Matt Leys
@mattleys.bsky.social
Scriptwritist
www.mattleys.com
www.mattleys.com
Pinned
Matt Leys
@mattleys.bsky.social
· Oct 23
Episode 1. A stolen gong, a dead cockapoo and a cutout of Dirk Bogarde. If you like your comedy silly and full of jokes, step inside...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Reposted by Matt Leys
Labour - and all Europe - are approaching a moment of truth as to whether their approach to managing Donald Trump has worked or can work. Today's newsletter:
Moment of truth for Britain’s Trump diplomacy
Keir Starmer hopes for closeness over confrontation with US in the hope it won’t hand Russia a victory in Ukraine
www.ft.com
January 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Labour - and all Europe - are approaching a moment of truth as to whether their approach to managing Donald Trump has worked or can work. Today's newsletter:
Reposted by Matt Leys
Masao Maeda (1904-1974)
January 5, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Masao Maeda (1904-1974)
Reposted by Matt Leys
Dear Roy, Before Christmas you had a Wheelie Bin pinched. I have just had a Satellite Dish taken from my garden. I used this as a Parabolic Reflector for recording Birdsong. So if anyone sees this at a car boot sale, be careful as it may be Radioactive.
December 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Dear Roy, Before Christmas you had a Wheelie Bin pinched. I have just had a Satellite Dish taken from my garden. I used this as a Parabolic Reflector for recording Birdsong. So if anyone sees this at a car boot sale, be careful as it may be Radioactive.
Well that's one way to start the year off
Wordle 1,661 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,661 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
January 5, 2026 at 7:34 AM
Well that's one way to start the year off
Wordle 1,661 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Wordle 1,661 3/6
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Reposted by Matt Leys
Eva Marie Saint is still alive by the way. She is 101.
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Eva Marie Saint is still alive by the way. She is 101.
Reposted by Matt Leys
Daughter has demolished her gingerbread house, beheaded the snowman and impaled his head on the roof as a warning to others
January 4, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Daughter has demolished her gingerbread house, beheaded the snowman and impaled his head on the roof as a warning to others
Reposted by Matt Leys
Film & tv peeps!
There is a website that’s like AirBnB but it’s for industry
Membership based, referrals required
Places were mostly in LA, NYC, London, Toronto
Anyone recall what it’s called? I used it years ago and cannot remember
Please & thank you!
There is a website that’s like AirBnB but it’s for industry
Membership based, referrals required
Places were mostly in LA, NYC, London, Toronto
Anyone recall what it’s called? I used it years ago and cannot remember
Please & thank you!
January 4, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Film & tv peeps!
There is a website that’s like AirBnB but it’s for industry
Membership based, referrals required
Places were mostly in LA, NYC, London, Toronto
Anyone recall what it’s called? I used it years ago and cannot remember
Please & thank you!
There is a website that’s like AirBnB but it’s for industry
Membership based, referrals required
Places were mostly in LA, NYC, London, Toronto
Anyone recall what it’s called? I used it years ago and cannot remember
Please & thank you!
Reposted by Matt Leys
How cold out is it? This cold.
January 4, 2026 at 9:43 AM
How cold out is it? This cold.
Reposted by Matt Leys
Amazing. There is not much distance between this and a Viz parody.
By genuinely popular demand, here is another example of the short-lived Dandy strip "Wendy's Wicked Stepladder".
January 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Amazing. There is not much distance between this and a Viz parody.
Reposted by Matt Leys
It's all about the oil. But the world doesn't need Venezuelan oil right now.
Trump is probably focused on the money he wrongly thinks he'll make from Venezuelan oil. But he's not a details guy and nobody has thought through the details. Essentially, the US has taken over Venezuela by mistake. Stranger things have happened, but not many.
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
open.substack.com/pub/arthursn...
Stranger Things
The 1980s Nostalgia of Trump's Foreign Policy is probably going to end up, like Stranger Things, as a horror show.
open.substack.com
January 4, 2026 at 8:51 AM
It's all about the oil. But the world doesn't need Venezuelan oil right now.
I know lots of people think this guy is amazing, but he's not, he's a prick
Starmer and Farage both drape themselves in flags but once again it's really clear where their loyalty really is.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
It's Trump first. They will always be on the side of the super rich and powerful - no matter how heinous the crime.
This is not patriotism. It's subservience.
January 3, 2026 at 11:19 PM
I know lots of people think this guy is amazing, but he's not, he's a prick
Reposted by Matt Leys
Yes, it's almost like – hear me out – it's a bit more complicated.
Spray paint a plane and they'll detain you without trial and call you a terrorist.
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
Kidnap a foreign head of state - and Keir Starmer will make it clear we've played no part in it but will wait for the scheduled press conference in a few hours before potentially condemning it
January 3, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Yes, it's almost like – hear me out – it's a bit more complicated.
Reposted by Matt Leys
Every year, Cambridge Imprint sell a pack of charity Christmas cards with a print design of these carvings.
January 3, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Every year, Cambridge Imprint sell a pack of charity Christmas cards with a print design of these carvings.
Reposted by Matt Leys
Muting “FIFA Peace Prize” – the risk of someone making the joke remains alarmingly high after more than 9 hours of the joke being made
January 3, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Muting “FIFA Peace Prize” – the risk of someone making the joke remains alarmingly high after more than 9 hours of the joke being made
Why am I living in some terrible steampunk timeline
January 3, 2026 at 2:51 PM
Why am I living in some terrible steampunk timeline
Time to deploy the emergency poster
January 3, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Time to deploy the emergency poster
Reposted by Matt Leys
Everything going well.
January 3, 2026 at 10:58 AM
Everything going well.
Oh aye?
Russian government says it’s “deeply worried” by the US strikes in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 11:02 AM
Oh aye?
Reposted by Matt Leys
Reposted by Matt Leys
grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
![A Bluesky user based in Venezuela posted 'I live near a military air base and five earth-shaking explosions were just heart.'
User @thenordic.bsky.social (a random asshole) replied 'was it too hard for you to to [sic] add a link?' along with a link to an AP piece. Quick, don't look, what do you think the odds are that this user responded gracefully to being told that OP was on the ground and reporting firsthand?](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ycbmujtxprrwbkiw3x5qsyz4/bafkreieh2ddespqvcqdhpfy4g2higsw4lfiguzpaxs3rdessztcokmww6i@jpeg)
January 3, 2026 at 8:21 AM
grim posthumous scenario i had not previously considered: you post a picture of the missile headed straight for you, and are memorialized by a bunch of random assholes complaining about alt text
Well I don't know about you but I feel the world is a lot safer now
January 3, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Well I don't know about you but I feel the world is a lot safer now
Reposted by Matt Leys
So confusing how he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded annually to the worst fucking guy who does the stupidest most destructive shit
January 3, 2026 at 9:03 AM
So confusing how he didn’t get the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded annually to the worst fucking guy who does the stupidest most destructive shit
Reposted by Matt Leys
