Matt Secoske
@secos.bsky.social
Just another human encased ego. Also label, label, label and (obviously) label. he/him
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Our 3yo had like a hundred fuckin questions about the rules & logistics & moral implications of how mogwais become gremlins, but ZERO questions about "sometimes people change from girl to boy" or "sometimes boys marry other boys" or whatever, kids dgaf, the problem has ALWAYS been bigot ass parents
it's crazy that being like "how do i explain gay couples to my kids?" isn't an unthinkably embarrassing to say in 2025. it's actually incredibly easy to explain, that should be like indignantly saying "how am I supposed to explain to my kids where the sun goes at night? did a bird steal it?!"
August 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Our 3yo had like a hundred fuckin questions about the rules & logistics & moral implications of how mogwais become gremlins, but ZERO questions about "sometimes people change from girl to boy" or "sometimes boys marry other boys" or whatever, kids dgaf, the problem has ALWAYS been bigot ass parents
I've been using @anthropic.com's Max 20x plan for a couple months now - just re-upped a few days ago - and it's pretty great.
But it's just now dawning on me how much of a scam it is that they stop telling you your usage. They should be /showing/ you the value you are getting instead of hiding it.
But it's just now dawning on me how much of a scam it is that they stop telling you your usage. They should be /showing/ you the value you are getting instead of hiding it.
August 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I've been using @anthropic.com's Max 20x plan for a couple months now - just re-upped a few days ago - and it's pretty great.
But it's just now dawning on me how much of a scam it is that they stop telling you your usage. They should be /showing/ you the value you are getting instead of hiding it.
But it's just now dawning on me how much of a scam it is that they stop telling you your usage. They should be /showing/ you the value you are getting instead of hiding it.
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Live your life so millions of your fellow citizens don't take to the streets to tell you to go fuck yourself on your birthday.
June 14, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Live your life so millions of your fellow citizens don't take to the streets to tell you to go fuck yourself on your birthday.
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Periodic reminder that every day is STFU Friday
Also, sharing the location of cops in the public performance of their jobs is ironclad First Amendment-protected expression
If you're concerned something you've said has you on the Government's radar, call your lawyer instead of posting through it
Also, sharing the location of cops in the public performance of their jobs is ironclad First Amendment-protected expression
If you're concerned something you've said has you on the Government's radar, call your lawyer instead of posting through it
I joined Twitter to follow this account about nine years ago.
This is disturbing.
This is disturbing.
June 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Periodic reminder that every day is STFU Friday
Also, sharing the location of cops in the public performance of their jobs is ironclad First Amendment-protected expression
If you're concerned something you've said has you on the Government's radar, call your lawyer instead of posting through it
Also, sharing the location of cops in the public performance of their jobs is ironclad First Amendment-protected expression
If you're concerned something you've said has you on the Government's radar, call your lawyer instead of posting through it
AI is the new regex.
What do I mean?
"I've got this problem.... I know! I'll use AI to solve it!"
Now you have two problems.
What do I mean?
"I've got this problem.... I know! I'll use AI to solve it!"
Now you have two problems.
June 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
AI is the new regex.
What do I mean?
"I've got this problem.... I know! I'll use AI to solve it!"
Now you have two problems.
What do I mean?
"I've got this problem.... I know! I'll use AI to solve it!"
Now you have two problems.
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When a leader is an inveterate liar, their priority is destroying trust wherever it exists, because institutions with trust are potential competing power centers
The more Trump debases every existing U.S. institution, the more his insecurities are assuaged a little bit.
Brandon Beach, a former state senator and an election denier, has been appointed as the U.S. Treasurer. “My name will be on the money,” Beach said. “It’s called Beach Bucks.”
May 20, 2025 at 3:43 AM
When a leader is an inveterate liar, their priority is destroying trust wherever it exists, because institutions with trust are potential competing power centers
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BREAKING
Some of the most prestigious universities in the country have formed a private collective to counter the Trump administration’s attacks on research funding and academic independence.
The group’s aim is to avoid the fate of some top law firms, where one deal led to others following suit.
Some of the most prestigious universities in the country have formed a private collective to counter the Trump administration’s attacks on research funding and academic independence.
The group’s aim is to avoid the fate of some top law firms, where one deal led to others following suit.
Exclusive | Elite Universities Form Private Collective to Resist Trump Administration
Separate from the public dissent, a group of school leaders are strategizing behind the scenes about how to respond and push back against the White House.
bit.ly
April 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
BREAKING
Some of the most prestigious universities in the country have formed a private collective to counter the Trump administration’s attacks on research funding and academic independence.
The group’s aim is to avoid the fate of some top law firms, where one deal led to others following suit.
Some of the most prestigious universities in the country have formed a private collective to counter the Trump administration’s attacks on research funding and academic independence.
The group’s aim is to avoid the fate of some top law firms, where one deal led to others following suit.
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Anyone who internalizes this line of bullshit will absolutely always be outflanked by people who know how to actually do things
Gonna be real with you, this feels like an advertisement for spiritual death
April 23, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Anyone who internalizes this line of bullshit will absolutely always be outflanked by people who know how to actually do things
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There are a lot of layers to this and I think the attention to detail is spot on. Lucky for us Ken is so ... you know.
CEO: I think I did a harassment
GC: You what
CEO: Like one of those harassment sex things you do the really long power points about
GC: Okay. Okay. Let’s talk about it
CEO: But I think it’s okay
GC: I have to ask you why you think that
CEO: I did it against an AI
GC: you the what
CEO: the hot AI
GC: You what
CEO: Like one of those harassment sex things you do the really long power points about
GC: Okay. Okay. Let’s talk about it
CEO: But I think it’s okay
GC: I have to ask you why you think that
CEO: I did it against an AI
GC: you the what
CEO: the hot AI
April 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
There are a lot of layers to this and I think the attention to detail is spot on. Lucky for us Ken is so ... you know.
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Donald Trump wants to increase the spending on ICE to arrest and detain brown people by an order of magnitude, but wants to spend zero money expanding the system's capability to give them due process.
"We cannot give everyone a trial," says the president of these United States.
April 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Donald Trump wants to increase the spending on ICE to arrest and detain brown people by an order of magnitude, but wants to spend zero money expanding the system's capability to give them due process.
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They. Are. Breaking. Signed. Contracts. For. No. Legal. Reason.
You want to pass legislation not funding this stuff going forward? Fine. Epically idiotic, but legal.
This is something else. Shredding the basic foundations of the rule of law. Textbook authoritarianism.
They. Are. Breaking. Signed. Contracts. For. No. Legal. Reason.
You want to pass legislation not funding this stuff going forward? Fine. Epically idiotic, but legal.
This is something else. Shredding the basic foundations of the rule of law. Textbook authoritarianism.
Ok so yeah, this has quickly become the #1 misunderstanding about the canceled grants
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
the grants are not “subsidies” or “entitlements” to Harvard or Princeton or whatever
they aren’t going into universities’ endowments
they are competitive contracts won by these universities to do research
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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They. Are. Breaking. Signed. Contracts. For. No. Legal. Reason.
You want to pass legislation not funding this stuff going forward? Fine. Epically idiotic, but legal.
This is something else. Shredding the basic foundations of the rule of law. Textbook authoritarianism.
They. Are. Breaking. Signed. Contracts. For. No. Legal. Reason.
You want to pass legislation not funding this stuff going forward? Fine. Epically idiotic, but legal.
This is something else. Shredding the basic foundations of the rule of law. Textbook authoritarianism.
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I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
April 20, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I care less about Signal chats and more about the blacksite offshore concentration camps we're sending random people to without any semblance of a trial, so I'll be interested to see if the national media can rub their bellies and pat their heads at the same time this week. Historically they can't.
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Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick
“You can’t say people are our most important product and then treat them like shit.” - Jim Sinegal, co-founder of Costco
April 20, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Costco is a really popular subject for business-success case studies but I feel like business guys kinda lose interest when the upshot of the study is like "just operate with scrupulous integrity in all facets and levels of your business for four decades" and not some easy-to-fix gimmick
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To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/)
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
April 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/)
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
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i will remark again on this hallmark of maga politics, which is that trump embodies the organic will of the voters and this imbues him with sovereign power that cannot be checked or limited by any other institution in the society.
We must dissolve the Supreme Court and give Donald Trump unlimited powers. Or else we will have a dictatorship.
April 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
i will remark again on this hallmark of maga politics, which is that trump embodies the organic will of the voters and this imbues him with sovereign power that cannot be checked or limited by any other institution in the society.
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Kamala Harris: “he’s a fascist”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
Fascism is now in the algorithms, the neural pathways, the social interactions. How did we fail to see all this? “We wanted to see Trump in terms of his absences, so that our way of seeing the world would go unchallenged,” Timothy Snyder writes.
What Does It Mean That Donald Trump Is a Fascist?
Trump takes the tools of dictators and adapts them for the Internet. We should expect him to try to cling to power until death, and create a cult of January 6th martyrs.
www.newyorker.com
April 20, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Kamala Harris: “he’s a fascist”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
Gen. Milley: “he’s a fascist”
John Kelly: “he’s a fascist”
Historians of fascism: “he’s a fascist”
The NY/DC political media: “how did we all fail to see that Donald Trump was a fascist?”
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BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
April 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
BREAKING: SCOTUS orders the government not to remove anyone from the United States under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation who is a part of the potential class in the Northern District of Texas case until further order of the court.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
Only Thomas and Alito note their dissent.
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Just before 1 a.m., #SCOTUS stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation with a (remarkable) ruling that suggests, among other things, that a majority of the justices is tiring of the Trump administration’s Calvinball.
For more, see the latest “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-su...
For more, see the latest “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-su...
144. The Supreme Court's Late-Night Alien Enemy Act Intervention
Just before 1:00 a.m., the justices (aggressively) stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation—in a decision suggesting that a majority understands that these are no longer normal circumstances.
www.stevevladeck.com
April 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Just before 1 a.m., #SCOTUS stepped back into the Alien Enemy Act litigation with a (remarkable) ruling that suggests, among other things, that a majority of the justices is tiring of the Trump administration’s Calvinball.
For more, see the latest “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-su...
For more, see the latest “One First”:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/144-the-su...
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Always great when the agency in “turmoil” is … {checks notes} … the United States Department of Defense.
April 19, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Always great when the agency in “turmoil” is … {checks notes} … the United States Department of Defense.
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Shit like this is why I’m a Platonist
Negative partisanship is a helluva drug:
Up until a few months ago, liberal and conservative Americans held pretty much the same views on free trade.
Now, not so much…
Up until a few months ago, liberal and conservative Americans held pretty much the same views on free trade.
Now, not so much…
April 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Shit like this is why I’m a Platonist
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Shorter L'il Marco: Deporting grad students for writing a tepid op-ed is much easier than convincing Putin to do something he obviously refuses to do, so I'm going to take my toys and go home and capitulate to Putin.
Breaking News: The U.S. will abandon efforts to end the Ukraine war without meaningful progress in the next several days, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
Rubio Says U.S. to Decide in Days if End to Ukraine War Is ‘Doable’
“If it is not possible to end the war in Ukraine, we need to move on,” the American secretary of state said as he departed meetings in Paris.
www.nytimes.com
April 18, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Shorter L'il Marco: Deporting grad students for writing a tepid op-ed is much easier than convincing Putin to do something he obviously refuses to do, so I'm going to take my toys and go home and capitulate to Putin.
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“In his first 100 days, President Trump has declared more national emergencies — more creatively and more aggressively — than any president in modern American history.” www.axios.com/2025/04/18/t...
Trump redefines "emergency" to impose his will
Powers originally crafted to give the president flexibility in rare moments of crisis now form the backbone of Trump's agenda.
www.axios.com
April 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM
“In his first 100 days, President Trump has declared more national emergencies — more creatively and more aggressively — than any president in modern American history.” www.axios.com/2025/04/18/t...
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Alexander Smirnov seeking permission to share discovery from his criminal case w/other people in Executive Branch.
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April 18, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Alexander Smirnov seeking permission to share discovery from his criminal case w/other people in Executive Branch.
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