Matt Corallo
@bluematt.bsky.social
10th known contributor to Bitcoin Core. Now Full-Time Open-Source Bitcoin+Lightning Projects at Spiral (Part of Block).
Come for the false promise of bitcoin discussion, enjoy the eclectic music selection instead.
Come for the false promise of bitcoin discussion, enjoy the eclectic music selection instead.
Anyone have any idea when/if @radicle.xyz will support having a simple web ui to allow contributors who don't want to use the CLI to at least open/comment on an issue? That (+moderation) seems like the biggest blocker to larger-scale adoption.
January 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Anyone have any idea when/if @radicle.xyz will support having a simple web ui to allow contributors who don't want to use the CLI to at least open/comment on an issue? That (+moderation) seems like the biggest blocker to larger-scale adoption.
It’s really a shame how much this guy got flamed. The original design of BlueSky was entirely around neutral infra (that was the entire point of having “labelers” for moderation)! This community has lost its way, it’s quickly trending towards another Mastadon mess 😢.
gist.github.com/burningtree/...
gist.github.com/burningtree/...
why-i-left-atproto.md
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December 14, 2025 at 9:10 PM
It’s really a shame how much this guy got flamed. The original design of BlueSky was entirely around neutral infra (that was the entire point of having “labelers” for moderation)! This community has lost its way, it’s quickly trending towards another Mastadon mess 😢.
gist.github.com/burningtree/...
gist.github.com/burningtree/...
I love winter. My skin got dry enough that the it cracked in the fold of my toe. I now have a 1.5mm deep hole in my toe just because it’s cold outside.
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I love winter. My skin got dry enough that the it cracked in the fold of my toe. I now have a 1.5mm deep hole in my toe just because it’s cold outside.
Israel to okay plan splitting West Bank in two to 'bury the idea of a Palestinian state'
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www.haaretz.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
You’d think it’d get easier after losing four grandparents but somehow the fifth is even worse.
August 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
You’d think it’d get easier after losing four grandparents but somehow the fifth is even worse.
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“The reason SPAs became the default wasn’t because they were better. It was because, for a while, they were the only way to deliver something that felt fluid – something that didn’t flash white between pages or jank the scroll position.”
www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/i...
www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/i...
It's time for modern CSS to kill the SPA
Native CSS transitions have quietly killed the strongest argument for client-side routing. Yet people keep building terrible apps instead of performant websites.
www.jonoalderson.com
July 26, 2025 at 1:13 AM
“The reason SPAs became the default wasn’t because they were better. It was because, for a while, they were the only way to deliver something that felt fluid – something that didn’t flash white between pages or jank the scroll position.”
www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/i...
www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/i...
Why don’t MRI rooms have metal detectors when you go in?
July 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Why don’t MRI rooms have metal detectors when you go in?
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Once a month? That sounds amazing.
The app logs me out randomly every 1-3 days or so. I usually don't bother logging back in for a week each time...
The app logs me out randomly every 1-3 days or so. I usually don't bother logging back in for a week each time...
July 13, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Once a month? That sounds amazing.
The app logs me out randomly every 1-3 days or so. I usually don't bother logging back in for a week each time...
The app logs me out randomly every 1-3 days or so. I usually don't bother logging back in for a week each time...
I remain rather perplexed by tariff coverage that just assumes blanket tariffs the president made up will stick. The only court ruling so far was rather scathing in saying “hell no” (and it was a summary judgement on the merits, not a TRO or whatever).
What’s your take on the courts throwing out the tariffs? I know you’re an economist, but of the legal analysis I’ve seen folks seem to think the tariffs won’t stick. The CIT already ruled (in a rather scathing opinion) that blanket tariffs aren’t allowed. The appellate court hearing is the 31st.
July 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I remain rather perplexed by tariff coverage that just assumes blanket tariffs the president made up will stick. The only court ruling so far was rather scathing in saying “hell no” (and it was a summary judgement on the merits, not a TRO or whatever).
Why does bluesky insist on logging you out after a month? Do you want me to not use your app? Cause this is how you get me to not use your app.
July 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Why does bluesky insist on logging you out after a month? Do you want me to not use your app? Cause this is how you get me to not use your app.
Today I watched two New Yorkers ask a plant store clerk if they offer help repotting. Like, paying someone else to put your plant in a pot, with dirt.
July 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Today I watched two New Yorkers ask a plant store clerk if they offer help repotting. Like, paying someone else to put your plant in a pot, with dirt.
When my wife’s home: damn, this girl rolls around too much, keeps waking me up, I need my own bed to get some real sleep.
When my wife’s traveling: what even is sleep? Is it even physically possible to sleep alone in a bed?
When my wife’s traveling: what even is sleep? Is it even physically possible to sleep alone in a bed?
June 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
When my wife’s home: damn, this girl rolls around too much, keeps waking me up, I need my own bed to get some real sleep.
When my wife’s traveling: what even is sleep? Is it even physically possible to sleep alone in a bed?
When my wife’s traveling: what even is sleep? Is it even physically possible to sleep alone in a bed?
When you know it’s tight but you decide to go on a run anyway and immediately pull the hamstring 😭
June 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
When you know it’s tight but you decide to go on a run anyway and immediately pull the hamstring 😭
@free.law according to your website, PACER is free at a “courthouse public access terminal”. Do such things exist which would allow someone to plug in an external hard drive and run some scraping code? Asking for a friend.
April 14, 2025 at 12:51 AM
@free.law according to your website, PACER is free at a “courthouse public access terminal”. Do such things exist which would allow someone to plug in an external hard drive and run some scraping code? Asking for a friend.
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What an achievement:
* All official Debian bookworm live images rebuild reproducibly
lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb...
* All official Debian bookworm live images rebuild reproducibly
lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb...
Irregular status update about reproducible Debian live ISO images
lists.reproducible-builds.org
March 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
What an achievement:
* All official Debian bookworm live images rebuild reproducibly
lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb...
* All official Debian bookworm live images rebuild reproducibly
lists.reproducible-builds.org/pipermail/rb...
Y’all what dimension is this?
February 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Y’all what dimension is this?
I don’t really understand why anyone bothers to (try to) contribute to Linux anymore. It’s basically Android-style open source at this point - the code is out there but outside patches aren’t accepted (except for drivers from a few select manufacturers).
Even trivial bugfixes get rejected.
Even trivial bugfixes get rejected.
February 19, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I don’t really understand why anyone bothers to (try to) contribute to Linux anymore. It’s basically Android-style open source at this point - the code is out there but outside patches aren’t accepted (except for drivers from a few select manufacturers).
Even trivial bugfixes get rejected.
Even trivial bugfixes get rejected.
It’s weird that society is now at a point where we can pick (some) traits for our kids (including biasing towards height/attractiveness/intelligence!) but we’re not bothering to talk about it.
February 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
It’s weird that society is now at a point where we can pick (some) traits for our kids (including biasing towards height/attractiveness/intelligence!) but we’re not bothering to talk about it.
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February 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Finally. A multi-hop VPN that crosses two companies.
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"Mayor Eric Adams gathered his top commissioners and officials early Monday to give marching orders under the new administration: don’t criticize President Trump, don’t interfere with immigration enforcement and trust the mayor", @katiehonan.bsky.social reports.
Mayor Adams to Top Commissioners: Don’t Criticize Trump, Don’t Interfere with Immigration Enforcement
After weeks of confusing messaging on ICE raids, the mayor ordered his staff to stifle criticism of the feds and that he alone will make sure NYC doesn’t lose funding.
www.thecity.nyc
February 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
"Mayor Eric Adams gathered his top commissioners and officials early Monday to give marching orders under the new administration: don’t criticize President Trump, don’t interfere with immigration enforcement and trust the mayor", @katiehonan.bsky.social reports.
Reposted by Matt Corallo
This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
“You are directed … to dismiss the pending charges in United States v. Adams, No. 24 Cr. 556 (SDNY)…. The Justice Department has reached this conclusion without assessing the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based”
![Memorandum from the Acting Deputy Attorney General
Dismissal Without Prejudice of Prosecution of Mayor Eric Adams
Page 2
Of The Federal Government. These actions and the underlying case have also improperly interfered with Mayor Adams' campaign in the 2025 mayoral election. See Justice Manual § 9-
85.500, entitled Actions that May Have an Impact on an Election.
Second, the pending prosecution has unduly restricted Mayor Adams' ability to devote full attention and resources to the illegal immigration and violent crime that escalated under the policies of the prior Administration. We are particularly concerned about the impact of the prosecution on Mayor Adams' ability to support critical, ongoing federal efforts "to protect the American people from the disastrous effects of unlawful mass migration and resettlement," as described in Executive Order 14165.' Accomplishing the immigration objectives established by President Trump and the Attorney General is every bit as important—if not more so as the objectives that the prior Administration pursued by releasing violent criminals such as Viktor Bout, the "Merchant of Death."? Accordingly, based on these additional concerns that are distinct from the weaponization problems, dismissal without prejudice is also necessary at this time.
' Your Office correctly noted in a February 3, 2025 memorandum, *as Mr. Bove clearly stated to defense counsel during our meeting [on January 31, 2025], the Government is not offering to exchange dismissal of a criminal case for Adams's assistance on immigration enforcement."
2 According to an October 2024 Wall Street Journal article, Bout has already started to participate in arms deals again, including negotiations with representatives of Ansar Allah, also known as the Houthis. https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/putins-merchant-of-death-is-back-in-](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:on5oeywiqx32fh2zau473wz6/bafkreidtbdebawe7yluohx6ktbosdjqfdcf7ukryaemdjtgcpygzklaefe@jpeg)
February 11, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This might be the most nakedly corrupt document I’ve seen on DOJ letterhead — and I wrote a history of Watergate!
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who would have predicted that the crime mayor and crime president would end up in cahoots
February 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
who would have predicted that the crime mayor and crime president would end up in cahoots