MAT-AT (aka Downtown Lars)
@08mms.bsky.social
M&A Lawyer, Semi-Stereotypical Dad, Michigan Wolverine, National History Day - Michigan Regional Runner Up (2000)
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You too can create any image you desire, as long as it's okay that it looks like it was made with all the care and attention you'd expect from a supermarket bakery worker starting to personalize an ice cream cake with seven minutes left in their shift
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 PM
You too can create any image you desire, as long as it's okay that it looks like it was made with all the care and attention you'd expect from a supermarket bakery worker starting to personalize an ice cream cake with seven minutes left in their shift
Now: Salt Creek
College: Huron
Growing Up: Looking Glass
College: Huron
Growing Up: Looking Glass
Now: Catawba
Late 20s: Yadkin
Early 20s: East
College: Haw (Cape Fear Basin)
Growing up: Kootenay (Columbia Basin)
Late 20s: Yadkin
Early 20s: East
College: Haw (Cape Fear Basin)
Growing up: Kootenay (Columbia Basin)
My favorite Twitter prompt was "RT this with your home river," so reskeet this with your home river.
Mine is the Patuxent.
Mine is the Patuxent.
January 12, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Now: Salt Creek
College: Huron
Growing Up: Looking Glass
College: Huron
Growing Up: Looking Glass
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Y’all wanna see a multimillion grade II renovation done right?
Of course you do. Here’s the before pictures: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/4...
Of course you do. Here’s the before pictures: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/4...
www.rightmove.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Y’all wanna see a multimillion grade II renovation done right?
Of course you do. Here’s the before pictures: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/4...
Of course you do. Here’s the before pictures: www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/4...
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You want to annex Greenland? The place where Fezzik couldn't get a job?
January 11, 2025 at 7:15 PM
You want to annex Greenland? The place where Fezzik couldn't get a job?
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A brawl has broken out in the Hershey Bears intermission game
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 AM
A brawl has broken out in the Hershey Bears intermission game
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Hochul and Mamdani to unveil free child care plan in New York City
Hochul and Mamdani to unveil free child care plan in New York City
Hochul and Mamdani to unveil free child care plan in New York City
www.independent.co.uk
January 8, 2026 at 12:56 PM
Hochul and Mamdani to unveil free child care plan in New York City
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Sen. Tillis says he’s put a hold on DHS nominees
“I’d simply like the Homeland Security Secretary to respond to what are now two requests by the chairman to come before the committee, and that's the reason why I placed the blanket hold before the shooting yesterday on anything related” to DHS
“I’d simply like the Homeland Security Secretary to respond to what are now two requests by the chairman to come before the committee, and that's the reason why I placed the blanket hold before the shooting yesterday on anything related” to DHS
January 8, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Sen. Tillis says he’s put a hold on DHS nominees
“I’d simply like the Homeland Security Secretary to respond to what are now two requests by the chairman to come before the committee, and that's the reason why I placed the blanket hold before the shooting yesterday on anything related” to DHS
“I’d simply like the Homeland Security Secretary to respond to what are now two requests by the chairman to come before the committee, and that's the reason why I placed the blanket hold before the shooting yesterday on anything related” to DHS
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i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
January 8, 2026 at 2:18 PM
i know we're all busy but i just overheard a plumber say "parlez-vous français ? non ? you motherfuckers don't even speak french, do you" to a pair of french bulldogs
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Democrats cannot vote for a DHS budget that doesn’t restrain the growing lawlessness of this agency.
A witness shared this video with me showing an ICE officer shooting a driver in an SUV in south Minneapolis. DHS says the woman is dead.
ICE officer fatally shoots driver in Minneapolis
YouTube video by Minnesota Reformer
youtu.be
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Democrats cannot vote for a DHS budget that doesn’t restrain the growing lawlessness of this agency.
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The resemblance was obvious to anyone who Caesar
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
The resemblance was obvious to anyone who Caesar
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This is an incredible story
Feels like a good morning to tell Bluesky the story about when I overdosed on my underwear, so let’s do this! 🧵
January 6, 2026 at 9:48 PM
This is an incredible story
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i saved this before Everything Happened and god has it come true
January 4, 2026 at 8:08 PM
i saved this before Everything Happened and god has it come true
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Portmanteau is a portmanteau of "Portland" and "manatee"
It refers to the 1907 Manatee War that destroyed Portland, twice, in one summer.
It refers to the 1907 Manatee War that destroyed Portland, twice, in one summer.
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Portmanteau is a portmanteau of "Portland" and "manatee"
It refers to the 1907 Manatee War that destroyed Portland, twice, in one summer.
It refers to the 1907 Manatee War that destroyed Portland, twice, in one summer.
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The credits from Sinners are the career fair I need.
January 4, 2026 at 12:22 PM
The credits from Sinners are the career fair I need.
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Someone shared this after the 60 Minutes fiasco from the print version of The Onion.
January 4, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Someone shared this after the 60 Minutes fiasco from the print version of The Onion.
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"I always retain optionality on anything and on all of these matters!" I shout while overturning chairs in a Wendy's because they won't make me a Big Mac
BRENNAN: To be clear, there is no plan for US occupation of this country of nearly 30 million people?
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
MARCO RUBIO: The president always retains optionality on anything and on all of these matters
January 4, 2026 at 4:28 PM
"I always retain optionality on anything and on all of these matters!" I shout while overturning chairs in a Wendy's because they won't make me a Big Mac
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If you haven’t already read it, I highly recommend Legacy of Ashes for a history of the U.S. overthrowing other governments. Back when it was covert, rather than a very public Saturday morning surprise www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/188076...
Legacy of Ashes by Tim Weiner: 9780307389008 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD WINNER • With shocking revelations that made headlines all across the country, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Tim Weiner gets at the truth...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com
January 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
If you haven’t already read it, I highly recommend Legacy of Ashes for a history of the U.S. overthrowing other governments. Back when it was covert, rather than a very public Saturday morning surprise www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/188076...
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To adventure!
January 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
To adventure!
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I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
How Grok's sexual abuse hit a tipping point
Nonconsensual deepfakes on X are nothing new, but now it's built into the platform.
spitfirenews.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I've been tracking the spread of nonconsensual deepfakes on X for more than two years. Here's a timeline of how Musk's leadership allowed the practice to flourish from a once-underground market to a viral trend, with little recourse for victims or legal enforcement.
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
spitfirenews.com/p/grok-csam-...
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This brainrot is more responsible for the rise of authoritarianism in the US than any of the wokeness it will not shut up about
January 2, 2026 at 3:01 PM
This brainrot is more responsible for the rise of authoritarianism in the US than any of the wokeness it will not shut up about
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Saw Bluesky described as where elder millennials go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.
December 29, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Saw Bluesky described as where elder millennials go to retire from the internet, and immediately felt the peace that passes all understanding wash over me. None of have to struggle any longer. We completed our time.