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by Matthew Haughey

on Feb 27

Links for February 27, 2025

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Make yourself less valuable to tech companies is a great, step-by-step guide to removing personal details from all your accounts

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by Matthew Haughey

on Feb 20

A sign of things to come?

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I heard there was a big announcement today from Trump's secretary of transportation about California's high

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by Matthew Haughey

on Feb 18

Links for February 18, 2025

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Gina Trapani uploaded a visualization of her entire life, broken down by weeks, with milestones called out throughout. It'

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by Matthew Haughey

on Feb 18

Cory Doctorow's Picks & Shovels is out today (and it's great fun)

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I seem to have acquired a new annual tradition. For the past couple years, every winter I go on a

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by Matthew Haughey

on Feb 11

The first broadway musical you saw as a teen is the greatest ever, even if the story is terrible (and that's ok)

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I've always enjoyed plays and musicals and I have a couple friends in the business so I often

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by Matthew Haughey

on Feb 03

A guide to using Signal for government workers

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šŸ”’Editor's note: A friend of mine works in the federal government and wrote a guide for their fellow

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by Matthew Haughey

on Feb 01

Pixelfed should be designed like a lightly gated garden

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Pixelfed is a federated instance compatible with Mastodon and geared towards photographs. Their website and iOS app feels a lot

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 31

When everything becomes a profit centerā€¦

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A few days ago, the smoke alarms in my house went off at 3am, so we got up and took

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 29

Answering the blog questions challenge

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Naz tagged me in a blog meme, and honestly? I haven't done a blog-related meme in over 20

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 26

Remembering Pableaux

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I was utterly shocked a few hours ago when I read a post from a friend saying Pableaux Johnson died

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 22

Comedy in Portland

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A couple nights ago, I got to see Kyle Kinane do an hour at Helium Comedy Club in Portland and

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 21

Protecting your mental health during a clown president's second term

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We are on day two of President Kayfabe and the first day was pure stunts and stupidity to flood the

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 20

A big western loop: day 4 & 5

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I woke up early in Moab, Utah, ready to hit a bunch of trails I've had my eye

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 18

A big western loop: day 3

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I started the morning in Barstow, California, at one of the last hotels I could find a room in the

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 15

A big western loop: day 1 & 2

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I spent the last few months cramming to finish off the soccer stadium book, and I purposely stacked my first

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 10

Surviving the dentist

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I grew up with parents that owned their own struggling small business. Throughout my childhood, we had pretty much zero

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by Matthew Haughey

on Jan 06

It's book launch day!

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Buy the Book! My wife and I love soccer. We love watching it, we've both loved playing it

#nwsl #soccer #writing

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by Matthew Haughey

on Dec 30

Reflections on 2024

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As the year draws to a close, I figured I should look back at the highs and lows and take

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