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Matt Smoot
@mattsmoot.bsky.social
Eternally trying to remember if DM means Dungeon Master or Drum Major.
Meet the isopods of Scary Terry's enclosure:
(see alt text for more info!)

1. Gray Boi
2. Samurai
3. Cloud
4. The Orange Army

Which is your favorite?

#isopods #bioactive #snakes
September 6, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Boi was THIRSTY

#snake #bioactive
August 16, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Snail pt. ii (ft. big stretch)
August 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Look at this little cutie in the snake terrarium! #snail #snake #bioactive #reptile
August 12, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Weird Al at the Bigger & Weirder tour! First time seeing him. Looking forward to it!
August 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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Ahoy! So I'm the worst at posting over here 🤦🏼‍♀️ BUT I'm having an all geodes sale this Saturday! Here's a look at a few of them ✨

#dice #handmadedice #geodedice
July 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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As LBJ said 60 years ago, freedom is not just opening the gates of opportunity.

True freedom is ensuring everyone has the ability to walk through them.
June 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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how it sounds arguing with die hard capitalists.
May 31, 2025 at 12:07 AM
@joshjohnsoncomedy.bsky.social at the Steelhouse Omaha! First time in the new venue. Nice place.
May 31, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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May 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Tuba time! Brass quintet is always fun, but it's better with a big ol' organ.
May 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
El Solitario or "Terry" is rapidly earning the nickname "Scary Terry" - roughly 50 strikes at me, and although he's small, 2 or 3 have managed to break the skin! Hopefully this new hide I designed for him gives a dark corner he can feel safe in and help manage that aggression. #snakesky #snakes
May 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
New Colombia Rainbow Boa! His name is El Solitario, or "Terry", "Elso", or "Rio" for short! Or a million other stupid nicknames I'm sure he will be given.
April 16, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Ahoy everyone!

Sorry I've been so quiet over here, the past week and a half has been crazy.

Anywho, today is SALE DAY!!!
#dice #handmade #handmadedice #dicemaking #dicemaker #artisandice
April 5, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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This is the text of the email just sent to hundreds of international students telling them that their visas have been revoked due to activism or social media posts.
March 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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on the department of efficiency… or something like that…
March 20, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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Someone made a Wiley E. Coyote style painted wall to see if Tesla’s autopilot would detect it and well…
March 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Walz: "The idea that the secretary of education would not know what IDEA is -- individuals with disability in education act -- that's like your mechanic not knowing how to put air in your tire. And she's in charge of this nation's education progress. It is catastrophic."
March 13, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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So if MAGA is correct and X is under massive attack from Ukraine. Then there's only one course of action. Musk must immediately cede half of X's assets to Ukraine. And apologize for allowing themselves to be attacked.
March 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell.

This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second.
March 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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March 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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How Elon Musk planned for DOGE: Our investigation found that he raised the idea in 2023, becoming fixated on gaining insider access to federal systems. By Dec., he chose USDS as a landing place, and future DOGE members began applying for jobs there. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/u...
How Elon Musk Executed His Takeover of the Federal Bureaucracy (Gift Article)
The operation was driven with a frenetic focus by the billionaire, who channeled his resentment of regulatory oversight into a drastic overhaul of government agencies.
www.nytimes.com
February 28, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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New:

DOGE's spending has been secret.

No longer.

My colleagues have uncovered it.

www.propublica.org/article/doge...
February 20, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road.

NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B.

www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 5:25 AM