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@mattcrespi.bsky.social

Social scientist. Researcher of networks, policy, and innovation. Enthusiast of maps, graphs and sandwiches. Former top 25 duck chess player.

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With Microsoft launching a new AI-powered Clippy, I'm going to double down on this joke.

29.10.2025 23:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Cheese Caves - Wegmans For over a decade, weโ€™ve proudly sourced the best artisan cheeses from around the world and ripened them to perfection in our Cheese Caves in Rochester, NY.

TIL Wegmans has a cheese-aging facility containing 7 large rooms, each replicating the climate of a different European cheese cave. They partner with cheesemakers (many local to their region), then make unique collaborative products with their aging process.

www.wegmans.com/cheese-caves

29.10.2025 17:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great idea, and remember, the best thing to give a food bank is money. They can buy groceries cheaper than you can, and they know their inventory and needs better. If you have extra food items to donate, by all means, but don't go buy things specifically for a food bank. Give them the $ directly!

28.10.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Drawing of Shane Falco (played by Keanu Reeves in the movie The Replacements) with his famous quote, "Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever."

Drawing of Shane Falco (played by Keanu Reeves in the movie The Replacements) with his famous quote, "Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory lasts forever."

Me, pulling out my fancy chef's knife to chop vegetables:

08.10.2025 18:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ ๐Ÿฅณ๐ŸŽ‰๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ๐ŸŽˆ

I mean cool.

30.09.2025 00:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hang on, I think I can save this:

RELEASE THE VREENAK FILES!

The people deserve to know how the Romulans got involved in the Dominion War!

27.09.2025 04:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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fry from futurama is eating a sandwich with his mouth open Alt: fry from futurama, sandwich in mouth, clapping his hands which contain another sandwich, third sandwich on his lap
25.09.2025 22:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Every town needs a blogblog.

25.09.2025 22:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Costco is really a cheaper way to get a "nice" casket (the kind someone will try to sell you for 4k). There are more affordable caskets and coffins out there for sure, though. As for making your own...depend on how skilled you are I guess?

25.09.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not to be that guy, but you can get them for a third this price at Costco.

25.09.2025 01:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Erin, I want to personally thank you for the work you've done sharing info about both the mayoral candidates and antisemitism in NY and the US.

Recently had this convo:

Them: "Mamdani said antisemitic things."
Me: "No he didn't."
"How are you so sure?"
"Because Erin Biba would have told me."

24.09.2025 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're in such high demand, you'll need one of those software solutions that lets you post to multiple platforms with one click!

12.09.2025 02:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you for attending and sticking it out. The more voices like yours the better. Sorry they didn't make it easy.

11.09.2025 00:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

To whoever wrote this post: do you mean the Pedestrian Protection Act?

08.09.2025 20:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a fair question.

08.09.2025 20:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exciting, because I'm up tomorrow.

08.09.2025 17:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

On good teams, you take turns.

08.09.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is too good to be true. Possum? Almost done? Free? ...oh, snap, am I about to be recruited into a cult?

05.09.2025 22:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You had me at "raccoon and possum." Where do I preorder?

05.09.2025 22:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This one certainly is, but also since 2007 the PA government has siphoned off around $8 billion for other projects elsewhere in the Commonwealth, which has put extra financial pressure on the turnpike commission.

25.08.2025 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How does everybody feel about this?

20.08.2025 15:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, it was two parter!

12.08.2025 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just found out my tailor planted a bomb in his own shop as part of a ruse to avoid an actual assassination attempt, so you can't convince me that crime isn't up.

12.08.2025 17:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Did AI write this?

11.08.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Relevant to the justification: bsky.app/profile/stev...

11.08.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nobody will get this reference, but serious Sleve McDichael vibes from GPT-5.

09.08.2025 01:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Follow up: is it still your passion after trying to run a 12 way interaction?

08.08.2025 21:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'll see myself out

06.08.2025 19:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Rule of Claw

06.08.2025 19:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess we'll see what happens!

06.08.2025 19:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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