Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 7hIt’s cliche to say “A fine means it’s only illegal for poor people,” but … 020
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 8hI’d love to know the polling difference between people who want an execution and a public execution. I suspect there are a large number of people who want it to happen but don’t want to have to face what that means. 140
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026@500songspodcast.bsky.social called this the only lasting legacy of Iron Butterfly. 020
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026youtu.be/m2uTFF_3MaA?... This whole soundtrack.youtu.beThe Beatles - Yellow SubmarineYouTube video by TheBeatlesVEVO 130
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I always hear a line in Paul Simon’s Myth of the Fingerprints as “Elvis was the watermelon” which can’t be right but that’s what it sounds like. 2100
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I just submitted a peer review to a journal that had a more rigorous conflict of interest policy than the White House has. 010
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When I saw Lucinda Williams this summer, she closed with Rocking in the Free World. That was pretty great. 110
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026youtu.be/tgbNymZ7vqY?...youtu.beBohemian Rhapsody | Muppet Music Video | The MuppetsYouTube video by The Muppets 110
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I love’s Otis’s original, but even he knew Aretha owned the song. 010
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026@500songspodcast.bsky.social taught me how much I love early 60s girl groups. 000
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There are lots of songs you don’t know are covers live Wilson Picket’s Mustang Sally, The Temptation’s Papa Was a Rolling Stone, and Otis Redding’s A Hard Day’s Night. 140
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I prefer “version” to “cover”, but youtu.be/0XlO39kCQ-8?...youtu.beThey Might Be Giants - Istanbul (Not Constantinople) (Official Music Video)YouTube video by RHINO 2230
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I haven’t seen it, but sure, it’s completely accurate. 010
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Wordle 1,933 6/6 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩⬜🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 130
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Anyone who believes we’re getting $5000 also believes he’ll personally sign 200 million+ checks. 000
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I keep scrolling it on and off the screen. For the first instant I see it, I see a goat until my eyes focus on the eye and beak. A really weird sensation. 000
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I know the difference unless I think about it. Then I have no idea what’s right. 010
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's a former Baltimore County cop currently running for state delegate who "kept performing in blackface until 2015, when he planned a fundraiser for the officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray." www.thebanner.com/politics-pow...thebanner.comBlackface performer, peace order clash: Have Baltimore County Republicans gone full MAGA?The coarsening discourse, attention-grabbing tactics, and efforts to out-MAGA one’s opponent mirror national politics. 020
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's like it didn't occur to them he'd be prepared for their bullshit. 091
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I temped for Nat West Insurance in the mid 90's, so I feel like I can apologize on their behalf. 010
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Having taken the train to Busan, I can report this film contains some inaccuracies. 110
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The last couple of times I’ve watched this I was struck by how much of an asshole Jimmy Stewart was and how he so didn’t deserve Grace Kelly. I mean, amazing movie, but still. 100
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It’s a really bad film that I saw in the theater when it first came out. Sorry, but it’s true. Great, but terrible. 110
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 28/09/2026He’s also the most unabashedly liberal fiction writer I’ve read. Actively insults MAGA. Does not want MAGA readers. 000
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026The Wanderers by Chuck Wendig would also fit. It’s a sci-fi pandemic novel, and very engrossing. He’s like a modern Steven King, but with a very diverse cast of characters. 100
Matthew 🍔 @matthewburger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Did you understand the end? Because I didn’t. I read it last year and thought I should immediately start over. 100
