Matt Blair
@mjmbca.bsky.social
He/Him. Toronto, Canada. If you can explain it to me, then I can explain it to everyone. Elsewhere at https://linktr.ee/mjmbca.
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Matt Blair
@mjmbca.bsky.social
· Nov 12
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to curate a social media feed that’s heavy on the latter.”
One morning when my kids were really little, I came downstairs for breakfast and said “Good morning, everybody,” and without even looking up, my daughter said “Oh, no, it’s Dad.”
What's an insult you'll never forget?
December 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM
One morning when my kids were really little, I came downstairs for breakfast and said “Good morning, everybody,” and without even looking up, my daughter said “Oh, no, it’s Dad.”
The Luke Skydiner.
You’ve just opened up a Star Trek Themed Restaurant.
What are you calling it?
What are you calling it?
ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
ALT: ncc-1701-g is written on the side of a spaceship
media.tenor.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The Luke Skydiner.
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Watching Planes Trains and Automobiles and John Candy is reading the alternate title to Heated Rivalry
December 26, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Watching Planes Trains and Automobiles and John Candy is reading the alternate title to Heated Rivalry
I mean, it definitely reads like he got about a third of the way into it before he remembered that he’s supposed to say that Epstein was a bad guy.
Donald Trump, basically acknowledging that so far at least he’s losing the fight over Epstein.
December 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I mean, it definitely reads like he got about a third of the way into it before he remembered that he’s supposed to say that Epstein was a bad guy.
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Hey, if your relationship with your family is fraught for whatever reason, then let me say it: Happy Christmas, I’m proud of you for being you.
December 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hey, if your relationship with your family is fraught for whatever reason, then let me say it: Happy Christmas, I’m proud of you for being you.
“Man, look at all the billionaires and world leaders who spent Christmas Eve fighting with people online.”
That’s really sad.
“Yeah, we all spent like three hours trolling them.”
That’s really sad.
“Yeah, we all spent like three hours trolling them.”
December 25, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Man, look at all the billionaires and world leaders who spent Christmas Eve fighting with people online.”
That’s really sad.
“Yeah, we all spent like three hours trolling them.”
That’s really sad.
“Yeah, we all spent like three hours trolling them.”
The frog has gotten into the spirit of the season by adapting his “Jimmy Cool” persona.
December 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The frog has gotten into the spirit of the season by adapting his “Jimmy Cool” persona.
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a christmas classic youtu.be/mmFVLbuyUBc?...
Ed Grimley Christmas (Martin Short)
YouTube video by Edmond Bruneau
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
a christmas classic youtu.be/mmFVLbuyUBc?...
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IT FINALLY HAPPENED I AM ON A PLANE WITH A BABY WHO SAYS “HI” TO EVERYONE AS HE GOES DOWN THE AISLE
December 24, 2025 at 8:31 PM
IT FINALLY HAPPENED I AM ON A PLANE WITH A BABY WHO SAYS “HI” TO EVERYONE AS HE GOES DOWN THE AISLE
Again, though, “leaked in direct defiance of CBS censorship” is a really heroic exaggeration of what actually probably happened.
Canadians have leaked 60 Minutes’ banned episode investigating Trump’s illegal actions in direct defiance of CBS censorship.
December 24, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Again, though, “leaked in direct defiance of CBS censorship” is a really heroic exaggeration of what actually probably happened.
This is how you get a Christmas Eve visit from the ghost of Joseph Goebbels telling you to expect three spirits.
Bari Weiss just sent this Christmas Eve email to the CBS News staff about "building trust," which includes her tripling down on spiking the CECOT piece "to make sure it's comprehensive and fair."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
One CBS staffer tells me: "She really has no idea how insulting she comes across."
December 24, 2025 at 8:18 PM
This is how you get a Christmas Eve visit from the ghost of Joseph Goebbels telling you to expect three spirits.
I’ve been taking this app for a spin today, and I like it. Free to use, but I might take a look at the paid “plant real trees” option in the new year. lifehacker.com/tech/flora-f...
Flora Review: This App Plants Virtual (and Real) Trees While You Focus on Other Tasks
Flora is an app for staying focused and productive while also still being relaxed. It also allows you to help the earth by planting real trees.
lifehacker.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
I’ve been taking this app for a spin today, and I like it. Free to use, but I might take a look at the paid “plant real trees” option in the new year. lifehacker.com/tech/flora-f...
I’ll probably dig into this idea more deeply over the holidays, but for now, I think a great goal for the coming year would be to be more consciously human, whatever that might mean to you.
Mainly because I feel like we live in a time when we’re constantly encouraged to reject our humanity.
Mainly because I feel like we live in a time when we’re constantly encouraged to reject our humanity.
December 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I’ll probably dig into this idea more deeply over the holidays, but for now, I think a great goal for the coming year would be to be more consciously human, whatever that might mean to you.
Mainly because I feel like we live in a time when we’re constantly encouraged to reject our humanity.
Mainly because I feel like we live in a time when we’re constantly encouraged to reject our humanity.
The kids are in bed and tomorrow is Christmas Eve Day, so I think it’s time to shelve a whole bunch of things until the new year.
December 24, 2025 at 3:30 AM
The kids are in bed and tomorrow is Christmas Eve Day, so I think it’s time to shelve a whole bunch of things until the new year.
“I would not rule out treachery” is an amazing way to say “I have zero evidence of treachery.”
December 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
“I would not rule out treachery” is an amazing way to say “I have zero evidence of treachery.”
My kids have just discovered Trump’s “Home Alone 2” cameo, so now they’ve added “bad actor” to his long list of failings.
December 23, 2025 at 11:41 PM
My kids have just discovered Trump’s “Home Alone 2” cameo, so now they’ve added “bad actor” to his long list of failings.
Why, did something bad happen?
Scoop: Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and "60 Minutes" standards and procedures
Bari Weiss plans overhaul of CBS News and "60 Minutes" standards and procedures
The changes follow a controversy that saw her pulling a story about Trump administration deportations of Venezuelan immigrants to an El Salvador prison.
www.axios.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Why, did something bad happen?
In retrospect, it was probably a bit of a tell that the main message of the “free speech” movement was “nobody is allowed to say anything critical of me.”
A lot of frustration now among those of us like Adam here who were pointing this out a decade ago 👇🏼
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 6:34 PM
In retrospect, it was probably a bit of a tell that the main message of the “free speech” movement was “nobody is allowed to say anything critical of me.”
Anyway, yeah. Three important things for American liberals to understand about Canada leaking the “60 Minutes” piece are that we didn’t do it for you, we didn’t do it on purpose, and “we” didn’t do it at all.
December 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Anyway, yeah. Three important things for American liberals to understand about Canada leaking the “60 Minutes” piece are that we didn’t do it for you, we didn’t do it on purpose, and “we” didn’t do it at all.
Nothing brings you back to the present moment like standing right in the middle of a flock of pigeons at the moment they all take off.
December 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Nothing brings you back to the present moment like standing right in the middle of a flock of pigeons at the moment they all take off.
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i think donald trump might be a pedophile
December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
i think donald trump might be a pedophile
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As a Canadian, I appreciate the jokes suggesting it was some grand act of rebellion to air the 60 Minutes piece, but the reality is about as funny: Bari Weiss can't even do authoritarian-friendly censorship properly because she's too incompetent to remember CBS has international distribution deals.
December 23, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As a Canadian, I appreciate the jokes suggesting it was some grand act of rebellion to air the 60 Minutes piece, but the reality is about as funny: Bari Weiss can't even do authoritarian-friendly censorship properly because she's too incompetent to remember CBS has international distribution deals.
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Global News is secretly an antifascist hotbed: trite, unsupported by evidence, please consider anything they’ve ever done
Global News is low effort and just didn’t check their email: explains a great deal, passes Occam’s Razor, also much funnier
Global News is low effort and just didn’t check their email: explains a great deal, passes Occam’s Razor, also much funnier
December 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Global News is secretly an antifascist hotbed: trite, unsupported by evidence, please consider anything they’ve ever done
Global News is low effort and just didn’t check their email: explains a great deal, passes Occam’s Razor, also much funnier
Global News is low effort and just didn’t check their email: explains a great deal, passes Occam’s Razor, also much funnier
I posted a joke about Canada doing this on purpose, and it got a few shares from some big “Elbows Up” accounts that seemed to take the idea very seriously, to a point that I’m now worried that there’s going to be one of those dumb “altGlobal News” accounts by the end of the day.
wait wait wait before we go on raving about global news pls know that they would NEVER have pubbed it if they knew about the bari weiss takedown
December 23, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I posted a joke about Canada doing this on purpose, and it got a few shares from some big “Elbows Up” accounts that seemed to take the idea very seriously, to a point that I’m now worried that there’s going to be one of those dumb “altGlobal News” accounts by the end of the day.
At this point, I’m pretty much expecting Weiss to email us all with this link and say “Don’t watch this.”
December 23, 2025 at 3:39 PM
At this point, I’m pretty much expecting Weiss to email us all with this link and say “Don’t watch this.”