Matt
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@differentmatt.bsky.social
Β· Dec 16
Walking away from Omelas, are you? On our nice walkable infrastructure, mind you. Anywhere else you'd have to drive away from, but not Omelas. There's also an accessible shuttle every 15 minutes, but nooooooo, don't let me slow you down, you've got an Omelas to walk away from, Mr. Ethical.
No matter how worthy the message!
January 18, 2026 at 10:25 PM
No matter how worthy the message!
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my wife ordered something on ebay and it came packaged in a newspaper from 1992
January 18, 2026 at 9:06 PM
my wife ordered something on ebay and it came packaged in a newspaper from 1992
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ICE agents. are putting. stuffed animals. on dashboards. to fool children. into thinking. they won't be kidnapped.
Thanks. We have folks in our community giving vulnerable students rides to school, and a teacher shared that they were putting small stuffed animals on their dashboards to help kids identify safe cars. ICE picked up on it and started doing the same. Horrifying.
January 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
ICE agents. are putting. stuffed animals. on dashboards. to fool children. into thinking. they won't be kidnapped.
First of all, you will never get me to believe that FIFA is capable of embarrassment.
But if they were, it should not be mathematically possible for their embarrassment to grow. You give Donald Trump a Nobel-shaped pacifier, you start with the needle already pegged at maximum embarrassment.
But if they were, it should not be mathematically possible for their embarrassment to grow. You give Donald Trump a Nobel-shaped pacifier, you start with the needle already pegged at maximum embarrassment.
January 18, 2026 at 6:27 PM
First of all, you will never get me to believe that FIFA is capable of embarrassment.
But if they were, it should not be mathematically possible for their embarrassment to grow. You give Donald Trump a Nobel-shaped pacifier, you start with the needle already pegged at maximum embarrassment.
But if they were, it should not be mathematically possible for their embarrassment to grow. You give Donald Trump a Nobel-shaped pacifier, you start with the needle already pegged at maximum embarrassment.
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The president
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
January 18, 2026 at 5:45 PM
The president
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
-Is occupying a major city with armed paramilitiaries
-Is blackmailing treaty allies to hand over their sovereign territory
-Is trying to set himself up as chairman for life of a UN rival with $1B fees for permanent membership
-Is talking about canceling elections
TIRED: the Mercator projection is bad because it exaggerates the size of northern land masses vs. equatorial ones
WIRED: the Mercator projection is bad because a finite map cannot represent the infinitely large Antarctica it implies
GIVE ME MY ENDLESS ICE SHEET YOU COWARDS
WIRED: the Mercator projection is bad because a finite map cannot represent the infinitely large Antarctica it implies
GIVE ME MY ENDLESS ICE SHEET YOU COWARDS
January 18, 2026 at 4:48 PM
TIRED: the Mercator projection is bad because it exaggerates the size of northern land masses vs. equatorial ones
WIRED: the Mercator projection is bad because a finite map cannot represent the infinitely large Antarctica it implies
GIVE ME MY ENDLESS ICE SHEET YOU COWARDS
WIRED: the Mercator projection is bad because a finite map cannot represent the infinitely large Antarctica it implies
GIVE ME MY ENDLESS ICE SHEET YOU COWARDS
Cassidy is fully vaccinated against the diseases Bobby Jr. wants to have thin out the herd of other people's kids. Just like Bobby Jr. and his kids are.
January 18, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Cassidy is fully vaccinated against the diseases Bobby Jr. wants to have thin out the herd of other people's kids. Just like Bobby Jr. and his kids are.
Nice. I used to live in Canton, NY. We'd get itty bitty doses of lake effect all the way up there and it would still be a foot.
Then of course there was the Ice Storm of '98. [adopts Old Man Telling a Story pose] The morning of January 4 dawned clear, but there was a strange heaviness in the airβ¦
Then of course there was the Ice Storm of '98. [adopts Old Man Telling a Story pose] The morning of January 4 dawned clear, but there was a strange heaviness in the airβ¦
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Nice. I used to live in Canton, NY. We'd get itty bitty doses of lake effect all the way up there and it would still be a foot.
Then of course there was the Ice Storm of '98. [adopts Old Man Telling a Story pose] The morning of January 4 dawned clear, but there was a strange heaviness in the airβ¦
Then of course there was the Ice Storm of '98. [adopts Old Man Telling a Story pose] The morning of January 4 dawned clear, but there was a strange heaviness in the airβ¦
Oh that's going to be my retirement. Blizzard-chasing.
I'm going to Toronto next week, so fingers crossed.
I'm going to Toronto next week, so fingers crossed.
January 18, 2026 at 4:16 PM
Oh that's going to be my retirement. Blizzard-chasing.
I'm going to Toronto next week, so fingers crossed.
I'm going to Toronto next week, so fingers crossed.
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Itβs also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectualsβ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
Scientific conferences are where the exchange of important ideas happen. Itβs where new collaborations come forth and innovation dreamed up. Itβs really disheartening that NIH scientists and representatives are being banned from attending. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
Exclusive: US NIH scientists barred from attending conferences on their own time and dime
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health have been told they cannot attend scientific conferences and meetings without official permission, even if they pay their own way and go during time off, three current and former NIH scientists told Reuters.
www.reuters.com
January 17, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Itβs also worth noting that in Nazi Germany, closing down scientists and other intellectualsβ ability to travel for work was an early move to keep people from escaping.
Archbishop of York who's only ever been a pirate before: getting a lot of piracy vibes from thisβ¦
January 18, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Archbishop of York who's only ever been a pirate before: getting a lot of piracy vibes from thisβ¦
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I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesnβt make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My picture was used in child abuse images. AI is putting others through my nightmare | Mara Wilson
I was a child actor, exploited by strangers on the internet. Now millions of children face the same danger
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 2:20 AM
I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesnβt make that a reality for millions of children.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I would absolutely watch "Severance Babies"
January 17, 2026 at 10:52 PM
I would absolutely watch "Severance Babies"
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My last two shots before my world went dark.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
My last two shots before my world went dark.
although IIRC Davis Square is where the local landline exchange was 666 so you'd see a lot of vaguely Satanic phone numbers in shop windows? does that count?
January 17, 2026 at 10:44 PM
although IIRC Davis Square is where the local landline exchange was 666 so you'd see a lot of vaguely Satanic phone numbers in shop windows? does that count?
laughs in "lived in Malden in 1998"
(which also wasn't that "rough and tumble" for the most part but come on)
(which also wasn't that "rough and tumble" for the most part but come on)
January 17, 2026 at 10:43 PM
laughs in "lived in Malden in 1998"
(which also wasn't that "rough and tumble" for the most part but come on)
(which also wasn't that "rough and tumble" for the most part but come on)
Of all the indignities I suffer as a Snow Guy living in northern Mississippi, the worst is when the snow falls TO THE SOUTH OF ME GODDAMMIT THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS?!
January 17, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Of all the indignities I suffer as a Snow Guy living in northern Mississippi, the worst is when the snow falls TO THE SOUTH OF ME GODDAMMIT THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA ARE YOU KIDDING ME WITH THIS?!
Yeah there's a lot of Greatest Generation energy coming off him.
"Back in my day I used to beat Sauron up for his lunch money."
"Okay Grandpa, let's get you on that boat to the Undying Lands."
"Back in my day I used to beat Sauron up for his lunch money."
"Okay Grandpa, let's get you on that boat to the Undying Lands."
January 17, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Yeah there's a lot of Greatest Generation energy coming off him.
"Back in my day I used to beat Sauron up for his lunch money."
"Okay Grandpa, let's get you on that boat to the Undying Lands."
"Back in my day I used to beat Sauron up for his lunch money."
"Okay Grandpa, let's get you on that boat to the Undying Lands."
you had me at "gay plant store"
January 17, 2026 at 6:46 PM
you had me at "gay plant store"
I'm not saying they wouldn't get their hair mussed but that's what it boils down to, the slight flaw in the genius plan of trying to do geopolitics in the nuclear age by Viking rules.
January 17, 2026 at 6:34 PM
I'm not saying they wouldn't get their hair mussed but that's what it boils down to, the slight flaw in the genius plan of trying to do geopolitics in the nuclear age by Viking rules.
Fun fact, the United States does not have the resources or capacity to defend its own territory against a sufficiently large coalition of other world nations. I guess we should just sell ourselves to the Sino-Russian Alliance or whoever when they come asking, huh?
January 17, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Fun fact, the United States does not have the resources or capacity to defend its own territory against a sufficiently large coalition of other world nations. I guess we should just sell ourselves to the Sino-Russian Alliance or whoever when they come asking, huh?
Even setting aside SCOTUS, this just feels like such a hilariously weak threat. Why would THIS be the 10% that beat all of Europe into submission?
This is a poker player reaching across the table to try to physically prevent you from calling his bluff. "No, stop, I insist, you'll lose too bad."
This is a poker player reaching across the table to try to physically prevent you from calling his bluff. "No, stop, I insist, you'll lose too bad."
January 17, 2026 at 5:57 PM
Even setting aside SCOTUS, this just feels like such a hilariously weak threat. Why would THIS be the 10% that beat all of Europe into submission?
This is a poker player reaching across the table to try to physically prevent you from calling his bluff. "No, stop, I insist, you'll lose too bad."
This is a poker player reaching across the table to try to physically prevent you from calling his bluff. "No, stop, I insist, you'll lose too bad."
Everyone talks about the pick six that will forever be the last thing he did in a game, but don't sleep on the hilariously weak tackle afterwards that let the pick six happen.
Bullock was two inches from the sideline, Rodgers is 225 and hits him square on, and⦠nothing. Just amazing.
Bullock was two inches from the sideline, Rodgers is 225 and hits him square on, and⦠nothing. Just amazing.
January 17, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Everyone talks about the pick six that will forever be the last thing he did in a game, but don't sleep on the hilariously weak tackle afterwards that let the pick six happen.
Bullock was two inches from the sideline, Rodgers is 225 and hits him square on, and⦠nothing. Just amazing.
Bullock was two inches from the sideline, Rodgers is 225 and hits him square on, and⦠nothing. Just amazing.
Why stop there? Why not just force schools to display Johnson's self-insert Bible fanfic?
JESUS: I don't have enough loaves and fishes to feed this crowd.
JOHNSON: Don't worry, Jesus! I brought enough for everyone!
DISCIPLES: Hooray for Mike Johnson!
JESUS: You are my favorite, Mike Johnson.
JESUS: I don't have enough loaves and fishes to feed this crowd.
JOHNSON: Don't worry, Jesus! I brought enough for everyone!
DISCIPLES: Hooray for Mike Johnson!
JESUS: You are my favorite, Mike Johnson.
January 17, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Why stop there? Why not just force schools to display Johnson's self-insert Bible fanfic?
JESUS: I don't have enough loaves and fishes to feed this crowd.
JOHNSON: Don't worry, Jesus! I brought enough for everyone!
DISCIPLES: Hooray for Mike Johnson!
JESUS: You are my favorite, Mike Johnson.
JESUS: I don't have enough loaves and fishes to feed this crowd.
JOHNSON: Don't worry, Jesus! I brought enough for everyone!
DISCIPLES: Hooray for Mike Johnson!
JESUS: You are my favorite, Mike Johnson.