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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻

@colematt.bsky.social

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Your friendly neighborhood computer scientist. Posts in context-free, strongly typed, language-agnostic intermediate representation. My corgis manage this account 🦊🍞

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 27d

“Lifeguard” whistle not “dog” whistle, will run on pool deck if dog want. #ungovernable

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 19h

Does the ref hold his own number up on the board? Can he caution the other ref for taking too long to exit the pitch? These are questions inquiring minds want to know…

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 20h

I bet this guy doesn’t have a single callous on his hands.

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is standing on a ledge with the words my head is in such pain and turmoil behind him

Alt: a man in a suit and tie is standing on a ledge with the words my head is in such pain and turmoil behind him

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, it’s even more effective than the real U.S.-issue camouflage. No one is going to confuse that for actual Army.

An Army West Point football player carries th ball in his ACU patterned uniform

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 1d

“One frog croaked for others to come” indeed

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of people are rightly pointing out that this coward has wet himself.

I want to point out that the way he is using that less than lethal riot control device is highly likely to make it lethal. You’re supposed to skip it off the ground, not shoot it point blank at the face. Untrained amateur.

Ben Daniel (he/him) @revbennyd.bsky.social · 3d

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 2d

a man in a suit and tie holds a piece of paper and says " that 's right "

Alt: a game show in a suit and tie holds a piece of paper and says " that 's right "

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 2d

No doodles here, but I can offer you a snorking potato

A newborn corgi puppy sleeps on a flannel blanket

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 2d

See, that’s the thing. The asset economy is doing great. If you’re in the 50-60% of Americans who invest in the stock market, and the ~60% who own a house and have a mortgage before 2021, you’re doing great! Prices have never been higher!

But if you’re on the outside, in the wage economy, it’s bad.

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 2d

If Congress takes away same sex marriage nationwide, revoking status of existing same sex marriage along the way, there will be an enraged electorate that won’t forgive them. Same sex marriage support still polls above 50% in all 50 states, and as high as 80% in the 18-34 bracket.

A map showing degree of public support for same sex marriage by state in 2024. The coloring represents support between 50% and 81%. Support is lowest in the “Bible Belt” of the South, while highest in the Pacific Northwest, upper Midwest, and New England. It is over 80% in Vermont and Massachusetts.

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 2d

I’m not so sure about that. SCOTUS has the ability to overturn Obergefell without fear for the consequences because A) they’re unelected and we have no recourse, and B) they believe that the states where the decision will be most unpopular will still allow same sex marriage, mitigating the uproar.

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 3d

As someone who’s in the same boat
— if Obergefell is overturned, it likely takes Loving too — I take some consolation that the Respect for Marriage Act still protects my existing marriage, and that travel to Blue States will be possible for LGBT couples who want to marry.

Still suboptimal though.

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 3d

Always fun when you’re absent mindedly reading a paper and all of a sudden you’re like wait, I know that author from my Bluesky follow list! @taliaringer.bsky.social #Baldur

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 3d

To be clear, I think all of NCLB, ESSA, and the Trump dismantling of DOE are going to create an entire generation of Americans unable to take up the mantle of a participatory democracy.

All three share their own unique piece of the blame as a whole. We’ve screwed up so badly.

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 3d

Strangely enough, NCLB created all the students who were falling behind grade level (because suddenly there were state standards showing they were falling behind). But it was the successor - Every Student Succeeds Act - that eliminated any penalty for falling behind and allowed students to graduate.

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 3d

Joe’s not a rage baiter, but you curate your timeline how you see fit

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No Joyman @nojoyman.bsky.social · 3d

Old Soviet joke:

Why do ICE agents travel in groups of three?

One can read, one can write, and the third keeps an eye on the two intellectuals

Joe Kassabian @jkass99.bsky.social · 4d

New ICE recruiting methods have resulted in half of this group of absolute winners failing AN OPEN BOOK TEST

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 4d

I routinely ride Acela between DC/Boston, but not with my dogs. 20lbs for dog+carrier is ridiculously prohibitive.

www.amtrak.com/pets

Bring your small pet along for a small fee, following the below requirements:
• Dogs and cats only
• Must be in a carrier
• 20-pound limit (combined weight of pet and carrier)
• Only on trips up to 7 hours on most routes (some restrictions apply*).

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 4d

A family member in Portland Oregon died unexpectedly and left behind a 2 year old husky who is currently on a 5 day hold in a shelter while I try to figure out a way to get her to me here in Portland Maine so that I can adopt her...without it costing All the Money.

Anyone have any ideas?

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 4d

We should all have a Nazi-hunting, carb-loading phase though.

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Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 4d

“Just be glad you don’t understand” … no, the problem is I do understand and yet not once have I considered using the sig-rune or totenkopf as my own insignia.

These Marines literally deny their own glorious history of smashing fascists, for what exactly?

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 4d

If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, call or text 988, etc etc

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 4d

The prices would be lower, but the sushi-grade salmon has to be brought into the war zone by a runner using a checkpoint near Kelso where the UN peacekeepers look the other way in exchange for a bit of sashimi

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 5d

I’ve got a Kiwi SDR sitting in the box waiting for whenever I can get around to setting up my antenna. I already have my HAM license, I just need to not have a landlord.

It’s just like your dongle, except you can serve the receiver over the internet, like this: rx.linkfanel.net

Matthew Cole 👨🏻‍💻 @colematt.bsky.social · 5d

He lied about leaving the East Wing intact. What assurance do we have that the renovation is actually going to be funded privately? He has a history of not actually coughing up his own money when he says he will.

I think it’s a lot more likely it gets paid for by one of his rescissions or tariffs.

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