Matt Skillz
@regularolmatt.bsky.social
I was told to be myself and this is where it got me
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this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
Bluesky idea: if people who didn't agree with you change their opinions so that they do agree with you, why not be happy that you are making progress - rather than complaining that they are "only just catching up"?
January 26, 2026 at 2:49 PM
this is a fake problem. no one is saying this to regular, offline people who are coming around. they’re saying it to people who are engaged in professional political analysis who committed professional malpractice by scolding people who saw what was coming.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
no, those people shouldn’t get a break.
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I got fooled by someone who is famous for being a conman until it was too late. Here’s why that’s actually smarter than seeing it coming:
January 25, 2026 at 9:32 PM
I got fooled by someone who is famous for being a conman until it was too late. Here’s why that’s actually smarter than seeing it coming:
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We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
Here it is:
January 25, 2026 at 11:08 PM
We’re airing a new campaign ad, starting tomorrow.
Here it is:
Here it is:
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Ha Ha You Clowns is a perfect show. It's so funny and nasty and bleak and there is a whole bunch of people who think it's the same as Ted Lasso.
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Ha Ha You Clowns is a perfect show. It's so funny and nasty and bleak and there is a whole bunch of people who think it's the same as Ted Lasso.
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signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
January 25, 2026 at 11:49 PM
signs left at alex pretti’s memorial in minneapolis: “i love you so much / i’ll miss you forever” photo with a friend, “i would have done the same. RIP alex,” a stethoscope and “we’ll take it from here, alex” and a tshirt for the minnesota nurses association
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It is very funny watching right wingers go straight into “anything that hurts my feelings is violence” without even doing any throat clearing about how this is different from all the stuff they just spent years making fun of. At least make up an excuse guys
January 26, 2026 at 2:15 PM
It is very funny watching right wingers go straight into “anything that hurts my feelings is violence” without even doing any throat clearing about how this is different from all the stuff they just spent years making fun of. At least make up an excuse guys
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welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events
January 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
welcome to america, the country that makes you watch executions in the street frame by frame a few times a month just to stay up in current events
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Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
January 26, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Yo' momma's so stupid she's lettin' folks tell her what her own eyes are seein'.
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We do know for sure that genAI and LLMs can’t feel. They are a “yes and?” machine designed to be sycophants, the fact that it keeps generating programming behaviours that are beyond the ability to fix of its creators isn’t proof of life. It’s proof the people making it aren’t as smart as they think
January 26, 2026 at 8:37 AM
We do know for sure that genAI and LLMs can’t feel. They are a “yes and?” machine designed to be sycophants, the fact that it keeps generating programming behaviours that are beyond the ability to fix of its creators isn’t proof of life. It’s proof the people making it aren’t as smart as they think
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Dan Harmon on fascism:
January 25, 2026 at 4:30 AM
Dan Harmon on fascism:
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I know I’m a broken record about this but it never ceases to amaze me that these Nazi and Confederate fetishists have, out of the gate, combined the most catastrophic and ruinous errors of both.
January 25, 2026 at 2:22 PM
I know I’m a broken record about this but it never ceases to amaze me that these Nazi and Confederate fetishists have, out of the gate, combined the most catastrophic and ruinous errors of both.
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I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
you don't become a martyr because you were a saint, you become a saint because you were martyred
I agree that we can’t make Alex Pretti a Benedictine monk because that’s a trap, but we can talk about the good things we did because people will see and hear them and think “I do those things too”
January 25, 2026 at 12:27 AM
I keep thinking “my god the people they’ve killed seem like exceptionally good folks” and I think the lesson there is that they’re not exceptional, but that wonderful people abound and that a baseline distrust in humanity is a shitty conservative trope that privileges power over collective strength
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
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Regarding the regime, the best moral argument against political violence is that, as long as mass nonviolent resistance is an option, the bar for actually justifying violent rebellion cannot be reached.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
January 25, 2026 at 12:52 AM
Regarding the regime, the best moral argument against political violence is that, as long as mass nonviolent resistance is an option, the bar for actually justifying violent rebellion cannot be reached.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
And right now, mass nonviolent resistance is kicking fucking ass.
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I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
January 25, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I can't put into words the feeling of watching our government, a hive of evil antisocial filth, the absolute worst humanity has to offer, colliding with the best. Ordinary people trying to help each other, risking everything to stand up for what's plainly, unambiguously fair and right. It's unreal
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The Devil: A guy who has never had a friend will yell at you for saying something that's not wrong, and not said in the wrong way, but in a way that the guy thinks is wrong.
Me: That sounds very cool. And this all happens on my telephone?
Me: That sounds very cool. And this all happens on my telephone?
January 25, 2026 at 1:51 AM
The Devil: A guy who has never had a friend will yell at you for saying something that's not wrong, and not said in the wrong way, but in a way that the guy thinks is wrong.
Me: That sounds very cool. And this all happens on my telephone?
Me: That sounds very cool. And this all happens on my telephone?
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Powerful statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:
"Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world..."
"Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world..."
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 AM
Powerful statement from the family of Alex Pretti, obtained by CNN:
"Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world..."
"Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world..."
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If you don't want to watch it, here is how the NYT's liveblog is reporting on the video that first started spreading:
January 24, 2026 at 7:36 PM
If you don't want to watch it, here is how the NYT's liveblog is reporting on the video that first started spreading:
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Bovino press conference ended abruptly:
January 24, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Bovino press conference ended abruptly:
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On top of everything else it’s crazy knowing how much of this they are explicitly doing for twitter
January 24, 2026 at 8:02 PM
On top of everything else it’s crazy knowing how much of this they are explicitly doing for twitter
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Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
Federal law enforcement agents shot and killed a man in Minneapolis on Jan. 24 according to local police officials. DHS told Fox News that the man was “armed with a gun”. A video of the shooting appears to show that a gun was taken from the man before the first shot was fired. x.com/BillMelugin_...
January 24, 2026 at 7:10 PM
Our initial analysis is up.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
The video footage appears to show that the gun was taken away from the man before he was shot.
He was UNARMED before any of the shots were fired.
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This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
January 24, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This is courage. Looking a masked, government fascist dead in the eye, face to face, knowing full well that your life is on the line.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
If elected officials had 1/10th of Alex Pretti's resolve, we would have far fewer troubles.
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I would argue there is a throughline here with every Palestinian in Gaza being called a terrorist
Stephen Miller calls the deceased “a domestic terrorist.”
January 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
I would argue there is a throughline here with every Palestinian in Gaza being called a terrorist