Fraser Matheson
@fmatheson81.bsky.social
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Fraser Matheson
@fmatheson81.bsky.social
· Nov 13
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Of these 6,500 arrests, how many of them were for the employers, would you guess?
August 9, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Of these 6,500 arrests, how many of them were for the employers, would you guess?
The BBC rugby union weekly pod is saying that “4 or 5 of the English clubs would finish top 6 or 8 season on season”
That’s some lesson to learn from a weekend where all but one team takes an absolute hiding
That’s some lesson to learn from a weekend where all but one team takes an absolute hiding
April 8, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The BBC rugby union weekly pod is saying that “4 or 5 of the English clubs would finish top 6 or 8 season on season”
That’s some lesson to learn from a weekend where all but one team takes an absolute hiding
That’s some lesson to learn from a weekend where all but one team takes an absolute hiding
April 5, 2025 at 9:17 PM
This really is a great article
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
This really is a great article
That is absolutely rank news.
@joshgardner.bsky.social or @bloodandmud.bsky.social is responsible for jinxing this. Can’t remember who it was but it was one of you for sure. 😭
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
@joshgardner.bsky.social or @bloodandmud.bsky.social is responsible for jinxing this. Can’t remember who it was but it was one of you for sure. 😭
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Sione Tuipulotu out of Six Nations because of training injury
Influential centre Sione Tuipulotu is ruled out of the Six Nations because of the pectoral injury he picked up in training.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
That is absolutely rank news.
@joshgardner.bsky.social or @bloodandmud.bsky.social is responsible for jinxing this. Can’t remember who it was but it was one of you for sure. 😭
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
@joshgardner.bsky.social or @bloodandmud.bsky.social is responsible for jinxing this. Can’t remember who it was but it was one of you for sure. 😭
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Really stretching the tiresome criticism of the Scottish qualified
“The spelling of Huw owes itself to Welshness on his father’s side, but he qualifies for Scotland through his mother’s father, not to mention the fact he was born in Edinburgh.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
“The spelling of Huw owes itself to Welshness on his father’s side, but he qualifies for Scotland through his mother’s father, not to mention the fact he was born in Edinburgh.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Glasgow, Scotland, the Lions? The unstoppable rise of ‘Huwipulotu’ duo
Giving them a compound name indicates level established by centre pairing Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Really stretching the tiresome criticism of the Scottish qualified
“The spelling of Huw owes itself to Welshness on his father’s side, but he qualifies for Scotland through his mother’s father, not to mention the fact he was born in Edinburgh.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
“The spelling of Huw owes itself to Welshness on his father’s side, but he qualifies for Scotland through his mother’s father, not to mention the fact he was born in Edinburgh.”
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
Americans are almost as bad as people in the UK at guessing the size of minority populations.
Trans assumed at 21% and gay/lesbian a further 30%. Real numbers are 1% and 3%.
Equivalent error is thinking US is less than 250 miles wide
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Trans assumed at 21% and gay/lesbian a further 30%. Real numbers are 1% and 3%.
Equivalent error is thinking US is less than 250 miles wide
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Americans Have One Very Strange Cognitive Bias
Or: How I learned to stop worrying and love The People.
www.thebulwark.com
November 24, 2024 at 8:54 PM
Americans are almost as bad as people in the UK at guessing the size of minority populations.
Trans assumed at 21% and gay/lesbian a further 30%. Real numbers are 1% and 3%.
Equivalent error is thinking US is less than 250 miles wide
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Trans assumed at 21% and gay/lesbian a further 30%. Real numbers are 1% and 3%.
Equivalent error is thinking US is less than 250 miles wide
www.thebulwark.com/p/americans-...
Beinn Ime looking decent this morning but it was a proper winter temperature 🥶
November 17, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Beinn Ime looking decent this morning but it was a proper winter temperature 🥶
Urban II would be turning in his grave
November 15, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Urban II would be turning in his grave
A perfectly functioning friend has fallen into this trap since Covid. Went from apolitical and health conscious to pro Trump, pro Putin, anti vax, climate denier in the last 4yrs. It is staggering
So…apropos of nothing, here’s a long-ish magazine feature I wrote last year (to go alongside a book on the same theme) about how something as well-meaning “wellness” can turn into a pipeline into full-blown conspiracism – and even fascism. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline
One minute you’re doing the downward dog, the next you’re listening to conspiracy theories about Covid or the new world order. How did the desire to look after yourself become so toxic?
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2024 at 9:59 PM
A perfectly functioning friend has fallen into this trap since Covid. Went from apolitical and health conscious to pro Trump, pro Putin, anti vax, climate denier in the last 4yrs. It is staggering
Reposted by Fraser Matheson
Donald Trump has two months to do the funniest thing ever
November 14, 2024 at 12:02 AM
Donald Trump has two months to do the funniest thing ever
Jurassic Park, keep Jeff Goldblum
Jennifer's Body, keep Needy (Amanda Seyfried)
Okay, #filmsky and #scriptsky. I need you to do this one with me.
November 13, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Jurassic Park, keep Jeff Goldblum
Can’t wait for the @thepaulwilliams.bsky.social predictions this weekend.
If he gets them right, this really is the good place
If he gets them right, this really is the good place
November 13, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Can’t wait for the @thepaulwilliams.bsky.social predictions this weekend.
If he gets them right, this really is the good place
If he gets them right, this really is the good place
Will start posting insightful and witty content soon
November 13, 2024 at 1:15 PM
Will start posting insightful and witty content soon