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Matthew Arbo
@matthewarbo.bsky.social
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Coming from the same username on Twitter.
Longtime New Orleans area resident, recently moved to Pittsburgh.

Big time geek, slowly reconnecting with everyone I knew from LSMSA.
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I wonder if there‘s enough to fill out one of these reference sheets.
A meme with six labeled pictures: Macron, macaron, macaroon, macaroni, Marconi, and Mickey Rooney
November 9, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Anyway it’s National Coming Out Day and what I *am* is still pending but I’ve figured out what I’m not.
A close-up photo of a sticker in trans flag colors which says “I am no man” next to a woman holding a sword aloft
October 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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Hmmm….
A hand with skin torn up from climbing.
July 20, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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The other Louisianan in my Morgantown D&D group has thoughts.
A screenshot of text messages saying ...apparently you can't buy booze on Easter Sunday? Sharing in case anyone else was unaware and wanted to bring beverages to gaming What the hell, WV Wait - you can still buy alcohol at the grocery. Fucking puritan holdovers
April 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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lmao the fuck
April 15, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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"I should make a list of all the books that have interested me so that I have it there when it's time to make a purchase" and the first four I think to write down have....a theme.
A list with four items: How Women made Music (NPR) Like Me (Chely Wright) Saved By A Song (Mary Gauthier) Just Don't Be A D**khead (Kasey Chambers)
March 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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This post reminded me I wanted to get some but uhhhhh
What is this nonsense
A map showing a Pittsburgh and the surrounding area, with a current location and the locations of Popeyes restaurants. None of the restaurants are anywhere near the current location.
March 4, 2025 at 11:14 PM
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Time to bring this one out of mothballs.
A screenshot of Bluesky feed headers, showing Following, Rex-Comus, NOLASkeeters, and Mutuals
March 4, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Doing my best to make it not “just Tuesday” at this aggressively Twin Peaks bar.
A photo of a bottle of Abita Purple Haze beer next to a full pint glass.
March 4, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Enjoy the earworm, everyone
A bin of records with “Bert Kaempfert’s Greatest Hits” at the front.
February 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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To my understanding, the ban was never “is the app working,” and is, instead, about this, which is still true for me despite the app functioning.
A screenshot of the Apple app store saying “TikTok and other ByteDance apps are not available in the country or region you're in.”
January 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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Important things happening at D&D in West Virginia.
A photo of a homemade king cake.
January 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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Perfect weather for going out and watching an occultation end
A screenshot of a weather app showing Pittsburgh 21°, feels like 9°.
January 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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Some real Poob-ass news happening on the timeline this morning.
A tumblr post by orcboxer: "Have you seen the new show? It's on Tubu. It's literally on Heebee. It's on Poodee with ads. It's literally on Dippy. You can probably find it on Weeno. Dude it's on Gumpy. It's a Pheebo original. It's on Poob. You can watch it on Poob. You can go to Poob and watch it. Log onto Poob right now. Go to Poob. Dive into Poob. You can Poob it. It's on Poob. Poob has it for you. Poob has it for you." A Twitter post from hagfail: "It was removed from Tubu. Heebee sold the IP. Poodee won't play it in your region. It's not on Dippy. You can't find it on Weeno. Gumpy lost the rights to Pheebo. Poob was removed from the app store. The FBI have issued a warning to Poob. 3 Poob executives were arrested today."
January 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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That favorite version being the Sagan quote mentioned
A picture of Carl Sagan accompanying a quotation: “But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.”
December 16, 2024 at 3:55 AM
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Anyway I decided to go for a light walk through Pittsburgh yesterday.
A map showing a record of a 9.5 mile, 3-hour 15-minute walk across Pittsburgh.
December 15, 2024 at 3:26 PM
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also: this music video for their cover of Christmas Cookies youtu.be/XWRGqxeg8U8
A YouTube screenshot for Christmas Cookies by Loose Cattle, with dogs in human clothing, made to look like they are eating Christmas cookies in a house like people.
December 12, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Speaking of Benny Grunch, does anyone on #NOLASky know what's up with the fact that there are two different versions of Disc 2 for the album "The 12 Yats of Christmas"? I know I've heard all these songs but all of the streaming services have a different Disc 2.
A screenshot listing tracks The GED Fight Song I Think I Just Seen Elvis In The Mildew On My Walls Over By Your Mama'n Nem (Katrina Anniversary Mix) Temporarily Ain't Dere No More (A Tale Of Two Cities - Lakeview & St. Bernard) I'm Dreaming Of A White Trailer Christmas Pawty At Da' Brake Tag Station It Was The Nite Before Rite Before The Nite Before Christmas It Must Be Great To Be A Meter Maid At Christmas Time Santa, I Been Bad All Year Santa And His Reindeer Used To Live Right Here (Sing Along) Ain't Dere No More Part 1 (Sing Along) The Elves Finally Rap (Sing Along)
December 4, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Honestly if I’m not posting the B.A.R. “No obits” headline (or one of the author’s 10 or 20 year reminisences) this’ll be the thing for World AIDS Day
tumblr post by estrogenesis-evangelion on March. 18 you are 16. you are talking with a gay man in his 50s or 60s, a friend, huge and gentle with a scarf and short fluffy curls of gray hair, who has directed you in two plays staged in your mid-size artsy town. (he has not yet asked you to be in his production of The Laramie Project which will change your life. this conversation will also change your life.) he is talking about theatre. he is talking about theatre when he was younger. he says, "of course, it was AIDS then." in the pause, you ask him. clumsy and quiet and 16 and "straight," you ask him. what was it like. he takes a moment in which his face is not like a person's face. "there was a time," he says, "i'm not sure how long, years. when i went to a funeral every weekend." he tells you about two funerals in a day, and choosing between friends when you couldn't make it to both. he does not look at you, he looks at them. his wet grey gaze is so clear that you start to see ghosts. it will be years before you understand why it feels like your grief too. why the ghosts call you family. Additional comment by estrogenesis-evangelion 4 hours ago wishing you all a reflective World AIDS Day.
December 1, 2024 at 10:27 PM
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View while listening to the Saints game.
Two cats laying on a couch agains a pair of legs in jeans. The near cat is black and white while the far one is orange and white.
December 1, 2024 at 9:24 PM
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lmao this email i just got from a bar where i went to see a show a couple weeks ago
The Company Christmas Party We've hired both a real life coporate party band AND a group of improvisors who will be IN CHARACTER as your co-workers ALL NIGHT LONG and interacting with the party!
December 1, 2024 at 1:30 AM
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Midnight has come so it is time for my traditional first Christmas album.
The bandcamp app showing the album Yippee Ki Yay by Marian Call playing. The album cover shows art of Marian in a Santa hat.
November 29, 2024 at 5:06 AM
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Much like when I was in Oregon, I’m going “fiiiiiiiine i guess you can call this severe”
A weather app showing a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in Pittsburgh, which is “My Location.”
November 20, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Time to start making my “latest library haul” posts here as well as facebook I think.

My “read every Le Guin book, in order” plan continues apace.
The books “The Tombs of Atuan” by Ursula Le Guin and “The Wicked + The Divine” by Kieran Gillen and Jamie McKelvie
November 20, 2024 at 1:36 PM
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The face of a cat who thought I was paying too much attention to my book and not enough to him.
A grey tabby, laying facing away from the camera, looks back at it under a half-closed eye.
November 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM