mat olson
@mathewolson.com
blogging at virtualvector.xyz • writer and creative technologist at large • hire me • ITP ‘24 • totally sincere hater • he/him •
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thinking of her today
November 27, 2025 at 3:07 PM
thinking of her today
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for @404media.co i wrote about Slop Evader, a plugin by artist Tega Brain which filters all your web searches to only include results from before November 30, 2022 — the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 AM
for @404media.co i wrote about Slop Evader, a plugin by artist Tega Brain which filters all your web searches to only include results from before November 30, 2022 — the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
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"I will just make a few custom 32x32 icons for my Godot project"
oops, made a whole sheet. this is honestly one of my favourite things to do.
oops, made a whole sheet. this is honestly one of my favourite things to do.
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"I will just make a few custom 32x32 icons for my Godot project"
oops, made a whole sheet. this is honestly one of my favourite things to do.
oops, made a whole sheet. this is honestly one of my favourite things to do.
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I HAVE DECODED BURGER KING. I HAVE THE RAW HIGH QUALITY MODELS.
AHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHA
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I HAVE DECODED BURGER KING. I HAVE THE RAW HIGH QUALITY MODELS.
AHAHAHAHAHA
AHAHAHAHAHA
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the idea that it would’ve taken some special insight to be suspicious of Nuzzi’s reporting is so funny
November 27, 2025 at 1:47 AM
the idea that it would’ve taken some special insight to be suspicious of Nuzzi’s reporting is so funny
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The only pertinent thing about this story is that everyone involved is responsible for the murder of millions of infants and children. I don't care about Cum Poetry, I care that these are serial murderers
Hey, congratulations to all of Olivia Nuzzi’s horny media critic defenders. Heckuva job!
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
The only pertinent thing about this story is that everyone involved is responsible for the murder of millions of infants and children. I don't care about Cum Poetry, I care that these are serial murderers
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
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just a few snail beers
November 26, 2025 at 6:46 PM
just a few snail beers
My Name Is Jonas
Is It a Crime?
Babylon Sisters
Run Away With Me
Faron
Is It a Crime?
Babylon Sisters
Run Away With Me
Faron
November 26, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My Name Is Jonas
Is It a Crime?
Babylon Sisters
Run Away With Me
Faron
Is It a Crime?
Babylon Sisters
Run Away With Me
Faron
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Can Zohran Mamdani keep New Yorkers safe from remembering some Arsenal guys? defector.com/can-zohran-m...
Can Zohran Mamdani Keep New Yorkers Safe From Remembering Some Arsenal Guys? | Defector
Zohran Mamdani is weeks away from becoming Mayor of New York City. As someone who does not live in the city but nevertheless has a lot of opinions about what goes on there, I want his administration…
defector.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Can Zohran Mamdani keep New Yorkers safe from remembering some Arsenal guys? defector.com/can-zohran-m...
Gordon is a highly trained professional, he doesn’t need to hear all this.
Now just climb up and start lowering the bird into the vat of cooking oil…
Now just climb up and start lowering the bird into the vat of cooking oil…
November 26, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Gordon is a highly trained professional, he doesn’t need to hear all this.
Now just climb up and start lowering the bird into the vat of cooking oil…
Now just climb up and start lowering the bird into the vat of cooking oil…
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This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This is the type of hater energy that will fuel us in the years ahead.
Read it here: PeePeePooPoo, the subscription service for urine and fecal matter sprayed onto all your earthly possessions, projects that everyone on earth will be paying for its service by 2040 as it follows a playbook the company’s founder discovered scrawled in blood on an ancient stone tablet.
Exclusive: OpenAI has projected 220 million people will be paying for a basic ChatGPT subscription by 2030 as it follows Slack’s and Spotify’s business playbook.
Read more from Sri Muppidi 👇
https://thein.fo/4insfpg
Read more from Sri Muppidi 👇
https://thein.fo/4insfpg
OpenAI Projected at Least 220 Million People Will Pay for ChatGPT by 2030
To boost ChatGPT revenue, OpenAI is following a playbook enterprise apps Zoom and Slack have used to increase paid users. It’s hooking up most of its users—which now number more than 800 million—with ...
thein.fo
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Read it here: PeePeePooPoo, the subscription service for urine and fecal matter sprayed onto all your earthly possessions, projects that everyone on earth will be paying for its service by 2040 as it follows a playbook the company’s founder discovered scrawled in blood on an ancient stone tablet.
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Anyway, [Robyn voice] Call your bookstore (or library) and ask them to carry the book of an indie author you like. Even if you already bought a copy.
This is why I keep saying there is no number of books I could feasibly sell that would make a difference in my life financially. But every book sold is a vote of confidence to publishers and book sellers that I get to do another one. Having your book in stores is so fucking cool. Even 3 copies.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Anyway, [Robyn voice] Call your bookstore (or library) and ask them to carry the book of an indie author you like. Even if you already bought a copy.
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The Blungus episodes are always an absolute disaster… (w/ Jesse Farrar)
Watch: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
Watch: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
November 25, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Blungus episodes are always an absolute disaster… (w/ Jesse Farrar)
Watch: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
Watch: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
Listen: www.patreon.com/posts/144253...
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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Hello! Annoying news! I’ve been informed by work that due to an investor delay I am not going to be paid on time. I need to pay my rent and internet/phone and eat, so if you can give me a hand, I can pay you back in the next few weeks when my pay shows up. Thanks!
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
November 25, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Hello! Annoying news! I’ve been informed by work that due to an investor delay I am not going to be paid on time. I need to pay my rent and internet/phone and eat, so if you can give me a hand, I can pay you back in the next few weeks when my pay shows up. Thanks!
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
PP: @StellaSacco
CA: $sacc
taking this map with several grains of salt but also filing it away in my brain under “must fix idaho”
Trump’s approval collapses nationwide, turning several deep-red states negative — Economist tracker
November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
taking this map with several grains of salt but also filing it away in my brain under “must fix idaho”
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We have created a device that shall be integral to your life, to the point where it will be hard to function in society without one; we would prefer these devices to break annually and for you to purchase a new one at full price. If you don't, that's called hoarding. They're a thousand dollars each.
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
We have created a device that shall be integral to your life, to the point where it will be hard to function in society without one; we would prefer these devices to break annually and for you to purchase a new one at full price. If you don't, that's called hoarding. They're a thousand dollars each.
i understand where the people who wonder where they’ll ever find time for multi-hour video essays are coming from, but
on top of the whole “you can pause it and come back” thing uhhhhhhhhhhh have you considered that some of us are unemployed and need enrichment???
on top of the whole “you can pause it and come back” thing uhhhhhhhhhhh have you considered that some of us are unemployed and need enrichment???
November 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
i understand where the people who wonder where they’ll ever find time for multi-hour video essays are coming from, but
on top of the whole “you can pause it and come back” thing uhhhhhhhhhhh have you considered that some of us are unemployed and need enrichment???
on top of the whole “you can pause it and come back” thing uhhhhhhhhhhh have you considered that some of us are unemployed and need enrichment???
the only lego i wanna see within 100 feet of noem is a field of upturned bricks she has to walk across
Feels like a deep state conspiracy
November 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
the only lego i wanna see within 100 feet of noem is a field of upturned bricks she has to walk across
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twitter this last week
November 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
twitter this last week
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
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If I may be forgiven for tooting my own horn here, I am still fairly chuffed that I managed to pull off another Deafheaven Stream Moment™ OVER ELEVEN HOURS into a drum stream.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
If I may be forgiven for tooting my own horn here, I am still fairly chuffed that I managed to pull off another Deafheaven Stream Moment™ OVER ELEVEN HOURS into a drum stream.
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oh hell yeah lmfao
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
oh hell yeah lmfao