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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3h

Edina

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 4h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3h

Just lie after lie after lie after lie and all his handlers do is just sit there, smile, and nod.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 7h

Anoka County Sheriff's Deputies emptying the contents of a car after a police chase and crash in my neighborhood.

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Dave Zaffrann @dzaffrann.bsky.social · 8h

In other words, the entire AI industry is built and predicated on a massive theft of intellectual property.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 8h

The cardigan he's wearing in the thumbnail was white when the video started.

John Moe @johnmoe.bsky.social · 8h

I think anyone who saw the episode where Mr. Rogers explains the Trolley Problem has it seared in their memory forever.
So much violence, depictions of gore we never thought possible in puppetry.
We wept, we screamed, we were scarred.
Still, it was educational.
So that’s good.
I guess.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 9h

My tinnitus was just SCREAMING this morning. I love how it "disappears" when I put my hearing aids in.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 10h

Third-floor walkup means the downstairs neighbors do most of our heating. Thanks, neighbors!

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 10h

The labor implications are my biggest gripe. It is an effort to direct even more capital to the ownership class by removing pesky workers, all under the bullshit guise of being "the future" or "inevitable".

Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 11h

Waymo can fuck ALL the way off.

Zak Yudhishthu @zyudhishthu.bsky.social · 12h

Well, here it comes: @toreyvanoot.bsky.social reports that Waymo has hired lobbyists in Minnesota and been talking to state lawmakers, looking for legislative approval to operate in MN

www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 12h

Congrats! I've had mine just over a year now. The first two weeks were overwhelming. So many sounds! The first time I flushed the toilet I scared the hell out of myself.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 1d

Gotta diversify in a tough economy.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 2d

The primary way coolant gets into the combustion cycle is through a blown head gasket(s). They could keep topping it off, but sooner or later (probably sooner)....

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 2d

Hey @bencollins.bsky.social

Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 2d

He may be too big for that bed. 😆

A napping orange tabby cat overflows his bed.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 2d

When it came out, I had a part-time gig with Paramount, auditing till receipts at a movie theater. I had to sit in the auditorium, take a head count, and then verify that the number matched the receipts.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 2d

I've seen the first 15 minutes roughly 100 times.

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Grant Peace @thx.bsky.social · 3d

How to get 30% off all of your subscriptions:

Try to cancel.
Follow all of the steps.
The last message will offer you a significant discount for continuing your subscription. ✌️

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3d

I have owned every generation of Xbox but haven't played a single second of Halo.

Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 3d

Inspired by a post I just saw in which someone admitted they hadn’t seen a single episode of Friends nor the film Love Actually… what cultural hole do you have that’s a bit weird for your generation?

I’ll go first: I haven’t seen Dirty Dancing.

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Professa Murray @kalimurray.bsky.social · 3d

What a day for the Third Amendment!

Chris Goodman @cbgoodman.co · 3d

The third amendment is about to get very relevant.

'Very difficult situation': Kristi Noem whines locals not letting ICE agents use restrooms

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem complained that her agents were not being permitted to use restrooms in Chicago because of opposition from residents.During a Sunday interview on ...

www.rawstory.com

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3d

This is all I could think of after reading that. I'm sorry.

a man in a knight 's armor is sitting on a rock with a quote from a movie .

Alt: A French soldier, played by John Cleese, is atop a castle and taunts King Arthur, played by Graham Chapman, by saying, "Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelt of elderberries!"

media.tenor.com

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Elim Garak @elimgarak240b.bsky.social · 3d

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3d

*deep breath* FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME: REPUBLICANS HAVE NO INTEREST IN WORKING WITH YOU!

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3d

The juxtaposition of the fantasy villain ("radical left agitators") and the actual villain (private equity) is beautiful. And stupid.

Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 3d

THE RADICAL LEFTISTS HAVE KILLED OUR BUSINESS
[also we got bought out by private equity who shuttered the store and fired everyone]
BUT IT WAS MOSTLY THE RADICAL LEFTISTS
also can we have a federal bailout 🥹

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3d

Damp streets in 55433.

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Matt B. @originalmattb.com · 3d

I remember being PISSED when http superseded Gopher.

Duane @sailmn4now.bsky.social · 3d

I worked at the campus bookstore from 90 - too long, and remember pooh-poohing a coworker who showed me an early http page. I was like, we already have gopher. www.minnpost.com/business/201...

The rise and fall of the Gopher protocol - MinnPost

Twenty-five years ago, a small band of programmers from the University of Minnesota ruled the internet. And then they didn’t.

www.minnpost.com

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