Matt
@differentmatt.bsky.social
"Transgressively ludic." —𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘓𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
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posts here are exclusively my private opinion and are not statements on behalf of my employer, family, church, union, or anything else
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@differentmatt.bsky.social
· 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.
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Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
ocellated turkeys implies turkelated ocelots
statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
ocellated turkeys implies turkelated ocelots
I appreciate the implied Turkey pun, but also the first ever American Pope could absolutely decree Vatican Thanksgiving and make all the cardinals come over to eat pumpkin pie and watch the Lions and such, and I'm a little disappointed he didn't.
Pope Leo XIV embarked on his first international trip as pontiff on Thursday, traveling to Turkey to start a six-day tour that will also include Lebanon. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/w...
November 28, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I appreciate the implied Turkey pun, but also the first ever American Pope could absolutely decree Vatican Thanksgiving and make all the cardinals come over to eat pumpkin pie and watch the Lions and such, and I'm a little disappointed he didn't.
Hell yeah, sports on Thanksgiving
November 27, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Hell yeah, sports on Thanksgiving
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
This is quite grisly by Thanksgiving dinner conversation standards, but it's fascinating, so I won't judge. Or maybe you could read it tomorrow when it won't put you off your dinner.
Headless bodies hint at why Europe’s first farmers vanished
Wave of mass brutality accompanied the collapse of the first pan-European culture
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
This is quite grisly by Thanksgiving dinner conversation standards, but it's fascinating, so I won't judge. Or maybe you could read it tomorrow when it won't put you off your dinner.
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NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
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![Comic. Panels up to the 10-year point are grayed out. New panels since the Ten Years comic, which chronicles the first ten years of PERSON 1's journey with cancer: (1) [two people in bed] PERSON 1 (woman): One more chapter? PERSON 2 (man): Don’t we both have to get up early? PERSON 1: Nnnnnggggh PERSON 2: Sure, good point. (2) [many people wearing masks, walking while looking at graphs on their phones] (3) [birds landing on people] PERSON 2 in beanie and scarf: Hah! They like *my* seeds best. PERSON 1 in scarf holding phone with a bird sitting on it: Wait, how do I take a picture of this one? (4) [two people rowing boats with tree landscape] (5) [Person 1 carries overflowing stack of things to Person 2 in bed] PERSON 1: I brought you honey lemon tea, more pillows, a cinnamon roll, Tylenol, another blanket, a– PERSON 2: It was just Appendicitis, I’m really– PERSON 1: *It is my turn to take care of you and I am going to do it right!* (6) [Two people in car] (7) [still in car) PERSON 1: Oh my god. PERSON 2: Oh my god. (8) [car driving] PERSON 1: Pull over! PERSON 2: I am! (9) [both people get out of car] (10) [Large colored panel of aurora borealis over water with both people looking on] (11) [Person 1 sits against tree while Person 2 lies on the ground] PERSON 1: Fifteen years. No sign of the cancer. (12) I *am* having some weird symptoms. Joint pain. Fatigue. I think I’m losing my close-up vision. PERSON 2: Yeah. Me too. (13) PERSON 2: I think we’re getting old. (14) PERSON 1: I guess that’s okay. PERSON 2: It’s all I wanted.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihwhjblp5lyiwp63ouar7ocfea7evmckytoeo7rkfuoo4gw5rnrra@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 PM
say what you will about capitalism but if every business were run with this energy I think it'd be okay
November 26, 2025 at 5:41 PM
say what you will about capitalism but if every business were run with this energy I think it'd be okay
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NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NEW: An unanimous appeals court panel — authored by conservative Judge William Pryor and joined by Trump appointee Andrew Brasher — upheld a $1 million sanction againt Trump/Habba for filing a "frivolous" lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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This is Rosie. We do not know what she is asking for, but we need you to give it to her right away. 13/10 please hurry (IG: rosalinathepittie)
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is Rosie. We do not know what she is asking for, but we need you to give it to her right away. 13/10 please hurry (IG: rosalinathepittie)
I just learned that yesterday was Evacuation Day, celebrating the anniversary of the departure of the last British forces from the newly independent United States. Traditionally, Evacuation Day has been commemorated by—
—Hang on, my editor wants to see me.
—Hang on, my editor wants to see me.
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I just learned that yesterday was Evacuation Day, celebrating the anniversary of the departure of the last British forces from the newly independent United States. Traditionally, Evacuation Day has been commemorated by—
—Hang on, my editor wants to see me.
—Hang on, my editor wants to see me.
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Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Handing back student work that’s been written by ChatGPT with a 0 followed by the comment “This essay will never stand in authentic wonder before the Beauty of God’s creation.”
brb gotta fly to Osaka for a minute
November 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
brb gotta fly to Osaka for a minute
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if your default reaction to someone doing something monstrous or cruel is to assume they're mentally ill, you're not making a diagnosis; you're afraid to accept that they are just a person, just like you are.
Bigotry is a symptom of precisely zero mental illnesses.
Fascism too.
Leftists have got to unpack their saneism.
Fascism too.
Leftists have got to unpack their saneism.
November 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
if your default reaction to someone doing something monstrous or cruel is to assume they're mentally ill, you're not making a diagnosis; you're afraid to accept that they are just a person, just like you are.
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 PM
There will be a moment of silence for Colleen Jones ahead of tonight's women's draw at the Olympic Curling Trials.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
Many of her family members, former teammates and friends will be here.
High emotion in her hometown and home province.
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And did absolutely nothing to stop them.
November 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
And did absolutely nothing to stop them.
Yes. Hell yes. I hate those stupid dryers. All is forgiven, Jeff Bezos. I will arrange for you to resume adding hundreds of my dollars to the billions you already have, because I see now that you really do get what's important after all.
At this point, the Washpost edit page is just trolling its readers.
This is today's actual house editorial.
This is today's actual house editorial.
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Yes. Hell yes. I hate those stupid dryers. All is forgiven, Jeff Bezos. I will arrange for you to resume adding hundreds of my dollars to the billions you already have, because I see now that you really do get what's important after all.
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making good progress on the manuscript
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
making good progress on the manuscript
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Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
Let’s talk the real #history of #Thanksgiving & the #LostCause history of the #CivilWar Follow @karencoxhistorian “Forgotten America” is available on @thegreatcourses plus & @Audible
TikTok video by PhDRachel
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November 25, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanksgiving is not a colonial/Pilgrim holiday. It’s a Civil War holiday. & we think otherwise in part because of the Lost Cause. 🗃️
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8UrgXv1/
making good progress on the manuscript
November 25, 2025 at 4:32 AM
making good progress on the manuscript
I have said some things about "the vast majority of Americans" in my day, but I was never so hateful as to imply they're in any sense where Alan Dershowitz is.
"elevate charismatic figures such as Alan Dershowitz"
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November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I have said some things about "the vast majority of Americans" in my day, but I was never so hateful as to imply they're in any sense where Alan Dershowitz is.
Oh boy, I see we're all lining up to kiss Isaac Chotiner's ass again.
CHOTINER: Well, not everybody. Say, what was that tab you just closed?
ME: A YouTube video of "Space Ghost."
CHOTINER: The Adult Swim talk show, or the original terrible 1960s cartoon?
ME: …Look, I'm a cultural historian.
CHOTINER: Well, not everybody. Say, what was that tab you just closed?
ME: A YouTube video of "Space Ghost."
CHOTINER: The Adult Swim talk show, or the original terrible 1960s cartoon?
ME: …Look, I'm a cultural historian.
November 25, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Oh boy, I see we're all lining up to kiss Isaac Chotiner's ass again.
CHOTINER: Well, not everybody. Say, what was that tab you just closed?
ME: A YouTube video of "Space Ghost."
CHOTINER: The Adult Swim talk show, or the original terrible 1960s cartoon?
ME: …Look, I'm a cultural historian.
CHOTINER: Well, not everybody. Say, what was that tab you just closed?
ME: A YouTube video of "Space Ghost."
CHOTINER: The Adult Swim talk show, or the original terrible 1960s cartoon?
ME: …Look, I'm a cultural historian.