Matt Van Horn
@mattvanhorn.com
Ralph Gracie black belt, programmer, card player, shooter, home brewer, amateur pizzaiolo, bedroom DJ, and electric unicyclist.
He/him.
ADHD
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@mattvh on IG (but probably not for long)
He/him.
ADHD
🇵🇷🇮🇹+
@[email protected]
@mattvh on IG (but probably not for long)
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
December 8, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
Why is there still no decent official iPad app for this place? The scaled up iPhone UI sucks. I swear to god I’m gonna vibe code something awful if you make me keep using Safari.
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Why is there still no decent official iPad app for this place? The scaled up iPhone UI sucks. I swear to god I’m gonna vibe code something awful if you make me keep using Safari.
I will be fully OK with the next Democratic president doing nothing for four years except undoing this asshole’s “work”.
If it was me, I’d move income tax day to Trump’s birthday, too.
If it was me, I’d move income tax day to Trump’s birthday, too.
"The Donald Trump administration has changed which holidays qualify for free entrance to national parks, removing two holidays celebrating Black people and adding the president’s birthday."
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I will be fully OK with the next Democratic president doing nothing for four years except undoing this asshole’s “work”.
If it was me, I’d move income tax day to Trump’s birthday, too.
If it was me, I’d move income tax day to Trump’s birthday, too.
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Once again, telling me that I need to pay attention to the encroaching fascism—and doing it FROM YOUR SUBSTACK—is telling me you’re not willing to do the work you’re asking everyone else to do.
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Once again, telling me that I need to pay attention to the encroaching fascism—and doing it FROM YOUR SUBSTACK—is telling me you’re not willing to do the work you’re asking everyone else to do.
Yeah, but what would he know about it, anyway?
It’s important to note from a military perspective that if a subordinate is about to give an unlawful order & his senior knows about it, it’s also a requirement for the senior official to stop him from executing it. And then counsel/discipline him.
So there’s that, too.
So there’s that, too.
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Yeah, but what would he know about it, anyway?
I’m drinking leftover red wine from a Costco tiramisu glass, in case you’re wondering how this year is going.
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 AM
I’m drinking leftover red wine from a Costco tiramisu glass, in case you’re wondering how this year is going.
Wow. The RAM I bought for $72 eighteen months ago is $360 today.
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Wow. The RAM I bought for $72 eighteen months ago is $360 today.
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We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
Morale at paypros call centers is in the toilet right now. It’s not just normal Black Friday stress, they’re being pounded. Corporate is pressuring bosses to end the paypros call campaigns. Source familiar w/ internals at MC stressed that folks should stand their ground but be kind to agents (1)
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
We are actually doing something. DON'T STOP CALLING.
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Dolphin
Coyote
Rattlesnake
Green Sea Turtle
Wild Turkey
Dolphin
Coyote
Rattlesnake
Green Sea Turtle
Wild Turkey
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
alligator
tarantula
black bear
cougar
humpback whale
alligator
tarantula
black bear
cougar
humpback whale
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
-kangaroo
-octopus
-bison
-feral hogs (did not open fire)
-copperheads
-kangaroo
-octopus
-bison
-feral hogs (did not open fire)
-copperheads
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild:
Dolphin
Coyote
Rattlesnake
Green Sea Turtle
Wild Turkey
Dolphin
Coyote
Rattlesnake
Green Sea Turtle
Wild Turkey
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At first job, asked permission to refactor something. Even wrote a proposal. No. There’s no time.
Went ahead anyway. Finished work in 1/3rd the time of peers. Manager told me to teach everyone.
Lesson: I’m the engineer. I should make the call on refactoring things.
Also, forgiveness > permission.
Went ahead anyway. Finished work in 1/3rd the time of peers. Manager told me to teach everyone.
Lesson: I’m the engineer. I should make the call on refactoring things.
Also, forgiveness > permission.
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
At first job, asked permission to refactor something. Even wrote a proposal. No. There’s no time.
Went ahead anyway. Finished work in 1/3rd the time of peers. Manager told me to teach everyone.
Lesson: I’m the engineer. I should make the call on refactoring things.
Also, forgiveness > permission.
Went ahead anyway. Finished work in 1/3rd the time of peers. Manager told me to teach everyone.
Lesson: I’m the engineer. I should make the call on refactoring things.
Also, forgiveness > permission.
This post is eugenicist.
this isn't true, these videos are doctored. deep frying your turkey straight from frozen is how you ensure it stays juicy and tender. the colder the better
There is a post circulating on Bluesky encouraging the moving of a frozen turkey straight into a pot of hot oil. We are combating this misinformation the best way we know how - through the power of dance music.
November 24, 2025 at 4:46 PM
This post is eugenicist.
One of the greats. RIP
Wow, RIP. My father played guitar for him for several years.
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81 www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae singer, actor and cultural icon, dies aged 81
Star of The Harder They Come had hits including You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
One of the greats. RIP
He's offered seven million dollars for your life. Seven million dollars is a lot of money, Charlie Brown.
You cannot kill me in any way that matters, Charlie Brown.
I did it 35 minutes ago, Charlie Brown.
November 24, 2025 at 5:58 AM
He's offered seven million dollars for your life. Seven million dollars is a lot of money, Charlie Brown.
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Interesting read.
They’re doing to America what they did to Christianity | Bill McKibben
Trump’s wrecking-ball approach to America has a precedent: the evangelical perversion of Jesus’s message of radical love to one of hate and aggression
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Interesting read.
Still a top 3 skeet.
i’m going to fuck your dad and give him a child he actually loves
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Still a top 3 skeet.
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There are indignities to living under authoritarianism, and compromises that power will demand, but there’s no excuse for seeking out, and pandering to, the worst of the transgressors.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 PM
There are indignities to living under authoritarianism, and compromises that power will demand, but there’s no excuse for seeking out, and pandering to, the worst of the transgressors.
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donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:01 PM
donald trump endorsed zohran mamdani before chuck schumer lmao
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Currently at $795 in donations, thank y’all so so much. If we could get up to even $1000 in funds that would be so awesome!
Hi everyone, my sweet little dog had a really gruesome freak accident yesterday. Survived it pretty miraculously, but my partner and I are broke and facing new medical debt in order to make that possible. Any help would mean a great deal 🖤🙏
November 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Currently at $795 in donations, thank y’all so so much. If we could get up to even $1000 in funds that would be so awesome!
Trump take beer
NEW: Today the Siebel Institute—the US' oldest/most prestigious brewing school & a cornerstone of the industry globally—announced its relocation from Chicago to Montreal, citing "[r]ecent regulatory changes in the US [that] have made it much more challenging for many of our international students."
November 21, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Trump take beer
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lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
September 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
lately when i’m feeling hopeless i just think of the Katamari cat wearing scuba gear. if she can survive in an inhospitable environment then so can i
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FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
FYI: turning off "Smart features" also turns off spell check and the promotions and social tabs. And more.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
In effect, a lot of traditional tools in gmail are switched off if you don't let them upload your contracts, love notes, and sad messages to your friends into their plagiarism machine.
This is wonderful news. These games changed my life.
Open sourced Zork today opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/11... and ran it on a swarm of containers in the cloud 😂
Preserving code that shaped generations: Zork I, II, and III go Open Source
Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO), Team Xbox, and Activision are making Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III available under the MIT License.
opensource.microsoft.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
This is wonderful news. These games changed my life.
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People said it would be a long time before AI took any jobs but judging by the latest Grok update Kara Swisher will be out of work very soon
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
People said it would be a long time before AI took any jobs but judging by the latest Grok update Kara Swisher will be out of work very soon
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On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
November 20, 2025 at 4:57 PM
On this Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember the bright and courageous trans people whose lives were stolen by hatred. Their absence is felt across our city.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.
We will honor them by building a New York where every trans person can live safely, fully and freely.