Matt Rouse (Author) 🇨🇦🍁🐔
@authormattrouse.hookdm.com
Author of “Will AI Take My Job?" Published Science Fiction story teller. AI Chicken Wrangler. Nova Scotia, 🇨🇦 Canada
I have only been able to write for three mornings this month. But I managed to knock out about 3800 words.
My next story is written and editing is under way to submit to @starfarerscafe.bsky.social
And story starts in a cafe in a spaceport… #scifi
💙📚
My next story is written and editing is under way to submit to @starfarerscafe.bsky.social
And story starts in a cafe in a spaceport… #scifi
💙📚
January 30, 2026 at 3:31 AM
I have only been able to write for three mornings this month. But I managed to knock out about 3800 words.
My next story is written and editing is under way to submit to @starfarerscafe.bsky.social
And story starts in a cafe in a spaceport… #scifi
💙📚
My next story is written and editing is under way to submit to @starfarerscafe.bsky.social
And story starts in a cafe in a spaceport… #scifi
💙📚
People think I'm very pro-AI, when in fact, I feel that I am more of a realist, leaning toward tech optimism.
But I one of the only people presenting several outcomes in the Age of #AI, and they aren't all great.
open.substack.com/pub/mattrous...
But I one of the only people presenting several outcomes in the Age of #AI, and they aren't all great.
open.substack.com/pub/mattrous...
Things Go 1 of 3 Ways with AI
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
open.substack.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:46 PM
People think I'm very pro-AI, when in fact, I feel that I am more of a realist, leaning toward tech optimism.
But I one of the only people presenting several outcomes in the Age of #AI, and they aren't all great.
open.substack.com/pub/mattrous...
But I one of the only people presenting several outcomes in the Age of #AI, and they aren't all great.
open.substack.com/pub/mattrous...
Washed yesterday’s eggs for today’s breakfast. Even with the cold, the girls are laying more now as the days get longer.
I found that at about -8c or colder, I can open the coop door but they wont go outside.
They just peek their heads out and say, “nope” and head back inside the barn.
I found that at about -8c or colder, I can open the coop door but they wont go outside.
They just peek their heads out and say, “nope” and head back inside the barn.
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Washed yesterday’s eggs for today’s breakfast. Even with the cold, the girls are laying more now as the days get longer.
I found that at about -8c or colder, I can open the coop door but they wont go outside.
They just peek their heads out and say, “nope” and head back inside the barn.
I found that at about -8c or colder, I can open the coop door but they wont go outside.
They just peek their heads out and say, “nope” and head back inside the barn.
Want 25% off tickets for PodCamp Toronto? Use my speaker code: 25ROUSE.
Also, let me know if you are going to #PC2026 and we can meet up!
Also, let me know if you are going to #PC2026 and we can meet up!
January 28, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Want 25% off tickets for PodCamp Toronto? Use my speaker code: 25ROUSE.
Also, let me know if you are going to #PC2026 and we can meet up!
Also, let me know if you are going to #PC2026 and we can meet up!
Been listening to ScreenRant instead of my usual marketing podcasts. It's fun to listen to screen writers chat and they have a lot of industry insights. I've always found that you can learn a healthy portion of an entire industry's jargon and inner workings through a few dozen hours of podcasts.
January 27, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Been listening to ScreenRant instead of my usual marketing podcasts. It's fun to listen to screen writers chat and they have a lot of industry insights. I've always found that you can learn a healthy portion of an entire industry's jargon and inner workings through a few dozen hours of podcasts.
What's orange and sounds like a Parrot?
A carrot. 🥕
A carrot. 🥕
January 27, 2026 at 1:49 PM
What's orange and sounds like a Parrot?
A carrot. 🥕
A carrot. 🥕
-cold outside but the chickens are happy in the barn at only -3c as long as I bring then warm water twice a day and keep the Lay Pellets plentiful.
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
-cold outside but the chickens are happy in the barn at only -3c as long as I bring then warm water twice a day and keep the Lay Pellets plentiful.
It was so cold going to give the chickens warm water this morning that they had started laying ice cubes.
January 24, 2026 at 1:11 PM
It was so cold going to give the chickens warm water this morning that they had started laying ice cubes.
Try having moved countries and you get trapped in “traveling abroad” streaming limbo.
January 23, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Try having moved countries and you get trapped in “traveling abroad” streaming limbo.
I might need a little more cowbell today.
January 23, 2026 at 4:48 PM
I might need a little more cowbell today.
January 22, 2026 at 10:30 PM
It's the time in the afternoon that my mind starts to wander off track and I have to get some more caffeine, blast some Kawai Metal and focus on getting the work done.
I could probably do some kind of meditation music and tea, but they just don't drop the bass in the breakdown like metal.
I could probably do some kind of meditation music and tea, but they just don't drop the bass in the breakdown like metal.
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
It's the time in the afternoon that my mind starts to wander off track and I have to get some more caffeine, blast some Kawai Metal and focus on getting the work done.
I could probably do some kind of meditation music and tea, but they just don't drop the bass in the breakdown like metal.
I could probably do some kind of meditation music and tea, but they just don't drop the bass in the breakdown like metal.
Are you a podcaster or a person thinking about starting a podcast for business, fun, activism, or whatever your motivations... Come see me speak in person at PodCamp Toronto! #PCTO26
I'll be sharing where #AI is ACTUALLY at in 2026, without the hype and BS.
2026.podcamptoronto.com/sessions/202...
I'll be sharing where #AI is ACTUALLY at in 2026, without the hype and BS.
2026.podcamptoronto.com/sessions/202...
2026 State of AI for Podcasting and Business
Presented by Matt Rouse, Author of “Will AI Take My Job? 2” (and 2025 PodCamp Alumni). AI didn’t just level up since last PodCamp, it’s now several times more powerful and hundreds of more AI-based to...
2026.podcamptoronto.com
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Are you a podcaster or a person thinking about starting a podcast for business, fun, activism, or whatever your motivations... Come see me speak in person at PodCamp Toronto! #PCTO26
I'll be sharing where #AI is ACTUALLY at in 2026, without the hype and BS.
2026.podcamptoronto.com/sessions/202...
I'll be sharing where #AI is ACTUALLY at in 2026, without the hype and BS.
2026.podcamptoronto.com/sessions/202...
I'm sad that TACOs are getting a bad name...
Remember everyone, tacos are love. 💚
It is your right as a human being to love tacos with your preferred filling, and your favorite shell, corn, or flower tortilla, in any shape or size.
Differences don't dilute them; they make tacos better.
🌮🤍💜🤎🖤💙
Remember everyone, tacos are love. 💚
It is your right as a human being to love tacos with your preferred filling, and your favorite shell, corn, or flower tortilla, in any shape or size.
Differences don't dilute them; they make tacos better.
🌮🤍💜🤎🖤💙
January 21, 2026 at 11:43 PM
I'm sad that TACOs are getting a bad name...
Remember everyone, tacos are love. 💚
It is your right as a human being to love tacos with your preferred filling, and your favorite shell, corn, or flower tortilla, in any shape or size.
Differences don't dilute them; they make tacos better.
🌮🤍💜🤎🖤💙
Remember everyone, tacos are love. 💚
It is your right as a human being to love tacos with your preferred filling, and your favorite shell, corn, or flower tortilla, in any shape or size.
Differences don't dilute them; they make tacos better.
🌮🤍💜🤎🖤💙
After everything that happened in my life and having it turn out for the best, the only real explanation is time travel.
I guess it could also be an over zealous guardian angel, but that's silly. Gotta be #timetravel.
I guess it could also be an over zealous guardian angel, but that's silly. Gotta be #timetravel.
January 21, 2026 at 1:17 AM
After everything that happened in my life and having it turn out for the best, the only real explanation is time travel.
I guess it could also be an over zealous guardian angel, but that's silly. Gotta be #timetravel.
I guess it could also be an over zealous guardian angel, but that's silly. Gotta be #timetravel.
My friend once said, "I want to go to Iceland and Greenland." and I asked, "Greenland? What do you want to go there for?" like he was insane. I didn't know anything about #Greenland 30 years ago, so I was a bit naive.
However, I kind of have that same feeling now.
However, I kind of have that same feeling now.
January 19, 2026 at 9:18 PM
My friend once said, "I want to go to Iceland and Greenland." and I asked, "Greenland? What do you want to go there for?" like he was insane. I didn't know anything about #Greenland 30 years ago, so I was a bit naive.
However, I kind of have that same feeling now.
However, I kind of have that same feeling now.
2000 Bluesky Followers!!!!
I feel so loved, like a hug from a warm blanket on a cold morning, which it is today.
I promise to do my best to keep doing whatever you call the random author notes, chicken photos, AI observations, and shitposting you are here for.
(photo: Hanabie "Iconic" on YouTube)
I feel so loved, like a hug from a warm blanket on a cold morning, which it is today.
I promise to do my best to keep doing whatever you call the random author notes, chicken photos, AI observations, and shitposting you are here for.
(photo: Hanabie "Iconic" on YouTube)
January 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
2000 Bluesky Followers!!!!
I feel so loved, like a hug from a warm blanket on a cold morning, which it is today.
I promise to do my best to keep doing whatever you call the random author notes, chicken photos, AI observations, and shitposting you are here for.
(photo: Hanabie "Iconic" on YouTube)
I feel so loved, like a hug from a warm blanket on a cold morning, which it is today.
I promise to do my best to keep doing whatever you call the random author notes, chicken photos, AI observations, and shitposting you are here for.
(photo: Hanabie "Iconic" on YouTube)
Wasn’t there a treaty about outer space that we cant just all go willy-nilly building reactors on the moon or mining asteroids?
I feel like everyone just decided whatever they can reach in space is theirs now.
But also, there’s a whole lot of space so does it matter? I just don’t know.
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I feel like everyone just decided whatever they can reach in space is theirs now.
But also, there’s a whole lot of space so does it matter? I just don’t know.
🚀 ✨ 🌖
January 17, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Wasn’t there a treaty about outer space that we cant just all go willy-nilly building reactors on the moon or mining asteroids?
I feel like everyone just decided whatever they can reach in space is theirs now.
But also, there’s a whole lot of space so does it matter? I just don’t know.
🚀 ✨ 🌖
I feel like everyone just decided whatever they can reach in space is theirs now.
But also, there’s a whole lot of space so does it matter? I just don’t know.
🚀 ✨ 🌖
My daughter said she borrowed one of my “stuffies” to play with. At first I was unsure what she was talking about.
January 17, 2026 at 1:10 AM
My daughter said she borrowed one of my “stuffies” to play with. At first I was unsure what she was talking about.
Can you imagine having a vehicle you have to go somewhere to power up? Like you cant just plug it in at your house?
And then you have drive around with dozens of gallons of explosive liquid in a big metal tank while shooting poison gas out the back end?
What a weird way to get around.
🤐
And then you have drive around with dozens of gallons of explosive liquid in a big metal tank while shooting poison gas out the back end?
What a weird way to get around.
🤐
January 16, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Can you imagine having a vehicle you have to go somewhere to power up? Like you cant just plug it in at your house?
And then you have drive around with dozens of gallons of explosive liquid in a big metal tank while shooting poison gas out the back end?
What a weird way to get around.
🤐
And then you have drive around with dozens of gallons of explosive liquid in a big metal tank while shooting poison gas out the back end?
What a weird way to get around.
🤐
“History isn’t driven by evil masterminds, it’s driven by stupid people organized by immoral ones.
This pairing has broken societies since the first hierarchy.
The moral and the educated must push back, or society will be shaped by those who seek power without conscience.”
-Matthew 01:16:26
This pairing has broken societies since the first hierarchy.
The moral and the educated must push back, or society will be shaped by those who seek power without conscience.”
-Matthew 01:16:26
January 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
“History isn’t driven by evil masterminds, it’s driven by stupid people organized by immoral ones.
This pairing has broken societies since the first hierarchy.
The moral and the educated must push back, or society will be shaped by those who seek power without conscience.”
-Matthew 01:16:26
This pairing has broken societies since the first hierarchy.
The moral and the educated must push back, or society will be shaped by those who seek power without conscience.”
-Matthew 01:16:26
I was going to post something, but I have been summoned by my 9-year-old who wants to test out a lego robot idea. So imma go do dat.
January 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I was going to post something, but I have been summoned by my 9-year-old who wants to test out a lego robot idea. So imma go do dat.
This is Turducken. He and his identical twin brother watch over the ladies.
January 15, 2026 at 5:21 PM
This is Turducken. He and his identical twin brother watch over the ladies.