Matt Twomey
@matttwomey.bsky.social
Just pubbed 5 illustrated humor books under pen name Artie Smarty. GREAT GIFTS. Check 'em out: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4YNQDM
When Vince Gilligan has a show on TV, it is often the best show on TV. And after you've finished watching an episode, often the second best thing on TV is to watch it again. #Pluribus #BetterCallSaul #BreakingBad
November 30, 2025 at 6:18 AM
When Vince Gilligan has a show on TV, it is often the best show on TV. And after you've finished watching an episode, often the second best thing on TV is to watch it again. #Pluribus #BetterCallSaul #BreakingBad
Ambivalent about Black Friday and the retail frenzy? So support independent creators — locally, on Etsy, or, ahem, ME!
My Artie Smarty series has an illustrated humor book for everyone on your list, starting at $13.49. (Thread) #giftguide www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4YNQD...
My Artie Smarty series has an illustrated humor book for everyone on your list, starting at $13.49. (Thread) #giftguide www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4YNQD...
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November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Ambivalent about Black Friday and the retail frenzy? So support independent creators — locally, on Etsy, or, ahem, ME!
My Artie Smarty series has an illustrated humor book for everyone on your list, starting at $13.49. (Thread) #giftguide www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4YNQD...
My Artie Smarty series has an illustrated humor book for everyone on your list, starting at $13.49. (Thread) #giftguide www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD4YNQD...
Update: My pen name, the one that became sentient and put up a Facebook page? He's started a flame war with me.
So I had to figure out what the hell is going on.
I think I figured out Artie Smarty's origin.
So I had to figure out what the hell is going on.
I think I figured out Artie Smarty's origin.
November 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Update: My pen name, the one that became sentient and put up a Facebook page? He's started a flame war with me.
So I had to figure out what the hell is going on.
I think I figured out Artie Smarty's origin.
So I had to figure out what the hell is going on.
I think I figured out Artie Smarty's origin.
Update: They said A.I. would achieve sentience. I just didn't think it would take the form of my pen name claiming credit for my novelty books.
Artie Smarty (fake author I invented) started a Facebook page to "correct the record."
I've created a monster. A deeply petty monster.
Artie Smarty (fake author I invented) started a Facebook page to "correct the record."
I've created a monster. A deeply petty monster.
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Update: They said A.I. would achieve sentience. I just didn't think it would take the form of my pen name claiming credit for my novelty books.
Artie Smarty (fake author I invented) started a Facebook page to "correct the record."
I've created a monster. A deeply petty monster.
Artie Smarty (fake author I invented) started a Facebook page to "correct the record."
I've created a monster. A deeply petty monster.
You may know me as a journalist and editor at The New York Times.
What you don't know is I spent six months making rock stars into dogs.
David Bowwowie. Thom Yorkie. Taylor Sniffed.
Don't @ me. I know what I've done.
Thread 🧵
What you don't know is I spent six months making rock stars into dogs.
David Bowwowie. Thom Yorkie. Taylor Sniffed.
Don't @ me. I know what I've done.
Thread 🧵
November 12, 2025 at 5:38 PM
You may know me as a journalist and editor at The New York Times.
What you don't know is I spent six months making rock stars into dogs.
David Bowwowie. Thom Yorkie. Taylor Sniffed.
Don't @ me. I know what I've done.
Thread 🧵
What you don't know is I spent six months making rock stars into dogs.
David Bowwowie. Thom Yorkie. Taylor Sniffed.
Don't @ me. I know what I've done.
Thread 🧵
Mamdani had poise, passion and good timing,
but mostly I liked his championing of rhyming.
but mostly I liked his championing of rhyming.
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Mamdani had poise, passion and good timing,
but mostly I liked his championing of rhyming.
but mostly I liked his championing of rhyming.
Is this the most unfunny SNL premier in 51 years?
October 5, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Is this the most unfunny SNL premier in 51 years?
Yknow HBO bundles with Disney but is part of another company —
How pissed are HBO execs over the mass cancellations over Kimmel — and what might they do about it.
How pissed are HBO execs over the mass cancellations over Kimmel — and what might they do about it.
September 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Yknow HBO bundles with Disney but is part of another company —
How pissed are HBO execs over the mass cancellations over Kimmel — and what might they do about it.
How pissed are HBO execs over the mass cancellations over Kimmel — and what might they do about it.
Ironically, this means I’ll have to cancel Disney, meaning I’ll never finish Andor and learn how to be a proper revolutionary. #Kimmel
September 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Ironically, this means I’ll have to cancel Disney, meaning I’ll never finish Andor and learn how to be a proper revolutionary. #Kimmel
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24 Years Ago Today: The September 11th Issue
Issue 37•34: The September 11th Issue
theonion.com
September 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
24 Years Ago Today: The September 11th Issue
Taking people out with deadly force from a safe distance, without hearing them out in any way, is never the right thing to do.
Yes, I'm referring to the alleged Venezuelan drug boat.
Yes, I'm referring to the alleged Venezuelan drug boat.
September 11, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Taking people out with deadly force from a safe distance, without hearing them out in any way, is never the right thing to do.
Yes, I'm referring to the alleged Venezuelan drug boat.
Yes, I'm referring to the alleged Venezuelan drug boat.
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Three thoughts on the Russian drone attack on Poland:
1. This was not a mistake. It was a test of NATO.
2. NATO has to figure out how to cheaply and effectively respond to drone attacks, e.g. with counter drones as Ukraine does.
3. The West needs to impose costs to deter Putin and end impunity.
1. This was not a mistake. It was a test of NATO.
2. NATO has to figure out how to cheaply and effectively respond to drone attacks, e.g. with counter drones as Ukraine does.
3. The West needs to impose costs to deter Putin and end impunity.
September 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Three thoughts on the Russian drone attack on Poland:
1. This was not a mistake. It was a test of NATO.
2. NATO has to figure out how to cheaply and effectively respond to drone attacks, e.g. with counter drones as Ukraine does.
3. The West needs to impose costs to deter Putin and end impunity.
1. This was not a mistake. It was a test of NATO.
2. NATO has to figure out how to cheaply and effectively respond to drone attacks, e.g. with counter drones as Ukraine does.
3. The West needs to impose costs to deter Putin and end impunity.
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we could power new york city for a year if we could somehow harness the energy
Edward R. Murrow & Walter Cronkite both doing upwards of 5,000 rpm right about now.
September 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
we could power new york city for a year if we could somehow harness the energy
If you text me without identifying yourself expect to be deleted and reported as spam scum with extreme prejudice.
August 15, 2025 at 9:39 PM
If you text me without identifying yourself expect to be deleted and reported as spam scum with extreme prejudice.
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Getting out of the corn ethanol game would help bring down grocery prices and benefit the environment
www.slowboring.com/p/a-cure-for...
www.slowboring.com/p/a-cure-for...
August 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Getting out of the corn ethanol game would help bring down grocery prices and benefit the environment
www.slowboring.com/p/a-cure-for...
www.slowboring.com/p/a-cure-for...
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A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
July 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
A Nazi owns Twitter, right wing billionaires own the Wall Street Journal and the LA Times, and CBS is run by a right wing nepo baby who just fired one of the network’s biggest stars for criticizing Donald Trump. Here’s why America has a left-wing media bias problem.
I asked Google how much it cost to build the Empire State Building. Seems ok at first blush, but then you notice something is very wrong. Always fact-check A.I. facts.
July 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I asked Google how much it cost to build the Empire State Building. Seems ok at first blush, but then you notice something is very wrong. Always fact-check A.I. facts.
Poll 1: Is Trump actually going deport Elon Musk or strip away government funds from his companies, or does he just say stuff?
Poll 2: Is Musk going to mount a serious third party campaign to punish Republicans for voting for the BBB, or does he just say stuff?
Poll 2: Is Musk going to mount a serious third party campaign to punish Republicans for voting for the BBB, or does he just say stuff?
July 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Poll 1: Is Trump actually going deport Elon Musk or strip away government funds from his companies, or does he just say stuff?
Poll 2: Is Musk going to mount a serious third party campaign to punish Republicans for voting for the BBB, or does he just say stuff?
Poll 2: Is Musk going to mount a serious third party campaign to punish Republicans for voting for the BBB, or does he just say stuff?
It’s pathetic to see a tv ad trashing Mamdani under the name “Fix the City,” nowhere visibly showing it’s a Cuomo op.
June 17, 2025 at 4:54 AM
It’s pathetic to see a tv ad trashing Mamdani under the name “Fix the City,” nowhere visibly showing it’s a Cuomo op.
It may be not great strategically to wave a Mexican flag at a U.S. protest, but the the person decrying a peaceful protest, flag or no, is the one actually expressing unAmerican values.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
Mexican Flags Have Become Republican Fodder, but Protesters Keep Waving Them
www.nytimes.com
June 12, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It may be not great strategically to wave a Mexican flag at a U.S. protest, but the the person decrying a peaceful protest, flag or no, is the one actually expressing unAmerican values.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/11/u...
My 12-year-old (who learned about Utlitarianism on "The Good Place") says that "All's well that ends well" is the same as "The ends justify the means." #philosophy
May 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
My 12-year-old (who learned about Utlitarianism on "The Good Place") says that "All's well that ends well" is the same as "The ends justify the means." #philosophy
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If you can't watch the whole thing, just go to 10:00 and listen to the President of the United States argue with the President of South Africa about what's really happening in South Africa.
www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...
www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...
Presidents Trump and Ramaphosa Disagree Over Genocide Claims Against White Farmers in South Africa
South African President Ramaphosa rejects claims of genocide against Afrikaner farmers raised during his meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office. However, Mr. Ramaphosa concedes that there is ...
www.c-span.org
May 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
If you can't watch the whole thing, just go to 10:00 and listen to the President of the United States argue with the President of South Africa about what's really happening in South Africa.
www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...
www.c-span.org/clip/white-h...
Take 7 minutes to watch this. It's a doozy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
Opinion | We Study Fascism. And We’re Leaving the U.S.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Take 7 minutes to watch this. It's a doozy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/14/o...
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This right here......
May 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
This right here......