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Matt Carlstrom

@mattcarlstrom.bsky.social
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Magazine guy. Director of Audience and Digital Operations at @vanityfair.com Formerly @quantamagazine.bsky.social Thoughts expressed here are my own and not that of my employer.

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Vanity Fair @vanityfair.com · 19/02/2026
The arrest has sent shockwaves around the world, as media and the public continue to learn more about Jeffrey Epstein’s network and correspondence. For Andrew, it was the latest turn in a long history of scandal and allegations (which he has denied)
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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor: Four Decades of Scandal
A timeline of Vanity Fair’s archival coverage about the disgraced royal.
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Caitlin Gilbert @caitlingilbert.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
In response to announcement that he will be a new CBS contributor, Andrew Huberman tweeted “I’ve always gone issue-by-issue on health & science, spoken to experts w/a range of takes & presented where I see the center of (data) mass pointed. I’ll do the same with @CBSNews”. In Sept he posted this:
Screenshot of tweet from Huberman that reads: “The other is that dog breeds w/different shaped heads are predictive of their demeanor and intelligence. And while I don’t! believe in Phrenology I now do pay some attention to how the shapes of peoples heads relates to their intellect and steadiness, or lack thereof.”
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Thank you!!
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
Some professional news: After six amazing years at @quantamagazine.bsky.social and @simonsfoundation.org, I am joining the staff of @vanityfair.com as Director of Audience and Digital Operations. I can’t wait to do cool things at a publication I’ve loved since I was a kid.
The logo for Vanity Fair in black set against a white background
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On the Media @onthemedia.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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Breaking News Consumer's Handbook

1. In the immediate aftermath, news outlets will get it wrong.
2. Don't trust anonymous sources.
3. Don't trust stories that cite another news outlet as the source of the information. 
4. There's almost never a second shooter.
5. Pay attention to the language the media uses.
- "We are getting reports"... could mean anything.
- "We are seeking confirmation"... means they don't haveit.
- "[News outlet] has learned"... means it has a scoop or is going out on a limb.
6. Look for news outlets close to the incident.
7. Compare multiple sources.
8. Big news brings out the fakers. And photoshoppers.
9. Beware reflexive retweeting. Some of this is on you.
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Anna Merlan @annamerlan.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
[preparing to get screamed at] I think I officially don’t need to know if you’re mad that an article is paywalled. Perhaps that can be an Inside Thought
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 15/11/2025
Every summer since 1983, workers at Crater Lake National Park have gathered data about the lake’s famous clarity. The biologist Scott Girdner has led much of this work. When he retires, a hiring freeze will leave his position unfilled indefinitely. www.quantamagazine.org/mixing-is-th...
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onion person @junlper.beer · 07/11/2025
i'm very glad this technology is being forced onto us everywhere on all levels
obama
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
It's not fair that social media managers sometimes have to say "can you please post that thread on Threads?" at work.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
A very knotty man
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Heh
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Here it is phrased differently: The extreme variance of Earth’s everyday atmosphere comes from air molecules pushed across the planet by the energy of the sun. Even with this chaos, we know what will happen as the atmosphere absorbs more energy.
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Quanta Magazine @quantamagazine.org · 15/09/2025
Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history, and its lessons are a massive human achievement. “How We Came To Know Earth,” our new series, is a guide to the modern understanding of fundamental climate science. www.quantamagazine.org/series/clima...
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How We Came To Know Earth | Quanta Magazine
Climate science is the most significant scientific collaboration in history. This series from Quanta Magazine guides you through basic climate science — from quantum effects to ancient hothouses, from...
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
It’s here! www.quantamagazine.org/how-we-came-...
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I know things are… yeah… right now but Quanta is very close to publishing one of the coolest things we’ve ever made and I can’t wait for people to see it ✨
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Kate Schapira: "Well Put & Generalizable" @kateschapira.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
It's Don't Argue Inside Your Head With Other People Friday. There's no better day to practice gently moving your mind away when you find yourself arguing inside your head w/someone who's not present, or who it's not safe or not fair for you to argue with. Do this as many times as you need.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Max Martin is short for Maximum Martinis
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Just opened a banana with scissors.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Gripe for Asana/Jira/Sprout and the like: It used to be that the user just went to a website and the website did the thing. I don't understand why we now have to go to a landing page and then click "Go to app," as if the webpage is itself an app. It's a website for a SaaS product!
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
'Twas naught but 26 fortnights ago in which we lived in the summer of the brat
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
*Me in the second row of the Cowboy Carter Tour*
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Delicious
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Popping off tonight with some vegan crab cakes
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Aslan is 8 today
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
I'm so excited for you all to hear from the excellent people on our staff. And once again, hats off to @kristina-armitage.bsky.social for a gobsmackingly gorgeous image.
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
We saw you from across the bar and, there's blood. There's blood in you, right
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Hi friends, c’est moi
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Samir Patel @pateljournalist.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Math is a profoundly human process — one as engaged in beauty and elegance as it is in proving a theorem or finding an answer. The looming power of AI has the humans of math rethinking what it means to be a mathematician. See our latest special issue. www.quantamagazine.org/mathematical...
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Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI | Quanta Magazine
Mathematicians have started to prepare for a profound shift in what it means to do mathematics.
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Early exit polls suggest the new pope did particularly well with male voters aged 45-79.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Science journalists think that we are each other's competition when in fact this is our competition: www.instagram.com/reel/DIctbYi...
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I just hit play on this classic album and hearing that sax blast while I’m doing my little spreadsheet made both of my eyes dilate immediately
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I really love AMAs and am stoked that @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social and John are doing this!
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Twilight Greenaway @twyspy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This moment in a nutshell.
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
I wrote to one of the best government climate scientists I know, and jokingly asked if he's been fired. The fact that our best scientists, even if they haven't been fired, cannot focus on work due to mental strain, hurts us all.
Amazingly, not yet. I've pretty much stopped doing any meaningful work and spend much of my time worrying how the CO2 group will make it
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Simone Barr @simonebarr.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
One of my favorite parts of Quanta's new AI series is @markabelan.bsky.social and @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social's visual explainer on how AI makes heads or tails of the internet's cats: www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-ai-i...
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
A banger by Leila Sloman. Art by @kristina-armitage.bsky.social. Hooray Star Wars, hooray @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.quantamagazine.org/geometers-en...
An illustration depicting periodic orbits around a model of the Jupiter-Europa system. The orbital paths are bright green and revolve around a bright red center point. The background is a black grid.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Last year, we published a Quanta story about orbital math and it had an illustration that was inspired by these guys.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Ain’t no science party like a @pioneerwork.bsky.social science party
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
the things I used to tweet omg
A tweet from 2018 by the poster that reads "life is just a series of moments in between eating at McDonalds alone"
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Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 29/04/2025
I check the little screen, I check the big screen, I check the watch screen, I check the tablet screen. I check the screen that reminds me of the good times, I check the screen that reminds me of the better times.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
No thanks, I choose my own destiny.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
On my way to work. good morning.
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Sarah Bell @sarahbell.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
In honor of International Crow & Raven Appreciation Day, I’ll share a story from my park ranger days. I was stationed at the North Cascades National Park visitor center in Newhalem, WA. My mom let me borrow her car for the summer. /1
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Yeah I got a substack! I got ya sub stack right here! Boom!
A person's hands using finger tips and thumbs to hold a sloppy stack of sub sandwiches. Quite a variety. BBQ chicken, tuna, spicy Italian. They look delicious if not a little manhandled.
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
About to see Revenge of the Sith in theaters for the first time in twenty years! Escapism is spending your Saturday evening watching a story about how misinformation leads to the fall of a republic and the rise of an authoritarian regime.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025
Tennis Balls xkcd.com/3080
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Hooray @temple.edu!
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Busy Beaver 5 was solved by a group of mathematicians and amateurs who worked together on their Discord server. Here's the screenshot of the moment when mxdys, a (still!) anonymous user on the Discord, solved the problem using a proof assistant program. pbs.twimg.com/media/GR-RbT...
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Watch our new video @quantamagazine.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmx3...
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Amateurs Solve a Famous Computer Science Problem On Discord
YouTube video by Quanta Magazine
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Matt Carlstrom @mattcarlstrom.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Read @benbenbrubaker.bsky.social's 2024 story on the solution of the Busy Beaver 5 problem: www.quantamagazine.org/amateur-math...
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Amateur Mathematicians Find Fifth ‘Busy Beaver’ Turing Machine | Quanta Magazine
After decades of uncertainty, a motley team of programmers has proved precisely how complicated simple computer programs can get.
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