Matt Flanders
@mistermattflanders.bsky.social
TV writer. Film producer. Husband. Guncle. Dog dad. Empath. My core beliefs are that “woke” means caring about human rights, and the fight for equality can be won with humor and joy.
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A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
February 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A quick resistance task:
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
1. Google Gulf of Mexico
2. “Gulf of America" is the top
3. Click on the three little dots to the right of it
4. Select "Send Feedback"
5. Click on "Gulf Of America"
6. Select "Inaccurate content"
7. Select "Incorrect" and type in "The correct name is “Gulf of Mexico"
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Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
January 23, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Why should the public care about the freeze on the NIH? Aside from the need for scientific pursuits to make our society better…
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
-For every dollar we invest in NIH research, there is a $2.5 return.
-Research dollars help fund universities that employ non-academics. (1/)
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About 75% of immigrant farm workers did not show up for work this week in Bakersfield, California, as the threat of Trump’s immigration raids looms.
Trump’s Immigration Threats Are Already Wrecking the Food Industry
Immigrant farm workers are too scared to show up to work.
newrepublic.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
About 75% of immigrant farm workers did not show up for work this week in Bakersfield, California, as the threat of Trump’s immigration raids looms.
If you need another reason not to use Amazon.
January 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
If you need another reason not to use Amazon.
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Indeed, this is where we are.
December 21, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Indeed, this is where we are.
December 4, 2024 at 2:25 PM
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News anchor-turned politician Ms. Ahn Gwi-ryeong showed exceptional bravery during the South Korea martial law crisis, she confronted a soldier head on, grabbed his rifle, shamed him for usurping democracy and for confronting protestors while armed.
December 3, 2024 at 9:48 PM
News anchor-turned politician Ms. Ahn Gwi-ryeong showed exceptional bravery during the South Korea martial law crisis, she confronted a soldier head on, grabbed his rifle, shamed him for usurping democracy and for confronting protestors while armed.
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"Disrupt" is code for "Destroy reliable established services so that money previously widely distributed now funnels into a single source." Just like "AI" is code for "Mine the work humans did in the past so we don't have to pay them for their work in the future." That's why VCs like both words.
“Disrupt” is a very Silicon Valley word. Every time I see it crop up in a business-case, my bullshit-detection hackles go up.
November 25, 2024 at 1:07 PM
"Disrupt" is code for "Destroy reliable established services so that money previously widely distributed now funnels into a single source." Just like "AI" is code for "Mine the work humans did in the past so we don't have to pay them for their work in the future." That's why VCs like both words.
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Not enough people are talking about how Donald Trump's team continues to skirt federal law by failing to sign critical documents as required by the Presidential Transition Act.
November 24, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Not enough people are talking about how Donald Trump's team continues to skirt federal law by failing to sign critical documents as required by the Presidential Transition Act.
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Leon wants to cut government spending now
November 24, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Leon wants to cut government spending now
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“Trump is first to sidestep the restrictions… Those seeking to curry favor have the opportunity to donate directly without names or conflicts made public… foreign nationals are allowed to donate…”
Hunter Biden is a rounding error compared to this lot. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
Hunter Biden is a rounding error compared to this lot. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
November 24, 2024 at 2:42 PM
“Trump is first to sidestep the restrictions… Those seeking to curry favor have the opportunity to donate directly without names or conflicts made public… foreign nationals are allowed to donate…”
Hunter Biden is a rounding error compared to this lot. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
Hunter Biden is a rounding error compared to this lot. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/24/u...
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😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...
November 24, 2024 at 5:00 AM
😳wild to see it all in one place like this. prospect.org/politics/202...
Did anyone else realize that dog killer Kristi Noem’s last name is short for Noempathy? The more you know.
November 23, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Did anyone else realize that dog killer Kristi Noem’s last name is short for Noempathy? The more you know.
For anyone against gender neutral bathrooms, what do you do in your home and on an airplane when everyone isn’t the same gender? So hard to understand, isn’t it?
November 23, 2024 at 10:18 PM
For anyone against gender neutral bathrooms, what do you do in your home and on an airplane when everyone isn’t the same gender? So hard to understand, isn’t it?
A political palate-cleanser. Whopper and Crouton are ready for some holiday cheer.
November 23, 2024 at 7:39 PM
A political palate-cleanser. Whopper and Crouton are ready for some holiday cheer.
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I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
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We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
November 11, 2024 at 12:35 PM
I, like many of you, have been contemplating our predicament since election night.
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
We are in a losing war for our democracy and I'm not sure we collectively know who our true adversary is.
It's not the voting blocks...white women, Latinos, Gen X. It's not MAGA. It's not even Trump.
🧵
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This is what I’ve been talking about, trying to be thoughtful about when to be outraged. It’s going to be a very long and very dark four years. Sometimes letting republicans fight with each other is going to be the only way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
November 23, 2024 at 12:32 PM
This is what I’ve been talking about, trying to be thoughtful about when to be outraged. It’s going to be a very long and very dark four years. Sometimes letting republicans fight with each other is going to be the only way.
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...
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BREAKING: Trump has named Russ Vought as Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director. Vought is the architect of Project 2025.
November 23, 2024 at 12:19 AM
BREAKING: Trump has named Russ Vought as Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director. Vought is the architect of Project 2025.
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BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard is on a TSA watch list because of her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns
November 22, 2024 at 11:54 PM
BREAKING: Tulsi Gabbard is on a TSA watch list because of her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns
Maybe — just maybe, hear me out here — the nominee for Director of National Intelligence should NOT be someone who made a TSA watch list for her suspicious foreign travel patterns