Matt
@differentmatt.bsky.social
"Transgressively ludic." —𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
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Matt
@differentmatt.bsky.social
· Dec 16
Walking away from Omelas, are you? On our nice walkable infrastructure, mind you. Anywhere else you'd have to drive away from, but not Omelas. There's also an accessible shuttle every 15 minutes, but nooooooo, don't let me slow you down, you've got an Omelas to walk away from, Mr. Ethical.
I am a rational, scientific person, and every day I am newly amazed that Iain M. Banks' zombie doesn't rip its way out of the ground to strangle him.
in a long life filled with saying stupid shit this is may be the stupidest shit he's ever said
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I am a rational, scientific person, and every day I am newly amazed that Iain M. Banks' zombie doesn't rip its way out of the ground to strangle him.
Insofar as everything since has been the logical elaboration of principles demonstrated in the Leibniz/Babbage/Lovelace era, this statement is demonstrably more true of computer science than it is of Classics.
These guys...
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
Andreesen said in an interview I heard that there's been "no new information in the Classics since the 1850s" and the amount of stupidity in that is wild. Just wild.
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Insofar as everything since has been the logical elaboration of principles demonstrated in the Leibniz/Babbage/Lovelace era, this statement is demonstrably more true of computer science than it is of Classics.
$2,000 would be just enough to pay off the total cost of a 50-year-mortgage at current rates on a $633 house.
I know that's meaningless but, I mean, come on. It all is.
I know that's meaningless but, I mean, come on. It all is.
QUINTANILLA: What's more likely -- a $2,000 tariff rebate check or a 50 year mortgage?
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
HASSETT: They're both really good ideas
November 11, 2025 at 4:45 PM
$2,000 would be just enough to pay off the total cost of a 50-year-mortgage at current rates on a $633 house.
I know that's meaningless but, I mean, come on. It all is.
I know that's meaningless but, I mean, come on. It all is.
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Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
Call in the troops to solve the commercial real estate crisis in our swanky downtown cores
You can’t make this shit up, folks
You can’t make this shit up, folks
November 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Business rent is way too high on Mag (not Miracle) Mile so companies are just shuffling around. H&M moved two blocks down the road to save cash.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
He's blaming "murder and crime" in one of the safest parts of the city because the real problem is "landlords." Almost like that's the whole gambit.
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
They laughed at me at the university. They said no man could ever acquire all seven* colors of Lands' End Comfort Flex Travel Kit Chinos. The fools! The short-sighted fools!
* ignoring the hideous Forest Moss color obviously, hard pass
* ignoring the hideous Forest Moss color obviously, hard pass
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 AM
They laughed at me at the university. They said no man could ever acquire all seven* colors of Lands' End Comfort Flex Travel Kit Chinos. The fools! The short-sighted fools!
* ignoring the hideous Forest Moss color obviously, hard pass
* ignoring the hideous Forest Moss color obviously, hard pass
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Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
November 10, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Good morning to everyone but especially to Lady Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, whose judgement against Rudy Giuliani for defaming them and turning their lives upside down cannot be pardoned away by the president
MEANWHILE AT KROGER
"That'll be $228.14," the cashier says.
"For this pile of trash? A hundred would be generous," I say.
"Matt. Buddy. You're killing us here. I could maybe do $200."
"$150, final offer."
"Deal. That concludes this normal transaction."
"Thank you, I'm an entrepreneur."
"That'll be $228.14," the cashier says.
"For this pile of trash? A hundred would be generous," I say.
"Matt. Buddy. You're killing us here. I could maybe do $200."
"$150, final offer."
"Deal. That concludes this normal transaction."
"Thank you, I'm an entrepreneur."
Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"
November 11, 2025 at 12:49 AM
MEANWHILE AT KROGER
"That'll be $228.14," the cashier says.
"For this pile of trash? A hundred would be generous," I say.
"Matt. Buddy. You're killing us here. I could maybe do $200."
"$150, final offer."
"Deal. That concludes this normal transaction."
"Thank you, I'm an entrepreneur."
"That'll be $228.14," the cashier says.
"For this pile of trash? A hundred would be generous," I say.
"Matt. Buddy. You're killing us here. I could maybe do $200."
"$150, final offer."
"Deal. That concludes this normal transaction."
"Thank you, I'm an entrepreneur."
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this felt too informative not to share
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
this felt too informative not to share
Why yes, I am maddest of all about the puppy. Service animal training programs are INCREDIBLY effective behavioral incentives in prisons because incarcerated people, being humans, tend to love dogs.
What has she, of all people, done to deserve that? Whose rehabilitation is she stealing now?
What has she, of all people, done to deserve that? Whose rehabilitation is she stealing now?
"Maxwell has received custom meals personally delivered to her cell, after-hours time in a private exercise area, access to a service puppy, and private meetings with visitors arranged by the warden, complete with snacks. Visitors were allowed to bring computers..."
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/d...
Democrats reveal whistleblower details of Ghislaine Maxwell prison ‘luxuries’
In a letter to the president, House Democrats say Maxwell’s treatment as she prepares a clemency request makes the convicted sex offender look like a “guest at a Trump hotel.”
www.msnbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Why yes, I am maddest of all about the puppy. Service animal training programs are INCREDIBLY effective behavioral incentives in prisons because incarcerated people, being humans, tend to love dogs.
What has she, of all people, done to deserve that? Whose rehabilitation is she stealing now?
What has she, of all people, done to deserve that? Whose rehabilitation is she stealing now?
If you know an air traffic controller, please ask them what would happen if they scrupulously followed every single one of their workplace's rules and regulations to the letter, reported every single infraction and deviation up the chain, took every minute of their lunch hour, and so forth.
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
If you know an air traffic controller, please ask them what would happen if they scrupulously followed every single one of their workplace's rules and regulations to the letter, reported every single infraction and deviation up the chain, took every minute of their lunch hour, and so forth.
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if I'm an ATC who took one measly sick day since it was fucking October and my kid had a cold I am *incandescent* over this.
The President wouldn't last five minutes as an air traffic controller, and after everything they've been through - and the way this administration has treated them from Day One - he has no business shitting on them now.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
if I'm an ATC who took one measly sick day since it was fucking October and my kid had a cold I am *incandescent* over this.
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I like the idea of a spreadsheet with 350 million lines where keeps individual track of every American's standing with him.
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I like the idea of a spreadsheet with 350 million lines where keeps individual track of every American's standing with him.
I had this boss once, at a convenience store I worked at one summer. He was fired for, y'know, BEING this guy a few days after I started working, and for the rest of the summer everyone told stories about him and laughed.
It radicalized ME and I was a college kid who didn't need the money to eat.
It radicalized ME and I was a college kid who didn't need the money to eat.
Trump to air traffic controllers: "For those that did nothing but complain, and took time off, even though everyone knew they would be paid, IN FULL, shortly into the future, I am NOT HAPPY WITH YOU. You didn’t step up to help the U.S.A. against the FAKE DEMOCRAT ATTACK"
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I had this boss once, at a convenience store I worked at one summer. He was fired for, y'know, BEING this guy a few days after I started working, and for the rest of the summer everyone told stories about him and laughed.
It radicalized ME and I was a college kid who didn't need the money to eat.
It radicalized ME and I was a college kid who didn't need the money to eat.
Look at the expression on his face. He can hear the crowd clearly enough to know what they're doing and he still has to read the text.
Sixty thousand people in that stadium and maybe a dozen of them want him to be there, a number that doesn't include him.
Sixty thousand people in that stadium and maybe a dozen of them want him to be there, a number that doesn't include him.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Look at the expression on his face. He can hear the crowd clearly enough to know what they're doing and he still has to read the text.
Sixty thousand people in that stadium and maybe a dozen of them want him to be there, a number that doesn't include him.
Sixty thousand people in that stadium and maybe a dozen of them want him to be there, a number that doesn't include him.
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I know I'm a sicko, but right now I hate that I have a job, because my STRONG impulse is to jump in my car, drive north for 700 miles until I hit Chicago, then stand out in front of my hotel capering and hooting like a madman as four feet of snow falls.
NWS Chicago is saying that if the snow band stays over Chicago for more than a couple hours, we could see 2-4 FEET of snow
BRING IT ON
BRING IT ON
November 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I know I'm a sicko, but right now I hate that I have a job, because my STRONG impulse is to jump in my car, drive north for 700 miles until I hit Chicago, then stand out in front of my hotel capering and hooting like a madman as four feet of snow falls.
This is the opening scene of a serial killer movie. The bemused detective is called out to the farm to investigate an odd case of vandalism. There's some lighthearted banter until they realize it's not red paint, it's blood. And it's not from the goat.
I thought this was photoshopped but no, oh no indeed. Someone spray painted a goat for last year's #Respectival.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
That's their idea of a "poignant tribute".
Wow.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-n...
That's their idea of a "poignant tribute".
Wow.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
This is the opening scene of a serial killer movie. The bemused detective is called out to the farm to investigate an odd case of vandalism. There's some lighthearted banter until they realize it's not red paint, it's blood. And it's not from the goat.
perhaps the REAL monster was the seven-foot tall murder zombie
November 9, 2025 at 4:40 AM
perhaps the REAL monster was the seven-foot tall murder zombie
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ICE agent in Chicago draws and trains a firearm on protestors armed with iPhones. Trump's America in 2025.
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
ICE agent in Chicago draws and trains a firearm on protestors armed with iPhones. Trump's America in 2025.
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If Microsoft Flight Simulator from the mid-80s taught me anything, it's that we can just divert those O'Hare planes to Meigs Field, which is conveniently right downtown anyway! The it's just a question of logi—what's that? Shut down in 2003? Converted to a park?! Oh yeah then we're fucked.
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
If Microsoft Flight Simulator from the mid-80s taught me anything, it's that we can just divert those O'Hare planes to Meigs Field, which is conveniently right downtown anyway! The it's just a question of logi—what's that? Shut down in 2003? Converted to a park?! Oh yeah then we're fucked.
Amazing versatility on the part of the Trump administration to so adroitly violate the First Amendment in both directions simultaneously.
“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...
Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
blockclubchicago.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Amazing versatility on the part of the Trump administration to so adroitly violate the First Amendment in both directions simultaneously.
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If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 7:21 AM
If I see one more stupid Rosalind Franklin take I'm going to lose my mind. Thank god for @matthewcobb.bsky.social and @nccomfort.bsky.social. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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"wait how bad was he?" behold, receipts:
James Watson in his own words
“Some anti-Semitism is justified” “Whenever you interview fat people, you feel bad, because you know you’re not going to hire them” “Japan should be bombed for d…
liorpachter.wordpress.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
"wait how bad was he?" behold, receipts: