Matt
@johnsmatthew.bsky.social
I travel the world solving puzzles and playing with fire. (I'm a field engineer that works on industrial production furnaces.)
I like maps, history, and a bit of whiskey.
I like maps, history, and a bit of whiskey.
By design, the US is a secular nation.
By practice, the US is a Christian nation in much the same way that Taco Bell is a Mexican restaurant.
By practice, the US is a Christian nation in much the same way that Taco Bell is a Mexican restaurant.
November 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
By design, the US is a secular nation.
By practice, the US is a Christian nation in much the same way that Taco Bell is a Mexican restaurant.
By practice, the US is a Christian nation in much the same way that Taco Bell is a Mexican restaurant.
This just in....... Senate Democrats trade cow for magic beans.....
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
This just in....... Senate Democrats trade cow for magic beans.....
All in all it's just more ketchup thrown on the wall.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 AM
All in all it's just more ketchup thrown on the wall.
The biggest threat to MAGA branded fascism is for the opposition to not follow their preferred narrative of violence.
This is why they find inflatable frog suits threatening. They haven't got a way to claim it's a threat so they pretend something else is happening.
This is why they find inflatable frog suits threatening. They haven't got a way to claim it's a threat so they pretend something else is happening.
October 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The biggest threat to MAGA branded fascism is for the opposition to not follow their preferred narrative of violence.
This is why they find inflatable frog suits threatening. They haven't got a way to claim it's a threat so they pretend something else is happening.
This is why they find inflatable frog suits threatening. They haven't got a way to claim it's a threat so they pretend something else is happening.
Is it just me or do the fascist Young Republican leaders caught in their Telegram chat logs all look like they have come up a bit short as genetic examples of a "master race"?
Collectively they all look like they would have trouble punching their way out of a paper bag.
Collectively they all look like they would have trouble punching their way out of a paper bag.
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Is it just me or do the fascist Young Republican leaders caught in their Telegram chat logs all look like they have come up a bit short as genetic examples of a "master race"?
Collectively they all look like they would have trouble punching their way out of a paper bag.
Collectively they all look like they would have trouble punching their way out of a paper bag.
Masochists
Are
GOP
Apologists
They love it when Daddy Trump lies to them.
Are
GOP
Apologists
They love it when Daddy Trump lies to them.
October 7, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Masochists
Are
GOP
Apologists
They love it when Daddy Trump lies to them.
Are
GOP
Apologists
They love it when Daddy Trump lies to them.
Charlie Kirk was to logic what wooden decoys are to ducks.
If you do not understand this, I recommend looking up two concepts in logic and critical thinking.
One is the null hypotheses. The second is the burden of proof.
Once you have that. Think his "prove me wrong" debate BS.
If you do not understand this, I recommend looking up two concepts in logic and critical thinking.
One is the null hypotheses. The second is the burden of proof.
Once you have that. Think his "prove me wrong" debate BS.
September 30, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Charlie Kirk was to logic what wooden decoys are to ducks.
If you do not understand this, I recommend looking up two concepts in logic and critical thinking.
One is the null hypotheses. The second is the burden of proof.
Once you have that. Think his "prove me wrong" debate BS.
If you do not understand this, I recommend looking up two concepts in logic and critical thinking.
One is the null hypotheses. The second is the burden of proof.
Once you have that. Think his "prove me wrong" debate BS.
How Tyrants Rise — and How to Stop Them - W2W 46
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September 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Confounding factors is why you don't take raw data from science papers at face value. It's also the name of my new band.
ⓘ This user is suspected of being incredibly average. Don't bother reporting him. The authorities don't care.
ⓘ This user is suspected of being incredibly average. Don't bother reporting him. The authorities don't care.
September 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Confounding factors is why you don't take raw data from science papers at face value. It's also the name of my new band.
ⓘ This user is suspected of being incredibly average. Don't bother reporting him. The authorities don't care.
ⓘ This user is suspected of being incredibly average. Don't bother reporting him. The authorities don't care.
Brain worms lead to spurious correlations.
September 23, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Brain worms lead to spurious correlations.
For the Disney executives;
50 years from now your descendants will still be explaining to their children why you are cowards.
For the Sinclair and Nexstar executives;
Your descendants will deny being related to you.
50 years from now your descendants will still be explaining to their children why you are cowards.
For the Sinclair and Nexstar executives;
Your descendants will deny being related to you.
September 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
For the Disney executives;
50 years from now your descendants will still be explaining to their children why you are cowards.
For the Sinclair and Nexstar executives;
Your descendants will deny being related to you.
50 years from now your descendants will still be explaining to their children why you are cowards.
For the Sinclair and Nexstar executives;
Your descendants will deny being related to you.
Shooting Charlie Kirk is about as useful as using Round Up to kill the trees in the petrified forest.
September 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Shooting Charlie Kirk is about as useful as using Round Up to kill the trees in the petrified forest.
I am an engineer and not a scientist. I am in no way an expert on medication.
I do know that complex issues don't have single causes. Lawyers should also know that.
So when RFK Jr. says he is looking for "the" cause of autism, all that follows afterwards is likely to be BS.
I do know that complex issues don't have single causes. Lawyers should also know that.
So when RFK Jr. says he is looking for "the" cause of autism, all that follows afterwards is likely to be BS.
September 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I am an engineer and not a scientist. I am in no way an expert on medication.
I do know that complex issues don't have single causes. Lawyers should also know that.
So when RFK Jr. says he is looking for "the" cause of autism, all that follows afterwards is likely to be BS.
I do know that complex issues don't have single causes. Lawyers should also know that.
So when RFK Jr. says he is looking for "the" cause of autism, all that follows afterwards is likely to be BS.
The congressional leadership of the Democratic party should be referenced as the super conductors. They offer no resistance.
September 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The congressional leadership of the Democratic party should be referenced as the super conductors. They offer no resistance.
FBI agents on the streets of DC should be embarrassed.
Take a highly trained and intelligent agents and pull them away from hunting terrorists and spies so they can suppress a non-existent crime wave under the orders of a corrupt circus clown.
So looking for terrorist and spies in their absence?
Take a highly trained and intelligent agents and pull them away from hunting terrorists and spies so they can suppress a non-existent crime wave under the orders of a corrupt circus clown.
So looking for terrorist and spies in their absence?
August 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
FBI agents on the streets of DC should be embarrassed.
Take a highly trained and intelligent agents and pull them away from hunting terrorists and spies so they can suppress a non-existent crime wave under the orders of a corrupt circus clown.
So looking for terrorist and spies in their absence?
Take a highly trained and intelligent agents and pull them away from hunting terrorists and spies so they can suppress a non-existent crime wave under the orders of a corrupt circus clown.
So looking for terrorist and spies in their absence?
Let me see if I have this straight. The reason Trump won't release the Epstein files is because Rosy O'Donnell is stopping the Washington Commanders from using cane sugar.
That makes sense.
That makes sense.
July 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Let me see if I have this straight. The reason Trump won't release the Epstein files is because Rosy O'Donnell is stopping the Washington Commanders from using cane sugar.
That makes sense.
That makes sense.
CBS = Cowardly Broadcasting System
July 19, 2025 at 3:44 PM
CBS = Cowardly Broadcasting System
ICE is to law enforcement as Richard Harris was to singing.
If you didn't get the reference, Donna Summer wasn't the first person to record MacArthur Park.
If you didn't get the reference, Donna Summer wasn't the first person to record MacArthur Park.
July 8, 2025 at 1:46 AM
ICE is to law enforcement as Richard Harris was to singing.
If you didn't get the reference, Donna Summer wasn't the first person to record MacArthur Park.
If you didn't get the reference, Donna Summer wasn't the first person to record MacArthur Park.
Happy Birthday America! You don't look a day over 53 years old. (Jackson administration.)
July 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Happy Birthday America! You don't look a day over 53 years old. (Jackson administration.)
To Vance and Johnson,
Time to put on your big boy pants and do the right thing for the American people. If you don't do it now, he will turn on you.
Time to put on your big boy pants and do the right thing for the American people. If you don't do it now, he will turn on you.
June 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
To Vance and Johnson,
Time to put on your big boy pants and do the right thing for the American people. If you don't do it now, he will turn on you.
Time to put on your big boy pants and do the right thing for the American people. If you don't do it now, he will turn on you.
I find it funny that when I google the "Big beautiful bill", I find a web page from the house Ways and Means committee that does not have any links to the actual text of the bill. You would think the "facts sheet" would make it easier to see if they are lying. But no, that is too much to ask for.
May 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I find it funny that when I google the "Big beautiful bill", I find a web page from the house Ways and Means committee that does not have any links to the actual text of the bill. You would think the "facts sheet" would make it easier to see if they are lying. But no, that is too much to ask for.
Trump's imaginary trade deals are the new version of infrastructure week.
May 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Trump's imaginary trade deals are the new version of infrastructure week.