Matt Blair
@mjmbca.bsky.social
He/Him. Toronto, Canada. If you can explain it to me, then I can explain it to everyone. Elsewhere at https://linktr.ee/mjmbca.
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Matt Blair
@mjmbca.bsky.social
· Nov 12
“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to curate a social media feed that’s heavy on the latter.”
I have a backlog of things I've been meaning to do that might actually help, and I think I'm going to try and tackle a few this weekend around chores and parenting. I'll share the ones I'm able to share here.
January 10, 2026 at 4:14 PM
I have a backlog of things I've been meaning to do that might actually help, and I think I'm going to try and tackle a few this weekend around chores and parenting. I'll share the ones I'm able to share here.
"That way, everyone loses."
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 4:10 PM
"That way, everyone loses."
I guess my point is that the thought of travelling to the United States is a lot like the thought of getting hit in the face with a hammer, in the sense that I’m not very worried that someone might tell me that I’m not allowed to do it because of what I’ve posted online.
January 10, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I guess my point is that the thought of travelling to the United States is a lot like the thought of getting hit in the face with a hammer, in the sense that I’m not very worried that someone might tell me that I’m not allowed to do it because of what I’ve posted online.
Chris Rock had a pre-Obama joke about how if he were to run for president as a Black man, his insurance policy would be a Mexican vice president.
Vance is like that, except instead of being Mexican, he’s a smarmy little online dipshit that nobody likes.
Vance is like that, except instead of being Mexican, he’s a smarmy little online dipshit that nobody likes.
January 10, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Chris Rock had a pre-Obama joke about how if he were to run for president as a Black man, his insurance policy would be a Mexican vice president.
Vance is like that, except instead of being Mexican, he’s a smarmy little online dipshit that nobody likes.
Vance is like that, except instead of being Mexican, he’s a smarmy little online dipshit that nobody likes.
Entirely possible, though it reads as too smart and self-aware for Trump.
January 10, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Entirely possible, though it reads as too smart and self-aware for Trump.
Sometimes, I think the whole point of JD Vance is the fact that you can point to him and say “Yes, the president is done for, but we have to keep him in office, because the alternative is this jackass.”
Trump is clearly not well.
At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.
At a meeting with oil industry CEO’s Trump suddenly interrupts his introductory remarks, gets up and looks out the window and starts talking about his ballroom. Trump then realizes his mistake and says “unusual time to look”, and sits back down to continue.
January 10, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Sometimes, I think the whole point of JD Vance is the fact that you can point to him and say “Yes, the president is done for, but we have to keep him in office, because the alternative is this jackass.”
Yeah, that guy’s having nightmares about having to take a test he hasn’t studied for.
January 10, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Yeah, that guy’s having nightmares about having to take a test he hasn’t studied for.
“Oh, no, we’ve lost Paul.”
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
“Oh, no, we’ve lost Paul.”
This is the kind of pointless person who would happily announce that if trans people don’t like the camps, then they should have voted for Newsom.
January 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM
This is the kind of pointless person who would happily announce that if trans people don’t like the camps, then they should have voted for Newsom.
Buddy, we’ve all had a long week, and I think the best thing you can do for yourself and the people in your orbit is delete this and log out for the rest of the night.
January 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Buddy, we’ve all had a long week, and I think the best thing you can do for yourself and the people in your orbit is delete this and log out for the rest of the night.
Okay, but did we even give Claude a chance to say sorry?
This seems very bad.
January 10, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Okay, but did we even give Claude a chance to say sorry?
Pretty much the entirety of “The Transformers: The Movie” if you were
six and expecting a fun and lighthearted cartoon.
six and expecting a fun and lighthearted cartoon.
I would like to hear if you have ever had one (1) transformational experience in a movie theater. Don't care if it's high art or low, somber or funny, poetic or banal - I just want to hear about that one time at the movies that changed you at the atomic level.
January 10, 2026 at 1:40 AM
Pretty much the entirety of “The Transformers: The Movie” if you were
six and expecting a fun and lighthearted cartoon.
six and expecting a fun and lighthearted cartoon.
Plus, roughly a third of the citations on X are “BOFA deez nuts.”
New analysis: 0.25% of 2025 Bluesky posts contained citations to research...while only 0.000006% of X/Twitter posts did.
In raw numbers, X still has 2x the research-based posts that Bluesky does (though they are harder to find): but it took Twitter 10 years to get there vs just 2 years for Bluesky
In raw numbers, X still has 2x the research-based posts that Bluesky does (though they are harder to find): but it took Twitter 10 years to get there vs just 2 years for Bluesky
THREAD
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
The first full year of tracking research on @bsky.app
Hi, we are Altmetric, and we track how research is communicated across the web.
We now have one full calendar year of Bluesky research data and thought we'd have a looksie.
January 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
Plus, roughly a third of the citations on X are “BOFA deez nuts.”
There are also people arguing in the replies about NATO and praxis and what not, which is deeply silly in context.
January 10, 2026 at 1:26 AM
There are also people arguing in the replies about NATO and praxis and what not, which is deeply silly in context.
Three hours and forty-five minutes might seem like a lot, but it’s nothing compared to all the movies and shows you’ve have already had to watch in order to fully get this one.
Is this supposed to be a selling point?? Less is more, Marvel 😮
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
Three hours and forty-five minutes might seem like a lot, but it’s nothing compared to all the movies and shows you’ve have already had to watch in order to fully get this one.
Among other things, this was a very welcome reminder that although I followed Raffi on Twitter for years, I hadn’t been following him here yet.
REGIME CHANGE 🇺🇸
January 10, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Among other things, this was a very welcome reminder that although I followed Raffi on Twitter for years, I hadn’t been following him here yet.
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring. Put down your phone!
January 10, 2026 at 1:22 AM
Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring. Put down your phone!
Well, let me put it this way. I’d argue that he’s pretty consistently true to who he really is.
January 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
Well, let me put it this way. I’d argue that he’s pretty consistently true to who he really is.
Reposted by Matt Blair
The way to scare libertarians about the ICE shooting is to ask them to imagine: what if that was you dropping off your girlfriend at her elementary school?
January 10, 2026 at 12:11 AM
The way to scare libertarians about the ICE shooting is to ask them to imagine: what if that was you dropping off your girlfriend at her elementary school?
Well, maybe if we vote even harder for them next time, they'll stop.
Senate Democrats are CURRENTLY negotiating a plan to INCREASE ICE funding by another 10%
SCOOP: Senate Negotiators Eye Another ICE Funding Increase
GOP pushes for even more "operational capacity" while Schumer and Jeffries balk at drawing red lines, fearing "Defund" optics.
migrantinsider.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Well, maybe if we vote even harder for them next time, they'll stop.
Anyway, Conservatives who feel that “changes are needed to defeat the Liberals in the next election” might be expected to get rid of the leader who lost the prior election and his own seat, if not for the fact that the leader would typically resign first. I’m still not sure why neither happened.
January 10, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Anyway, Conservatives who feel that “changes are needed to defeat the Liberals in the next election” might be expected to get rid of the leader who lost the prior election and his own seat, if not for the fact that the leader would typically resign first. I’m still not sure why neither happened.
Maxime Bernier is still the first and only leader of the People’s Party, having won every leadership review since he founded the party in 2018. The votes are cast by party delegates. The party itself has never won a seat.
January 10, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Maxime Bernier is still the first and only leader of the People’s Party, having won every leadership review since he founded the party in 2018. The votes are cast by party delegates. The party itself has never won a seat.
Well, to be fair, it was hardly a given that he’d lose, until he did.
January 10, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Well, to be fair, it was hardly a given that he’d lose, until he did.
And that’s my no means an issue that’s exclusive to the CPC. The nature of contests like this is that only people who are die-hard enough to join the party get to vote. But they’re too far from the centre to get a good cross-section of voters.
January 10, 2026 at 12:34 AM
And that’s my no means an issue that’s exclusive to the CPC. The nature of contests like this is that only people who are die-hard enough to join the party get to vote. But they’re too far from the centre to get a good cross-section of voters.
Poilievre, to his credit, is very good at knowing and saying what the Conservative base wants to hear. He always has been.
The problem is that the Conservative base is increasingly out of step with the Canadian electorate.
The problem is that the Conservative base is increasingly out of step with the Canadian electorate.
January 10, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Poilievre, to his credit, is very good at knowing and saying what the Conservative base wants to hear. He always has been.
The problem is that the Conservative base is increasingly out of step with the Canadian electorate.
The problem is that the Conservative base is increasingly out of step with the Canadian electorate.