Matt
@scriptumsent.bsky.social
and gathering swallows twitter in Bluesky
“Guy who has strong opinions about the Super Bowl halftime show” is such a funny character. Best case scenario it’s a good performance and you go “that was mildly entertaining.” How do you get worked up about it on like a personal level lol
February 9, 2026 at 2:04 PM
“Guy who has strong opinions about the Super Bowl halftime show” is such a funny character. Best case scenario it’s a good performance and you go “that was mildly entertaining.” How do you get worked up about it on like a personal level lol
Missed the AI Dunkin ad, looked it up. The slop is getting desperate, it can’t carry on like this. We’re going to win this thing.
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Missed the AI Dunkin ad, looked it up. The slop is getting desperate, it can’t carry on like this. We’re going to win this thing.
Me: why are you being fussy?
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
February 8, 2026 at 1:42 PM
Me: why are you being fussy?
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
3yo daughter: it’s hard to say
3yo daughter (pointing at elderly man in a cartoon): he’s old
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
3yo daughter (pointing at elderly man in a cartoon): he’s old
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
Me: what about me, am I old?
3yo (annoyed like I’m acting ridiculous): noooo, you’re new!
(beat)
3yo: but you’re getting old. then I’m going to need a new daddy
Kids’ illness rallying in its second week
February 4, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Kids’ illness rallying in its second week
Share a TV show you love with 3 seasons or less.
February 2, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Share a TV show you love with 3 seasons or less.
8yo on God’s providence: “He’s playing wizard’s chess against Satan. That’s basically how the universe works.”
January 30, 2026 at 1:28 AM
8yo on God’s providence: “He’s playing wizard’s chess against Satan. That’s basically how the universe works.”
Reposted by Matt
Anti-human, anti-life; corrosive of sociality, civility, decency, dignity, piety, and fear of God; cynically contemptuous of truth in its abject nihilism; a stain on Christian witness for those who make themselves complicit—the cancerous rot of MAGA must go.
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Anti-human, anti-life; corrosive of sociality, civility, decency, dignity, piety, and fear of God; cynically contemptuous of truth in its abject nihilism; a stain on Christian witness for those who make themselves complicit—the cancerous rot of MAGA must go.
The long 1990s have come to an end
Yahoo and AOL are down
Yahoo and AOL are down
www.independent.co.uk
January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
The long 1990s have come to an end
Thinking about this some more, I think the loss of honor as a category is tied up with the widespread erosion of memory. To value honor or consider an act as honorable requires a higher vantage of time that transcends immediate utility and embraces (1/4)
[Reposting from the other place:] What’s striking to me is the total disappearance of “honor” (even in a misplaced sense) as a conceivable good or motive in public life. True virtue even more so but I feel like the decline into short-term private pleasure-seeking has been so precipitous that (1/2)
Current events make me a lot more sympathetic to “loss of virtue” as an explanation for past sweeping events. I don’t know how you explain what’s going on without reference to a widespread moral collapse that isn’t obviously reducible to other factors.
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Thinking about this some more, I think the loss of honor as a category is tied up with the widespread erosion of memory. To value honor or consider an act as honorable requires a higher vantage of time that transcends immediate utility and embraces (1/4)
[Reposting from the other place:] What’s striking to me is the total disappearance of “honor” (even in a misplaced sense) as a conceivable good or motive in public life. True virtue even more so but I feel like the decline into short-term private pleasure-seeking has been so precipitous that (1/2)
Current events make me a lot more sympathetic to “loss of virtue” as an explanation for past sweeping events. I don’t know how you explain what’s going on without reference to a widespread moral collapse that isn’t obviously reducible to other factors.
January 21, 2026 at 1:54 AM
[Reposting from the other place:] What’s striking to me is the total disappearance of “honor” (even in a misplaced sense) as a conceivable good or motive in public life. True virtue even more so but I feel like the decline into short-term private pleasure-seeking has been so precipitous that (1/2)
8yo is telling riddles and demanding that every guess be supported with reasons for its proposal. He keeps rejecting my guesses for being insufficiently argued prescinding from questions of correctness.
January 20, 2026 at 10:03 PM
8yo is telling riddles and demanding that every guess be supported with reasons for its proposal. He keeps rejecting my guesses for being insufficiently argued prescinding from questions of correctness.
When I threaten war over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the committee will finally see how wrong they got it
Oh dear CBS has FOIA'd the full text exchange between Trump and the Norwegian PM
January 19, 2026 at 4:31 PM
When I threaten war over not winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the committee will finally see how wrong they got it
Vance currently putting up Jordan numbers in this department
I definitely hate JD Vance more than I hate Trump. I guess you could argue whether that’s good or not. But Vance is just the perfect type of smarmy piece of shit to make me want to punch him in the teeth.
January 8, 2026 at 10:57 PM
Vance currently putting up Jordan numbers in this department
Anti-human, anti-life; corrosive of sociality, civility, decency, dignity, piety, and fear of God; cynically contemptuous of truth in its abject nihilism; a stain on Christian witness for those who make themselves complicit—the cancerous rot of MAGA must go.
January 8, 2026 at 2:17 AM
Anti-human, anti-life; corrosive of sociality, civility, decency, dignity, piety, and fear of God; cynically contemptuous of truth in its abject nihilism; a stain on Christian witness for those who make themselves complicit—the cancerous rot of MAGA must go.
Found some stand-up bits I wrote and recorded (just audio) a few years ago and got surprised by some the jokes I’d forgotten… surreal experience
December 9, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Found some stand-up bits I wrote and recorded (just audio) a few years ago and got surprised by some the jokes I’d forgotten… surreal experience
Don’t really care where they’re from, as long as they’re safe for the baby
If you could get a crib in any five cities (five cribs) of your choice in the world, which would you choose?
Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
Me: Philly, NYC, LA, Chicago, Atlanta
August 14, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Don’t really care where they’re from, as long as they’re safe for the baby
The Shining… just spend the winter at home
saw this on twitter & i had to know yall answers too 😂
August 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The Shining… just spend the winter at home
Princess
Slightly diminish a band:
Wet Cement
Wet Cement
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Princess
Seeing 7yo reading Harry Potter by nightlight after lights out
August 7, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Seeing 7yo reading Harry Potter by nightlight after lights out
Wake Up Dead Man: A Theological Mystery
July 30, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Wake Up Dead Man: A Theological Mystery
3yo daughter has gotten so into Pokémon (thanks to her older brothers) that she is now saying things like “yellow evolves into red” when we approach a traffic light
July 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
3yo daughter has gotten so into Pokémon (thanks to her older brothers) that she is now saying things like “yellow evolves into red” when we approach a traffic light
Idea: a novel composed entirely of epigraphs
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Idea: a novel composed entirely of epigraphs