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Shayne Mathis

@metalshayne.bsky.social

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Present: Heavy metal marketing and editorial stuff at Believe Music. Past: YouTube Music, writing words about music on the internet, Full Metal Hipster podcast. I probably won’t follow you back.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 2h

I hope that means you and your friends ran around throwing them at each other because that’s what I did.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 3h

This is how I found out they have buckeyes in the UK

Jill Twiss @jilltwiss.bsky.social · 17h

Hi what

Headline: “nature’s labubu: why are gen z unboxing conkers?”

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 3h

If you are not blessed with the knowledge of Sugar yet, they were Bob Mould's post-Hüsker Dü band that put out 2 albums and an EP or pristine 90s alt rock and then broke up. Definitely worth checking out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcjF...

Sugar - Your Favorite Thing (Music Video) (HQ)

YouTube video by ManWithouties

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 4h

Oh shit oh shit oh shit!!!

SUGAR @sugarcopperblue.bsky.social · 5h

Sugar is back! New music at sugarcopperblue.com PLUS May 2026 live shows in NYC and London. All the info is here!

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 14h

Jim Carrey in the scene from The Cable Guy where he beats up Owen Wilson.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 17h

We have to get back to bullying the shit out of dorks and nerds. Letting them be in charge of everything in the 21st century has been a disaster.

The Verge @theverge.com · 1d

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 21h

I'm really looking forward to Bambara on Thursday. I've never seen them live and they sound like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds but the singer isn't constantly saying conservative Facebook uncle shit. www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_ty...

Bambara - Pray to Me (Official Video)

YouTube video by Bambara

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 21h

I just realized I'm seeing 3 generations of gothy rock bands this week.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 22h

And also the Community movie.

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 23h

In my communist utopia we would take all the money being wasted on building a fancy AI pornbot and invest it in useful projects like designing a better umbrella.

Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23h

Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month

ChatGPT boss predicts when AI could cure cancer

We made ChatGPT pretty restrictive to make sure we were being careful with mental health issues. We realize this made it less useful/enjoyable to many users who had no mental health problems, but given the seriousness of the issue we wanted to get this right.

Now that we have been able to mitigate the serious mental health issues and have new tools, we are going to be able to safely relax the restrictions in most cases.

In a few weeks, we plan to put out a new version of ChatGPT that allows people to have a personality that behaves more like what people liked about 4o (we hope it will be better!). If you want your ChatGPT to respond in a very human-like way, or use a ton of emoji, or act like a friend, ChatGPT should do it (but only if you want it, not because we are usage-maxxing).

In December, as we roll out age-gating more fully and as part of our “treat adult users like adults” principle, we will allow even more, like erotica for verified adults.
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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Take some time out of your day and listen to Black Messiah which is now, tragically, D'Angelo's final album. www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2r5...

D'Angelo and The Vanguard - 1000 Deaths (Audio)

YouTube video by DAngeloVEVO

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

D'angelo died too?! Today fucking sucks for losing insanely talented artists.

Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 1d

rip d'angelo, voodoo is a perfect album www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGhq...

Left And Right

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Oh man, RIP to Drew Struzan. The greatest movie poster artist of all time.

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Oh yeah that's perfect. I'm just looking for something to season meat or make fake gumbo with on weeknight.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Cardi B please do a guest spot on the next Cradle of Filth album.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Hell yeah, I’m going to order some of this today!

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

This movie is dumb as shit. I loved it. It’s basically The Purge with werewolves.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Cardi B please do a guest spot on the next Cradle of Filth album.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

No one has ever done “slimy business guy” and “prudish busybody” better than Kurt Fulller and Edie McClurg.

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Watching Elvira: Mistress of the Dark and thinking about how movies were better when these two turned up all the time.

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Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

I swear I was just looking for this article a while back but I couldn’t find it on IO and I didn’t know you wrote it.

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah same. I’m watching old stuff on Tubi way more than new releases these days.

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

There are a few other spices and I have them all at home except for white pepper which was also a nightmare to find. But I eventually found it after checking three stores so at least I can make it at home now.

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

There’s an Indian grocery in my neighborhood and they don’t have chili crisp! What is happening to this city?!

Shayne Mathis @metalshayne.bsky.social · 1d

I just spent an hour checking every grocery store in my neighborhood for Cajun seasoning and chili crisp and nowhere carries them so I’m finally ready to move out of NYC.

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