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Andreas Matern

@amatern

LifeSciences/Healthcare data nerd - also a guitar, science fiction and technology nerd. Just a general nerd. Dedham, MA, USA. Chaotic Good.

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Andreas Matern@amatern· Jun 27

Morning ….

Andreas Matern@amatern· Mar 25

Dog walk yields signs of Spring

Purple crocuses

Andreas Matern@amatern· Feb 23

Well this is going to be an interesting Monday morning

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jan 14

Today’s short story read.

A photo of a magazine cover article. The Wekfare State by Nell Zink. The image is a painting of two hands holding a cup of hot chocolate with a 5 Swiss franc coin on the table.

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jan 3

NYC right now

Andreas Matern@amatern· Nov 16

Amsterdam is lovely

Andreas Matern@amatern· Oct 13

Andreas Matern@amatern· Oct 5

Watching 20 sided tavern at the Boch Center - having a blast

The performers of 20 sided tavern roll an enormous 20 sided die

The performers of 20 sided tavern act out a scene

Andreas Matern@amatern· Sep 29

An image of a 404 screen - oops something went wrong the page you are looking nfor is not here anymore

Andreas Matern@amatern· Sep 24

Hello Kalamazoo!

A picture of Kalamazoo airport showing a mostly empty terminal with a plane suspended in mid air

A picture of Kalamazoo airport showing a mostly empty terminal and a plane suspended from the ceiling g

Andreas Matern@amatern· Sep 19

Andreas Matern@amatern· Sep 15

Catching up on Absolute Batman and got to this panel which I read to my wife who said “that’s certainly no Clooney”

A panel from absolute Batman number 10. Text reads “Sedated male presented at 6 foot 9 inches, 421 pounds. Six staff were required to carry him in — one back injury incurred. Removal of his “costume” triggered a series of homemade booby traps, numerous injuries incurred.

Andreas Matern@amatern· Aug 21

From the awesome www.savagechickens.com @savagechickens.bsky.social

Chicken at a computer "AI will never replace writers. It's writing is crappy!" Second chicken "Yes but it creates crappy writing so fast!"

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jul 28

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Andreas Matern@amatern· Jul 27

A fantastic weekend. Now some cool looking vinyl and acoustic @colinhay.com

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jul 16

Mind blown. Weird Al was amazing. Blown away.

Weird Al dressed as a Jedi with C3p0 and r2d2 at the wang center in Boston

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jul 14

Soccer (in the US) and football (everywhere else) is one of the greatest sports because it is accessible to anyone who can find a ball. No expensive equipment or special locations - a field, a street, you name it, you can play. Apparently, you need to be wealthy af to watch. And Trump might show.

A screenshot of the official FIFA World Cup site where one can choose to buy tickets. Single matches start at $1350 USD per person. Watching every match at your venue starts at $8275 USD per person. Following a team around USA, Canada and Mexico would start at $6750 per person.

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jul 14

Today's mood: via: thisisnthappiness.com/post/7889909...

White text on a black background. ergophobia n. an aversion to work, isolato n. a person who is physically or spiritually isolated from their times or society hebetate v. to make dull or obtuse suspiration n. a long, deep sigh

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jul 2

A cartoon man arms raised in a V yelling to the yellow void "I Can't Stand it! I Want to See the World I Knew Again!"

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jun 19

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jun 18

There's a tweet for everything! Get this idiot out of the white house.

A tweet from Donald Trump dated October 9, 2012 "Now that Obama's poll numbers are in a tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike in Libya or Ian. He is desperate.

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jun 17

From the ever awesome: boingboing.net/2025/06/17/t... #TrumpFail

A comic from Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling entitled Donald and John. Subtitle "a boy and his imaginary publicist". In the style of Calvin and Hobbs, young Trump (Calvin) is playing with army toys while his father (who looks like Trump) looks over his shoulder.
Calvin "I'm making a massive parade to celebrate the army and its service to our nation!"
Dad "It's for the army and our nation?"
Calvin "Yes"
Dad "Then why are they performing for YOU?"
Calvin "Because they're MY Toys!!"
Next strip
Calvin, dressed like a military commander with an obnoxious amount of military flair on his jacket
"The great military leader surveys his powerful army as it parades past him! He recalls his own youth when service called... and he bravely and selflessly fought that evil foe..."
Dad "... Bone Spurs!"
Calvin "AND that greedy doctor who wanted $3000 for the diagnosis!"
Next strip.
Dad "Six million Americans are in peaceful protest against you!"
Calvin" But it's NOT a peaceful protest"
Dad "All reports say it is ..."
Calvin "Just wait."
Dad "Oh! A nut drove an SUV into a Virginia crowd ... and the LAPD is gassing and shooting at protestors!"
Calvin "See? My people always come through"
Last strip:
Calvin is in a treehouse wearing a paper captain's hat and a sword.
"Followers, There's been a terrible murder of a democratic legislator! We've been treated badly and unfairly, but that's NOT the way to respond! Just know what you'll get if you commit violence in my name!!"
Crowd "A PARDON!"
Calvin "Busted"

Andreas Matern@amatern· Jun 16

South Station Boston advertising for the World Cup #worldcup #boston

An advertisement on the floor of South Station in Boston „FIFA 26 Boston“

An advertisement for the FIFA World Cup at South Station in Boston „One year to go“

An advertisement for the FIFA World Cup at South Station in Boston „this is the road to 26“

Andreas Matern@amatern· May 29

Starting to look more and more like spring in my yard! #DedhamMA

Andreas Matern@amatern· May 22

old Soviet joke for our times:

Guy stops by the newsstand every day, scans the front page, doesn't buy the paper. ONe day the vendor asks what he's up to.

Guy says "looking for an obituary"

Vendor says "those are towards the back of the paper, comrade"

Guy says "not the one I'm looking for"

Andreas Matern@amatern· May 16

lol, what a child

Andreas Matern@amatern· May 11

This isn’t real, right? No one on earth would write this as POTUS.

A tweet from DJT

Happy Mother's Day to all, including Racist, Vicious, Highly Partisan, Politically Motivated, and Very Unfair Radical Left Democrat Judges, Prosecutors, District Attorneys, and Attorney Generals, who campaign unrelentingly against you without knowing a thing, and endlessly promise to take you down. After years of persecution, even the Fake News says there is no case or, at best, it would be very hard to bring. Someday soon they will start fighting RECORD SETTING Violent Crime.
I love you all!

Andreas Matern@amatern· May 7

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Andreas Matern@amatern· May 3