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MattQuirk

@mattquirk.bsky.social
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The guy with the Voice. Cooks, runs games, does art and video. Sometimes has cat pics. Sometimes posts pictures of pocket handkerchief folds. #pocketfold

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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Working on a stupid cartoon idea for a post card. My biggest problem is drawing what I want constantly- I can draw it perfectly occasionally, pretty well sometimes and ok most of the time. My problem is that I judge my OK by my perfect.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We’re about to lose our department admin to the School of Pharmacy. It’s a great opportunity for her but I’m a bit worried about the public that she’ll be dealing with. “Alien astronauts are in Mayan art!” nuts aren’t as bad as the “Vaccines are nanotechnology for the royal British lizards!” ones.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
REWENGE!
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If local authorities objected to his plan revisions he would just say, “Well, it’ll be convenient if there’s a problem. The bodies will be piled up here, here and here for easy identification.”
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
My dad was an Industrial Art and Architecture professor and was very active in his church, especially with overseas development projects for schools and public works buildings. I cannot count the number of times he told people that exit doors HAVE to open out and that lobby exits need clearance.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We were cool and crazed.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am just itching to cash out on my accidental death and dismemberment policy.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yes! The rhythm, the rebel. Without a pause I’m lowering my level.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
We saw the cube upon the mat. It may have seen us where it sat. The nurse is having shaking fits And still upon the mat it sits. The kibble, upon which it fed Fills Hortense with unease and dread.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My historically accurate version of the Odyssey did not dominate the box office as I hoped.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My first boss from when I was a student worker just sent me an invitation to their retirement reception.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Huh. In the last 12 hours the car developed a crack in the windshield. No signs of impact and it was parked in the garage all night. The crack wasn’t there when we got home and I didn’t notice it until I was cleaning the bugs off of the windows at the gas station this morning.
A car windshield with a foot-long crack running up from one corner.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Irony can be pretty ironic sometimes:
Text from the article: This is not the first time Ariely has faced allegations of potential research fraud. (Highlight begins) In 2021, Data Colada found evidence of fraud in a separate paper Ariely co-authored about methods to discourage dishonesty. (Highlight ends) That article, originally published in 2012, was subsequently retracted.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This. The layer of trapped air is the insulation far more than the plastic film.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
At Glam Dolls Donuts and enjoying the art on the walls #glamdollsdonuts #shoplocal
A cyclops dog with underbite tusks riding a rocket powered chess knight towards a crescent moon. A three eyed caricature of Prince with doves and a little red corvette in his hair and a bridge in the background. A bottle of hidden valley ranch dressing topped with a cyclops cow head.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hopefully not yours! Hopefully not deliberately!
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Minnesota state fair skyway! #mnfair #skyway
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If a “Scalzi” was a unit of measurement, what would it be measuring?
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Woubblbard!
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Sidewalk in Minneapolis @iseefacesinthings.bsky.social #Pareidolia #Shapes #Faces #FacesInPlaces #FreddyMercury
A coffee stain on the sidewalk.The same coffee stain flipped to show that it looks like Freddy Mercury holding up his fist and singing at Queen’s famous Wembly Stadium concert.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
GEMÜTLICHKEIT
A Wisconsin badger mascot statue with the word “Gemütlichkeit” on the base plate.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I like this hotel. I like that it’s not being herded along by bigger hotels at 75 mph in a 55 zone while other hotels are blowing past it doing 90+. That’s a good thing about this hotel.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Timeline is sometimes very funny.
Two posts, one asking what’s next for the Garfield comic strip, the next talking about eating lasagna.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
No bears. No aliens. No alien bears.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
The creature has appeared.
A rubber suited creature grabbing and sniffing a bundle of leaves being hauled up by a helicopter.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Now watching “Ganjasaurus Rex”
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Just finished watching “Cocaine Shark” - a movie with mutant shark monsters and no cocaine.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
As above, so below.
A black cat on top of a cat tree glaring down at a smaller cat on a lower platform.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
What’s a “yoot”?
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
A cardboard box with shipping instructions. The instructions are in a cartoon word balloon and read, “Dear courier, Hard work! Please mumble softly to me I can’t make a pirate ship Unable to draw a parabola ~”
Below that it says “MADE IN CHINA” and has warning symbols: Do not tip, fragile, keep dry, and this side up.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Weirdly, the virtual keyboard exists! Unfortunately it’s laser based so it might not be useable in the presence of a cat. a.co/d/00UI68YX
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I think there’s a touch of Quincy ME in there too.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
One of my first days at my job involved returning one of these carts to a classroom checkout depot. The coworker who knew where it needed to go was 18” shorter and about 100 lbs lighter than me. He was fighting to get the cart out of the elevator when I basically said “You lead the way. I’ll push.”
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Doing hand-drawn postcards this morning. Some of them are done with blacklight activated ink.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
They really lost their majesty when I saw two eagles fighting over a Macdonalds burger wrapper in Anchorage.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Hugo votes are in! I read fast and voraciously and now I have three weeks to see if my votes align with the outcome.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
A drawer full of potential.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The random postcard list is growing! And I might have to get more blacklight active marker pens.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Trapped #catsofbluesky
A small Devon Rex cat sitting on the chest of someone who is just trying to read a book.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Elsie sees you watching her ‘eck’ at the birds in the neighbor’s yard. #catsofbluesky
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
You can sing that to the tune of “Onward Christian Soldiers”
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Sqrl!
A squirrel on pavement looking up at the photographer.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
VueScan is great software for using old scanners. I have yet to find one that doesn’t work with it.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
No cheating post your lock screen
An ink drawing of a Noh actor from the mid 1700’s. Two of the phone’s widget icons cover up his eyes.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The phrase “white elephant gift” is based on this. Its original meaning was a gift that couldn’t be refused and which had a lot of maintenance costs. www.history.com/articles/whi...
history.com
Why Is It Called a ‘White Elephant’ Gift? | HISTORY
Trading a gag gift? Discover the tradition’s origins.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Love it! I have a #2 cosplay from ages ago. And one of my favorite mash-up costumes I’ve seen was dressed as Dr Seuss’ “Thing #6” with the appropriate font
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Oh hey! This place is “pet friendly“! It is a pity that our friends in the adjoining room are allergic. Otherwise we could bring the cats on a ten hour drive which I’m sure everyone would enjoy.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Finagling hotel shenanigans. A seven day stay at the hotel is cheaper than a six day stay by about $100 total.
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Hah! This is the first time I’ve heard of the non-vampire version. This is the one I was thinking I was linking to: youtu.be/5JH_TqziZME?...
youtu.be
"Nightlife" (1989) Stars; Maryam d’Abo, Ben Cross, Keith Szarabajka, Camille Saviola, Glenn Shadix.
YouTube video by Sci Fi Miller Guy
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MattQuirk @mattquirk.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
It’s on YouTube youtu.be/fbgn9KDWYg0?...
youtu.be
Night Life (1989) (AKA Grave Misdemeanors) Full Movie
YouTube video by The Movie Man (Rare And Hard To Find Films)
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