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Mike Mattice

@mmattice.bsky.social

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he/him - Principal Software Engineer, pythonista, hacker, security enthusiast.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 11h

Genuinely, people from elsewhere who lecture people from Minneapolis about Americans not doing enough to fight their government can kindly shut the fuck up. Who do you think you’re talking to?

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Rebecca M-O @reduplicater.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Crop art at the Minnesota State Fair! It is what it says it is - art made from various parts of crops, primarily seeds, lentils, and grains, occasionally leaves or flowers. For any non-Minnesotans viewing this, I'll start with mostly less political pieces. It's harder than you might think.

Untitled? by Jenny Lau
A red heart with radiating lines is in the upper half of the piece. In the middle are two loons, rising up out of the water to either fly or dance. The words "Forever - MN" appear in black at the bottom. The piece is edged in a wavy border. You can see from the seedlist that the inspiration was a Keith Haring drawing on a US "Forever stamp" where people instead of loons are dancing and holding up the heart.

Crops include white sorghum, red sorghum, french lentil, canola, wild rice, garlic skin, and millet. Any others have been cut off by the photographer's (my) carelessness.

Untitled? by Alice Hogan
In the center are two traditional portrayals of Vikings, with horned helmets. The left is a bearded man with a photo of Governor Tim Walz's face, and the right character is a female with long blond braids and a photo of Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan's face. She holds a scepter topped by what might be a stalk of wheatand stands next to some miniature ears of multi-colored corn. Below them are the words "WELCOME TO MINNESOTA" in blue and green. Behind the two Vikings are a lake or river with swans, a pink house I don't recognize, and a stylized version of the Minneapolis skyline with some of its landmark buildings such as the Foshay Tower and the IDS Center.

The seed list is partially hidden and partially too blurry to read due to the photographer's (my) inability to take good photos.

"Pac-MN" by Meredith Keller
This is a 3 dimensional piece in that the yellow frame of it is moved forward and shaped as if it's an arcade game. The screen has a black background. The words "MINNESOTA STATE FAIR 2026" are written in the Pac-Man font at the top left. the rest of the screen has a map of the fairgrounds making the path that Pac-Man can follow, complete with yellow trails. Some of the yellow trails have the street names spelled out on the seeds. The screen also has red and blue ghosts, but instead of the normal bonus icons we see a pickle, an ear of corn, some pronto pups, and a chocolate chip cookie - all popular foods at the MN State Fair.

The seedlist shows yellow painted mustard seed in a Pac-Man shape, and the rest of the seeds are lined up for Pac-Man to eat: red and blue painted mustard seed, black canola, white, yellow, and green millet, white navy bean, yellow soy bean, and yellow split pea.

This entry was awarded a blue ribbon for first place in its category.

"Minnesota Welcomes You" by Megan Bell
Paul Bunyan, in brown laced up boots, blue jeans, and a pink and ight blue checked shirt and cap, is neeling on the ground. He steadies an axe against the ground in his left hand, while his right hand is outstretched to the viewer. The grass is green, there are autumn colored trees in the background, and a multicolored swirly sky is above. The words "MINNESOTA WELCOMES YOU" are in the foreground.

This piece was made with amaranth, hulled barley, black beans, canola, flax seed, millet, rye berries, and wheatberry. Most of these were painted.

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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 26/04/2026

masking is smart and more people should be doing it

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Ghostly Bree @mostlybree.kitrocha.com · 22/01/2026

I know we're all seeing 87 unhinged things per day, but "guys if our multi billion dollar product doesn't start being useful for something, literally anything, the people might not appreciate us wrecking the planet over it anymore" is a truly bananapants thing to say out loud

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Mike Mattice @mmattice.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

With how dear leader's fanatics follow his every move, I'm surprised my stonks for camping gear haven't gone to the moon.

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Brendan @chibdm.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Hazel Weakly @hazelweakly.me · 21/04/2025

The year is 2033. I press my fingerprint to the scanner to verify that I am a human; it pricks the finger, scans the blood, then chirps happily: "human detected". Relieved, I tell the AI "okay, generate the resume and submit it for me please". InterviewGPT works for a moment. "Done" it purrs 1/n

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Mike Mattice @mmattice.bsky.social · 24/12/2023

OpenRepublican?

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bubbe yaga @ellearmageddon.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

it bums me out when i see pictures of people i generally think well of, and who i think try to be caring towards others, unmasked in places like public transit, in airports, and on planes. like, i get it, you’re not worried about getting sick. but *you* could make travel safer for others.

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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 23/12/2023

Everyone is so cheerful about their big holiday get-together plans and I’m glad they’re looking forward to a nice time but it’s also a bit like watching a slow-motion giant pileup on the interstate and feeling socially obligated to smile and wave as the cars speed toward it 🥲

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Mike Mattice @mmattice.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Did a double take watching Upload and seeing @greatdismal.bsky.social as a guardian of a library. Telling people that books may have information in them that may contradict their opinions. 🤣🤣😘

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 08/06/2023

me, as a junior programmer: i do hope i write something useful one day! wouldn't it be cool if people used my stuff!! me now: i hope someone sees this line of code and regrets their life choices. i hope this code emits psychic damage. i hope this code ends up memorialised in office folklore

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