Matt
@cybermat75.bsky.social
Systems Thinker, interested in Tech, Japan, Politics, Sci-Fi.
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"Welcome to Decline" -- still one of my favourite graphs from last year. In the late 1970s, Britain's economic fate very clearly split in two. How much you blame Thatcher will depend on your politics, but her leadership is useful to understand the timing. tomforth.co.uk/welcometodec...
January 2, 2026 at 6:15 PM
"Welcome to Decline" -- still one of my favourite graphs from last year. In the late 1970s, Britain's economic fate very clearly split in two. How much you blame Thatcher will depend on your politics, but her leadership is useful to understand the timing. tomforth.co.uk/welcometodec...
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The damage wreaked by Thatcher is incalculable. Here’s one of the worst examples 👇
December 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The damage wreaked by Thatcher is incalculable. Here’s one of the worst examples 👇
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Everyone is crapping on e-bikes these days, but Micah Toll of Electrek says "they’re the best thing for urban life since flush toilets." I agree.
lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
In praise of e-bikes, which could save our cities
Everyone is crapping on e-bikes these days, but Micah Toll says "they’re the best thing for urban life since flush toilets." I agree.
lloydalter.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Everyone is crapping on e-bikes these days, but Micah Toll of Electrek says "they’re the best thing for urban life since flush toilets." I agree.
lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
lloydalter.substack.com/p/in-praise-...
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Basic physics supports that, sooner or later, vast glaciers in West Antarctica will melt into the sea and flood existing shorelines. The question of how quickly this will happen remains an area of debate. Evan Howell reports: www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-wil...
How Soon Will the Seas Rise? | Quanta Magazine
The uniquely vulnerable West Antarctic Ice Sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by 5 meters. But when that will happen — and how fast — is anything but settled.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Basic physics supports that, sooner or later, vast glaciers in West Antarctica will melt into the sea and flood existing shorelines. The question of how quickly this will happen remains an area of debate. Evan Howell reports: www.quantamagazine.org/how-soon-wil...
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This is what Jimmy Kimmel said. He did NOT glorify the killer. He did NOT disrespect the victim. He's commenting on politicians. And he got taken offline just for that.
In the meantime, a teacher in my kids' school was put on leave for joking about Kirk on a third-party platform.
This is hell.
In the meantime, a teacher in my kids' school was put on leave for joking about Kirk on a third-party platform.
This is hell.
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
This is what Jimmy Kimmel said. He did NOT glorify the killer. He did NOT disrespect the victim. He's commenting on politicians. And he got taken offline just for that.
In the meantime, a teacher in my kids' school was put on leave for joking about Kirk on a third-party platform.
This is hell.
In the meantime, a teacher in my kids' school was put on leave for joking about Kirk on a third-party platform.
This is hell.
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Wow – This is really messed up - Give me a fricking break!
#WaltDisney Co.’s #ABC network is taking #JimmyKimmelLive off the air indefinitely amid a backlash to remarks the late-night host made about the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#WaltDisney Co.’s #ABC network is taking #JimmyKimmelLive off the air indefinitely amid a backlash to remarks the late-night host made about the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
September 18, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Wow – This is really messed up - Give me a fricking break!
#WaltDisney Co.’s #ABC network is taking #JimmyKimmelLive off the air indefinitely amid a backlash to remarks the late-night host made about the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
#WaltDisney Co.’s #ABC network is taking #JimmyKimmelLive off the air indefinitely amid a backlash to remarks the late-night host made about the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Elon's endorsement of the German AfD party is further proof he's a goddamn nazi
January 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Elon's endorsement of the German AfD party is further proof he's a goddamn nazi
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Q: Which dystopian nightmare movie is this from?
A: Reality.
A: Reality.
January 26, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Q: Which dystopian nightmare movie is this from?
A: Reality.
A: Reality.
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I'd stupidly assumed that after decades of Hollywood movies we'd all learned to pick up on evil vibes immediately
They are really not hiding the ball here
They are really not hiding the ball here
January 26, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I'd stupidly assumed that after decades of Hollywood movies we'd all learned to pick up on evil vibes immediately
They are really not hiding the ball here
They are really not hiding the ball here
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My god… Musk just did the N*zi Salute live on TV.
January 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
My god… Musk just did the N*zi Salute live on TV.
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Michelle Obama Confirms She Will Skip Rest Of Decade
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January 16, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Michelle Obama Confirms She Will Skip Rest Of Decade
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ATV had big plans for 1961. You can read about them and get the inside gossip from Great Cumberland Street, Aston and Wembley in this reprint of the first edition of the staff newsletter. It's part of our £20 #ITV70 pack, with a Rediffusion book and 3 more reprints! www.indiegogo.com/projects/red...
January 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
ATV had big plans for 1961. You can read about them and get the inside gossip from Great Cumberland Street, Aston and Wembley in this reprint of the first edition of the staff newsletter. It's part of our £20 #ITV70 pack, with a Rediffusion book and 3 more reprints! www.indiegogo.com/projects/red...
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Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations
https://www.ft.com/content/c6dcf0a5-82ca-4bf1-a233-e36f7a5b4741
https://www.ft.com/content/c6dcf0a5-82ca-4bf1-a233-e36f7a5b4741
Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations
Alice Weidel promises “repatriations on a large scale” in speech to party faithful
www.ft.com
January 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Co-leader of Germany’s far-right AfD calls for mass deportations
https://www.ft.com/content/c6dcf0a5-82ca-4bf1-a233-e36f7a5b4741
https://www.ft.com/content/c6dcf0a5-82ca-4bf1-a233-e36f7a5b4741
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Watching live news coverage of the Pacific Palisades fire and Steve Guttenburg appears out of the smoke to provide a PSA.
January 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Watching live news coverage of the Pacific Palisades fire and Steve Guttenburg appears out of the smoke to provide a PSA.
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“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
January 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
“Will pay any amount.”
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
Feels like one of those futile pleas we’re going to hear from wealthy people more and more in the era of climate change.
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Day 7 #LibFaves24: THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES by Malka Older (volume 2 of The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti). If someone created something specifically for me in a fiction laboratory, it couldn't be more tailored to my tastes.
December 17, 2024 at 12:30 AM
Day 7 #LibFaves24: THE IMPOSITION OF UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES by Malka Older (volume 2 of The Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti). If someone created something specifically for me in a fiction laboratory, it couldn't be more tailored to my tastes.
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Piers Morgan asked Antichrist Peter Thiel what he would say to people who celebrated Luigi Mangione — who was a fan of Peter Thiel & Elon Musk — for murdering an insurance CEO.
If someone can find a worse answer to any question, I’d love to see it. This is excruciating.
If someone can find a worse answer to any question, I’d love to see it. This is excruciating.
December 12, 2024 at 11:40 PM
Piers Morgan asked Antichrist Peter Thiel what he would say to people who celebrated Luigi Mangione — who was a fan of Peter Thiel & Elon Musk — for murdering an insurance CEO.
If someone can find a worse answer to any question, I’d love to see it. This is excruciating.
If someone can find a worse answer to any question, I’d love to see it. This is excruciating.
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(worthwhile) #ElonMusk has turned “X” into his personal propaganda channel, an echo chamber for autocrats, right-wing extremists, anti-Semites, racists and sexists: “X” is a poisoned place today, chart @faznet www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
November 21, 2024 at 6:12 AM
(worthwhile) #ElonMusk has turned “X” into his personal propaganda channel, an echo chamber for autocrats, right-wing extremists, anti-Semites, racists and sexists: “X” is a poisoned place today, chart @faznet www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
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November 21, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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Thanks Dr. Kurtz. Learning BASIC on a Commodore 128 are among my happiest memories with my late father (today is his birthday.) I was so proud of the programs and eventually little games—with sprites! — I created. Early contributing factor to geekery, and I am grateful. wapo.st/40V1KR5
Thomas Kurtz, co-inventor of BASIC computer language, dies at 96
His programming language replaced inscrutable numbers and glyphs with intuitive commands, translating the exhilarating power of computer science.
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November 20, 2024 at 12:36 PM
Thanks Dr. Kurtz. Learning BASIC on a Commodore 128 are among my happiest memories with my late father (today is his birthday.) I was so proud of the programs and eventually little games—with sprites! — I created. Early contributing factor to geekery, and I am grateful. wapo.st/40V1KR5
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If you want your staff to be in work 10 days (out of about 22 work days) each month, then you will need to provide more than 900 desks for your 3,231 staff.
Imagine if this was a company for which maths was important.
Like a bank say...
Imagine if this was a company for which maths was important.
Like a bank say...
Starling Bank staff resign after new chief executive calls for more time in-office
Exclusive: Staff complain Raman Bhatia is creating ‘grey corporate hellscape’ and offices already lack desk space
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November 19, 2024 at 10:45 AM
If you want your staff to be in work 10 days (out of about 22 work days) each month, then you will need to provide more than 900 desks for your 3,231 staff.
Imagine if this was a company for which maths was important.
Like a bank say...
Imagine if this was a company for which maths was important.
Like a bank say...
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Typically you know a civilisation is ending because barbarians are pushing at the gates.
But in this case it's because barbarians are pushing Gaetz.
But in this case it's because barbarians are pushing Gaetz.
November 14, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Typically you know a civilisation is ending because barbarians are pushing at the gates.
But in this case it's because barbarians are pushing Gaetz.
But in this case it's because barbarians are pushing Gaetz.