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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I thought this was a recipe at first, and I was very worried when I got to the dog treats.

Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

It wasn't a deeply held belief when he was a council person, he opposed LPRs and all sorts of surveillance state stuff. Truly baffling to see the change in him since taking this office.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Young MC is 59 years old. Half of Milli Vanilli is dead, and the one left didn't sing on the original albums. No original member in the Commodores since 1989. Vanilla Ice's last hit was about ninja turtles. C + C trademark is owned by Freedom Williams, most original band is gone. What a joke.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

He is absolutely letting them rig the system.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Can a mentalist trick a geriatric narcissist with full blown dementia? In the edge of my seat.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

They clearly know Trump is going to die soon, right? This is a setup article for Vance to hastily retreat when he has to take office.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The one promise he’s delivered on. Still don’t buy the penis size defense.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

No book has taught me more about our true origins than this one.

A picture of the cover of The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

As someone that works in healthcare tech, I can tell you that some of this is a physician problem, but a lot of it is a tech problem. Even within the same system, many things do not talk to each other. It’s been the most shocking part of my transition to healthcare. Most of the tech is 30 years old.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Much easier than it looked, for what it’s worth.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Ride in your very own Tesla submarine!

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

You look even more like Keri Russell in The Diplomat.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

We picked up a half dozen Krispy Kremes this morning, and it was just shy of $16, so maybe this isn't as crazy as it sounds.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

But also, don’t take screenshots of posts on X.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I maintain that there are diminishing returns on burgers. Will this burger be great? Sure. Will it be greater than the other great burgers already in Nashville (that are likely cheaper)? I’m skeptical. Will people pay an exorbitant amount for this burger anyway? Sure, for a while at least.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I think this is because you’re not trying to figure out who the bad guys are, so you are instead scrutinizing the strategies of both the traitors and the faithful. It scratches my strategic brain’s itches. Ok, I am now finished embarrassing myself on the internet with my Traitors knowledge.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I will say that the interesting part of this game is that it’s just Werewolf, but we know who the traitors are. That weirdly makes for compelling tv a lot of the time.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

The turret where they “murder“ people is also a set, not in the castle. The magic of televison!

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I’ve watched way too much of this show. Those bedrooms are sets. They actually all stay (along with the crew) about 45 minutes away at a normal budget hotel. Only thing close big enough to house them all.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

They don't even have to become presidents. "Please clap" is one of the objectively funniest things I've ever seen on live TV in my entire life.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

This is because they say the dumbest shit imaginable, and it's hilarious in so many contexts. Democratic Presidents don't do this. I tell my wife that I have to put food on my family all the time.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Can we trick him into somehow taking apart this ludicrously biased supreme court now? Because they aren't biased enough?

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Honestly, not sure I saw it in a theater either. I just remember the rage.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Some of y’all are going to come for me over this, but the correct answer is Mulholland Drive.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

What if I was building your house and I told you I’d follow guidelines “where relevant,” would you hire me?

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

If your developer said they were writing code that was “broadly safe” “in the current phase of development,” would you think they were a good developer?

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

If someone told you I was “broadly ethical,” would that reassure you? Or would it make you exponentially more suspicious of me?

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Wow, a form. I can see why this took so long.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

There’s a project manager somewhere drinking doubles and checking their phone every 3 minutes.

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Sean Parker @seanforfive.com · 28/01/2026

At this point we have statements from IBEW, SEIU, and the TN AFL-CIO confirming that the rumors of union avoidance in recovery efforts are FALSE. People are justifiably pissed. Misleading them will not help us recover.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Why is this number going up? It was down to 105k this morning, and it was just at 117k before I took this screenshot. Why are we going in the wrong direction?

Photo from the NES website, showing 109,666 customers without power.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Hypothetically, if we buried 20% of our lines, that's 20% fewer outages in a storm like that. That's a 20% faster rate of power coming back on for those that are affected. A major difference. I know those percentages wouldn't translate perfectly, but the point remains the same.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

This is also not an all or nothing proposition. Every buried line is a win over what we have now. Meaningful progress could make a huge difference, doesn't have to be 100% coverage.

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Matt Thackston @mrthackston.bsky.social · 25/01/2026