Matt Vadnais
@mattvadnais.bsky.social
Teaches theatre history and the occasional comic book in Milwaukee.
Relevant to this: the man who can’t admit he lost an Emmy and lies about everything can’t find a way to lie about whether he thinks he’s going to heaven.
That’s how bad.
That’s how bad.
One horrific thing to me is that the president- a man who has gotten away with everything including literal murder up to this point- seems extremely nervous about anything regarding Epstein coming out. Like how bad does it have to be
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Relevant to this: the man who can’t admit he lost an Emmy and lies about everything can’t find a way to lie about whether he thinks he’s going to heaven.
That’s how bad.
That’s how bad.
This is, no joke, his leadership style and reflects something he believes to be true about the universe: that he can’t embarrass himself.
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
September 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This is, no joke, his leadership style and reflects something he believes to be true about the universe: that he can’t embarrass himself.
Money Pit! the Broadway Musical
Found money.
Found money.
September 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Money Pit! the Broadway Musical
Found money.
Found money.
I both love Winnipeg and also understand why so much art about Winnipeg is about hating it.
A second IHOP has entered Winnipeg — and it’s moved into an Applebee’s.
Mix & match: Winnipeg first in Canada to boast Applebee’s-IHOPs dual-brand restaurant
A second IHOP has entered Winnipeg — and it’s moved into an Applebee’s.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I both love Winnipeg and also understand why so much art about Winnipeg is about hating it.
Hard to prove you don’t belong to a group that doesn’t exist.
September 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Hard to prove you don’t belong to a group that doesn’t exist.
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“For the large majority [of the Harper’s Letter signatories,] Trump’s reign of terror has apparently been less objectionable than the irritating undergraduate and entry-level scolds of the 2010s.”
They All Signed the “Harper’s” Letter. Where Are They Now?
Many of those who were loudest in denouncing cancel culture then are now curiously silent in the face of Donald Trump’s assaults on free speech.
www.thenation.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 AM
“For the large majority [of the Harper’s Letter signatories,] Trump’s reign of terror has apparently been less objectionable than the irritating undergraduate and entry-level scolds of the 2010s.”
The algo videos that play endlessly on our private screens are doing Italian Fururism’s work of making thinking hurt, making violence omnipresent, destroying history, and praising speed and brevity above all else. Futurism was the house style of the fascist party and had a manifesto and everything.
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The algo videos that play endlessly on our private screens are doing Italian Fururism’s work of making thinking hurt, making violence omnipresent, destroying history, and praising speed and brevity above all else. Futurism was the house style of the fascist party and had a manifesto and everything.
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I was talking about this with my uncle the other day. I thought Einstein was reclusive for the last few decades of his career and life.
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
The Black community around Princeton gave Einstein an entrance into the civil rights movement. He joined the NAACP and the American Crusade Against Lynching (ACAL), an organization founded by Paul Robeson.
Einstein had a 20-year friendship with Robeson; he also wrote for W.E.B. Du Bois's mag.
Einstein had a 20-year friendship with Robeson; he also wrote for W.E.B. Du Bois's mag.
How Albert Einstein Used His Fame to Denounce American Racism
The world-renowned physicist was never one to just stick to the science
www.smithsonianmag.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:25 PM
I was talking about this with my uncle the other day. I thought Einstein was reclusive for the last few decades of his career and life.
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
He wasn't.
He was denouncing racism by teaching & speaking at Black collages and organisations.
White people need to know that for his work to be understood
A thing Dem leadership should understand is that their stance on the culture war (that it’s a distraction) means they miss a LOT of political violence directed at the most vulnerable parts of the coalition that elects them when they win.
September 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
A thing Dem leadership should understand is that their stance on the culture war (that it’s a distraction) means they miss a LOT of political violence directed at the most vulnerable parts of the coalition that elects them when they win.
August 29, 2025 at 2:17 PM
With the added benefit of constantly testing the appetite for light genocide.
Always money in the dehumanization banana stand.
Always money in the dehumanization banana stand.
At a profound level, MAGA's immigration policies are simply a way to transfer taxpayer dollars to private contractors whose job is to terrorize the American people. Fundamentally, leaders are using our own money to destroy our democracy.
August 28, 2025 at 4:57 PM
With the added benefit of constantly testing the appetite for light genocide.
Always money in the dehumanization banana stand.
Always money in the dehumanization banana stand.
This app is getting as unusable as any other. Oh my god we’re doing the devils’ work for them. We just can’t stop getting worse.
August 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This app is getting as unusable as any other. Oh my god we’re doing the devils’ work for them. We just can’t stop getting worse.
Man if Milwaukee isn’t in the top 10, y’all crazy.
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Man if Milwaukee isn’t in the top 10, y’all crazy.
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Fuck yeah we beat San Bernadino
www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/w...
www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/w...
Where are the worst drivers in America?
Which cities have the worst drivers? We analyzed the latest National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data to find out.
www.consumeraffairs.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Fuck yeah we beat San Bernadino
www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/w...
www.consumeraffairs.com/automotive/w...
Heard a stranger refer to Covid money as a Trump check.
He won because a lot of people think he did a thing he hated. I can’t stand the fact that his political instincts are viable. Put yer name on it.
Gadzooks.
He won because a lot of people think he did a thing he hated. I can’t stand the fact that his political instincts are viable. Put yer name on it.
Gadzooks.
August 19, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Heard a stranger refer to Covid money as a Trump check.
He won because a lot of people think he did a thing he hated. I can’t stand the fact that his political instincts are viable. Put yer name on it.
Gadzooks.
He won because a lot of people think he did a thing he hated. I can’t stand the fact that his political instincts are viable. Put yer name on it.
Gadzooks.
July 31, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And terrible people haven’t even started getting rich from all the ICE money yet.
We are seven months in, and the speed with which vital civic institutions are capitulating to authoritarian demands we once would have regarded as inconceivable in an established liberal democracy is jawdropping. I hadn't thought I was polyannaish about America, but it's really stunning.
July 26, 2025 at 11:37 AM
And terrible people haven’t even started getting rich from all the ICE money yet.
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We are seven months in, and the speed with which vital civic institutions are capitulating to authoritarian demands we once would have regarded as inconceivable in an established liberal democracy is jawdropping. I hadn't thought I was polyannaish about America, but it's really stunning.
July 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
We are seven months in, and the speed with which vital civic institutions are capitulating to authoritarian demands we once would have regarded as inconceivable in an established liberal democracy is jawdropping. I hadn't thought I was polyannaish about America, but it's really stunning.
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The president: and also they don’t have Apu on the Simpsons anymore
Aide: ok sir but the electrical grid has just-
The President: and Cleveland on Family Guy used to be voiced by a white man, thank you for your attention to this
Aide: yes sir but
The President: BET? Why can rappers say that word
Aide: ok sir but the electrical grid has just-
The President: and Cleveland on Family Guy used to be voiced by a white man, thank you for your attention to this
Aide: yes sir but
The President: BET? Why can rappers say that word
July 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The president: and also they don’t have Apu on the Simpsons anymore
Aide: ok sir but the electrical grid has just-
The President: and Cleveland on Family Guy used to be voiced by a white man, thank you for your attention to this
Aide: yes sir but
The President: BET? Why can rappers say that word
Aide: ok sir but the electrical grid has just-
The President: and Cleveland on Family Guy used to be voiced by a white man, thank you for your attention to this
Aide: yes sir but
The President: BET? Why can rappers say that word
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June 18, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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Monotheism when your neighbor has a different god is just supremacy. And we went and decided it was the hallmark of an evolved culture.
May 30, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Monotheism when your neighbor has a different god is just supremacy. And we went and decided it was the hallmark of an evolved culture.
This is the language war. With all the other chaos, there isn’t time to fight the linguistic rot that is a man who swore to uphold the constitution saying I don’t know if I actually have to. Obviously the power is the problem. But part of the way that power works is to break language.
What happened to all those constitutional conservatives? www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
www.nbcnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
This is the language war. With all the other chaos, there isn’t time to fight the linguistic rot that is a man who swore to uphold the constitution saying I don’t know if I actually have to. Obviously the power is the problem. But part of the way that power works is to break language.
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What happened to all those constitutional conservatives? www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Trump, asked if he has to 'uphold the Constitution,' says, 'I don't know'
Trump said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that he’s following lawyers’ advice as he tries to execute rapid deportations, arguing that giving immigrants due process is time-consuming.
www.nbcnews.com
May 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What happened to all those constitutional conservatives? www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
@xplainthexmen.bsky.social
I’ve been thinking a lot about things you’ve said about the mutant metaphor. In this moment of escalating eugenics-friendly rhetoric, how does the metaphor hold up in this context? Are there explicitly anti-eugenics arcs that come to mind? Is Omega-level a complication?
I’ve been thinking a lot about things you’ve said about the mutant metaphor. In this moment of escalating eugenics-friendly rhetoric, how does the metaphor hold up in this context? Are there explicitly anti-eugenics arcs that come to mind? Is Omega-level a complication?
May 1, 2025 at 2:46 PM
@xplainthexmen.bsky.social
I’ve been thinking a lot about things you’ve said about the mutant metaphor. In this moment of escalating eugenics-friendly rhetoric, how does the metaphor hold up in this context? Are there explicitly anti-eugenics arcs that come to mind? Is Omega-level a complication?
I’ve been thinking a lot about things you’ve said about the mutant metaphor. In this moment of escalating eugenics-friendly rhetoric, how does the metaphor hold up in this context? Are there explicitly anti-eugenics arcs that come to mind? Is Omega-level a complication?