Matt
@mpk23.bsky.social
Plant and Critter lover, High school (7-12) science teacher, He/him/'yall,
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Matt
@mpk23.bsky.social
· Jun 26
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Christmas Eve tradition: watching the LA County Holiday Celebration on @PBS.org SoCal! 🌴
Ballet Folklórico de Esperanza from East LA 👏🏽💃🏻🕺🏻🤠🇲🇽
Live stream: www.pbssocal.org/shows/annual...
Ballet Folklórico de Esperanza from East LA 👏🏽💃🏻🕺🏻🤠🇲🇽
Live stream: www.pbssocal.org/shows/annual...
December 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Christmas Eve tradition: watching the LA County Holiday Celebration on @PBS.org SoCal! 🌴
Ballet Folklórico de Esperanza from East LA 👏🏽💃🏻🕺🏻🤠🇲🇽
Live stream: www.pbssocal.org/shows/annual...
Ballet Folklórico de Esperanza from East LA 👏🏽💃🏻🕺🏻🤠🇲🇽
Live stream: www.pbssocal.org/shows/annual...
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I see your mantids and play ten thousand baby spiders.
December 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I see your mantids and play ten thousand baby spiders.
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Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Some absolutely top notch orange cattery here
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December 20, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
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#sciArt !🐡
If anyone missed the Algae × Hello Kitty exhibition at Osaka Expo, it's now on display at the Kanayama Minami Building Museum Wing in Nagoya through 2/15/2026.
cte.jp/hello-kitty/
cte.jp/hello-kitty/
December 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
#sciArt !🐡
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Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
December 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Me: I don’t see the appeal of boxing
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
TV: OK but what if it’s professional boxers savagely brutalizing influencers
Me:
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We deserved at least one win this year 🙏🏾
"A new study has found that eating 50g or more of high-fat cheese a day correlates with a lower risk of developing dementia. That means all cheeses with more than 20 percent fat content, including brie, gouda, cheddar, parmesan, gruyere, and mozzarella." www.sciencealert.com/cheese-linke...
Cheese Linked to Lower Dementia Risk in 25-Year Study
One of the finest foods available to humanity may carry an unexpected benefit.
www.sciencealert.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
We deserved at least one win this year 🙏🏾
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You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
December 19, 2025 at 2:31 PM
You might be thinking, "CPSC, does a dry Christmas tree really burn that much faster than a well-watered tree?"
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
Friend, let's find out together by watching this PSA.
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I would say my holiday cheer is hovering somewhere between 'about to steal the joy from Whoville' and 'about to be visited by three Muppet ghosts'
December 17, 2025 at 11:26 PM
I would say my holiday cheer is hovering somewhere between 'about to steal the joy from Whoville' and 'about to be visited by three Muppet ghosts'
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might become evil for 2026
December 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
might become evil for 2026
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December 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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pure insanity
the $100 memory kit I bought three months ago for a new computer build is now selling for more than $900 thanks to AI industry demands
very innovation
very innovation
December 16, 2025 at 4:47 PM
pure insanity
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Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
School Vouchers Were Supposed to Save Taxpayer Money. Instead They Blew a Massive Hole in Arizona’s Budget.
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, has spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it’s now facing hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state program...
www.propublica.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Arizona, the model for voucher programs across the country, spent so much money paying private schoolers’ tuition that it faced hundreds of millions in budget cuts to critical state programs and projects last year.
(Published July 2024)
(Published July 2024)
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Number 142: Respect Child, a service where billionaires can listen to pre-recorded AI messages in the voice of their children to say things like “you were always there for me” and “I respect you as a human being”
February 1, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Number 142: Respect Child, a service where billionaires can listen to pre-recorded AI messages in the voice of their children to say things like “you were always there for me” and “I respect you as a human being”
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Number 103: Duolingo but it makes you forget the one language you speak
November 30, 2024 at 3:16 AM
Number 103: Duolingo but it makes you forget the one language you speak
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Coke admitted they had to generate 70,000 video clips for their latest Christmas slopvertising
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
December 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Coke admitted they had to generate 70,000 video clips for their latest Christmas slopvertising
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
BY MY CALCS:
- 4x the CO2 impact of a normal ad project
- 1 day of 2-5 medium hospitals
- 1 month of 250 households
- 44 years of continuous Netflix viewing
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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It's a struggle, but it's gratifying once things start coming together. What I have on paper tonight is a clean expression of idea I didn't have well-formed when I began this morning.
Some people think we should hand off this painstaking form of labor to LLMs and get back to doing science.
Some people think we should hand off this painstaking form of labor to LLMs and get back to doing science.
December 16, 2025 at 11:44 PM
It's a struggle, but it's gratifying once things start coming together. What I have on paper tonight is a clean expression of idea I didn't have well-formed when I began this morning.
Some people think we should hand off this painstaking form of labor to LLMs and get back to doing science.
Some people think we should hand off this painstaking form of labor to LLMs and get back to doing science.
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if it's a tool it's obviously disappointing, but if you rather think of it as coworker who sucks at their job it's just like all those other bad coworkers you've had to deal with.
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
if it's a tool it's obviously disappointing, but if you rather think of it as coworker who sucks at their job it's just like all those other bad coworkers you've had to deal with.
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installed a new hand-crank pencil sharpener in my basement please reskeet
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 AM
installed a new hand-crank pencil sharpener in my basement please reskeet
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Say what you will about Charlie Kirk, but he hasn't said anything racist in 3 months.
December 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Say what you will about Charlie Kirk, but he hasn't said anything racist in 3 months.
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The real world is doing that thing again where it, ya know, sucks.
December 16, 2025 at 11:41 AM
The real world is doing that thing again where it, ya know, sucks.