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Matt the Knife

@messerman.org
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Proud father, lucky husband, decent improviser, experienced software engineer, avid reader, podcaster (Knights of the Rolled Table, Hacking the Grepson), gamer (single player). Be kind, or shut up. For legal reasons, this account is satire.

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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 16h
Being a parent of a nearly-adult teenager is weird. Like I’m supposed to trust her enough to be independent and make mistakes, now, so that she can function in the real world as an adult. But I’m also still responsible for her safety right now. Anyway, it’s Homecoming night and pouring down rain.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 08/10/2026
And today he repeats the treasonous comments but includes the BS spin that only the stupidest of people are buying. And then they started saying that he always said that, the first time. And these people believe him. Over and over and over again.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 08/10/2026
I had to pay an extra $7.14 for something I backed on kickstarter today, due to tariffs. For a thing that does not exist anywhere else (and is not produced in the US). Blanket tariffs aren’t the stupidest thing he’s done, but they sure are stupid.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 06/10/2026
Spreadsheet showing the least populated US states, the cumulative sums (starting from least populated) of those populations, and where San Diego and Los Angeles populations would fall within that range.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 06/10/2026
On behalf of all San Diegans: go fuck yourself, “Mr President”.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million to defeat Prop 40. Their combined wealth in January 2025 was $439 BILLION. By September 2026, it had grown to $722 BILLION. They're accidentally making the case for the billionaire tax better than anyone else could.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 02/10/2026
Can my neurodivergent comrades relate?
The image is of a human-looking android gesturing at a butterfly - it is from the "Is This a Pigeon?" meme.

Caption above his head says "Mental Health Professionals"
Caption under the butterfly says "Autism, ADHD, Anxiety, OCD"
Caption at the bottom says "Is This Depression?"
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 24/09/2026
Call center? No way, this cat is fated to be Princess Donut!
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 22/09/2026
I'm of two minds about this information
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Nicole Filippone, Autistic Advocate & Author @nicolefilippone.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
High masking internalized autism looks like literally nothing to an outsider, but it is a slow but steady degradation of your internal capacity, and mental / physical health. Autistic burnout is only a symptom of a much more severe underlying problem...
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eliko thalia @museinrevolt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
just learned this today
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Parkrose Permaculture @parkroseperma.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oldie but goodie.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 17/09/2026
Yes
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 17/09/2026
Step up, billionaires, make a difference. If Batman can do it, so can you.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 17/09/2026
Saw Weird Al in concert last night - he and his band put on a phenomenal show! I don’t think people appreciate how talented those musicians are to be able to play all those different styles that well. Bonus shout out to guitarist Payton Rose Velligan for being a beacon of pure joy and rock 🤘
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 10/09/2026
Between Apple and Nintendo, I'm going to go bankrupt. Just caught up on their respective events, and there are way too many "must haves"! Apple: - iPhone Duo - new Apple Watch Nintendo: - Switch 2 - Ocarina of Time remake - Kirby and the World Beyond (aka Inhale of the Wild) - Metroid Ravenous
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Bryan 🌐 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraine personal opinions only @papootx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Pulitzer Prize winner, Adam Zyglis created this for The Buffalo News in November, 2024. Poignant. Who Are You Voting For?
This cartoon was created by Pulitzer Prize winning artist Adam Zyglis for The Buffalo News in November, 2024.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 09/09/2026
Intellectually, I know that these kinds of things weren’t all that long ago. But just HOW recently never really clicked in my brain until this post - when I realized that Ruby Bridges is the same age as my parents. We’ve come a long way, but we still have a long way yet to go.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 06/09/2026
It was really good
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
yes this happens to ✌️ my cat ✌️ all the time
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
In the first panel we see a dragon sitting on a pile of treasure. A speech bubble pointing off panel reads, “Dragon, why do you have all this treasure?”
In the second panel we zoom in on the dragons face. He simply says “shiny”.
In the third panel we pan to the left and see that there is a crow standing next to the dragon on the treasure.
In the fourth panel we zoom in on the crows face. He says “hell yeah”.
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 02/09/2026
Trade xkcd.com/3290/
Comic. [Person standing holding hammer above raised knee.] PERSON: Listen up, leg. I’ve been sending you rich, oxygenated blood for years, while you send me worthless used-up blood with no oxygen. Time to teach you a lesson about not ripping me off! [caption] Tariffs
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I am having so much fun all of a sudden
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How To Fight Climate Disinformation In The Middle Of A Maybe Hurricane!
Spite. Works sixty percent of the time every time!
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 26/08/2026
…pation! Damnit. RIP Tim Curry
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 25/08/2026
Wrong octogenarian died today. RIP Dolly - you were one of the greats.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 20/08/2026
Poll: how many times a day do you normally feel an overwhelming need to just…scream?
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 18/08/2026
Wordle 1,886 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 18/08/2026
In the thumbnail, while scrolling quickly, I was sure I saw Monterey Jack from Rescue Rangers. In the pic, the eyes would be his eyes and/or goggles, and the mouth is his mustache. Even looking at the tinier thumbnail I can still see it.
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Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers Rongeurs Du Risque
ALT: Chip N Dale Rescue Rangers Rongeurs Du Risque
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bust up big corporations and tackle Wall Street’s greed. Get big money out of politics. Strengthen unions and boost wages. Pass Medicare for all, paid leave, universal childcare, and so much more... This is the agenda Democrats need to fight for. It's not enough to simply be anti-Trump.
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Brooke @brooklynmarie.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Counterdisinformation done correctly looks partisan because it has to be. You can't debunk a weaponized narrative intended to create a permission structure to kill off vulnerable people by being nice
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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
gets incredible air here
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Thomas Fortenberry @thomasfortenberry.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 04/08/2026
Read the whole thread
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 21/07/2026
If you’re going to be at San Diego Comic-Con this Friday come see our panel at 12pm! In the Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library #sdcc #comiccon
Poster advertising “the family friendly D&D podcast, made up on the spot!” - Knights of the Rolled Table, Friday 7/24 12p-1p, at San Diego Comic-Con in the Neil Morgan Auditorium, San Diego Central Library
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 04/07/2026
Let’s make the role of President/VP ceremonial only (like a defunct monarchy) and create a new elected position that governs and actually leads the country toward the future. Then elect Mamdani. (I’d just have him be president, but he Constitutionally cannot)
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 25/06/2026
Republicans are cowards. Weak, spineless, pitiful cowards. #CowardlyGOP #RepublicansAreCowards
[Article summary from Ground]
In reversal, Senate votes to block war powers resolution, delivering
Trump a win

• Senate Republicans held a rare, late-night vote Wednesday to reject a war powers resolution, aggressively reversing course just 24 hours after a nearly identical measure successfully passed the chamber.
• The dramatic shift followed a tense closed-door Capitol luncheon where President Donald Trump face-to-face harangued GOP senators for undermining his administration, calling those who bucked him "losers" and heavily criticizing their resistance to the conflict in Iran.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 17/06/2026
To me, software architecture is: 1. Identifying, weighing, and deciding between trade-offs 2. Designing a system (or app, or class, etc) that balances all of those 3. The resulting code/system It should always be collaborative.
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Allen Holub @allenholub.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
That said, a lot of the coding is rote work I'd as soon slough off onto an LLM, but to imagine that 100% of coding fits that category is delusional. It takes a skilled programmer to understand which parts need a human touch and which parts don't. 10/10
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 15/06/2026
Current status: waiting for the lemon-soaked paper napkins.
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Econ Analytica @econanalytica.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Cartoon by @stevesack.bsky.social
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doctor eek (alt decorative ghost season) @absolutely-not.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
stop making me wait around at doctors offices. this includes the vet. appointments are contracts. i am on time.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 05/06/2026
If billionaires weren’t all such cowards, I bet at least one would have given me $10million by now.
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Fiery 🎃👻 @itsfiery94.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Imagine getting mad about women in video games when you could just shut the fuck up 🥲
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amatetic @amatetic.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
it’s kinda hard to put out fires in other countries when we are burning.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 28/05/2026
Messerman's Law of Anxiety: No matter how confident you are in your own knowledge of a subject, as soon as you state it authoritatively, you will doubt your knowledge of that subject.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 27/05/2026
One of my all-time favorite books. Read it if you haven’t (if you have - read it again).
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 27/05/2026
All dinosaurs are beavers now
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The best way to honor fallen soldiers is to avoid careless reasons to create more of them.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Matt the Knife @messerman.org · 19/05/2026
I wish I could be surprised that this happens, but it happens with such regularly that I didn’t even bother to move away from my wide open window while this was happening less than a mile from me.
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