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mattaukamp
@mattaukamp.bsky.social
Writer, podcaster, "journalist", "comedian", cool friggin dude. I host the podcasts Save Your Game zencastr.com/Save-Your-Game and Every Folk Song everyfolksong.xyz.
Remember: Not taking men's feelings seriously and expecting them to be quiet about their problems is a patriarchal attitude that leads to emotionally stunted, anti-social men. Stereotyping men into broad cliches is STILL doing the work of the patriarchy!
Today is International Men’s Day.
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.

Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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mr president sir theres a story coming about how you intervened to help a sex criminal. no sir, not that sex criminal you helped….no not that one either…sir, please stop guessing sex criminals that you helped. ill give you a hint sir, hes a trafficker. no sir, not that trafficker a different one
November 18, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Runners, for some reason, don't like it when you tell them their favorite thing is to "run all around". BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY DO!
November 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I'm in London. If you are, too: HANG OUT WITH ME!

In the West End, apparently? It all seems very fancy and rich but I'm staying in a dingy basement hotel room so small that I could probably touch all 4 walls at once.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Side-by-side of the original Life's Too Short front garden and LTSHD. It's coming together!

I think the front is mostly done now. Time for the back garden and all the shenanigans in there!

#indiegamedeveloper #gamedev @play.date
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
How tf are the QAnons reacting to all of this?
November 15, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
I didn't put a lot of stock in the Trump/Epstein thing for a long time. Epstein worked hard to create thin ties between himself and people of power to seem more powerful himself.

But at this point, you'd be insane or delusional to deny that Trump was deeply involved with Epstein and his crimes.
November 14, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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The wonderful Save Your Game podcast mentioned me on their latest ep! Squeeeeeeee 🥰 ty @mattaukamp.bsky.social and @pushinguproses.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Loved this piece. Aside from being a nice primer on a growing "genre" of games that I love, it breaks down the language of this disparate set of related games. It defines the connections and differences in a way that I think will be crucial for future discussion and critique. Well done!
November 13, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Too much Taco Bell 😞
November 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Taco Bell
November 12, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Reminder: HSAs are a scam, intended to reduce the amount health insurance companies have to pay per person.
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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Excellent piece from @mirandayaver.bsky.social

“In practice, HSAs tend to benefit people w/ higher incomes… Furthermore, researchers…find that HSAs do not significantly benefit those who struggle with health care costs, and…they exacerbate the racial disparities the ACA has effectively reduced.”
Opinion | Trump’s new plan for Obamacare leaves Americans to fend for themselves
We finally know what “concepts of a plan” looks like – and it’s not good.
www.msnbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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so currently defectors are:

Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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We tried to show them after the last surrender. There's no sense in trying to convince them anymore. Primaries are the only path to a fighting opposition party now.
November 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
As this vote moves to the House, I stand with Democratic leadership as they refuse to rubber stamp the full-scale Republican assault on Americans’ health care and I am proud of the majority of Senate Democrats who opposed this vote.
November 10, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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so much suffering and sacrifice only to to agree to terms that will beget more suffering and sacrifice.
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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Anyway a great way to radicalize people is for them to realize that you just abandoned their chance at being able to access and afford health care because you didn’t like waiting in line at the airport.
November 10, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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This piece is as good as people say it is. Read it to appreciate that writing isn't just about content, but style. AI can't do this.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Marcus the Worm is just cheap randomlol jokes and boring toilet humor, but delivered in such a unique way that people really think something interesting is happening there.
November 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM