Matthew
@matthewmaniaci.bsky.social
Writer, nerd, cat lover. Posted articles daily on Medium via my publication, the Thing a Day (1,230 consecutive days, now on hiatus); currently in search of a fresh platform for my writing while I recharge my creative batteries.
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February 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
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Gods I hope so.
February 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Gods I hope so.
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It's been a solid 2.5 years now that text and image generators have been a problem and despite near constant claims of 'unlocked potential and democratized creative expression', there hasn't been *one* hit novel, undeniable piece of art, an example of work that people establish a fandom over.
January 30, 2025 at 9:53 AM
It's been a solid 2.5 years now that text and image generators have been a problem and despite near constant claims of 'unlocked potential and democratized creative expression', there hasn't been *one* hit novel, undeniable piece of art, an example of work that people establish a fandom over.
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I swear to god if I have to go touch some fucking grass ONE more time
January 31, 2025 at 2:11 AM
I swear to god if I have to go touch some fucking grass ONE more time
So first off, what a terrible hot take. There are not enough words to describe how terrible of a hot take that was. Nobody, human or AI, could explain in a coherent way how much hot garbage was in that hot take.
Second off, I suspect Mr. Kurtz will likely be without a job fairly soon. Just a guess.
Second off, I suspect Mr. Kurtz will likely be without a job fairly soon. Just a guess.
booksky main character du jour is Dustin Kurtz, and do note that he has been the bookstore manager and lead buyer at the Literary Arts bookstore in Portland, Oregon, since last August. The parent org Literary Arts itself is a nonprofit that with "support writers" in their mission statement lol
January 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
So first off, what a terrible hot take. There are not enough words to describe how terrible of a hot take that was. Nobody, human or AI, could explain in a coherent way how much hot garbage was in that hot take.
Second off, I suspect Mr. Kurtz will likely be without a job fairly soon. Just a guess.
Second off, I suspect Mr. Kurtz will likely be without a job fairly soon. Just a guess.
I would 100% believe that Musk is just an unfeeling, uncaring sociopath. He has shown no evidence to the contrary, as far as I can tell.
This is absolutely chilling.
He truly is a sociopath.
He truly is a sociopath.
January 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
I would 100% believe that Musk is just an unfeeling, uncaring sociopath. He has shown no evidence to the contrary, as far as I can tell.
In my defense, the person before me completely ruined my strategy and I need a minute to recalculate.
"board game publishers always lie about their play times"
some of you motherfuckers take a full minute to move a single meeple
some of you motherfuckers take a full minute to move a single meeple
January 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In my defense, the person before me completely ruined my strategy and I need a minute to recalculate.
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Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all
January 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Whenever I start to feel anxious I immediately have another coffee and scroll through the worst news imaginable on my phone and omg it does not help at all
I use the em-dash constantly. Dammit.
I hear the emdash is considered a ChatGPT signature and like...what? I know waaaaay too many good writers with an emdash addiction for that to be any kind of tell.
January 22, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I use the em-dash constantly. Dammit.
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You aren’t special or better. They’ll use you just the same as they will the rest of us 〰️AdminJenn
January 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
You aren’t special or better. They’ll use you just the same as they will the rest of us 〰️AdminJenn
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Substack link theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks-and-xs-role-in-2024-election 〰️AdminJenn
January 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Substack link theconcernedbird.substack.com/p/elon-musks-and-xs-role-in-2024-election 〰️AdminJenn
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America Defeats America
theonion.com/america...
theonion.com/america...
January 20, 2025 at 7:30 PM
America Defeats America
theonion.com/america...
theonion.com/america...
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i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
January 21, 2025 at 2:02 PM
i think the executive orders directing agencies to end energy efficiency regulations and open up more land to drilling and mining is so indicative of the character of the american right — in its view everything, whether people or our larger environment, is something to be exploited and dominated
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The thing I *didn't* have on my Bingo card at all was the ding-dang Anti-Defamation League saying "tee hee, it's fine, it *totally* wasn't N*zi shit."
January 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
The thing I *didn't* have on my Bingo card at all was the ding-dang Anti-Defamation League saying "tee hee, it's fine, it *totally* wasn't N*zi shit."
So, I absolutely had "Trump administration very explicitly does N*zi shit" on my 2025 Bingo card, I just didn't expect to be checking it off within a few hours of his inauguration.
January 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
So, I absolutely had "Trump administration very explicitly does N*zi shit" on my 2025 Bingo card, I just didn't expect to be checking it off within a few hours of his inauguration.
On January 20, 2025, Everyone in America Lost
Your vote will not protect you.
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January 20, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The oligarchs cling to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech—because dreams aren’t a threat.
They hide this—we will have to pay the bill while they keep TAKING and distracting us with HATE for each other so that we won’t notice.
They don’t want you to know about Martin Luther King’s “One Penny” speech…
They hide this—we will have to pay the bill while they keep TAKING and distracting us with HATE for each other so that we won’t notice.
They don’t want you to know about Martin Luther King’s “One Penny” speech…
January 20, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The oligarchs cling to MLK’s “I Have a Dream” speech—because dreams aren’t a threat.
They hide this—we will have to pay the bill while they keep TAKING and distracting us with HATE for each other so that we won’t notice.
They don’t want you to know about Martin Luther King’s “One Penny” speech…
They hide this—we will have to pay the bill while they keep TAKING and distracting us with HATE for each other so that we won’t notice.
They don’t want you to know about Martin Luther King’s “One Penny” speech…
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Brilliantly put.
Credit Mark Wynne
Credit Mark Wynne
January 19, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Brilliantly put.
Credit Mark Wynne
Credit Mark Wynne
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Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
January 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Can a headline alone be eligible for a Pulitzer?
A somewhat tacky but still delightful burn on the incoming administration. Mental illness is no joke, but neither are man-baby fascists who don't care about anyone but themselves and are taking out their frustrations on everyone in the nation.
Most large galaxies have at their center a cluster of black holes, with a supermassive black hole (SBH) at the cluster’s core. The Milky Way’s SBH is called Sagittarius A*. At noon on Monday, our nation’s capital will have at its core a cluster of moral black holes that we should call Cluster B*.
January 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A somewhat tacky but still delightful burn on the incoming administration. Mental illness is no joke, but neither are man-baby fascists who don't care about anyone but themselves and are taking out their frustrations on everyone in the nation.