Matt Konrad
@mattkonrad.bsky.social
South Dakota to Minneapolis to Key West. Nonprofit communications. Florida Panthers die-hard. Hockey, trivia and food nerd. Oceans are now battlefields.
#ColeridgeSky is here for this ALCS
October 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
#ColeridgeSky is here for this ALCS
Reposted by Matt Konrad
VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we score a run?
ESTRAGON: Yes. Let's.
They do not score.
ESTRAGON: Yes. Let's.
They do not score.
October 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
VLADIMIR: Well? Shall we score a run?
ESTRAGON: Yes. Let's.
They do not score.
ESTRAGON: Yes. Let's.
They do not score.
I could not be more ready for the Sugar reunion
October 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I could not be more ready for the Sugar reunion
Even if I dont live there anymore I am still filled with artery-clogging pride at this.
Minnesota, I have now tried the “juicy lucy” and even as a Chicagoan immersed in artery-strangling delicacies, the experience has humbled me.
October 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Even if I dont live there anymore I am still filled with artery-clogging pride at this.
Reposted by Matt Konrad
Okay let me see if I have this right: OpenAI is running commercials featuring questions that you used to be able to answer via a simple web search, only now this doesn’t work because the web search results are now filled with useless OpenAI slop?
October 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Okay let me see if I have this right: OpenAI is running commercials featuring questions that you used to be able to answer via a simple web search, only now this doesn’t work because the web search results are now filled with useless OpenAI slop?
There are few better sounds in sports than the stupid tomahawk chop suddenly going silent.
October 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There are few better sounds in sports than the stupid tomahawk chop suddenly going silent.
Malachi Toney is so, so much fun to watch.
October 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Malachi Toney is so, so much fun to watch.
Reposted by Matt Konrad
RIP CONRAD. a true first ave legend
October 1, 2025 at 1:08 AM
RIP CONRAD. a true first ave legend
Thing of beauty
September 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Thing of beauty
Aww, man. My first grown-up job. Worked at the store, the press and the magazine through the bitter end, and have so many wonderful memories. I'll never forget having to move Jim Harrison's reading out to the patio so he could smoke the whole time.
History of St. Paul's Hungry Mind bookstore. IYKYK www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/202...
St. Paul's Hungry Mind bookstore was a literary powerhouse - MinnPost
Guests at Hungry Mind events ranged from Gloria Steinem to Jimmy Carter, Kurt Vonnegut, Hunter S. Thompson and Hilary Clinton — just to name a few.
www.minnpost.com
September 16, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Aww, man. My first grown-up job. Worked at the store, the press and the magazine through the bitter end, and have so many wonderful memories. I'll never forget having to move Jim Harrison's reading out to the patio so he could smoke the whole time.
Patriot, Teenage Bounty Hunters and Terriers. All untimely ripped from us.
Everyone has a 1-2 season TV show they sorely miss and not enough people knew about that you are always praising the heavens about.
What's yours?
What's yours?
September 12, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Patriot, Teenage Bounty Hunters and Terriers. All untimely ripped from us.
Slightly diminish a book.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
Slightly diminish a book.
The Acceptable Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
The Acceptable Adventures of Kavalier & Clay.
Slightly diminish a book.
"Life of 3.141592652"
"Life of 3.141592652"
September 8, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Slightly diminish a book.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering
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Immigrants are a social good, anti-immigrant propaganda is basically all lies, and any approach to the "problem" that doesn't start form those two points is worthless
September 6, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Immigrants are a social good, anti-immigrant propaganda is basically all lies, and any approach to the "problem" that doesn't start form those two points is worthless
Everything is horrible but this oral history of early Texas punk? This is good shit.
🎸👨🎤 ⛓️ An exclusive excerpt from a new oral history of the wild, early days of the Lone Star State’s distinctive and underappreciated punk scene: https://www.texasmonthly.com/arts-entertainment/the-secret-history-of-texas-punk/
The Secret History of Texas Punk
An exclusive excerpt from a new oral history of the wild, early days of the Lone Star State’s distinctive and underappreciated punk scene.
www.texasmonthly.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Everything is horrible but this oral history of early Texas punk? This is good shit.
Ok, so the Hives have been around longer than I realized, but Howlin' Pelle Almqvist is still the spiritually correct response.
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Ok, so the Hives have been around longer than I realized, but Howlin' Pelle Almqvist is still the spiritually correct response.
Can't stop doing build-your-own Grids, here's #OopsAllTwins.
September 2, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Can't stop doing build-your-own Grids, here's #OopsAllTwins.
Reposted by Matt Konrad
August 10, 2025 at 3:40 AM
About time the Moon Troop got power, his tablet battery ran out halfway through Squid Game.
EXCLUSIVE: Sean Duffy will announce expedited plans to build a nuclear reactor on the moon, his first major action as interim NASA administrator.
Duffy to announce nuclear reactor on the moon
This is the first major agency effort by the interim NASA administrator, who is also the Transportation secretary and a former Fox News host.
www.politico.com
August 5, 2025 at 1:28 AM
About time the Moon Troop got power, his tablet battery ran out halfway through Squid Game.
Setting aside the need to support public media in the face of fascism, this is also just a ridiculous bargain for a ton of great shows.
August 3, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Setting aside the need to support public media in the face of fascism, this is also just a ridiculous bargain for a ton of great shows.
I'm old enough to remember when that was just message board and early Chive losers
i wanna try something. quote this post if you’re a man who hates the manosphere
August 2, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I'm old enough to remember when that was just message board and early Chive losers
Here is our parrot Jackson, aka Jackson J Bird, aka Jaxon Flaxon Waxon (see last photo). He is 38, we adopted him from a rescue in Palm Beach and he likes eating almonds and asking "what happened."
August 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Here is our parrot Jackson, aka Jackson J Bird, aka Jaxon Flaxon Waxon (see last photo). He is 38, we adopted him from a rescue in Palm Beach and he likes eating almonds and asking "what happened."
A banger from one of my all-time favorite bands. RIP, Greg.
Here is your SUMMER OF SKA song of the day
No Worries by Hepcat
It's Friday night, the weekend is here. There is no better time to forget all the world's problems, dance and sing.
RIP Greg Lee
youtu.be/S3owXyyUzis?...
No Worries by Hepcat
It's Friday night, the weekend is here. There is no better time to forget all the world's problems, dance and sing.
RIP Greg Lee
youtu.be/S3owXyyUzis?...
Hepcat - No Worries • official music video (highest quality version)
YouTube video by one designer's perspective
youtu.be
August 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
A banger from one of my all-time favorite bands. RIP, Greg.