Sonya Mathews
@mathewssonya.bsky.social
Wordsmith, comic, poker of technology.
Often amusing; needs to write more. Transatlantic New Scot. They/them.
My website: sonyamathews.com
Often amusing; needs to write more. Transatlantic New Scot. They/them.
My website: sonyamathews.com
February 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Ich koude wynne a gold medal at the olympics yf ther was an olympic sport called worryinge about everyethinge all the tyme
February 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
Ich koude wynne a gold medal at the olympics yf ther was an olympic sport called worryinge about everyethinge all the tyme
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Irretrievably scummy that JD Vance, who routinely rails against immigrants, is representing our immigrant country at the Olympics with his wife, child of immigrants, to watch a team of immigrants and children of immigrants bring home gold for their country
February 7, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Irretrievably scummy that JD Vance, who routinely rails against immigrants, is representing our immigrant country at the Olympics with his wife, child of immigrants, to watch a team of immigrants and children of immigrants bring home gold for their country
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Olympics announcer just said "we're not Yoda, we can't predict the future" and I could feel a million nerds cry out in pain.
February 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Olympics announcer just said "we're not Yoda, we can't predict the future" and I could feel a million nerds cry out in pain.
Alert! Very Important News!
The Polish team has a stuffed dumpling.
The #olympics can end now. Nothing more significant can possibly happen.
#winterolympics #poland
The Polish team has a stuffed dumpling.
The #olympics can end now. Nothing more significant can possibly happen.
#winterolympics #poland
February 7, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Alert! Very Important News!
The Polish team has a stuffed dumpling.
The #olympics can end now. Nothing more significant can possibly happen.
#winterolympics #poland
The Polish team has a stuffed dumpling.
The #olympics can end now. Nothing more significant can possibly happen.
#winterolympics #poland
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THREAD: Let’s talk about Roni, the outstanding raccoon mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics …
February 6, 2026 at 2:50 PM
THREAD: Let’s talk about Roni, the outstanding raccoon mascot of the 1980 Winter Olympics …
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Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
February 5, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Mongolia and Haiti correctly identified that the Winter Olympics are primarily a chance to design baller cold weather uniforms
I live in the UK and can confirm that “better than the US” is a popular tonic.
People enjoy feeling superior to the USA but it is just a lazy excuse to not examine their own society.
“We are less bad than something horrifying”
Great? Congratulations?!
People enjoy feeling superior to the USA but it is just a lazy excuse to not examine their own society.
“We are less bad than something horrifying”
Great? Congratulations?!
As a USian who was lucky enough to have never bought into the lies we tell ourselves about what the US stands for, I'm also grossed out by the lies Canadians are telling themselves about what Canada stands for.
In the face of actual reality.
"Better than the US" is far too low a bar.
In the face of actual reality.
"Better than the US" is far too low a bar.
February 6, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I live in the UK and can confirm that “better than the US” is a popular tonic.
People enjoy feeling superior to the USA but it is just a lazy excuse to not examine their own society.
“We are less bad than something horrifying”
Great? Congratulations?!
People enjoy feeling superior to the USA but it is just a lazy excuse to not examine their own society.
“We are less bad than something horrifying”
Great? Congratulations?!
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One of a million plus reasons I adore my wife is as she read Hillbilly Elegy, she - from a white working class Ohio Cincinnati area family - said to me like: I grew up poorer than jd Vance and I don’t think immigration is a disease 😂
I think those were exactly the words my wife and I yelled at the screen when we revisited the awful movie before the election.
February 6, 2026 at 11:02 PM
One of a million plus reasons I adore my wife is as she read Hillbilly Elegy, she - from a white working class Ohio Cincinnati area family - said to me like: I grew up poorer than jd Vance and I don’t think immigration is a disease 😂
Europeans love to hate on Americans it’s true.
But it is especially obvi they were booing Vance because of the separate venues for the opening ceremony.
The booing happened in just one.
#jdvance #olympics
But it is especially obvi they were booing Vance because of the separate venues for the opening ceremony.
The booing happened in just one.
#jdvance #olympics
This reporting—claiming that Team USA was booed—is totally false. I watched the arrival and the warm reception was unambiguous, especially when contrasted with the introduction of JD Vance. Embarrassing fail for WSJ.
February 6, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
February 6, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Finneas is better at political messaging than 99% of the Democratic consultants in DC.
The guy in the top left corner embodies us all, showing how welcome Usha and her pet white supremacist are.
#winterolympics #olympics
#winterolympics #olympics
February 6, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The guy in the top left corner embodies us all, showing how welcome Usha and her pet white supremacist are.
#winterolympics #olympics
#winterolympics #olympics
February 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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AKA “France got offended and we didn’t want them to boycott the Olympics”
The International Olympic Committee ruled that an image of Toussaint Louverture, born into slavery and and leader of the Haitian Revolution, on Haiti’s uniforms violated Olympic rules barring political symbolism
Haiti's Winter Olympics team shines a positive light even as IOC removes patriot from uniforms
Haiti is making a statement at the Milan Cortina Winter Games with two athletes proudly representing the nation.
apnews.com
February 6, 2026 at 6:49 PM
AKA “France got offended and we didn’t want them to boycott the Olympics”
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The idea of America hosting the Olympics in two years feels so ridiculous
February 6, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The idea of America hosting the Olympics in two years feels so ridiculous
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The news about the #Epstein files is like the dark Oscars: “And the nominees for Most Unexpected Name on a Private Jet are…Beyoncé and Stephen Hawking"
But let's be clear, this isn’t a whodunnit. It’s horror.
The credits are rolling but the film is far from over.
youtube.com/shorts/4yIDv...
But let's be clear, this isn’t a whodunnit. It’s horror.
The credits are rolling but the film is far from over.
youtube.com/shorts/4yIDv...
People who are not in the Epstein Files create a weird moral grey area
The Epstein files are so evil they make regular villains look like community theater. They have kind of broken our villain radar, or more accurately shown how it works. Instead of revealing evil, it…
youtube.com
February 6, 2026 at 1:38 PM
The news about the #Epstein files is like the dark Oscars: “And the nominees for Most Unexpected Name on a Private Jet are…Beyoncé and Stephen Hawking"
But let's be clear, this isn’t a whodunnit. It’s horror.
The credits are rolling but the film is far from over.
youtube.com/shorts/4yIDv...
But let's be clear, this isn’t a whodunnit. It’s horror.
The credits are rolling but the film is far from over.
youtube.com/shorts/4yIDv...
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Biathlon is a good start, but we need more combined sport winter events.
Find a frozen lake, and on the same ice combine speedskating, 4x4 hockey, curling, and an ice fishing derby. Snowmobile race to the lake, cross country skiing out to the finish line.
Find a frozen lake, and on the same ice combine speedskating, 4x4 hockey, curling, and an ice fishing derby. Snowmobile race to the lake, cross country skiing out to the finish line.
February 5, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Biathlon is a good start, but we need more combined sport winter events.
Find a frozen lake, and on the same ice combine speedskating, 4x4 hockey, curling, and an ice fishing derby. Snowmobile race to the lake, cross country skiing out to the finish line.
Find a frozen lake, and on the same ice combine speedskating, 4x4 hockey, curling, and an ice fishing derby. Snowmobile race to the lake, cross country skiing out to the finish line.
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Reminder that your quadrennial fascination with the sport of curling begins today!
The Olympic curling matches have already started.
It is time to have Strong Opinions.
#joke #olympics #curling #winterolympics
The Olympic curling matches have already started.
It is time to have Strong Opinions.
#joke #olympics #curling #winterolympics
February 5, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Reminder that your quadrennial fascination with the sport of curling begins today!
The Olympic curling matches have already started.
It is time to have Strong Opinions.
#joke #olympics #curling #winterolympics
The Olympic curling matches have already started.
It is time to have Strong Opinions.
#joke #olympics #curling #winterolympics
The song Please Mr. Postman was playing in a restaurant recently and I couldn't help but marvel how it would be different if written today. There is no more waiting for the mail as a regular life occurrence. No more turning off waiting until the next day. So I rewrote it.
#joke #writer #lyrics
#joke #writer #lyrics
February 5, 2026 at 8:45 AM
It is Auld Cheeky tonight! Hooray! Come on down to Waverley Bar to see very funny people take to the stage.
Or leap to the stage, as this photo of me and Dan McKenna suggestss.
#joke #comedian #edinburgh
Or leap to the stage, as this photo of me and Dan McKenna suggestss.
#joke #comedian #edinburgh
February 4, 2026 at 2:42 PM
It is Auld Cheeky tonight! Hooray! Come on down to Waverley Bar to see very funny people take to the stage.
Or leap to the stage, as this photo of me and Dan McKenna suggestss.
#joke #comedian #edinburgh
Or leap to the stage, as this photo of me and Dan McKenna suggestss.
#joke #comedian #edinburgh
Hear me out:
Biathlon, but instead of skiing and shooting, it's figure skating and archery
Biathlon, but instead of skiing and shooting, it's figure skating and archery
February 4, 2026 at 12:03 AM
ICE is offering student loan forgiveness for recruits.
Debt forgiveness sends the wrong message,” they say,
until the message is “please help us surveil and detain immigrants”
#usa
Debt forgiveness sends the wrong message,” they say,
until the message is “please help us surveil and detain immigrants”
#usa
February 3, 2026 at 3:46 PM
ICE is offering student loan forgiveness for recruits.
Debt forgiveness sends the wrong message,” they say,
until the message is “please help us surveil and detain immigrants”
#usa
Debt forgiveness sends the wrong message,” they say,
until the message is “please help us surveil and detain immigrants”
#usa