matt
@matt112358.bsky.social
40-something software developer in Minneapolis. He/him.
Profile image is white guy selfie with neon lights. Banner image is a canyon valley landscape at dawn
Profile image is white guy selfie with neon lights. Banner image is a canyon valley landscape at dawn
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When you strip away humanity
July 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
When you strip away humanity
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growing up with two brothers, we had a rule in our house: whoever sliced the pizza picked their slices last
this incentivized the most even slices for everyone
anyways, I just think the economy should work like that
this incentivized the most even slices for everyone
anyways, I just think the economy should work like that
May 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
growing up with two brothers, we had a rule in our house: whoever sliced the pizza picked their slices last
this incentivized the most even slices for everyone
anyways, I just think the economy should work like that
this incentivized the most even slices for everyone
anyways, I just think the economy should work like that
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sometimes I feel like a dinosaur, cause no one looks anything up anymore 🦕
April 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
sometimes I feel like a dinosaur, cause no one looks anything up anymore 🦕
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History speaks. Europe’s lessons from a century ago can wake up and inspire our democracy…in 2025 America.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
March 29, 2025 at 1:59 AM
History speaks. Europe’s lessons from a century ago can wake up and inspire our democracy…in 2025 America.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
Stream my hour-long special “Rick Steves’ The Story of Fascism in Europe” at www.ricksteves.com/fascism.
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Remember when Howard Dean lost an election just because he made a weird noise?
April 3, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Remember when Howard Dean lost an election just because he made a weird noise?
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Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
April 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief.
1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.
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I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
Trump Declares A Trade War On Uninhabited Islands, US Military, And Economic Logic
There’s a fundamental problem with Donald Trump’s new trade policy: it fails a test that actual 5th graders can pass. I know this because I tried explaining his “Liberation Day…
www.techdirt.com
April 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I wrote a bunch of words trying to explain how economically incomprehensible the tariff stuff is. It explains how a 5th grader understands basic econ better than Trump and his economic advisors.
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/04/03/t...
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Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."
April 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."
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i am watching clips from the hegseth hearings and it is a goddamn insult
to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
January 15, 2025 at 3:29 AM
i am watching clips from the hegseth hearings and it is a goddamn insult
to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
to this country that this chucklefuck was even nominated
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I want less Silicon Valley companies and more companies like Tabasco where everything is just put into big oak barrels and once in awhile an aging Cajun man walks in and goes “how them babies doin”
January 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I want less Silicon Valley companies and more companies like Tabasco where everything is just put into big oak barrels and once in awhile an aging Cajun man walks in and goes “how them babies doin”
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Everyone should take the time to read @molly.wiki. Her journalism is sharp, impactful, and needed. She's making a difference—and it matters.
Newsletter: Adversary cases from the FTX collapse further expose how crypto companies do business: with secret acquisitions of “grey area” businesses, buying influence, and creative accounting.
www.citationneeded.news/not-just-one...
www.citationneeded.news/not-just-one...
Not just one bad apple: FTX's practices were business as usual in crypto
Adversary cases from the FTX collapse further expose how crypto companies do business: with secret acquisitions of “grey area” businesses, buying influence, and creative accounting.
www.citationneeded.news
January 1, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Everyone should take the time to read @molly.wiki. Her journalism is sharp, impactful, and needed. She's making a difference—and it matters.
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abc is summarizing the 2024 election 10 minutes before the fuckin ball and it’s like having my nails removed by pliers
January 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
abc is summarizing the 2024 election 10 minutes before the fuckin ball and it’s like having my nails removed by pliers
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This was my first full year as a staff writer at Slate, and it gave me a chance to try some new things, improve some old ones, and have a lot of fun. Here are some of the things I'm proudest of.
December 19, 2024 at 10:31 PM
This was my first full year as a staff writer at Slate, and it gave me a chance to try some new things, improve some old ones, and have a lot of fun. Here are some of the things I'm proudest of.
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i honestly think it would be way more effective if dems just plainly said "elon musk has trump on a leash and they're both trying to screw you"
Jeffries: This reckless republican-driven shutdown can be avoided if House Republicans will simply do what is right for the American people and stick with the bipartisan agreement that they themselves negotiated.
December 19, 2024 at 5:22 PM
i honestly think it would be way more effective if dems just plainly said "elon musk has trump on a leash and they're both trying to screw you"
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Tim Apple knows how to play the game, but also, this is a tell about how tariffs are going to work.
December 17, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Tim Apple knows how to play the game, but also, this is a tell about how tariffs are going to work.
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New people are signing up here all the time. Please let me know of anyone I should add to my Iowa journalists starter pack.
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bsky.app/starter-pack...
December 18, 2024 at 3:35 AM
New people are signing up here all the time. Please let me know of anyone I should add to my Iowa journalists starter pack.
bsky.app/starter-pack...
bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Bluesky isn’t shit without trans people.
December 10, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Bluesky isn’t shit without trans people.
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“The public reaction to the coldblooded killing of a CEO should serve as a wakeup call to other practitioners of corporate greed: While your wealth and status may garner respect in life, the same guarantee cannot be made in death.”
My latest:
My latest:
Breaking the norms of death
A healthcare CEO was shot dead. Many are glad. What now?
www.thehandbasket.co
December 5, 2024 at 3:19 PM
“The public reaction to the coldblooded killing of a CEO should serve as a wakeup call to other practitioners of corporate greed: While your wealth and status may garner respect in life, the same guarantee cannot be made in death.”
My latest:
My latest:
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the idea that one death is a tragedy while the more routine bureaucratic violence carried out against millions of people every single day for profit is just how things go is so grossly offensive to me. www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ev...
December 7, 2024 at 2:12 PM
the idea that one death is a tragedy while the more routine bureaucratic violence carried out against millions of people every single day for profit is just how things go is so grossly offensive to me. www.welcometohellworld.com/they-dont-ev...
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Sam, y'all. (@thielman.bsky.social) So freaking good always and on any topic.
Today on the imagery of self-immolation; hard to read but good to read.
flaminghydra.com/issue-172/
Today on the imagery of self-immolation; hard to read but good to read.
flaminghydra.com/issue-172/
Moved to mortification
Images of self-harm, considered by Sam Thielman
flaminghydra.com
October 3, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Sam, y'all. (@thielman.bsky.social) So freaking good always and on any topic.
Today on the imagery of self-immolation; hard to read but good to read.
flaminghydra.com/issue-172/
Today on the imagery of self-immolation; hard to read but good to read.
flaminghydra.com/issue-172/
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October 2, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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it really is not an exaggeration in the slightest to say that the trump vance plan for reducing housing costs is ethnic cleansing
October 2, 2024 at 4:51 PM
it really is not an exaggeration in the slightest to say that the trump vance plan for reducing housing costs is ethnic cleansing
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Last week I backpacked the 38 mile Paria River Canyon. Actually walking distance was closer to 50 mi. Easily the hardest thing I’ve ever done but it was an amazing experience
October 1, 2024 at 9:35 PM
Last week I backpacked the 38 mile Paria River Canyon. Actually walking distance was closer to 50 mi. Easily the hardest thing I’ve ever done but it was an amazing experience
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The Twin Cities is home to more than 40 different international grocers that carry globe-spanning ingredients from white yams to yuzu kosho to galangal.
A Guide to the International Grocers of the Twin Cities - Racket
The Twin Cities is home to over 40 international grocers, and they deserve your dollars, too.
racketmn.com
October 1, 2024 at 6:33 PM
The Twin Cities is home to more than 40 different international grocers that carry globe-spanning ingredients from white yams to yuzu kosho to galangal.