Matthew Gault
@mjgault.bsky.social
Nukes, weird tech, and conflict at @404media.co Host of angryplanetpod.com
Tips: matthew@404media.co // signal: 347 762-9212
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HEY #MAGFEST! Do you wanna see me talk about nuclear realism in your TTRPGs, possibly while dressed as a ghost, using clips from movies like Threads and Testament, stories from @mjgault.bsky.social 's reporting, @wellerstein.bsky.social 's NUKEMAP?
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![my little warhead: radiation is (not!) magic!
SUNDAY JAN 11 2026 10AM
Tabletop Panels/Discussions (Riverview Ballroom 1)
Let's talk about nukes, baby! This panel covers why American media seems so focused on using nuclear radiation as a synonym for magic, what other cultures have to say, and how to use nuclear accidents and detonations in your games with an eye to realism.
Panelists: Jacqueline "Jax Romana" Bryk [Writer/Designer/Editor/Tester for Analog Games, https://www.jacquelinebryk.design/]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5omw2gmorcoq4s4xw7uvhr4z/bafkreieijyz2axtaugy6c3jrmit6cvz7xmlfuj7vvmt74ur3plwblzbjma@jpeg)
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
HEY #MAGFEST! Do you wanna see me talk about nuclear realism in your TTRPGs, possibly while dressed as a ghost, using clips from movies like Threads and Testament, stories from @mjgault.bsky.social 's reporting, @wellerstein.bsky.social 's NUKEMAP?
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just look at all those roads the Legion built
If Caesar's Legion are the bad guys, then why is it that only the caravans in NCR territory are the ones that seem to be getting robbed?
December 30, 2025 at 12:34 AM
just look at all those roads the Legion built
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I went to 404’s website looking for different article and saw this headline and laughed harder than I’ve laughed at anything else all week
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
When Will My Pornographic Shrek Christmas Ornament Arrive?
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
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December 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I went to 404’s website looking for different article and saw this headline and laughed harder than I’ve laughed at anything else all week
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Please enjoy this @mjgault.bsky.social read on pornographic Shrek ornaments. Yes you read that right.
When Will My Pornographic Shrek Christmas Ornament Arrive?
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
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December 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Please enjoy this @mjgault.bsky.social read on pornographic Shrek ornaments. Yes you read that right.
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I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
When Will My Pornographic Shrek Christmas Ornament Arrive?
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
www.404media.co
December 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I am starting to think I will never receive my horny novelty holiday decorations.
xmas eve wrappers get what they get
>ripped the wrapping for the third time while wrapping a present
December 25, 2025 at 1:35 AM
xmas eve wrappers get what they get
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a lot of folks responding to this telling me they’re hesitant to go back to tapes bc machines have eaten them. very real!
honestly my intention wasn’t to convince ppl tapes are superior but that physical / limited media reinforces better listening habits.
that being said…
honestly my intention wasn’t to convince ppl tapes are superior but that physical / limited media reinforces better listening habits.
that being said…
December 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
a lot of folks responding to this telling me they’re hesitant to go back to tapes bc machines have eaten them. very real!
honestly my intention wasn’t to convince ppl tapes are superior but that physical / limited media reinforces better listening habits.
that being said…
honestly my intention wasn’t to convince ppl tapes are superior but that physical / limited media reinforces better listening habits.
that being said…
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recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
December 24, 2025 at 4:18 AM
recalibrate your bullshit meter if this doesn't set it off at least 3 times
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As we finish up the year, 404 Media will have stuff publishing over the holidays. Some horrible (you'll see on Xmas day), some fun. Subscribers will still get a story each day.
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
ICE Taps into Nationwide AI-Enabled Camera Network, Data Shows
Flock's automatic license plate reader (ALPR) cameras are in more than 5,000 communities around the U.S. Local police are doing lookups in the nationwide system for ICE.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:47 PM
As we finish up the year, 404 Media will have stuff publishing over the holidays. Some horrible (you'll see on Xmas day), some fun. Subscribers will still get a story each day.
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
In the meantime, here's some of our best coverage this year, starting with Flock + ICE: www.404media.co/ice-taps-int...
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Archivists have saved and uploaded copies of the 60 Minutes episode new CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered be shelved as a torrent and multiple file sharing sites. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
December 23, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Archivists have saved and uploaded copies of the 60 Minutes episode new CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss ordered be shelved as a torrent and multiple file sharing sites. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/archivists-p...
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404 Media is about to enter energy saver mode. We're still publishing throughout the week, however, so watch your inbox / RSS / the @404media.co feed and you won't miss us too badly.
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
404 Media is about to enter energy saver mode. We're still publishing throughout the week, however, so watch your inbox / RSS / the @404media.co feed and you won't miss us too badly.
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
Before we all slip into the ether, I wanted to highlight a few stories I published this year that stuck out. 🧵🪡
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
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Garry Newman of Garry's Mod is letting me host a mirror to the original video here:
cdn.sbox.game/asset/814e5f...
cdn.sbox.game/asset/814e5f...
December 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Garry Newman of Garry's Mod is letting me host a mirror to the original video here:
cdn.sbox.game/asset/814e5f...
cdn.sbox.game/asset/814e5f...
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The 60 minutes piece Bari Weiss killed was saved by archivists
Archivists Posted the 60 Minutes CECOT Segment Bari Weiss Killed
iCloud, Mega, and as a torrent. Archivists have uploaded the 60 Minutes episode Bari Weiss spiked.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The 60 minutes piece Bari Weiss killed was saved by archivists
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The great @marisakabas.bsky.social joined the 404 Media podcast to talk indie journalist, whassup in the federal government, how media has changed over the last decade, and lots more! Please listen!
www.404media.co/podcast-land...
www.404media.co/podcast-land...
December 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The great @marisakabas.bsky.social joined the 404 Media podcast to talk indie journalist, whassup in the federal government, how media has changed over the last decade, and lots more! Please listen!
www.404media.co/podcast-land...
www.404media.co/podcast-land...
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SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves.
Flock left at least 60 of its people-tracking Condor PTZ cameras live streaming and exposed to the open internet.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
SCOOP: Flock left at least 60 of its AI-powered, people-tracking surveillance cameras exposed and livestreaming to the open internet. We tracked ourselves. The exposure highlights the power of these cameras and types of things they're tracking. Not just cars.
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
www.404media.co/flock-expose...
2025 was a big year for me and a horrifying year for the country. I hitched my wagon to 404 Media and trained my eye on the tide of nightmarish AI slop that's dominating our lives.
Here's some of my favorites from my first year with 404.
Here's some of my favorites from my first year with 404.
December 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
2025 was a big year for me and a horrifying year for the country. I hitched my wagon to 404 Media and trained my eye on the tide of nightmarish AI slop that's dominating our lives.
Here's some of my favorites from my first year with 404.
Here's some of my favorites from my first year with 404.
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For this week's Behind the Blog, our weekly behind the scenes stuff, I wrote more about the case of a man charged for allegedly wiping a phone before CBP could search it www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
Behind the Blog: Resisting Demoralization
This week, we discuss history repeating itself, a phone wipe scandal, Meta's relationship with links and more.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
For this week's Behind the Blog, our weekly behind the scenes stuff, I wrote more about the case of a man charged for allegedly wiping a phone before CBP could search it www.404media.co/behind-the-b...
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UPDATE: House Democrats did not immediately respond for comment on why the Epstein Dropbox files were left open for comment but it appears that the feature has now been turned off. @evystadium.bsky.social gets into what happened.
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/the-governme...
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/the-governme...
December 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
UPDATE: House Democrats did not immediately respond for comment on why the Epstein Dropbox files were left open for comment but it appears that the feature has now been turned off. @evystadium.bsky.social gets into what happened.
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/the-governme...
@mjgault.bsky.social has the story: www.404media.co/the-governme...
House Oversight left the comments on in its latest batch of Epstein files
The Government Added a Comments Section to the Epstein Photo Dump
Oversight Democrats released a new trove of Epstein pictures on Dropbox and left the comments on.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:55 PM
House Oversight left the comments on in its latest batch of Epstein files
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delusional loser ruins party www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
Anthropic Exec Forces AI Chatbot on Gay Discord Community, Members Flee
“We’re bringing a new kind of sentience into existence,” Anthropic's Jason Clinton said after launching the bot.
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December 16, 2025 at 5:57 PM
delusional loser ruins party www.404media.co/anthropic-ex...
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we read the NDAA so you don't have to: nuclear weapons edition 🧵
December 18, 2025 at 6:39 PM
we read the NDAA so you don't have to: nuclear weapons edition 🧵
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New from 404 Media: ICE just paid hundreds of thousands to company making bounty hunter AI agents. The company says its AI agents “deliver rapid acceleration in finding persons of interest and mapping their entire network.” Comes as ICE spends millions on skip tracers www.404media.co/ice-contract...
ICE Contracts Company Making Bounty Hunter AI Agents
AI Solutions 87 says on its website its AI agents “deliver rapid acceleration in finding persons of interest and mapping their entire network.”
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December 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
New from 404 Media: ICE just paid hundreds of thousands to company making bounty hunter AI agents. The company says its AI agents “deliver rapid acceleration in finding persons of interest and mapping their entire network.” Comes as ICE spends millions on skip tracers www.404media.co/ice-contract...