Matt Botts
@astrobotts.bsky.social
Security and Compliance geek, law school dropout, error-prone computer made of meat. Opinions are my own. Especially the dumb misspelled ones.
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The only good Star Wars “Sequel” is The Last Jedi
February 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
The only good Star Wars “Sequel” is The Last Jedi
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what it's like gazing into the discourse of the day when you've been offline:
February 4, 2026 at 12:53 AM
what it's like gazing into the discourse of the day when you've been offline:
My brain’s neurochemistry fighting over which intrusive thought wins
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
My brain’s neurochemistry fighting over which intrusive thought wins
I really should have formatted these 194 SOC 2 Type II tickets earlier in the audit cycle
February 3, 2026 at 10:24 AM
I really should have formatted these 194 SOC 2 Type II tickets earlier in the audit cycle
These are the same idiots that did things like toss small propane canisters or lighters into the bonfire at high school/college parties.
"FUCK YEAH, WE'RE GONNA START SOME DUMPSTER FIRES" is just burn pits with leftist characteristics
i dont think you should be lighting dumpster fires because believe it or not you are releasing poison gas into the air
February 3, 2026 at 12:12 AM
These are the same idiots that did things like toss small propane canisters or lighters into the bonfire at high school/college parties.
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"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics
Larry Summers complaining to Epstein that his kids admire Bernie Sanders too much
February 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"tired of some of their admiration for [insert lefty or left-leaning political and cultural figure]" explains a solid three-quarters of the last decade of american politics
I'm more offended by Darren Aranofsky's "AI animated series" than I am by Melania. At least that was an outright bribe - this is just making artless slop AND cutting out talented animators/artists
Fuck all the way off, and then fuck off a little further, just keep going and fucking off until you're completely out of fucking off space and then fuck off just a tiny bit further.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 7:16 PM
I'm more offended by Darren Aranofsky's "AI animated series" than I am by Melania. At least that was an outright bribe - this is just making artless slop AND cutting out talented animators/artists
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To repeat: Abolish ICE.
January 24, 2026 at 4:09 PM
To repeat: Abolish ICE.
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I watched the video and pretty much everyone is representing it pretty much accurately and I don't think you need to watch it if your takeaway is that a bunch of ICE guys were on top of a dude who they were beating and then one of them decided to shoot him at point blank range for no obvious reason
January 24, 2026 at 4:06 PM
I watched the video and pretty much everyone is representing it pretty much accurately and I don't think you need to watch it if your takeaway is that a bunch of ICE guys were on top of a dude who they were beating and then one of them decided to shoot him at point blank range for no obvious reason
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
Greg Bovino: I look good!
What the rest of us see:
What the rest of us see:
January 23, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Greg Bovino: I look good!
What the rest of us see:
What the rest of us see:
The US government right now:
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 PM
The US government right now:
Nothing trenchant. But December by Collective Soul rocks.
Collective Soul - December (Official HD Music Video)
YouTube video by Collective Soul
youtu.be
January 20, 2026 at 4:05 AM
Nothing trenchant. But December by Collective Soul rocks.
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My take on this, which I think will get everyone mad at me, is that this is no different from the other stuff Dems have been doing to tie all of Trump’s shit back to affordability and your take on it should be in line with whatever Schumer is saying along similar lines.
i feel like Americans don't get the level of eye-rolling this is getting from Europe
January 19, 2026 at 5:20 AM
My take on this, which I think will get everyone mad at me, is that this is no different from the other stuff Dems have been doing to tie all of Trump’s shit back to affordability and your take on it should be in line with whatever Schumer is saying along similar lines.
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I’m not sure people outside the Twin Cites realize the prevalence and the fear ICE is causing in Twin Cities. They are dining undercover pretending to be couples at restaurants, they are going to businesses and checking the license plates of cars to find employees. Every public place is compromised.
January 19, 2026 at 3:17 AM
I’m not sure people outside the Twin Cites realize the prevalence and the fear ICE is causing in Twin Cities. They are dining undercover pretending to be couples at restaurants, they are going to businesses and checking the license plates of cars to find employees. Every public place is compromised.
Saturday is for the Beta Band
Dry The Rain (Remaster)
YouTube video by The Beta Band - Topic
youtu.be
January 18, 2026 at 4:19 AM
Saturday is for the Beta Band
My wife (who is a whole human being in her own right) came to me unprompted and said “we need to get guns and know how to use them.”
This is a woman who I legitimately thought would divorce me rather than allow a firearm into our home.
I don’t think these ICE/CBP brownshirts are gonna win this.
This is a woman who I legitimately thought would divorce me rather than allow a firearm into our home.
I don’t think these ICE/CBP brownshirts are gonna win this.
January 14, 2026 at 10:03 PM
My wife (who is a whole human being in her own right) came to me unprompted and said “we need to get guns and know how to use them.”
This is a woman who I legitimately thought would divorce me rather than allow a firearm into our home.
I don’t think these ICE/CBP brownshirts are gonna win this.
This is a woman who I legitimately thought would divorce me rather than allow a firearm into our home.
I don’t think these ICE/CBP brownshirts are gonna win this.
Not only did the Hmong fight for the US in a secret war in Laos, we abandoned them to death squads when US forces withdrew.
We need to protect our neighbors at all costs - especially those who have faced continual discrimination like our Hmong brothers and sisters.
We need to protect our neighbors at all costs - especially those who have faced continual discrimination like our Hmong brothers and sisters.
The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
January 14, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Not only did the Hmong fight for the US in a secret war in Laos, we abandoned them to death squads when US forces withdrew.
We need to protect our neighbors at all costs - especially those who have faced continual discrimination like our Hmong brothers and sisters.
We need to protect our neighbors at all costs - especially those who have faced continual discrimination like our Hmong brothers and sisters.
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The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The Hmong are here because they fought for the US in a war we lost.
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living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
living in a world where the only two jobs are “gambling” and “murder” isn’t nearly as cool as Cowboy Bebop made it out to be
Fellow Xennials - were you chased by high schoolers or young adults as a middle schooler?
I just assumed being chased by a bunch of goons threatening to kill you was something everyone experienced, but it seems alien to friends in NorCal.
I just assumed being chased by a bunch of goons threatening to kill you was something everyone experienced, but it seems alien to friends in NorCal.
January 12, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Fellow Xennials - were you chased by high schoolers or young adults as a middle schooler?
I just assumed being chased by a bunch of goons threatening to kill you was something everyone experienced, but it seems alien to friends in NorCal.
I just assumed being chased by a bunch of goons threatening to kill you was something everyone experienced, but it seems alien to friends in NorCal.
Tapping my hat as soon as we’re done deplaning in Hong Kong.
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Tapping my hat as soon as we’re done deplaning in Hong Kong.
It’s almost like something enraged me this week?
January 10, 2026 at 8:41 AM
It’s almost like something enraged me this week?