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Jack Matirko

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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
So what’s your take on this whole St. Bartolo business? A self-professed Satanist who was awarded a papal knighthood by throwing big parties to Mary for the Dominicans. And Sainted by a pope from Chicago. Home of American mythology’s best salvation story about two wayward orphans raised by nuns.
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two men giving a thumbs up with the words we 're on a mission from god behind them
ALT: two men giving a thumbs up with the words we 're on a mission from god behind them
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
see cuz the candies we hand out in my household almost all have nut allergy warnings www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1750...
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May contain nuts by HappyProduct | Redbubble
Halloween: May Contain Nuts serves as both a festive holiday piece and a reminder that your house has candies with peanut butter in them.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Who had “MAGA shaman crashes out and tries to do an Emperor Norton” on their bingo card? I sure didn’t www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/phoenix...
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QAnon Shaman says he’s rightful president, sues Trump for $40 trillion
In a rambling complaint, Jacob Chansley claims DJs are spies, that the NSA stole his work for a Batman movie and more.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Clay Higgins just resigned his seat on the house homeland security committee.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
On the other hand, in the desert the lawn furniture is almost cool enough to touch sometimes now.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
It’s wild to me how many Texans are ok with their state people’s house being used to unlawfully detain elected members of the minority party for doing their job.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is about, for all intents and purposes, intensive purposes of intentive porpoises.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Experts warn that sandwichgate style attacks spreading to the barrio could lead to officers suffering from post-torta stress disorder 🥪
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
On this episode of the Naked Diner Podcast cohost Andrew Hall and I are joined by Katheryn McGaffigan whose recently debuted her one-woman show “Follower” off-Broadway and has a new EP in the works with members of Swans. youtu.be/cK9DNxorw7U?...
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Writer/Performer Katheryn McGaffigan - Naked Diner Podcast
YouTube video by Naked Diner Podcast
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Living in basically a dorm room of an office … probably wandering over to the cafeteria in the middle of the night for the bean soup. Think he ever leaves the hill except to go to fundraisers or the airport?
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
My latest at @onlyskymedia.bsky.social
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Anyone doing the vanlife thing ought to be real nervous about now. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...
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Donald Trump plans to send US homeless to treatment centers
Trump's new order will reportedly redirect federal funds to send impacted homeless people to treatment or rehabilitation facilities.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
With some fairness, the last episode of season 26 was in March 2023 and all the things you’ve listed have happened since then.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Which AZ senator was objecting to his resolution?
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
May hell be so loud tonight that heaven can’t sleep. #RIPOzzy youtu.be/NsXEb-NOs88?...
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N.I.B.
YouTube video by Black Sabbath - Topic
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I didn’t say I’d hold my breath on it happening.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
I think the House Sgt at Arms could be maybe be called on to instruct Capitol Police to go find the person and detain them in temporary holding until the house reconvenes so they can be brought before committee. Dunno if that’s ever happened.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Got spoons? This week on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social I talk about spoons a lot. onlys.ky/hope-you-hav...
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Hope you have the spoons for this
The surprising relevance of a handy piece of flatware.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The Magabros are just pissed at James Gunn’s Superman because it showed them their abused trophy wives would betray them in a heartbeat for schlelppy nobodies like Jimmy Olsen if given half a chance. ⁦
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
The Superman movie isn’t woke; it’s a Superman movie. A woke Superman movie would be a Lois Lane movie, and a whole lot more like All the President’s Men. Whole thing would take place in and around the Planet bullpen.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
That’ll make Pacific Heights weird I bet. /j
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Who gives a shit? Priorities. Ffs
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
“Film at 11”
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
The bots— have they not figured out how to properly use an interrobang‽ Like you’d think since they’re not limited to qwerty keyboards they’d make better use of that one. Don’t think I’ve ever seen an LLM use one.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Me and Andrew Hall are back in the Naked Diner this week with University of Illinois Chicago History Chair Kevin M. Schultz to talk about his new book and the history of American Liberalism. I particularly enjoyed Professor Schultz’s extended Spiro Agnew rant. youtu.be/Rtn7cwQSq4c?...
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Professor Kevin M. Schultz on White Liberals - Naked Diner Podcast
YouTube video by Naked Diner Podcast
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
Ever hung out with wastelanders? If you want to have a serious discussion about post-apocalyptic fashion you have got to meet some of them folk.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
It means H&R Block and intuit get to charge more people fees to do their taxes so their stocks are going up in anticipation of this stupid thing passing.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
New from me on @onlyskymedia.bsky.social onlys.ky/the-benefits...
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The benefits of wearing a keffiyeh
It's just a practical garment for life in the desert.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Oh it’s so much worse than that.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Let’s dig out an oldie but goodie youtu.be/t-S69WXkuQM?...
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10 The I N S Took My Novia Away (The KKK Took My Baby Away) by Manic Hispanic
YouTube video by 139784
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
Y’know what we had last time we did this big Middle East war stuff? Chronological timelines. That whole ceasefire fiasco would’ve been a lot more straightforward if everyone just still had chronological timelines.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
If you think it’s bad now wait until future archaeologists have to wade through all our B.S. too to figure out how they got where they are.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
80s kids know … the best Cyrano wasn’t Gerard Depardieu but actually Steve f’n Martin youtu.be/OwB9zQ-8MaM?...
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20 something better - Roxanne
YouTube video by dsmajid
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
New from me at @onlyskymedia.bsky.social
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How do we fix work/life balance for parents?
We'd all benefit if more jobs were compatible with raising a family.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
9 years ago for one glorious week I beat that other podcaster in the rankings and all y’all had to do to avoid this whole mess was give us the giant piles of cash instead. Join my patreon. patreon.com/JackMatirko
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
… 🎶 blue candy in the arctic on a long stick, who watches over youuuu 🎶 (I dunno what kind of bird it is, but I couldn’t help it)
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
And we’re back. “A brief history of the future of publishing” New from me on OnlySky. onlys.ky/a-brief-hist...
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A brief history of the future of publishing
Will AI turn creatives into digital coal miners?
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
You @cloudflare.social what’s up?
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
The announcement that Netflix will be getting Sesame Street lock, stock, and barrel seems like a pretty good deal. New episodes with continue to air on PBS, so that’s good.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
Me and my bestie talking dad facts
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It doesn’t particularly help that the American attention span is shot to hell thanks to social media. Selling books ain’t easy these days. I’d go plug one of my books on a network in a heartbeat.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
It could air right after Bake-off and share the cast. Just keep the cameras rolling and tell them to clean up. Boom! Another paycheck for Channel 4 celebrities sorted.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Also they’ve yet to explain how if souls are non-corporeal how they could possibly be gendered. Angels didn’t have genders, why would souls?
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
@pontifexes.bsky.social … just sanyin’ man. Wanna come watch a movie about some Chicago boys who made good?
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Oh, thanks Le-le. Tell me all about … you just got made Pope and you’re from Chicago, congrats! Just tell me whether or not you want to sit down and watch the Blues Brothers sometime when you get a chance.
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I hope the new pope can live up to the legacy of the greatest Catholic Missionaries to ever come from Chicago … St. Elwood and Brother Jake youtu.be/euJ22UqLD5Y?...
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The Blues Brothers - Sweet Home Chicago (Official Audio)
YouTube video by The Blues Brothers
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
I was Greek Orthodox and went to a St. Nicholas church. Weirded everyone out that our paintings of him looked nothing like Santa
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Right?
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
So these kids just said they’re going to maintain a 24/7 presence on the national mall calling for Trump’s impeachment … the more eyes the better www.youtube.com/live/tl8rXqx...
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LIVE: Major MAYDAY Protest for Trump's REMOVAL from Office | Lights On with Jessica Denson
YouTube video by Jessica Denson
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Jack Matirko @ledflashing.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
I do sometimes wonder what Chesterton would think of the current state of things … www.gutenberg.org/files/1695/1...
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