Kohut
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rhymes with donut | author, Speaking Out | comms whisperer | words + music | ersatz intelligence | Oxford comma | curse of the easily amused | http://www.matthewkohut.com
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Kohut
@kohut.bsky.social
· Nov 23
Since many of us sought social media refuge here, I’ll share a related escape. If you’re interested in living digitally outside of Alphabet/Apple/Microsoft, try the Arc browser. It’s a very different experience. I’ve also been using Kagi search, which is a decent 80/20 solution.
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Never, in a million kabillion years, when I decided to say "screw it" to mainstream philosophy and started writing about the philosophy of games, could I have imagined that this road would take me down to having the goddamn NY Times profile me and my new book.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
Why Keeping Score Isn’t Fun Anymore
www.nytimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:58 PM
Never, in a million kabillion years, when I decided to say "screw it" to mainstream philosophy and started writing about the philosophy of games, could I have imagined that this road would take me down to having the goddamn NY Times profile me and my new book.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/13/b...
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"How I Failed"—Charles Wright.
January 26, 2026 at 5:21 PM
"How I Failed"—Charles Wright.
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i have invented a new way to release an album and you are free to have it. you teach a song to a large enough population of birds, perhaps reward them with some nice birdseed - they will then teach it to their brethren and so the music propagates. you can hear the music if you listen to birds
January 25, 2026 at 9:08 PM
i have invented a new way to release an album and you are free to have it. you teach a song to a large enough population of birds, perhaps reward them with some nice birdseed - they will then teach it to their brethren and so the music propagates. you can hear the music if you listen to birds
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for a change, here’s a good guy doing a good thing in a good way
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/r...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/r...
The Man Who Saw School Buses as Vehicles for Possibility
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:13 AM
for a change, here’s a good guy doing a good thing in a good way
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/r...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/r...
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Amid a humanitarian disaster fueled by russian strikes on critical infrastructure, Ukrainians are fighting to protect stray animals from the freezing winter. From makeshift shelters and fleece blankets to shops and cafes opening their doors, people are doing
January 18, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Amid a humanitarian disaster fueled by russian strikes on critical infrastructure, Ukrainians are fighting to protect stray animals from the freezing winter. From makeshift shelters and fleece blankets to shops and cafes opening their doors, people are doing
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Where does one apply to become the person who walks through the airport terminal with a speaker playing bird calls, in order to pied piper them out of the building? I did not know this was a job and it looks very satisfying
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Where does one apply to become the person who walks through the airport terminal with a speaker playing bird calls, in order to pied piper them out of the building? I did not know this was a job and it looks very satisfying
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I saw them many times. So very under appreciated!
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
I saw them many times. So very under appreciated!
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"I'm not mad at you" as your last words on earth are really not all that far from "forgive them father for they know not what they do."
January 9, 2026 at 8:15 PM
"I'm not mad at you" as your last words on earth are really not all that far from "forgive them father for they know not what they do."
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E.B. White, The New Yorker, 1934.
December 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
E.B. White, The New Yorker, 1934.
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(44) Art Tatum -- Yesterdays - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Cs...
Art Tatum -- Yesterdays
YouTube video by eccentricXXX
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December 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
(44) Art Tatum -- Yesterdays - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9Cs...
Some of the music in my ears over the past few months. open.substack.com/pub/soundsou...
New Listens, Final Third of 2025
Charles Lloyd, Pino Palladino and Blake Mills, Gwenifer Raymond, Sean Shibe, and more
open.substack.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Some of the music in my ears over the past few months. open.substack.com/pub/soundsou...
Such good dogs. #nj www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...?
To Slobber and Protect: Bomb-Sniffing Dogs Kept an Election Safe
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Such good dogs. #nj www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...?
A true Christmas message.
Elusive street artist Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying down and pointing up at the sky, is his latest work. https://to.pbs.org/496w5im
Banksy unveils new mural in London depicting stargazing children
Elusive street artist Banksy appeared to confirm Monday that a new mural in London, depicting two children lying down and pointing up at the sky, is his latest work.
www.pbs.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
A true Christmas message.
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The winter leaves crumble between my hands
December leaves
How is it we can’t accept this that all trees were holy once
That all light is altar light
And floods us day by day and bids us the air sheet lightning around us
To sit still and say nothing
here under the latches of Paradise?
Charles Wright
December leaves
How is it we can’t accept this that all trees were holy once
That all light is altar light
And floods us day by day and bids us the air sheet lightning around us
To sit still and say nothing
here under the latches of Paradise?
Charles Wright
The Kingdom of Kent is sacred ground, because wherever you go, you walk on Gold
December 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The winter leaves crumble between my hands
December leaves
How is it we can’t accept this that all trees were holy once
That all light is altar light
And floods us day by day and bids us the air sheet lightning around us
To sit still and say nothing
here under the latches of Paradise?
Charles Wright
December leaves
How is it we can’t accept this that all trees were holy once
That all light is altar light
And floods us day by day and bids us the air sheet lightning around us
To sit still and say nothing
here under the latches of Paradise?
Charles Wright
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Sean Shibe: Tiny Desk Concert
YouTube video by NPR Music
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December 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan at McCarter Theater, with Eliza Griswold grooving in the background, 12/15/25.
December 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Patti Smith and Tony Shanahan at McCarter Theater, with Eliza Griswold grooving in the background, 12/15/25.
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Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
December 15, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Here are my top 10 most unique dog jobs!
Ten ways of looking at ice.
December 13, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Ten ways of looking at ice.
Twenty years ago this month, I left my last steady job. matthewkohut.substack.com/p/this-thing...
This Thing Does Not Scale
Reflections on 20 Years of Working Without a Net
matthewkohut.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Twenty years ago this month, I left my last steady job. matthewkohut.substack.com/p/this-thing...
This is why I’m keeping my Honda Fit until one of us dies.
“Donald Trump is right: America's cars are too big and too expensive,” Patrick George argues. But even with the president’s support, a future in which tiny cars roam the streets “may just be a pipe dream.”
Tiny Cars: ‘AMAZING!!!’
Donald Trump has fallen in love with Japan’s adorable micro-cars. Do Americans actually want them?
bit.ly
December 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
This is why I’m keeping my Honda Fit until one of us dies.
John Noble Wilford performed a great service for decades by informing the American public about its space program. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/s...
John Noble Wilford, Times Reporter Who Covered the Moon Landing, Dies at 92
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
John Noble Wilford performed a great service for decades by informing the American public about its space program. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/s...
Best story of the day. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
Dogs in Kimonos: Japan Reinvents a Children’s Holiday for Pets
www.nytimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Best story of the day. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/w...
I have a pretty good idea what my old boss Joe Nye would make of this gem on p. 4: “We want to maintain the United States’ unrivaled ‘soft power.’”
The Trump National Security Strategy is bonkers in many ways but this objective stood out:
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
"Cultivating resistance to Europe’s current trajectory within European nations"
Making their strategy of supporting radical right and extremist parties explicit.
December 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I have a pretty good idea what my old boss Joe Nye would make of this gem on p. 4: “We want to maintain the United States’ unrivaled ‘soft power.’”