Matthew Downs

That’s a lot of Slurp Juices!

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Just added to my Bookshop wishlist. Please don’t come after me!

i’ll accept a compromise bill where chuck schumer commits ritual suicide on the senate floor

Flaming Hydra is a coop. All you can do with your share is sell it back to the coop (for $1), and nobody can have more than one.

You have to be ready for growth to take a long time. Journalism is a public trust that should be accountable to readers alone, and that means readers alone pay for it.

Would pay good money for a Folio Society edition of Slow River!

Clearing drains and gutters is one of the most satisfying things. When I was a farmer in Japan one of my favorite times was our “community irrigation gutter cleaning days.” So many leaves and sticks to pull out! And that “whoosh” as the backed up water finally gets to flow downward…heaven.

The Royal Gold Birdie nose hair trimmer. It's a gorgeous metal that shines angelically on a wood surface.

Simple. Elegant. Efficient. I have nothing but respect for this manual nose hair trimmer. aftermath.site/manual-ear-and...

I Owe My Workday To Criterion 24/7 - Aftermath I know I won't retain much of these movies Ceddo while working on an essay. But it simply makes me feel more like an adult

blogged about watching criterion 24/7 while working which is singlehandedly saving my mental health from ruin aftermath.site/i-owe-my-wor...

Came to guess “In the Garden of Beasts” and I see that I was correct. Fantastic and chilling book.

I don't need to use chatGPT because as a cis white man, I already say things with 100% confidence and 60% accuracy

The drill field at Virginia Tech was a mix of paved walkways across and desire paths between them.

Yeah. I started following them when Union Berlin unceremoniously wiped their accounts.

Union Berlin just wiped their account when they decided to leave, no reason given. Huge bummer and a really bad look, in my opinion.

Man, it must feel good being a Habs fan these days: knowing your young core is starting to hit their stride and that most of them are locked in with long term deals. They’re gonna be good for the next decade.

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Ah, another thrilling 0 goal game for Union Berlin. Truly, the most exciting team in the Bundesliga. You’ve got Burke and Ansah and only play them in the last 20 minutes? I don’t get it. #fcunion

I jinxed it! Sorry!

Might have cheered too soon. Things under review… #fcunion

And now I’m kicking myself for not ordering one of these before all this madness began.

Union Berlin goal!! #fcunion

Man, I miss the official English language Union Berlin account that used to post here.

I love to show up every day for my job, which is standing around holding the front of my tactical vest and getting told to choke to death by thousands of passers-by while 11 of my coworkers handcuff a roofer on his way to work. Every night I drive 80 minutes home, thinking about nothing at all.

The post was 8 months old and your prediction is correct.

Christine is such a sad movie. You get a cool car that unlocks your true power as a rockabilly and rather than be happy for you, everyone is terrified of what you’ve become.

“Bewitching Eyes” from the Hades 2 OST should be the crossover hit that makes normies (used lovingly) realize that there is a lot of really really good music in game soundtracks. This song is a banger! The guitar solo at the end is gives me chills.

A billionaire can never be told they're wrong, therefore a billionaire must never be able to make choices that impact the real world. [It's easier for society to take their billions than to lock them in a simulation.]

Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social me: i want to sleep in a human-sized hotdog bun 911: sir that's.....ok actually that sounds great me: so who do we call 911: [shouting in background] we're checking now September 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM

I'm gonna be honest, when I saw this post retweeted by the SIckos Committee I thought the series of photos was just gonna be that first one and then each subsequent shot was a zoom into that sign. :D They're great photos nonetheless!

It's good you were able to capture the Sacred Shart sign in that first one! Good job!