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@matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social
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Dad, writer, musician, learning designer, cancer doer, dork. Find my science books for young readers at matthewbrendenwood.com or your local library. He/him. My person takes, opinions, & jokes do not reflect those of my employers, natch

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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 30m
7-word horror story for those of a certain age
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 1h
I clearly peaked in the 90s
a white guy in a letter jacket wearing a backwards baseball cap. Not pictured - Silver Tab Levi's
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 1h
The Maine accent here is 🧑‍🍳💋
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 1h
It's Knife Ghost Season, mufflepluckers
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 1h
Was just thinking we could really use some Good News From Planet 9
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Astronomers May Have Found the First Direct Hint of Planet Nine
A faint infrared object may be the long-sought planet hiding beyond Neptune.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 1h
You know a book is dang good when you're thinking about the world it builds long after you've read it. Don't sleep on this one! (Seriously books make terrible pillows)
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ESO @eso.org · 2h
We are looking for a Graphic Design Intern, in Santiago (Chile). The deadline to apply is 28 October 2026. Details at: recruitment.eso.org 🔭  #ESOjobs  📷 R. Wesson/ESO
Recruitment graphic for a Graphic Design Intern position in Santiago, Chile. The design features a night-time view of the ESO premises in Santiago de Chile. The text reads: “We are hiring! Graphic design intern. Santiago, Chile. Apply by: 28 October 2026.”
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 11h
Oh look! It's the 12:00 robot parade! Hurry up or we'll have to wait for the 12:05 parade!
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Mixed Human Feelings After a Day at a Park Full of Robots
I went to Galaxy Robot Park in Seoul to see how we might one day live with robots. It was part cutting-edge technology, part theatrics.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 19h
Hot take: school pictures should be free
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Parents Are AI-Generating Pictures of Their Kids Instead of Paying for School Photos
Desperate for a cheap and easy alternative to school photos, parents are feeding images of their children to ChatGPT.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I don't like the plague
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
You guys want to hear a short but adorable story that happened right in front of me at the baggage claim in NYC yesterday? I wasn't part of it and there are bits I didn't catch but holy crap, I can't stop thinking about it.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I cannot recommend a refrigerator with a compressor that is incredibly hard to replace
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Because using game controllers for non-gaming ocean-based purposes has a great track record...
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US military direct laser weapon systems using Xbox-style controller
Laser systems are being deployed against drones and other aerial threats. Some operators use modified Xbox-style controllers to control the laser systems.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Tonight In What Could Possibli Go Wrong:
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We Are Alarmed to Learn That People Are Installing DIY Self-Driving "Mods" on Their Cars
The rise of open source self-driving systems like openpilot have made it easy for anyone to run custom tech to control your car.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm home sick so I suppose now is as good a time as any to sell myself
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The only reason to bring back the Blackbird is because Jared Isaacman wants to fly it Okay (supersonic) boomer... (I know he's not a boomer but whatever)
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NASA Asked Several Former SR-71A Staffers To Help Secret Restart | Aviation Week
Nearly 27 years after the final Blackbird flight, NASA quietly launched a project last summer to return an SR-71A to flight.
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Mike Henry @onlyveesaz.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Do you want to go birding with me? Are you going to be in the Tucson area? It’s official… 🏜️🌵 🧵
Page 1 of my birding services
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Do the Germans have a word for the moment a child discovers the joys of reading your inappropriate coffee mugs
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
No idea this was a Nick Harkaway adaptation but now MUCH EXCITE to watch
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"Martial Law" but instead of a dystopian nightmare it's Eminem going to law school and working their way up to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is so hot
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Lizzie Robillard (Comms Open) @lizzierobillard.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Sneaky peek at my zine! Only $15 + shipping at www.flukemags.com/product/drag...
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“Our five year mission: to explore strange new business opportunities, to seek out new markets and new sources of capital, to boldly maximize shareholder value like never before!”
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Alarms and surprises please
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I live in the liminal space between starting your password and the computer actually registering the keystrokes
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
*puts on TMNT soundtrack* "HURRICANE POLO SPAGHETTI MODELS"
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Hurricane Polo spaghetti models show potential paths as storm intensifies
Hurricane Polo could become a "catastrophic" category 5 storm in the coming days, forecasters have warned.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Is my refrigerator running? No it is not.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The Child called out the Easter Bunny yesterday so it looks like only the Tooth Fairy is left standing. Any other imaginary creatures I can toss in the queue to keep the magic alive a little longer?
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
have fun up there
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Probably should have muted "Boebert" a long time ago but second best time etc.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
(𝘺𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘹 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘴)
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Alan Baxter @alanbaxter.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Ways to help authors you love: - Review their books. - Share their posts. - Tell people about their books. - Learn the true name of the universe and manipulate it to make their book a bestseller. - Get your library to order in their books. - Ask local events to book them for appearances.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I have a new book idea... It's been bouncing around in my head for a little while now but I've been afraid to put anything on paper but... I don't remember how to pitch
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The dwarfs tossing coins with Jamie Foxx "Hi ho, hi ho, it's off to bet we go"
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
"Is it a sandwich" discourse jumps the shark
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Mathematicians Build Long-Awaited Graph Sandwich | Quanta Magazine
The proof of a decades-old conjecture has given researchers a new way to understand complex networks.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I'm at the triumphal arch I'm at the sniper's nest I'm at the done hive I'm at the combination triumphal arch sniper's nest & drone hive
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Trump says his planned arch would become a 'military complex' able to host drones and snipers
President Donald Trump says the massive arch he wants to build between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery would become a “top grade military complex” able to host drones and snipers ...
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I AM DAD @iamdad.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
What are we doing people
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Worried About Your College Kid? Now You Can Hire a Local Mom.
At some universities, parents can pay to make sure their children are cared for, the way they were back home.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Peter Cetera voice: 🎶 I am a man who will mix Italian seasoning 🎶
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Today In What Could Possibli Go Wrong:
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Uncle Sam wants YOU(R BONER)! Join the United States Boner Patrol! Sign up TODAY at bonerpatrol.gov!
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Pentagon reboots testosterone screening plan for men 30 and over
Screenings will be mandatory for men in the ranks who are 30 or older, although getting hormone replacement therapy is voluntary, the Defense Department said.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why I love public things and stuff: Randomly tuning into my local NPR station @kjzz.org during WWDTM to hear that Hernan Diaz has a novel coming out that sounds right up my literary alley and putting all his books on hold at my local public library. Support your local public everythings
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Gavin, Small Beer (closed due to long covid), &c. @gavingrant.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Just realized I missed an opportunity to rag on our tiny-minded fascist president by pointing out my wife is getting the Pease Prize.
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is the more likely AI apocalypse - humans starting a war based on AI trash
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Exclusive: US military had close call after using AI for false intelligence report, sources say | CNN Politics
The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war
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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Anyone else have Pearl Jam's Even Flow stuck in their head for the last three days?
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why is every video on every platform suddenly giving me ai translated voices?? Or have I just missed this awful shift?
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Well, we've had about five minutes of wet. We need MORE WET
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Monthly self-reminder to sling my wares
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Ma🌵🌵hew B WoOOOOoOOooOod | 🌎🚀🌙 @matthewbrendenwood.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We "may" be in for a lot* of rain in Phoenix today so apologies in advance if this account only posts wet/soggy for the next 24 hrs *1+ inches, which is a lot in a place that sees only 6-8 inches/year
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