Matt Pierson @pierson.bsky.social · 26/07/2026@gruber.foo in some perverse way is it a good thing that Apple opening up Maps to ads will lead to businesses making sure their data is correct? 021
Reposted by Matt Piersonmy personality is "castlevania" @leokitty.bsky.social · 14/06/2026congrats to everyone except james dolan 020961
Matt Pierson @pierson.bsky.social · 23/04/2026@karaswisher.bsky.social frustrating that the Liberty owner’s use of facial recognition went unchallenged when this is happening across town at MSG www.wired.com/story/madiso...wired.comThe Shocking Secrets of Madison Square Garden’s Surveillance MachineFamously vengeful Knicks owner Jim Dolan has long spied on people at his iconic arenas. WIRED goes deep inside the operation that allegedly tracked a trans woman, lawyers, protesters, and more. 060
Reposted by Matt PiersonIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings 22918839628615
Matt Pierson @pierson.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Echoes of the balk meme old.reddit.com/r/cardinalsc...old.reddit.comVarious Balk CopypastasBalk Rules You can't just be up there and just doin' a balk like that. 1a. A balk is when you 1b. Okay well listen. A balk is when you balk... 060
Reposted by Matt PiersonOpal @opalescentopal.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Tom Lehrer wasn't just a satirist or a musician. He as a comedian who could quietly tell a joke and wait more than SIXTY YEARS for the payoff. That's dedication to craft. We lost an icon. 563902280
Reposted by Matt PiersonRusty Foster @rusty.todayintabs.com · 29/05/2025Main character energy is OUT, this summer we’re bringing NPC energy. We’re posted up at the bar dropping lore and suggesting side quests. We’re leaning casually near a locked door and saying “I don’t think you have the key for that” when someone tries the handle. We’re staring at a tree. 21102583393
Reposted by Matt PiersonIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 23/02/2025Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral" 202159523111
Reposted by Matt PiersonJP @jp10mtn.bsky.social · 06/11/2024They can’t fathom that you can have a view but it not be your identity. Their true issue is that they don’t know how to be happy, so no one should be. 1181
Reposted by Matt PiersonDana Stevens @thehighsign.bsky.social · 10/10/2024Jealously imagining the satisfaction of heckling Eric Adams to his face and being quoted in the press for my sick burn. 1801
Reposted by Matt PiersonDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 26/09/2024Everyone take to the steeets tonight and put the outdoor dining structures back up. 122133290
Reposted by Matt PiersonGeorge Pearkes @peark.es · 26/09/2024USPS has-restarted free delivery of COVID tests. special.usps.com/testkitsspecial.usps.comCOVID Home Tests | USPSCOVID Home Tests | USPS 6420273
Matt Pierson @pierson.bsky.social · 26/09/2024No one told me about the new Magic Schoolbus live action reboot… 0120
Reposted by Matt PiersonTracy Chou @triketora.com · 20/09/2024tired of abusive extractive data practices from platforms. linkedin has just sneakily opted everyone into being training data for their models turn it off here www.linkedin.com/mypreference... or get blockpartyapp.com we’ll help you fix this AND alert you to future settings on other platforms too 2207
Reposted by Matt PiersonGZY ⍼ גז"י @gamzehyaavor.bsky.social · 29/08/2024Optimist: the cup is 1/2 full Pessimist: the cup is 1/2 empty Excel: the cup is January 2nd 6863341464
Reposted by Matt PiersonAlice Sheppard @penguingalaxy.bsky.social · 17/08/2024I went to the library to ask if they had this book about Pavlov's Dog and Schrödinger's Cat. The librarian said it rang a bell but she wasn't sure whether they had it or not. 391715280
Reposted by Matt Pierson🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 05/08/2024There is a non-zero chance that the former president who is running to be elected thinks migrant asylum seekers are actually migrants from from "insane asylums" and the press continues to treat him seriously. 1233088
Reposted by Matt PiersonPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 21/07/2024lol damn “If Joe Biden can step aside, then the rest of us can step up” is a good line 221912450
Reposted by Matt PiersonSteve Silberman @stevesilberman.bsky.social · 13/07/2024If you wish you had a succinct, mainstream explanation of the horrors of Trump's Project 2025 you could send to your friends and relatives, People magazine has provided one. Please spread this link. No matter how bad you think it is, it's worse. people.com/what-is-proj...people.comWhat Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public EducationDonald Trump's far-right allies created Project 2025 as a blueprint for his possible second term. The controversial plan would push a Christian nationalist agenda that dramatically reshapes the U.S. g... 321433954
Reposted by Matt PiersonPhillip Anderson @phillipanderson.bsky.social · 07/07/2024Look how fun shutting down fascists is. I want this for us, too 263026900
Reposted by Matt PiersonWill Oremus @willoremus.com · 17/06/2024The Federal Trade Commission, of all entities, is out here writing absolute bangers about AI snake oil. www.ftc.gov/business-gui... 5550122165
Reposted by Matt PiersonCasey Newton @caseynewton.bsky.social · 14/06/2024NEWS: After sustained attacks from House Republicans, the Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled. A huge blow to academic freedom and our ability to understand platforms and influence operations www.platformer.news/stanford-int... 41952529
Reposted by Matt PiersonDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 07/06/2024Keep calling your state reps and the Senate and Assembly leaders. If this passes any hope of congestion pricing happening dies. @transalt.org has links that will help you find your state reps: transalt.org/action 37130
Reposted by Matt PiersonEileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 06/06/20243/4 for alt text State Sen. Liz Krueger, "To walk back previously-passed policies to reduce emissions - exactly one year after 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹𝘆𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝘆𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗼𝗸𝗲 [my emphasis!] - is a complete dereliction of our responsibility and a slap in the face to the next generation." 16315
Reposted by Matt Pierson🚲 @bicycle.bsky.social · 05/06/2024Senate Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins 518-455-2585 Assembly Speaker Heastie (pronounced hasty) 518-455-3791 light up those phones 1147
Reposted by Matt PiersonBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 05/06/2024If you care about this, and you should, give Gov. Hochul a call at 518-474-8390. If that's busy (and they're saying 90 minute wait times on the line) send her a fax at 518-474-3767 using faxzero.com like I did. Maybe do both! 0115
Reposted by Matt PiersonYgrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 27/04/2024here is a really cool blog post about mario kart and analytics www.mayerowitz.io/blog/mario-m...mayerowitz.ioMario meets ParetoDiscover how to find the best Mario Kart 8 build using the Pareto frontier method. This interactive guide explores multi-objective optimization of speed, acceleration, and other key stats to help you ... 1101
Matt Pierson @pierson.bsky.social · 25/04/2024Matt Smith era Doctor Who credits m.imdb.com/name/nm44023...m.imdb.comEzekiel Wigglesworth | ActorKnown for: Doctor Who 020
Reposted by Matt PiersonJoshua J. Friedman @joshuajfriedman.com · 05/04/2024Aftershock is what I call reposting all my earthquake jokes that nobody liked the first time 5563
Reposted by Matt PiersonRyan "UnionToTuple" Cavanaugh @searyanc.dev · 06/03/2024I was describing bluesky to someone as "Twitter but imagine if everyone understood your arcane Mountain Goats references" so this checks out 1252
Reposted by Matt PiersonZoomer Antimillenarian @surcomplicated.bsky.social · 01/03/2024Man, there are *SO MANY* contracts where the secrecy is part of the point. Nondisclosure agreements especially. Anyhow, don't use DocuSign for anything you're not making public. 3328
Reposted by Matt PiersonTed Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 26/02/2024Twitter use predicts a substantial, immediate (30 minute) decline in reported well-being, and an increase in outrage, polarization, and sense of belonging. Now we need parallel research on other microblogging platforms. I'd be surprised if the effect were vastly different. #CSSkynature.comTwitter (X) use predicts substantial changes in well-being, polarization, sense of belonging, and outrage - Communications PsychologyData obtained from a 7-day experience sampling method in a sample of US American users of Twitter (now X) shows short term relationships between Twitter use and wellbeing, sense of belonging, and expe... 919272
Reposted by Matt PiersonMike Ensminger Fan Account @laplanck.bsky.social · 12/02/2024Just give me a Weird Al halftime show please 1554392
Reposted by Matt PiersonPatrick! @tragicgay.bsky.social · 08/02/2024I think before we get too caught up in what Bluesky should or shouldn’t be we should soberly acknowledge what it is: a retirement home for 2000s forum millennials 15648181328
Reposted by Matt PiersonEd Zitron @edzitron.com · 24/01/2024You're god damn right they should fire the ceo if a company needs to do layoffs wheresyoured.at/p/google-sho... 24961269
Matt Pierson @pierson.bsky.social · 17/01/2024The Pokémon Company is 25 years old. How is there still no snow type called Geofflurry? 050
Reposted by Matt PiersonDoug Gordon @brooklynspoke.bsky.social · 16/01/2024It only takes a minute to contact the MTA in support of congestion pricing. You know the folks who oppose it because reasons will send in their thoughts so don't let them get the last word. Email cbdtp.feedback@mtabt.org or call 646-252-7440. There's also an online form. Via The New York Groove.nygroove.nycEveryone else is speaking up about congestion pricing, shouldn’t you?The public comment period is now open, don't let the haters from NJ have all the fun 99766
Reposted by Matt PiersonBoo!-per Lund @cooperlund.online · 08/01/2024Infosec pro-tip: Put a goddamn passcode on your phone in case it falls from 16,000 feet and a stranger picks it up so they can't read your emailsmacrumors.comiPhone Survives 16,000 Foot Drop After Alaska Airlines Plane IncidentAn iPhone that was expelled from the cabin of Alaska Airlines flight 1282 on Friday survived a fall of more than 16,000 feet and was discovered... 6669
Reposted by Matt PiersonColson Whitehead @colsonwhitehead.com · 08/01/2024Reading this is like putting on the They Live sunglasses. 313037
Reposted by Matt PiersonJustin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 06/01/2024A new preprint reveals the results of a first-of-a-kind “longitudinal, quasi-experimental study of 165 deplatforming events targeted at 101 influencers.” It finds that deplatforming works in reducing overall online attention paid to norm-violating figures. www.techpolicy.press/deplatformin...techpolicy.pressDeplatforming Reduces Overall Attention to Online Figures, Says Longitudinal Study of 101 Influencer...A first of its kind study from researchers at EPFL Switzerland and Rutgers scholars yields new insight into deplatforming. 16707286
Reposted by Matt PiersonChris Kluwe, adjudicated poaster @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 23/12/2023When you choose not to call a Nazi a Nazi, you are not being neutral. You’re making a choice, and that choice is to help fascism gain more ground. 161765506
Reposted by Matt PiersonRenee DiResta @noupside.bsky.social · 22/12/2023Academic institutions - many institutions - just do not know how to respond to bad faith attacks. The game has changed. The opponents don’t care about facts, only optics. Communications teams must start to understand what they’re actually engaging with. 9413129
Reposted by Matt PiersonSam “The Great Pumpkin” Thielman @samthielman.com · 25/10/2023Normal people live in constant fear of being bankrupted by curable diseases because the founder of UnitedHealth gives our lawmakers rock band touring buses as presents 07630