Matt B.
@originalmattb.com
Hi. I'm Matt. Nice to meet you. Watches, tech, music, books, cars, cats, and sometimes bikes. Be excellent to each other. Twin Cities, MN. Shameless plug: Check out https://www.manontime.com
Starting the evening off with some boozy eggnog.
December 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Starting the evening off with some boozy eggnog.
Incredible.
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Incredible.
Cronkite is currently spinning in his grave at approximately 10,000rpm.
The person who made the decision to hold this story has never been a news reporter or a news editor. Really sickening.
December 22, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Cronkite is currently spinning in his grave at approximately 10,000rpm.
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
Gonna need to harness that Pedro Cerrano spirit.
Gonna need to harness that Pedro Cerrano spirit.
December 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go.
Gonna need to harness that Pedro Cerrano spirit.
Gonna need to harness that Pedro Cerrano spirit.
I have no problem with this. Why are we shitting on things (in this case coloring) that bring people joy, especially now? This is entirely on the Strib for not setting an upper age limit or having an adult category.
Amid the cascading horrors, I still have room for indignation at the Strib’s decision to award a 61 year old woman first place for their 47th annual Thanksgiving coloring contest
December 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I have no problem with this. Why are we shitting on things (in this case coloring) that bring people joy, especially now? This is entirely on the Strib for not setting an upper age limit or having an adult category.
Does this include families that may have transgender members? Her "bipartisan" vote from yesterday makes me doubt it.
Americans shouldn't lose the Child Tax Credit or Earned Income Tax Credit just because a storm or flood wiped out their income.
My new bipartisan Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act prevents families from being punished for circumstances beyond their control.
My new bipartisan Working Families Disaster Tax Relief Act prevents families from being punished for circumstances beyond their control.
December 16, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Does this include families that may have transgender members? Her "bipartisan" vote from yesterday makes me doubt it.
20 for 20. Am I old?
Show your age
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
17 (have never used a fax machine, a record player, or a phone booth)
December 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
20 for 20. Am I old?
Hey @klobuchar.senate.gov, fuck you! Cc. @amyklobuchar.com
Here are the 28 Dem Senators who voted to advance the first federal ban on trans athletes & a federal definition of sex that would make trans & intersex people non-existent: Angela Alsobrooks (MD), Tammy Baldwin (WI), Richard Blumenthal (CT), Lisa Blunt Rochester (DE), Chris Coons (DE), ->
By a vote of 76-23, S 1071 passes the motion to proceed to the motion to concur. Won't know who voted for this until the roll call is uploaded, but safe to say it passed with the support of at least 24 members of the Democratic caucus. (Rand Paul probably voted nay and Steve Daines has been absent).
December 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Hey @klobuchar.senate.gov, fuck you! Cc. @amyklobuchar.com
Today called for a big ol' pot of Chili simmering away on the stove.
December 15, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Today called for a big ol' pot of Chili simmering away on the stove.
A gentle reminder that you don’t have to share screenshots of posts from a completely deranged person.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A gentle reminder that you don’t have to share screenshots of posts from a completely deranged person.
"I didn't vote for this..." is code for "I wanted this to happen to other people.", which makes assholes like Zink the worst kind of person you could have the misfortune of meeting.
“.. He led me into the Hilltop, where half the people inside knew his name, to a corner where we sat drinking diner coffee. ‘You won’t meet anyone more conservative than me, and I didn’t vote for this,’ Zink said.”
@politico.com #DOGE
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
@politico.com #DOGE
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
December 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
"I didn't vote for this..." is code for "I wanted this to happen to other people.", which makes assholes like Zink the worst kind of person you could have the misfortune of meeting.
Bipartisan mentioned! Drink! #feckless
As avian flu cases rise, it’s more important than ever to develop a vaccine to protect all impacted poultry and livestock.
Sen. Rounds & I led a bipartisan group of senators calling on the Dept. of Agriculture to prioritize an avian flu vaccine strategy.
www.willmarradio.com/news/klobuch...
Sen. Rounds & I led a bipartisan group of senators calling on the Dept. of Agriculture to prioritize an avian flu vaccine strategy.
www.willmarradio.com/news/klobuch...
Klobuchar, senators push USDA for turkey bird flu vaccine strategy
(Washington DC-) U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and Mike Rounds (R-SD) led 21 of their colleagues in urging Secreta...
www.willmarradio.com
December 14, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Bipartisan mentioned! Drink! #feckless
This photo could simply be captioned "Minnesota" and everyone would be like "Yup.".
you will be visited at the union holiday party by three varieties of Top the Tater
December 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This photo could simply be captioned "Minnesota" and everyone would be like "Yup.".
Also Brian O'Hara: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Also Brian O'Hara: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I seem to recall something about reaping what is sowed.
Extremely onbrand for Nisswa to blame evil “city politics” for Jen Carnahan. You elected her, dipshits. www.startribune.com/nisswa-mayor...
Nisswa Mayor Jennifer Carnahan facing calls to resign amid controversy
One council member asked for the mayor’s immediate resignation. Carnahan, the former chair of the Minnesota Republican Party, said she refuses.
www.startribune.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I seem to recall something about reaping what is sowed.
Which is the wokest font? I say Wingdings. So much diversity and inclusion.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Which is the wokest font? I say Wingdings. So much diversity and inclusion.
Robert is possibly being rhetorical here, but the chances of a current day NRA member defending a visible minority is probably somewhere between zero and none.
Gun cultists often claim they are arming themselves against an out-of-control government that targets innocent citizens.
Folks, we are already there.
I wonder how many Minnesotans with an NRA sticker on their vehicle are willing to stand up for Mubashir?
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
Folks, we are already there.
I wonder how many Minnesotans with an NRA sticker on their vehicle are willing to stand up for Mubashir?
sahanjournal.com/immigration/...
U.S. citizen offered to show I.D. but was arrested by immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside
A Somali U.S. citizen, Mubashir, was arrested by federal immigration officers in Cedar-Riverside Tuesday during a mass enforcement.
sahanjournal.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Robert is possibly being rhetorical here, but the chances of a current day NRA member defending a visible minority is probably somewhere between zero and none.
Emmer is a craven, opportunistic piece of shit who kowtows before anyone he thinks will allow him to keep a claw hold on whatever crumb of power he has.
Strib put its Emmer takedown behind its new, higher paywall, meaning even subscribers can’t share, so I’ll paste the grossest part, which includes the loathsome Vin Weber, who hasn’t received enough criticism over the years. (Link in case I’m wrong about sharing: www.startribune.com/once-a-defen...)
![From the Strib: Emmer initially said he did not "want to paint with a broad brush" after Trump pledged to revoke Temporary Protected
Status from hundreds of members of the Somali community. "There are great Somali residents in Minnesota. I've got Somalis for Trump in St Cloud, Minnesota," he said during a recent Kare 11 interview. "The fact remains, though, that a lot of these fraud schemes have come out of that community, and that's what
[Trump's] talking about." Emmer ignored a Minnesota Star Tribune reporter on Capitol Hill when asked Thursday to clarify whether he agreed with
what Trump said and if he condemned the president's remarks. His's office also did not respond to several emailed questions, instead calling the Star Tribune "a communist rag that failed to investigate the massive fraud that has cost Minnesota taxpayers
billions." Former GOP Rep. Vin Weber, a supporter of Emmer who considers him a good friend, does not think Emmer has changed
to appease Trump or on the topic of Somali Minnesotans. "I don't think one of the leading Republicans in the country is going to disagree with the president, I don't fault him for that,"
Weber said of Emmer's position on Trump's targeting of Somalis.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2yhglxsi2owchryafic2gmr3/bafkreidqcx6ifpgnde25ngxifvw7c2626rarey2wsbuopqzipb4ssdyfzu@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Emmer is a craven, opportunistic piece of shit who kowtows before anyone he thinks will allow him to keep a claw hold on whatever crumb of power he has.
I just came in from a 30-mile round trip drive from CR to the 280/E Hennepin area and back. Freeway there, surface streets back. Did a little running tally in my head: out of 100 vehicles surveyed, at least 30 had no lights on. 😐 #mnwx #albertaclipper #turnyourdamnlightson
December 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I just came in from a 30-mile round trip drive from CR to the 280/E Hennepin area and back. Freeway there, surface streets back. Did a little running tally in my head: out of 100 vehicles surveyed, at least 30 had no lights on. 😐 #mnwx #albertaclipper #turnyourdamnlightson
Humanity is fuckin' doomed.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Humanity is fuckin' doomed.
Everyone submit "Abolish ICE".
December 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Everyone submit "Abolish ICE".
Does anyone know where a mincemeat pie or better yet, filling can be found in the Cities? I used to buy Nonesuch brand filling, but it's been discontinued.
December 9, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Does anyone know where a mincemeat pie or better yet, filling can be found in the Cities? I used to buy Nonesuch brand filling, but it's been discontinued.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Writing autoexec.bat and config.sys files so games would load properly.
Writing autoexec.bat and config.sys files so games would load properly.
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
I learned to draw in Logo 🐢
I learned to draw in Logo 🐢
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
when microprocessors are outlawed, my ability to work on ancient Bosch fuel injection systems will be relevant again, for the first time.
when microprocessors are outlawed, my ability to work on ancient Bosch fuel injection systems will be relevant again, for the first time.
December 8, 2025 at 7:24 PM
What skill did you master that you will never, ever use again?
Writing autoexec.bat and config.sys files so games would load properly.
Writing autoexec.bat and config.sys files so games would load properly.
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.