Andreas Matern
@amatern.bsky.social
LifeSciences/Healthcare data nerd - also a guitar, science fiction and technology nerd. Just a general nerd. Dedham, MA, USA. Chaotic Good.
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no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE
Does Mike Johnson Know...Anything? Anything At All?
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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November 4, 2025 at 1:31 AM
no evidence whatsoever that mike johnson knows a single thing youtu.be/YR2WiILR6XE
The worst timeline...
The US has revoked the visa of a Nobel Prize winner in literature after the author called President Trump "Idi Amin in whiteface." Nigerian Wole Soyinka, 91, said the US consulate told him to bring in his passport so it could be canceled in person. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says his US visa revoked
The 91-year-old Nobel laureate in literature has been a critic of Trump's immigration policy.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The worst timeline...
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Democratic AGs and governors sue the feds for suspending SNAP/food benefits during the shutdown @wbur.org www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-55...
Democratic AGs and governors sue USDA for suspending SNAP benefits
More than two dozen Democratic states are suing the Agriculture Department after the Trump administration said it would not use emergency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
www.wbur.org
October 28, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Democratic AGs and governors sue the feds for suspending SNAP/food benefits during the shutdown @wbur.org www.wbur.org/npr/nx-s1-55...
Man, our costumes were crazy back in the day. And I do love the "complete breakfast" that includes Count Chocula.
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70s Vintage Halloween Commercials
YouTube video by Nostalgic Halloween
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October 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Man, our costumes were crazy back in the day. And I do love the "complete breakfast" that includes Count Chocula.
youtu.be/uErFyTelCxU?...
youtu.be/uErFyTelCxU?...
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We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.
October 21, 2025 at 8:12 PM
We need to remove the cancer in the Oval Office to restore funding to children’s cancer research.
I find watching the creation of art to be fascinating. This story about Nighthawks At The Diner is really interesting.
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
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How Edward Hopper Storyboarded ‘Nighthawks’
Drawings at the Whitney reveal the step-by-step process the artist used to create his iconic painting of a New York diner at night
www.artnews.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I find watching the creation of art to be fascinating. This story about Nighthawks At The Diner is really interesting.
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
www.artnews.com/art-news/new...
A great comic about AI Art. Brilliant, even.
October 8, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A great comic about AI Art. Brilliant, even.
Watching 20 sided tavern at the Boch Center - having a blast
October 5, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Watching 20 sided tavern at the Boch Center - having a blast
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Spoiler: NO
Do Democrats want free healthcare for undocumented migrants?
Do Democrats want free healthcare for undocumented migrants?
Do Democrats want free healthcare for undocumented migrants?
Amid the blame game over the shutdown, Republicans claim Democrats want free healthcare for illegal immigrants - the Democrats call this a lie
www.bbc.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Spoiler: NO
Do Democrats want free healthcare for undocumented migrants?
Do Democrats want free healthcare for undocumented migrants?
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It's October, which means the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award is accepting applications from now through February 1. Pro-tip: Leave yourself time for editing, critique, revision.
Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award
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October 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's October, which means the Jim Baen Memorial Short Story Award is accepting applications from now through February 1. Pro-tip: Leave yourself time for editing, critique, revision.
Our "president" is disgusting.
October 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Our "president" is disgusting.
Today is Tag der Deutschen Einheit! Celebrate!
October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Today is Tag der Deutschen Einheit! Celebrate!
Please fellow Bostonians - let’s keep public radio funded. Donate today!
Froggy “borrowed” my tools of the trade to remind you that @wbur.org =INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM=CORNERSTONE OF DEMOCRACY=DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS. Congress canceled all federal funding of public media. WBUR needs your support. Please give at wbur.org/game-on or call 800-909-WBUR. Thanks! And ribbet.
October 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Please fellow Bostonians - let’s keep public radio funded. Donate today!
Great game, nothing like a bottom of the 9th nailbiter. Nice work RedSox!
October 1, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Great game, nothing like a bottom of the 9th nailbiter. Nice work RedSox!
Reading through Absolute Superman and I love the disdain for AI from the protagonists, as well as the quote from the downtrodden while being interviewed by their mega-corp oppressors "We pray for Superman's rage" #comics #AbsoluteSuperman
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Reading through Absolute Superman and I love the disdain for AI from the protagonists, as well as the quote from the downtrodden while being interviewed by their mega-corp oppressors "We pray for Superman's rage" #comics #AbsoluteSuperman
Well, I just wasted some time in a very fun, beautiful way: messenger.abeto.co
Messenger
It's a small planet, but someone's gotta make the deliveries.
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September 29, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Well, I just wasted some time in a very fun, beautiful way: messenger.abeto.co
More opportunities for my artistic friends:
locusmag.com/2025/09/jame...
James Patterson launched "Go Finish Your Book"—awarding up to $50K each to 12 emerging writers (total $500K) to help them complete their manuscripts.
locusmag.com/2025/09/jame...
James Patterson launched "Go Finish Your Book"—awarding up to $50K each to 12 emerging writers (total $500K) to help them complete their manuscripts.
James Patterson Announces “Go Finish Your Book” Recipients
James Patterson, in partnership with organizations including Association of Writers & Writing Programs, the Authors Guild, Girls Write Now, the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and PEN America, has anno…
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September 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
More opportunities for my artistic friends:
locusmag.com/2025/09/jame...
James Patterson launched "Go Finish Your Book"—awarding up to $50K each to 12 emerging writers (total $500K) to help them complete their manuscripts.
locusmag.com/2025/09/jame...
James Patterson launched "Go Finish Your Book"—awarding up to $50K each to 12 emerging writers (total $500K) to help them complete their manuscripts.
For all the artists out there: October 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/oppo...
October 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists
Every month, we share opportunities for artists and designers, including open calls, grants, fellowships, and residencies.
www.thisiscolossal.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:46 PM
For all the artists out there: October 2025 Opportunities: Open Calls, Residencies, and Grants for Artists www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/09/oppo...
I was going to post a quote, but there are too many good ones. Our culture obsesses over young prodigies, but his story proves that middle age can be exactly when experience, failure, and time finally distill into greatness. Good read.
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/remember-k...
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/remember-k...
Remember: Kurt Vonnegut was 47
The Long Apprenticeship
www.joanwestenberg.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I was going to post a quote, but there are too many good ones. Our culture obsesses over young prodigies, but his story proves that middle age can be exactly when experience, failure, and time finally distill into greatness. Good read.
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/remember-k...
www.joanwestenberg.com/p/remember-k...
www.itsnicethat.com/features/the...
This cartoon is pretty amazing, talking about using AI as a last minute crutch.
This cartoon is pretty amazing, talking about using AI as a last minute crutch.
The great sameness: a comic on how AI makes us more alike
Studies say that using generative AI flattens our collective creative individuality. But how does this happen? Comic artist Jordan Bolton shows us, so we might escape the same fate.
www.itsnicethat.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
www.itsnicethat.com/features/the...
This cartoon is pretty amazing, talking about using AI as a last minute crutch.
This cartoon is pretty amazing, talking about using AI as a last minute crutch.
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1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Fox: "We're announcing today expanded programs to help the American coal industry. We're helping it because for years it has been under assault. It was out of fashion with the chardonnay set in San Francisco, Boulder, and NYC ... coal just makes the world go round."
September 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
1. More Americans work at the Cheesecake Factory than in the entire coal industry, and that won't change. It's because of automation, not snooty libs.
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
2. Coal energy is now more expensive than wind and solar.
3. So this means: higher energy prices, more pollution, no jobs benefit. Genius!
How does anyone support this idiot?
Wait: so the President of the United States shared a video of a fake news report, rooted in a conspiracy theory, that features an AI-generated version of himself promoting a policy that…doesn’t exist?
Trump tonight appears to have pushed the false "medbed" conspiracy theory, which has spread in the far-right internet over the years. www.yahoo.com/news/qanon-c...
September 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
How does anyone support this idiot?
For anyone who is writing and has a piece that fits the bill!
The general submissions portal is now open for all writers. We are looking for speculative fiction stories, 5000 words or under, and our preference is for something that is, more or less, fun.
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
For anyone who is writing and has a piece that fits the bill!