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Matthew Brewer 🎃
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It's ready. Come back December 4, 12am CST to read my first annual birthday blog post.
Screenshot from my blog dashboard: "This post is scheduled to post on December 4, 2025 at 12:00 AM"
November 30, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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We're four days out from December 4.
Screenshot from thebrewergame.com: BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN 4d 23h 59m 30s The countdown is on to my eighteenth birthday on December 4! Come back then for the release of a brand new blog post.
November 29, 2025 at 6:04 AM
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Interesting. This is all I see from my end!
Screenshot from X of @j4ck.xyz's account "About this account" page (x.com/jglypt/about): About this account jack @jglypt Date joined June 2023
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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New post from X! They're officially rolling out a new "About your account" menu to everyone, and this is what it looks like for my account. (Though it's a little wrong, practically.)
Screenshot of a post on X by Matthew Brewer 🎃 (@thebrewergame) on November 21, 2025: "I hope you'll believe me when I tell you that I've had this username for longer than since January. If I had to guess, I've had this handle since around 2021, and before that, I only went by two other handles. Also, I've practically been verified since December 2022." Attached photo: "Screenshot from X's new "About your account" page (x.com/thebrewergame/about): About your account Matthew Brewer 🎃 @thebrewergame Date joined December 2018, North America Account based in North America Verified Since December 2024 7 username changes Last on January 2025 Connected via North America App Store"
November 21, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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Now my timezone will actually match my label! It makes me sad that Standard Time is only around from November to March
Screenshot from Bluesky's "Labels on your account" profile menu: "UTC-06:00 🌎" with the description, "This user indicates that they operate on UTC-06:00 time. Principal locations: Mexico City, Manitoba, Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Wisconsin, Saskatchewan, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Easter Island" from the labeler @khronos.world‬. An "Appeal" button is visible in the top right.
November 2, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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The countdown is on to my birthday! Watch the clock tick down with me on thebrewergame.com, and check back on the special day for the launch of a brand new blog post.
A screenshot of thebrewergame.com that reads, "BIRTHDAY COUNTDOWN", "34d 1h 59m 55s" in bold, and "The countdown is on to my eighteenth birthday on December 4! Come back then for the release of a brand new blog post." A close icon (X) is visible at the bottom. The text is black on a light gray background, and the close icon is on a dark gray background.
October 31, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Bringing back my old seasonal profile pictures this year, for a limited time. Brings back memories.
A drawing of a popcorn top hat with red and white stripes and silver antlers atop a pile of leaves on a dark blue background. A darker leaf is falling onto the hat. A drawing of a snowman head with a carrot nose, red and black striped scarf, and a popcorn top hat with red and white stripes and silver antlers on a light blue background. Additional bits of snow surround the snowman and sit on the hat's antlers.
October 5, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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Coming here next time I'm downtown
A screenshot from Google Maps of a pedestrian bridge in Maggie Daley Park in Chicago, Illinois, during the day, where an Apple Event presenter stood. Around the walkway are curved walls, greenery and trees, and in the background, a section of the Chicago skyline featuring The Diamond. A screenshot from YouTube of the September 9, 2025, Apple Event showing a presenter standing on a pedestrian bridge at 46:38 in Maggie Daley Park in Chicago, Illinois, at night with green trees, curved walls, and a section of the Chicago skyline visible in the background, including The Diamond.
September 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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Yes, I just subscribed to that labeller! Funny how I didn't actually post for the first time until the next day.
Post on Bluesky from @thebrewergame.com: "Howdy Bluesky! I'm Matthew. I would tell you a little about myself here, but I've already got an excellent summary of everything I'm into over on my website, so allow me to redirect you there! It's the same as my handle: thebrewergame.com (For feed purposes: #introductions)"
September 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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It turns out that today is my Bluesky birthday! I certainly haven't been here all year long, but I'm hoping by next year I can say different. Here's to more! 🥂
Screenshot of the "Labels on your account" menu on Bluesky showing a birthday cake (🎂) label applied with the description, "Today is the user's Bluesky birthday" Post on Bluesky from @thebrewergame.com: "Howdy Bluesky! I'm Matthew. I would tell you a little about myself here, but I've already got an excellent summary of everything I'm into over on my website, so allow me to redirect you there! It's the same as my handle: thebrewergame.com (For feed purposes: #introductions)"
September 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Interestingly, looking at it on web, there is no "Everyone can reply" / reply status field
Post from Dane @dane.is.extraordinarily.cool on Bluesky: "idk i kind of find it hilarious that chatgpt will just spit out an ad mid sentence. at any rate it's still not a big deal, there are hundreds of solutions for this kind of thing and bsky could move off of statsig pretty quickly." The post was published on September 3, 2025, 11:49 AM CT. There is no "Everybody can reply" / reply status beside the timestamp. A white "+ Follow" button is in the top right corner. There are two account labels visible: "Joined Oct '23" and "Heat Death Of The Universe". The background is a dark gray.
September 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Then, in June, I actually attended my first concert: Dierks Bentley! He and Zach Top, and The Band Loula, were great.
A photo of the stage roof with the logo for Dierks Bentley's Broken Branches Tour on a big, see-through screen that spans the width of the stage. The logo is primarily white, with a few rectangles of a bluish-green color. Some white stage lights hanging from the roof are visible in the background. A photo of the blue, foggy stage with Dierks Bentley leaning into a microphone with a guitar over his body. He is wearing a greenish plaid shirt, a hat, and light blue jeans. A close-up video feed of him is visible at the back of the stage. People surround the stage in the pit to the left of some seating. A close-up of Dierks Bentley late into the night with one hand in his light blue jean pocket, the other grasping the microphone he is in front of. He is wearing a greenish plaid shirt and a hat. A guitar is over his body. People surround the stage in the pit, one video recording on their phone. It is foggy and bluish-purple.
August 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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I AM FINALLY RID OF THEM!!!
A screenshot from my email of two new emails from Cloudflare with the subject lines, "mbrewer.net has been deleted from your Cloudflare account" and "mbrewer.org has been deleted from your Cloudflare account." The beginning of the two messages read as follows: "Cloudflare - Hello, The zone: "mbrewer.net" in account:" and "Cloudflare - Hello, The zone: "mbrewer.org" in account:"
January 18, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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...excuse me? @justrwc.bsky.social I don't know what gave you that impression of me, but I am certainly not a furry 😂
Screenshot from Bluesky DMs: @handle.invalid has added you to the "Block Furry Posts" moderation list, sent at 7:11 AM today
January 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Cursed thing
January 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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Out now. thebrewergame.com
Screenshot of the social links on thebrewergame.com with a new "Looking for the fediverse?" button. Screenshot of an alert window from thebrewergame.com: "www.thebrewergame.com says While I don't frequent the fediverse myself, my Bluesky account is streamed over the rainbow protocol bridge at @thebrewergame.com@bsky.brid.gy. Follow me there on your fediverse platform of choice, and consider enabling the bridge back to Bluesky by following @bsky.brid.gy@bsky.brid.gy yourself so I can see and interact with you!" The alert's interaction options are "OK" or "Cancel."
January 8, 2025 at 5:42 AM
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Oh I love that. See, if I were to set up something like this myself, I would just completely NERD OUT on a story like that in every which way
Screenshot from a Mastodon instance on how to sign up: "Accounts are only available to the personnel of the Mariner Valley research station. Visit the administration offices on level 5C to get access."
January 4, 2025 at 1:46 AM
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Happy New Year! 🎆🎇🎉🎊🍾🥂🍻
Happy New Year 2025 graphic in black, white, light gray, and dark gray. Along both sides, going up and down in light gray are different years stacked atop each other. In the middle row of these, in dark gray, is the previous year, 2024. In the middle, from top to bottom, it reads, "Happy 2025 New Year" with all the text in dark gray except the 2025, which is in white.
January 1, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Posting this at @jglypt.net's recommendation @danabra.mov — went to change my profile banner in the Android app, but the confirm and close buttons in the little preview/editing screen are unusable because they sit in the status bar
Screenshot from the Android app of the profile banner preview/editing screen
December 31, 2024 at 11:17 PM
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eh i think the mobile has a little too much of a forehead. i reduced it by one vh:
Screenshot from an in-development build of thebrewergame.com on mobile with an updated announcement banner for a new installment of The Writings of Matthew Brewer, "I've made the plunge away from Gmail." The announcement is on a light gray background, and the tagline reads, "THE WRITINGS OF MATTHEW BREWER." The content reads, "I've made the plunge away from Gmail to HEY, the email platform that aims to give you back control of your inbox. My experience so far, in the second installment of my new blog. Happy New Year!" There are two options; "Read now," and an X button to dismiss the announcement.
December 27, 2024 at 9:47 PM
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Coming soon! Thoughts? Desktop v. mobile

(Subscribe now and get it in your inbox as soon as it releases on January 1, 12:00 AM CST: writingsof.matthewcbrewer.com/p/plunge-to-hey)
Screenshot from an in-development build of thebrewergame.com on desktop with an updated announcement banner for a new installment of The Writings of Matthew Brewer, "I've made the plunge away from Gmail." The announcement is on a light gray background, and the tagline reads, "THE WRITINGS OF MATTHEW BREWER." The content reads, "I've made the plunge away from Gmail to HEY, the email platform that aims to give you back control of your inbox. My experience so far, in the second installment of my new blog. Happy New Year!" There are two options; "Read now," and an X button to dismiss the announcement. Screenshot from an in-development build of thebrewergame.com on mobile with an updated announcement banner for a new installment of The Writings of Matthew Brewer, "I've made the plunge away from Gmail." The announcement is on a light gray background, and the tagline reads, "THE WRITINGS OF MATTHEW BREWER." The content reads, "I've made the plunge away from Gmail to HEY, the email platform that aims to give you back control of your inbox. My experience so far, in the second installment of my new blog. Happy New Year!" There are two options; "Read now," and an X button to dismiss the announcement.
December 27, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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They're baaaaaaack
Screenshot from an email sent to me about a new version of the Sunbird app going into beta. It reads, "We are pleased to announce that the wait is finally over–you now have the exclusive opportunity to download and use our Beta app. Your patience and support have been invaluable to us, and we are excited to share our app with you. Here's how you can get started:" Above the text is the Sunbird logo, and the header and get-started is in purple. Everything else is in black, on a white background.
December 22, 2024 at 5:20 PM
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bsky.down
Screenshot from the Bluesky Android app of the Discover feed encountering an issue. It reads, "Hmm, some kind of issue occurred when contacting the feed server. Please let the feed owner know about this issue. Message from server: Internal Server Error" with the button "View profile" leading to @bsky.app. Along the top is the menu icon, Bluesky blue butterfly, and feed hashtag icon. Below, the displayed feeds are Discover, Following, Bluesky Team, and 📌. The error message is on a light gray background, and the "View profile" button is in black.
December 21, 2024 at 4:22 AM
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oh hello there
A screenshot from my X (formerly Twitter) notifications of the account HEY (@heyhey) liking my post: "I've officially fully switched my email from Gmail to @heyhey. Here we go!"
December 19, 2024 at 3:41 PM
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Thoughts? Desktop vs. mobile. Spacing between elements and the background good?
A screenshot of a development build of thebrewergame.com shows the announcement banner with an upcoming close (X) button to dismiss it on desktop. The banner reads, "THE WRITINGS OF MATTHEW BREWER; How Bluesky Works; With help from my friend Jack, I explain, for the average person, how things work on Bluesky in the first installment of my new blog.; Read now". The banner is on a light gray background, and the two buttons ("Read now" and "X") are on a darker gray background. A screenshot of a development build of thebrewergame.com shows the announcement banner with an upcoming close (X) button to dismiss it on mobile. The banner reads, "THE WRITINGS OF MATTHEW BREWER; How Bluesky Works; With help from my friend Jack, I explain, for the average person, how things work on Bluesky in the first installment of my new blog.; Read now". The banner is on a light gray background, and the two buttons ("Read now" and "X") are on a darker gray background.
December 12, 2024 at 9:31 PM