Matt Erickson
@peawee.bsky.social
Professional nerd. Dog dad.
Chicago-born, trying to find a decent hot dog in DC.
Website: https://soulrobotic.com
Mastodon: https://spacerslike.us/@matt
Give me a cigar and some good music and I’m a happy boy.
Chicago-born, trying to find a decent hot dog in DC.
Website: https://soulrobotic.com
Mastodon: https://spacerslike.us/@matt
Give me a cigar and some good music and I’m a happy boy.
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Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Happy There Is A Circulatory System Walking Through The Kitchen Day to all who celebrate.
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“This sets a dangerous precedent,” warned 83-year-old Susan Forbes, head of her HOA since the Reagan administration. “If she can retire, next thing you know someone under 70 will be allowed to chair a subcommittee.”
Nation Shocked by Boomer Announcing Retirement
Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a move other Boomers are calling “treason against our generation,” Nancy Pelosi stunned her peers this morning by announcing she …
takomatorch.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:53 PM
“This sets a dangerous precedent,” warned 83-year-old Susan Forbes, head of her HOA since the Reagan administration. “If she can retire, next thing you know someone under 70 will be allowed to chair a subcommittee.”
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No polling - even by Republican outfits - even remotely suggests what former VA Del. Tim Anderson (R) is saying here. To the contrary, the latest poll by Republican pollster Echelon has Dems with an 11-point "generic" lead for HoD. But...sure, ok. LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/10/frid...
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
No polling - even by Republican outfits - even remotely suggests what former VA Del. Tim Anderson (R) is saying here. To the contrary, the latest poll by Republican pollster Echelon has Dems with an 11-point "generic" lead for HoD. But...sure, ok. LOL bluevirginia.us/2025/10/frid...
Friends, I would like to inform you that we have now entered shawl collar cardigan season. That is all.
October 9, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Friends, I would like to inform you that we have now entered shawl collar cardigan season. That is all.
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Pritzker quoting Andor is based as hell
"Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that."
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Looking forward to seeing Jimmy back on the air.
Jimmy Kimmel Returns: ABC Ends Suspension Starting Tuesday
Jimmy Kimmel will return to late night on Tuesday
variety.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Pritzker quoting Andor is based as hell
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Extraordinary
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Extraordinary
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It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.
September 23, 2025 at 5:47 AM
It's absolutely astonishing: In just about 13 years, Norway has skyrocketed from virtually no sales of zero-emission battery electric vehicles to nearly 100% of all new passenger car purchases.
New mumblings on the blog: DeFi Experiments https://soulrobotic.com/defi-experiments/
September 23, 2025 at 10:36 PM
New mumblings on the blog: DeFi Experiments https://soulrobotic.com/defi-experiments/
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Just spoke with a Trump supporter who is scare shitless her mom and sister will be deported at their visa renewal this year.
She still supports Trump and said Harris have her nightmares, which she interprets as the Holy Spirit warning her.
Yall, you’re not gonna win these people over.
She still supports Trump and said Harris have her nightmares, which she interprets as the Holy Spirit warning her.
Yall, you’re not gonna win these people over.
August 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Just spoke with a Trump supporter who is scare shitless her mom and sister will be deported at their visa renewal this year.
She still supports Trump and said Harris have her nightmares, which she interprets as the Holy Spirit warning her.
Yall, you’re not gonna win these people over.
She still supports Trump and said Harris have her nightmares, which she interprets as the Holy Spirit warning her.
Yall, you’re not gonna win these people over.
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Sometimes the LLM does wizardly things.
Sometimes, you give the LLM a choice between 0 and 3, and tell it the result is going into an unsigned int, and it returns -47.
Sometimes, you give the LLM a choice between 0 and 3, and tell it the result is going into an unsigned int, and it returns -47.
August 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Sometimes the LLM does wizardly things.
Sometimes, you give the LLM a choice between 0 and 3, and tell it the result is going into an unsigned int, and it returns -47.
Sometimes, you give the LLM a choice between 0 and 3, and tell it the result is going into an unsigned int, and it returns -47.
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Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
August 14, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Reporter: What’s going on with those posts on X that are clearly trolling the president?
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
Newsom: I hope it’s a wake up call for the president. I’m just following his example. If you have issues with what I’m putting out, you sure as hell should have concerns with what he’s putting out
The problem I have with being in the cybersecurity industry is it’s less APTs and more WTFs.
August 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The problem I have with being in the cybersecurity industry is it’s less APTs and more WTFs.
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Bluesky posters: People’s information environments are polluted and corrupted and shape their view of reality such that they almost are not able to make good decisions.
Also Bluesky posters: The information *I* know is all good and correct and complete, and my analytical capabilities are perfect.
Also Bluesky posters: The information *I* know is all good and correct and complete, and my analytical capabilities are perfect.
This website is simultaneously convinced that propaganda is ruining the world and also that the media they personally consume has absolutely no effect on their thinking whatsoever.
August 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Bluesky posters: People’s information environments are polluted and corrupted and shape their view of reality such that they almost are not able to make good decisions.
Also Bluesky posters: The information *I* know is all good and correct and complete, and my analytical capabilities are perfect.
Also Bluesky posters: The information *I* know is all good and correct and complete, and my analytical capabilities are perfect.
Sometimes you just need to get a cigar at midnight with your girl at a 4am bar in Chicago.
July 30, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Sometimes you just need to get a cigar at midnight with your girl at a 4am bar in Chicago.
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People are like "we cannot normalize this" and it's like...welp 🤷
it's so cool that everyone has just completely forgotten that the President doesn't have any legal authority to set US tariff rates
we're like six months into an illegal tax regime being set by imperial decree and everyone's treating it like a totally legitimate thing
we're like six months into an illegal tax regime being set by imperial decree and everyone's treating it like a totally legitimate thing
July 29, 2025 at 1:37 AM
People are like "we cannot normalize this" and it's like...welp 🤷
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Guys I think America has a far-right problem
July 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Guys I think America has a far-right problem
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We already know Trump is racist and using Obama to distract from Trump’s Epstein crimes. But interesting choice of photo to use for JD Vance. I added a zoomed in shot to this post.
July 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
We already know Trump is racist and using Obama to distract from Trump’s Epstein crimes. But interesting choice of photo to use for JD Vance. I added a zoomed in shot to this post.
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“Let me get a dozen peanut butter and a dozen snickerdoodles, hold the family values.”
Giovanni Capriglione, a right wing state rep in Texas who had an affair with a stripper, reportedly told his mistress that he wanted to ejaculate into batter for cookies that would be sold at his daughter's bake sale.
www.sacurrent.com/news/gop-tex...
www.sacurrent.com/news/gop-tex...
GOP Texas Rep. Capriglione drops re-election bid after reported affair, allegations he funded abortions
An exotic dancer alleges the anti-choice Republican paid for her abortions and shared disturbing fantasies about children.
www.sacurrent.com
July 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
“Let me get a dozen peanut butter and a dozen snickerdoodles, hold the family values.”
Anyone here know a convenient news aggregator API where I can:
1. Find a URL to a somewhat popular news outlet (such as Reuters or NYT)
2. Get the text of the article mentioned
3. Pay fair for my use
🧵
1. Find a URL to a somewhat popular news outlet (such as Reuters or NYT)
2. Get the text of the article mentioned
3. Pay fair for my use
🧵
July 21, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Anyone here know a convenient news aggregator API where I can:
1. Find a URL to a somewhat popular news outlet (such as Reuters or NYT)
2. Get the text of the article mentioned
3. Pay fair for my use
🧵
1. Find a URL to a somewhat popular news outlet (such as Reuters or NYT)
2. Get the text of the article mentioned
3. Pay fair for my use
🧵
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people will live in new york for a couple of years and convince themselves brooklyn invented outdoor dinning
July 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
people will live in new york for a couple of years and convince themselves brooklyn invented outdoor dinning
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i know this makes me a curmudgeon but i wish more progressives understood more about the price of money
July 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
i know this makes me a curmudgeon but i wish more progressives understood more about the price of money