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@jordan.matelsky.com
making computers better using brains and making brains better using computers. computational neuro and dumb little web apps

sticking a steam wand directly into my brain and frothing it like a cappuccino at @kordinglab. senior research scientist at JHU/APL
Amelia Bedelia-ass copy-editor at Target
November 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
oh wow I just started @adapalmer.bsky.social 's "Inventing the Renaissance" and it's SO good. Only a few pages in and there are gems like this:
November 3, 2025 at 3:08 PM
excited to share a game i made:
blueblocks.jordan.matelsky.com

If you've played scrabble/bananagrams you know the great feeling of densely packing your tiles.
blueblocks assigns points for the smallest bounding box possible!

mondays easy → sundays hardest!

feedback welcome, hope you enjoy :)
October 17, 2025 at 4:34 PM
super excited for #bcon25 #blendercon @blender.org — did some sketching around Amsterdam today :)
September 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
quick sketch i made of some zebras a few days ago at ansp.org, if you want to check them out or whatever
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
love the albatross sequences. their little love-dances are so fun!! here's a couple i saw on Punta Suarez in the Galapagos :)
#oceanchat
June 27, 2025 at 1:30 AM
love these 3D ocean floor maps in a hand-drawn style... they remind me of H.C. Berann

#oceanchat
June 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
go birds 🗑️ 🦅 🍰
February 11, 2025 at 5:07 AM
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January 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
January 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
but one of you is Mere Flesh And Blood and the other one is driving one of these with a punisher bumper sticker
January 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
January 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
YoU WOUldN'T DOwnLOAD a COLoR
December 24, 2024 at 3:58 PM
started some @upenn.bsky.social watercolors
December 14, 2024 at 4:08 AM
doodle doodle
December 12, 2024 at 10:03 PM
just found these markers... does this bring back any scented memories for anyone else?
December 1, 2024 at 7:59 PM
hey @axios.com do you think this is maybe burying the lede a bit?
Trump tapped his daughter's father-in-law. Your headline is "Trump appoints businessman Massad Boulos as Middle East adviser" and you don't mention the family relationship until the 4th paragraph...?
December 1, 2024 at 7:56 PM
"After a year of controversy, the extensible scheduler class has been merged. This feature allows the writing of CPU schedulers as a set of BPF programs; it has already resulted in a number of interesting, specialized schedulers being written. This commit contains some introductory documentation."
November 28, 2024 at 8:36 PM
making thanksgiving apple tarts with mom and they're too pretty not to show you
November 28, 2024 at 4:45 AM
November 25, 2024 at 8:44 PM
postcard to a friend
November 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
before rolling out the pasta dough for ravioli tonight
November 20, 2024 at 3:20 AM
omg also just found this from march of 2020, a little web app I left running in the background of my social distancing "spaceship"
jordan.matelsky.com/sketch/home-...
November 17, 2024 at 6:56 PM
"me, to myself, after writing another really shitty web app

baby you've still got it"
November 17, 2024 at 6:50 PM