Matthew Walther

Since it is #SpotifyWrapped release day, here is the playlist that helped me while writing my last essay.

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American Multitudes

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There's nothin' to it

Seattle #NoKings, Pike Place

An Evangelical's Guide to American Christian Nationalism Join us for an opportunity to learn from Christian scholars and clergy

Pastor @revcalebcampbell.bsky.social is also doing really important work to equip missionaries to reach Christian nationalists with the gospel. Check out the important conversation he and some others are hosting early next month. 3/

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It was me.

Senator, we need to use their language against them.

Only a decade ago, the blocker to universal health care was a "death panel" scare.

Over-reliance on AI tools in healthcare will absolutely result in unnecessary deaths. We need to frame this as AI Death Panels.

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Congresswoman, use the tools in your toolbox to proactively block bad govt from materializing into harm.

No resistance on H.B. 1, and now most benefits are gutted.

No impeachment hearings on cabinet nominations, and now you are asking for resignations.

It's giving Dems collaborating.

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Senator, use the tools in your toolbox to proactively block bad government from materializing into harm.

No filibuster on H.B. 1, and now most benefits are gutted.

No filibuster on cabinet nominations, and now you want to fire appointees.

It's giving Dems collaborating.

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Senator, use the tools in your toolbox to proactively block bad government from materializing into harm.

No filibuster on H.B. 1, and now most benefits are gutted.

Not filibuster on cabinet nominations, and now you want to fire appointees.

It's giving Dems collaborating.

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"Republicans need to get serious about drawing a line here."

Senator, why did you miss the opportunity to filibuster H.B. 1?

Are you still surprised they lied?

How many more times will MAGA republicans pull one over on you before you stop working with them?

This how-to is actually a story.

One chapter of the Team OpenTHC epic.

It's the story of stewardship.

It's about building public utilities, not products.

It's about giving folk what they need to solve their own problems.

It's about the promise of open source.

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Been working on this essay for a couple months.

I'm really proud of it, and of the effort it took our team to get to a place where we could write about it.

Tune in Tuesday

Happy Monday everyone #intro

My next role needs to get this. I'm here for a team that's tackling these kinds of hard problems.

US culture is changing in a major way. How do we build a path to retirement that does remove the opportunity for others?

Wherever the next challenge comes from, I'm excited to connect, and add value.

The rub is that I gotta work. This year I need to find a new role in software engineering or in strategy.

It all boils down to the same work. Find a problem, talk to people, build something that helps. I maintain the same principles on software as I do in a hard conversation with my community.

But like I said, this isn't about grind culture.

More lately, I've spent more time getting to know my neighbors. This is where I want to add value, and I see the folks in my community as the easiest place to do that.

It's not easy though. It's work. Theres nothing else out here.

I am lucky to have my education; I owe a lot to my teachers. They enabled me in so many ways, especially in winning the trust and confidence of my teammates.

I focus on finding the "right" things to work on. I like finding where friction and inequity exist. When I gotta make a move, I aim high.

My path into tech was non-linear. It took me 10 years of working while studying to earn my degree.

I studied math because my teacher told me it was The Way to get underneath all these abstractions. In this process I found myself as a lifelong learner, and now I see how deeply correct Mohler was.

Matthew (left) and his wife, Detira. The in background some Scottish countryside.

It's been a while since I were active on a platform like bs.

Thanks everyone who followed. I'm Matthew. I go by Matt too

Lately I’ve been heads-down grinding. I tell folks there isn't much out here except work, and that's what I do.

This is not a grind-culture profile. Don't get the wrong idea. 🧵

Problematic? It's tribunal time.

Owners of WA Bud Co., Shawn DaNae Wagonseller, and her husband Bill.

OpenTHC isn't just about code.

It's about community & support for small cannabis businesses.

From flexible pricing to our free B2B marketplace, we're here to ease your compliance burdens.

Read more: openthc.com/blog/2025/13...

#CannabisIndustry #SmallBusinessSupport #OpenSource #RegTech

Written through the helpful lens of a foreign correspondent using language American journalists traditionally use to describe coups elsewhere.

👋 Reintroducing OpenTHC: The Open Source Pioneer in Cannabis Tech.

Need a quick refresh on why thousands of cannabis businesses trust our platform?

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The Problems and Hollow Promises of METRC's Retail ID - Higher Origins METRC Retail ID is a cannabis track and trace feature of the Connect API based on QR codes to inform California consumers and operators. We break down the problems with this new feature.

"Like all things METRC does, Retail ID is an overcomplicated, barely effective, and profit-focused tool that does little to address the real problems and further exploit the data of its government mandated users."

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Just made a quick and dirty high-level overview of how #metrc works for #cannabis regulations www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpSa...

I can see quickly invalidating a hypothesis after doing more discovery leg work. But I also think that early confusion happens when we don't have an intuition for whatever the "fundamentals" are.

How long does it take to build an intuition for how that new biz is supposed to operate?

Scoop: Heritage Foundation plans to ‘identify and target’ Wikipedia editors The conservative think tank told prospective donors that the project was part of its work to combat antisemitism.

We condemn the targeted harassment of @wikipedia.bsky.social editors.

We stand in solidarity with them and open source contributors everywhere. forward.com/news/686797/...

Wow this looks amazing 🍜