promise you this: If you are a New Yorker, I am your mayor. Regardless of whether we agree I will protect you, celebrate with you, mourn along side you, and not for a second hide from you."
OK, if you insist
January 1, 2026 at 5:18 PM
OK, if you insist
Not a great year for Music I Like, but enough to fill out an appealing playlist
Matthew B's 2025 favorites
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December 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Not a great year for Music I Like, but enough to fill out an appealing playlist
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these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
CNN: “Surely you don’t think a daycare should be unlocked.”
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
SHIRLEY: “There should be a reception area.”
CNN: “No, every day care is locked.”
SHIRLEY: “Fair point.” 🤔
He shows up to a day care with masked men and wonders why they don’t let him in.
December 31, 2025 at 7:29 PM
these fucking people. they pass laws to make sure every person with a screw loose who wants an Armalite can show up to the day care armed & ready to kill, then complain that the day cares are locked to protect the children inside
SEXY BEAST (2000, dir. Jonathan Glazer)
Robbers in Germany drilled a large hole in the wall of a basement bank vault and stole tens of millions of dollars’ worth of valuables, police said, and the thieves are still at large.
Thieves tunnel into bank vault, steal millions from safe-deposit boxes
Around 3,000 safe-deposit boxes were breached as thieves drilled through a basement wall and got away undetected, according to police in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
SEXY BEAST (2000, dir. Jonathan Glazer)
hey, Gemini, get the hell out of my iOS device
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 AM
hey, Gemini, get the hell out of my iOS device
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RIP Isiah Whitlock Jr. We loved all the characters you played, especially as Clay Davis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UXJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UXJ...
The Wire: Shit Clay Davis Says | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
RIP Isiah Whitlock Jr. We loved all the characters you played, especially as Clay Davis.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UXJ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UXJ...
I had no idea that so many country artists went out of their way to explicitly embrace Trumpism this year
Wrote about the country music industry going full MAGA in 2025
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
How Nashville's Music Row Went MAGA in 2025
Nashville's mainstream country music industry went all in on Trump and the MAGA movement in 2025.
www.rollingstone.com
December 30, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I had no idea that so many country artists went out of their way to explicitly embrace Trumpism this year
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December 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
December 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Post a perfect album from the '90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice in Chains.
Trump sees small-business owners as losers and suckers just like the rest of us who aren't grifter billionaires, so who cares if they can't afford health insurance
These small-business owners will become uninsured after key ACA subsidies expire | CNN Politics
When patients come to Eric Frankenfeld’s chiropractic practice with insurance woes, his wife, Lisa, the office manager, tells them not to worry because she’ll work with them to keep care affordable.
www.cnn.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Trump sees small-business owners as losers and suckers just like the rest of us who aren't grifter billionaires, so who cares if they can't afford health insurance
Behold Trump's Golden Age
Bankruptcies soar as companies grapple with inflation, tariffs
Businesses in vulnerable sectors found themselves caught between rising tariffs and beleaguered consumers.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Behold Trump's Golden Age
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social: "It’s become, over the past year, easier to imagine the moment when his mystique finally evaporates, when few want to defend him anymore or admit that they ever did." (gift link!)
Opinion | Trump Is Getting Weaker, and the Resistance Is Getting Stronger
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
@michellegoldberg.bsky.social: "It’s become, over the past year, easier to imagine the moment when his mystique finally evaporates, when few want to defend him anymore or admit that they ever did." (gift link!)
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Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
December 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Freaking love this city and all the people in it so much….a bunch of people went and turned the 4 train into the Polar Express giving out toys to kids along the way from the Bronx to Brooklyn….shoutout to the @newyorkers.live account on IG for doing this 🙏 www.instagram.com/reel/DSnsvWS...
Goodreads suggests these were my favorite reads of 2025, heavy on Hampton Sides and, improbably, eighteenth-century seafaring
December 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Goodreads suggests these were my favorite reads of 2025, heavy on Hampton Sides and, improbably, eighteenth-century seafaring
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
Where we're working in a mine
For our robot overlords
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors
Where we're working in a mine
For our robot overlords
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors
Chiron Beta Prime
YouTube video by jocopro
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Merry Christmas from Chiron Beta Prime
Where we're working in a mine
For our robot overlords
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors
Where we're working in a mine
For our robot overlords
Did I say overlords? I meant protectors
Chuck Redd: “When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”
Trump take jazz
Trump take jazz
Kennedy Center Christmas Eve jazz concert canceled after Trump name added to building
A planned Christmas Eve jazz concert at the Kennedy Center has been canceled. Musician Chuck Redd, the show's host, says he called off the performance after the White House announced President Donald ...
apnews.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Chuck Redd: “When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert.”
Trump take jazz
Trump take jazz
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I hope that all of you have a joyous holiday season surrounded by your family and loved ones*.
*Except for ICE. I hope no one talks to you or gives you a present and that you accidentally shit your pants while everyone tells you to go fuck yourself at the grocery store.
*Except for ICE. I hope no one talks to you or gives you a present and that you accidentally shit your pants while everyone tells you to go fuck yourself at the grocery store.
December 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
I hope that all of you have a joyous holiday season surrounded by your family and loved ones*.
*Except for ICE. I hope no one talks to you or gives you a present and that you accidentally shit your pants while everyone tells you to go fuck yourself at the grocery store.
*Except for ICE. I hope no one talks to you or gives you a present and that you accidentally shit your pants while everyone tells you to go fuck yourself at the grocery store.
Visited @cjewishhistory.bsky.social’s stunning #AnneFrank exhibit yesterday, there was a European map showing where the Nazis put concentration camps, and it looked JUST LIKE THIS www.annefrankexhibit.org/
December 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Visited @cjewishhistory.bsky.social’s stunning #AnneFrank exhibit yesterday, there was a European map showing where the Nazis put concentration camps, and it looked JUST LIKE THIS www.annefrankexhibit.org/
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
Aw, man, you don't know who Santa Claus is, man!
Yeah, well, I'm not from here, man. Like, I'm from Pittsburgh, man. I don't know too many local dudes
Yeah, well, I'm not from here, man. Like, I'm from Pittsburgh, man. I don't know too many local dudes
Santa Claus And His Old Lady
YouTube video by Cheech & Chong - Topic
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Aw, man, you don't know who Santa Claus is, man!
Yeah, well, I'm not from here, man. Like, I'm from Pittsburgh, man. I don't know too many local dudes
Yeah, well, I'm not from here, man. Like, I'm from Pittsburgh, man. I don't know too many local dudes
Elon's DOGE legacy: millions sick and hungry, hundreds of thousands of deaths, less government efficiency, and almost no money saved.
On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...
How Did DOGE Disrupt So Much While Saving So Little?
www.nytimes.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Elon's DOGE legacy: millions sick and hungry, hundreds of thousands of deaths, less government efficiency, and almost no money saved.
lol "capitalism"
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government. n.pr/48P2QSb
How President Trump reshaped capitalism in 2025
His policies are picking winners and losers — and blurring the lines between business and government.
n.pr
December 22, 2025 at 1:55 PM
lol "capitalism"