Matt Hames
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Matt Hames
@mhames.bsky.social
· Dec 2
If you have a new born, or know someone with a new born, get an email address for them and send emails throughout their lives.
Then get people to send pics and messages. Your kid will love it later in life.
My daughter is 18, in college, and has years of messages to catch up on.
Then get people to send pics and messages. Your kid will love it later in life.
My daughter is 18, in college, and has years of messages to catch up on.
10th end of game 2 of the Olympic Trials final.
Casper is up one game and he's up one point playing 10.
Shuster with hammer.
Everyone is throwing guards on the first 4 rocks. So there's gonna be some rocks in play.
Casper is up one game and he's up one point playing 10.
Shuster with hammer.
Everyone is throwing guards on the first 4 rocks. So there's gonna be some rocks in play.
November 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
10th end of game 2 of the Olympic Trials final.
Casper is up one game and he's up one point playing 10.
Shuster with hammer.
Everyone is throwing guards on the first 4 rocks. So there's gonna be some rocks in play.
Casper is up one game and he's up one point playing 10.
Shuster with hammer.
Everyone is throwing guards on the first 4 rocks. So there's gonna be some rocks in play.
Okay, 9th end. Casper wants to blank or get 3.
Shuster would love to force or even let Casper get a deuce.
At this level, tied up with last 🥌 these guys win 95% of the time.
Gushue didn't lose for 3 years tied up with playing the last.
Shuster would love to force or even let Casper get a deuce.
At this level, tied up with last 🥌 these guys win 95% of the time.
Gushue didn't lose for 3 years tied up with playing the last.
November 16, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Okay, 9th end. Casper wants to blank or get 3.
Shuster would love to force or even let Casper get a deuce.
At this level, tied up with last 🥌 these guys win 95% of the time.
Gushue didn't lose for 3 years tied up with playing the last.
Shuster would love to force or even let Casper get a deuce.
At this level, tied up with last 🥌 these guys win 95% of the time.
Gushue didn't lose for 3 years tied up with playing the last.
John Shuster is pretty awesome when facing elimination.
This game is not over. Shuster probably has a win % in the 80s, but that still means it is up for grabs. Slightly.
Casper played a bit tentatively. The pressure is immense. Everyone watching, playing the US Olympic 🥌 GOAT.
This game is not over. Shuster probably has a win % in the 80s, but that still means it is up for grabs. Slightly.
Casper played a bit tentatively. The pressure is immense. Everyone watching, playing the US Olympic 🥌 GOAT.
November 16, 2025 at 2:24 AM
John Shuster is pretty awesome when facing elimination.
This game is not over. Shuster probably has a win % in the 80s, but that still means it is up for grabs. Slightly.
Casper played a bit tentatively. The pressure is immense. Everyone watching, playing the US Olympic 🥌 GOAT.
This game is not over. Shuster probably has a win % in the 80s, but that still means it is up for grabs. Slightly.
Casper played a bit tentatively. The pressure is immense. Everyone watching, playing the US Olympic 🥌 GOAT.
Big decision in this 8th end to draw on Hoffman's first. Lots of yellow in the rings right now, and Casper is worried.
It is hard to be tied up without this late in the game and ignore the other team's 3 rocks in the rings.
Awesome hit and roll. Good call and good 🥌 shot.
It is hard to be tied up without this late in the game and ignore the other team's 3 rocks in the rings.
Awesome hit and roll. Good call and good 🥌 shot.
November 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Big decision in this 8th end to draw on Hoffman's first. Lots of yellow in the rings right now, and Casper is worried.
It is hard to be tied up without this late in the game and ignore the other team's 3 rocks in the rings.
Awesome hit and roll. Good call and good 🥌 shot.
It is hard to be tied up without this late in the game and ignore the other team's 3 rocks in the rings.
Awesome hit and roll. Good call and good 🥌 shot.
If you're Shuster, the good news is last time you played the 7th end Casper had hammer and got 4.
Which is 50% of the way to the most 🥌's you can get.
Shuster has hammer, so giving up a steal of 4 seems like not a thing.
(Famous last words.)
Which is 50% of the way to the most 🥌's you can get.
Shuster has hammer, so giving up a steal of 4 seems like not a thing.
(Famous last words.)
November 16, 2025 at 1:42 AM
If you're Shuster, the good news is last time you played the 7th end Casper had hammer and got 4.
Which is 50% of the way to the most 🥌's you can get.
Shuster has hammer, so giving up a steal of 4 seems like not a thing.
(Famous last words.)
Which is 50% of the way to the most 🥌's you can get.
Shuster has hammer, so giving up a steal of 4 seems like not a thing.
(Famous last words.)
Okay, 6th end. In the KMart theory of 🥌, Casper really wants to score. If you blank you give up the advantage of 3 hammers to 2.
Lots of rocks in play. This is going to be a fun end.
Lots of rocks in play. This is going to be a fun end.
November 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Okay, 6th end. In the KMart theory of 🥌, Casper really wants to score. If you blank you give up the advantage of 3 hammers to 2.
Lots of rocks in play. This is going to be a fun end.
Lots of rocks in play. This is going to be a fun end.
5th end. Casper going aggressive to force or steal.
They really don't want Shuster to blank.
Shuster would happily blank.
Casper gonna go hard and be aggressive in this end.
They really don't want Shuster to blank.
Shuster would happily blank.
Casper gonna go hard and be aggressive in this end.
November 16, 2025 at 1:09 AM
5th end. Casper going aggressive to force or steal.
They really don't want Shuster to blank.
Shuster would happily blank.
Casper gonna go hard and be aggressive in this end.
They really don't want Shuster to blank.
Shuster would happily blank.
Casper gonna go hard and be aggressive in this end.
Oh, great, a boring 🥌 end.
Kevin Martin is adamant about the last rocks in even ends. This is a ten-end game, so if Casper can force Shuster to one in 5, he will have 3 hammers to 2 hammers.
Casper has hammer in 6, 8, and 10. Assuming he scores and forces.
Kevin Martin is adamant about the last rocks in even ends. This is a ten-end game, so if Casper can force Shuster to one in 5, he will have 3 hammers to 2 hammers.
Casper has hammer in 6, 8, and 10. Assuming he scores and forces.
November 16, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Oh, great, a boring 🥌 end.
Kevin Martin is adamant about the last rocks in even ends. This is a ten-end game, so if Casper can force Shuster to one in 5, he will have 3 hammers to 2 hammers.
Casper has hammer in 6, 8, and 10. Assuming he scores and forces.
Kevin Martin is adamant about the last rocks in even ends. This is a ten-end game, so if Casper can force Shuster to one in 5, he will have 3 hammers to 2 hammers.
Casper has hammer in 6, 8, and 10. Assuming he scores and forces.
The goal for Shuster in this 🥌 end is a force. He was always going to try and spread the rocks out. Casper will now try and group them and try to blank.
This is not an offensive end now for Casper. Just get out of this end with a blank.
Casper might start freezing.
This is not an offensive end now for Casper. Just get out of this end with a blank.
Casper might start freezing.
November 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
The goal for Shuster in this 🥌 end is a force. He was always going to try and spread the rocks out. Casper will now try and group them and try to blank.
This is not an offensive end now for Casper. Just get out of this end with a blank.
Casper might start freezing.
This is not an offensive end now for Casper. Just get out of this end with a blank.
Casper might start freezing.
The second end of this 🥌 game will require Shuster to score or blank. Going into this end, they know that.
Shuster doesn't want to be forced. He's got some guards up, and will have an open end, it appears.
We're gonna trade some hit and rolls for a bit.
Shuster doesn't want to be forced. He's got some guards up, and will have an open end, it appears.
We're gonna trade some hit and rolls for a bit.
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The second end of this 🥌 game will require Shuster to score or blank. Going into this end, they know that.
Shuster doesn't want to be forced. He's got some guards up, and will have an open end, it appears.
We're gonna trade some hit and rolls for a bit.
Shuster doesn't want to be forced. He's got some guards up, and will have an open end, it appears.
We're gonna trade some hit and rolls for a bit.
Can Casper close the 🥌 game out tonight?
Game 1 was a rocky road for both teams. A few misses here and there, and a massive 4, and Casper throws the first punch.
Tonight they will need to breathe, and move on.
Also, quit talking about the 7th end.
Who is watching?
Game 1 was a rocky road for both teams. A few misses here and there, and a massive 4, and Casper throws the first punch.
Tonight they will need to breathe, and move on.
Also, quit talking about the 7th end.
Who is watching?
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Can Casper close the 🥌 game out tonight?
Game 1 was a rocky road for both teams. A few misses here and there, and a massive 4, and Casper throws the first punch.
Tonight they will need to breathe, and move on.
Also, quit talking about the 7th end.
Who is watching?
Game 1 was a rocky road for both teams. A few misses here and there, and a massive 4, and Casper throws the first punch.
Tonight they will need to breathe, and move on.
Also, quit talking about the 7th end.
Who is watching?
Vaccines cause adults.
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Vaccines cause adults.
Going into this 🥌 Olympic Trials, I think most of us assumed it was going to be Shuster v [blank.]
Dropkin or Casper. If you watched their first game, it wasn't an awesome audition for being the team to beat Shuster.
Dropkin's team missed a draw against three. Casper gave up a steal of 2 in 10.
Dropkin or Casper. If you watched their first game, it wasn't an awesome audition for being the team to beat Shuster.
Dropkin's team missed a draw against three. Casper gave up a steal of 2 in 10.
November 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Going into this 🥌 Olympic Trials, I think most of us assumed it was going to be Shuster v [blank.]
Dropkin or Casper. If you watched their first game, it wasn't an awesome audition for being the team to beat Shuster.
Dropkin's team missed a draw against three. Casper gave up a steal of 2 in 10.
Dropkin or Casper. If you watched their first game, it wasn't an awesome audition for being the team to beat Shuster.
Dropkin's team missed a draw against three. Casper gave up a steal of 2 in 10.
The word Gooner has recently emerged in a weird internet subculture as slang for endlessly masturbating.
A Gooner is also a fan of @arsenalfc.bsky.social.
People who are "Gooning" are jerking off in their Gooncaves.
Other people watch Arsenal in their Gooner-inspired cave.
A Gooner is also a fan of @arsenalfc.bsky.social.
People who are "Gooning" are jerking off in their Gooncaves.
Other people watch Arsenal in their Gooner-inspired cave.
November 12, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The word Gooner has recently emerged in a weird internet subculture as slang for endlessly masturbating.
A Gooner is also a fan of @arsenalfc.bsky.social.
People who are "Gooning" are jerking off in their Gooncaves.
Other people watch Arsenal in their Gooner-inspired cave.
A Gooner is also a fan of @arsenalfc.bsky.social.
People who are "Gooning" are jerking off in their Gooncaves.
Other people watch Arsenal in their Gooner-inspired cave.
We've now had a couple of Grand Slams of 🥌 with the only one blank rule, and the no extra end rule.
This has created some really interesting 7th ends.
Like the Epping end.
This has created some really interesting 7th ends.
Like the Epping end.
Epping was going hard in 7 to give Kleiter a deuce. Kleiter was going hard to blank.
The score is 7-5. Kleiter down 2.
He had a nose hit for a deuce or a peel for a blank. He picked blank.
The top players think take 3 is easier than steal one.
The score is 7-5. Kleiter down 2.
He had a nose hit for a deuce or a peel for a blank. He picked blank.
The top players think take 3 is easier than steal one.
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 PM
We've now had a couple of Grand Slams of 🥌 with the only one blank rule, and the no extra end rule.
This has created some really interesting 7th ends.
Like the Epping end.
This has created some really interesting 7th ends.
Like the Epping end.
Reposted by Matt Hames
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:11 PM
What an amazing essay from the former chair of Africana Studies at Bowdoin. I'll share a few sections in the reply but seriously, read the whole thing. It's all insightful and beautifully written.
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
We have Odegaard, Madueke, Havertz, Gyokeres, Jesus, and Martinelli out. We're playing a 6 as our striker, away at a place that is definitely hard. An #Arsenal draw is a great result.
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
We have Odegaard, Madueke, Havertz, Gyokeres, Jesus, and Martinelli out. We're playing a 6 as our striker, away at a place that is definitely hard. An #Arsenal draw is a great result.
Reposted by Matt Hames
"Arsenal are boring" they say as every team sits their entire team within 18 yards of their own goal despite Arsenal having 6 attackers out.
November 8, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"Arsenal are boring" they say as every team sits their entire team within 18 yards of their own goal despite Arsenal having 6 attackers out.
November 8, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Tough first half for the #Arsenal. Sunderland are good. They press, take chances, and are well organized on defense.
It will take a breakdown to win. We've had moments, and more will come in the second half.
We have Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri on the bench to change the game.
It will take a breakdown to win. We've had moments, and more will come in the second half.
We have Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri on the bench to change the game.
November 8, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Tough first half for the #Arsenal. Sunderland are good. They press, take chances, and are well organized on defense.
It will take a breakdown to win. We've had moments, and more will come in the second half.
We have Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri on the bench to change the game.
It will take a breakdown to win. We've had moments, and more will come in the second half.
We have Lewis-Skelly and Nwaneri on the bench to change the game.
Epping was going hard in 7 to give Kleiter a deuce. Kleiter was going hard to blank.
The score is 7-5. Kleiter down 2.
He had a nose hit for a deuce or a peel for a blank. He picked blank.
The top players think take 3 is easier than steal one.
The score is 7-5. Kleiter down 2.
He had a nose hit for a deuce or a peel for a blank. He picked blank.
The top players think take 3 is easier than steal one.
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Epping was going hard in 7 to give Kleiter a deuce. Kleiter was going hard to blank.
The score is 7-5. Kleiter down 2.
He had a nose hit for a deuce or a peel for a blank. He picked blank.
The top players think take 3 is easier than steal one.
The score is 7-5. Kleiter down 2.
He had a nose hit for a deuce or a peel for a blank. He picked blank.
The top players think take 3 is easier than steal one.
This 🥌 game has no commentary, just players. There is so much positive affirmation:
Nice pair.
Good sweep.
Nice work buddy.
Find people you like to 🥌 with and tell them they are awesome. No matter the level. We all like to hear nice shot.
Nice pair.
Good sweep.
Nice work buddy.
Find people you like to 🥌 with and tell them they are awesome. No matter the level. We all like to hear nice shot.
Rock Channel
The Curling Group
watch.rockchannel.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
This 🥌 game has no commentary, just players. There is so much positive affirmation:
Nice pair.
Good sweep.
Nice work buddy.
Find people you like to 🥌 with and tell them they are awesome. No matter the level. We all like to hear nice shot.
Nice pair.
Good sweep.
Nice work buddy.
Find people you like to 🥌 with and tell them they are awesome. No matter the level. We all like to hear nice shot.
Anyone watching the Grand Slam of 🥌?
What do you think of the Jaren Allen team? Wayne making shots throwing with a stabilizer.
What do you think of the Jaren Allen team? Wayne making shots throwing with a stabilizer.
Rock Channel
The Curling Group
watch.rockchannel.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Anyone watching the Grand Slam of 🥌?
What do you think of the Jaren Allen team? Wayne making shots throwing with a stabilizer.
What do you think of the Jaren Allen team? Wayne making shots throwing with a stabilizer.
Reposted by Matt Hames
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
China’s clean-energy revolution will reshape markets and politics
The world’s biggest manufacturer now has an interest in the world decarbonising
www.economist.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The US is the world's largest oil and gas producer. Yet, "China is now making more money from exporting green technology than America makes from exporting fossil fuels."
It's a bit mental how good #Arsenal are right now.
Like, each game just feels like 90 minutes to 3 points. I know they don't feel like that. I'm saying I feel like that as a fan.
Each game feels like a win and a @arseblog.com goodly morning.
It feels a little surreal.
Like, each game just feels like 90 minutes to 3 points. I know they don't feel like that. I'm saying I feel like that as a fan.
Each game feels like a win and a @arseblog.com goodly morning.
It feels a little surreal.
November 4, 2025 at 8:16 PM
It's a bit mental how good #Arsenal are right now.
Like, each game just feels like 90 minutes to 3 points. I know they don't feel like that. I'm saying I feel like that as a fan.
Each game feels like a win and a @arseblog.com goodly morning.
It feels a little surreal.
Like, each game just feels like 90 minutes to 3 points. I know they don't feel like that. I'm saying I feel like that as a fan.
Each game feels like a win and a @arseblog.com goodly morning.
It feels a little surreal.