Matt Barnes
@modestmatt.bsky.social
Just a nerd who loves soccer
Lost functionality on Twitter for calling Alexis Lalas an idiot. Lol
August 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Lost functionality on Twitter for calling Alexis Lalas an idiot. Lol
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Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
July 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Hulk Hogan ratted out other wrestlers attempting to unionize to save his own position and paycheck above anyone else's & gladly accepted funding from Peter Thiel for his Gawker court case that paved frequently abused legal precedents for the rich to shut down any media outlets that embarrass them.
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The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The fact that the President of the United States posts a fake video of a kneeling Barack Obama being handcuffed and we’re supposed to pretend it’s perfectly normal, everyday stuff shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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1. Too expensive, way too expensive, companies like Ticketmaster doing "Platinum" sales which is them literally scalping
2. Hard to get into and out of, uncomfortable, expensive
3. Festivals increasingly exploitative with different tiers
4. Massive festivals often poorly designed and executed
2. Hard to get into and out of, uncomfortable, expensive
3. Festivals increasingly exploitative with different tiers
4. Massive festivals often poorly designed and executed
Dwindling ticket sales and cancellations: What’s behind the decline of music festivals? cnn.it/3Fx3FTW
Dwindling ticket sales and cancellations: What’s behind the decline of music festivals | CNN
Longstanding music festivals, such as Chicago’s Pitchfork fest, have been canceled. Other festivals have seen ticket sales decline — even as other areas of live music thrive.
cnn.it
June 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
1. Too expensive, way too expensive, companies like Ticketmaster doing "Platinum" sales which is them literally scalping
2. Hard to get into and out of, uncomfortable, expensive
3. Festivals increasingly exploitative with different tiers
4. Massive festivals often poorly designed and executed
2. Hard to get into and out of, uncomfortable, expensive
3. Festivals increasingly exploitative with different tiers
4. Massive festivals often poorly designed and executed
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Say his name: Mahmoud Sleem. He was among 8 people killed today in an Israeli ceasefire violation, and was the 205th journalist killed in Gaza
March 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Say his name: Mahmoud Sleem. He was among 8 people killed today in an Israeli ceasefire violation, and was the 205th journalist killed in Gaza
@democrats.org ,are you paying attention? Real action, not your performative bullshit that you did at the national address
BREAKING: HUNDREDS of New Yorkers have swarmed and shut down the Tesla dealer in Manhattan. Six have been arrested after occupying the showroom. Protests are erupting across America to reject Musk's billionaire regime. This is how we beat fascism.
Mass direct action.
#TeslaTakedown
Mass direct action.
#TeslaTakedown
March 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
@democrats.org ,are you paying attention? Real action, not your performative bullshit that you did at the national address
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This is some lovely infographic design
February 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
This is some lovely infographic design
Why did that fucking MAGA kid have to miss? Also, real weird that after two weeks we don't hear anything about him
February 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Why did that fucking MAGA kid have to miss? Also, real weird that after two weeks we don't hear anything about him
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Red Dawn led me to believe the Russian attack on the United States would be much more dramatic than a slow, methodical propaganda effort.
February 18, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Red Dawn led me to believe the Russian attack on the United States would be much more dramatic than a slow, methodical propaganda effort.
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REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
ICE Prosecutor in Dallas Runs White Supremacist X Account
The Observer has identified the operator of “GlomarResponder,” an overtly racist social media account, as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
www.texasobserver.org
February 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
REVEALED: we identified the operator of an overtly racist X account, "GlomarResponder," as ICE Assistant Chief Counsel James Rodden, based on an overwhelming number of biographical details matched through publicly available documents, other social media activity, and courtroom observation.
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i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence
February 18, 2025 at 5:41 PM
i will become a total shill for whichever politician decides to become the joe mccarthy of rooting out silicon valley ideology and influence
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February 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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again, this is the easiest political slam dunk in the world
find a veteran with a lifetime of public service who has been fired for no reason and bring him on television with you
do it again tomorrow with a different veteran, and again, and again
show the human cost
find a veteran with a lifetime of public service who has been fired for no reason and bring him on television with you
do it again tomorrow with a different veteran, and again, and again
show the human cost
February 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
again, this is the easiest political slam dunk in the world
find a veteran with a lifetime of public service who has been fired for no reason and bring him on television with you
do it again tomorrow with a different veteran, and again, and again
show the human cost
find a veteran with a lifetime of public service who has been fired for no reason and bring him on television with you
do it again tomorrow with a different veteran, and again, and again
show the human cost
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I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
February 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner
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60 years ago today:
LBJ urges Americans to put pressure on Congress to pass Medicare, saying, “We are in sight of the promised land.”
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LBJ urges Americans to put pressure on Congress to pass Medicare, saying, “We are in sight of the promised land.”
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
February 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
60 years ago today:
LBJ urges Americans to put pressure on Congress to pass Medicare, saying, “We are in sight of the promised land.”
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
LBJ urges Americans to put pressure on Congress to pass Medicare, saying, “We are in sight of the promised land.”
timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine...
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I remember when I started saying that state borders would be weaponized against those seeking abortions and got laughed out of the room. To everybody who doubted me: apology very much not accepted, make it up to me by fucking stepping up and fighting this shit with me
this, from the Louisiana attorney general, is just a lie.
No law requires Hochul to turn over someone who isn’t a fugitive and who didn’t commit a crime under NY law. In fact, Hochul would herself be breaking NY abortion and extradition laws if she did so.
lailluminator.com/2025/02/12/e...
No law requires Hochul to turn over someone who isn’t a fugitive and who didn’t commit a crime under NY law. In fact, Hochul would herself be breaking NY abortion and extradition laws if she did so.
lailluminator.com/2025/02/12/e...
February 16, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I remember when I started saying that state borders would be weaponized against those seeking abortions and got laughed out of the room. To everybody who doubted me: apology very much not accepted, make it up to me by fucking stepping up and fighting this shit with me
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the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.
February 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the idea that these tech guys are opposed to "government waste" is so completely fucking ridiculous. they feast on government waste. DOD budgets are a bloated mess. the pentagon has failed 7 straight audits. the big beneficiaries are tech companies providing defense services.
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now is a great time to launch my shady and opaquely sourced meat pie business
February 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
now is a great time to launch my shady and opaquely sourced meat pie business
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RFK Jr. is going to kill children as HHS Secretary. Don't ever, ever let any member of the GOP who voted for him forget it.
February 13, 2025 at 4:37 PM
RFK Jr. is going to kill children as HHS Secretary. Don't ever, ever let any member of the GOP who voted for him forget it.
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Kermit has a pinup tattoo of Miss Piggy on his chest. This is why "Muppet Treasure Island" is the greatest movie ever.
February 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Kermit has a pinup tattoo of Miss Piggy on his chest. This is why "Muppet Treasure Island" is the greatest movie ever.
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Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email
New via NYT — The CIA sent the White House an unclassified email listing all employees hired by the spy agency over the last two years to comply with an executive order to shrink the federal work force. One former agency officer called the reporting of names a “counterintelligence disaster.”
February 5, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Top Dem on the House Intel Committee Jim Himes says in a statement that he understands that the White House “insisted” on the CIA transmitting the list in an unclassified email