Matt Farah
@mattfarahphotos.com
IT Security Pro, Photographer, Vegetarian Foodie, urbanist, and e-bike rider. Obsessed with moss, Snorunt, potatoes, lookdown fish, and communication. PDX 🚲📸🏳️🌈
Look at my photos - https://mattfarahphotos.com
Read my blog - https://mattfarah.blog
Look at my photos - https://mattfarahphotos.com
Read my blog - https://mattfarah.blog
I’ve been playing Pokemon TCGP for a while now. Just crossed the 10k card mark
January 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
I’ve been playing Pokemon TCGP for a while now. Just crossed the 10k card mark
Not my bladder!!!
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A Bizarre Link Between Colorblindness and Bladder Cancer Might Actually Make Total Sense
Colorblind people might have a unique disadvantage in noticing an early warning sign of certain cancers, a new study suggests.
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January 27, 2026 at 10:13 PM
Not my bladder!!!
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A white-haired skinny man asks a Dorito-shaped for swimming advice at my gym pool and it was a great example of #positiveMasculinity 🧵🪡
January 26, 2026 at 2:28 AM
A white-haired skinny man asks a Dorito-shaped for swimming advice at my gym pool and it was a great example of #positiveMasculinity 🧵🪡
I was listening to a podcast and they said Missouri was the buckle and the Bible Belt and my monkey brain was trying to defend Oklahoma for this tile. Realistically, both of them are full of bad religion hahaha
January 25, 2026 at 10:18 PM
I was listening to a podcast and they said Missouri was the buckle and the Bible Belt and my monkey brain was trying to defend Oklahoma for this tile. Realistically, both of them are full of bad religion hahaha
I saw these hand prints that look like a parent and child made them and had to take a photo! Check out my latest blog post if you missed it - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
January 24, 2026 at 6:24 PM
I saw these hand prints that look like a parent and child made them and had to take a photo! Check out my latest blog post if you missed it - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
Big tech has gone so far in the opposite direction of when Apple wouldn’t decrypt an iPhone in the San Bernardino shooting case. Absolutely wild to see this turn around in just a few years
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Microsoft will assist the FBI in unlocking your Windows PC data if asked
Microsoft says it will provide the FBI with BitLocker encryption keys if requested for PCs that upload their key to the cloud via your Microsoft Account.
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January 24, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Big tech has gone so far in the opposite direction of when Apple wouldn’t decrypt an iPhone in the San Bernardino shooting case. Absolutely wild to see this turn around in just a few years
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You can get cool streetscape photos like this too. Check out my blog post about what type of camera I used here - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
January 24, 2026 at 12:18 AM
You can get cool streetscape photos like this too. Check out my blog post about what type of camera I used here - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
I go mad with power at the grocery store when my boyfriend who can’t have lactose is out of town
January 23, 2026 at 3:44 AM
I go mad with power at the grocery store when my boyfriend who can’t have lactose is out of town
Long shadows in the afternoon produce some cool photos. The camera I used is 10 years old to take these - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
January 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Long shadows in the afternoon produce some cool photos. The camera I used is 10 years old to take these - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
Check out this fun building I took a picture of and read about why to buy a digicam in 2026 here - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
January 21, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Check out this fun building I took a picture of and read about why to buy a digicam in 2026 here - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
Y'all should definitely buy a digicam in 2026 to capture your memories. Check out my blog post about it here - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
January 21, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Y'all should definitely buy a digicam in 2026 to capture your memories. Check out my blog post about it here - mattfarahphotos.com/blog/2026/01...
I'm all for people choosing to end suffering and go out their own way, but letting AI into the process is absolutely unacceptable to me
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Controversial Swiss Suicide Pod Gets an AI-Powered Mental Fitness Upgrade
It's better than ChatGPT encouraging you to kill yourself, I guess.
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January 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM
I'm all for people choosing to end suffering and go out their own way, but letting AI into the process is absolutely unacceptable to me
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Take me to the disco!
January 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Take me to the disco!
Y’all. There’s still two full weeks left in January. Is this month dragging for anyone else?
January 17, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Y’all. There’s still two full weeks left in January. Is this month dragging for anyone else?
I see what they mean about your opinions softening as you age. For example, I no longer wish ruination on whoever decided that pop tab cans are the default over can opener cans
January 17, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I see what they mean about your opinions softening as you age. For example, I no longer wish ruination on whoever decided that pop tab cans are the default over can opener cans
If Pam has 500 people working on redactions and there are 2 million documents, it would take 40 working days if everyone averaged 100 documents a day. Why do we only have 12,000 files?
January 17, 2026 at 12:26 AM
If Pam has 500 people working on redactions and there are 2 million documents, it would take 40 working days if everyone averaged 100 documents a day. Why do we only have 12,000 files?
Do y’all have that one coworker who messages you at 4pm on a Friday every Friday with a problem? Me neither 😅
January 17, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Do y’all have that one coworker who messages you at 4pm on a Friday every Friday with a problem? Me neither 😅
I asked Copilot to write a script today which it did mostly successfully.
I could not figure out why it would not display the results of the script for a while, but I realized it missed a comma. It's supposed to catch missing commas for me, not the other way around!
I could not figure out why it would not display the results of the script for a while, but I realized it missed a comma. It's supposed to catch missing commas for me, not the other way around!
January 16, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I asked Copilot to write a script today which it did mostly successfully.
I could not figure out why it would not display the results of the script for a while, but I realized it missed a comma. It's supposed to catch missing commas for me, not the other way around!
I could not figure out why it would not display the results of the script for a while, but I realized it missed a comma. It's supposed to catch missing commas for me, not the other way around!
Your vote matters!
Five snowplows down, 51 more to name! We are in the second year of naming our fleet of 56 snowplows and need your help.
Today, PBOT and the City Elections Office are asking the public to use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names.
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Today, PBOT and the City Elections Office are asking the public to use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names.
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News Blog: Use ranked-choice voting to select the next five snowplow names
PBOT owns and operates 56 snowplows. Help choose the next five snowplow names!
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January 14, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Your vote matters!
Freudian slip of the shutter
January 14, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Freudian slip of the shutter
This is the type of thinking we need in our city. Trimet is a vital service and non-car means of transportation are an amazing way to help us meet our climate and street safety goals
Councilor Mitch Green says it might be time for PCEF to fund transit, lest we find ourselves in an even worse ridership "doom loop."
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Councilor floats using climate tax funds to reverse TriMet service cuts
"Backsliding and losing ground on ridership, is a potential doom loop for transit."
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January 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
This is the type of thinking we need in our city. Trimet is a vital service and non-car means of transportation are an amazing way to help us meet our climate and street safety goals
Swan Dive Swan Dive Swan Dive Swan Dive Swan Dive
Central East Side Portland OR
Central East Side Portland OR
January 11, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Swan Dive Swan Dive Swan Dive Swan Dive Swan Dive
Central East Side Portland OR
Central East Side Portland OR
Got to see a cool radiohead cover band at Swan Dive PDX on New Years
January 10, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Got to see a cool radiohead cover band at Swan Dive PDX on New Years
I’ve worked with powershell for far too long. I was working on a python script and had to search to see what their version of a ‘-notcontains’ operator is.
It struck me that Powershell is so weird and my brain has been tricked by Microsoft into thinking it’s normal.
It’s ‘not in’ btw
It struck me that Powershell is so weird and my brain has been tricked by Microsoft into thinking it’s normal.
It’s ‘not in’ btw
January 10, 2026 at 4:38 PM
I’ve worked with powershell for far too long. I was working on a python script and had to search to see what their version of a ‘-notcontains’ operator is.
It struck me that Powershell is so weird and my brain has been tricked by Microsoft into thinking it’s normal.
It’s ‘not in’ btw
It struck me that Powershell is so weird and my brain has been tricked by Microsoft into thinking it’s normal.
It’s ‘not in’ btw