Matt Odd
@mattoddity.bsky.social
Maker, advanced manufacturing zealot, combat engineer, electrical engineer, woodworker, gardener, dad.
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Nov. 29, 1925: Marine Sgt. Emil Blade is not only a crack marksman with the medals to prove it but a craftsman of violins. At the wood shop of the Marine Corps Armory in Philadelphia, where he works, he fashions both rifle stocks and instruments.
November 29, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Nov. 29, 1925: Marine Sgt. Emil Blade is not only a crack marksman with the medals to prove it but a craftsman of violins. At the wood shop of the Marine Corps Armory in Philadelphia, where he works, he fashions both rifle stocks and instruments.
My "dad pro tip" is keeping a bag of cheap spring clamps and tie-ties on hand as an impromptu "blanket fort" kit.
If you want to step it up, a bucket of PVC pipes cut to 24" lengths and random corner and T-connectors for rooms without enough furniture to rearrange. Instant forts.
If you want to step it up, a bucket of PVC pipes cut to 24" lengths and random corner and T-connectors for rooms without enough furniture to rearrange. Instant forts.
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My "dad pro tip" is keeping a bag of cheap spring clamps and tie-ties on hand as an impromptu "blanket fort" kit.
If you want to step it up, a bucket of PVC pipes cut to 24" lengths and random corner and T-connectors for rooms without enough furniture to rearrange. Instant forts.
If you want to step it up, a bucket of PVC pipes cut to 24" lengths and random corner and T-connectors for rooms without enough furniture to rearrange. Instant forts.
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At what point does a CinC, be it POTUS or Governor, really grasp that they hold the lives of the servicemembers in their hands. Your word alone will send hundreds of thousands of civilians and Soldiers alike to their death in Iraq and Afghanistan, or one Soldier to her death in DC.
November 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
At what point does a CinC, be it POTUS or Governor, really grasp that they hold the lives of the servicemembers in their hands. Your word alone will send hundreds of thousands of civilians and Soldiers alike to their death in Iraq and Afghanistan, or one Soldier to her death in DC.
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in the military we agonize and theorize over ethics, LOAC, Civ-Mil relations, strategy, theories of victory, etc etc etc. These concepts may be (likely are!) completely foreign to a newly elected head of state, much to our regret. There's no training that prepares a pol for these responsibilities
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 AM
in the military we agonize and theorize over ethics, LOAC, Civ-Mil relations, strategy, theories of victory, etc etc etc. These concepts may be (likely are!) completely foreign to a newly elected head of state, much to our regret. There's no training that prepares a pol for these responsibilities
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But also: "The Navy is moving to accelerate the Landing Ship Medium program."
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media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
But also: "The Navy is moving to accelerate the Landing Ship Medium program."
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I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I swore an oath to the Constitution in 1986. I've upheld it through 25 years of service and every day since I retired.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
If Trump's trying to intimidate me, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to our country to be silenced by bullies who care more about power than the Constitution.
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You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
November 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You have to keep giving money to avoid collapse and if there’s collapse you have to give more money. It’s called the free market.
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I know young Marines who hit the Fleet at the very end of OEF and talk about feeling like they missed the wars, and I tell them there were Marines just like them who joined in 1945 and ended up painting rocks at the new Camp Pendleton, not knowing a few years later they'd be at Chosin Reservoir.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I know young Marines who hit the Fleet at the very end of OEF and talk about feeling like they missed the wars, and I tell them there were Marines just like them who joined in 1945 and ended up painting rocks at the new Camp Pendleton, not knowing a few years later they'd be at Chosin Reservoir.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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LOAC is about two things: creating space for a lasting peace when the fight’s over, and more importantly, ensuring that when your own troops come home they don’t spend the rest of their lives looking in the mirror and seeing a monster look back at them.
The laws of war are not mere niceties. They are lessons from centuries of blood agreed upon to keep the world more stable.
Violating them isn’t hero cop who cuts through red tape to get things done, it’s psycho cop who crosses lines in ways even the rule benders find appalling and must be stopped.
Violating them isn’t hero cop who cuts through red tape to get things done, it’s psycho cop who crosses lines in ways even the rule benders find appalling and must be stopped.
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
LOAC is about two things: creating space for a lasting peace when the fight’s over, and more importantly, ensuring that when your own troops come home they don’t spend the rest of their lives looking in the mirror and seeing a monster look back at them.
Progress on the next toy airplane for the kids. My son recently found all the ones I made for my daughter and LOVES them, so now I get to make more!
November 7, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Progress on the next toy airplane for the kids. My son recently found all the ones I made for my daughter and LOVES them, so now I get to make more!
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We have money beyond comprehension.
The world uses our currency as the backup plan when everything else goes to shit.
We have done ungodly production theoughput.
We have innovated our way to the fucking moon.
And now we are relying on another country to feed our military.
The world uses our currency as the backup plan when everything else goes to shit.
We have done ungodly production theoughput.
We have innovated our way to the fucking moon.
And now we are relying on another country to feed our military.
NEW: The US Army website for its bases in Bavaria, Germany told its soldiers and employees that it might need to obtain free food from the German government during the US government shutdown.
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
The Army later altered publication to remove a list of food banks, but we have the original text here:
US Army Tells Soldiers to Go to German Food Bank, Then Deletes It
The initial 'Shutdown Guidance' for the US Army Garrison Bavaria included instructions to go to German food banks.
www.404media.co
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
We have money beyond comprehension.
The world uses our currency as the backup plan when everything else goes to shit.
We have done ungodly production theoughput.
We have innovated our way to the fucking moon.
And now we are relying on another country to feed our military.
The world uses our currency as the backup plan when everything else goes to shit.
We have done ungodly production theoughput.
We have innovated our way to the fucking moon.
And now we are relying on another country to feed our military.
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Remind me how Iraq 2003 turned out? Wasn’t like a triangle of death or anything right? Certainly not a bunch of score settling and ethnic cleansing that impacted US policy priorities, global standing, force design, and killed a bunch of people, right?
hey i've heard this one before
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Remind me how Iraq 2003 turned out? Wasn’t like a triangle of death or anything right? Certainly not a bunch of score settling and ethnic cleansing that impacted US policy priorities, global standing, force design, and killed a bunch of people, right?
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Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
October 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Last chance to turn it off.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
On Monday, November 3rd, Microsoft will start using your LinkedIn data for AI training. And remember, you're opted in by default.
To toggle it off 👉 Account - Settings & Privacy > Data privacy > Data for Generative AI Improvement.
I'm a firm believer of "there were never any good old days," just your nostalgia.
Also, my dad was not about the weird nerd shit I was in to- he liked cowboys and WWII planes. But when I got into Pokemon, dragonlance, magic the gathering, star wars, video games... He did, too.
Also, my dad was not about the weird nerd shit I was in to- he liked cowboys and WWII planes. But when I got into Pokemon, dragonlance, magic the gathering, star wars, video games... He did, too.
Another one:
"They don't make music like we had in our day!"
Guess what, Sport... your parents hated your shit, too. Said it was garbage. EVERY generation does this.
Just let them have their fun. 🙄 Maybe try listening to it? You may like it.
"They don't make music like we had in our day!"
Guess what, Sport... your parents hated your shit, too. Said it was garbage. EVERY generation does this.
Just let them have their fun. 🙄 Maybe try listening to it? You may like it.
November 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I'm a firm believer of "there were never any good old days," just your nostalgia.
Also, my dad was not about the weird nerd shit I was in to- he liked cowboys and WWII planes. But when I got into Pokemon, dragonlance, magic the gathering, star wars, video games... He did, too.
Also, my dad was not about the weird nerd shit I was in to- he liked cowboys and WWII planes. But when I got into Pokemon, dragonlance, magic the gathering, star wars, video games... He did, too.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
November 1, 2025 at 4:48 AM
F. Scott Fitzgerald: In my book I invented Gatsby lifestyle as a cautionary tale
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
The president: At long last, we have created the Gatsby lifestyle from the classic novel The Great Gatsby
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Shout out to the parents who convinced their kids to be Zoey instead of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters. I wouldn't have wanted to mess around with purple synthetic hair extensions either.
November 1, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Shout out to the parents who convinced their kids to be Zoey instead of Rumi from KPop Demon Hunters. I wouldn't have wanted to mess around with purple synthetic hair extensions either.
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"Urge to kill. Rising." and "Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover" have basically never left my brain since that day.
31 years ago today, Homer Simpson went on a murderous rampage. “Treehouse of Horror V” premiered October 30, 1994.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"Urge to kill. Rising." and "Television! Teacher, mother, secret lover" have basically never left my brain since that day.
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You know what would reduce food assistance use? Increasing the federal minimum wage to a living wage and stop subsidizing business indirectly.
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
You know what would reduce food assistance use? Increasing the federal minimum wage to a living wage and stop subsidizing business indirectly.
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Fine, I'll say it.
The vast majority of nutritional assistance (SNAP, WIC, EBT) are federal subsidies administered by states for shitty employers.
States transfer costs to the federal government so that businesses don't have to pay a living wage.
The vast majority of nutritional assistance (SNAP, WIC, EBT) are federal subsidies administered by states for shitty employers.
States transfer costs to the federal government so that businesses don't have to pay a living wage.
October 29, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Fine, I'll say it.
The vast majority of nutritional assistance (SNAP, WIC, EBT) are federal subsidies administered by states for shitty employers.
States transfer costs to the federal government so that businesses don't have to pay a living wage.
The vast majority of nutritional assistance (SNAP, WIC, EBT) are federal subsidies administered by states for shitty employers.
States transfer costs to the federal government so that businesses don't have to pay a living wage.
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NEW: Anonymous donor gives Pentagon 130 million cans of Skoal Wintergreen to pay troops www.duffelblog.com/anonymous-do...
Anonymous donor gives Pentagon 130 million cans of Skoal Wintergreen to pay troops
Donation will “tide everyone over” until someone finds seven billion more cans
www.duffelblog.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
NEW: Anonymous donor gives Pentagon 130 million cans of Skoal Wintergreen to pay troops www.duffelblog.com/anonymous-do...
Across the grain curls. Love it.
October 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Across the grain curls. Love it.