Matt Morris
@matthewmorris.bsky.social
A sometime mathematician and software engineer who should arguably have done something else instead. A convert to Bluesky's block-heavy approach: "But the little children, to save any bother, Let it in at one ear and out at the other."
Obviously in my case it has to be Werner Herzog “The bear butters the toast in a learned facsimile of human behaviour but behind his eyes is no humanity, no reason, just a hunger. Today it is for freshly buttered toast, tomorrow it could be any of us.”
Nanoraptor@nanoraptor.danamania.com · 2w agoYou suddenly get a narrator describing your life and there’s no way to turn it off - everyone can hear it. While shopping, at work, at home, with friends - the voice narrating your every move goes on. Who do you hope is the voice of this narrator?
And when I say dozens, I am not exaggerating. This is just when I started providing one one stop list for people who don’t want a conversation about the Oscars or their favourite novels derailed by a man whining about trans.
TSLA reports earnings today, so I asked several AI models to evaluate it as an investment. GPT Sol: looks butt Kimi K3: ass Fable: ce n'est pas un investissement, c'est un derrière Grok: (((They))) have always been conspiring against Elon Musk, a singular genius of our time. [Word Count: 14]
e.w. niedermeyer@niedermeyer.online · 2w agothis comparison leaves out a key point: the Edsel sold roughly twice the Cybertruck's volume at a time when the overall car market was just 6m units/year instead of the current 16m units/year that makes the Cybertruck the much, much bigger flop, hands down
$100 to any reporter who asks him, "so you're saying Capitol Police should've shot dead everyone who breached the Capitol on January 6?"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2w agoHoman on people getting killed by ICE: "It comes down to one simple fact -- these people failed to comply with law enforcement ... all they had to do is comply. If they did, they'd be alive today."
Burnham should appoint Lisa Nandy as culture secretary then someone should tap him on the shoulder and tell him
I respect France's commitment to not working on a holiday.
When Lucy from Compass Books in Dartmouth, Devon, was victim to shoplifting people told her to install CCTV. Instead she put this ancient book thief curse on the wall from the Monastery of San Pedro in Barcelona so book stealers would be consumed by "the flames of hell" with "their members blasted".
So, there is a precedent for vetoing an MP's resignation Viscount Chelsea (Henry Cadogan) applied for the Chiltern Hundreds in 1842 The Chancellor (Goulburn) refused because, get this, Cadogan wanted to resign to obstruct an investigation for bribery h/t @fascinatorfun.bsky.social and @gazhay.com
"I have, for the best part of two years, tried to find Clacton. I have failed. It is with regret, therefore..."
Look if you think it’s fine for Trump to corruptly get a red card revoked (or “suspended”) bc FIFA is already corrupt, maybe you understand the MAGA mindset better than you think. “All politicians are corrupt so it’s ok for Trump to be corrupt” is a very common maga rationalization
Fond memories of registering The Scam Factory Ltd for a story on the lack of checks. The following week I got an automated mailout from a small bank: "Congratulations Emma, the Scam Factory is going to be AWESOME. Here's a form to set up a free small business bank account".
Omg. i will strangle a horse has been played over 9000 times! If you've not played it yet, do give it a go! It's free, funny, and can be played on your phone! Reaching 10,000 plays would be absolutely lovely <3 Comedy! 13.5k words! Real silly ways to die! brainmage.itch.io/i-will-stran...
i will strangle a horse by BRAINMAGE
A comedy twine-based choose-your-own-adventure game where it's your first day on The Farm, and you have One Job
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Just to note that it is possible to hold the correct opinion that the Waspi women don't have a case for compensation because it is on you to keep on top of your pension and they had loads of notice, and also not to slip into ageism and misogyny when expressing that opinion.
Really, really, really object to any news corporations labelling people setting fire to cars, houses and attacking police as 'protesters'
Polymarket offered me enough money to pay my rent for ten months for one post in my newsletter and I turned it down because I enjoy being able to sleep at night.
Maya Kaufman@mayakaufman.bsky.social · 2mo agoINVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes. We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
Who, I wonder, is too racist for the BBC now? This is the language of the NF and the BNP, neither of which were invited on to the sofa to chat politics. Racism spreads when institutions legitimise it
Huw C. Davies@huwcdavies.bsky.social · 2mo agoGot to be one of the most inflammatory statements ever broadcast on the BBC, let alone a current affairs show. Apparently, there’s a ‘regime’ that for ‘30 years’ has been operating against the interests of whites.
At the start of my terrorism studies course, I ask students what most terrorists have in common. They always say: 1- Mental illness 2- Religion. They are, of course, wrong. The two most common traits of violent extremists are: 1- Gender 2- History of domestic violence and online mysogyny.
Andy Burnham will force Keir Starmer to quit as PM by standing in by-election after by-election until Labour loses its majority.
New Model Army Been years since you've thrown a punch but you still don't think people should go to a match without expecting it. Your portfolio, put together on a dare by making the most cynical investments possible, is doing well. Yours is a strictly "no paw patrol" household.
i'm just worried that keir starmer is going to fire *everyone* who knew that peter mandelson was a wrong'un, and the unemployment rate in the uk will reach 99.99%
It occurs to me that there are Republicans in Congress who assured themselves a year ago that they’d be able to shut it all down if things ever got wildly out of control, not realizing that when things are wildly out of control is exactly the time that it’s hardest to shut it all down.
