Ted Matherly
@jemather.bsky.social
Marketing academic,AP@UOklahoma, occasional rower/photographer/mountaineer.
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Ted Matherly
@jemather.bsky.social
· Oct 22
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
The Conservative Grievance Business Is Always Hiring | Defector
Given his age when he first came to the world’s attention and assuming continued good health in the intervening decade and change, Marine Todd would be in his late 30s today. That would be if he was a...
defector.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I wrote about the dirty, demeaning, absolutely booming business of turning something like a shitty bigoted college essay into a shitty public career as a bigot, and also estimated how old Marine Todd would be today. defector.com/the-conserva...
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Jason Garrett and his turkey leg
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Jason Garrett and his turkey leg
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this is way too much diggity, we’re gonna have to bag it up
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 AM
this is way too much diggity, we’re gonna have to bag it up
no one has ever needed to touch grass more
it's utterly wild how the Heritage Foundation president talks about other people
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
if you found a guy talking like this outside, you'd probably call the cops
November 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
no one has ever needed to touch grass more
Give this man the Oscar
theacexperience on Instagram: "#halloween #edmundfitzgerald #greatlakes #lakesuperiorView all 2,482 comments"
#halloween #edmundfitzgerald #greatlakes #lakesuperiorView all 2,482 comments
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November 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Give this man the Oscar
great that we already have this helpful explainer from a movie, ready to go. i'm sure the story its telling isn't relevant at all, though!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hG4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hG4...
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
great that we already have this helpful explainer from a movie, ready to go. i'm sure the story its telling isn't relevant at all, though!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hG4...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hG4...
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
October 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
September 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
“I’m strong and I want to have like fifty kids and a farm” of course you do. You’re twelve. “I don’t want to eat vegetables I think steak and French fries is the only meal” hell yeah homie you’re twelve. “Maybe if there’s crime we should just send the army” bless your heart my twelve year old buddy
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working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
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Peacock dumped me straight from Iowa winning into the John Wayne Gacy movie which feels pretty Big Ten imo
October 19, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Peacock dumped me straight from Iowa winning into the John Wayne Gacy movie which feels pretty Big Ten imo
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There are more important things, but I can’t wait to see the end of every single department/agency of the federal government having a meme warfare account with the dumbest possible dogwater ass posts going out after being worked over in a groupchat of the worst millennials god permitted to exist
October 17, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There are more important things, but I can’t wait to see the end of every single department/agency of the federal government having a meme warfare account with the dumbest possible dogwater ass posts going out after being worked over in a groupchat of the worst millennials god permitted to exist
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KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
July 17, 2023 at 3:57 AM
KOKO THE GORILLA: Koko birkin bag. Practical Koko possession bag
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
RESEARCHER: No, Koko. You can’t have a Birkin bag.
KOKO: Good Birkin good Koko give beautiful Koko deserve gorilla
RESEARCHER: Koko, we simply can’t afford a Birkin bag. It is an unjustifiable expense.
KOKO: jealousy professor
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I've been writing about the war on drugs for more than 20 years. There are some cases that have stuck with me -- names that have never left my head. For the last couple years, I've been working with The Intercept on a podcast to tell their stories. It launches in a week.
Introducing Collateral Damage | Collateral Damage from The Intercept
The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko.
shows.acast.com
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I've been writing about the war on drugs for more than 20 years. There are some cases that have stuck with me -- names that have never left my head. For the last couple years, I've been working with The Intercept on a podcast to tell their stories. It launches in a week.
Post a banger that's not in English
September 30, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Post a banger that's not in English
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Life is short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible performing robustness checks.
September 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Life is short. Make sure you spend as much time as possible performing robustness checks.
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The Washington DC that Trump doesn’t want you to see. 🙌 👏
August 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
The Washington DC that Trump doesn’t want you to see. 🙌 👏
The best to ever do it, RIP youtu.be/zI5oyILrhZE
Aqua Dementia Intro - Mastodon - April 30, 2023 (OKC)
YouTube video by Ted Matherly
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August 21, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The best to ever do it, RIP youtu.be/zI5oyILrhZE
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Unlike Sam Altman, the people behind Gemini actually do understand what it means to have five Ph.D.'s in your pocket
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com
August 8, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Unlike Sam Altman, the people behind Gemini actually do understand what it means to have five Ph.D.'s in your pocket
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Sometimes I don't use my wipers fast enough because I don't want to seem dramatic to the other drivers.
November 19, 2024 at 10:44 PM
Sometimes I don't use my wipers fast enough because I don't want to seem dramatic to the other drivers.
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Home sweet home
August 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Home sweet home
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"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week."
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
--Willa Cather, 1925 and timeless
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I saved this, so bringing it back.
August 1st. Be gentle with the U.S. academics in your life, today is the day the sinking feeling begins.
August 1, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I saved this, so bringing it back.
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when the butt thief is in town
November 13, 2024 at 12:25 AM
when the butt thief is in town
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‘i’ve got the giggles’ i growl over the phone as i hold the giggles at knifepoint
July 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
‘i’ve got the giggles’ i growl over the phone as i hold the giggles at knifepoint