matty
@mattio.bsky.social
I do data visualization and user-centered design of health information, civic tech, I ride bicycles, I think about chronic diseases, I make dumb jokes, and I try to stay off the internet.
Sometimes I'm falling asleep and have an idea for a song, and I jot a few lines down in a note app and nothing comes of it
Other times I wake up and the whole thing has taken shape and before I know it I've got a real seed sprouting
Other times I wake up and the whole thing has taken shape and before I know it I've got a real seed sprouting
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Sometimes I'm falling asleep and have an idea for a song, and I jot a few lines down in a note app and nothing comes of it
Other times I wake up and the whole thing has taken shape and before I know it I've got a real seed sprouting
Other times I wake up and the whole thing has taken shape and before I know it I've got a real seed sprouting
Today a bureaucrat told me, "We removed that information from the website, but it's your responsibility to know it."
And I just had to be polite about it instead of being a human being.
And I just had to be polite about it instead of being a human being.
January 15, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Today a bureaucrat told me, "We removed that information from the website, but it's your responsibility to know it."
And I just had to be polite about it instead of being a human being.
And I just had to be polite about it instead of being a human being.
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our former mayor announced a cryptocurrency $NYC Coin to "fight anti-semitism", and literally a few hours later, he stole the between $2.5 mil to $3.5 mil in other crypto that was backing it.
Apparently Eric Adams already rug-pulled his own memecoin www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurr...
From the CryptoCurrency community on Reddit: Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams rugs his own memecoin just 30 minutes after launch and pockets over $2.5M
Explore this post and more from the CryptoCurrency community
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January 13, 2026 at 2:33 AM
our former mayor announced a cryptocurrency $NYC Coin to "fight anti-semitism", and literally a few hours later, he stole the between $2.5 mil to $3.5 mil in other crypto that was backing it.
i am finding the ICE videos very upsetting
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 PM
i am finding the ICE videos very upsetting
i know that crowd count estimates are hard to do, but i saw about 10 blocks of 5th avenue filled with protestors yesterday.
the nytimes reported this as "about 2,000 people."
let's interrogate this a little bit...
the nytimes reported this as "about 2,000 people."
let's interrogate this a little bit...
January 12, 2026 at 2:14 PM
i know that crowd count estimates are hard to do, but i saw about 10 blocks of 5th avenue filled with protestors yesterday.
the nytimes reported this as "about 2,000 people."
let's interrogate this a little bit...
the nytimes reported this as "about 2,000 people."
let's interrogate this a little bit...
man if the media covered No Kings / Abolish ICE the way they covered the Tea Party
January 11, 2026 at 10:58 PM
man if the media covered No Kings / Abolish ICE the way they covered the Tea Party
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More training isn't going to fix the ethnic cleansing squad! The problem is that we employ an ethnic cleansing squad that attracts the type of people who would want to be part of an ethnic cleansing squad!
January 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
More training isn't going to fix the ethnic cleansing squad! The problem is that we employ an ethnic cleansing squad that attracts the type of people who would want to be part of an ethnic cleansing squad!
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I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
Sarah Hammer was a huge inspiration to me as a bike racer - I hadn't heard about these health struggles of hers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...
Donate to Support Sarah Hammer-Kroening’s Health Journey, organized by chloe dygert
Hi everyone,
I’m writing this on behalf of my best friend, Sarah Hamme… chloe dygert needs your support for Support Sarah Hammer-Kroening’s Health Journey
www.gofundme.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Sarah Hammer was a huge inspiration to me as a bike racer - I hadn't heard about these health struggles of hers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...
www.gofundme.com/f/support-sa...
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To repeat: Emily Oster is RFKJr for people who voted for Elizabeth Warren for president. She has all the attributes of a MAHA grifter: she peddles supplements, sows disinformation, credulously accepts bad research she agrees with, and nitpicks good but imperfect research she disagrees with.
January 9, 2026 at 12:09 PM
To repeat: Emily Oster is RFKJr for people who voted for Elizabeth Warren for president. She has all the attributes of a MAHA grifter: she peddles supplements, sows disinformation, credulously accepts bad research she agrees with, and nitpicks good but imperfect research she disagrees with.
in the summer of 2020 I wrote a song called "Murderers and Mourners" and it feels relevant now again and you can listen to it here if you want:
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
Murderers and Mourners, by matty and the blackdogs
from the album Sirens Outside
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
in the summer of 2020 I wrote a song called "Murderers and Mourners" and it feels relevant now again and you can listen to it here if you want:
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
mattyandtheblackdogs.bandcamp.com/track/murder...
Why do I need this umbrella? I'm not even getting wet.
Why are they less common Emily
If you are reading Oster's NYT OpEd on nutrition guidelines, then you missed this take on vaccine schedules:
"The vaccines removed from the schedule are generally those for diseases that are less common and usually less serious."
*Hepatitis B is a serious disease*
parentdata.org/what-changed...
"The vaccines removed from the schedule are generally those for diseases that are less common and usually less serious."
*Hepatitis B is a serious disease*
parentdata.org/what-changed...
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
Why do I need this umbrella? I'm not even getting wet.
Minneapolis is brave
surrounding them after they just killed somebody and shouting “you can’t kill us all, nazis” is legitimate “ready to run through a wall” inspirational
January 7, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Minneapolis is brave
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“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Officials confirm ICE-involved shooting in south Minneapolis
Witnesses reported a person was shot in south Minneapolis on Wednesday morning, amid a large presence of federal law enforcement officers. It was not immediately clear who may have been shot, or who m...
www.mprnews.org
January 7, 2026 at 5:15 PM
“She was trying to turn around, and the ICE agent was in front of her car, and he pulled out a gun and put it right in — like, his midriff was on her bumper — and he reached across the hood of the car and shot her in the face like three, four times,” Heller said. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
well this is horrifying
Someone who claims to have witnessed the incident says
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
- car was blocking ice
- they told them to move
- "something happened'
- ICE shot into the car as it was driving away
- passenger got out of the car covered away and said friend was dead
There is video and I have seen it
January 7, 2026 at 4:52 PM
well this is horrifying
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Look how excited everyone is for a bike entrance. People are starving for competent governance.
January 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Look how excited everyone is for a bike entrance. People are starving for competent governance.
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Question: Hey so about boots on the ground: do you envision US Military having a presence in Venezuela
Trump: if they're needed to protect the oil, yes
I'm furious but also it really is refreshing that he's like "yep it's about the oil"
Trump: if they're needed to protect the oil, yes
I'm furious but also it really is refreshing that he's like "yep it's about the oil"
January 3, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Question: Hey so about boots on the ground: do you envision US Military having a presence in Venezuela
Trump: if they're needed to protect the oil, yes
I'm furious but also it really is refreshing that he's like "yep it's about the oil"
Trump: if they're needed to protect the oil, yes
I'm furious but also it really is refreshing that he's like "yep it's about the oil"
the reason i don't post a lot is because i consider it something of a sacred duty to not have strongly held opinions about small things that i can't affect
December 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
the reason i don't post a lot is because i consider it something of a sacred duty to not have strongly held opinions about small things that i can't affect
reddit's dataisbeautiful sub usually has bad data and worse visualizations, but this post is neat
December 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
reddit's dataisbeautiful sub usually has bad data and worse visualizations, but this post is neat
Honey STUNS with frost on her nose on the beach
December 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Honey STUNS with frost on her nose on the beach
Can I just have a few months to only write and record music?
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Can I just have a few months to only write and record music?
there is way too much News in my feed
December 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
there is way too much News in my feed
Dance rap Christmas songs on extremely loud at the gym, somebody save me please
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Dance rap Christmas songs on extremely loud at the gym, somebody save me please
Yes, the travel book guy
So, I purchased the center and the land it sits on — the best $2 million I can imagine spending.
🧵 6 of 9
🧵 6 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Yes, the travel book guy