Matt
@matthewblott.com
Bluesky conservative, liberal leaning social democrat everywhere else.
I just compiled my first Zig program (yes it was only 'hello world' but it's late).
November 22, 2025 at 10:28 PM
I just compiled my first Zig program (yes it was only 'hello world' but it's late).
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"Finally, President Trump might get a peace prize that would secure his place in history. It is the “Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize”—awarded by history to the leader of the country that most flagrantly sells out its allies and its values to an aggressive dictator."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Proposed Ukraine ‘Deal’ Is a Disgrace
www.nytimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:51 PM
"Finally, President Trump might get a peace prize that would secure his place in history. It is the “Neville Chamberlain Peace Prize”—awarded by history to the leader of the country that most flagrantly sells out its allies and its values to an aggressive dictator."
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/o...
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I know all the political scientists on BlueSky are committed to hating on me, but I didn’t think it would be controversial to observe that a lot of left-of-liberalism political ideas have gained traction over the past ten years.
I don't think this is a correct description of America's party system.
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I know all the political scientists on BlueSky are committed to hating on me, but I didn’t think it would be controversial to observe that a lot of left-of-liberalism political ideas have gained traction over the past ten years.
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Yep. There's a reason "no fanatic like a convert" is an old expression.
Even as a diehard atheist, I've noticed that those that were born and raised into Catholicism are usually cool, but many who convert into it as adults seem indistinguishable from the villains in The Handmaid's Tale. Maybe they like the aesthetics more than any actual Jesus teachings?
November 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yep. There's a reason "no fanatic like a convert" is an old expression.
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It’s a regular School of Pericles on the right
November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
It’s a regular School of Pericles on the right
Unfortunately this one is also the perfect image for fascist memes about rootedness
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent trees I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Unfortunately this one is also the perfect image for fascist memes about rootedness
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Most of the public know what’s going on with flags on lamp posts.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
Why do people think England flags have been raised on lampposts?
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 22, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Most of the public know what’s going on with flags on lamp posts.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
Crucially for the government, 78% of its 2024 voters think anti-minority sentiment is involved in flying England flags (versus just 15% who think it’s just a national pride thing).
They are getting the politics of this all wrong.
I fear Arne Slot's championship win was a bit of a Claudio Ranieri like fluke
November 22, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I fear Arne Slot's championship win was a bit of a Claudio Ranieri like fluke
Makes perfect sense, as soon as 'verified' accounts were monetised and open to everyone this was bound to happen.
X’s new “About this account” tool reveals that dozens of pro-Russian and MAGA accounts with tens of thousands of followers, long posing as American or Russian, are actually created and run from India, Bangladesh, and other South Asian countries.
November 22, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Makes perfect sense, as soon as 'verified' accounts were monetised and open to everyone this was bound to happen.
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Finally left Twitter
Sorry to the 220k followers
Sorry to the 220k followers
November 22, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Finally left Twitter
Sorry to the 220k followers
Sorry to the 220k followers
'At one point, Trump even mused, “Some of his ideas really are the same ideas that I have.”' Trump is surely the most fickle president there's ever been.
Mamdani navigates Trump’s world with care.
He’s earning rare respect from a former president, writes Emily Jashinsky 👇
He’s earning rare respect from a former president, writes Emily Jashinsky 👇
buff.ly
November 22, 2025 at 12:51 PM
'At one point, Trump even mused, “Some of his ideas really are the same ideas that I have.”' Trump is surely the most fickle president there's ever been.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, the day after her book came out, just announced she is resigning January 6th, 2026. I watched the whole video. You should too. She actually used the “cult” word to describe her fellow GOP. While my own values are unaligned with hers, I think there
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Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 on X: "My official statement. https://t.co/x48zEugmPV" / X
My official statement. https://t.co/x48zEugmPV
x.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Marjorie Taylor Greene, the day after her book came out, just announced she is resigning January 6th, 2026. I watched the whole video. You should too. She actually used the “cult” word to describe her fellow GOP. While my own values are unaligned with hers, I think there
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I missed the hammer and sickle avatar, my mistake.
Did someone send up the Twat Signal?
Failed analogy, do better.
Failed analogy, do better.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I missed the hammer and sickle avatar, my mistake.
He could be lying?
When asked by The New World if he had leaked the report to The Daily Telegraph, Gibb categorically denied he had done so
✏️ @jamesrball.com
✏️ @jamesrball.com
If Michael Prescott didn’t leak the BBC bias dossier to the Telegraph, who did?
A whodunnit with serious implications for the future of the broadcaster is underway – with all expected to be revealed at a select committee showdown
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
He could be lying?
Cas Mudde thinks you defeat the far-Right pandering to these people
November 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Cas Mudde thinks you defeat the far-Right pandering to these people
The replies to this are predictably wild. Get out people, your views are crazy to most of the public.
Two UK clinical trials to assess impact of puberty blockers in young people
Two UK clinical trials to assess impact of puberty blockers in young people
Multi-year studies announced after Cass review found ‘insufficient evidence’ about effects on children with gender dysphoria
Two studies to investigate the impact of puberty blockers in young people with gender incongruence have been announced by researchers in the UK after an expert view said gender medicine was “built on shaky foundations”.
Puberty blockers were originally used to treat early onset puberty in children but have also been used off-label in children with gender dysphoria or incongruence. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The replies to this are predictably wild. Get out people, your views are crazy to most of the public.
In the last 24 hours Trump has swapped Marjorie Taylor-Greene for Zohran Mamdani, is that right?
November 22, 2025 at 10:47 AM
In the last 24 hours Trump has swapped Marjorie Taylor-Greene for Zohran Mamdani, is that right?
Example here: '[Social democrats] must promote an outspoken progressive agenda, both in terms of cultural and economic issues.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Example here: '[Social democrats] must promote an outspoken progressive agenda, both in terms of cultural and economic issues.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why are so many anti-extremist experts partisan progressives? It seriously dents the credibility of their statements, particularly when it comes to strategy on how to deal with problems.
November 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Why are so many anti-extremist experts partisan progressives? It seriously dents the credibility of their statements, particularly when it comes to strategy on how to deal with problems.
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Good grief. I just read the worthy replies to this post - full of bright Remainers for whom nothing but ideological purity and a full rejoining would do. All baffled why anyone would choose a halfway house.
Have these people never encountered... politics?
Have these people never encountered... politics?
Oh, Customs Union again? Based on recent conversations I am pretty sure that any form of greater UK market access to the single market including this will require substantial financial contribution, alignment, and close to freedom of movement. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Lib Dems to force vote on creating new customs union with EU
Ed Davey’s party believes the move is the best way to ‘turbocharge’ economy, rather than tax rises
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Good grief. I just read the worthy replies to this post - full of bright Remainers for whom nothing but ideological purity and a full rejoining would do. All baffled why anyone would choose a halfway house.
Have these people never encountered... politics?
Have these people never encountered... politics?
Really interesting interview this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Really interesting interview this. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Anyone attracted to Andy Burnham because they feel he is "authentic" (being from the north of England) and more Left than Starmer should ponder his low tax approach to property developers in Manchester (it actually makes sense, but more left wing...?): davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/manchester...
Manchester’s low tax approach to competing with London
The northern city region's political leaders let private developers off financial contributions that counterparts in the capital expect them to make
davehillonlondon.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Anyone attracted to Andy Burnham because they feel he is "authentic" (being from the north of England) and more Left than Starmer should ponder his low tax approach to property developers in Manchester (it actually makes sense, but more left wing...?): davehillonlondon.substack.com/p/manchester...
Not been to the gym for a couple of weeks now, I can already feel the middle age spread expansion.
November 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Not been to the gym for a couple of weeks now, I can already feel the middle age spread expansion.