Matthew Frye
@purble.bsky.social
…move along, nothing to see here *whistles nonchalantly*
Various things. Very much personal account, I haven't figured out how to do professional social media accounts yet
Various things. Very much personal account, I haven't figured out how to do professional social media accounts yet
This is an objectively hilarious graph. This could be a @zachweinersmith.bsky.social comic.
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is an objectively hilarious graph. This could be a @zachweinersmith.bsky.social comic.
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Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.
C'mon folks. I don't need Dominic Cummings of all fucking people screenshot-quote-dunked into my feed multiple times.
November 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM
C'mon folks. I don't need Dominic Cummings of all fucking people screenshot-quote-dunked into my feed multiple times.
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This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This Norwegian stabbur, ca 1700, one of the oldest buildings in the region. Used to store foods & other things off of the ground, away from animals.
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
I'm not OK, for all the Crone reasons.
We know where her house came from! Its origins, most likely!
imma go get my evil mortar and pestle now brb
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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BLUESKY ELDER ELECTED NYC MAYOR
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
BLUESKY ELDER ELECTED NYC MAYOR
As someone in Europe, I should really be asleep, and the NY Mayor doesn't really affect me either way. But with all that said, the timeline vibes on here tonight are excellent.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 AM
As someone in Europe, I should really be asleep, and the NY Mayor doesn't really affect me either way. But with all that said, the timeline vibes on here tonight are excellent.
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Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Genuinely delighted to download a PhD thesis from a university repository where the author has neglected to remove the words "BITCH THIS IS YOUR THESIS" from the filename.
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Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Extremely important pupdate from the NYC dog costume competition.
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as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
as a condition of funding, we were asked to affirm that we wouldn’t undertake any diversity, equity, and inclusion work, whether or not we used the government funds to do so. The PSF simply couldn’t agree to that statement,
Oh no! The endless Bees are multiplying!
October 25, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Oh no! The endless Bees are multiplying!
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The contents of a fridge really do tell you a lot about a person and "empty except for two leeks, a half-empty glass bottle of milk, and four bottles of champagne" is as precise a character portrait as anything an author could concoct.
October 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The contents of a fridge really do tell you a lot about a person and "empty except for two leeks, a half-empty glass bottle of milk, and four bottles of champagne" is as precise a character portrait as anything an author could concoct.
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/
Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of training AI software.
When …
waterfordwhispersnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/louvre-thieves-given-immunity-after-confirming-jewels-stolen-for-purpose-of-training-ai-software/
Really, if a whole aircraft can't be bothered showing up to the airport on time, I don't see why I should be expected to.
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Really, if a whole aircraft can't be bothered showing up to the airport on time, I don't see why I should be expected to.
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Hello, Bluesky, it is time for your recommended daily allowance of Void Loaf
October 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Hello, Bluesky, it is time for your recommended daily allowance of Void Loaf
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Fun fact: A Void Loaf contains all your essential "SO CUTE"s and "KITTY"s for an entire day
Hello, Bluesky, it is time for your recommended daily allowance of Void Loaf
October 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fun fact: A Void Loaf contains all your essential "SO CUTE"s and "KITTY"s for an entire day
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Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kemi Badenoch claiming Terry Pratchett as her favourite author is wild
October 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dad’s books are full of empathy, common sense, and a healthy suspicion of the powerful. But at its heart his work is also about how systems keep people poor while pretending it’s their own fault. So I hope Kemi’s taking notes as well as reading the jokes.
Kofta kebabs from 1660? Who says England didn't have a national cuisine? Possibly even more traditional than fish and chips!
Would anyone like to take a guess at the word before “kebob”? Which predates OED - ms is 1660
October 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Kofta kebabs from 1660? Who says England didn't have a national cuisine? Possibly even more traditional than fish and chips!
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
September 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
When I was a teenager there was a bus direct from my hometown in Germany to London - we had a British army base, and this direct bus connection was one of the benefits of that. One summer I went on that bus to go volunteer in an old people's home in Southend-on-Sea. I had just turned 18 and was... 🧵
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Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.
September 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bless those who think the Home Office can successfully carry out a huge IT procurement exercise for digital ID cards for implementation before the next general election.
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Ah, he has seen what regulatory lawyers look like: with their seven heads and ten horns, and upon their horns ten crowns, and upon their heads the word ”compliance”.
New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
September 24, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Ah, he has seen what regulatory lawyers look like: with their seven heads and ten horns, and upon their horns ten crowns, and upon their heads the word ”compliance”.
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hello, i made this bot. i am a trans autistic anti-fascist. you are following a work of trans autistic anti-fascist art. that is why it is screaming
September 23, 2025 at 8:38 PM
hello, i made this bot. i am a trans autistic anti-fascist. you are following a work of trans autistic anti-fascist art. that is why it is screaming
Mood.
September 23, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Mood.
Passport checks at internal Schengen borders... Delightful...
September 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Passport checks at internal Schengen borders... Delightful...