Matt B.
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Hi. I'm Matt. Nice to meet you. Watches, tech, music, books, cars, cats, and sometimes bikes. Be excellent to each other. Twin Cities, MN. Shameless plug: Check out https://www.manontime.com
I'm going to be irrationally PISSED if we get nothing.
All of the Twin Cities right now, with this season’s first winter storm warning:
a woman is sitting on a couch and saying i 'm so freakin ' excited .
Alt: a woman is sitting on a couch and saying I’m so freakin’ excited .
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I'm going to be irrationally PISSED if we get nothing.
Reposted by Matt B.
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
November 25, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Not that you asked, but here's a thread of intriguing (real!) food facts to amuse/bore your friends and family.
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Great for gatherings when you need to change the subject!
Since the holidays are upon us: Who makes a good #fruitcake in the Cities?
November 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Since the holidays are upon us: Who makes a good #fruitcake in the Cities?
Growing up it was turkey and mashed potato with a lot of Ukrainian dishes such as varenyky, holubtsi, studenetz, and kutia, among others.
As an adult, I usually prepare ham or some kind of roast along with a mixture of Ukrainian and Armenian (spouce's heritage) sides.
As an adult, I usually prepare ham or some kind of roast along with a mixture of Ukrainian and Armenian (spouce's heritage) sides.
Christmas Eve is Cecil’s pastrami or roast beef and russian rye sandwiches with various toppings (been a tradition in my dad’s side of the family for two or three generations now?)
Christmas Day is usually ham and various sides. I think my mom said this year we are doing some kind of roast steak?
Christmas Day is usually ham and various sides. I think my mom said this year we are doing some kind of roast steak?
it fascinates me how most everyone in the U.S. does turkey for Thanksgiving, but we are all over the map as to what we eat for Christmas (as is proper for a hugely diverse nation).
I come from a Christmas prime rib roast family, myself.
I come from a Christmas prime rib roast family, myself.
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Growing up it was turkey and mashed potato with a lot of Ukrainian dishes such as varenyky, holubtsi, studenetz, and kutia, among others.
As an adult, I usually prepare ham or some kind of roast along with a mixture of Ukrainian and Armenian (spouce's heritage) sides.
As an adult, I usually prepare ham or some kind of roast along with a mixture of Ukrainian and Armenian (spouce's heritage) sides.
People with higher incomes, and therefore higher levels of assets and savings, have an easier time?! This is my shocked face: 😐
How are you doing economically? The answer depends on how much money you make.
November 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
People with higher incomes, and therefore higher levels of assets and savings, have an easier time?! This is my shocked face: 😐
Look at these fuckin' smoothbrains. I'd put good money down that they secretly masturbate to transgender porn.
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Look at these fuckin' smoothbrains. I'd put good money down that they secretly masturbate to transgender porn.
My father raked his yard maybe once a fall. "Leaf them alone! They're good for the grass and the bees!" was pretty usual for him to say.
He also had the best lawn in the neighborhood. Coincidence? I want to think not.
He also had the best lawn in the neighborhood. Coincidence? I want to think not.
November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
My father raked his yard maybe once a fall. "Leaf them alone! They're good for the grass and the bees!" was pretty usual for him to say.
He also had the best lawn in the neighborhood. Coincidence? I want to think not.
He also had the best lawn in the neighborhood. Coincidence? I want to think not.
It's a record album kind of Sunday, and yes the rotation is heavy with holiday music.
November 23, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's a record album kind of Sunday, and yes the rotation is heavy with holiday music.
"Bipartisan"! Drink!
I presented Pope Leo XIV with the bipartisan resolution I introduced with Senator Smith honoring the victims, survivors, & heroes of the Annunciation Catholic Church shooting.
November 23, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"Bipartisan"! Drink!
This, 1,000x this. I've been harping about Waymo being anti-worker and yet another way to funnel money upwards to the elite/oligarchs, and people react like I'm nuts. (It's also why I never use self-checkouts.)
and this is why waymo is a labor issue, not a tech issue! it's going to be taking money out of the pockets of rideshare drivers and putting it solely in the hands of big tech
As a QA person, I would be more comfortable in a Waymo than any other vehicle that promised any sort of autonomy.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
They trained on some of the more difficult streets in the nation, and now they are broadening out to see what other factors affect the reliability and safety of their operation.
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This, 1,000x this. I've been harping about Waymo being anti-worker and yet another way to funnel money upwards to the elite/oligarchs, and people react like I'm nuts. (It's also why I never use self-checkouts.)
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Two places to turn it off: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Two places to turn it off: www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
My spouse still refuses to believe wild turkeys can fly, even when witnessed with her own eyes.
Saw two of the wild turkeys that call my area of south Minneapolis home in flight this morning, and that was an extraordinary sight. Too slow with my camera, however.
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
My spouse still refuses to believe wild turkeys can fly, even when witnessed with her own eyes.
Hide the dynamite.
A dead sperm whale has washed up on Nantucket for the first time in decades. It’s too big to move — at least until officials figure out a plan.
Dead Sperm Whale on Nantucket Is Too Big to Move, for Now
A local nonprofit said the 52-ton mammal is “far too big, awkward and heavy to remove.” A town official later said it could be dragged out to sea by Thanksgiving.
nyti.ms
November 20, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Hide the dynamite.
Two arguments about these that I don't understand:
1. They won't last the winter.
Why not? They are built on regular production model vehicles. RPMVs don't just fall apart in the winter. Does the arguer perhaps mean the ability to navigate snow-covered streets safely? That I could understand.
1. They won't last the winter.
Why not? They are built on regular production model vehicles. RPMVs don't just fall apart in the winter. Does the arguer perhaps mean the ability to navigate snow-covered streets safely? That I could understand.
Waymo, the driverless ride-hailing company, is bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to Minneapolis.
Ridesharing without a driver? It's coming to Minneapolis
Testing will begin Thursday morning. No date has been set to start offering rides to passengers.
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Two arguments about these that I don't understand:
1. They won't last the winter.
Why not? They are built on regular production model vehicles. RPMVs don't just fall apart in the winter. Does the arguer perhaps mean the ability to navigate snow-covered streets safely? That I could understand.
1. They won't last the winter.
Why not? They are built on regular production model vehicles. RPMVs don't just fall apart in the winter. Does the arguer perhaps mean the ability to navigate snow-covered streets safely? That I could understand.
What's the over/under on her saying "bipartisan"? I say 11 with an "across the aisle" or two thrown in for good measure.
Enjoyed speaking at this year's Texas Tribune Festival about everything from lowering costs for Americans to the future of our democracy. People are fired up!
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
What's the over/under on her saying "bipartisan"? I say 11 with an "across the aisle" or two thrown in for good measure.
Nice racist Chief you got here, @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social.
"Groups of kids, groups of East African kids that are coming from surrounding communities and not just one community, kind of all over the place," O'Hara told WCCO.
Excuse me? Blaming and targeting the East African community is disgraceful.
www.audacy.com/wccoradio/ne...
Excuse me? Blaming and targeting the East African community is disgraceful.
www.audacy.com/wccoradio/ne...
Report: Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara says juvenile crime is from a growing number of suburban perpetrators
Homicides in Minneapolis are at 51 for the year, a number that grew after a shooting Halloween night in Dinkytown. It involved juveniles - a situation Police Chief Brian O’Hara says is difficult to in...
www.audacy.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Nice racist Chief you got here, @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social.
I shouldn't have to say this in 2025, but sexual assault is never ok, regardless the age of the victim.
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I shouldn't have to say this in 2025, but sexual assault is never ok, regardless the age of the victim.