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Matt Young

@mattyoung.bsky.social

TV Writer/Producer: CW's KUNG FU, NBC's BLINDSPOT; Some RPG stuff; Banjo/Guitar/Bass; Minneapolis (sometimes LA)

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Iron Spike@ironspike.bsky.social · 3d ago

Since it's the anniversary of the debut of "Batman the Animated Series," feeling compelled to share this art by Bruce Timm of all the things they weren't allowed to show in the cartoon. Can you guess them all? Answers in the next skeet down.

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Daniel Ahmad@zhugeex.com · 5d ago

It takes you 20 paragraphs to get to the part of the article where they admit that Mamdani isn't paying the influencers and the reason they are posting videos of the stuff Mamdani is doing is because people are interested in watching it.

The mayor’s office says that it does not pay the influencers. Still, their proximity and access to a figure as popular as Mr. Mamdani can help increase their own social media following and, by extension, potentially put them in a position to attract paid content sponsorships from commercial brands. Some influencers said that when they feature Mr. Mamdani, the videos get more likes and viewers watch longer.
Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 5d ago

"Mr. Mamdani is a master of new media... But as mayor, he has also been able to use taxpayer funds to create a sprawling network of hundreds of friendly influencers to boost his priorities, provide positive depictions of his administration and enhance his popularity."

Paul Waldman@paulwaldman.bsky.social · 6d ago

It really sounds like we're hurtling toward a crisis here. The USPS seems determined to disenfranchise MILLIONS of Americans, and there is no reason to believe the Supreme Court won't let them do it. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/02/u...

USPS Is Building a Mail-In Ballot Screening System Despite Legal Battles Over Trump Order

Election officials warn that the creation of a new online portal for states to upload voter information is already fueling confusion and could ultimately disenfranchise voters.

nytimes.com

Starbucks Workers United@sbworkersunited.org · 2w ago

🚨BREAKING: Our union of over 12,000 baristas are officially calling for a Starbucks boycott. Read this statement penned by Starbucks workers on why a boycott from ALL customers, allies, and organizations is necessary to fight back against corporate greed:

BOYCOTT STARBUCKS is written inside a zig-zaggy speech bubble against crumbled paper. Beside it are the Starbucks Workers United logo and an image of a coffee cup being poured out.We, the 12,000 and growing members of Starbucks Workers United, call on everyone who stands with working people to boycott Starbucks until they finalize a contract with union baristas and stop union-busting. What we’re fighting for is simple: a minimum $17/hr wage, enough hours to live on, better staffing in our stores, and basic workplace protections. Every year, our living costs rise but our wages don’t keep up – a growing pressure many American workers are feeling as corporate greed accelerates unchecked in our country. Starbucks is banking on customers' blind loyalty to the integrity and values this company once stood for in order to keep squeezing them for profits. At a time when working-class people across the country are struggling in a challenging economy, it is no longer possible to be both a Starbucks customer and in support of workers; choosing to spend money at Starbucks is choosing a law breaking corporation over the baristas who make your coffee everyday exactly as you ask for it. Starbucks has violated U.S. labor law more than any other company in modern history–the NLRB and its judges have found that Starbucks committed hundreds of labor violations and there are currently more than 550 unresolved unfair labor practice charges still pending against the company. Instead of finalizing a fair and reasonable union contract, Starbucks has repeatedly demonstrated a lack of care for the workers who fuel the company’s profits by wasting millions of dollars on AI and technology that doesn’t work, launching countless gimmicky drinks designed to distract from real problems, and inventing pointless policies that do nothing but make our jobs harder. This ongoing, irrational behavior by Starbucks and its refusal to settle a fair union contract with workers leaves us with no other choice than to call for a boycott. We know when working people stand up together, we win. No Contract? No Coffee.
Matt Young@mattyoung.bsky.social · last wk.

Heads up to my union siblings and those who care about the union cause. If you're buying from Starbucks, you're crossing a picket line! Please support those fighting for fair wages and working conditions.

Fight For A Union@fightforaunion.bsky.social · last wk.

Don't forget: Starbucks is boycotted. The company has received hundreds of NLRB rulings against it and still has 550 cases pending. Corporate is refusing to finalize a fair contract. Meanwhile, their CEO makes $14,900/hr. Baristas are asking for $17. No contract? No coffee.

Lee West@whodat35.bsky.social · last wk.

Night to all good sports. Just remember, it’s the corruption that will undo this toxic regime. ProPublica has “a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,600 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives…” Be sure to bookmark the database & dive in:

Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,600 of His Appointees - ProPublica

Use this database to explore potential conflicts of interest for President Donald Trump and his team. The documents disclose positions officials have held outside government, their assets and their de...

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Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · last wk.

Sometimes I can’t even fully process the catastrophe that RFK Jr. has unleashed upon the United States. It is infuriating and demoralizing that tens of thousands of scientists and healthcare professionals banded together to oppose his confirmation, and Republicans just blithely ignored us all.

Elizabeth Warren@warren.senate.gov · 2w ago

Hollywood mega mergers hurt everyone except the people at the top. If you read one thing about the potential Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, let it be this: www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

Mike Schur: The Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Is Existential for Writers

“A market ceases to function when competition disappears. And it’s disappearing,” contends the comedy writer whose credits include 'Saturday Night Live,' 'The Office,' 'Parks and Recreation,' 'Brookly...

hollywoodreporter.com

Boze Herrington, Library Owl@sketchesbyboze.bsky.social · 2w ago

Dolly Parton rose from poverty to stardom. She gave $500 to every student in her hometown who finished high school; she built hospitals & bald eagle preserves; her Imagination Library has gifted 300 million books to children. Roger Ebert met her and came away thinking she was a literal angel. RIP.

“In Dallas for the premier of '9 to 5', I had an uncanny experience, and on the plane home to Chicago I confessed it to Siskel: I had been granted a private half hour with Dolly Parton, and as we spoke I was filled with a strange ethereal grace. This was not spiritual, nor was it sexual. It was healing and comforting. Gene listened and said, "Roger, I felt the exact same thing during my interview with her." We looked at each other. What did this mean? Neither one of us ever felt that feeling again. From time to time we would refer to it in wonder.”
Joseph Cox@josephcox.bsky.social · 2w ago

A cop made a fake Flock camera with a 3D printer in his own time, then cops staked it out to catch someone who vandalized it. It was bait, a trap. Now facing charges of property damage of over $1,000. But... it's a piece of cheap plastic, it's basically worth nothing www.404media.co/man-charged-...

Man Charged With 3 Felonies For Breaking 3D-Printed ‘Decoy’ Flock Camera

Police are devising sting operations to catch Flock vandals, then charging them with felonies.

404media.co

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

Justice Jackson: This "violates well-established precedents concerning this Court's equitable discretion and needlessly injects chaos and uncertainty into the upcoming midterm elections. It also lets another shoe drop in the Kafkaesque nightmare that our precedents have been steadily creating."

Kyle Griffin@kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 2w ago

Reuters: U.S. SUPREME COURT LIFTS JUDICIAL DECISION THAT BLOCKED IN 23 STATES AND WASHINGTON, D.C. TRUMP'S ORDER RESTRICTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS