matty
@mattio.bsky.social
I do data visualization and user-centered design of health information, civic tech, I ride bicycles, I think about chronic diseases, I make dumb jokes, and I try to stay off the internet.
Can I just have a few months to only write and record music?
December 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Can I just have a few months to only write and record music?
there is way too much News in my feed
December 23, 2025 at 2:18 PM
there is way too much News in my feed
Dance rap Christmas songs on extremely loud at the gym, somebody save me please
December 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Dance rap Christmas songs on extremely loud at the gym, somebody save me please
Yes, the travel book guy
So, I purchased the center and the land it sits on — the best $2 million I can imagine spending.
🧵 6 of 9
🧵 6 of 9
December 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Yes, the travel book guy
actually favorite part is the snowfall that happens once every 3 years, and seeing people cross country skiing through prospect park -
- knowing that they stored these skis in their small apartments for years, waiting for that one morning that comes so rarely
- knowing that they stored these skis in their small apartments for years, waiting for that one morning that comes so rarely
December 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
actually favorite part is the snowfall that happens once every 3 years, and seeing people cross country skiing through prospect park -
- knowing that they stored these skis in their small apartments for years, waiting for that one morning that comes so rarely
- knowing that they stored these skis in their small apartments for years, waiting for that one morning that comes so rarely
my favorite part of winter in NYC is when the temperature goes below 45F and so people bust out winter wear designed to survive polar explorations
December 19, 2025 at 3:54 PM
my favorite part of winter in NYC is when the temperature goes below 45F and so people bust out winter wear designed to survive polar explorations
Really interesting data. Looks like a pretty strong negative correlation but when we look past the summary statistics we see two distinct groupings emerge.
Good morning, Oxfordshire: thanks for the avian scatterplot, too.
December 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Really interesting data. Looks like a pretty strong negative correlation but when we look past the summary statistics we see two distinct groupings emerge.
why are people scheduling things in mid/late december? coop meeting. professional association meeting. community org meeting. what are you thinking? settle down.
December 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
why are people scheduling things in mid/late december? coop meeting. professional association meeting. community org meeting. what are you thinking? settle down.
The aughts set unrealistic expectations for New Year Novelty Glasses and now we're stuck with this shit forever?
December 15, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The aughts set unrealistic expectations for New Year Novelty Glasses and now we're stuck with this shit forever?
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A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
December 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A tiny trial in New York has shown that personalized mRNA vaccines can provoke massive, lasting immune responses against pancreatic cancer, even as sweeping federal cuts now threaten the fragile labs required to produce them.
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
theintellectualistofficial.substack.com/p/a-breakthr...
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Have you been having trouble finding eel testicles? Worried you're doing it wrong? Don't fret...it's not just you!
Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
🗃️🧪
Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
🗃️🧪
December 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Have you been having trouble finding eel testicles? Worried you're doing it wrong? Don't fret...it's not just you!
Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
🗃️🧪
Folks from Aristotle on tried & failed to sex eels. Young Sigmund Freud spent a summer in Italy dissecting 400 eels looking for their testes, without success. 1/6
🗃️🧪
There are many places in my neighborhood that I wish were like this instead of having 6 lanes of traffic running through them.
Of all the things the US has chosen to do differently than the rest of the world, I think this may be the dumbest. You'd have trouble finding any urban neighborhood in Europe or Latin America without a plaza. It's just so basic. And yet the US has virtually none! No public space, no public.
Every neighborhood needs a leafy pedestrian plaza—a place to meet friends, grab a bite, or just relax.
December 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
There are many places in my neighborhood that I wish were like this instead of having 6 lanes of traffic running through them.
happy stylish but illegal monkey day to all who celebrate!!!!! by the way his name is darwin and he lives a farm now
December 9, 2025 at 7:10 PM
just carrying a christmas tree home on the subway
December 6, 2025 at 12:15 AM
just carrying a christmas tree home on the subway
"smart toilets"
Kohler claims its smart toilets are end-to-end encrypted. They don't seem to understand what that phrase actually means
Kohler's Smart Toilet Camera Not Actually End-to-End Encrypted
Gives new meaning to the 'internet of shit.'
www.404media.co
December 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"smart toilets"
i thought it was pronounced Jithub.
December 1, 2025 at 4:39 PM
i thought it was pronounced Jithub.
why do so many managers need the computer to do their thinking for them?
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
why do so many managers need the computer to do their thinking for them?
I thought it was pronounced Jilmore Girls
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I thought it was pronounced Jilmore Girls
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Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)
November 29, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh and at one point, one cop pepper-sprayed another cop. (Around the 12-second mark.)
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ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
November 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
ICE garage blockaded in lower Manhattan with dozens of agents stuck inside as more and more New Yorkers gather.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
NYPD observed staging on Canal & Broadway, expected come over for crowd control.
Honestly I love the ex-Dutch-seeming place names in LMM-generated maps of NYC.
November 12, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Honestly I love the ex-Dutch-seeming place names in LMM-generated maps of NYC.
When watching Ziwe's interview with Eric Adams just remember that there were Turkish intelligence operatives who thought that he was going to be the next president
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
ERIC ADAMS IS AN ICONIC GUEST | ZIWE INTERVIEW
YouTube video by Ziwe
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
When watching Ziwe's interview with Eric Adams just remember that there were Turkish intelligence operatives who thought that he was going to be the next president
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9Cm...
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So I was curious about Mamdani’s exhortation to Trump, “Turn the volume up!” Which would have been an oddly cheap shot for Mamdani at Trump’s age; but apparently it’s a KRS-One reference -the next line is “the devil’s time is up.”
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So I was curious about Mamdani’s exhortation to Trump, “Turn the volume up!” Which would have been an oddly cheap shot for Mamdani at Trump’s age; but apparently it’s a KRS-One reference -the next line is “the devil’s time is up.”
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Cuomo’s next comeback attempt: Staten Island BP
November 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Cuomo’s next comeback attempt: Staten Island BP