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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 26/09/2026

Yes, Baurus, that's right. I'm an assassin. That you left alone with the emperor.

Screenshot of The Elder Scrolls 4 Oblivion (Original version, though lightly modded), with a guard named Baurus looking at the player character saying "There are rats and goblins down there... but from what I've seen of you, I'm guessing you're an experienced Assassin. Am I right?"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 12/09/2026

Skooma is a helluva drug

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 28/08/2026

Somehow typing broke in Sql Server Management Server. How.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 28/08/2026

Listen: the bluesky sticky footer has come unstuck in layout. How. Though this isn't even the strangest computer issue I've had today

Post editor showing the two posts above this one, with the bar to add photos and other options sitting in the middle of the screen

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 28/08/2026

And I also discovered playing with the white balance was interesting. Exact same raws for these.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 28/08/2026

I noticed the moon wasn't round in the lunar eclipse photos I posted last night, because lens correction was on in my developing program. And discovered the haze added to it in some.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 28/08/2026

Eh, that'll do. Considering I was fighting clouds and a tripod (really didn't feel like setting up the actual telescope mount)

The lunar eclipse of August 27, 2027. The moons features are visible with earth's shadow dying them red

Just the worst setup to take pictures of the moon. Absolute dogshit. A 127mm telescope is awkwardly perched on a lightweight camera tripod with a DSLR strapped to the back

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 20/06/2026

I've got good DPS but no healing outside of the regen song. This'll be interesting.

Screenshot of job assignments for Final Fantasy 5 Four Job Fiesta:
Dragoon
Bard
Ninja
Dancer

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 13/06/2026

Fiesta is soon. 2024 (I thought it was last year, but this time last year I was busy with Deltarune and a Vegas trip to see Weird Al) was the first time I actually beat FF5 and also did Shinryu and Omega.

Screenshot of the ff5 four job fiesta registration for a volcano run

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 04/06/2026

"pranks" is one of the group ones, it turns on things llke enemies in candles. I wish it was some other thing. I discovered the Shovel Knight Easter egg works either because of new game plus or the text modifier for ye Olde dialog that unlocks there

Opening letter from Mina the hollower, but with some minor changes

Baron Big Butt, thy esteemed patron, has requested thy aid.

Thy expertise as the creator of these butts and thy skill as a Butt will both be crucial, for the issue may be deeper than mere technical faults.

We trust in the ability to unravel this mystery and restore the butts.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 02/06/2026

The irony of noticing this right when I got to this item. It's not the exact thing mentioned, but same underlying cause "they scrolled up a pixel, show the banner".

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 01/06/2026

I love that the new photo view on this app is so vibe coded that I have to figure out where the "save image" menu option is based on vibes, as somehow they fucked up showing a pop up menu. If only there was a common way of doing things like displaying menus so everyone didn't have to hand roll it

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 12/05/2026

Glory to Whorekind. (spotted in some random "souvenir" store in Chicago's Chinatown yesterday)

A box for a counterfeit 2B figurine labeled as "YoRHO" instead of "YoRHa"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 11/05/2026

May they walk into the middle of a river and never be seen again. And this isn't even the first river maps has told me to walk down.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 26/03/2026

Awkward penguin babies at the KC Zoo

Three very fluffy penguin chicks, covered entirely in gray down feathers

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 07/03/2026

"Come, Nerevar, see me honor the Sixth House and the Tribe Unmourned by ripping this fat vape"

Screenshot of Morrowind with Dagoth Ur chilling in the depth of Dagoth Ur apparently ripping a fat vape

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 27/02/2026

Spam emails can't even keep which scam they are straight smh

Screenshot of a spam email item:

UkrainianBeauty
Eliminate Ringing in the Ears in J...
Do you want to start a romantic rel...

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 21/02/2026

Time to throw this fucker into a mortar and pestle

A giant statue of a corncob with a gormless face on it, in front of a building with a sign saying "Welcome to Mitchell"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 15/02/2026

Hopefully nothing happens to it

A screenshot of Robot Alchemic Drive showing a suspiciously detailed bakery. A portrait of the character Nanao is shown with a dialog box saying "I found work at the bakery close by. Can you walk me there?"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 10/02/2026

Speaking of Gundam, this is my favorite Gundam character.

Screenshot from a trailer for Romeo is a Dead Man. It has a caption of "minigame: deadgear cannonball"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 10/02/2026

I'm gonna get so much milage out of this random Gundam frame.

Screenshot of Metal Gear Solid 3. Snake has just met EVA, and the game has given the player the option of going into first person view to look at her breasts in what is basically a bikini top

Screenshot of some Gundam show with a character saying "I figured Kojima would do something like this"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 07/02/2026

Anybody missing a plane?

A derelict light airplane sitting in a field along the side of the highway, as if gazing longingly at the sky it will never return to

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 30/01/2026

Not even toasters are safe from bright blue leds

A toaster toasting. On the front side a bright blue LED is lit: Gondor calls for aide!

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 21/01/2026

My favorite is this bit. Oh, now that's a concern for you, after attempting to throw out half the stuff that went to ballot last time, trying to make it harder for referendums to happen, and spreading FUD about people collecting signatures within the past month?

Steinmeyer said his priority is to get it through the House before worrying about the Senate. And if legislators oppose putting the proposed amendment to a statewide vote, he believes they're effectively silencing the voters.

"Who's going to decide the outcome?

Ultimately, it's going to be the voters,” he said. "If elected officials want to silence the voice of the voters, I want them on record. I want them to go out there and say that."

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 16/01/2026

She's starving. No food at all.

A fluffy tuxedo cat sitting next to a mostly full bowl of wet food, giving a look of utter despair to the fact that she has no food.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 30/12/2025

ROW ROW FREEZE THE WATER

Photo of a freezer at Ikea called "Lagan"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 23/12/2025

For setting up my telescope at the end of the driveway, surrounded by Kansas City light pollution, haven't used sharpcap since the lunar eclipse earlier this year, and haven't learned much about post processing yet, not a bad Orion Nebula.

Orion Nebula captured through a telescope

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 27/11/2025

Getting back into Elden Ring for some reason, instead of anything else in my backlog. Had a stupid death and had to get something out of my head.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 25/11/2025

Kangaroo at the kc zoo was worried he was gonna have to start some shit

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 25/11/2025

Kangaroo at the kc zoo was worried he was gonna have to start some shit

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 25/11/2025

Oh hey, speak of the devil. Wonder if they ever fixed the neighborhood that was in two districts, probably not since since they're trying to cram it through.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 22/11/2025

Branded, limited time operating system update. Fuck the tech industry. And none of these features make my Pixel better.

Your Pixel is getting even better...

Discover the latest enhancements and new features with this Pixel update, designed to make your device more helpful.

Learn more at our Community page

What's new?

Instantly customize your Pixel with seasonal Wicked: For Good theme packs. One tap changes your wallpaper, icons, GIFs and sounds. [1]

Bring more joy to the chat. Edit and reimagine any photo using Remix in Google Messages. [2]

Pixel VIPs prioritizes notifications from your most important contacts and adds a new crisis badge.[3]

Your Pixel now summarizes your message notifications, so you can see what's important right away.[4]

[1] Wicked: For Good Theme packs available until January 31, 2026.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 20/11/2025

Hmm, Screenland Armour, unless the Kill Bill re-release goes in an entirely new direction, I don't think that's right. "You guys ever think about dying?" would fit though.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 13/11/2025

Considering I couldn't tell where the gopro was pointed in the dark, got a decent time-lapse of the aurora

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 28/10/2025

I was looking at the schedule for the Kansas City Symphony and saw this... What chaos goblin decided on this. Good for public engagement though.

TUBACHRISTMAS 2025

Tuba Christmas returns to Helzberg Hall this December! Experience the sounds of the season - Tuba Style! Join hundreds of tuba and baritones in Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts on Friday, December 5 and Monday, December 15 for your favorite holiday tunes and carols. The performance is at noon and is free and open to the public. Performers are invited to join for $10/each. Advance registration is required.

Exclusive Tuba Christmas hats and scarves will be available for purchase before and after the performance.

Friday, December 5, 2025

12:00 PM

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 27/10/2025

Hmmm, think I found a glitch in the Chronos fight...

Screenshot of Hades 2 at the start of phase 2 of the Chronos fight. At the bottom a Morrowind text box displays the following:

What a fool you are. I'm a god. How can you kill a god? What a grand and intoxicating innocence. How could you be so naive? There is no escape. No Recall or Intervention can work in this place. Come. Lay down your weapons. It is not too late for my mercy.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 25/10/2025

"You thought you received cat litter but it was me, Dio! And also cat litter"

Photo of an opened cardboard box with two smaller cardboard boxes inside containing cat litter. On top of one of the smaller boxes is the bluray set of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Stardust Crusaders Battle In Egypt, with a smug looking Dio on the front.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 22/10/2025

Also amusing is that prices aren't listed, but they're sent to the browser. I am in Missouri though, this qualifies as hacking.

Screenshot of the browser dev tools for a web site. A list of items, formatted as JSON is shown, each one includes a service name and price.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 22/10/2025

I went to look at scheduling service for my car and noticed some really odd options in the list. I wonder what would happen if I request Schrödinger's alignment?

Screenshot of a service appointment page for a car dealer, listing various services to request. The ones of note, and that are selected are "decline 4 wheel alignment" and "four wheel alignment"

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 18/10/2025

Remember when Google Lens existed and was almost the gimmick from Eden of the East brought to life? Guess Google employees couldn't get promotions from working on it, and now there's this shit instead

Picture taken from the observation Deck of Hancock Tower/875 North Michigan, looking north. Overlayed on the picture is the camera search feature in Google maps, showing that the Sears/Willis Tower has somehow moved to the Lincoln Park neighborhood and became invisible.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 16/10/2025

A very Kansas City photo of the train platform.

Train platform at Kansas City Union Station, with the Southwest Chief waiting to load. In the background the Western Auto sign looms.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 26/09/2025

Hades 2 just told me "Git gud... Wait maybe not that gud" Sister Blades with Nova Strike and Final Slice does an AOE on most of the screen on the final hit. It's dumb in the good way.

Screenshot of Hades 2 showing dialog with the skeleton from Joisey.

SCHELEMEUS TRAINING MASTER

Probably just need to Dash instead of getting hit so much, and get some more of those Arcana Cards, they'll toughen you right up! Each night is gonna go a little different, too.

Screenshot of the boon list in Hades 2

"BLESSING" OF STRIFE

Your foes deal +20% damage. This grows each Encounter.

Encounter

The dangerous kind; you must withstand your foes before you can proceed.

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There are those who can inspire wrath and malice through no fault of their own.

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Matt Sieker @mattsieker.com · 19/09/2025

The Midwest power bank. Alright, guess it's about time to charge your device, Imma let you go, lemme just skooch on pastcha

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