Matthew Martin
@mistersql.bsky.social
DevOps Contractor for a large DC area GovTech organization.
@mistersql on twitter.
@[email protected] on mastodon
I live in Herndon, VA
https://github.com/matthewdeanmartin
@mistersql on twitter.
@[email protected] on mastodon
I live in Herndon, VA
https://github.com/matthewdeanmartin
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Matthew Martin
@mistersql.bsky.social
· Nov 30
I haven't decided what to do with this account. I got an account already for techie stuff on mastodon(1)
Bsky seems to be smart people who aren't *necessarily* techies, so maybe I'll just do my fav topics in a jumble
- philosophy
- astronomy, sci-fi
- economics
...
(1) mastodon.social/@mistersql
Bsky seems to be smart people who aren't *necessarily* techies, so maybe I'll just do my fav topics in a jumble
- philosophy
- astronomy, sci-fi
- economics
...
(1) mastodon.social/@mistersql
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So, something we got into a bit for the space book is the idea of resources as the source of wealth, because (a) it's widely believed, and (b) it's a claim used to justify all sorts of outlandish space ideas.
The short version is that resources are a teeny tiny fraction of wealth.
The short version is that resources are a teeny tiny fraction of wealth.
January 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
So, something we got into a bit for the space book is the idea of resources as the source of wealth, because (a) it's widely believed, and (b) it's a claim used to justify all sorts of outlandish space ideas.
The short version is that resources are a teeny tiny fraction of wealth.
The short version is that resources are a teeny tiny fraction of wealth.
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On January 6, my kid was at a park with her day camp a few blocks away from the Capitol when the building was stormed, and the hour or so until we got her home was the most terrifying time of my life. Fuck all of those treasonous motherfuckers.
January 6, 2026 at 2:09 PM
On January 6, my kid was at a park with her day camp a few blocks away from the Capitol when the building was stormed, and the hour or so until we got her home was the most terrifying time of my life. Fuck all of those treasonous motherfuckers.
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Authorities at the CDC are now calling this year’s flu season “moderately severe,” with an estimated 11 million illnesses in the U.S. so far.
Flu May Be At Highest Rate On Record—With 5,000 Deaths As Vaccinations Have Lagged Behind Previous Years
Authorities at the CDC are now calling this year’s flu season “moderately severe,” with an estimated 11 million illnesses in the U.S. so far.
www.forbes.com
January 5, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Authorities at the CDC are now calling this year’s flu season “moderately severe,” with an estimated 11 million illnesses in the U.S. so far.
Reddit post claiming uber eats uses a desperation score to cut the pay of drivers was a hoax.
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
Debunking the AI food delivery hoax that fooled Reddit
A “whistleblower” tried to corroborate his viral post with AI-generated evidence. This is how I caught him. PLUS: Grok's image-generation crisis, and the rapture over Claude Opus 4.5
www.platformer.news
January 6, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Reddit post claiming uber eats uses a desperation score to cut the pay of drivers was a hoax.
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
www.platformer.news/fake-uber-ea...
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RSV almost killed my now 9 year old when she was an infant. Removing that vaccine from the schedule is horrifying and makes me fucking apoplectic. Have any of these monsters SEEN their child hooked up to oxygen at 7 months? We spent days at Childrens when she was tiny, and she was miserable.
January 5, 2026 at 7:18 PM
RSV almost killed my now 9 year old when she was an infant. Removing that vaccine from the schedule is horrifying and makes me fucking apoplectic. Have any of these monsters SEEN their child hooked up to oxygen at 7 months? We spent days at Childrens when she was tiny, and she was miserable.
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bad news for fans of children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
Kennedy Scales Back the Number of Vaccines Recommended for Children
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2026 at 8:40 PM
bad news for fans of children www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/h...
This is the video that YouTube demonitized to protect Epstein's clients. The demonitization isn't just about center per 1000 views, a demonitized video is no longer recommended by the algorithm to minimize the number of people who see it.
Degeneracy everywhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
Degeneracy everywhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
The Epstein Files are Worse Than You Think!
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:36 AM
This is the video that YouTube demonitized to protect Epstein's clients. The demonitization isn't just about center per 1000 views, a demonitized video is no longer recommended by the algorithm to minimize the number of people who see it.
Degeneracy everywhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
Degeneracy everywhere.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
Inside of you are 3 wolves howling at the moon. They're not supposed to be there, they go on the T-shirt, that's how you look cool.
January 4, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Inside of you are 3 wolves howling at the moon. They're not supposed to be there, they go on the T-shirt, that's how you look cool.
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In Eating Behind Bars, author Leslie Soble details how food is used to further punish incarcerated people in the US
Mystery meat and maggot-infested produce: the disturbing reality of US prison food
www.theguardian.com
January 3, 2026 at 9:17 PM
In Eating Behind Bars, author Leslie Soble details how food is used to further punish incarcerated people in the US
Went to a book club today, in part because I figure I need to do professional networking, but man, what does that even look like anymore. No business cards were exchanged and I think most people left unlikely to see each other except at the next book club.
January 4, 2026 at 12:33 AM
Went to a book club today, in part because I figure I need to do professional networking, but man, what does that even look like anymore. No business cards were exchanged and I think most people left unlikely to see each other except at the next book club.
Only populist arguments matter nowadays, the one I can get behind is, we shouldn't be adopting stray countries like stray dogs. Let Venezuela, North Korea and every other failed state take care of themselves. De facto taking over Afghanistan ultimately was a waste of money.
January 3, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Only populist arguments matter nowadays, the one I can get behind is, we shouldn't be adopting stray countries like stray dogs. Let Venezuela, North Korea and every other failed state take care of themselves. De facto taking over Afghanistan ultimately was a waste of money.
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Dunno if I'm unusual in this way but one of the ironies of the Trump era is I feel ever more inclined to be in a broad coalition, since my standard has been reduced to "believes in anything other than lawless power, derived from fear, and centralized in a single person."
January 2, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Dunno if I'm unusual in this way but one of the ironies of the Trump era is I feel ever more inclined to be in a broad coalition, since my standard has been reduced to "believes in anything other than lawless power, derived from fear, and centralized in a single person."
It's like the burning of the libraries at Alexandria.
Just less dramatic and the Administration is doing it on purpose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
Just less dramatic and the Administration is doing it on purpose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
NASA’s Largest Library Is Closing Amid Staff and Lab Cuts
www.nytimes.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
It's like the burning of the libraries at Alexandria.
Just less dramatic and the Administration is doing it on purpose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
Just less dramatic and the Administration is doing it on purpose.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/31/c...
I did 6 mostly completely side projects this December.
- resume/portfolio site
- ebook reader style site for my daughters short stories
- a mastodon reader
- a hangul worksheet generator
- PoC for airflow & dagster
- local book club site
- resume/portfolio site
- ebook reader style site for my daughters short stories
- a mastodon reader
- a hangul worksheet generator
- PoC for airflow & dagster
- local book club site
December 29, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I did 6 mostly completely side projects this December.
- resume/portfolio site
- ebook reader style site for my daughters short stories
- a mastodon reader
- a hangul worksheet generator
- PoC for airflow & dagster
- local book club site
- resume/portfolio site
- ebook reader style site for my daughters short stories
- a mastodon reader
- a hangul worksheet generator
- PoC for airflow & dagster
- local book club site
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The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
2025 Saw Most Measles Cases Since 1992 — Amid Latest Measles Exposure At Newark Airport
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
www.forbes.com
December 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The vast majority of the more than 2,000 measles cases diagnosed in the U.S. this year occurred in patients who were not vaccinated or whose vaccination status was unknown, the CDC says.
People on the web seem to think the only code that gets written is the best code written by the brightest minds who have the most experience.
Ordinary human code is buggy, sloppy, not very clever and mostly written by mediocre minds, on too short of a time span and is incomplete.
Ordinary human code is buggy, sloppy, not very clever and mostly written by mediocre minds, on too short of a time span and is incomplete.
December 29, 2025 at 10:31 PM
People on the web seem to think the only code that gets written is the best code written by the brightest minds who have the most experience.
Ordinary human code is buggy, sloppy, not very clever and mostly written by mediocre minds, on too short of a time span and is incomplete.
Ordinary human code is buggy, sloppy, not very clever and mostly written by mediocre minds, on too short of a time span and is incomplete.
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“YES: Residents of Takoma Park, Maryland, noticed ICE cars lurking every day in a parking lot. So they showed up early to occupy the space, with coffee, music, conversation, knitting... not leaving ICE a single parking space. ICE stopped coming.” I. S. Democratic Socialists
December 27, 2025 at 11:54 PM
“YES: Residents of Takoma Park, Maryland, noticed ICE cars lurking every day in a parking lot. So they showed up early to occupy the space, with coffee, music, conversation, knitting... not leaving ICE a single parking space. ICE stopped coming.” I. S. Democratic Socialists
Good summary about the systematic degeneracy (and specific degeneracy of people in the administration)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
The Epstein Files are Worse Than You Think!
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
www.youtube.com
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Good summary about the systematic degeneracy (and specific degeneracy of people in the administration)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAJf...
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
December 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
This is perfect. The DOJ's embarrassing snafu with disappearing redactions was the fault of Elon Musk. Musk cancelled government subscriptions to Adobe programs that would have made the redactions permanent. What a pack of fools.
So I ask codex to write a spec and not write code until I can review the spec. It churns for 15 minutes, writes a spec and implements it, ill advisedly runs a long slow tox test. Didn't tell me nothing! I don't like the direction it went. Yes, it is kind of close, but needs to be redone now.
December 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
So I ask codex to write a spec and not write code until I can review the spec. It churns for 15 minutes, writes a spec and implements it, ill advisedly runs a long slow tox test. Didn't tell me nothing! I don't like the direction it went. Yes, it is kind of close, but needs to be redone now.
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One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
December 26, 2025 at 9:24 PM
One of my favorite presents ever—my dad found and framed this pic of my mother @sunminkimes.bsky.social at a Seattle courthouse after she passed her US citizenship test in 1981. Like so many of the people who come here to start a new life, she is the best of us—the bravest, strongest person I know.
This youtube video could have been a blog post.
I've been using Gemini to summarize youtube video and it is really good at that. So why aren't I reading blog posts? Because the discoverability for blog posts is awful.
The youtube algorithm, if you steer it, still finds good blog posts.
I've been using Gemini to summarize youtube video and it is really good at that. So why aren't I reading blog posts? Because the discoverability for blog posts is awful.
The youtube algorithm, if you steer it, still finds good blog posts.
December 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This youtube video could have been a blog post.
I've been using Gemini to summarize youtube video and it is really good at that. So why aren't I reading blog posts? Because the discoverability for blog posts is awful.
The youtube algorithm, if you steer it, still finds good blog posts.
I've been using Gemini to summarize youtube video and it is really good at that. So why aren't I reading blog posts? Because the discoverability for blog posts is awful.
The youtube algorithm, if you steer it, still finds good blog posts.
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* A Ukrainian developed and 3D-printed his own monitoring system in the style of Vault-Tec from Fallout
The device synchronizes with air raid maps, power outage schedules, and displays text messages from monitoring channels in real-time mode.*
The device synchronizes with air raid maps, power outage schedules, and displays text messages from monitoring channels in real-time mode.*
December 25, 2025 at 8:13 AM
* A Ukrainian developed and 3D-printed his own monitoring system in the style of Vault-Tec from Fallout
The device synchronizes with air raid maps, power outage schedules, and displays text messages from monitoring channels in real-time mode.*
The device synchronizes with air raid maps, power outage schedules, and displays text messages from monitoring channels in real-time mode.*
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Enjoying seeing people write little unofficial bots on isitchristmas.com during its interactive season. :)
December 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Enjoying seeing people write little unofficial bots on isitchristmas.com during its interactive season. :)