Matt Butler
@matt4something.bsky.social
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it's my parents doing karaoke at my other mom's birthday party
November 23, 2025 at 2:39 AM
it's my parents doing karaoke at my other mom's birthday party
Wow, what a crazy poem.
November 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Wow, what a crazy poem.
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All of Bluesky this morning:
a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat
Alt: a person holding a bag with a note that says dead dove do not eat
media.tenor.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
All of Bluesky this morning:
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no but this time I mean it: oh my God
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
no but this time I mean it: oh my God
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when your dog owns an asphalt plant
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway. www.wired.com/story/the-cl...
The Climate Impact of Owning a Dog
My dog contributes to climate change. I love him anyway.
www.wired.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
when your dog owns an asphalt plant
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It is such a disorienting feeling when someone you care about but hadn't talked to that much in a couple of years dies suddenly because there is now a freshly dug hole inside of you and yet the day to day routine of your life has not been altered one bit. www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
Watertown, Massachusetts
This piece appears in my book We Had It Coming.
I am sitting in a waiting room right now none of us ever want to be inside of crying about an old friend I'm not entirely sure is even gone yet. The te...
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:38 PM
It is such a disorienting feeling when someone you care about but hadn't talked to that much in a couple of years dies suddenly because there is now a freshly dug hole inside of you and yet the day to day routine of your life has not been altered one bit. www.welcometohellworld.com/watertown-ma...
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lol you losers keep clicking on these things
November 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
lol you losers keep clicking on these things
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my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
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you know what? good advice.
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 21, 2025 at 9:21 PM
you know what? good advice.
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Unstoppable force meets extremely movable object.
November 21, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Unstoppable force meets extremely movable object.
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Everything I write myself and everything I love to read or listen
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
November 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Everything I write myself and everything I love to read or listen
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
to or watch has one bedrock component to it...Jesus Christ I am alive right now and you are alive right now and someday we will not be but for the duration of this we are both stupidly and beautifully alive orbooks.com/catalog/we-h...
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whatever the Xai people did to make grok speak more positively about its owner seems to be backfiring
November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
whatever the Xai people did to make grok speak more positively about its owner seems to be backfiring
This place has the juice.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
This place has the juice.
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They told me that it wasn't cool for me to come help them even while they used our services and made us incredibly rich, how very dare they not let me, a wolf, into their henhouse more than I already was.
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
They told me that it wasn't cool for me to come help them even while they used our services and made us incredibly rich, how very dare they not let me, a wolf, into their henhouse more than I already was.
Absolutely not, and anyone credulously asking this question should get you put into the Hague.
November 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Absolutely not, and anyone credulously asking this question should get you put into the Hague.
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“Our robot phrenologist told me to tell you we’re going in a different direction.”
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
“Our robot phrenologist told me to tell you we’re going in a different direction.”
If she is willing to change her core beliefs, make amends for the harm she has caused, tear down the structures that gave her power, and repudiate every thought and idea she has ever had, sure, she can come to the party, but she doesn't get to talk or do anything until that happens. Which it won't.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 PM
If she is willing to change her core beliefs, make amends for the harm she has caused, tear down the structures that gave her power, and repudiate every thought and idea she has ever had, sure, she can come to the party, but she doesn't get to talk or do anything until that happens. Which it won't.
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RETVRN
U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - Batman Forever (Original Video)
YouTube video by Contra Best
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:23 AM
RETVRN
If you put in means testing, the worst people in the world will use it to stop anyone from getting anything.
SNAP for all. Medicare for all. Rent subsidies for all.
This is the gentle way to go.
SNAP for all. Medicare for all. Rent subsidies for all.
This is the gentle way to go.
These incredible fucking assholes.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
These application processes are already so deeply burdensome and frustrating.
They are trying to starve people.
SNAP benefits update: Trump admin says ‘everyone’ will have to reapply
Agriculture secretary Brooke Rollins told Newsmax on Thursday the plan is to “have everyone reapply for their benefits."
www.newsweek.com
November 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
If you put in means testing, the worst people in the world will use it to stop anyone from getting anything.
SNAP for all. Medicare for all. Rent subsidies for all.
This is the gentle way to go.
SNAP for all. Medicare for all. Rent subsidies for all.
This is the gentle way to go.
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Well just got into a nasty car accident, vehicle totalled, I’m a bit bruised and shaken up but mostly fine I think.
Now that cops and tow trucks are gone and I’m home, I have to say the thing all people love to say: IT WASN’T MY FAULT.
Now that cops and tow trucks are gone and I’m home, I have to say the thing all people love to say: IT WASN’T MY FAULT.
November 14, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Well just got into a nasty car accident, vehicle totalled, I’m a bit bruised and shaken up but mostly fine I think.
Now that cops and tow trucks are gone and I’m home, I have to say the thing all people love to say: IT WASN’T MY FAULT.
Now that cops and tow trucks are gone and I’m home, I have to say the thing all people love to say: IT WASN’T MY FAULT.
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bro every aspect of online life has just become me trying to hide from clippy’s nosy ass. this is just 1999 all over again. i open any app or page and there he is, clippy’s ghost, in the form of AI or algorithms, spying on and meddling in my life choices
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
bro every aspect of online life has just become me trying to hide from clippy’s nosy ass. this is just 1999 all over again. i open any app or page and there he is, clippy’s ghost, in the form of AI or algorithms, spying on and meddling in my life choices
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have you ever actually been in this argument and said “go ahead and arrest them”? they do not care, they keep plowing forward, they want them all to get away with it just so trump gets away with it
November 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
have you ever actually been in this argument and said “go ahead and arrest them”? they do not care, they keep plowing forward, they want them all to get away with it just so trump gets away with it