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Mat B

@buckwheatmat.bsky.social

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Designer, Biologist, Alchemist #RA #EDS #CROHNS #AS #Blind #neurodivergent, parent of a deaf / autistic child #MedicalCannabis #snails #shrimp #AriesIncarnate #wikipedia #aerogarden coma survivor, near death experience, general Spatchcockery

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · Aug 9

“I believe that one of the reasons he gathered so many flunkies around him was that his instinct told him that first-rate people couldn't possibly stomach the outpourings.”
- Albert Speer on Hitler

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 45m

Up at 3 am, not sure if I’m staying up or not!

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 4h

Have you tried the walstad method?

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Art History Animalia @arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social · 6d

#Snails for a slow Sunday 🐌…
Andy Warhol (USA, 1928-1987)
So Slow, 1950s
Watercolor & ink drawing on paper
The Warhol Museum
www.instagram.com/p/DKhLDjhsX_2/
(© The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc.)

Drawing depicting six pairs of red snails and green leaves arranged in two rows of three, with an orange butterfly and the words "so slow" at the top

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 4h

I have a variety, the planted ones are the most fun!

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Marya @maryapetry.bsky.social · 21h

I have nothing against rich, mediocre white men born to privilege. They should be allowed to live their lives as they choose. BUT they are not entitled to make important decisions for others. It’s insane that we are letting dumb, dull, angry men dictate things they don’t understand.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 1d

FULL STORY HERE: Emails began flooding CDC inboxes late Friday night announcing dozens of layoffs. HR people brought back from furlough to oversee the RIFs. Disease detectives, entire Washington office, global health, injury prevention, MMWR staff among those hit.
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Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials

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Jay Troyer @gr8flbluejay.bsky.social · 18h

Ulrike Schmelter, German, Nightfall, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 120 x 140 cm, private collection

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 5h

Love it 10 / 10!

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 6h

That was fun!

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 6h

I need more Balaquina content!!! 😆

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 6h

Experimenting!

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 8h

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New Jersey amber - Wikipedia

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 8h

Covid and flu shots this morning, zero side effects.

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 9h

#snails

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 9h

My phone has no idea but I’m interested!

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 9h

Agreed, it’s beautiful!!!

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 11h

And I saw that one of his heads was, as it were, wounded to death, and his deadly wound was healed. And all the world wondered after the beast.

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 11h

Walk around the block, I found a frisbee!!!

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 13h

This came in the mail from a good friend today, i needed cheering up!!!

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 15h

Self care day! I always take one weekend day to try and rest

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 16h

Had my mom over to see the aquariums, the crayfish didn’t make an appearance 😞

Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 17h

Cindy sent me a rock from the PNW facebook group, they still decorate and hide them, talented people!!!

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 18h

I’m fully vaccinated

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 18h

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Royal Game of Ur - Wikipedia

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 18h

Getting vaccinated and the tech made the mistake of asking me if I had any conditions. I said nothing that would interfere with the vaccine. She insisted, so I listed every single one of my conditions, took about 10 minutes of typing 😆

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Mat B @buckwheatmat.bsky.social · 19h

I agree and feel the same about biopics. I don’t need a documentary on a 20 year old

Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 21h

The Nobel Peace Prize, in my opinion, should only ever be given posthumously.

Given that so many people who champion peace or even achieve temporary peace can also champion war in other circumstances, it should be based on a totality of work.