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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah, 25% less to shrinkflation. I didn’t keep the receipts, but I bet they were nearly the same price.

An empty 2L (blue) Dawn bottle beside a new, full 1.5L (blue) Dawn bottle, the biggest at the store

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The bacon & corn “pizza” is fine, but it needs more bacon. I quote “pizza” because it’s not on leavened bread.

Corn and bacon “pizza” from Blue Moon Dine-in Theatre. A ciabatta covered in cheese, bacon, corn, and scallions.

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I captured this last Thursday at #MSP airport

Moon rises from behind clouds. In the foreground is a CRJ tail with Delta Airlines livery of red and blue.

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

From Lemmy, but it’s true. Without assets, you have no capital in this race. And no, your loan/mortgage doesn’t grant you to call it your asset until it’s paid in full.

Bree Newsome Bass
@BreeNewsome
I don't know who needs to hear this but you are not a capitalist. You are a salaried employee working in an industry owned by an actual capitalist.
People keep confusing simple commerce-- which has always existed--with capitalism, a specific type of economy.
Folks swear up and down they are capitalists and don't actually own anything. The people who have the power to repossess your belongings if you miss a payment are the true capitalist. You are a worker and a consumer trying to be in false class solidarity w/ billionaires.

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The start of the partial #Lunar #eclipse (after fireworks) while leaving at the #MNStateFair on opening day, Thu 27 Aug 2029

An eighth of the Moon is shadowed by Earth above a tent and behind a green lamp post on the right.

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

“Found an asshole” at The Hangar at Mn State Fair

A caucasian male with a beard and glasses, wearing a twins hat, points to an (old) blue Minnesota seal flag hanging in a ceiling

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Yeah, history doesn't rhyme hmpf. And in the news recently, www.cnn.com/2026/08/24/p... Is it higher this time?

An (SFW) ad for a "Mission in Iran: Helicopter Ride" from an issue of Hustler Jan. 1981. The image is a child on a broken helicopter, where the ad reads: "You're a chopper pilot in the world's most powerful air force. There's nothing between you and your destination. You've fooled the enemy! Then suddenly...crash! Your $2M helicopter falls apart like a cheap toy! Yes, now you and your family can relive those humiliating moments in the Iranian desert with this bold new concept in home entertainment. The whole world was laughing then; so why shouldn't you be able to join in the fun now? And you thought that only the Pentagon could build a helicopter that couldn't get off the ground!

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

The Moon had a very orange appearance as it was rising tonight at MSP airport

The Moon — shaded orange — rises in the east over a Delta Connection plane in its safety envelope at MSP airport

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This shadow caused a neat streak into the #night #sky over #MSP. You can see the path of the Sun, and The #Moon and #Venus follow into #dusk. #sunset

A shadow from a cloud over the horizon extends into the northwest horizon, where red, orange, yellow, blue and deep blue shade into the sky. Venus trails The Moon during last light.

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

I think it’s smokey y’all.

MSP Airport taxiways and 12R runway. There are planes taxiing through wildfire smoke, and it looks like a midday fog

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

These’ll be interesting. We tried knotweed wine, and it was way too soily. In a last attempt with mulberry, it spoiled so had to he tossed, likely too low in sugar and other factors. As a syrup, it has a shot to make something good.

Three meads on a gray table cloth — with an LCD television behind (left-to-right): dried mango in mead, knotweed syrup in mead, and mulberry syrup in mead

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

I have other shots, but this is fair with #Venus, #Jupiter, and #Pollux (in #Gemini). I captured it last night before Jupiter set behind the trees. #astronomy

Jupiter below Venus and beside Pollux (in Gemini) over a midwest neighborhood

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

This was the weirdest, most random thing at the airport. The storms were rolling in, and this mylar balloon crosses my sights at MSP today. I have no idea where it could be from, maybe the services at Ft. Snelling National Cemetery?

A silver star mylar balloon floats across the taxiways and runways of an airport. In the foreground is a baggage cart and fuel cart and service trucks.

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

This about sums it up. I mean, granted the stack overflow and github mining was just low hanging fruit, too.

A reddit comment chain that starts: "AI please take this job" -- the job being a vape tester. Then reply comment: "We only have training data for things people love to do and share. There's no training data for horrible jobs people hate and would rather not talk about." Then a further reply: "That's tragic. Only the most passionate people posted their content online (e.g. software engineers on stack overflow) and now it's being used against them." A fourth reply, says: "That's obviously a lie, unless you love sorting packages in a warehouse" (this seems sarcastic to me).

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

I wonder which asshole is departing MSP.

A Boeing 737 with “United States of America” livery taxis at MSP, in the left is a Delta CRJ-900 plane tail

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

It kinda gives me a painting vibe

A redwing blackbird roosts on a wooden railing with dried cattails in the background

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Clever little critters.

A squirrel loots seed from a “squirrel repellant” designed feeder on a Shepherd’s hook

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Here's some selected snapshots from my backyard of Jupiter and the Moon.

Centered is Jupiter with Ganymede (right) and Callisto (left) with a few background stars. The glow is The Moon's brightness above this shot. Taken 22 Apr 2026 at 22:45 CDT

A waxing crescent Moon above Jupiter, taken 22 Apr 2026 at 22:45 CDT.

A cropped and centered, waxing crescent Moon. Taken 22 Apr 2026 at 22:45 CDT

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

The Moon and Jupiter are within about 5 degrees tonight, right now

The Moon and Jupiter on 22 Apr 2026 at MSP

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Cool line up of Jupiter, the Moon, and Venus in the evening sky Captured at MSP airport 19 Apr 2026

An Delta Connection airplane fuselage with one bright planet — Venus (center) and the crescent moon (upper center) at dusk

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

Apparently my resume sucks? What are the criteria? I didn’t take any test so I don’t know what they expect my resume to reveal. I guess it’s missing keywords or something? I hate this. I’ve been blocked from a job change for 10 years because I just “don’t speak to them,” as if I can woo them magicly

Text: “Thank you for your interest in employment with the City of Saint Paul.
We regret to inform you that you did not pass the assessment for IS Information/ Technical Analyst III (Jr. Network
Administrator). A passing score is 75%.
Your assessment score is 53.13%.”

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

It’s a nice evening at the airport today. The weather is great.

A United flight takes off at MSP International Airport during a warm sunset of pinks and oranges. In the right background is the Minneapolis skyline of downtown.

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

I think he’s super stressed 😸

A black and tan tabby cat lounging in its owners laps with his left paw extended towards its owner’s face

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

If you see this, post a concert photo you took

Alan Doyle’s “Beautiful Beautiful Band” members playing on a stage at the J-A-G with the “Welcome Home” album cover art project in the background (a simple house beside a bay and cliffs with the moon centered in a warm pink sunset/sunrise)

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

My view at work tonight

An airport taxi ways and runway with two Delta planes taxiing left for take off while the clouds parted towards the northwest of a warm sunset at MSP airport, 26 Mar 2026

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Matt @mattmark.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The back of CRJ planes — the two jets on the tail kind — is about 6ft and I can nearly stand completely up. At least this doesn’t have the “adult” graffiti.