Matt Austin
@mattaust.in
Husband, Father, Christian, Nerd, Nationals Fan, Programmer, Amateur Photographer
https://mattaust.in
https://mattaust.in
My parents were over today to celebrate my birthday, and being that it was my 40th, I figured a prime rib would not be out of order. Fortunately the butcher opened in time this weekend for me to get one.
February 1, 2026 at 12:33 AM
My parents were over today to celebrate my birthday, and being that it was my 40th, I figured a prime rib would not be out of order. Fortunately the butcher opened in time this weekend for me to get one.
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Carol Sturka: Why would you give me a hand grenade?
Us:
Us:
January 28, 2026 at 2:48 AM
Carol Sturka: Why would you give me a hand grenade?
Us:
Us:
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I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
I grew up with Alex Pretti
The kind-hearted ICU nurse shot by ICE agents was my childhood best friend.
www.theverge.com
January 27, 2026 at 4:45 PM
I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
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Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Believe Your Eyes
People are risking their lives to document agents in Minneapolis.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Wrote about the observers. The people standing by and filming and the risk they are taking to let the world see what is happening. It's crucial and its the only way to combat the lies and blatant propaganda. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
Snowed in, got a fire going, and starting on @alissawilkinson.bsky.social’s WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES and this is kind of a hell of a start for today.
January 25, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Snowed in, got a fire going, and starting on @alissawilkinson.bsky.social’s WE TELL OURSELVES STORIES and this is kind of a hell of a start for today.
Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
January 25, 2026 at 4:54 AM
Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
After last night with Air Force One turning around, I think about the interview @ezraklein.bsky.social had with Ben Shapiro a few months back. It was recorded right before, and release a bit after, the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
It was a good interview, and I'd recommend anyone to listen to it.
It was a good interview, and I'd recommend anyone to listen to it.
January 21, 2026 at 2:31 PM
After last night with Air Force One turning around, I think about the interview @ezraklein.bsky.social had with Ben Shapiro a few months back. It was recorded right before, and release a bit after, the assassination of Charlie Kirk.
It was a good interview, and I'd recommend anyone to listen to it.
It was a good interview, and I'd recommend anyone to listen to it.
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I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 AM
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
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COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
Back-scratching bovine leads scientists to reassess intelligence of cows
Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in multiple ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzees
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:06 PM
COW TOOLS COW TOOLS COW TOOLS
I’m starting to think my dog may actually be a muppet in disguise.
January 20, 2026 at 1:45 AM
I’m starting to think my dog may actually be a muppet in disguise.
I made a very conscious decision a few years back (maybe it was longer? Sometime after Ferguson) to avoid any videos like this, especially if they showed the death of a real person. I have stuck to it since then, and stand by it.
🧵 Here’s a point.
Watching videos that are full of violence - shootings, stabbings, etc - will fuck you up. It may not be immediate. But it will.
How do I know this? Let me tell you a story.
One of my close relatives used to work in news. They worked in the industry for over thirty years.
Watching videos that are full of violence - shootings, stabbings, etc - will fuck you up. It may not be immediate. But it will.
How do I know this? Let me tell you a story.
One of my close relatives used to work in news. They worked in the industry for over thirty years.
January 12, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I made a very conscious decision a few years back (maybe it was longer? Sometime after Ferguson) to avoid any videos like this, especially if they showed the death of a real person. I have stuck to it since then, and stand by it.
Today became Barnes and Noble rewards cash in day. Every year I save them up then use January being my birthday as pretext to go crazy. Knew what I wanted, but had to go to Georgetown to get all of them in one spot (or some at all).
January 11, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Today became Barnes and Noble rewards cash in day. Every year I save them up then use January being my birthday as pretext to go crazy. Knew what I wanted, but had to go to Georgetown to get all of them in one spot (or some at all).
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“The alarm was warranted. Everyone on the scene had witnessed the crossing of a crucial line in Donald Trump’s mass-deportation project: ICE had just killed an American citizen on American soil”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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January 11, 2026 at 1:03 PM
“The alarm was warranted. Everyone on the scene had witnessed the crossing of a crucial line in Donald Trump’s mass-deportation project: ICE had just killed an American citizen on American soil”
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
{gift link} www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
“If the Devil don’t exist,” Athey said, “how do you explain that some people are a lot worse than they’re smart enough to be?” (JAYBER CROW, Wendell Berry)
January 7, 2026 at 4:19 AM
“If the Devil don’t exist,” Athey said, “how do you explain that some people are a lot worse than they’re smart enough to be?” (JAYBER CROW, Wendell Berry)
The streets
Are much narrower than we remembered; we had forgotten
The office was as depressing as this.
Are much narrower than we remembered; we had forgotten
The office was as depressing as this.
January 5, 2026 at 12:30 PM
The streets
Are much narrower than we remembered; we had forgotten
The office was as depressing as this.
Are much narrower than we remembered; we had forgotten
The office was as depressing as this.
Ordinarily, it would seem ridiculous that the winner of the Falcons (7-9) and Saints (6-10) game would determine which of the other two teams in the division wins the NFC South. But given that the other two teams are both under .500, I’d say they deserve it.
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Ordinarily, it would seem ridiculous that the winner of the Falcons (7-9) and Saints (6-10) game would determine which of the other two teams in the division wins the NFC South. But given that the other two teams are both under .500, I’d say they deserve it.
From the least to the greatest
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
January 3, 2026 at 5:53 PM
From the least to the greatest
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
Just watched the first episode of PLURIBUS, and it strikes me there’s some affinity with THE THIS early on. Different mechanisms, but definite overlap.
Closing it out, a friend has got me started on the DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL series, which is a fun popcorn snack. I’ll start book 3 in the new year.
Adam Robert’s’ THE THIS was also interesting, and I finished McMurtry’s LONESOME DOVE series. None quite lived up to the first but it was still solid.
Adam Robert’s’ THE THIS was also interesting, and I finished McMurtry’s LONESOME DOVE series. None quite lived up to the first but it was still solid.
January 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Just watched the first episode of PLURIBUS, and it strikes me there’s some affinity with THE THIS early on. Different mechanisms, but definite overlap.
Watched THE PRINCESS BRIDE with my oldest today. When did she get so big? (Inconceivable!)
January 1, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Watched THE PRINCESS BRIDE with my oldest today. When did she get so big? (Inconceivable!)
But I was hoping for “potato”
January 1, 2026 at 8:11 PM
But I was hoping for “potato”
Does any one else ever get a reply to a tweet (I’m not calling them skeets, that’s dumb) and your first thought is “How did you get this number?”
January 1, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Does any one else ever get a reply to a tweet (I’m not calling them skeets, that’s dumb) and your first thought is “How did you get this number?”
Spent the last hour plus moving firewood from the back of our yard to the not back of our yard. I like our trees, but I am kind of wondering when the next is to go so we can replenish. The last tree has lasted us six years, I want to say, and probably has another year and a half to go.
January 1, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Spent the last hour plus moving firewood from the back of our yard to the not back of our yard. I like our trees, but I am kind of wondering when the next is to go so we can replenish. The last tree has lasted us six years, I want to say, and probably has another year and a half to go.