Matt Blansett
@matt-blansett.bsky.social
Palm Springs
Long time desert rat.
SpiderMatt, Lord and Master of the Web, Guardian and Protector of the Mattropolis.
Long time desert rat.
SpiderMatt, Lord and Master of the Web, Guardian and Protector of the Mattropolis.
Deluge In the Desert: Saturday, November 15th afternoon downpour.
YouTube video by Matt Blansett
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November 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Seeds planting continues and the winter garden begins. #CoachellaValleyGardening #PalmSprings #CathedralCity #Gardening
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Seeds planting continues and the winter garden begins. #CoachellaValleyGardening #PalmSprings #CathedralCity #Gardening
Darkness falls across the land...
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Palantir and Nvidia CEOs discuss their latest partnership
YouTube video by CNBC Television
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October 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Darkness falls across the land...
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Watching a bubble grow...then waiting for it to burst
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Data center buildout is creating new winners, says BofA’s Andrew Obin
YouTube video by CNBC Television
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October 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Watching a bubble grow...then waiting for it to burst
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TikTok algorithm under spotlight: Will retraining it swing your feed to the right?
The copy of TikTok’s algorithm will be leased to a new group spearheaded by Marc Andreessen’s Andreessen Horowitz, Larry Ellison’s Oracle, and the private equity firm Silver Lake.
cybernews.com
September 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Reposted by Matt Blansett
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
September 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This is the playbook, folks.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
If you're not paying attention now and doing something about it, then you're going to have to sit down the rest of your life because democracy is being taken away.
Do not be quiet in this moment.
Some got hail this afternoon, but at Casa de Matteo, we got a nice steady downpour of beautiful rain. I love the sound, the smell, and the peacefulness.
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September rain storm in the Coachella Valley. September 18, 2025
YouTube video by Matt Blansett
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September 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Some got hail this afternoon, but at Casa de Matteo, we got a nice steady downpour of beautiful rain. I love the sound, the smell, and the peacefulness.
youtu.be/TaJ3hCRVvcM?...
youtu.be/TaJ3hCRVvcM?...
So much to unpack and enjoy in this. Nobody tells a story like @kathygriffin.bsky.social
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F*ck James Corden! Also, Meeting Michael Jackson
YouTube video by Kathy Griffin
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September 2, 2025 at 2:31 AM
So much to unpack and enjoy in this. Nobody tells a story like @kathygriffin.bsky.social
youtube.com/watch?v=xIGk...
youtube.com/watch?v=xIGk...
Very interesting look at the history and archaeology behind the stories about Sodom and Gomorrah.
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-acz94...
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Sodom and Gomorrah
What really happened to the damned cities of Sodom and Gomorrah? Tristan Hughes and Dr. Dylan Johnson delve into the infamous biblical story to discover the context and supposed locations of these cit...
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August 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Very interesting look at the history and archaeology behind the stories about Sodom and Gomorrah.
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-acz94...
www.podbean.com/ea/dir-acz94...
Nightshade:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
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The Potato May Have Evolved From a Tomato Ancestor Nine Million Years Ago, Genetic Study Suggests
A genome analysis indicates wild tomatoes and a potato-like plant called Etuberosum hybridized to create the modern potato
www.smithsonianmag.com
August 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Nightshade:
www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/t...
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July 21, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Our native Sulphur Butterfly. They love Cassia when they are young, but seek out red flowers as adults.
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July 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Our native Sulphur Butterfly. They love Cassia when they are young, but seek out red flowers as adults.
www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/...
www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/...
I took some selective shots as a reminder that, as far as some plants are concerned, our Summer is like Winter in other parts of the world. The well adapted plants tough it out and bounce back in the Fall and Winter.
(Other parts of my garden are green and thriving.)
(Other parts of my garden are green and thriving.)
July 18, 2025 at 2:22 AM
I took some selective shots as a reminder that, as far as some plants are concerned, our Summer is like Winter in other parts of the world. The well adapted plants tough it out and bounce back in the Fall and Winter.
(Other parts of my garden are green and thriving.)
(Other parts of my garden are green and thriving.)
Reposted by Matt Blansett
The magnitudes here are astonishing.
A *rumor* that 1 of 12 FOMC members would be replaced caused stocks to move roughly 3/4 of a percentage point.
If that rumor changed the odds by 50%, then firing a Fed chair knocks 1-1/2% off the net present value of corporate earnings.
A *rumor* that 1 of 12 FOMC members would be replaced caused stocks to move roughly 3/4 of a percentage point.
If that rumor changed the odds by 50%, then firing a Fed chair knocks 1-1/2% off the net present value of corporate earnings.
Do Markets Value Fed Independence? An Event Study.
July 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The magnitudes here are astonishing.
A *rumor* that 1 of 12 FOMC members would be replaced caused stocks to move roughly 3/4 of a percentage point.
If that rumor changed the odds by 50%, then firing a Fed chair knocks 1-1/2% off the net present value of corporate earnings.
A *rumor* that 1 of 12 FOMC members would be replaced caused stocks to move roughly 3/4 of a percentage point.
If that rumor changed the odds by 50%, then firing a Fed chair knocks 1-1/2% off the net present value of corporate earnings.