MAT-AT (aka Downtown Lars)
@08mms.bsky.social
M&A Lawyer, Semi-Stereotypical Dad, Michigan Wolverine, National History Day - Michigan Regional Runner Up (2000)
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Bari Weiss is Rory Gilmore (derogatory)
December 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Bari Weiss is Rory Gilmore (derogatory)
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December 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Caracas delenda est
Real Third Punic War vibes going on here.
I’d also like to point out that you cannot surround Venezuela with an armada.
December 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Caracas delenda est
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for the boys
December 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
for the boys
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*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
December 16, 2023 at 4:33 PM
*walking in a winter wonderland*
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
ME: where's bluebird?
BIRD: gone
ME: w... who are you?
*bird looks around shiftily*
BIRD: I'm new bird
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I love this essay.
It’s not Hanukkah until we joke about this & point out that the original latkes were ricotta pancakes because there were no potatoes yet in Europe
December 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I love this essay.
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Hanging out with babies rules. This guy is the size of a Build A Bear and he's never even seen anything before. He just got here!
December 14, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Hanging out with babies rules. This guy is the size of a Build A Bear and he's never even seen anything before. He just got here!
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insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
December 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
insanely good thing to say when you enter a room
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On the upside, I’ll bet Gary Moeller would be happy to know his melt-down and firing wont be remembered as the most disastrous in program history.
December 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
On the upside, I’ll bet Gary Moeller would be happy to know his melt-down and firing wont be remembered as the most disastrous in program history.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Everyone wants to ban corporate ownership of housing until this guy is your landlord
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Everyone wants to ban corporate ownership of housing until this guy is your landlord
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 AM
me dressed up and exercising at the airport before my 8 hour flight
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RIP Frank Gehry
December 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
RIP Frank Gehry
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The Irish Health Minister denounces antitrans nonsense as a vile British import...
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Because "Skywalker" is the default nickname applied to bastard children on Tatooine.
December 3, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Because "Skywalker" is the default nickname applied to bastard children on Tatooine.