Matthew Federman
@matthewfederman.bsky.social
TV/Screenwriter. Co-Creator/EP of Blood and Treasure. Wrote on Limitless, Warehouse 13, Jericho, other stuff.
Post about writing, the industry, neurodiversity (PDA Autism) and other stuff at my website: www.matthewfederman.com
Post about writing, the industry, neurodiversity (PDA Autism) and other stuff at my website: www.matthewfederman.com
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Check Out Those Pupils — Matthew Federman
I am far from a perfect father and have no interest in being a Dadfluencer but every now and then I stumble on something and think: this might be helpful for other parents in my situation, and—you gue...
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Take a break from the chaos of the world for the chaos of parenting. New post on my blog about how I've learned to see my kid's meltdowns coming and (sometimes) avoid them. www.matthewfederman.com/pda-blog/pda...
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In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
January 4, 2026 at 8:59 PM
In a study following 23 million people age 18-59 (pretty young) for 4 years…despite the fact that the ones who got the COVID vaccine were overall older and sicker at baseline, they not only had 74% lower risk of dying from COVID than the unvaccinated but 25% lower risk of dying from any other cause!
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If you'd like to reduce your blood pressure and eliminate a lot of needless in-fighting, I'd recommend muting or blocking Axios, Politico and Semafor as they seem to specialize in promoting quotes from anonymous Democratic contrarians in hopes of generating rage and engagement.
January 5, 2026 at 12:35 AM
If you'd like to reduce your blood pressure and eliminate a lot of needless in-fighting, I'd recommend muting or blocking Axios, Politico and Semafor as they seem to specialize in promoting quotes from anonymous Democratic contrarians in hopes of generating rage and engagement.
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If you're looking for principles they are non existent. There's only corruption. That's what mainstream news has found either impossible to grasp or say.
January 3, 2026 at 11:51 PM
If you're looking for principles they are non existent. There's only corruption. That's what mainstream news has found either impossible to grasp or say.
We didn't just run a war game, we've already run literal wars and found the same thing.
“'You would have no command and control over the military and no police force,' he said. 'You’d have looting and chaos.' Any U.S. military deployment meant to stabilize the country would probably require tens of thousands of troops, he said."
U.S. Ran a War Game on Ousting Maduro. Venezuela Fell Into Chaos.
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 8:07 PM
We didn't just run a war game, we've already run literal wars and found the same thing.
Republicans:
The party of fiscal responsibility that causes economic crashes.
The party of national security that let 9/11 happen.
The party of supporting our veterans that starts wars of choice and then denies them healthcare.
The party of family values that protects Jeffrey Epstein.
The party of fiscal responsibility that causes economic crashes.
The party of national security that let 9/11 happen.
The party of supporting our veterans that starts wars of choice and then denies them healthcare.
The party of family values that protects Jeffrey Epstein.
January 3, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Republicans:
The party of fiscal responsibility that causes economic crashes.
The party of national security that let 9/11 happen.
The party of supporting our veterans that starts wars of choice and then denies them healthcare.
The party of family values that protects Jeffrey Epstein.
The party of fiscal responsibility that causes economic crashes.
The party of national security that let 9/11 happen.
The party of supporting our veterans that starts wars of choice and then denies them healthcare.
The party of family values that protects Jeffrey Epstein.
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People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
January 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
People are going to try and lure you into debates about whether Maduro was a good guy or not and the thing is, it doesn’t matter for the purposes of discussing whether violent kidnappings and extrajudicial murders by the US government are ok. No, they aren’t! End of convo.
Wag the Dog 2: Wag Harder
Video rolling in of pretty massive airstrikes across Venezuela, plus low-flying helicopters which *appear* to be American.
January 3, 2026 at 7:07 AM
Wag the Dog 2: Wag Harder
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screenshot in case the post gets taken down or deleted
January 2, 2026 at 6:18 PM
screenshot in case the post gets taken down or deleted
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I feel for the people who post their selfies and discover, instantly, weirdos using grok to pornify them.
Had a hunch where this was going in 2021 and stopped posting pics of myself/any pics/details about family. But if you're, say, a cosplayer who can benefit from a big audience, you're screwed.
Had a hunch where this was going in 2021 and stopped posting pics of myself/any pics/details about family. But if you're, say, a cosplayer who can benefit from a big audience, you're screwed.
January 2, 2026 at 4:58 PM
I feel for the people who post their selfies and discover, instantly, weirdos using grok to pornify them.
Had a hunch where this was going in 2021 and stopped posting pics of myself/any pics/details about family. But if you're, say, a cosplayer who can benefit from a big audience, you're screwed.
Had a hunch where this was going in 2021 and stopped posting pics of myself/any pics/details about family. But if you're, say, a cosplayer who can benefit from a big audience, you're screwed.
I'm enjoying Expedition 33. Beautiful art, music, cool lore/story. But understanding its mechanics feels like a second job.
January 2, 2026 at 12:37 AM
I'm enjoying Expedition 33. Beautiful art, music, cool lore/story. But understanding its mechanics feels like a second job.
Hitler-love aside, the Right loves manufacturing expert consent on things that are completely false, which is why they always attack the very idea of experts. "All serious historians" don't agree that the guy who slept late on D-day and nobody wanted to wake him was a genius.
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Hitler-love aside, the Right loves manufacturing expert consent on things that are completely false, which is why they always attack the very idea of experts. "All serious historians" don't agree that the guy who slept late on D-day and nobody wanted to wake him was a genius.
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Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Again, the man who’s next in line for the presidency after this walking corpse has said he’s deeply influenced by this outright Nazi, so maybe we could get a little more attention on that?
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Mamdani took over the @NYCMayor account on Twitter but old Eric Adams tweets are still active. That means Mamdani's name and face shows up for old tweets he didn't send.
You're probably going to see a lot of screenshots like this where Mamdani appears to praise Netanyahu, but they aren't by Mamdani
You're probably going to see a lot of screenshots like this where Mamdani appears to praise Netanyahu, but they aren't by Mamdani
January 1, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Mamdani took over the @NYCMayor account on Twitter but old Eric Adams tweets are still active. That means Mamdani's name and face shows up for old tweets he didn't send.
You're probably going to see a lot of screenshots like this where Mamdani appears to praise Netanyahu, but they aren't by Mamdani
You're probably going to see a lot of screenshots like this where Mamdani appears to praise Netanyahu, but they aren't by Mamdani
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also, this happened this year:
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co
January 1, 2026 at 2:15 AM
also, this happened this year:
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrorism is far-right was disappeared.
www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
Everyone keeps talking about their highs and lows from this year and I’m like, where are these highs you speak of?
December 31, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Everyone keeps talking about their highs and lows from this year and I’m like, where are these highs you speak of?
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This must-read investigation lays bare just how unprecedented Trump’s corruption is.
Trump didn’t just pardon a political ally. He erased the verdict against a former foreign president convicted as a major cocaine trafficker, blowing up one of the most ambitious drug prosecutions in U.S. history.
Trump didn’t just pardon a political ally. He erased the verdict against a former foreign president convicted as a major cocaine trafficker, blowing up one of the most ambitious drug prosecutions in U.S. history.
December 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
This must-read investigation lays bare just how unprecedented Trump’s corruption is.
Trump didn’t just pardon a political ally. He erased the verdict against a former foreign president convicted as a major cocaine trafficker, blowing up one of the most ambitious drug prosecutions in U.S. history.
Trump didn’t just pardon a political ally. He erased the verdict against a former foreign president convicted as a major cocaine trafficker, blowing up one of the most ambitious drug prosecutions in U.S. history.
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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"the president's own party will never convict him" (true) has been turned into "impeachment is deeply unpopular" (false) by DC conventional wisdom
there's absolutely no evidence that either Trump impeachment was good for him or his party, politically, even if he wasn't convicted
there's absolutely no evidence that either Trump impeachment was good for him or his party, politically, even if he wasn't convicted
This isn't a popular idea. This is an *elite* belief. There's no mass of voters who recoil from impeachment like this. Majorities wanted him convicted the last two times, and the same would easily poll >50% today. The handwringing about the sacred presidency is DC-driven, it's not voter-driven.
The popular idea is that removing a president to replace him with a non-criminal president from his party, and usually elected on his ticket, is a coup.
Do governors/mayors get replaced by number 2s all the time? Yes. There's poli sci work on this, the power of the presidency blinds people.
Do governors/mayors get replaced by number 2s all the time? Yes. There's poli sci work on this, the power of the presidency blinds people.
December 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"the president's own party will never convict him" (true) has been turned into "impeachment is deeply unpopular" (false) by DC conventional wisdom
there's absolutely no evidence that either Trump impeachment was good for him or his party, politically, even if he wasn't convicted
there's absolutely no evidence that either Trump impeachment was good for him or his party, politically, even if he wasn't convicted
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Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
December 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Dean Martin, born Dino Paul Crocetti, son of Italian immigrant Gaetano Crocetti
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
Frank Sinatra, son of Italian immigrants Antonino Sinatra and Natalina Garavanta
Merry Christmas to everyone except Stephen Miller and his enablers and handlers
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You are getting a live preview of this as streamers “reinvent” weekly drops of series that return in less than a year with seasons of 15+ episodes. Just straight up looking in the camera and marveling at this “hole in the market” that’s actually the shallow grave they shoveled TV into for 8 years.
December 26, 2025 at 1:42 AM
You are getting a live preview of this as streamers “reinvent” weekly drops of series that return in less than a year with seasons of 15+ episodes. Just straight up looking in the camera and marveling at this “hole in the market” that’s actually the shallow grave they shoveled TV into for 8 years.
My college didn't have a ton of Jewish people. I was the first Jew many of them had met. Their minds were blown when I explained that to Jews there's no "Old Testament" because there is no "New Testament." They had never considered that basic idea.
I'm going to tell my favorite story again about reflecting the certainty of beliefs back at people who don't expect it.
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
A friend was one of the few Jews on faculty at a North Dakota University. Every year, his colleague in religious studies would invite him to come to his religious studies class...
December 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
My college didn't have a ton of Jewish people. I was the first Jew many of them had met. Their minds were blown when I explained that to Jews there's no "Old Testament" because there is no "New Testament." They had never considered that basic idea.
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I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.
Context for Trump withdrawing dozens of ambassadors
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
*China has invested heavily in expanding diplomacy
*The US has significantly degraded soft power
*The US already has scores of diplomatic vacancies
December 25, 2025 at 12:24 AM
I never again want to hear about how the Republican Party is the party of national security. You don’t incinerate our diplomatic capacity & violate all of our treaty commitments if you care about national security.