Matt May

South of the border, down Mexico way

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2026-03-24 03:26:32 UTC

Gold's market capitalization has dropped $7.3 TRILLION since the conflict in Iran started.
That's over five times the size of Bitcoin. It dropped 1.5 Bitcoin market caps in 3 hours.
I had no idea how big that market was. Anyway. Poof.

2026-03-23 15:03:22 UTC

I'm fully expecting Iran to strike somewhere in the next 24 hours, since it's basically the only way for them to state "officially" that Trump's making up these alleged negotiations.

2026-03-23 14:54:20 UTC

"Add MLB.TV to your ESPN Unlimited plan now!"
New definition of "unlimited" just dropped

2026-03-23 02:25:30 UTC

Gonna be a lot of people who voted for leopards eating people’s faces in the airport security line tomorrow.
It’ll be good for them to learn.

2026-03-23 02:15:04 UTC

RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116276051618445597
If you asked me what EBOO was I would have guessed it was what GenZ calls a long-distance relationship
#note19ay…af3l

2026-03-22 19:32:33 UTC

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I just looked, and it's a toss-up. I think WHU have more opportunities to come away with points than Spurs.

2026-03-22 19:20:39 UTC

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My Badlands National Park

2026-03-22 19:14:39 UTC

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I will say, what might save them is that 2 of the 3 relegation spots appear spoken for. I think it could all come down to how they each do against Wolves and Leeds, since they both play them in the last 7 games. Spurs will be lucky to get 2pts out of the other 5.

2026-03-22 19:09:42 UTC

Just got a State Department warning me to "exercise increased caution" outside the US.
Yeah, weird how we might be at risk, all out of the blue. They must hate our freedom.

2026-03-22 16:06:04 UTC

Okay, NOW I think Spurs are going down. #FediFC

2026-03-22 13:13:49 UTC

While the fact that this iMac’s screen is cracked and appears to have been intentionally burned with a lighter would normally detract from its resale value, I think the “fuck the entire human race” pentagram sticker on the base really makes up for all that
https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/273/002/232/464/904/original/edaef35b273efd1f.png

2026-03-21 14:03:25 UTC

Fun fact: my first DSL service had a 1GB/mo cap.
I now regularly blow through multiple gigs just to update my iPhone apps with "bug fixes and performance improvements."

2026-03-20 16:47:09 UTC

From @npub1gnt…l82j:
"CNBC’s Jim Cramer once called Salesforce and Adobe’s competition 'one of the great rivalries in tech,' and he’s correct, in the sense that both companies love to buy other companies to prop up their revenues."
Oof. Right in the receivables.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/hatersguide-adobe/ (paid link)

2026-03-20 15:18:01 UTC

One thing that's standing out to me as an American in Mexico is how they actually communicate about government services online and on social media. Here's how to register to vote. This is the consumer protection agency hotline. Here's how to get public health insurance for citizens and residents. These are our govt-backed home loans, with 12mo off interest-free if you lose your job.
Just really reminds me how much you have to claw and scratch to access services in the US. That's on purpose.

2026-03-20 14:29:35 UTC

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The deepest of deep cuts

2026-03-20 01:40:31 UTC

What I want to know is, who named New South Wales, Australia?
I assume it was a Welshman, but what compelled him to say "I will name this area after Wales BUT NOT THE NORTH PART, fuck those guys"?

2026-03-20 01:29:14 UTC

Rep Scott Perry (MAGA-PA) is on CNN claiming Iran is going to pay US the $200B for the war, and that there's no way for other countries to buy oil from Iran because their internet is out
HE IS ON THE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE

2026-03-19 17:48:59 UTC

Mexico: arándano
Me: wait, arándano like cranberry, or arándano like blueberry?
Mexico: what am I, a horticulturalist

2026-03-19 15:01:34 UTC

Figma's stock chart almost curves down so smoothly you could run a pinewood derby race down it
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2026-03-18 15:42:18 UTC

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ugh, this guy was like that. Everything was basically a choice that God LET me make. Didn't have the energy to point out all the circular logic to this. He wasn't persuading, just lecturing.

2026-03-18 06:22:01 UTC

Evangelical Christians are EXHAUSTING.
I was at the bar (great place for religious discussions btw), and told a guy my Buddhist ordination story. Sure, fine, whatever. At that point he became The Evangelical Guy and told me my path was God’s choice, and blah blah blah.
Eventually tried to throw LGBTQ+ under the bus as a consensus point when I stopped him, saying, if I end up in the PIT OF HELL, I will not deny LGBTQ+ folx their equanimity in this world.
Like fuck, man, stand for something.

2026-03-18 01:29:29 UTC

Just walked out and said, huh, getting pretty cool outside
IT IS 79F/26C OUTSIDE
I'm gonna die of hypothermia when I get back stateside

2026-03-18 01:15:22 UTC

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https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/116/247/526/684/801/832/original/c66bca0d64fdeddd.mp4

2026-03-18 01:11:42 UTC

Whenever any technolibertarian, crypto bro or AI booster (or doomer) tries to play philosopher the nut of it is inevitably "I learned this one cool trick that authorizes, nay, COMPELS me to be a sociopath"

2026-03-18 01:03:24 UTC

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hur hur nothing matters because brain only remembers for 15 seconds FUCKING LISTEN TO YOURSELF

2026-03-18 01:02:25 UTC

However your neurochemistry operates, your actions are real and have consequences on yourself and others. As such, introspection isn't an end in itself: it's a way to monitor (or QA, if you will) how your actions comport to your own stated and implicit values.
When you choose not to do that because you read about brains that time, and you're richer than you are smart, that's kind of a fucking PROBLEM, MARC
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2026-03-17 22:07:56 UTC

RE: https://techhub.social/@Techmeme/116246414592433080
Guess you could say Meta Horizon didn't have legs
#note16f2…ys8q

2026-03-17 21:30:49 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@_thegeoff/116246263654294961
Anthropic confirms access to the new proton will be limited at first to Pro, Team and Max subscribers only
#note1xf9…6yz6

2026-03-17 19:35:45 UTC

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Not me; I think you're Japanese 😉

2026-03-17 19:34:25 UTC

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Well, for a family, they'll happily sell you a liter or two. (I've started buying taco fillings etc. from places I like, then freezing them so I have options. It's like what people used to do before we had frozen sections the size of a football field.)

2026-03-17 19:19:32 UTC

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See also: the mariscos place where they offer you "some broth" as an appetizer before your meal arrives and there's more shrimp in it than a full entree in the states

2026-03-17 19:03:39 UTC

When you order a "small order" of birria at a restaurant in Mexico, beware. It is lies. They'll come back with 2lbs of meat and consommé with 8 tortillas and go, there, small order for you!

2026-03-17 17:36:27 UTC

Kiss me, I'm (basically like one-thousandth) Irish

2026-03-17 16:22:41 UTC

RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116245380531611705
"Dear Iranian insurgents: go on in, the water's fine
Your pals,
Israel"
#note1la6…8rld

2026-03-17 13:18:50 UTC

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I think that’s Italian for “full beans”

2026-03-17 13:09:56 UTC

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Oof, facing a tough primary season for that one. Lots of great candidates this century.

2026-03-17 13:06:51 UTC

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Playing Voldemort really helped him grow into the role imo

2026-03-17 13:02:16 UTC

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Ah, you see, he needs to fill his stamp book with Clever Boy Points, which can be redeemed for a seat on the Very Special Clever Boys rocket ship when they’re done fucking up Earth

2026-03-17 12:55:59 UTC

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The Dork Who Bored Me

2026-03-17 12:55:12 UTC

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That’s the “if guns were outlawed, only outlaws would have guns” of clever-boy libertarianism

2026-03-17 04:49:29 UTC

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they don't officially exist anymore, afaik, but ideologically, they're all over this.

2026-03-17 04:47:55 UTC

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The organization, yes. The ideology, of course not. They just found another clubhouse.

2026-03-17 03:33:13 UTC

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If it’s not him, he’s in the ❤️ menu in his contacts

2026-03-17 03:09:04 UTC

If you told me in 1990 that a coalition of Opus Dei and Italian fascists were going to platform a gay billionaire Republican to challenge the pope on end-times doctrine, I would conclude that one if not both of us was having a stroke
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2026-03-17 02:54:03 UTC

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Of course it’s a terrible idea. It’s Elon’s.

2026-03-17 02:00:39 UTC

Nonzero chance the president Trump thinks he talked to is a Reagan chatbot.

2026-03-16 23:22:40 UTC

RE: https://tomkahe.com/@GiftArticles/116241372300994606
Do you want Talibans? Because this is how you get Talibans.
#note1zwf…algl

2026-03-16 20:58:32 UTC

So typical of US Soccer to drop the most fire flag-oriented uniforms at the time when I am least likely to want to wear anything that looks like an American flag.

2026-03-16 17:14:41 UTC

Happy birthday to Benito Juárez, still comfortably in the top 2 of Mexico’s most beloved Benitos

2026-03-15 22:48:00 UTC

Drafting a newsletter on Meta's layoffs until I see how they play them in the media: whether it'll be old-Zuck fake-apologetic, or AI-forward, brazen heartlessness.
I'm probably saving writing time by assuming the latter.

2026-03-15 18:28:05 UTC

If #LFC don’t advance on Wednesday, Slot should be gone by Thursday. I’ve seen enough.

2026-03-15 18:25:30 UTC

RE: https://mstdn.social/@mattmay/116234152434567631
This toot aged extremely well, unfortunately.
#LFC
#note10q7…xsdt

2026-03-15 18:18:32 UTC

Motherfucker. I hate watching this team.
#LFC

2026-03-15 16:33:33 UTC

Decided to put on the #LIVTOT game because I secretly hate myself and want to be sad
#LFC

2026-03-15 16:13:41 UTC

Beware the Quartiles of March
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2026-03-15 16:09:41 UTC

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Global Only One Corporeal Presence Awareness Day

2026-03-15 16:08:53 UTC

Bono Wins Chinese Grand Prix
#F1

2026-03-15 00:03:55 UTC

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I would also watch that, even though I know Max would win

2026-03-14 23:18:30 UTC

I'll say this: I kind of want to see them put the Liberty Media crew on the #F1 eSports races in place of Bahrain and Saudi. Cameras, commentary, driver interviews, the whole nine. I'd watch that (though not live, I'm not a cyborg).

2026-03-14 23:08:46 UTC

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Tons of clicks, tho

2026-03-14 23:07:39 UTC

Fast-forwarding to this fall:
Whatever fandom is in second place will be pleading to hold Bahrain/Saudi in the fall, and failure to do so is proof of FIA meddling in order to keep them from winning.
Whatever fandom is in first place will be insisting that any talk of reinstating Bahrain/Saudi will be proof of FIA meddling in order to keep them from winning.
#F1

2026-03-14 17:38:00 UTC

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I think Shanghai has enough curlicue corners that some recharges are automatic, and that back straight is so long that no battery will last the whole way. Some of it could be e.g. lift-coast strategy, but there's still room for cars to be just mechanically faster around corners.
Mercedes has also been complaining about over- and understeer, so they probably traded away some downforce to be faster on the straights. Which used to be Ferrari's whole thing!

2026-03-14 16:45:59 UTC

Looks like the qualifying template for the early part of the season is going to be:
Q1: both Williams, both Astons, both Cadillacs out
Q2: 6 out of 8 of (Alpine, Audi, Racing Bulls, Haas) out
Q3: Both Mercedes, both Ferraris, both McLarens, then a jumble of Red Bulls and the lucky qualifiers
Guess we’ll see what upgrade season has in store.
#F1

2026-03-14 15:28:57 UTC

Watching the qualifying replay. They popped up a graphic showing Leclerc was over half a second faster in low-speed corners than Russell. Which is a shock, because for several years Ferrari management was adamant that CAR GO FAST, even when being the fastest on the straights hamstrung them in races. So maybe something there has changed for the better.
#F1

2026-03-14 13:26:55 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116223938494557532
“Awesome, I’ve been waiting for this,” said nobody
#note1ga3…t2z9

2026-03-13 22:51:37 UTC

Shout out to Staples, which thinks I'm 8 and 80 years old
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2026-03-13 14:41:53 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116222302747119090
YOU ARE WELCOME, CHILDREN
#note1h2p…wj9y

2026-03-13 02:59:43 UTC

You know what becomes economical at oil prices over $100?
Fracking.
War in the middle east is the best for the worst possible people.

2026-03-12 19:57:15 UTC

Me: Yes, I would like nine American dollars worth of pizza, please
Mexico: provechito
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2026-03-12 16:22:00 UTC

I don't think I can watch the news anymore. Whenever some admin spokesperson comes on, they immediately contradict three other things another one said. We're at war, no, it's an operation, no, it's an encounter, no, it's a situationship.
The only things they DO 100% agree on are intentional lies. We definitely DID NOT bomb that girls school, they say, though now several investigations show they did.
It's just madness. Stochastic information terrorism.

2026-03-12 16:17:33 UTC

Ah. Found the source of all the LinkedIn trash. An early-career connection who's too young to realize he's being manipulated.
I'm not going to reach him at this point, so the next best thing was to unfollow. And all the hustle-culture stuff went away. Relief.

2026-03-12 14:46:36 UTC

RE: https://mastodon.social/@verge/116216601081582291
Ironically, you shouldn’t trust Anthropic, either.
#note1y45…9g8e

2026-03-12 14:40:50 UTC

“There’s no fallback mechanism here,” Musk told investors in January. “Like this car either drives itself or it does not drive.”
That’s his SALES PITCH for the Cybercab. Not even a passing recognition of how many ways you can threaten passengers’ lives without a fallback.
It’s hard to express how basic this guy is. Like, he’s never been stranded at a ski area, or in the woods. His physical safety has never been at risk, except by his own choice.

2026-03-11 19:23:59 UTC

As cooking from scratch goes, it's REALLY hard to top corn tortillas. 10 cents worth of ingredients, 3 ingredients, like a minute each to cook. Basically a superfood.

2026-03-11 16:25:48 UTC

Not sure what I did to deserve this form of hell, but now my LinkedIn is FLOODED with Indian hustle-culture guys pasting tweets from OTHER Indian hustle-culture guys parroting proto-hustle-culture tweets. Stuff like "if you're 25, master waking up at 5am, running a half-marathon, save your first million, carry the stress of the whole company on your back and die of overwork at 30."
I don't need that shit, and nobody else does either.

2026-03-11 03:13:46 UTC

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"Yes, we saw that, bringing it to the stewards"

2026-03-11 03:05:33 UTC

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imagine being so toxic that someone spends a half a billion to freeze you out 🥶

2026-03-11 02:21:38 UTC

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No clue why anybody would pay to be the minority shareholder with Renault in the lead. Yikes.

2026-03-10 14:16:28 UTC

This feels like a Pepsi Challenge: a tiny sample that compares favorably against the Real Thing, but ultimately so cloying and lacking in texture that you’d never want to finish a full serving.
https://nyti.ms/46Pn9O3

2026-03-10 04:19:02 UTC

tfw you're looking back through your family tree and then boom, you're Jesus's 52nd great-grandson
(I know, ancient genealogy is a con)
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2026-03-10 01:50:46 UTC

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Was literally just talking about this with someone 😁

2026-03-09 20:26:58 UTC

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This person is a sociopath. You can tell because they call Twitter "X"

2026-03-09 19:16:33 UTC

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Of course they do.

2026-03-09 17:28:18 UTC

Me, grasping for silver linings: hey, at least we won't be able to afford Greenland

2026-03-09 14:03:11 UTC

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100% worth the yellow

2026-03-09 01:09:44 UTC

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This is probably how Red Bull will avoid paying him a year-end bonus

2026-03-08 14:40:52 UTC

Feeling mixed about George Russell. On the one hand, he's clearly in his window for winning a driver's championship. But on the other, it's kind of like rooting for the guy who reports your lawn to the HOA for encroaching onto the sidewalk.

2026-03-08 14:36:05 UTC

RE: https://twitter.com/F1/status/2030641938215682112
Lindblad an early-season favorite for rookie of the year
#F1
#note12ua…hwzw

2026-03-08 04:34:00 UTC

20 laps in and Stroll has now been lapped by the race leaders
#F1

2026-03-08 04:17:38 UTC

Think it's really unfair to Franco that the 2026 rule changes include a new "Colapinto-and-go" penalty
#F1

2026-03-08 04:09:53 UTC

There is more excitement in the first four laps of this season than there was in the bottom ten RACES of 2025.
#F1

2026-03-08 04:07:35 UTC

That was the fastest I've ever seen lights out. Just a blip. Might even have caught some of the drivers off guard.
#F1

2026-03-08 02:46:18 UTC

Watching the Paralympics opening ceremony. I bet nobody's ever going to top performing an anthem on theremin, alp horns and drinking glasses. Can't be done.

2026-03-07 02:59:00 UTC

It is WILD how many teammates are next to each other on the timing sheet. Very nature vs. nurture.
#F1

2026-03-07 02:13:38 UTC

RE: https://twitter.com/FastestPitStop/status/2030089761176551935
Fact check: true
#F1
#note1wg6…n32n

2026-03-06 19:29:40 UTC

The most hilarious thing about this season is that #LFC are 3 points away from being 3rd on points, and play the 3 teams ahead of them (MUN, CHE, AVL) back-to-back-to-back in the first half of May.
Basically the whole season depends on whether or not they can get good in 2 months. (And also if they can avoid tripping over themselves against mid/bottom-table opponents.)
As bad as they are, I actually kind of like their odds.

2026-03-06 14:01:19 UTC

Question: I’m not going to be able to watch the #LFC v. Wolves game today. How many flaming splints should I stick under my fingernails to simulate the feeling of watching?

2026-03-05 21:35:31 UTC

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Hunger Reduction System

2026-03-05 21:26:15 UTC

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Risky. If he doesn’t keep them up, he’s open to charges of Gross negligence

2026-03-05 21:21:53 UTC

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Who could they get to sit in a seat this hot? Big Sam?