Matt Shobe
@mattshobe.bsky.social
Platform hopper, unreliable narrator, Porsche 911 enthusiast, banned on Threads, LLM-curious, Slava 🇺🇦
The decay of democracy is chock full of American symptoms, but it is a global affliction. The aliens from 1996's Independence Day would take the planet in a walk if it required us all to join together to defeat tyranny.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The decay of democracy is chock full of American symptoms, but it is a global affliction. The aliens from 1996's Independence Day would take the planet in a walk if it required us all to join together to defeat tyranny.
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October 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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open.spotify.com/playlist/0gC...
A playlist for grappling with mortality written in pencil when pen-and-ink were promised.
A playlist for grappling with mortality written in pencil when pen-and-ink were promised.
Special Service #17
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September 27, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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A playlist for grappling with mortality written in pencil when pen-and-ink were promised.
A playlist for grappling with mortality written in pencil when pen-and-ink were promised.
Canceling your Disney+ bundle is nice, but I think a full week of general strike is likelier to get public company CEOs' attention.
September 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Canceling your Disney+ bundle is nice, but I think a full week of general strike is likelier to get public company CEOs' attention.
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fortunately our corporations are rising to the moment
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
www.theatlantic.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:46 AM
fortunately our corporations are rising to the moment
Hypocrisy is equally distributed. State power is not.
September 18, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Hypocrisy is equally distributed. State power is not.
Each 9/11 I try to think back to my experience of that day. This year, however, I can't shake the sight *and sound of the engines being gunned* in Naudet's absurdly improbable video of the first plane hitting the North Tower. It's the last 16 seconds of Before.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7n...
WTC 9/11 | First Plane Hit in North Tower | Jules Naudet Video (Remastered 60fps AI Upscaled)
YouTube video by Jozin
www.youtube.com
September 11, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Each 9/11 I try to think back to my experience of that day. This year, however, I can't shake the sight *and sound of the engines being gunned* in Naudet's absurdly improbable video of the first plane hitting the North Tower. It's the last 16 seconds of Before.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7n...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=St7n...
I am the Robert Christgau of group chats with my family
September 9, 2025 at 4:22 AM
I am the Robert Christgau of group chats with my family
All you need to know about why the US Military is generally the *worst* possible law enforcement option, foreign or domestic, is in this tidy TED Talk by Thomas Barnett in 2005.
(Leviathan, folks. We're still in Leviathan Mode.)
www.ted.com/talks/thomas...
(Leviathan, folks. We're still in Leviathan Mode.)
www.ted.com/talks/thomas...
Let's rethink America's military strategy
In this bracingly honest talk, international security strategist Thomas Barnett outlines a post-Cold War solution for the foundering U.S. military that is both sensible and breathtaking in its simplic...
www.ted.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:47 AM
All you need to know about why the US Military is generally the *worst* possible law enforcement option, foreign or domestic, is in this tidy TED Talk by Thomas Barnett in 2005.
(Leviathan, folks. We're still in Leviathan Mode.)
www.ted.com/talks/thomas...
(Leviathan, folks. We're still in Leviathan Mode.)
www.ted.com/talks/thomas...
You into Alien Earth? I'm #teameyeball all the f**kin' way after S1E5
September 4, 2025 at 2:39 AM
You into Alien Earth? I'm #teameyeball all the f**kin' way after S1E5
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...and yeah, my first time ever on Hard Mode. I am so metal 🤘
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September 3, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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Is this the week everyone finally woke the hell up?
August 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Is this the week everyone finally woke the hell up?
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My musical life, one track per year, as paced by our middle child born in 2001. He has exquisite taste in all genres, so I am merely marking time in my own way
My musical life, one track per year, as paced by our middle child born in 2001. He has exquisite taste in all genres, so I am merely marking time in my own way
One Year One Song
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August 30, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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My musical life, one track per year, as paced by our middle child born in 2001. He has exquisite taste in all genres, so I am merely marking time in my own way
My musical life, one track per year, as paced by our middle child born in 2001. He has exquisite taste in all genres, so I am merely marking time in my own way
americabydesign.gov View source and prepare for glory. I think this was "coded" in a 1996 vintage of NetObjects Fusion.
(See also americabydesign.fail for the appropriate WTF reaction) #design #uspolitics #fail
(See also americabydesign.fail for the appropriate WTF reaction) #design #uspolitics #fail
America by Design
A National Design Studio Initiative
americabydesign.gov
August 29, 2025 at 3:29 AM
americabydesign.gov View source and prepare for glory. I think this was "coded" in a 1996 vintage of NetObjects Fusion.
(See also americabydesign.fail for the appropriate WTF reaction) #design #uspolitics #fail
(See also americabydesign.fail for the appropriate WTF reaction) #design #uspolitics #fail
Gotta make quota somehow. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire
Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.
www.seattletimes.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Gotta make quota somehow. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Someone on reddit today wrote "scapegoat" as "escape goat", and now I can't stop thinking about it #uspolitics
August 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Someone on reddit today wrote "scapegoat" as "escape goat", and now I can't stop thinking about it #uspolitics
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The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority.
There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.
There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.
August 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority.
There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.
There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders.
This is an astonishing chronicle of human experience. Unimaginable horrors and in some cases stories of surviving _both_ blasts. Reminders that we operated concentration camps once before.
I have a feeling James Cameron's film treatment is going to be a landmark.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I have a feeling James Cameron's film treatment is going to be a landmark.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
August 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
This is an astonishing chronicle of human experience. Unimaginable horrors and in some cases stories of surviving _both_ blasts. Reminders that we operated concentration camps once before.
I have a feeling James Cameron's film treatment is going to be a landmark.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
I have a feeling James Cameron's film treatment is going to be a landmark.
www.goodreads.com/book/show/22...
Understanding that something said or done can be "Un-American" is a quietly powerful indicator of how important "being American" is when you don't take it for granted. Most other countries don't phrase their culture this way.
No, JD, belonging in America does not depend on how many generations of your family have lived here. The values of this country matter - deeply - to who we are and what it means to be American.
August 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Understanding that something said or done can be "Un-American" is a quietly powerful indicator of how important "being American" is when you don't take it for granted. Most other countries don't phrase their culture this way.
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
August 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this.
Do not.
Bread and circuses, signifying nothing
Sunday news shows why?
August 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Bread and circuses, signifying nothing
I grew up mostly in Michigan, so I may be a sucker for anybody whose accent flattens vowels like an asphalt roller. But That Woman From Michigan is one of the most centrist, practical, and determined voices in the 2028 conversation.
Big Gretch-curious? Must-listen interview: pca.st/kdt3vgjd
Big Gretch-curious? Must-listen interview: pca.st/kdt3vgjd
Can Democrats Win Back America? — with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
pca.st
July 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I grew up mostly in Michigan, so I may be a sucker for anybody whose accent flattens vowels like an asphalt roller. But That Woman From Michigan is one of the most centrist, practical, and determined voices in the 2028 conversation.
Big Gretch-curious? Must-listen interview: pca.st/kdt3vgjd
Big Gretch-curious? Must-listen interview: pca.st/kdt3vgjd
Let's hope this means a few previously safety-locked Taurus get pickled and find their targets
July 24, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Let's hope this means a few previously safety-locked Taurus get pickled and find their targets
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