Matt Farah
@matt11to5.bsky.social
IT Security Pro, Photographer, Vegetarian Foodie, and e-bike rider. Obsessed with moss, Snorunt, potatoes, Microsoft, and communication. PDX 🚲📸🏳️🌈
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Got this German Charizard from a wonder pick and I’m just going around going around my house shouting GLURAK over and over #pokemonTCGP
December 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Got this German Charizard from a wonder pick and I’m just going around going around my house shouting GLURAK over and over #pokemonTCGP
The @maximumfun.org wrapped is the best wrapped I’ve received this year 😂
December 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The @maximumfun.org wrapped is the best wrapped I’ve received this year 😂
The classic Democrat strategy of slowly slinking toward the right at any sign of resistance. Grow a backbone. We need to fund ODOT
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Confronted by a Grassroots Backlash, Democrats Consider Repealing Unpopular Gas Tax Hike
Repealing the controversial bill could deprive Republicans of a powerful campaign issue in an election year.
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December 21, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The classic Democrat strategy of slowly slinking toward the right at any sign of resistance. Grow a backbone. We need to fund ODOT
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This gave me schadenfreude lolol. I’m glad AI “artists” are having a difficult time legally. medium.com/age-of-aware...
I Thought AI Output Was Free to Use. I Was Wrong.
And I pay for it *literally*. You should know this if you use AI-generated content for business purpose,
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December 21, 2025 at 4:32 PM
This gave me schadenfreude lolol. I’m glad AI “artists” are having a difficult time legally. medium.com/age-of-aware...
Thanks to OHSU for protecting vulnerable people and offering evidence-based care despite an administration trying to harm people based on bigotry
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As Trump Escalates Assault, OHSU Says Transgender Care Program Marches On
“I defer strongly to the leaders and the clinicians in particular within the transgender health program on what we should do,” OHSU’s president says.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Thanks to OHSU for protecting vulnerable people and offering evidence-based care despite an administration trying to harm people based on bigotry
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Never have I ever deleted an email faster than when I received one today “Your Year in Review” from LINKEDIN! Please. God. No!
December 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Never have I ever deleted an email faster than when I received one today “Your Year in Review” from LINKEDIN! Please. God. No!
To the dog who had an increasingly desperate Safeway cashier making announcements about you every 30 seconds, I hope you found your owner!
December 16, 2025 at 2:43 AM
To the dog who had an increasingly desperate Safeway cashier making announcements about you every 30 seconds, I hope you found your owner!
Omg guys! Portland Mercury named Portland the city of the year. I can't believe we won :P
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THE TRASH REPORT: The Year In Trash!
Hello, Trash Pandas! It’s me, Elinor Jones, with a special end-of-the-year Trash Report. This year certainly was something, wasn’t it? To put it in perspective, when the year began, Joe Biden was stil...
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December 15, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Omg guys! Portland Mercury named Portland the city of the year. I can't believe we won :P
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Someone insulted me in a way that made me proud. I was playing League of Legends and honestly not doing well. They said I was being played by Grok AI. I love that Grok AI is an insult because fuck Grok AI. Lolol
December 15, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Someone insulted me in a way that made me proud. I was playing League of Legends and honestly not doing well. They said I was being played by Grok AI. I love that Grok AI is an insult because fuck Grok AI. Lolol
The PS5 has been out for FIVE YEARS?! That does not feel right.
December 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The PS5 has been out for FIVE YEARS?! That does not feel right.
My dearest neurotypicals, is it comfortable to sit still for you? I’m at a choral concert and I can’t help but move around while many people around me seem perfectly still.
December 14, 2025 at 4:55 AM
My dearest neurotypicals, is it comfortable to sit still for you? I’m at a choral concert and I can’t help but move around while many people around me seem perfectly still.
I had a lot of plans to do things today, but doing nothing sounds better #weekendVibes
December 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I had a lot of plans to do things today, but doing nothing sounds better #weekendVibes
This is such a good explanation and a practical example of the ways AI is not a fact finding engine. Please use caution when using it and check for critical facts in your work
Today in "Don't Trust AI to Tell You Facts": How several different "AI" programs messed up the simple fact of to whom I dedicated a book, and what that means for how much you should trust "AI" to tell you the truth about things (spoiler: not much at all):
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“AI”: A Dedicated Fact-Failing Machine, or, Yet Another Reason Not to Trust It For Anything
I search my name on a regular basis, not only because I am an ego monster (although I try not to pretend that I’m not) but because it’s a good way for me to find reviews, end-of-the-yea…
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December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is such a good explanation and a practical example of the ways AI is not a fact finding engine. Please use caution when using it and check for critical facts in your work
Amazing video! So glad that we have advocates like this for safer, faster, more modern streets that serve everyone and not just car drivers
Absolute banger comments about the need for bus lanes on 82nd Avenue from TriMet board member Tyler Frisbee at their meeting Wednesday. I clipped it up for your convenience youtu.be/5UwEepFnoYI
What the Bus Lane Debate on 82nd Ave is Really About
YouTube video by BikePortland
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December 12, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Amazing video! So glad that we have advocates like this for safer, faster, more modern streets that serve everyone and not just car drivers
I was refilling my garlic powder from my large garlic powder in the cabinet, and I got some of that good good garlic powder up in my lungs *coughs*
December 11, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I was refilling my garlic powder from my large garlic powder in the cabinet, and I got some of that good good garlic powder up in my lungs *coughs*
Don't trust what AI says to you immediately. Please verify. People are taking advantage of how AI gets information to put fake information in there to scam you! #itsecurity
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How Scammers Poison AI Results With Fake Customer Support Numbers
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December 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Don't trust what AI says to you immediately. Please verify. People are taking advantage of how AI gets information to put fake information in there to scam you! #itsecurity
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POV you’re the most delicious sandwich in Oklahoma City from Lee’s Sandwiches
December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
POV you’re the most delicious sandwich in Oklahoma City from Lee’s Sandwiches
Today I saw someone with an Apple Watch and a mechanical watch ON THE SAME WRIST. Like why? Lolol
December 5, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Today I saw someone with an Apple Watch and a mechanical watch ON THE SAME WRIST. Like why? Lolol
NIMBYs gonna NIMBY. These services are helping people. Keep building out support infrastructure and don’t listen to the haters Portland
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St. Johns residents demand relocation of day center amid crime and safety concerns
Residents and business owners are calling for action in the St.Johns neighborhood.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
NIMBYs gonna NIMBY. These services are helping people. Keep building out support infrastructure and don’t listen to the haters Portland
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Oh no. Portland didn’t want this awful man coming to our town. Poor bb having to cancel his event 😭
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Louis C.K. Event Canceled Due to “Ticket Performance”
The comedian had a book tour stop at the Newmark Theatre Dec. 8.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Oh no. Portland didn’t want this awful man coming to our town. Poor bb having to cancel his event 😭
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I was talking to some friends about travel and they were shocked that I bring fewer shirts and pants than the number of days I’m traveling. I thought this was normal. What do y’all do when you travel?
December 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I was talking to some friends about travel and they were shocked that I bring fewer shirts and pants than the number of days I’m traveling. I thought this was normal. What do y’all do when you travel?
Amazing job city council. Keep using our tools to keep our city safe
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City Council Puts Financial Crackdown On Detention Facilities
Amid increased police overtime costs and complaints about environmental contaminants related to a local immigration processing center, Portland City Council passed a new land use fee December 3, targe...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Amazing job city council. Keep using our tools to keep our city safe
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/12...
This is absolutely wild and a huge blow for consumers. The ai bubble can’t pop fast enough
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We just lost a huge RAM and SSD manufacturer to AI — Micron is killing Crucial after nearly 30 years to support "larger, strategic customers"
Micron is ditching Crucial to focus on supplying the AI market with RAM, which is bad news for PC builders and gamers.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This is absolutely wild and a huge blow for consumers. The ai bubble can’t pop fast enough
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It’s rough out there. So many problems stacked on top of each other in Portland and I’m sure this is reflected in other cities too
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Portland’s Housing Authority Sits On 955 Empty Apartments
Home Forward, the city of Portland’s housing authority, is sitting on 955 empty affordable apartment units, according to a Nov. 7 vacancy report the agency provided to WW last month.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
It’s rough out there. So many problems stacked on top of each other in Portland and I’m sure this is reflected in other cities too
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