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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 27/09/2026

The mightiest chess nation in the world is... Uzbekistan! Go figure.

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 27/09/2026

As an International Arbiter, I can assure you that almost all disputes are moot if the complainant plays better chess.

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 26/09/2026

When exactly did the aliens substitute a (clearly inferior) replicant for him?

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 24/09/2026

Boy those AIs are going to hate this. They're going to be so mad!!

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 24/09/2026

He's a cheese barrel maker then?

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 23/09/2026

What was your first computer growing up?

A Digital Equipment Corporation PDP-8 computer.

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 20/09/2026

Just got my "The Rest is History" Roman Empire soccer (that's Latin for "football") jersey. Love it. #therestishistory #ancientrome #history

A Roman Empire soccer jersey with the player name "Virgil" and the number "X."

A Roman Empire football jersey with The Rest is History podcast as the main advertiser.

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 19/09/2026

I have heard about some new, non-opioid pain reliever and this must be it! Good to know it works!

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 18/09/2026

I wish you a swift and uneventful recovery!

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 18/09/2026

Are you actually promoting OTB chess?? But I could play sooooo many bullet games instead of one OTB game 🙂

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 18/09/2026

Damn. Another wave of architects building weird houses in the Boston suburbs is coming!

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 17/09/2026

Where is Momm? (There was a restaurant in the town we often vacation in named the "Lobster Hutt," and we still say "Lobster Hut-T" every time we pass the building.)

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 16/09/2026

I think we're at the "We've tried everything else, why the hell not?" phase of society.

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 13/09/2026

Dire Plates (OK, I'll stop now.)

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 13/09/2026

Buddy Holly and the Chiclets

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 06/09/2026

Buy books people! For the cost of a movie ticket, or two pumpkin spice coffee drinks, you get weeks worth of entertainment *and* you get to support the artists who create them. You can afford it!

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Matt Phelps @mattphelps.com · 03/09/2026