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Matt Collins
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UI/UX, Graphics, Illustration, & Footwear Design. Retired captain of Commonwealth Skateboarding. I hate driving. Portland, Oregon @matt_kicks most other places. mattkicks.com
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Hyped on this new process for building my vector product renderings & displaying them in a web browser. Collaborated with design engineer @mandynicole.com on an interactive colorpicker tool that animates through pre-selected colorways until the user begins their customization.
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Everyday Americans love seeing Donald Trump demolish part of the White House so he can build a big golden room to have cold prime rib with his cronies
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This makes sense coming from the guy whose son monitors his porn consumption
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson calls Sunday's naked bike ride in protest of the Portland ICE facility and and Trump troop deployment "the most threatening thing I’ve seen yet"

www.oregonlive.com/portland/202...
Weirdest group of people ever assembled. Full on freaks in the most pejorative sense of the word.
RFK Jr: "Today the average teenager in this country has 50% of the sperm count, 50% of the testosterone of a 65 year old man. Our girls are hitting puberty 6 years early ... our parents aren't having children."
Occasionally a fabrication project really showcases the imperial system as a measuring system for donkeys.
I knew every day was gonna have a background of evil stupidity but man
The people who made and implemented {display: grid;} deserve all the money and tech media slobber that AI gets.
Made the mistake of previously saying kind things about @govpritzker.illinois.gov
Troopers just violently attacked protesters, tackled several, several arrests, shoving activists and press with batons.
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lol oh really, you need to be a legal ethics specialist to see a problem there?
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself

It is not clear what is behind the move by Michael Ellis, a Trump loyalist. A legal ethics specialist said it could raise conflict-of-interest issues.

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...
C.I.A. Deputy Director Has Replaced Agency’s Top Legal Official With Himself
www.nytimes.com
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got added to an "AI Haters" list lol it only makes me hotter
Entire GDP built around algorithms and my music app still can't figure out that if I skip a song every single time it's served up I NEVER WANNA HEAR THAT SONG.
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"A.I." boosters vs "A.I." critics
I subscribe to the dieting hack of leaving your snacks in the other room.
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Big dumb doofus voice:

"Tilly Norwood, an AI-generated avatar, is being compared by its creators to A-list human actors. SAG-AFTRA and others are pushing back."

I'm you. That's how you sound.
Needless to say that there is nothing happening in Portland that requires troops.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 24d
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
Trump says he'll send troops to Portland, Ore., to handle 'domestic terrorists'
President Trump said Saturday he will send troops to Portland, "authorizing Full Force, if necessary" to handle "domestic terrorists" as he expands his controversial deployments to more U.S. cities.
n.pr
Whoever came up with this idea should the main character of the global internet for a good long time.
An update on that insane lease term where the landlord owns everything you create during the tenancy:
My apartment every time I paint.
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Every day feels like this now
I'm sorry, but the bare minimum of expectations for the minority is to prevent two of the most ignorant senators from passing bills alone like a racist Night at the Museum.

A few midwits online not understanding the difference between a unanimous vote and "unanimous consent" doesn't erase the L
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
"It sounds like doing nothing, but right now, doing nothing is probably the best strategy."

You hired guy with no strategy to write an opinion piece on political strategy?
“I spent some time over the weekend thinking about how I could keep my well-paying job at the New York Times by doing the one bit they hired me for.”
Most people think Quaaludes were banned, but actually all of the pills were collected and poured into a mold to make Chuck Schumer.
Schumer: "We need to have a bipartisan bill ... we are asking them to sit down with us and negotiate."