Matt Laroche
@mattlaroche.com
San Francisco bicycle dad
I delete older posts regularly
I delete older posts regularly
AI feels like it's just the latest in a long list of ways to use extra processor speed and memory because the capacity of both has increased. Currently angry because instead of a text box on an expense report, I have to wait 15 seconds for AI to fill it in for me.
September 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
AI feels like it's just the latest in a long list of ways to use extra processor speed and memory because the capacity of both has increased. Currently angry because instead of a text box on an expense report, I have to wait 15 seconds for AI to fill it in for me.
Why are cigarette butts socially acceptable to be littered?
September 20, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Why are cigarette butts socially acceptable to be littered?
I have been invited to a restaurant industry event by accident (I have purchased chef clothes from a company specializing in pro chef clothes), and I think I'm going to go because they're offering free flash tattoos.
September 19, 2026 at 5:11 AM
I have been invited to a restaurant industry event by accident (I have purchased chef clothes from a company specializing in pro chef clothes), and I think I'm going to go because they're offering free flash tattoos.
Of course he did. This clown.
Mayor Daniel Lurie's office apologized for appointing zero public school students to San Francisco's youth commission.
His all-private-school picks were an "oversight," he said, that he would learn from.
missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
His all-private-school picks were an "oversight," he said, that he would learn from.
missionlocal.org/2026/09/san-...
Mayor Lurie's office apologizes for appointing only private school kids to Youth Commission
The mayor's office said it would do better in the future, and called the appointments an "oversight."
missionlocal.org
September 19, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Of course he did. This clown.
"Ed Sheeran is what happens when a pair of khakis learns how to play the acoustic guitar" - can't remember the source, but this is how this quote comes across.
If you have a platform, and don't use it because you want to play it safe, you are human khakis. Be punk.
If you have a platform, and don't use it because you want to play it safe, you are human khakis. Be punk.
September 15, 2026 at 4:46 PM
"Ed Sheeran is what happens when a pair of khakis learns how to play the acoustic guitar" - can't remember the source, but this is how this quote comes across.
If you have a platform, and don't use it because you want to play it safe, you are human khakis. Be punk.
If you have a platform, and don't use it because you want to play it safe, you are human khakis. Be punk.
Can't believe JD and Erika have been dating for a year already
September 10, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Can't believe JD and Erika have been dating for a year already
My home river is the Kennebec. I have a photograph of the Carlton Bridge over the Kennebec in my home office. My father spent 35 years working for BIW on the banks of it, I've rafted it, fished it, swum in it.
I have the biggest feelings when crossing the Piscataqua, though (Welcome to Maine)
I have the biggest feelings when crossing the Piscataqua, though (Welcome to Maine)
RT with your home river
Look I am the MOST Kansan
It's the Kansas River.
Look I am the MOST Kansan
It's the Kansas River.
RT with your home river
Schuylkill baby
Schuylkill baby
September 9, 2026 at 12:16 AM
My home river is the Kennebec. I have a photograph of the Carlton Bridge over the Kennebec in my home office. My father spent 35 years working for BIW on the banks of it, I've rafted it, fished it, swum in it.
I have the biggest feelings when crossing the Piscataqua, though (Welcome to Maine)
I have the biggest feelings when crossing the Piscataqua, though (Welcome to Maine)
Other people's goal when driving is to beat the ETA
My goal when driving is to get as many motorcyclists to thank me as I can
My goal when driving is to get as many motorcyclists to thank me as I can
September 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Other people's goal when driving is to beat the ETA
My goal when driving is to get as many motorcyclists to thank me as I can
My goal when driving is to get as many motorcyclists to thank me as I can
As we held short of the runway for takeoff at Logan last weekend, a BA A380 was landing on that runway. Due to crosswinds, it briefly pointed at us, and then corrected.
September 3, 2026 at 8:03 PM
As we held short of the runway for takeoff at Logan last weekend, a BA A380 was landing on that runway. Due to crosswinds, it briefly pointed at us, and then corrected.
A friend of mine has a No on G sign in his window. His neighbor knocked on his door and interrogated him because of his No on G sign.
In Noe.
These people, man.
In Noe.
These people, man.
September 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
A friend of mine has a No on G sign in his window. His neighbor knocked on his door and interrogated him because of his No on G sign.
In Noe.
These people, man.
In Noe.
These people, man.
This weekend has confirmed that I can no longer:
Take a red eye to the east coast Friday night
Fly back Sunday evening
And be 100% on Monday.
Either that or I'm sick.
Take a red eye to the east coast Friday night
Fly back Sunday evening
And be 100% on Monday.
Either that or I'm sick.
August 31, 2026 at 11:50 PM
This weekend has confirmed that I can no longer:
Take a red eye to the east coast Friday night
Fly back Sunday evening
And be 100% on Monday.
Either that or I'm sick.
Take a red eye to the east coast Friday night
Fly back Sunday evening
And be 100% on Monday.
Either that or I'm sick.
Economy Plus but for shoulder width. (I know, I know, this is first class)
August 31, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Economy Plus but for shoulder width. (I know, I know, this is first class)
I went to the New Hampshire Poutine Festival yesterday, and can go a year without eating more poutine.
August 30, 2026 at 3:49 PM
I went to the New Hampshire Poutine Festival yesterday, and can go a year without eating more poutine.
Facebook has decided to show me constant right wing rage bait, which means it one of the following:
* That FB thinks I enjoy rage bait
* That FB thinks I am Republican
* That it wants me to become Republican
Since it's all rage-bait, I'm hoping it is the first.
* That FB thinks I enjoy rage bait
* That FB thinks I am Republican
* That it wants me to become Republican
Since it's all rage-bait, I'm hoping it is the first.
August 28, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Facebook has decided to show me constant right wing rage bait, which means it one of the following:
* That FB thinks I enjoy rage bait
* That FB thinks I am Republican
* That it wants me to become Republican
Since it's all rage-bait, I'm hoping it is the first.
* That FB thinks I enjoy rage bait
* That FB thinks I am Republican
* That it wants me to become Republican
Since it's all rage-bait, I'm hoping it is the first.
Some of the most unhinged driving of the year happens around back to school. Especially during the morning commute.
August 25, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Some of the most unhinged driving of the year happens around back to school. Especially during the morning commute.
I have 10 families I'm related to with residences in California (between my spouse and me), and more than half live in fire risk places, in a variety of places (LA county, near Tahoe, Santa Barbara). Personalizes how much fire risk there is in this state.
August 24, 2026 at 4:00 PM
I have 10 families I'm related to with residences in California (between my spouse and me), and more than half live in fire risk places, in a variety of places (LA county, near Tahoe, Santa Barbara). Personalizes how much fire risk there is in this state.
Going through a bunch of paperwork to prove that my great-grandfather was a German citizen, and let me tell you: jus soli is fantastic, ancestry through descent is a ton of work.
August 24, 2026 at 4:08 AM
Going through a bunch of paperwork to prove that my great-grandfather was a German citizen, and let me tell you: jus soli is fantastic, ancestry through descent is a ton of work.
Posted something nice about Sunset Dunes on a FB SF Chronicle post 2 hours ago and blocked 3 unhinged people already.
August 23, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Posted something nice about Sunset Dunes on a FB SF Chronicle post 2 hours ago and blocked 3 unhinged people already.
This event is in San Francisco in October, and I don't even have to look up what day of the month it is to know I'm busy that night.
Andrew Yang is not a Democrat, he runs a Centrist party. And he's never won an election.
MTG is pretty far right.
Andrew Yang is not a Democrat, he runs a Centrist party. And he's never won an election.
MTG is pretty far right.
August 20, 2026 at 6:15 PM
This event is in San Francisco in October, and I don't even have to look up what day of the month it is to know I'm busy that night.
Andrew Yang is not a Democrat, he runs a Centrist party. And he's never won an election.
MTG is pretty far right.
Andrew Yang is not a Democrat, he runs a Centrist party. And he's never won an election.
MTG is pretty far right.
Good news! Our cats are as interested in Legos as our children are!
Bad news! The way the cats play with the Legos includes picking up and dropping pieces, on a hardwood floor outside our bedroom, repeatedly, exclusively between 1 and 5am.
Bad news! The way the cats play with the Legos includes picking up and dropping pieces, on a hardwood floor outside our bedroom, repeatedly, exclusively between 1 and 5am.
August 20, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Good news! Our cats are as interested in Legos as our children are!
Bad news! The way the cats play with the Legos includes picking up and dropping pieces, on a hardwood floor outside our bedroom, repeatedly, exclusively between 1 and 5am.
Bad news! The way the cats play with the Legos includes picking up and dropping pieces, on a hardwood floor outside our bedroom, repeatedly, exclusively between 1 and 5am.
Howard Jarvis jagoff on NPR pointing out people are moving out of California due to education quality. Yeah, whose fault was that, jagoff?
August 19, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Howard Jarvis jagoff on NPR pointing out people are moving out of California due to education quality. Yeah, whose fault was that, jagoff?
why does outside lands bother having fog machines
August 9, 2026 at 1:16 AM
why does outside lands bother having fog machines
"What asshole is testing their subwoofer at 3pm on a Thursday?"
Outside Lands. I forgive you OSL, 3pm the day before the festival opens is actually the perfect time to test that subwoofer.
Outside Lands. I forgive you OSL, 3pm the day before the festival opens is actually the perfect time to test that subwoofer.
August 6, 2026 at 10:48 PM
"What asshole is testing their subwoofer at 3pm on a Thursday?"
Outside Lands. I forgive you OSL, 3pm the day before the festival opens is actually the perfect time to test that subwoofer.
Outside Lands. I forgive you OSL, 3pm the day before the festival opens is actually the perfect time to test that subwoofer.
SF folks: I am loving Season of the Witch, a history of SF from roughly 1967 to the 1980s. There are so many stories and people in it that I've heard but I only know the story skin deep, and it's rewarding to learn more about our city.
August 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
SF folks: I am loving Season of the Witch, a history of SF from roughly 1967 to the 1980s. There are so many stories and people in it that I've heard but I only know the story skin deep, and it's rewarding to learn more about our city.