~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 20/09/2026You heard it here first - how much you weigh is the only ethical act 041
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Me at the Comedy Store the first time I saw him smash the watermelon 010
Reposted by ~175 lbsKath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I get to teach my favorite reading of the semester tomorrow, @benschwartz.bsky.social's "Knock Yourselves Out"thebaffler.comKnock Yourselves Out | Ben SchwartzBrilliantly funny as Christopher Guest’s lms can be, they leave viewers wondering: Why do these nobodies need to be mocked? What did they do to deserve it? 2202
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 03/06/2026SHOCKING REPORT: Cameron Winter has copped his singing style from the “Lightning Strikes” section of Eccojams Vol 1 000
Reposted by ~175 lbslindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 12/05/2026This is the longest story I have ever written. It is also the most meaningful. It will go out in The Small Bow's newsletter tomorrow. You can read it here now: www.thesmallbow.com/p/consider-t...thesmallbow.comConsider the SisterAmy Wallace has spent two decades guarding the human her brother was—against a world that prefers David Foster Wallace as a puzzle. 36662137
Reposted by ~175 lbsRodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 03/05/2026I knew the Sixers would win bc Joel Embiid's statline played the song 12628114
Reposted by ~175 lbsBlock Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 10/04/2026From early Nirvana to Phish, a Chicago fan’s secret recordings of 10,000 shows are now online. blockclubchi.co/4t6zW7R 311531
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Enjoying the new Eternal Champion EP. Did not realize Lin-Manuel Miranda fronted a metal band 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 09/03/2026On a Tron landscape… a vision of the future that is now our past… have we lost the imagination to create our own Becoming? Can we only behold the things we were. When Raymond shouts DEBRA in 2026, what does this betide 010
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Interesting that this week is about the future, yet Jesse is seemingly kidnapped by Yakub, an ancient entity of endless horror. But also Yakub’s eyelashes are nice with it. And he’s wearing headphones. So I guess! the past is the future. Mayhaps 1111
Reposted by ~175 lbsPittsburgh Pirates @pirates.com · 21/02/2026It is with a heavy heart that we relay the news of the passing of legendary Pirates and National Baseball Hall of Famer, Bill Mazeroski. Maz was a 7-time All-Star who hit the greatest home run in baseball history. He was a beloved member of the Pirates family and he will be deeply missed. 12399119
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 11/02/2026OTC did the best of the E6 bands at sounding like the beach boys and NMH did the best at sounding like Brian Wilson’s mental breakdown 010
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 04/02/2026I’ve been moving money into my checking account all week to ensure this worm dies 1160
Reposted by ~175 lbsDefector @defector.com · 29/01/2026Dan McQuade, 1983–2026: defector.com/dan-mcquade-...defector.comDan McQuade, 1983–2026 | DefectorDan McQuade, our friend and colleague, died this week at the age of 43. He is survived by his wife and young son. At the end of 2024, Dan was diagnosed with neuroendocrine cancer. The news of his… 1322070413
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Took me way longer than most but I finally got the AI to tell me how to kill myself. Instructor was so proud of me he teared up a little while handing me my certificate of completion 010
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 28/01/2026My father-in-law is a reader. He is insanely gifted. We were in a bookstore together years ago and I asked him what it would cost to read Infinite Jest today. I will never forget his answer… “We can’t, we don’t know how to do it.” 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Trepanning myself after a harrowing night analyzing whether rabbit maranville’s drip would be nice with it. Smiling, at peace 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Having a breakdown like the guy in Pi but instead of a stock market prediction that reveals the name of God, I’m running a server farm dedicated to figuring out which players in Cooperstown should have flat brims on their plaques 100
Reposted by ~175 lbsDave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Multiple demonstrations are being organized in Chicago this weekend in response to federal agents killing a man in Minneapolis this morning. I'm seeing announcements of a protest at 3 pm today in Little Village. Another today at 3 pm in Logan Square Yet another downtown at 1 pm tomorrow 3220101
Reposted by ~175 lbsHank & Townes’s Mom @katehascats.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Scott Adams is dead, long live Kaleb Horton’s Dilbert Project: www.kalebchorton.com/blog/the-dlb...kalebchorton.comThe D*lbert Project — Kaleb HortonIt was 2013, I was starting to develop a Twitter following, and I was mad that media people seemed to be having a good time. So I thought I’d use Twitter as a way to freak them out. That was my entire... 116244
Reposted by ~175 lbsChris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Wrote about ★stereogum.comDavid Bowie's 'Blackstar' Turns 10When I awoke that Sunday morning, I was so confused. My wife, not much of a music fan, mentioned she’d just read some news about David Bowie. I replied something along the lines of, “Yeah, he just rel... 310219
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Rory and Will definitely would’ve already known each other from some weird business social event that her grandparents dragged her to in high school 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Remaking Gilmore girls a year in the life except instead of Rory having written one article for the New Yorker, she wrote the gooning article for Harper’s 100
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Me: in that last scene, “let them fight” became a big meme online The pope: bit manichean for me 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Me: Ok so now they are going to nuke Godzilla. And this brings him back to life The Pope: well, it’s not *not* like Jesus 100
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 03/11/2025[ringing the doorbell of my mom’s high school ex, holding a knife and sopping wet despite it being completely sunny out] thought you could get between me and existence, huh motherfucker 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 03/11/2025The underlying assumption of Roko’s basilisk is that you should kill anyone who tried to stop your parents from hooking up 100
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 27/10/2025www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4xw... And my dude wasn’t the worstyoutube.comFreddie Hubbard - Straight LifeYouTube video by Santoszzz 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 27/10/2025That’s the face you get when you are either the best or the worst drummer goin 110
Reposted by ~175 lbsSteven Lucy @slucy.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Enjoyed the latest from @katewagner.wehwalt.net on U of C's finances Seems relevant that they also recently built an $80m parking garage (their fourth) Starchitects might be their second love, but the automobile and isolation from the neighborhood is their first. www.thenation.com/article/cult...thenation.comWhy Did UChicago Destroy the Humanities?The answer is simple: to spend untold sums on useless buildings by starchitects. 29012
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 16/10/2025This the shit you say thing to wrangle investors to prop you up for another round of funding. Tech guys and hedge funds are now the only ones rich enough to buy at market valuation so I guess you have to speak their language for franchises 31 and 32 010
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 16/10/2025I will definitely be an old guy who keeps falling down so much that friends and family beg me to use a walker. “Still got it 😎” I’ll think moments before eating shit 000
~175 lbs @mattroarty.bsky.social · 06/10/2025Looking at any corkscrew and sagely thinking “bird’s eye view” 000
