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Matthew Lang
@mattlangwrites.bsky.social
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Author, gaymer, foodie and communications. Mostly randomly talking about whatever strikes my fancy
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Guess I'm going to be moving up my plans to remove more Google services from my life
Revealed: Israel demanded Google and Amazon use secret ‘wink’ to sidestep legal orders
The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
So to all my friends saying I clearly *have* to be autistic because I maintain friendships with all you weird autistic peeps, I took some paracetamol yesterday so oh well. Do I get to choose my special subject?
September 30, 2025 at 9:50 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Cut their funding.
Teacher takes legal action against Melbourne Catholic school group over refusal of pronouns
State and federal anti-discrimination laws on collision course as Sacred Heart Girls College in Oakleigh refuses to recognise Myka Sanders’ gender identity
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:28 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gqtr...

Recommending this one here because it's the least algorithmically driven place I'm currently on.
You Are Witnessing the Death of American Capitalism
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
www.youtube.com
September 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reposted by Matthew Lang
sophiecarr.bsky.social
Didn't catch the total eclipse (below horizon/the too much cloud) but eventually saw the partially eclipsed moon. And a plane flew past at an opportune moment :)

#TotalLunarEclipse
A partially eclipsed mooon with a plane (and trails) crossing it.
September 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
Me: I'm going to walk to the Asian grocer and get some herbs.
Melbourne: Promptly buckets down
Me: Guess I'm driving
Melbourne: Sunny now
August 16, 2025 at 5:47 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
So I'm in line at Aldi and there's a man in a hi vis coles vest at the till in front of me.

Says it all really
July 10, 2025 at 3:01 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
Cookies. New experimental recipe. Let's see how good these are
June 7, 2025 at 3:45 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
#confest vibes because if I post it here this helps me remember that I'm moving some social network building over to this platform 😊
April 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
Why AI assistants exist - TLDR, they're not there to help you
youtu.be/gqtrNXdlraM?...
You Are Witnessing the Death of American Capitalism
YouTube video by Benn Jordan
youtu.be
March 14, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Reposted by Matthew Lang
grogsgamut.bsky.social
Fair bit of swearing round the office when I shared this graph yesterday

www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Graph showing that trying to save for a deposit in Sydney is impossible even if you have a good job - saving 15% of a FT average earning job since 2015 would see you still $155,000 from a deposit (back in 2015 you were $154,000 away from it… So yeah. Fucked.
March 12, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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jesawyer.bsky.social
can't remember why i made this
Ron Cobb illustration with the caption BLESSED ARE THE MEEK: FOR THEY SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH. It's a horizon with a mushroom cloud over a city that's just been blown up. The lower half of the image is an ocean with dolphins in the foreground and for some reason I photoshopped in a Tom of Finland leather daddy guy.
March 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
Shower thoughts: the USA has turned itself into a meme now.
You know. An easily communicated throwaway joke.
That people will laugh and groan at.
And you share 'ironically' half the time because you know it's cringe.
March 6, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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New desk ornament
March 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
Today at work I learned how to use video editing to hide a zit on my face.
Apparently I'm not to old to get bad ones still
February 26, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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booksbydlwhite.com
I know this is tiny so check the alt text. Y’all gotta leave me alone about a one day boycott—it’s got to start with one day and hold.
Retailers won’t notice one day. They have several bad days a month.
arosenfield2016 15h Boycotts. I've worked corporate retail for twenty years. It's literally my job to know how and why consumers spend. ONE DAY WON'T MEAN SHIT. Stop buying EVERYTHING except essentials. Until further notice. If you're serious about making companies pay attention, long term action is the only way. 1/4 524 arosenfield2016 15h Delete all of your retail apps. Unsubscribe from all emails. Go to the actual site and leave site reviews telling them exactly what you're doing and why. Every company tracks NPS scores, consumer sentiment, to direct future plans. Email customer service. Daily. 2/ 7 arosenfield2016 15h Fill your carts and abandon them. But don't fill with crazy high ticket ones. Fill with what you would normally purchase. High ticket items they'll ignore as flukes/bots. People whose shopping data they already have, who fill and abandon, they'll pay more attention to. 3/ 7 arosenfield2016 15h Not everyone can boycott places like Walmart, I know, I grew up in a super rural area. Research brands they carry that are the lesser of all evils if nothing else and buy those. The big brands will lose market share. They HATE to lose market share. They'll scramble to figure out why and where it's going. 4/ 3 arosenfield2016 15h Seeing the impact will take time. Its earnings call season for most retailers who ended their fiscal years on 1/31. We won't see their Q1 2025 results until May. HOLD THE LINE.
February 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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hbomberguy.bsky.social
The other website is pretty much done
February 19, 2025 at 3:17 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
Me: oh wow this train is emptier than usual. I wonder why?
Me 5 secs after the doors close: Oh this is the wrong line...
February 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
In case you needed to see something nice today, here's a horseshoe crab
January 31, 2025 at 3:41 AM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
Departure lounge announcement in Malay - bunch of people move to gates.
Repeats in English 'we haven't received clearance to let you all board. Pls wait 15 mins' - flood of people walk back to their seats. 😂
January 27, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy
BREAKING: Elon Musk is reportedly furious people keep calling Tesla vehicles “swasticars.”

So don't do that.

#swasticars
January 25, 2025 at 10:58 PM
mattlangwrites.bsky.social
If Dunkin donuts can't make a decent Teh Tarek in KL from a remix, how awful is their actual 'coffee'?
Note to everyone: don't find out.
January 27, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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Surprising number of European tourists in Malaysia right now. Didn't anyone tell them about CNY and the city is going to shut down for like 3 days soon?
January 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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I just realised I'm at the airport without a toy dinosaur to take pictures with. Life is over, lol
January 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM