Matt Crespi
@mattcrespi.bsky.social
Social scientist. Researcher of networks, policy, and innovation. Enthusiast of maps, graphs and sandwiches. Former top 25 duck chess player.
Got our 2026 nature calendar from Meg Lemieur and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, and it is amazing. Beautiful, funny, interesting, and even emotionally moving. When the year is over, we are going to be saving many of these pictures. Highly recommend.
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Got our 2026 nature calendar from Meg Lemieur and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social, and it is amazing. Beautiful, funny, interesting, and even emotionally moving. When the year is over, we are going to be saving many of these pictures. Highly recommend.
With Microsoft launching a new AI-powered Clippy, I'm going to double down on this joke.
Clippy walked so Copilot could also walk.
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
With Microsoft launching a new AI-powered Clippy, I'm going to double down on this joke.
TIL Wegmans has a cheese-aging facility containing 7 large rooms, each replicating the climate of a different European cheese cave. They partner with cheesemakers (many local to their region), then make unique collaborative products with their aging process.
www.wegmans.com/cheese-caves
www.wegmans.com/cheese-caves
Cheese Caves - Wegmans
For over a decade, we’ve proudly sourced the best artisan cheeses from around the world and ripened them to perfection in our Cheese Caves in Rochester, NY.
www.wegmans.com
October 29, 2025 at 5:40 PM
TIL Wegmans has a cheese-aging facility containing 7 large rooms, each replicating the climate of a different European cheese cave. They partner with cheesemakers (many local to their region), then make unique collaborative products with their aging process.
www.wegmans.com/cheese-caves
www.wegmans.com/cheese-caves
Great idea, and remember, the best thing to give a food bank is money. They can buy groceries cheaper than you can, and they know their inventory and needs better. If you have extra food items to donate, by all means, but don't go buy things specifically for a food bank. Give them the $ directly!
If you are able to, please contribute to your local food bank this week
October 28, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Great idea, and remember, the best thing to give a food bank is money. They can buy groceries cheaper than you can, and they know their inventory and needs better. If you have extra food items to donate, by all means, but don't go buy things specifically for a food bank. Give them the $ directly!
Me, pulling out my fancy chef's knife to chop vegetables:
October 8, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Me, pulling out my fancy chef's knife to chop vegetables:
Every town needs a blogblog.
the hyperlocal civics blog i cofounded with friends help increase voter turnout in my community (in 2023) by almost 30%. i’m not involved much these days but anyone can make a blogblog.
September 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Every town needs a blogblog.
Not to be that guy, but you can get them for a third this price at Costco.
September 25, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Not to be that guy, but you can get them for a third this price at Costco.
How does everybody feel about this?
it's ok to not have a take on everything
August 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How does everybody feel about this?
Just found out my tailor planted a bomb in his own shop as part of a ruse to avoid an actual assassination attempt, so you can't convince me that crime isn't up.
August 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Just found out my tailor planted a bomb in his own shop as part of a ruse to avoid an actual assassination attempt, so you can't convince me that crime isn't up.
Nobody will get this reference, but serious Sleve McDichael vibes from GPT-5.
August 9, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Nobody will get this reference, but serious Sleve McDichael vibes from GPT-5.
Rule of Claw
Watchdog Group Downgrades U.S. From Democracy To Whatever Political System Lobsters Have theonion.com/watchdo...
August 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Rule of Claw
LLM usage in academic literature reviews will be an absolute bonanza for authors who have zero citations due to academia's strong bias towards papers that exist.
On the one hand, LLM's are likeliest to know about papers that have been summarized well tens or hundreds of times, and suggest them appropriately.
On the other hand, their use crowds out asking a colleague, and the colleague might be even more likely to name a seminal/focal paper.
On the other hand, their use crowds out asking a colleague, and the colleague might be even more likely to name a seminal/focal paper.
August 1, 2025 at 4:04 PM
LLM usage in academic literature reviews will be an absolute bonanza for authors who have zero citations due to academia's strong bias towards papers that exist.
Pittsburgh seems to be on pace to quite accidentally have their 2nd successful "defund the police" movement. (The 1st being when they stopped making police do medical transport and adopted the model of a local nonprofit to scale up ambulance and EMT services, which we know now is way better.)
August 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Pittsburgh seems to be on pace to quite accidentally have their 2nd successful "defund the police" movement. (The 1st being when they stopped making police do medical transport and adopted the model of a local nonprofit to scale up ambulance and EMT services, which we know now is way better.)
Reposted by Matt Crespi
I wrote up a protocol for running art + activism events like Climate Change Crafting Night.
We need more community, & we need people feeling empowered to take action and not just curl up in a despondent ball. Help them find the energy with art & community!
Protocol: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We need more community, & we need people feeling empowered to take action and not just curl up in a despondent ball. Help them find the energy with art & community!
Protocol: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Activism Art Nights Protocol
Protocol: Activism Art Nights By Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D., Skype a Scientist Last updated July 25, 2025 In the moment we’re living in, people need community more than ever. There are many problems for p...
docs.google.com
July 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I wrote up a protocol for running art + activism events like Climate Change Crafting Night.
We need more community, & we need people feeling empowered to take action and not just curl up in a despondent ball. Help them find the energy with art & community!
Protocol: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
We need more community, & we need people feeling empowered to take action and not just curl up in a despondent ball. Help them find the energy with art & community!
Protocol: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Reposted by Matt Crespi
Hey Philly! If you like art & the environment please repost this!
On Wednesday we’re getting together for climate change crafting night! We’ll learn about actions all of us can advocate for to slow climate change, then make some art to share that information with others!
RSVP here lu.ma/edq742p1
On Wednesday we’re getting together for climate change crafting night! We’ll learn about actions all of us can advocate for to slow climate change, then make some art to share that information with others!
RSVP here lu.ma/edq742p1
Climate Change Crafting Night · Luma
Addressing climate change can feel overwhelming! Come learn what we can do to address it in Philadelphia, and make art to spread the word.
All supplies will be…
lu.ma
July 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Hey Philly! If you like art & the environment please repost this!
On Wednesday we’re getting together for climate change crafting night! We’ll learn about actions all of us can advocate for to slow climate change, then make some art to share that information with others!
RSVP here lu.ma/edq742p1
On Wednesday we’re getting together for climate change crafting night! We’ll learn about actions all of us can advocate for to slow climate change, then make some art to share that information with others!
RSVP here lu.ma/edq742p1
A lot of things have been terrible since March, 2020, and while I know correlation is not causation, it's pretty interesting that that's exactly when McDonald's stopped serving all day breakfast.
July 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
A lot of things have been terrible since March, 2020, and while I know correlation is not causation, it's pretty interesting that that's exactly when McDonald's stopped serving all day breakfast.
Maybe people would be more likely to wear a mask or take other precautions if they knew that "post-COVID alcohol intolerance" was one of the possible outcomes.
I was at a networking event last week. First time I’ve seen the caterer offer a “signature mocktail.” Happy to see this bc I can’t tolerate alcohol much anymore. But also a sign of the times? 👀 www.buzzfeednews.com/article/kati...
Long COVID Might Ruin Booze For You
“I just really, really struggled if I had one drink. I would wake up so hungover, terrible headaches, and super tired. It was so bizarre.”
www.buzzfeednews.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Maybe people would be more likely to wear a mask or take other precautions if they knew that "post-COVID alcohol intolerance" was one of the possible outcomes.
Clippy walked so Copilot could also walk.
July 16, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Clippy walked so Copilot could also walk.
OK, here's my movie pitch. Star Trek: The Hangover, in which the cast of Lower Decks minus Boimler wakes up after a night of drinking Romulan ale and has to backtrack through their previous day to find out where he is.
July 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
OK, here's my movie pitch. Star Trek: The Hangover, in which the cast of Lower Decks minus Boimler wakes up after a night of drinking Romulan ale and has to backtrack through their previous day to find out where he is.
July 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I've heard it both ways, and they're both perfectly fine philosophies for guiding environmental policy.
July 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I've heard it both ways, and they're both perfectly fine philosophies for guiding environmental policy.
I had a question about Brita pitchers and somehow wound up on TikTok, where I "learned" the following things about water filtration:
-Brita takes out too much; you want a pitcher that adds things
-If you're smart, you'll add an extra fluoride filter
-Being cute is a medical qualification
-Brita takes out too much; you want a pitcher that adds things
-If you're smart, you'll add an extra fluoride filter
-Being cute is a medical qualification
July 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I had a question about Brita pitchers and somehow wound up on TikTok, where I "learned" the following things about water filtration:
-Brita takes out too much; you want a pitcher that adds things
-If you're smart, you'll add an extra fluoride filter
-Being cute is a medical qualification
-Brita takes out too much; you want a pitcher that adds things
-If you're smart, you'll add an extra fluoride filter
-Being cute is a medical qualification
Found my new email auto-reply.
July 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Found my new email auto-reply.
In #Philly news, the sanitation workers are still on strike, and LL Cool J (scheduled to headline the local Independence Day concert) has joined them.
"“I’m not gonna cross a picket line and perform for money when people are hurting,” the rapper said"
www.inquirer.com/news/ll-cool...
"“I’m not gonna cross a picket line and perform for money when people are hurting,” the rapper said"
www.inquirer.com/news/ll-cool...
LL Cool J pulls out of Wawa Welcome America
“I’m not gonna cross a picket line and perform for money when people are hurting,” the rapper said on Instagram and X.
www.inquirer.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
In #Philly news, the sanitation workers are still on strike, and LL Cool J (scheduled to headline the local Independence Day concert) has joined them.
"“I’m not gonna cross a picket line and perform for money when people are hurting,” the rapper said"
www.inquirer.com/news/ll-cool...
"“I’m not gonna cross a picket line and perform for money when people are hurting,” the rapper said"
www.inquirer.com/news/ll-cool...
"Philadelphia weirdos are some of the best weirdos available" is an evergreen comment that applies to so many (possibly all) areas of life.
Follow this Philadelphia weirdo because:
1) Their art is great
2) They draw spooky lake monsters sometimes and I fucking love a spooky lake monster
3) Philadelphia weirdos are some of the best weirdos available, I have filled my life wit them and strongly recommend this practice
1) Their art is great
2) They draw spooky lake monsters sometimes and I fucking love a spooky lake monster
3) Philadelphia weirdos are some of the best weirdos available, I have filled my life wit them and strongly recommend this practice
if i get to 40k followers ill finish one of these fibonacci death spiral sketches i promise.
probably the swimsuit one bc people said its better
probably the swimsuit one bc people said its better
July 3, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"Philadelphia weirdos are some of the best weirdos available" is an evergreen comment that applies to so many (possibly all) areas of life.