Matt Brady

Crisis management counselor for users of technology.

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@TimOnPoint Good job future Sailors

[Mia♡ @luxemiaa]

My son came to me with some news.

He told me Dolly Parton had died and I said I knew.

And then he got quiet for a second and said she loved me. She used to send me a lot of books.

I had to just look at him for a moment.

He was talking about the Imagination Library. The program where Dolly sends books to children every month from birth until they start school. Millions of kids across the country get these books.

My son believed that Dolly Parton personally knew him. That she had specifically selected each book, thought about him individually, put it in an envelope, and mailed it to our house every single month because she loved him specifically.

Not as part of a program. Not as one of millions of children. But because she and my son had a personal relationship and she was devoted to his literary development specifically.

And honestly when you think about it from a child's perspective that's not even an unreasonable conclusion. Books showed up every month with her name attached. She clearly cared. Why wouldn't she know him personally.

I didn't have the heart to fully correct him in that moment.

Because also he wasn't entirely wrong. She did love him. She loved all of them. She just loved a lot of children at once and had a very efficient system for showing it.

Rest easy Dolly. My son misses you personally.

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@hereiamnature Wtf

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@brutalfanz The shadows on the sand are wrong. Nice try

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@daltonbrewer Wild

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@PeteHegseth @seanmdav America!

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@MrBeast 7,999,999

[lorem ipsum @altashanta]

Después del terremoto en Venezuela, una familia buscaba a su bebé entre los escombros. El papá entre lágrimas lo llamaba a los gritos Y EL BEBÉ SALIÓ GATEANDO.

Esto es un milagro

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

https://t.co/yvJOwOS4xE

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@masashikomori Thats one way for IT to find out that they missed a switch

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

Trump is amazing

In any meeting with a world leader or even at any rally

He understands the thing that is most important & leads with that thing.

I’d have an issue with that - except for the fact that he actually follows through

Plaenty politicians do the same - showing that they know their audience - Trump may prepare the same - all the difference is his following through - & actually addressing the problem & winning by making the necessary changes / deal to address the problem

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@vyelours Oh good its not just me

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@TheStingisBack One of my favs

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@Oregon_GOP Governors Debate

https://t.co/NVG5WpMMQy

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@Oregon_GOP

Governors Debate

https://t.co/NVG5WpMMQy

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

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[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@teslaownersSV 🔫

[Erik Kuna 🚀 @erikkuna]

This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet.

The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation
with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy.

There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one.

That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure.

📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center

[Matt Brady @pdxgoofy]

@LouisvilleGun Lol