Matt
@differentmatt.bsky.social
"Transgressively ludic." —𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
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@differentmatt.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Walking away from Omelas, are you? On our nice walkable infrastructure, mind you. Anywhere else you'd have to drive away from, but not Omelas. There's also an accessible shuttle every 15 minutes, but nooooooo, don't let me slow you down, you've got an Omelas to walk away from, Mr. Ethical.
And a very specific kind of child, neither good nor bad per se, but willing to make a terrible choice at need, gets Pu-239.
December 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And a very specific kind of child, neither good nor bad per se, but willing to make a terrible choice at need, gets Pu-239.
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
IMPORTANT NOTICE: You are interacting with an AI system. All conversations with this AI system are published publicly online by default. Do not share information you would prefer to keep private.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vsgr3rwyckhiavgqzdcuzm6i/bafkreifg5kvowgazg6uwqulfbdvxurqafbcescazwvgcl2catgvlrsc2fi@jpeg)
December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
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Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
December 25, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Here’s the U.S. government being officially religious in a country with no official religion.
Took me a second to realize the second post was not a reply to the first.
December 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Took me a second to realize the second post was not a reply to the first.
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i know we haven’t talked about it much because of the state of things but tomorrow is Christmas Eve which means it’s time for #9LC! don’t forget to download the service in advance (linked below). i’ll be here as always, come join me!
www.kings.cam.ac.uk/rsdam/festiv...
www.kings.cam.ac.uk/rsdam/festiv...
A Festival Of Nine Lessons And Carols 2025 Service (PDF)
www.kings.cam.ac.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:12 PM
i know we haven’t talked about it much because of the state of things but tomorrow is Christmas Eve which means it’s time for #9LC! don’t forget to download the service in advance (linked below). i’ll be here as always, come join me!
www.kings.cam.ac.uk/rsdam/festiv...
www.kings.cam.ac.uk/rsdam/festiv...
🚨🚨🚨 WILLCOCKS CHORD WATCH 🚨🚨🚨
We are now less than an hour from the glorious half-diminished seventh chord in the fourth verse of "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willcocks) at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
Listen here and be tempted to smile before you remember you're in Anglican church!
We are now less than an hour from the glorious half-diminished seventh chord in the fourth verse of "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willcocks) at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
Listen here and be tempted to smile before you remember you're in Anglican church!
BBC Audio | Radio 4 | Listen Live
Listen live to BBC Radio 4 on BBC Audio.
www.bbc.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
🚨🚨🚨 WILLCOCKS CHORD WATCH 🚨🚨🚨
We are now less than an hour from the glorious half-diminished seventh chord in the fourth verse of "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willcocks) at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
Listen here and be tempted to smile before you remember you're in Anglican church!
We are now less than an hour from the glorious half-diminished seventh chord in the fourth verse of "O Come All Ye Faithful" (arr. Willcocks) at the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols.
Listen here and be tempted to smile before you remember you're in Anglican church!
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Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
Read about Commonsense Guardrails for Using Advanced Technology in Schools aiinstruction.org/sites/defaul...
aiinstruction.org
December 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Thanks for sharing this document, @rweingarten.bsky.social.
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
I read it, and I believe it's inexcusably inadequate and will not prepare teachers or schools to confront the very real dangers of the "A.i." products pushed by your partners, including OpenAI.
A few thoughts for your consideration...
the guy in the middle seat next to me in Basic Economy is texting someone "how much does a private jet cost?" and buddy I love the optimism
December 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
the guy in the middle seat next to me in Basic Economy is texting someone "how much does a private jet cost?" and buddy I love the optimism
I don't really like to travel but if I had the chance I'd get myself expelled from so many of this guy's châteaux.
chatterton doesn't really post here but i would love his thoughts on of his most famous episodes given today's events.
December 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I don't really like to travel but if I had the chance I'd get myself expelled from so many of this guy's châteaux.
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CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
Note on the Shadyside Academy detail: it's basically Choate on the Allegheny, except instead of the snobbery being the point, stealing "scrappy" blue-collar valor is a contact sport. Yeah, man, I dip Skoal, I wear shitkickers, I've got an uncle who lives in Monesson.
Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line
This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...
paydayreport.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Note on the Shadyside Academy detail: it's basically Choate on the Allegheny, except instead of the snobbery being the point, stealing "scrappy" blue-collar valor is a contact sport. Yeah, man, I dip Skoal, I wear shitkickers, I've got an uncle who lives in Monesson.
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Going to be really crass and unkind.
I take this fraudulent fuckaroo's success so fucking personally.
We are from the same city and the same neighborhood, and know a lot of the same people. About two degrees of Pittsburgh separation here.
When I tell you she is the Uber Shonda.
I take this fraudulent fuckaroo's success so fucking personally.
We are from the same city and the same neighborhood, and know a lot of the same people. About two degrees of Pittsburgh separation here.
When I tell you she is the Uber Shonda.
Bari Weiss crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to falsely portray herself as a scrappy "Pittsburgh Girl".
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
The move comes as Weiss has begun to fight unions at CBS News.
paydayreport.com/bari-weiss-c...
Bari Weiss Crosses Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Picket Line
This week, Bari Weiss, the controversial new right-wing head of CBS News, crossed the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette picket line to participate in a front-page puff piece that painted her as a scrappy “Pitts...
paydayreport.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Going to be really crass and unkind.
I take this fraudulent fuckaroo's success so fucking personally.
We are from the same city and the same neighborhood, and know a lot of the same people. About two degrees of Pittsburgh separation here.
When I tell you she is the Uber Shonda.
I take this fraudulent fuckaroo's success so fucking personally.
We are from the same city and the same neighborhood, and know a lot of the same people. About two degrees of Pittsburgh separation here.
When I tell you she is the Uber Shonda.
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Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.
December 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Today I made a candy glass sugar cookie based on Ellsworth Kelly's 'Austin' chapel (2018) on the Blanton Museum grounds.
Dad randomly sent out a last-minute Christmas family gathering invite/demand so we're all heading to Chinon, France of all places. Mom is gonna be there too which is a whole long story but maybe they're getting back together? Anyway family is always a mess but long story short I'm bringing a knife.
December 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Dad randomly sent out a last-minute Christmas family gathering invite/demand so we're all heading to Chinon, France of all places. Mom is gonna be there too which is a whole long story but maybe they're getting back together? Anyway family is always a mess but long story short I'm bringing a knife.
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Guillotines
“They’re denying that any of her birth certificates, which are from Laurel, Maryland, her records of immunization, medical records — they’re denying the authenticity of them. It is something I’ve never encountered.” www.huffpost.com/entry/us-cit...
Trump Administration Says Maryland Woman's Birth Certificate Is Fake In Dystopian Move
Dulce Consuelo Diaz Morales was arrested on Sunday. ICE won’t release her despite extensive documentation of her citizenship, her attorneys told HuffPost.
www.huffpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Guillotines
I will give $10,000 to the Treasury for the opportunity to chisel one (1) of the 15 letters in "THE DONALD J TRUMP" off that facade.
And if the next president is smart enough to sell those opportunities, of which there will be many, I expect to be massively outbid.
And if the next president is smart enough to sell those opportunities, of which there will be many, I expect to be massively outbid.
"You’re describing a dystopian hellscape. None of this could ever happen" - what every reliable Trump lickspittle would have told you if you neutrally described America in Dec. 2025 to them on the eve of Election Day in 2024.
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3MTvrwZ
Today's Triad from @jvl.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/3MTvrwZ
December 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
I will give $10,000 to the Treasury for the opportunity to chisel one (1) of the 15 letters in "THE DONALD J TRUMP" off that facade.
And if the next president is smart enough to sell those opportunities, of which there will be many, I expect to be massively outbid.
And if the next president is smart enough to sell those opportunities, of which there will be many, I expect to be massively outbid.
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End of history, anthro, and soc majors at New School ⚰️
“Most disturbing to faculty members who are affected by the overhaul: About 90% of the cuts fall in the liberal arts and social science divisions, where most tenure & tenure-track positions lie. Undergraduate majors in anthropology, history and sociology will be discontinued and slated for redesign”
December 19, 2025 at 2:12 PM
End of history, anthro, and soc majors at New School ⚰️
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YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I got pretty far along in the execution phase of my sodomy conviction in 19th-century England before a judge in the legal system told me I couldn't be hanged because that's not what "death recorded" means.
![Naomi Wolf QT:
I got pretty far along in the hiring process for a wonderful position teaching at a NY state university before a dean in the department told me l couldn't go any further because I was white.
Quoted tweet, Colin Wright:
I experienced all of this firsthand, having entered graduate school in 2013. By 2020, I watched non- white colleagues with CVs a tiny fraction as strong as mine absolutely swamped with interview requests and job offers, while I could... [Show more]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2zh7yidjszmwzagrk5euaijp/bafkreifg2phnoqhqks6rovbdj4a2276v44fu32xa77vl4qxvkgmjzc6v5a@jpeg)
December 19, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I got pretty far along in the execution phase of my sodomy conviction in 19th-century England before a judge in the legal system told me I couldn't be hanged because that's not what "death recorded" means.
It's not illegal to wrap tight-fitting cloth around your breasts, but Trump or whatever little princeling is running things today sure wants you to have to worry that it is.
In addition to this administration trying to kill kids, and they're also coming for our binders? OUR BINDERS.
December 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
It's not illegal to wrap tight-fitting cloth around your breasts, but Trump or whatever little princeling is running things today sure wants you to have to worry that it is.
oh my god
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
oh my god