Matt Pearce
@mattdpearce.com
May the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house. Opinions are my own (but they are correct)
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oh it's going to be a Recession recession
January 18, 2026 at 10:56 PM
oh it's going to be a Recession recession
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Early Dilbert comics were funny but also harmful to society because they turned us against the noble cubicle. Cubicles were civilization’s apex - a cloth box for everyone, millennia of progress ending in a private paradise cube - but Dilbert made them uncool and we’ve paid the price ever since
January 17, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Early Dilbert comics were funny but also harmful to society because they turned us against the noble cubicle. Cubicles were civilization’s apex - a cloth box for everyone, millennia of progress ending in a private paradise cube - but Dilbert made them uncool and we’ve paid the price ever since
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We all made it to Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
January 16, 2026 at 1:41 PM
We all made it to Whiskey Friday with Tony Dokoupil
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Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
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funniest running bit on twitter is "gentle r kikuo johnson new yorker cover drives idw and tpot types insane trying to interpret it"
January 15, 2026 at 1:44 PM
funniest running bit on twitter is "gentle r kikuo johnson new yorker cover drives idw and tpot types insane trying to interpret it"
Don’t news outlets have an obligation to mention the vast majority of bettors on prediction markets lose their money?
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January 14, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Don’t news outlets have an obligation to mention the vast majority of bettors on prediction markets lose their money?
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Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
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The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
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Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the AI-generated psych-rock band the Velvet Sundown and the AI-generated metalcore band Broken Avenue racking up streams on Spotify? R...
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January 14, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Bandcamp has banned AI music.
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
The company has released a statement which includes the following: "Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp."
stereogum.com/2485199/band...
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this is by the Post reporter whose house was just searched by the FBI www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
“One day, a woman wrote to me on Signal, asking me not to respond. She lived alone, she messaged, and planned to die that weekend. Before she did, she wanted at least one person to understand: Trump had unraveled the government, and with it, her life.” @hannahnatanson.bsky.social essay:
I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.
One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:16 PM
this is by the Post reporter whose house was just searched by the FBI www.nytimes.com/2026/01/14/u...
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I stand with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, a terrific reporter whose excellent coverage speaks for itself.
FBI executes search warrant at Washington Post reporter’s home
The reporter, Hannah Natanson, covers the federal workforce and has been part of The Post’s most sensitive coverage of the first year of the second Trump administration.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I stand with @hannahnatanson.bsky.social, a terrific reporter whose excellent coverage speaks for itself.
Latest idea: “Beyond Yoga” but it’s just a regular bookstore.
Last night I had an idea for a shop called “Beyond Fitness” but it’s just a regular bookstore.
January 14, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Latest idea: “Beyond Yoga” but it’s just a regular bookstore.
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i had some doubts about bari weiss strategy, but dropping her lead anchor down an open sewer grate every night makes for good tv
January 14, 2026 at 1:32 AM
i had some doubts about bari weiss strategy, but dropping her lead anchor down an open sewer grate every night makes for good tv
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This appeared in the Globe's Rhode Island news this morning. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/m...
January 12, 2026 at 7:27 PM
This appeared in the Globe's Rhode Island news this morning. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/12/m...
I wrote about media getting into business with prediction markets.
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Information wants to be unfree
Prediction markets and the recommodification of journalism.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I wrote about media getting into business with prediction markets.
mattdpearce.substack.com/p/informatio...
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Last night I had an idea for a shop called “Beyond Fitness” but it’s just a regular bookstore.
January 11, 2026 at 7:38 PM
Last night I had an idea for a shop called “Beyond Fitness” but it’s just a regular bookstore.
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congratulations to this large, damp state
California is completely drought free for the first time in a quarter century! www.latimes.com/california/s...
California is completely drought-free for the first time in a quarter-century. Inside the remarkable turnaround.
After experiencing one of the wettest holiday season on record, still soggy California hit a major milestone this week — having zero areas of abnormal dryness for the first time in 25 years.
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January 9, 2026 at 4:43 PM
congratulations to this large, damp state
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In conclusion, the news is a land of contrasts
January 9, 2026 at 4:19 PM
In conclusion, the news is a land of contrasts
First Amendment. We’re the most anarchist of the professions.
January 9, 2026 at 4:21 PM
First Amendment. We’re the most anarchist of the professions.
The gun wrote me an email.
January 9, 2026 at 4:18 PM
The gun wrote me an email.