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Matthew O’Dell

@phmatt11.bsky.social

Guitarist for Numerical Control Society, UX Manager, Co-host of Everyone Can Design podcast, former band nerd and reluctant dance dad.

41 Followers  |  63 Following  |  9 Posts  |  Joined: 20.01.2025  |  1.4951

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Yeah, I accidentally bought center positive instead of center negative 9v plug 🤦‍♂️, this seemed like the least problematic way to hook it up

16.08.2025 19:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Since the closing of Metropolitan Brewing, this has been our favorite after rehearsal hang out space. Looking forward to some pizza after rehearsal now 🤤🍕

03.02.2025 18:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three musicians playing guitars, with the middle one’s hair flying high due to head banging

Three musicians playing guitars, with the middle one’s hair flying high due to head banging

My friend nancy took this perfectly timed photo. I look like I’m auditioning for Static X 😂

01.02.2025 17:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Local psych outfit Sacred Robe of the Ancient Psychedelic Monks reunite - Chicago Reader Sacred Robe of the Ancient Psychedelic Monks revive their wild, heavy, playful band capable of weaving an elastic tapestry of raw and exultant sounds.

Pretty stoked to be featured by @chicagoreader.com before our show this Saturday.

27.01.2025 00:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you see this see this post, post or quote repost a bridge from your photography or artwork.

23.01.2025 21:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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Trump pardons dark web marketplace creator Ross Ulbricht Ulbricht operated the anonymous digital marketplace known as Silk Road when law enforcement arrested him. The pardon fulfills a campaign pledge Trump made to Ulbricht's Libertarian supporters.

It feels like this country is now being run by comic book villains. www.npr.org/2025/01/21/n...

22.01.2025 12:45 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Hundreds of South + West Side properties are for sale amid a legal fight against the city's "worst landowner."

Suzie B. Wilson owed more than $15M for rat-related code violations + now faces legal trouble after a report by Illinois Answers Project + Block Club.
https://buff.ly/40q06VY

22.01.2025 14:41 — 👍 54    🔁 13    💬 3    📌 6

While this is working, it’s only the first half, now onto breadboarding the second half, getting them to work together, the figuring out how to build an actual prototype that someone could use.

21.01.2025 18:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Trying to push past my own general confusion and fear around audio electronics to build the effects pedal that I want. Just finished my first ever working breadboard.

21.01.2025 18:17 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

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21.01.2025 02:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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With Chicago Reader At 'Imminent Risk Of Closure,' Alt-Weekly Staff Works To Cut Costs, Find Donors Six non-union staffers were laid off, the paper announced Tuesday. To stay afloat, the Reader is trying to increase donor outreach and crowdfunding, and some staff have offered pay cuts or deferred…

With the Chicago Reader at "imminent risk of closure," the alt-weekly staff is working to cut costs and find donors.

20.01.2025 22:00 — 👍 80    🔁 24    💬 2    📌 6

Alright, after the changes at Meta, and the inevitable for TikTok, I’m giving this platform a try. I haven’t been on twitter in forever, so this looks somewhat familiar and nostalgic…

21.01.2025 00:53 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

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