Matt Trotter
@mbtrotter.bsky.social
Soccer referee. Words and images. Amateur dad joke writer. Coffee, beer and bourbon enthusiast.
Today in Gestapo news …
Armed ICE agents trapped US citizens in a restaurant and demanded their papers. Federal agents walked into East African restaurants in Cedar-Riverside, MN. They closed and blocked the doors. Then they demanded to see everyone’s papers. Every person present was a US citizen.
Federal agents use chemical irritant on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents have used chemical irritant to disperse a crowd in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minneapolis. This happened Tuesday during a identification checks amid the Trump administration's cra...
www.mprnews.org
December 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Today in Gestapo news …
Got that iOS update that’s all about Liquid Glass. Does it look better? No. But does my phone run better? Emphatically, no.
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Got that iOS update that’s all about Liquid Glass. Does it look better? No. But does my phone run better? Emphatically, no.
Probably fine that platforms like TikTok can’t be bothered to give a shit about their own community guidelines when it comes to AI content.
December 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Probably fine that platforms like TikTok can’t be bothered to give a shit about their own community guidelines when it comes to AI content.
You can report ICE recruitment ads on LinkedIn for free.
November 23, 2025 at 4:54 AM
You can report ICE recruitment ads on LinkedIn for free.
We’ve got to be heading toward a Frost/Nixon-style interview with Trump where he asserts, “Well, when the president does it, it’s not gay.”
November 15, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We’ve got to be heading toward a Frost/Nixon-style interview with Trump where he asserts, “Well, when the president does it, it’s not gay.”
My phone vastly overestimates the number of times I want to type “more IRS” instead of “now it’s.”
October 18, 2025 at 3:45 PM
My phone vastly overestimates the number of times I want to type “more IRS” instead of “now it’s.”
I can see why you liked Charlie Kirk so much (derogatory).
September 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
I can see why you liked Charlie Kirk so much (derogatory).
Plugging the media bias chart once again: app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Plugging the media bias chart once again: app.adfontesmedia.com/chart/intera...
Dude, you haven’t changed since high school (derogatory).
September 11, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Dude, you haven’t changed since high school (derogatory).
If you’re old enough to remember the conservative outrage over the president using the power of the office to get sex acts from an adult intern, then it’s that much more jarring to see the same group of folks dismissing as a hoax the president’s alleged involvement in sex trafficking children.
September 9, 2025 at 1:32 PM
If you’re old enough to remember the conservative outrage over the president using the power of the office to get sex acts from an adult intern, then it’s that much more jarring to see the same group of folks dismissing as a hoax the president’s alleged involvement in sex trafficking children.
Wow, we really missed an opportunity as a country by not making everyone associated with the Tea Party a pariah.
September 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Wow, we really missed an opportunity as a country by not making everyone associated with the Tea Party a pariah.
My new hobby is cyber bullying stupid Republicans I have mutual friends with. It’s only fair if you want to post dumb shit where I can see it.
September 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My new hobby is cyber bullying stupid Republicans I have mutual friends with. It’s only fair if you want to post dumb shit where I can see it.
Job postings are the new recipe blogs. Companies will write you 12 paragraphs on their culture, perks and fringe benefits but not tell you what they pay.
August 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Job postings are the new recipe blogs. Companies will write you 12 paragraphs on their culture, perks and fringe benefits but not tell you what they pay.
When someone at work asks me to do something that I think is stupid.
July 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
When someone at work asks me to do something that I think is stupid.
There are so few of you I actually want to connect with on LinkedIn. That’s not a diss; we could be friends in real life and I would still feel this way.
July 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
There are so few of you I actually want to connect with on LinkedIn. That’s not a diss; we could be friends in real life and I would still feel this way.
Spent a good five minutes wondering why I couldn’t get a link for the meeting I scheduled in Teams before figuring out it was because I hadn’t clicked the Teams Meeting toggle for the meeting IN TEAMS.
a group of cartoon characters are sitting in a stadium and one of them is saying boooo
ALT: a group of cartoon characters are sitting in a stadium and one of them is saying boooo
media.tenor.com
June 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Spent a good five minutes wondering why I couldn’t get a link for the meeting I scheduled in Teams before figuring out it was because I hadn’t clicked the Teams Meeting toggle for the meeting IN TEAMS.
One of my favorite local breweries used an AI-generated image in a social media post. I don’t think that’s cool.
May 25, 2025 at 6:26 PM
One of my favorite local breweries used an AI-generated image in a social media post. I don’t think that’s cool.
Every few months, my health insurer sends me a “coordination of benefits” survey, which is them asking, “Are you SURE we have to keep paying all your health care costs?”
Great system, American health care.
Great system, American health care.
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Every few months, my health insurer sends me a “coordination of benefits” survey, which is them asking, “Are you SURE we have to keep paying all your health care costs?”
Great system, American health care.
Great system, American health care.
Surely, there are zero health insurers looking at this and thinking they could save a lot of money by scaling back care for people AI says won’t live long enough to make treatments profitable.
Researchers are using ai to scan photos and estimate how well that person is aging.
“They believe the technology could assist doctors in determining treatment options for cancer and other chronic diseases, or improve a doctor's estimate of how long a patient might live.”
“They believe the technology could assist doctors in determining treatment options for cancer and other chronic diseases, or improve a doctor's estimate of how long a patient might live.”
Researchers try AI to help determine how well a patient has aged
Researchers are testing an AI facial scanning tool that they believe could assist doctors in determining treatment options for cancer and other chronic diseases, or improve a doctor's estimate of how ...
www.wbur.org
May 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Surely, there are zero health insurers looking at this and thinking they could save a lot of money by scaling back care for people AI says won’t live long enough to make treatments profitable.
If people are still out here clapping when the plane lands, then we get to boo when it’s appropriate. We arrived 5 hours late and there are no connecting flights left today? BOOOOO.
May 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If people are still out here clapping when the plane lands, then we get to boo when it’s appropriate. We arrived 5 hours late and there are no connecting flights left today? BOOOOO.
Job posting lists “A belief that your work is tied to your life’s mission” in a section titled “What you bring to the table.” Hard pass.
May 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Job posting lists “A belief that your work is tied to your life’s mission” in a section titled “What you bring to the table.” Hard pass.
Monarch butterfly facts are big in our family right now.
5-year-old: “Did you know monarchs are poisonous? So, if a blue jay eats one, it’ll get really sick, and it won’t eat one ever again.”
Me: “Kind of like me and the Dallas airport Manchu Wok.”
5-year-old: “Did you know monarchs are poisonous? So, if a blue jay eats one, it’ll get really sick, and it won’t eat one ever again.”
Me: “Kind of like me and the Dallas airport Manchu Wok.”
May 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Monarch butterfly facts are big in our family right now.
5-year-old: “Did you know monarchs are poisonous? So, if a blue jay eats one, it’ll get really sick, and it won’t eat one ever again.”
Me: “Kind of like me and the Dallas airport Manchu Wok.”
5-year-old: “Did you know monarchs are poisonous? So, if a blue jay eats one, it’ll get really sick, and it won’t eat one ever again.”
Me: “Kind of like me and the Dallas airport Manchu Wok.”
From now on, when my kid starts stressing me out I’ll just tell myself whatever he’s doing won’t cost me $350k. www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...
April 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
From now on, when my kid starts stressing me out I’ll just tell myself whatever he’s doing won’t cost me $350k. www.nytimes.com/athletic/632...
Has anyone considered that the Bible may just be a treatise on the dangers of religious extremism?
God is vengeful; his followers abide by harsh, oppressive rules enforced through violence; and that belief system as social structure leads to an innocent man’s murder. Happy Easter!
God is vengeful; his followers abide by harsh, oppressive rules enforced through violence; and that belief system as social structure leads to an innocent man’s murder. Happy Easter!
April 19, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Has anyone considered that the Bible may just be a treatise on the dangers of religious extremism?
God is vengeful; his followers abide by harsh, oppressive rules enforced through violence; and that belief system as social structure leads to an innocent man’s murder. Happy Easter!
God is vengeful; his followers abide by harsh, oppressive rules enforced through violence; and that belief system as social structure leads to an innocent man’s murder. Happy Easter!
Reposted by Matt Trotter
tired of californians blaming *the weather* (wtf??) on little Latinas and Latinos. get real people
March 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
tired of californians blaming *the weather* (wtf??) on little Latinas and Latinos. get real people