Matt Bold
@boldmatt.bsky.social
Trying to work out if the state of the world or the state of the Welsh rugby depresses me more.
Holstein AULS Premier League FPL Champion 2018
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Holstein AULS Premier League FPL Champion 2018
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The Wales Snr Mens Team stink, the Snr Women's team stink, the Mens U20s stink, and the WRU really think the solution is to cut two Snr Men's pro teams rather than sorting themselves out?
August 30, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The Wales Snr Mens Team stink, the Snr Women's team stink, the Mens U20s stink, and the WRU really think the solution is to cut two Snr Men's pro teams rather than sorting themselves out?
I've spent 10 minutes staring as this headline trying to fathom a scenario where it's a direct choice between Henry V and "Mr Men"
June 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I've spent 10 minutes staring as this headline trying to fathom a scenario where it's a direct choice between Henry V and "Mr Men"
Being schmoozed s an unusual feeling as a Millennial. Because our entire political system and most of our practical lives is based on "well you're gonna have to put up with this shit"
omg I went to the (Actually) Attainable Art Fair and bought one (1) painting because I just loved it too much and the gallery manager said "oh you've got a really good eye, this is one of our best pieces", genuinely thought people only said that in movies, what a DELIGHT to be schmoozed
June 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Being schmoozed s an unusual feeling as a Millennial. Because our entire political system and most of our practical lives is based on "well you're gonna have to put up with this shit"
Objectively hilarious that people are very much in favour of other people doing National Service.
Some have suggested national service to address defence gaps. Half of Britons would support bringing back military national service. Brits in every age group are more likely to think it’s a good idea than not, except for 18-24, the group at the age where they would actually have to do it themselves
June 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Objectively hilarious that people are very much in favour of other people doing National Service.
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There now follows a short thread of Captain Holt quotes on screenshots of Kratos. Why? Because I wanted to, that's why.
January 4, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There now follows a short thread of Captain Holt quotes on screenshots of Kratos. Why? Because I wanted to, that's why.
In a country where more and more children are going hungry, more and more people have to sleep on our streets and you're spending your money on that?
JK Rowling has emerged from the shadows as a funder of the anti-feminist biology is destiny movement.
May 25, 2025 at 11:35 AM
In a country where more and more children are going hungry, more and more people have to sleep on our streets and you're spending your money on that?
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Something that the Lucy Connolly case has illustrated - something that is well known to those who work in criminal justice but often overlooked in public debate - is the complexity and nuance in the lives and characters of people appearing before the courts.
A short 🧵👇
A short 🧵👇
May 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Something that the Lucy Connolly case has illustrated - something that is well known to those who work in criminal justice but often overlooked in public debate - is the complexity and nuance in the lives and characters of people appearing before the courts.
A short 🧵👇
A short 🧵👇
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Too many people at the top of the BBC think that they should be competing with the private sector not providing an important thing that the market can't. Should focus on providing detailed coverage of 'what's in it?' that someone with the reading age of a seven year old can parse.
I’m old fashioned enough to think the BBC should be leading on what the deal is and what it means. Rather than the political claims from both sides.
May 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Too many people at the top of the BBC think that they should be competing with the private sector not providing an important thing that the market can't. Should focus on providing detailed coverage of 'what's in it?' that someone with the reading age of a seven year old can parse.
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They should invent chess merch that’s good
May 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
They should invent chess merch that’s good
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The first two points contradict each other, and the last is meaningless. Great.
On Tuesday, Starmer's political director briefed Labour MPs on how government plans to fight Reform. She said:
- Reform voters are "our people" but "pissed off" with the state of the country
- At Runcorn, Farage mobilised habitual non-voters, while Labour voters stayed at home
- Comms must improve
- Reform voters are "our people" but "pissed off" with the state of the country
- At Runcorn, Farage mobilised habitual non-voters, while Labour voters stayed at home
- Comms must improve
Top Starmer Aide: Reform Voters Are 'Labour People' – They're Just 'Pissed Off'
Reform UK voters are “our people” but are “pissed off” with Keir Starmer’s government, Labour’s political director has said.
www.politicshome.com
May 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
The first two points contradict each other, and the last is meaningless. Great.
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The "island of strangers" line from Starmer is deeply cynical, placed in a paragraph that allows deniability of the worst characterisations of it, but there if their imaginary Reform-Labour switcher wants to hear it (which they won't, because they're imaginary)
May 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The "island of strangers" line from Starmer is deeply cynical, placed in a paragraph that allows deniability of the worst characterisations of it, but there if their imaginary Reform-Labour switcher wants to hear it (which they won't, because they're imaginary)
Presuming that there are two kinds of voters, a) those that agree with the below and b) those that don't. Voter B) now won't vote for you and Voter A) still won't vote for because they trust Farage over you to "deal with it".
Congratulations, you've played yourself.
Congratulations, you've played yourself.
May 12, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Presuming that there are two kinds of voters, a) those that agree with the below and b) those that don't. Voter B) now won't vote for you and Voter A) still won't vote for because they trust Farage over you to "deal with it".
Congratulations, you've played yourself.
Congratulations, you've played yourself.
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It has been 3 years since Royal Assent was given to the repeal of the Vagrancy Act (1824). But people forced to sleep rough still face fines or even prison because parliament has failed to complete repeal. Thank you to Baroness Alicia Kennedy
for raising this vital issue.
for raising this vital issue.
May 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
It has been 3 years since Royal Assent was given to the repeal of the Vagrancy Act (1824). But people forced to sleep rough still face fines or even prison because parliament has failed to complete repeal. Thank you to Baroness Alicia Kennedy
for raising this vital issue.
for raising this vital issue.
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this continues to be the most useful metaphor I’ve seen
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
May 5, 2025 at 4:29 PM
this continues to be the most useful metaphor I’ve seen
Excellent point here about the incompatibility of wanting to, apparently, fundamentally change the UK and also not have any individual policy that could be portrayed as scary or radical
May 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Excellent point here about the incompatibility of wanting to, apparently, fundamentally change the UK and also not have any individual policy that could be portrayed as scary or radical
What is the point of winning elections if you can't then use your power to help starving children because you're too afraid of the next election?
April 22, 2025 at 9:34 AM
What is the point of winning elections if you can't then use your power to help starving children because you're too afraid of the next election?
Politicians: We should run Government like a business
Business:
Business:
Is this the same Amazon Prime who paid £50m to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to make exactly zero shows? 🤯
April 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Politicians: We should run Government like a business
Business:
Business:
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Good night, Bluesky
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Good night, Bluesky
The best change they could make is turn it back to the way it was 10 years ago when it was actually useful
Big changes are underway for Google Search, the internet’s most popular product, and the web may never be the same
Google Is Searching for an Answer to ChatGPT
Big changes are underway for the internet’s most popular product, and Google (and the web) may never be the same.
www.bloomberg.com
March 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
The best change they could make is turn it back to the way it was 10 years ago when it was actually useful
Oh youre a fan of St Patrick? Name your favourite hagiography
March 17, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Oh youre a fan of St Patrick? Name your favourite hagiography
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"Ideas the left find offensive" is a funny way of saying "Nazi shit"
Every time I pop over to Twitter I get bombarded with Nazi shit.
If there was a part of town where every time I went I got bombarded with Nazi shit, I would stop going. It's the same.
Every time I pop over to Twitter I get bombarded with Nazi shit.
If there was a part of town where every time I went I got bombarded with Nazi shit, I would stop going. It's the same.
Thought I'd seen the dumbest, most ignorant take on Bluesky last year, but I was wrong. This person is living in a world that only exists in their own mind.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
As far as I can tell, the author is not even on Bluesky, so they've just fantasized what must be happening here.
March 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"Ideas the left find offensive" is a funny way of saying "Nazi shit"
Every time I pop over to Twitter I get bombarded with Nazi shit.
If there was a part of town where every time I went I got bombarded with Nazi shit, I would stop going. It's the same.
Every time I pop over to Twitter I get bombarded with Nazi shit.
If there was a part of town where every time I went I got bombarded with Nazi shit, I would stop going. It's the same.
One of the slipperiest tricks of modern political "commentary" is that conservative talking points are sprayed across the press on a daily basis but presented as some kind of secret, forbidden lore.
'No-one is talking about young men' increasingly occupies the same space as 'we need an honest conversation about immigration'. We never shut up about young men. It's one of the only things we ever talk about, although admittedly only ever to say 'we need to be more reactionary'.
March 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
One of the slipperiest tricks of modern political "commentary" is that conservative talking points are sprayed across the press on a daily basis but presented as some kind of secret, forbidden lore.
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A senator turns up 10 mins late to the Roman senate on a day Cicero is giving a speech. Says to the guy next to him, “What did I miss?”
The guy replies, “I don’t know, he hasn’t got to the verb yet.”
The guy replies, “I don’t know, he hasn’t got to the verb yet.”
what's the most specifically funny joke you know. as in, you need to know or understand a subject to get why it's funny. the dad joke of your speciality, if you will
February 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A senator turns up 10 mins late to the Roman senate on a day Cicero is giving a speech. Says to the guy next to him, “What did I miss?”
The guy replies, “I don’t know, he hasn’t got to the verb yet.”
The guy replies, “I don’t know, he hasn’t got to the verb yet.”