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Matt @mikalatos.com · 20/12/2025

Here's my rabbit pal Bruce!

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 10/10/2025

If you had to guess whether he's getting threats from antifa or Turning Point USA what would you guess?

Headline: antifa expert at Rutgers University says he is moving to Spain because of death threats

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 09/09/2025

Six years ago @philhester.bsky.social was out here drawing the truly important theological lines in the sand. If only we had listened!

A tweet from Phil Hester that says, "If you answer the question 'Is Godzilla in Heaven?" with anything less than an unqualified yes, you are not fit to teach the Sunday School classes of any creed.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 09/09/2025

Mother of 9, grandmother of 7, Margarita Avila was wrongfully arrested and turned over to ICE. After months in a crowded private prison, she withdrew her asylum claim. ICE handcuffed this harmless grandmother and flew her to her childhood home in Belize. thesestories.substack.com/p/grandmothe...

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 24/08/2025

Must be sad to live without freedom in Russia. Poor people of Saint Petersburg

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 14/07/2025

Recently learned that AI can translate prayer languages or "speaking in tongues" and as a curious Christian I thought I would test it out. (Thanks @jrforasteros.com for the heads up.)

A screenshot from ChatGPT that says:

“ghghgh akf a sum boya soya”
= “AI is the devil’s handiwork”

So based on that, here's a breakdown guess (if there's a pattern):

ghghgh → “AI”

akf → “is”

a → (possibly just “the”)

sum → “devil’s”

boya → “handi-”

soya → “work”

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 23/06/2025

She came to the US legally, married a US Marine, went to her green card appointment and got arrested by ICE instead. open.substack.com/pub/thesesto...

A young woman with shoulder-length hair wearing a purple hoodie and glasses smiles from behind her bearded husband, who is wearing sunglasses and a shirt that says "never rat on your friends."

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 02/06/2025

A tree frog joined me for hammock time

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 28/05/2025

I was so pleased to be able to talk about my new graphic novel GOD WITH US with the fine folks over at Moody Radio, and specifically on the program THE LAND AND THE BOOK. You can listen here: www.moodyradio.org/radioplayer.... (interview starts at about the 13 minute mark)

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 23/05/2025

I hope you're able to find somewhere beautiful and take care of yourself today

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 14/05/2025

19-year-old Ximena Arias-Cristobal was mistakenly pulled over by the police, and then purposely sent to one of ICE's private prisons. open.substack.com/pub/thesesto...

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 05/05/2025

Got a (positive!) Kirkus Review for my new graphic novel! www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 11/04/2025

"Today's hot stocks"

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 09/04/2025

No one "self-deports." That's an Orwellian euphemism and shouldn't be used by news sources, media, or anyone committed to truth. People can "expatriate themselves." They can "voluntarily leave the country." They can "flee in fear of being put in for-profit prisons." They don't "self-deport."

deport /dĭ-pôrt′/
transitive verb
To expel from a country.
"deported the foreigner who had entered the country illegally."
To behave or conduct (oneself) in a given manner; comport.
To transport; to carry away; to exile; to send into banishment; to expel (from a region or country).
Similar: deported
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 01/04/2025

TODAY IS RELEASE DAY FOR MY FIRST EVER GRAPHIC NOVEL! I'm so happy and pleased. If you're in the SF Bay Area this weekend, I'll be signing copies at Flying Colors Comics Saturday from 12-3pm. If not, check it out at your local bookstore or the corporate overlords: amzn.to/42lsSYW

Pages from the graphic novel GOD WITH US and a pic of the cover: two kids walking with a laughing Jesus. And a speech bubble that says "Learn more at godwithusbook.com"

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 01/04/2025

I got to do a long interview with Rapt Interviews that just came out today. Lots of thoughts about favorite restaurants, crows, spiritual practices, personal weaknesses. You know, the normal stuff. 🙂 raptinterviews.com/features/mat...

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 14/03/2025

I made this comic for my newsletter about thought-terminating clichés today.

Panel #1:

A woman says "I can't find Jim. I'm worried."
A man replies: "Oh, I killed him."

Panel #2: The man says, "He was a terrorist."

Panel #3: A group of observers say "Good job, man" "cool" and "I always suspected."

The man says, "Just keeping us safe."

The woman says, "But Jim was my new kitten."

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 07/03/2025

I had a post go viral over at FB this week. I wrote up some thoughts about the kinds of comments you get on a viral post. I think you'll find it interesting. mattmikalatos.substack.com/p/going-vira...

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 06/03/2025

META technology doesn't like me linking to a reputable website about civil forfeiture and how ICE can steal your stuff if they decide you're a criminal. Their technology took action, even.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 05/03/2025

Always glad to get a mention at @publisherswkly.bsky.social! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 02/03/2025

WHY ISN'T HE WEARING A SUIT AND TIE?! WHY IS HE WEARING A BASEBALL CAP?! SO DISRESPECTFUL TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!!! AND HAS HE THANKED US ONCE FOR THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS THE US GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN HIM?!

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 02/03/2025

My girl scout (15 years old HOW) and her best friend have headed for the beach to test the girl scout cookie market. She's 60 boxes away from her goal and hoping to be done by the end of the day! If you'd like to order some online, here's the link: digitalcookie.girlscouts.org/scout/myca93...

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 21/02/2025

Just getting some writing done this morning. What are you up to?

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 19/02/2025

P.S. Today is the 83rd anniversary of the United States signing an executive order to throw US citizens of Japanese ancestry in concentration camps.

A map of the US showing Japanese-American internment camps between 1942-46, as well as the "exclusion area."

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 19/02/2025

Yes, it's a concentration camp. 5/8

Concentration camp definition from the American Heritage Dictionary:

A camp where persons are confined, usually without hearings and typically under harsh conditions, often as a result of their membership in a group the government has identified as suspect.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 19/02/2025

27-year-old Artemis Ghasemzadeh was an English teacher in her home country of Iran. She met some Christians in the underground church and became a Christian. Fearing for her life under Iran's extremist religious laws, she ran for the US, only to be picked up by US immigration authorities. 1/8

A young Iranian woman with dark hair and small braids with pink hair bands. Her earrings and her necklace all have crosses on them.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 19/02/2025

Just deleted all my tweets, and I gotta say this was the one I was saddest to let go into the dark night.

A gymnast doing the "iron cross" on the rings. The caption reads "SO SICK OF THE OLYMPICS MOCKING OUR CHRISTIAN FAITH"

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 14/02/2025

Got a solid inch or two over here 😂

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 08/02/2025

Here's my bunny, Bruce, taking a well deserved nap next to my spouse!

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 05/02/2025

I'm very pleased to say that rewards members at @barnesandnoble.com get a 25% discount on books they preorder today through Friday, which includes GOD WITH US, my graphic novel releasing on April 1st (no, really).

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 30/01/2025

Found this old comic I made. I have no memory of making it, but I learned two things: 1. Apparently I still think this is funny. 2. If I were that frog I would sue for the bad portrait in panel 3. TAKE AN ART CLASS LOSER

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 24/01/2025

Mercy has been in the news this week

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 20/01/2025

Was this a Nazi salute? Well, the neo-Nazis and white supremacists seem to think so. And I, for one, think we should listen to the experts.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 17/01/2025

I'm concerned for both Bert and Ernie

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 15/01/2025

I'm very pleased to say that I'm finally allowed to share the cover of my upcoming (first!) graphic novel!

The cover to the graphic novel GOD WITH US. Two children are walking down the road with a joyful, laughing Jesus. Behind them, two older followers follow along. There are also panels of stories from the Bible that are being told as they walk: Jonah and the whale, the crucifixion, Moses, Jesus being baptized, the feeding of the five thousand, the rainbow over Noah's ark.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 02/01/2025

Starting the new year off right with some homemade guacamole!

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 28/12/2024

Finally someone is thinking about the investors

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 14/12/2024

Meta has both removed and failed to remove an account I reported for trying to scam me by cloning a friend's account.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 12/12/2024

Time for an all you can eat spinach buffet.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 06/12/2024

I was so naive and uninformed. Season 21 this year and Grey's Anatomy is still going strong! Congrats and keep going.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 03/12/2024

The crows are watching

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 01/12/2024

WHO CORRUPTED THE SENATOR? In June 1938, Superman was determined to find out. He was suspicious that the senator was working on behalf of fat cats and a "munitions magnate" instead of the common, decent, hard-working American people.

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 29/11/2024

Time for our family Thanksgiving movie on the Oregon coast!

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 27/11/2024

King Bruce just checking in

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Matt @mikalatos.com · 22/11/2024

Feel like some people are gonna be really disappointed when they unbox the couch at home

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