Matt Yake
@myake.bsky.social
Object creator/entropy manager, IATSE 487, Baltimore
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Matt Yake
@myake.bsky.social
· Jun 21
FREE THEM ALL
oh nooo Falkenhan's fuuuuuck
December 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
oh nooo Falkenhan's fuuuuuck
"In Baltimore’s majority-Black McElderry Park and Ellwood Park/Monument neighborhoods, owner-occupants made just 13 percent of purchases in 2022. In a majority-white neighborhood not far away, owner-occupants bought more than 80 percent of homes that same year"
See also: “They’re pulling all the starter homes off of the market in low-income, high-minority-density neighborhoods.”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 PM
"In Baltimore’s majority-Black McElderry Park and Ellwood Park/Monument neighborhoods, owner-occupants made just 13 percent of purchases in 2022. In a majority-white neighborhood not far away, owner-occupants bought more than 80 percent of homes that same year"
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feels like there's a graffiti renaissance in Baltimore. I think partly due to the city no longer buffing private property. there must be other contributing factors but whatever, I think it's great. JONDOE is my favorite for absolute creativity. ANORE is getting up big! PSYOP has killer handstyle!
December 8, 2025 at 3:24 PM
feels like there's a graffiti renaissance in Baltimore. I think partly due to the city no longer buffing private property. there must be other contributing factors but whatever, I think it's great. JONDOE is my favorite for absolute creativity. ANORE is getting up big! PSYOP has killer handstyle!
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annual reminder that norovirus can live on surfaces for many many days, and hand sanitizer doesn't kill it
December 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
annual reminder that norovirus can live on surfaces for many many days, and hand sanitizer doesn't kill it
I quit
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 1:25 PM
I quit
jondoe is best in Baltimore imo
December 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
jondoe is best in Baltimore imo
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Reposted by Matt Yake
From JD Vance on Houthi PC small group, the day after Signalgate broke:
December 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
From JD Vance on Houthi PC small group, the day after Signalgate broke:
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be bad at stuff
be kinder
do it often
it’s really actually that simple
be kinder
do it often
it’s really actually that simple
December 4, 2025 at 12:26 PM
be bad at stuff
be kinder
do it often
it’s really actually that simple
be kinder
do it often
it’s really actually that simple
gotta go to Philly today. I'll walk from my house to Penn Station, train to 30th St, then walk to my destination. it'll cost me less than driving would. that's how it should be
December 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
gotta go to Philly today. I'll walk from my house to Penn Station, train to 30th St, then walk to my destination. it'll cost me less than driving would. that's how it should be
it's crow flockin time!
December 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
it's crow flockin time!
tired of being human. wanna be kitty. or bird
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
tired of being human. wanna be kitty. or bird
aaaaaaaahhhhh I love this! I've been in that guy's exact position and have joked "it'll be funny when they crop this wrong and I'm on screen"
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 2:20 PM
aaaaaaaahhhhh I love this! I've been in that guy's exact position and have joked "it'll be funny when they crop this wrong and I'm on screen"
mr beast AND marc benioff?! that's too much
oh to do a near heroic dose of shrooms with mr beast, as dozens of vials of your blood are drawn, and the world watches on
December 1, 2025 at 5:03 PM
mr beast AND marc benioff?! that's too much
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
sunset projected onto storm clouds looking beautiful right now
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 PM
sunset projected onto storm clouds looking beautiful right now
Baltimore Streets
YouTube video by Channel 5 with Andrew Callaghan
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, in dismissing Midway Blitz-related charges against Dana Briggs last week, said he was lifting restrictions on relevant video.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
November 24, 2025 at 9:58 PM
U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel Fuentes, in dismissing Midway Blitz-related charges against Dana Briggs last week, said he was lifting restrictions on relevant video.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
Today he made the video available through the clerk's office at no cost to the public. Here's the first.
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Reposted by Matt Yake
I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music - YouTube
songs featured in Al Shipley's book Tough Breaks
www.youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I made a YouTube playlist of records I mentioned in Tough Breaks: The Story of Baltimore Club Music. I'm still adding to it, but there's over 100 tracks in there so far.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
this gets at the core of what's wrong with all the arguments I've seen against bill 25-0066
"I find it troubling when neighborhood leaders look enviously at private exclusionary restrictions borne of racism and ask the city to impose similarly exclusionary barriers through public laws."
"I find it troubling when neighborhood leaders look enviously at private exclusionary restrictions borne of racism and ask the city to impose similarly exclusionary barriers through public laws."
"Why I lost faith in zoning." tinyurl.com/5n8sh428 Baltimore’s former zoning board executive director, on why she supports @mayorbmscott.bsky.social bills to promote more density and multi-family housing in the city. [OP-ED]
Baltimore’s former zoning board director explains why she lost faith in zoning | Baltimore Brew
The mayor’s “Housing Options and Opportunity” legislation – including Bill 25-0066 – will go a long way toward fixing an unfair system. [OP-ED]
tinyurl.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
this gets at the core of what's wrong with all the arguments I've seen against bill 25-0066
"I find it troubling when neighborhood leaders look enviously at private exclusionary restrictions borne of racism and ask the city to impose similarly exclusionary barriers through public laws."
"I find it troubling when neighborhood leaders look enviously at private exclusionary restrictions borne of racism and ask the city to impose similarly exclusionary barriers through public laws."
lizza says we need to know these things. NO WE DO NOT
November 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
lizza says we need to know these things. NO WE DO NOT
it's ok, you can say it, I don't mind, it's easier than explaining
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
it's ok, you can say it, I don't mind, it's easier than explaining