Mat8iou
@mat8iou.bsky.social
Sydney (but until recently Slough, UK) based architect and ultra-runner.
Described by Samantha Bee as the most well informed thoughtful person to ever dress like the EU flag.
@mat8iou on Twitter, Threads and Instagram
Described by Samantha Bee as the most well informed thoughtful person to ever dress like the EU flag.
@mat8iou on Twitter, Threads and Instagram
1. This is going to turn into absolute chaos.
2. Why are they doing it before the ban starts?
3. Why can't they just lock / make private the accounts rather than deleting them?
2. Why are they doing it before the ban starts?
3. Why can't they just lock / make private the accounts rather than deleting them?
Meta warns it will start axing the Meta accounts of under 16s from December 4. Here's how you can download your data before then.
How to download your content ahead of Meta's teen social media ban
Meta warns it will start axing the Meta accounts of under 16s from December 4. Here's how you can download your data before then.
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 AM
1. This is going to turn into absolute chaos.
2. Why are they doing it before the ban starts?
3. Why can't they just lock / make private the accounts rather than deleting them?
2. Why are they doing it before the ban starts?
3. Why can't they just lock / make private the accounts rather than deleting them?
Non British are no longer allowed to enjoy themselves in the Daily Mail worldview...
A reminder that the Daily Express' last editor but one, apologised for its "anti-immigrant" coverage which he said had meant "I just couldn't sleep" at night.
No such sleepless nights for his successor then
No such sleepless nights for his successor then
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Non British are no longer allowed to enjoy themselves in the Daily Mail worldview...
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Nostalgia for memes is now a thing www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
The ‘Great Meme Reset’ Is Coming
From Jack Dorsey to Gen Alpha, everyone seemingly wants to go back to the internet of a decade ago. But is it possible to reverse AI slop and brain rot?
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Nostalgia for memes is now a thing www.wired.com/story/the-gr...
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“If you speak out in defense of judicial independence only to protect judges (or justices) who rule the way you want them to, then I respectfully submit that your definition of judicial independence is bollocks.”
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
www.stevevladeck.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
“If you speak out in defense of judicial independence only to protect judges (or justices) who rule the way you want them to, then I respectfully submit that your definition of judicial independence is bollocks.”
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
Me in today’s “One First” on the Trump administration’s “war” on lower-court judges:
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The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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Coinbase donated to Trump's $300 million White House ballroom project as an appeal to the administration, Emilie Choi, the cryptocurrency exchange's president and COO, said at Axios' BFD event today.
Exclusive: Coinbase explains donation to Trump's ballroom
Tech firms like Google, Amazon, and Nvidia also donated to Trump's ballroom fund.
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The reason we have laws* against bribery is that companies will absolutely bribe politicians at the very first opportunity if it is good for the bottom line, because they see it as a sound business decision, not a civilizational betrayal.
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High end art market price inflation is insane.
In 1985, the then most expensive Artwork sold was Andrea Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi for $12 million.
What else has gone up by 2,000% in 40 years?
In 1985, the then most expensive Artwork sold was Andrea Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi for $12 million.
What else has gone up by 2,000% in 40 years?
Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction
Gustav Klimt portrait sells for $236.4m, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction
Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, which was looted by the Nazis and nearly destroyed in a fire during the second world war, sells at Sotheby’s auction
A painting by Gustav Klimt has sold for a record-breaking $236.4m (£179.7m, A$364m) with fees, making it the second most expensive artwork ever sold at auction and the most expensive work of modern art sold at auction.
The six-foot-tall painting, titled Portrait of Elisabeth Lederer, was painted by the Austrian painter between 1914 and 1916 and shows Lederer, a young heiress and daughter of Klimt’s patrons, draped in a Chinese robe. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
High end art market price inflation is insane.
In 1985, the then most expensive Artwork sold was Andrea Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi for $12 million.
What else has gone up by 2,000% in 40 years?
In 1985, the then most expensive Artwork sold was Andrea Mantegna's Adoration of the Magi for $12 million.
What else has gone up by 2,000% in 40 years?
Just had an email from the "Gouvernment Gateway"...
November 19, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Just had an email from the "Gouvernment Gateway"...
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Writing about the government’s latest policy announcement and, as usual, torn between three angles: morally awful, politically foolish, and probably unworkable. Something for everyone there
November 18, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Writing about the government’s latest policy announcement and, as usual, torn between three angles: morally awful, politically foolish, and probably unworkable. Something for everyone there
Please let it be a giant Wile E. Coyote (although he probably lives at Wiley Park station TBH).
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Please let it be a giant Wile E. Coyote (although he probably lives at Wiley Park station TBH).
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Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
November 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Just wilful performative cruelty that is entirely out of step with the majority of British people.
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
How many Labour MPs got into politics in order to vote for stealing jewellery off of people seeking refuge from war and persecution?
Turns out it is not that easy to fire someone into the sun.
“How do you fire someone into the Sun?” theconversation.com/how-do-you-f...
How do you fire someone into the Sun?
It’s not enough to point a rocket at the Sun and ignite the engines.
theconversation.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Turns out it is not that easy to fire someone into the sun.
WTF is this person doing in the UK Labour Party?
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
WTF is this person doing in the UK Labour Party?
What is wrong with the UK government.
Can't they focus on the actual problems rather than whatever Farage is chuntering about?
Can't they focus on the actual problems rather than whatever Farage is chuntering about?
Shabana Mahmood plans to extend the period refugees have to wait for permanent residence in the UK to 20 years, during which time their status will be under repeated review
November 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
What is wrong with the UK government.
Can't they focus on the actual problems rather than whatever Farage is chuntering about?
Can't they focus on the actual problems rather than whatever Farage is chuntering about?
"Why does a potent portion of the American right seek to rehabilitate Hitler? [...] Carlson and his fellow travelers on the far right correctly identify the Second World War as a pivot point in America’s understanding of itself and its attitude toward its Jewish citizens.”
I wrote about why far-right influencers like Tucker have been working to rehabilitate Hitler here:
The MAGA Influencers Rehabilitating Hitler
A growing constituency on the right wants America to unlearn the lessons of World War II.
www.theatlantic.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Why does a potent portion of the American right seek to rehabilitate Hitler? [...] Carlson and his fellow travelers on the far right correctly identify the Second World War as a pivot point in America’s understanding of itself and its attitude toward its Jewish citizens.”
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It is very weird when US media does not report on the safety concerns, which are top of the list for Canadians I know. Yeah we are also pissed off but we've been pissed off since January, the decline was not gonna keep declining based purely on "elbows up."
I legitimately think this article misses the mark, because Canadians are not avoiding travel out of some principled boycott of the USA over tariffs.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
Canadians who are avoiding the USA are seeing images of masked government thugs kidnapping people and teargassing children.
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It is very weird when US media does not report on the safety concerns, which are top of the list for Canadians I know. Yeah we are also pissed off but we've been pissed off since January, the decline was not gonna keep declining based purely on "elbows up."
It has now been reclassified as a tug boat:
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
DFDS apologises after porn screened on ferry to Newhaven
One passenger says children ran screaming from the lounge when the "adult film" was mistakenly shown.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 PM
It has now been reclassified as a tug boat:
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It has now been reclassified as a tug boat:
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
DFDS apologises after porn screened on ferry to Newhaven
One passenger says children ran screaming from the lounge when the "adult film" was mistakenly shown.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:11 PM
It has now been reclassified as a tug boat:
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A ferry company has apologised after pornography was accidentally screened on one of its ships bound for Sussex.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Elon Musk's X AI Grok has created a rival to Wikipedia, called Grokipedia. Naturally, the kinds of source it relies on conform to the far right views of Musk, citing Infowars as a reliable source. X, Grok, and Grokipedia should be shunned by all reasonable people.
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
Grokipedia cites a Nazi forum and fringe conspiracy websites
A site-wide comparison with Wikipedia sheds light on what Elon Musk is trying to do
indicator.media
November 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Elon Musk's X AI Grok has created a rival to Wikipedia, called Grokipedia. Naturally, the kinds of source it relies on conform to the far right views of Musk, citing Infowars as a reliable source. X, Grok, and Grokipedia should be shunned by all reasonable people.
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
indicator.media/p/grokipedia...
In a competitive field, this has to be one of the most messed up news stories I've read this year:
The Milan public prosecutor's office is investigating claims that Italians (& others) paid large sums to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo "sniper safaris" in the early '90s.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Milan public prosecutor's office is investigating claims that Italians (& others) paid large sums to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo "sniper safaris" in the early '90s.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Italy probes claim that tourists paid to go to Bosnia to kill besieged civilians
Italians and others are alleged to have paid large sums to fire at Bosnians risking their lives in besieged Sarajevo.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
In a competitive field, this has to be one of the most messed up news stories I've read this year:
The Milan public prosecutor's office is investigating claims that Italians (& others) paid large sums to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo "sniper safaris" in the early '90s.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The Milan public prosecutor's office is investigating claims that Italians (& others) paid large sums to shoot at civilians in Sarajevo "sniper safaris" in the early '90s.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
It's not exactly as though there weren't already plenty of indicators that they were heading this way.
Sure, there were opportunities to change direction, but it was clear that a fair few of them were desperate to take things here.
Sure, there were opportunities to change direction, but it was clear that a fair few of them were desperate to take things here.
Malcom Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero
Malcom Turnbull accuses Liberals of ‘Trumpian campaign against renewables’ after party dumps net zero
Climate groups call backflip a ‘disaster’ while moderate Liberals worry about impact on winning back urban electorates
Former Liberal prime minister Malcolm Turnbull says his party’s decision to dump a net zero target shows it “does not take climate change seriously”, accusing the opposition of “a Trumpian campaign against renewables.”
But while moderate sources are alarmed about the impact on winning back or retaining urban electorates, and climate groups called the backflip a “disaster”, the Liberal decision to scrap their own 2050 target and unwind Labor’s 2035 and renewable energy pledges has been praised by conservative MPs and campaigners. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:22 AM
It's not exactly as though there weren't already plenty of indicators that they were heading this way.
Sure, there were opportunities to change direction, but it was clear that a fair few of them were desperate to take things here.
Sure, there were opportunities to change direction, but it was clear that a fair few of them were desperate to take things here.
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Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
November 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Right. Hitler's DNA. Brace yourselves for a deluge of misinformation and bad science.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I'm in Australia, so do get in touch if you want some expert debunking.
I can never read that word the same now.
For grim gallows levity, please pronounce microphallus as if it were a dinosaur.
Also, I imagine many of you of a certain age are humming Colonel Bogey right now.
Also, I imagine many of you of a certain age are humming Colonel Bogey right now.
November 13, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I can never read that word the same now.
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NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:06 PM
NEWS: The UK is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...