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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Can’t emphasize how much this is true. Your ability to generate attention is your most marketable skill as a writer, for better or worse. Especially right now. If you hate someone but keep sharing their articles, the people who employ them look at that and go “hey, they’re always in the convo”
if you hate the writer, do not share the writer's articles. people clicking on the articles is how the writer gets paid. "how do THEY still have a job in journalism, when so many talented people are being laid of?!" you, because of you. you are why.
November 14, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Can’t emphasize how much this is true. Your ability to generate attention is your most marketable skill as a writer, for better or worse. Especially right now. If you hate someone but keep sharing their articles, the people who employ them look at that and go “hey, they’re always in the convo”
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Hey, if you know ANYTHING about this, please help identify the driver in this hit-and-run. They just killed a very old and dear friend of mine and I am shattered by this news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
Woman killed in Hollywood hit-and-run crash | FOX 11 LA
YouTube video by FOX 11 Los Angeles
www.youtube.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Hey, if you know ANYTHING about this, please help identify the driver in this hit-and-run. They just killed a very old and dear friend of mine and I am shattered by this news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmLz...
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Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
November 12, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
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This is like when I get mad about Star Wars sequels making the galaxy feel like they only have about eight people in it.
So, uh, the Jed Rubenfeld referenced here was disciplined by Yale Law for sexually harassing students. He's married to Amy Chua who among other things took to the pages of the NYT to defend Kavanaugh when he was under fire for sexually harassment. Ken Starr, well we know. This is just incredible.
Ken Starr signed an email to Jeffery Epstein with "hugs"
November 13, 2025 at 3:33 AM
This is like when I get mad about Star Wars sequels making the galaxy feel like they only have about eight people in it.
Get ready for some Profiles in Courage as a bunch of Republicans suddenly discover their spine in the face of an increasingly unpopular president.
Thomas Massie to CNN on the Epstein files: "This vote is gonna be on your record for longer than Trump is gonna be president. And what are you gonna do in 2028 and 2030 when you're in a debate … and they say, 'How can we trust you? You covered up for a pedophile back in 2025.'"
November 13, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Get ready for some Profiles in Courage as a bunch of Republicans suddenly discover their spine in the face of an increasingly unpopular president.
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Reminder that Pizzagate originated from 4chan getting a hold of the John Podesta emails and believing that he and people he corresponded with were using code THAT 4CHAN USERS THEMSELVES HAD CREATED TO DISCUSS THEIR OWN CSAM CONSUMPTION.
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 13, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Reminder that Pizzagate originated from 4chan getting a hold of the John Podesta emails and believing that he and people he corresponded with were using code THAT 4CHAN USERS THEMSELVES HAD CREATED TO DISCUSS THEIR OWN CSAM CONSUMPTION.
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Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
Landon Thomas Jr of the New York Times got told by Jeffrey Epstein that Trump walked into a glass door bc he was so busy staring at girls in Epstein's house and didn't print it. wild that the Times didn't consider that newsworthy.
November 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Epstein: I’m best friends with this pedo running for President, here’s a bunch of stories about how big a pedo he is
NYT: but her emails
NYT: but her emails
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Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Important to understand the Epstein stuff and the fascism and the corruption are, in a lot of ways, really all the same story from different angles: powerful men who can and do abuse vulnerable people around them because they can, and because systems of elite accountability catastrophically failed
Why would they be talking about this in the Situation Room?
Q: "Why are White House officials…meeting with Rep. Boebert in an effort to try to get her to not sign this petition calling for the release of the [Epstein] files?"
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
Leavitt: "I'm not going to detail conversations that took place in the situation room."
November 12, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Why would they be talking about this in the Situation Room?
I have to admit I'm somewhat confused about these just released Epstein emails. Are these not a part of the file that Dems want released? If not, what are those files? If they are, why do they need permission to release the rest. Can they just leak the whole thing?
November 12, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I have to admit I'm somewhat confused about these just released Epstein emails. Are these not a part of the file that Dems want released? If not, what are those files? If they are, why do they need permission to release the rest. Can they just leak the whole thing?
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An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” John Cassidy writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mlYgP3
The A.I.-Profits Drought and the Lessons of History
Like the steam engine, electricity, and computers, generative artificial intelligence could take longer than expected to transform the economy.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
An M.I.T. study found that 95% of companies that had invested in A.I. tools were seeing zero return. It jibes with the emerging idea that generative A.I., “in its current incarnation, simply isn’t all it’s been cracked up to be,” John Cassidy writes. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mlYgP3
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there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
there's a moment in PARADISE LOST where Satan arrives in Eden and realizes Hell isn't a place; it's a thing he carries within him and it'll follow him wherever he goes. and i think about that when i see these awful rich men whose monstrous wealth has enriched them not at all
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Former Veep writers are like "no, it's too much--pull it back a notch"
Nothing says you’re a Very Serious FBI Director quite like taking the bureau’s plane, during a government shutdown, to a hunting lodge called … The Boondoggle Ranch.
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
www.wsj.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Former Veep writers are like "no, it's too much--pull it back a notch"
“You don’t understand, it’s even worse than it looks” said the savvy politician.
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 PM
“You don’t understand, it’s even worse than it looks” said the savvy politician.
A fantastic premise for a dark, dystopian comedy and he's just giving out this gold for free.
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 10:03 PM
A fantastic premise for a dark, dystopian comedy and he's just giving out this gold for free.
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NY doesn’t have caucuses we have closed primaries. But same deal. That’s why @nywfp.bsky.social wants us to stay registered as Democrats: so we can win the primaries like Zohran & AOC did.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
NY doesn’t have caucuses we have closed primaries. But same deal. That’s why @nywfp.bsky.social wants us to stay registered as Democrats: so we can win the primaries like Zohran & AOC did.
I'm new to politics, is your opposition cackling about your strategy in the press a good or bad sign?
November 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I'm new to politics, is your opposition cackling about your strategy in the press a good or bad sign?
Would be hilarious if Dem capitulation had the accidental effect of putting more scrutiny on House Republicans trying to keep the Epstein files from coming out.
In the most predictable development ever, Mike Johnson is not committing to hold a House vote on ACA subsidies
November 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Would be hilarious if Dem capitulation had the accidental effect of putting more scrutiny on House Republicans trying to keep the Epstein files from coming out.
He's been talking about this since 2016 but his own party is against it and he doesn't actually care.
Trump: "We want a healthcare system where we pay the money to the people instead of the insurance companies. We're gonna be working on that very hard over the next short period of time. Where the people get the money. We're talking about trillions and trillions of dollars."
November 10, 2025 at 9:05 PM
He's been talking about this since 2016 but his own party is against it and he doesn't actually care.
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I can't stress this enough as a super volunteer for the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates. This should prompt you to get MORE involved, not less. Show up and use the existing infrastructure to make it work for all of us. In my neck of the woods, we've seen a ton of local victories this way.
Right, the answer isn't to abandon the party to these weasels.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
The answer is to flood the party with people who will take it over and transform it.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I can't stress this enough as a super volunteer for the Democratic Party and Democratic candidates. This should prompt you to get MORE involved, not less. Show up and use the existing infrastructure to make it work for all of us. In my neck of the woods, we've seen a ton of local victories this way.
And a generation from after a time when triangulation was seen as the only way to win.
I am so eager for a generation of Democratic politicians who have no institutional memory of what Republicans were like before Bush.
Give me the ones who call Cheney "Darth Vader" thanks to The Daily Show, who saw their old relatives stand with a man who said "grab them by the pussy."
Give me the ones who call Cheney "Darth Vader" thanks to The Daily Show, who saw their old relatives stand with a man who said "grab them by the pussy."
November 10, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And a generation from after a time when triangulation was seen as the only way to win.
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yeah do not change your registration in a closed primary state or a caucus state.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
yeah do not change your registration in a closed primary state or a caucus state.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
Also probably not a great idea in open primary states if you are willing to vote for Assembly Delegates, which takes a bit of figuring out because the process is intended for party insiders, but makes a difference.
I thought Schumer didn’t endorse Mamdani because he’s a coward but now I think it’s because a successful Mamdani makes it more likely that AOC will have the momentum to primary him. So let’s make that a reality.
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I thought Schumer didn’t endorse Mamdani because he’s a coward but now I think it’s because a successful Mamdani makes it more likely that AOC will have the momentum to primary him. So let’s make that a reality.
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One point worth emphasizing here: The punditry has been saying Sherrill (and Spanberger) represent the sane centrist wing of the party versus the left. Well, okay, but here Sherrill is urging more fight. Again, the results show that anti-Trump + affordability can *unite* the party. This shows how.
This is really good to see: Miki Sherrill just put out a statement sharply criticizing the Senate Dems' pending cave in the government shutdown, ripping it as "malpractice" and a betrayal of the people who are "counting on us to fight for them." Sherrill knows what drove her victory. Wake up, Dems.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
One point worth emphasizing here: The punditry has been saying Sherrill (and Spanberger) represent the sane centrist wing of the party versus the left. Well, okay, but here Sherrill is urging more fight. Again, the results show that anti-Trump + affordability can *unite* the party. This shows how.
If you voted for the Dem leadership you should be able to sue them in court for political malpractice.
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
If you voted for the Dem leadership you should be able to sue them in court for political malpractice.