Matt - The Revolting One
banner
herculedupin.bsky.social
Matt - The Revolting One
@herculedupin.bsky.social
790 followers 450 following 3.9K posts
Hey, you invited me. To all my fellow smartasses and big mouths: Our Time Has Come
Posts Media Videos Starter Packs
Pinned
"If there is no struggle, there is no progress."

Douglass
Well, the unofficial ones haven't really worked out either
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

I just thought of that, by the way
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
So now Mark’s creeper specs do what they are intended to do and the company can claim users are circumventing the “guardrails” and violating the TOS. Everyone gets what they want, except for the rest of us, who get screwed.
New: a $60 mod to Meta's Ray-Ban glasses disables the privacy LED light. This is supposed to light when people are filming with the glasses. We bought the mod, verified it works. Now you can never be sure whether someone wearing Meta Ray-Bans is filming you or not
www.404media.co/how-to-disab...
A $60 Mod to Meta’s Ray-Bans Disables Its Privacy-Protecting Recording Light
Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses usually include an LED that lights up when the user is recording other people. One hobbyist is charging a small fee to disable that light, and has a growing list of customers ar...
www.404media.co
Gambling has just been so good for professional sports
NEW YORK (AP) — The Miami Heat’s Terry Rozier has been arrested in connection with a federal sports betting probe, sources tell AP.
I need to learn a musical instrument immediately in the event that neurosurgeons need me to play while they repair the brain damage
Just got back from a very productive visit to the Louvre.

This is all off the record, just so you know.
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
It's this photo if you missed it, savaging the East Wing to make a vanity ballroom.
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
Notably: every single rally (including in the small towns) was bigger than the surrounding police force available. That kind of image event is VERY IMPORTANT if you're, I dunno, demonstrating social coherence AGAINST a fascist government and it's makeshift gestapo.
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
📽️ WATCH: This video on the rise of Russ Vought, Trump's “shadow president,” is based on scores of interviews, thousands of pages of emails and dozens of hours of videos and recordings of private briefings given by Vought, most of which have not been previously reported.
Russell Vought: The Shadow President
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
Well I guess that's it for protesting. Obviously it's not eating at him, and we shouldn't, y'know, double or even triple down on them.
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
It wasn't until I was at #NoKings that realized how much I needed it. I hope it was sustaining for you for the work ahead. For us there was a constant reminder to make today a start not end of the work.
Murray's "See ya on the other side, Ray" is so perfectly delivered, giving just a fleeting glimpse of his range. Such a somber, heavy sentiment amidst all the outlandishness.
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
"Donald Trump II is not far from what you get if you picked the worst characteristic of all the most degenerate, inbred English monarchs going back to Æthelred the Unready." prospect.org/politics/202...
Mad King Trump Seizes Your Money
The president is doing almost exactly what Charles I did to touch off the English Civil War.
prospect.org
Excellent point, though I just can't help feeling those would be the first casualties with this AI BS.
Yes, perhaps my content when I was on Twitter might have been better, but in fairness, times then were far less shitty
I think of all the side effects from all the maladies and medications I've ever gone through, fatigue has to be my fave.

Getting quality sleep nowadays is tough
Sense of Purpose
Income Security
Actual Accomplishment

Career-wise, you generally get to pick two
Evidently, today I turned "oh, you like to eat those things? Well, you never will again" years old. 👍🏼
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
Daily Developments: Legal Challenges to Trump Administration Actions

See here for the full tracker: www.justsecurity.org/107087/track...
Reposted by Matt - The Revolting One
None of my "come get me" notes are surviving into the time travel era. This could mean bad news for us all, poor note placement, or perhaps the future simply doesn't want me.