Matt Baldwin
@thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social
Writer, photographer, cyclist, naturalist, martial artist, tall ship sailor. The Pirate Guy of Blue Sky, apparently. Mexican-American. No kings in America. He/him. San Diego, CA.
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Have picked up a lot of new followers recently, so: a (re)Dedication of Principles:
1) this is a diverse and queer-friendly place, inc. trans people
2) zero tolerance for anyone sharing, defending, or promoting AI "art"
3) I have a lot of interests, so expect posts covering a wide rage (con't)
1) this is a diverse and queer-friendly place, inc. trans people
2) zero tolerance for anyone sharing, defending, or promoting AI "art"
3) I have a lot of interests, so expect posts covering a wide rage (con't)
mom help I've gone viral on bluesky dot com again
*grumps*
I've become a "big" enough account on here that anytime one of my skeets gets a little bit of traction it attracts a bunch of bots and spammers, really upending the signal::noise ratio in my mentions.
I've become a "big" enough account on here that anytime one of my skeets gets a little bit of traction it attracts a bunch of bots and spammers, really upending the signal::noise ratio in my mentions.
February 16, 2026 at 9:25 PM
mom help I've gone viral on bluesky dot com again
"Every election can't be a life-or-death one. The public cannot sustain this."
Begging some of y'all to sit down & reconcile yourselves to the fact that has been the status quo for non-white voters since the Civil Rights Act passed 60 years ago (and is increasingly shared by the queer community).
Begging some of y'all to sit down & reconcile yourselves to the fact that has been the status quo for non-white voters since the Civil Rights Act passed 60 years ago (and is increasingly shared by the queer community).
February 16, 2026 at 7:48 PM
"Every election can't be a life-or-death one. The public cannot sustain this."
Begging some of y'all to sit down & reconcile yourselves to the fact that has been the status quo for non-white voters since the Civil Rights Act passed 60 years ago (and is increasingly shared by the queer community).
Begging some of y'all to sit down & reconcile yourselves to the fact that has been the status quo for non-white voters since the Civil Rights Act passed 60 years ago (and is increasingly shared by the queer community).
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Props to my boy Ulysses S. Grant, who stomped the first iteration of the KKK down into the dust where they belonged.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
We can totally shout out our favorite presidents today 😉
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Props to my boy Ulysses S. Grant, who stomped the first iteration of the KKK down into the dust where they belonged.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
Props to my boy Ulysses S. Grant, who stomped the first iteration of the KKK down into the dust where they belonged.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
We can totally shout out our favorite presidents today 😉
February 16, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Props to my boy Ulysses S. Grant, who stomped the first iteration of the KKK down into the dust where they belonged.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
Also, "I propose to move immediately upon your works" is possibly the most badass demand for unconditional surrender in history.
Slept for almost nine hours last night.
thanos from avengers infinity war is holding a piece of gold in his hands
Alt: Thanos powering up as he places one of the Infinity Stones into the Infinity Glove.
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Slept for almost nine hours last night.
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If someone on this website says they won't vote for Democrats just recognize they are wreckers and move on
February 16, 2026 at 3:14 PM
If someone on this website says they won't vote for Democrats just recognize they are wreckers and move on
Yeah I was born with a third set of teeth in my upper jaw, it sucked actually 0/10 do not endorse.
Reject medical neo-futurism. Refuse compliance.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
I Will Not Grow The Third Set.
February 16, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Yeah I was born with a third set of teeth in my upper jaw, it sucked actually 0/10 do not endorse.
Cognitive dissonance: why do I have the Sundays when I know I have tomorrow off for the holiday?
February 15, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Cognitive dissonance: why do I have the Sundays when I know I have tomorrow off for the holiday?
This was no-joke one of my favorite films of last year (technically 2024, didn't hit the States until 2025).
three hours of this man swishing around in increasingly dramatic coats, staying extremely loyal to the text. heathcliff who, honestly
youtu.be/8Q6y1waxlTY?...
youtu.be/8Q6y1waxlTY?...
The Count of Monte-Cristo : Official Trailer in 4K
YouTube video by Pathe
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This was no-joke one of my favorite films of last year (technically 2024, didn't hit the States until 2025).
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I redirect everyone’s attention to JIM MACKAY, a book-banning, Great Replacement Theory-touting hard right-winger who *has changed his name* to J. GORDON MITCHELL to run as a Democrat in Texas’ 17th Congressional district
I also am baffled that people are assuming this super checkered barely known guy will be super progressive as though we're not living in a post Fetterman universe.
It's nuts that these are the two candidates the respective wings of the Maine Dems have coughed up. I am positive there are, somewhere in the state, a moderate who's not 97 years old and a progressive who doesn't have nazi tattoos.
February 15, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I redirect everyone’s attention to JIM MACKAY, a book-banning, Great Replacement Theory-touting hard right-winger who *has changed his name* to J. GORDON MITCHELL to run as a Democrat in Texas’ 17th Congressional district
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the single most celebrated holiday in the world is various countries observing a national holiday to mark when they kicked the English out
I thought disliking the English was the shared culture for all the world’s people
February 15, 2026 at 4:24 PM
the single most celebrated holiday in the world is various countries observing a national holiday to mark when they kicked the English out
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PHILADELPHIA 1775:
Charles Lee: …and in conclusion that is why I should be given command of this “Continental Army”
John Adams, rising in his seat:
Charles Lee: …and in conclusion that is why I should be given command of this “Continental Army”
John Adams, rising in his seat:
Just FYI this person is British.
February 15, 2026 at 2:54 AM
PHILADELPHIA 1775:
Charles Lee: …and in conclusion that is why I should be given command of this “Continental Army”
John Adams, rising in his seat:
Charles Lee: …and in conclusion that is why I should be given command of this “Continental Army”
John Adams, rising in his seat:
Ah, to be grizzly, just floating along on a nice relaxing current, snarfing up a convenient salmon whenever one passes by.
Franzi Schimmer captured this Grizzly bear in Brooks Falls, Alaska just floating along, tippy-tapping down the river, browsing the salmon.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
Prior to hibernation, up to 40% of a bear's body mass is fat, which is less dense than water (~0.9 g/cm^2), so the murder-monster is also a floaty-boaty.
February 15, 2026 at 1:55 AM
Ah, to be grizzly, just floating along on a nice relaxing current, snarfing up a convenient salmon whenever one passes by.
This is what I assume the experience is like for a pet cat when they hear a can opener but never see any wet food in the dish.
tormented by an ice cream truck close enough to hear but far enough where I don't know where the fuck it is
February 14, 2026 at 11:52 PM
This is what I assume the experience is like for a pet cat when they hear a can opener but never see any wet food in the dish.
Today is the day Frederick Douglass chose as his birthday, so I would like to once again put it out into the world that I want clipping to do a concept album where Daveed Diggs stays in character as his version of Douglass from THE GOOD LORD BIRD the entire time.
February 14, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Today is the day Frederick Douglass chose as his birthday, so I would like to once again put it out into the world that I want clipping to do a concept album where Daveed Diggs stays in character as his version of Douglass from THE GOOD LORD BIRD the entire time.
Uh, actually so do I.
WOMEN👏DON’T👏WANT👏CHOCOLATES 👏FOR 👏VALENTINE’S 👏DAY 👏THEY 👏WANT 👏MERRIAM-WEBSTER’S 👏COLLEGIATE 👏DICTIONARY 👏TWELFTH 👏EDITION 👏
February 14, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Uh, actually so do I.
Right! Saturday chores are done, now to enjoy my three-day weekend, including revisiting my favorite Valentine’s Day movie later this evening. #OhMiranda
February 14, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Right! Saturday chores are done, now to enjoy my three-day weekend, including revisiting my favorite Valentine’s Day movie later this evening. #OhMiranda
Well I for one severely underestimated the number of Trader Joe’s shoppers who put off getting everything for their special Valentine’s dinner until this morning.
*gets trampled to death in the snack aisle*
*gets trampled to death in the snack aisle*
February 14, 2026 at 5:55 PM
Well I for one severely underestimated the number of Trader Joe’s shoppers who put off getting everything for their special Valentine’s dinner until this morning.
*gets trampled to death in the snack aisle*
*gets trampled to death in the snack aisle*
This is correct.
The biggest political divide on here is not between left and liberal but between "politics is real and involves real outcomes for real people" and "no it doesn't fuck you"
February 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
This is correct.
*swipes right*
February 14, 2026 at 3:57 PM
*swipes right*
*sigh*
Hey, y’all — “government shutdown” does not mean the does not mean things just *stop*. A portion of people are furloughed (completely or partially), contractors are brought in to fill gaps when possible, and plenty of people just keep working without pay.
Hey, y’all — “government shutdown” does not mean the does not mean things just *stop*. A portion of people are furloughed (completely or partially), contractors are brought in to fill gaps when possible, and plenty of people just keep working without pay.
February 14, 2026 at 1:07 PM
*sigh*
Hey, y’all — “government shutdown” does not mean the does not mean things just *stop*. A portion of people are furloughed (completely or partially), contractors are brought in to fill gaps when possible, and plenty of people just keep working without pay.
Hey, y’all — “government shutdown” does not mean the does not mean things just *stop*. A portion of people are furloughed (completely or partially), contractors are brought in to fill gaps when possible, and plenty of people just keep working without pay.
The actual fuck? This is a torture device.
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
'E-bike for your feet': How bionic sneakers could change human mobility
Nike's battery-powered footwear system, which propels wearers forward, is part of a broader push to help humans move farther and faster.
n.pr
February 14, 2026 at 12:53 PM
The actual fuck? This is a torture device.
OOOOF, the first eight minutes or so of this are a big "Not Ready For Prime Time" flag from AOC, yikes.
Saying she feels class solidarity with a member of a far-right, xenophobic party who was protesting immigrants (no thought as to where they're from?) is...not a good look!
Saying she feels class solidarity with a member of a far-right, xenophobic party who was protesting immigrants (no thought as to where they're from?) is...not a good look!
You do not have to search it is the literal beginning here, incredibly badly framed question (but very German politics) and an incredibly bad answer.
February 14, 2026 at 5:11 AM
OOOOF, the first eight minutes or so of this are a big "Not Ready For Prime Time" flag from AOC, yikes.
Saying she feels class solidarity with a member of a far-right, xenophobic party who was protesting immigrants (no thought as to where they're from?) is...not a good look!
Saying she feels class solidarity with a member of a far-right, xenophobic party who was protesting immigrants (no thought as to where they're from?) is...not a good look!
Please don't let that kid in the brown hoodie get milkshake duck'd.
February 14, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Please don't let that kid in the brown hoodie get milkshake duck'd.