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@electrolemon.bsky.social I teach in Omaha, my school has a math opening next year if comedy doesn't work out #crowdcontrol

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Luke Bryan is ruining one of my favorite subset of songs, "Songs that are just lists of things" (i.e., We Didn't Start the Fire, My Favorite Things, Don Giovanni's Catalogue Aria, 1985 by Bowling for Soup...). Turns out simply listing things is not what makes a song great after all.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Beginning to think Johnny Blue Skies/Sturgill Simpson might actually be Johnny Silverhand from Cyberpunk 2077. Anti-capitalist musician named Johnny Adjective Noun, right period of time, legitimate combat training, and not to mention Sturgill's entire album about techno-future samurai stuff.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Tiny mushroom popping out of the soil in Terry's enclosure while an isopod investigates. Very cute.

A tiny isopod investigating a budding mushroom emerging from terrarium soil.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Fun fact: the time between Cleopatra and the release of the iPod Nano is now shorter than the time between the release of the iPod Nano and today.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Scary Terry isn't looking so scary this morning. What a cutie.

Cute little snake sitting on a bed made of a leafy plant

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Was doing some searching about my boa - man, AI has really empowered people to be as lazy as possible. The people running this website didn't see ANY issues with the snake donuts?

An extremely obvious AI generated snake, where portions of its body have formed unnatural "donut" shapes in several places.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Meet the isopods of Scary Terry's enclosure: (see alt text for more info!) 1. Gray Boi 2. Samurai 3. Cloud 4. The Orange Army Which is your favorite? #isopods #bioactive #snakes

1. Gray Boi: a single solitary isopod, native nebraskan variety. Threw him in when I almost stepped on him one day. He seems like he's doing okay.

2. Samurai: one of the Panda King variety that is very recognizable by his / shaped markings on his back. Reminded me of a Samurai helmet

3. Cloud: his unique asymmetrical markings resemble cloud city from the right angle. Or a cloud. I just think he's neat.

The Powder Orange isopods in this enclosure have multiplied like CRAZY. They don't really have distinctive markings but there sure are a lot of them.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Snail pt. ii (ft. big stretch)

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Look at this little cutie in the snake terrarium! #snail #snake #bioactive #reptile

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

As LBJ said 60 years ago, freedom is not just opening the gates of opportunity. True freedom is ensuring everyone has the ability to walk through them.

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Dr. Manhattan @thenewthinker.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

how it sounds arguing with die hard capitalists.

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Zach Weinersmith @zachweinersmith.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Bonus panel here: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/contro... #smbc

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Tuba time! Brass quintet is always fun, but it's better with a big ol' organ.

Me looking over a tuba beneath a massive organ.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

El Solitario or "Terry" is rapidly earning the nickname "Scary Terry" - roughly 50 strikes at me, and although he's small, 2 or 3 have managed to break the skin! Hopefully this new hide I designed for him gives a dark corner he can feel safe in and help manage that aggression. #snakesky #snakes

Small Albino Colombian Rainbow Boa being held

3D printed birdhouse-style snake hidey hole. A snake can be faintly seen inside.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

New Colombia Rainbow Boa! His name is El Solitario, or "Terry", "Elso", or "Rio" for short! Or a million other stupid nicknames I'm sure he will be given.

Colombia Rainbow Boa peeking around a large leaf.

Colombian Rainbow Boa taking a lil drink

Cat sleeping in a bed next to a snake enclosure with a small snake also sleeping on a branch.

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.

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Sidney Morss @sidneymorss.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

on the department of efficiency… or something like that…

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Santiago Mayer @santiagomayer.com · 16/03/2025

Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13/03/2025

Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."

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Linuxrebel @linuxrebel.org · 11/03/2025

So if MAGA is correct and X is under massive attack from Ukraine. Then there's only one course of action. Musk must immediately cede half of X's assets to Ukraine. And apologize for allowing themselves to be attacked.

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CALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.

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kate conger @kateconger.com · 28/02/2025

How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...

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How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)

The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.

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Eric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

New: DOGE's spending has been secret. No longer. My colleagues have uncovered it. www.propublica.org/article/doge...

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

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DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up

A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

60 MINUTES: “Utter nonsense. The most accountable aid agency in the world is USAID… DOGE fired their top 58 officials within an hour of arriving…” This was never about efficiency. Full: www.instagram.com/reel/DGLXa9r...

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 16/02/2025

I feel like I'm going insane every time I see a media story about DOGE that doesn't also mention the fact that the Government Accountability Office exists and performs the exact function that DOGE pretends to, only in a credibly constitutional, non-partisan, and conflict-of-interest-free manner

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Nice of the trending feature to put together a story so succinctly.

Screenshot of the Blue sky trending section, including tabs for "CDC Layoffs", "Texas Outbreak", and "JD Vance"

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Shipwreck Dice @shipwreckdice.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Ahoy! I love all the details LEGO included on this build 😍 finished her up last night! #lego

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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Good morning to this man, and this man only #bbcqt

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Gov. Bob Ferguson @governorferguson.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Very proud to announce the Department of Health will now process all requests to change gender designation on birth certificates within three business days. Previously, there was as much as a 10 month wait.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

This little cutie came as a bonus in another set we got recently. #lego

A cute little snoot on a tiny Lego snake celebrating the Year of the Snake

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The Onion @theonion.com · 04/02/2025

It Only Tuesday theonion.com/it-only...

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Texas Observer @texasobserver.org · 04/02/2025

New today: Who wins and who loses with vouchers? PTA president Lenora Boulton interrogates the sinister profit motive behind dismantling Texas public schools.

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Who Really Benefits from School Vouchers?

I do not pretend to know the motivation of Jeff Yass. But I do know that Mr. Yass is not a Texan, and I also know that Texas is not for sale.

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EN World | D&D/TTRPG News & Reviews @enworldrpg.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

D&D Adds Two New Books to 2025 Slate, Including New Eberron Book: Wizards of the Coast is adding two Dungeons & Dragons books to its 2025 slate, including Eberron: Forge of the Artificer in August and an unnamed mystery book in October. Eberron: Forge of the Artificer will include the… #ttrpg #dnd

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D&D Adds Two New Books to 2025 Slate, Including New Eberron Book

Wizards of the Coast is adding two Dungeons & Dragons books to its 2025 slate, including Eberron: Forge of the Artificer in August and an unnamed mystery book in October. Eberron: Forge of the Artificer will include the revised Artificer class, several…

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Matt Colville? @mattcolville.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The reason companies want to put AI in everything even though we actively hate it, is the same reason they were all in on Bitcoin, and crypto, and NFTs, and quantum computing. It's because these companies can no longer make the line go up selling us products. They've maxed out on that.

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thiiird person @thiiirdperson.com · 01/01/2025

"are you in legal trouble?" opposite. i'm in legal paradise. I'm studying shangri law

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andy™ @andylevy.net · 11/12/2024

i’m definitely the best shopper in this dunning-kroger

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Well that's not a surprise.

Image from Spotify Wrapped indicating 3,099 minutes listened to the band Devil Wears Prada, with additional text indicating top .1% of listeners worldwide.

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Ari Marmell @mouseferatu.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

So, speaking as a fully cis man who pays attention... No, supporting trans rights is NOT the reason we lost the election. Not even a little bit. But--and this is the important part... Even if that HAD been the reason we lost, IT WOULD STILL BE WRONG TO ABANDON THAT FIGHT.

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Matt Smoot @mattsmoot.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Don't know if I have room to hold space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity when it's all taken up by the choreography of Loathing.

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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

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