Andreas Matern

I love working from home on a Monday when there is apparently no one else working. That To Do list is going to shrink! I’m going to get a bunch of organization done, and work related reading. Happy Monday, all!


Finished reading SaltCrop to end the year. Will try and get more non-fiction read in 2026, but I’m not setting goals just yet. Really enjoyed the novel, great story about a dystopian future where big companies are doing bad things.


Who doesn’t love the time between Christmas and New Year’s? I’m not even sure what day of the week it is, and I don’t care. I just took a bath. I’m a grown ass man, and I just sat in the bathtub with a negroni.


It has been forever since I last posted here. Happy to continue to support micro.blog, but maybe it’s time to post a bit more. I’ve been somewhat active on bluesky. But honestly, I’ve been keeping to myself. Between work and life and D&D with my son, there’s a lot going on! Start a streak?


Great flight home from Florida this Sunday.


This will always make me laugh, and the song at the end should be a real song!

https://youtu.be/pbyHseP4NLo?si=cSgvn4Mio4UG_7og


Dedham Soccer Night - Revolution take on Nashville SC on Saturday, September 28

https://dedhamsoccer.com/node/53 Dear Dedham Soccer Families, This fall, DYS is back at Gillette Stadium when our Revolution take on Nashville SC on Saturday, September 28. As part of the partnership between DYS and the Revs, we have reserved seats in the stadium for DYS to be all together! Be one of the first 250 to get seats and join our main Dedham group seated together in Corner/Endline Section 124!  

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“Healthcare isn’t suffering because we have a technical problem. Healthcare is not progressing as fast as it should because we have these very intricate workflow problems that still need to be solved. I don’t feel as though a brilliant technologist can come in and help fix that,” Cartmell said.

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Lots of great information in this Statnews post, but I loved this so much, I had to cut and paste it verbatim:

In recent years, Walz has positioned Minnesota as a Midwestern safe haven for access to abortions and gender-affirming care as surrounding states implement restrictions. Walz in 2023 signed a law codifying abortion rights in the state constitution; the same year, he issued two separate executive orders designed to shield traveling patients and Minnesota providers from abortion and gender-affirming care penalties issued by other states.