Matt Hale
@mhale0.bsky.social
Photographer, designer, mostly harmless. San Diego
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the reason you can tell "Artificial Intelligence" is fraudulent is that if you tried to tell an average adult that you believed a statistical average of reddit posts and pirated books from libgen could combine to make a brain, they would laugh at you
December 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
the reason you can tell "Artificial Intelligence" is fraudulent is that if you tried to tell an average adult that you believed a statistical average of reddit posts and pirated books from libgen could combine to make a brain, they would laugh at you
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it's how we end up talking about Sinners and Nope like they're naturally aligned, instead of talking about how Nope, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Sinners together mark the dawn of a new age of existentialist blockbusters
black creators of various stripes are often forced into categories so as to make them legible and (i’d say) shrink the ambitions of their work.
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
it's how we end up talking about Sinners and Nope like they're naturally aligned, instead of talking about how Nope, Barbie, Oppenheimer, and Sinners together mark the dawn of a new age of existentialist blockbusters
(Re)ntroduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Craig Finn/Patterson Hood
Spiritualized
The Hold Steady
Grandaddy
Plague Vendor
Craig Finn/Patterson Hood
Spiritualized
The Hold Steady
Grandaddy
Plague Vendor
(Re)ntroduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Rocket from the Crypt w/Superchunk
Durand Jones & the Indications
Rhett Miller w/Murry Hammond
Sparks
Laufey
Rocket from the Crypt w/Superchunk
Durand Jones & the Indications
Rhett Miller w/Murry Hammond
Sparks
Laufey
November 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
(Re)ntroduce yourself with the last five concerts you saw
Craig Finn/Patterson Hood
Spiritualized
The Hold Steady
Grandaddy
Plague Vendor
Craig Finn/Patterson Hood
Spiritualized
The Hold Steady
Grandaddy
Plague Vendor
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An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
Artillery Shell Detonated Over Interstate 5 During Marines’ Celebration, California Officials Say
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October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...
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I've been mulling over this point for a while and decided, with No Kings ][ looming, it was worth writing up. www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
Sincerity is not the problem
As is inevitably the case after an election — and is especially the case after an election with an unexpected result — allies of the losing presidential candidate in 2024 looked for people to blame. O...
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October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I've been mulling over this point for a while and decided, with No Kings ][ looming, it was worth writing up. www.pbump.net/o/sincerity-...
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The inimitable @natashalyonne.bsky.social’s Time 100 speech was incredible, demonstrating not just her extraordinary fluency about the intersection of content consent and AI, but her fearlessness in calling out the rise of authoritarianism, and the importance of being cool. youtu.be/RUu9OvDQ76M
Natasha Lyonne Asks AI Leaders: "Whatever Happened to Being Cool?"
YouTube video by TIME
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October 16, 2025 at 9:37 PM
The inimitable @natashalyonne.bsky.social’s Time 100 speech was incredible, demonstrating not just her extraordinary fluency about the intersection of content consent and AI, but her fearlessness in calling out the rise of authoritarianism, and the importance of being cool. youtu.be/RUu9OvDQ76M
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AI, brought to you by the people who brought you “you liked a video about a swan so here are 45,261 straight swan videos” and “you searched for and bought a couch so your ads are for couches until 2032.”
October 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
AI, brought to you by the people who brought you “you liked a video about a swan so here are 45,261 straight swan videos” and “you searched for and bought a couch so your ads are for couches until 2032.”
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One Battle After Another goes hard.
October 3, 2025 at 2:05 AM
One Battle After Another goes hard.
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I agree! So assert your rights as a citizen of a functioning democracy. Engage. Participate. Speak up. Vote. Donate. Volunteer.
And stop huddling behind a keyboard and mythologizing a failed real estate developer as Mussolini, Hitler, or Pol Pot. People who believe in democracy are the majority.
And stop huddling behind a keyboard and mythologizing a failed real estate developer as Mussolini, Hitler, or Pol Pot. People who believe in democracy are the majority.
For now. But the direction and speed of where we’re headed isn’t good.
September 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
I agree! So assert your rights as a citizen of a functioning democracy. Engage. Participate. Speak up. Vote. Donate. Volunteer.
And stop huddling behind a keyboard and mythologizing a failed real estate developer as Mussolini, Hitler, or Pol Pot. People who believe in democracy are the majority.
And stop huddling behind a keyboard and mythologizing a failed real estate developer as Mussolini, Hitler, or Pol Pot. People who believe in democracy are the majority.
An article about pizza from a time when it was still exotic. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Pizza
“In a world of ready-made food, packaged to be tossed together by amateurs, pizza stands apart—one dish, at least, which calls for time and skill.”
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September 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
An article about pizza from a time when it was still exotic. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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It’s like watching a black hole form.
The best way to honor Charlie's memory is to continue his work: engage with each other, across ideology, through spirited discourse. In a democracy, ideas are tested through words and good-faith debate — never through violence.
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
It’s like watching a black hole form.
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lol this is so good www.instagram.com/reel/DOW9jFx...
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September 8, 2025 at 11:14 PM
lol this is so good www.instagram.com/reel/DOW9jFx...
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🤔I want to go to the house of the person that invented laptop charging bricks. I want to experience the unique and unparalleled tightness of the wall sockets in their house.
Because the rest of us live in a world of loose sockets where those charging bricks always fall out.
Because the rest of us live in a world of loose sockets where those charging bricks always fall out.
September 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
🤔I want to go to the house of the person that invented laptop charging bricks. I want to experience the unique and unparalleled tightness of the wall sockets in their house.
Because the rest of us live in a world of loose sockets where those charging bricks always fall out.
Because the rest of us live in a world of loose sockets where those charging bricks always fall out.
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We’re like 36 hours away from someone saying on TV that a rent freeze is antisemitic
June 30, 2025 at 1:24 AM
We’re like 36 hours away from someone saying on TV that a rent freeze is antisemitic
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It doesn't look good.
June 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
It doesn't look good.
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Is Sleep’s Dopesmoker still the heaviest album of all time?
Is Sleep’s Dopesmoker still the heaviest album of all time?
Sort of like being slowly assaulted by a massage chair.
buff.ly
January 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Is Sleep’s Dopesmoker still the heaviest album of all time?
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without downloading any new pictures, or typing, or posting, or replying, where are you mentally? watch your own thoughts move like thin clouds over the hills of your mind. feel the visceral texture of your own body from the inside. it's funny how uncomfortable it is
November 26, 2024 at 10:54 PM
without downloading any new pictures, or typing, or posting, or replying, where are you mentally? watch your own thoughts move like thin clouds over the hills of your mind. feel the visceral texture of your own body from the inside. it's funny how uncomfortable it is
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San Diego Starter Pack updated! Get some localism in your feeds.
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October 18, 2024 at 9:32 PM
San Diego Starter Pack updated! Get some localism in your feeds.
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If it’s good Belushi, it’s that John Belushi. If it’s stepped on but better than nothing you call it Jim. If it’s mostly baby laxative that’s Kevin James
September 26, 2024 at 10:12 PM
If it’s good Belushi, it’s that John Belushi. If it’s stepped on but better than nothing you call it Jim. If it’s mostly baby laxative that’s Kevin James
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What the jokes *are* is a form of mass outcasting directed at an elite who's gunning to be the next leader of the MAGA movement. They land because, like any good joke, they tap into a deep truth--Vance's ability to be Puritanical and deeply creepy at the same time.
Saw some folks describing the couch-f*cking jokes as vigilantism. That's not quite right--first because vigilantism in the U.S. is almost always directed at marginalized groups and second because the jokes aren't enforcing a particular social or moral code.
July 25, 2024 at 7:45 PM
What the jokes *are* is a form of mass outcasting directed at an elite who's gunning to be the next leader of the MAGA movement. They land because, like any good joke, they tap into a deep truth--Vance's ability to be Puritanical and deeply creepy at the same time.
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I wrote this piece on a certain kind of observers' craze for "blitz primaries", Thunderdomism and now neo-thunderdomism and the anti-politics it all really represents. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...
The Curious Lure of Writerly Anti-Politics
We’re now a day out from President Biden’s semi-expected but still shocking...
talkingpointsmemo.com
July 23, 2024 at 1:22 PM
I wrote this piece on a certain kind of observers' craze for "blitz primaries", Thunderdomism and now neo-thunderdomism and the anti-politics it all really represents. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-c...
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Contrary to ghouls, I still think the timing winds up being a big advantage for them. People's attention spans have changed, the way we process celebrity and fame and our leaders has changed, and politics has changed. Getting some fresh blood in the last four months of a race in 2024 is... good.
There is a pro wrestling Royal Rumble Surprise Entrant element to this that Dems are underplaying. People forget that McCain shot up in the polls because he picked a popular female governor who wasn't 1 million years old. It was only later revealed she was one of the dumbest people alive.
I voted for Biden/Harris in 2020 assuming that meant I was voting for Harris/? in 2024. Another part of that to consider is it means Dems could have the exciting reveal of who Harris picks to join the ticket, as a way to help exorcise the bad vibes.
July 21, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Contrary to ghouls, I still think the timing winds up being a big advantage for them. People's attention spans have changed, the way we process celebrity and fame and our leaders has changed, and politics has changed. Getting some fresh blood in the last four months of a race in 2024 is... good.
Great suggestion by Joe Rosensteel to address Apple’s myriad public/developer/government relations issues. sixcolors.com/post/2024/07...
My prescription for Apple: Hire some ombudspeople
Apple touts a lot of things–vertical integration, interface design, the longevity of its hardware, the direct-to-consumer retail experience, and more–as part of the reason for its succe…
sixcolors.com
July 12, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Great suggestion by Joe Rosensteel to address Apple’s myriad public/developer/government relations issues. sixcolors.com/post/2024/07...
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A fun thing about living in San Diego's North Park area is getting to spend the weekends watching the brunch & shopping crowd circle the neighborhood like sharks in search of street parking, all while a huge parking structure sits right there, never more than 1/3 full.
April 20, 2024 at 4:59 PM
A fun thing about living in San Diego's North Park area is getting to spend the weekends watching the brunch & shopping crowd circle the neighborhood like sharks in search of street parking, all while a huge parking structure sits right there, never more than 1/3 full.