Matt Salusbury 🇳🇱
@mattsalusbury.bsky.social
English language teacher, journalist, (@forteantimes, @MysteryAnimals,) Chair @DunwichMuseum. https://bigcatsofsuffolk.com Currently writing ✍️ "Armies of the Belgian Revolution" for Partizan Press.
"Weird" newly-discovered species of fossil snake from southern England around 37 million years ago. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
“Weird” new species of ancient fossil snake discovered in southern England | Natural History Museum
An extinct snake named Paradoxophidion richardoweni has slithered its way out of obscurity.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:10 PM
"Weird" newly-discovered species of fossil snake from southern England around 37 million years ago. www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...
it's roughly 8 years ago this week since I skived off work at the deli in Southwold and went to give a lecture in Brussels - in French! - on "Les éléphants nains" (Pygmy elephants). Here are my last-minute desperate notes on hotel notepaper on Kerala missing one of the two annual monsoons.
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
it's roughly 8 years ago this week since I skived off work at the deli in Southwold and went to give a lecture in Brussels - in French! - on "Les éléphants nains" (Pygmy elephants). Here are my last-minute desperate notes on hotel notepaper on Kerala missing one of the two annual monsoons.
"The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk", my talk for Dunwich Museum, now online. @DiscoverDunwich.bsky.social @forteantimes.bsky.social youtu.be/ntVPfS_xhqI?...
The Woodwoses and Wildmen - November 2025 Talk by Matt Salusbury
YouTube video by Dunwich Museum
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November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
"The Woodwoses and Wildmen of #Suffolk", my talk for Dunwich Museum, now online. @DiscoverDunwich.bsky.social @forteantimes.bsky.social youtu.be/ntVPfS_xhqI?...
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
Dutch province of Groningen hit by 3.4 Richter scale earthquake - the third biggest in its history. Earthquakes linked to local natural gas extraction, which ended in 2024. dutchreview.com/news/groning...
Dutch province of Groningen hit by 3.4 magnitude earthquake
One of the most powerful tremors ever recorded in the Dutch province of Groningen just hit the town of Zeerijp earlier today.
dutchreview.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Dutch province of Groningen hit by 3.4 Richter scale earthquake - the third biggest in its history. Earthquakes linked to local natural gas extraction, which ended in 2024. dutchreview.com/news/groning...
Witchcraft sceptics! My article in "@forteantimes presents Witches & Witchcraft" , on sale now.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Witchcraft sceptics! My article in "@forteantimes presents Witches & Witchcraft" , on sale now.
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI. www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
The American left is arming itself
theintercept.com/2025/11/01/l...
theintercept.com/2025/11/01/l...
Inside the World of Leftist Gun Nuts
Graham Platner’s firearms trainings are only the most public example of the left’s efforts to arm themselves.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
The American left is arming itself
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theintercept.com/2025/11/01/l...
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It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
November 6, 2025 at 9:35 AM
It’s 6 November, and you know what that means, don’t you? YES, THAT’S RIGHT. It’s the 156th anniversary of the death of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat
How to tame to populists - lessons from the Netherlands eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/th...
How to tame the populists: lessons from the Netherlands
Recent elections in the Netherlands show how a proportional voting system can prevent extremists from taking power. Lessons for the UK?
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
How to tame to populists - lessons from the Netherlands eastangliabylines.co.uk/democracy/th...
Last chance to respond to Department of Trade & Industry consultation on late and disputed payments. Closes 23 October. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Late payments consultation: tackling poor payment practices
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October 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Last chance to respond to Department of Trade & Industry consultation on late and disputed payments. Closes 23 October. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
Someone went there:
"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
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"It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel is Losing It"
via @futurism.com
futurism.com/future-socie...
It Kind of Seems Like Peter Thiel Is Losing It
He's spent the past month delivering four high-octane lectures in San Francisco's downtown waterfront on the antichrist.
futurism.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
The whole point of democracy is so one person's derangement does not become everybody's problem. It's social hygiene. The fact the richest men in the West are a mix of grotty twelve year olds and deranged apocalypse fanatics is a problem, and we should be honest about it.
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Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh nooooo, Lindsey Halligan, this is not how any of this works
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
(15 screens into a Signal exchange) www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
October 16, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Wow. Sidney Reid, the DC woman just found not guilty of assaulting an FBI agent, issues a withering and gutsy statement on Trump through her attorneys.
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"I feel sorry for the prosecutors really, who must be burdened by Trump's irrational and unfounded hatred for his fellow man."
It's a must-read:
"Strange blue bird" appearing in Texas is first known hybrid between blue jays and green jays, the two species' long-standing geographical isolation from each other having ended due to climate change. thedebrief.org/strange-blue...
Strange Blue Bird Spotted in Texas Believed to Be the First Known Hybrid Between Blue and Green Jay Species
A recent study confirmed the existence of a hybrid bird between the blue jay and green jay species in nature.
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October 19, 2025 at 6:09 PM
"Strange blue bird" appearing in Texas is first known hybrid between blue jays and green jays, the two species' long-standing geographical isolation from each other having ended due to climate change. thedebrief.org/strange-blue...
Citizen's Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social surround and "detain" Mark Thurston, CEO of @anglianwater.bsky.social on the platform of Coulsdon South station, South London for almost an hour. www.citizensarrestnetwork.org/press/2025/1...
Citizen’s Arrest Network (@citizensarrestnet.bsky.social)
Citizen’s Arrest Network will hold those causing environmental pollution to account.
Find out more at:
https://www.citizensarrestnetwork.org/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=lib&utm_campaign=tw
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October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Citizen's Arrest Network @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social surround and "detain" Mark Thurston, CEO of @anglianwater.bsky.social on the platform of Coulsdon South station, South London for almost an hour. www.citizensarrestnetwork.org/press/2025/1...
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#Spycops - the Undercover Policing Inquiry returns today, starting with three days of opening statements online only.
Tune in on the UCPI youtube channel and get rolling coverage of all the developments as they happen by following @tombfowler and searching #spycops on socials.
Tune in on the UCPI youtube channel and get rolling coverage of all the developments as they happen by following @tombfowler and searching #spycops on socials.
Who are the Spycops? Undercover Policing Inquiry returns today, Monday 13 Oct.
Instant reportage and commentary from activists.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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With the full knowledge of her #spycops managers HN26 released mink from Crow Hill Farm in Ringwood, Hampshire on the night of 8th August 1998 (@tombfowler.bsky.social)
October 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
With the full knowledge of her #spycops managers HN26 released mink from Crow Hill Farm in Ringwood, Hampshire on the night of 8th August 1998 (@tombfowler.bsky.social)
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Peter Skelton recognises that the #spycops failed to follow their own internal policies let alone the national standards. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)
October 13, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Peter Skelton recognises that the #spycops failed to follow their own internal policies let alone the national standards. (@tombfowler.bsky.social)
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Neil Sheldon is now reading out "The Home Office Guidelines on the Work of a Special Branch in Great Britain (1994)" at length. Reminds me of that kid from school asked to do a presentation who just starts reading aloud from the book the class is studying instead. #spycops ...
October 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Neil Sheldon is now reading out "The Home Office Guidelines on the Work of a Special Branch in Great Britain (1994)" at length. Reminds me of that kid from school asked to do a presentation who just starts reading aloud from the book the class is studying instead. #spycops ...
Harvest of tiny purple carrots!
October 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Harvest of tiny purple carrots!
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Saturday 18 Oct, 6.30pm: The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk. FT regular Matt Salusbury investigates Suffolk's wildmen in an online event. Please email chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page!
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The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk
An online talk by Matt Salusbury onSuffolk's strange woodwose figures.
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October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Saturday 18 Oct, 6.30pm: The Woodwoses and Wildmen of Suffolk. FT regular Matt Salusbury investigates Suffolk's wildmen in an online event. Please email chronicles@dunwichmuseum.org.uk and get your free ticket at on our Eventbrite page!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-woodwo...
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The Sea Serpent Killer's sceptical scrapbook - naturalist Sir Richard Owen collected newspaper cuttings on sea serpent sightings over many years - one of the oldest cryptozoological cuttings libraries. My article from @forteantimes.bsky.social - mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2025/10/scep...
Sceptical scrapbook of The Sea Serpent Killer
This article first appeared in Fortean Times , FT 462, October 2025. Owen's scrapbook includes this 1877 engraving of a 60ft(18m)-long s...
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October 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
The Sea Serpent Killer's sceptical scrapbook - naturalist Sir Richard Owen collected newspaper cuttings on sea serpent sightings over many years - one of the oldest cryptozoological cuttings libraries. My article from @forteantimes.bsky.social - mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2025/10/scep...
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NUJ responds to removal of journalists from @UKLabour Party Conference. "It’s a journalist’s job to hold power to account, and in a functioning democracy, elected reps must be transparent and open to challenge." #pressfreedom
NUJ responds to removal of journalists from Labour Party Conference
The NUJ is concerned by a decision to revoke the passes of journalists attending the Labour Party Conference.
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October 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
NUJ responds to removal of journalists from @UKLabour Party Conference. "It’s a journalist’s job to hold power to account, and in a functioning democracy, elected reps must be transparent and open to challenge." #pressfreedom
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The NUJ has issued notice to ballot members for industrial action at The Mirror and Reach's Scottish titles in a dispute over job losses, workloads, and artificial intelligence.
The NUJ has asked members to vote ‘yes’ to both strike action and action short of strike.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
The NUJ has asked members to vote ‘yes’ to both strike action and action short of strike.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
NUJ issues formal ballot notices to Reach over mass redundancies
The NUJ has submitted formal notices to ballot members for industrial action at The Mirror and Reach plc’s Scottish titles in a dispute over job losses, unreasonable workloads, and the use of artifici...
www.nuj.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The NUJ has issued notice to ballot members for industrial action at The Mirror and Reach's Scottish titles in a dispute over job losses, workloads, and artificial intelligence.
The NUJ has asked members to vote ‘yes’ to both strike action and action short of strike.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...
The NUJ has asked members to vote ‘yes’ to both strike action and action short of strike.
www.nuj.org.uk/resource/nuj...