Matthew Smith
@indigojo.bsky.social
Blogger at http://www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/
Photography at http://www.flickr.com/indigojo
Muslim from south-west London. Truck driver. Tweets (and blogs) on Muslim, disability, tech and road issues.
Photography at http://www.flickr.com/indigojo
Muslim from south-west London. Truck driver. Tweets (and blogs) on Muslim, disability, tech and road issues.
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Kemi Badenoch and the know-nothing right (on her idiotic, racist response to the government's anti-VAWG initiative, with a roll-call of silent feminists):
Badenoch and the know-nothing right
Last week, the government announced a new initiative to combat misogyny among young men, targeting both schoolchildren and teachers. The £20m programme will include training for teachers to “…
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December 23, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Kemi Badenoch and the know-nothing right (on her idiotic, racist response to the government's anti-VAWG initiative, with a roll-call of silent feminists):
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Badenoch and the know-nothing Right (a critique of the Tory leader's absurd suggestion that misogyny and #VAWG are an imported problem):
Badenoch and the know-nothing right
Last week, the government announced a new initiative to combat misogyny among young men, targeting both schoolchildren and teachers. The £20m programme will include training for teachers to “…
www.blogistan.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Badenoch and the know-nothing Right (a critique of the Tory leader's absurd suggestion that misogyny and #VAWG are an imported problem):
Haven't had brussels sprouts in years, so I bought some today to chop up and mix in with other things (because the "meat & two veg" context isn't the only use for them). Couldn't believe how cheap they were: 70p a kilo, or 17p for enough for two meals.
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December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Haven't had brussels sprouts in years, so I bought some today to chop up and mix in with other things (because the "meat & two veg" context isn't the only use for them). Couldn't believe how cheap they were: 70p a kilo, or 17p for enough for two meals.
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Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - When a fallacy isn't (how arguments which are fallacies in academia have legitimate real-world uses):
When a fallacy isn’t
Last weekend I saw a set of pictures on Instagram with the lead picture containing the headline “The Ten Most Dangerous Logical Fallacies”. The author, Sahil Bloom (author of a book cal…
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December 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - When a fallacy isn't (how arguments which are fallacies in academia have legitimate real-world uses):
Reposted by Matthew Smith
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
When a fallacy isn’t
Last weekend I saw a set of pictures on Instagram with the lead picture containing the headline “The Ten Most Dangerous Logical Fallacies”. The author, Sahil Bloom (author of a book cal…
www.blogistan.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Please remember when sharing pictures from #Sudan and other countries where there are wars, genocides or similar, that naked pictures of children (meaning under-18s) are illegal to reproduce or share in the UK and many other places.
December 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Please remember when sharing pictures from #Sudan and other countries where there are wars, genocides or similar, that naked pictures of children (meaning under-18s) are illegal to reproduce or share in the UK and many other places.
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
When a fallacy isn’t
Last weekend I saw a set of pictures on Instagram with the lead picture containing the headline “The Ten Most Dangerous Logical Fallacies”. The author, Sahil Bloom (author of a book cal…
www.blogistan.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- When a fallacy isn't (why arguments that fail in academia are valid in the real world): www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Been seeing IG ads for a private nursery and primary school in southwest London called Jack & Jill. All except the nursery is all-girls. Why do you need an all-girls reception or infant school? Secondary perhaps, but not at 4 or 5.
Oh, and the head is a man!
Oh, and the head is a man!
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Been seeing IG ads for a private nursery and primary school in southwest London called Jack & Jill. All except the nursery is all-girls. Why do you need an all-girls reception or infant school? Secondary perhaps, but not at 4 or 5.
Oh, and the head is a man!
Oh, and the head is a man!
Just listened to the BBC History Podcast this afternoon about the arrest of General Pinochet. Isn't it funny that he had to come to London to have his back operation? After 17 years of his rule, Chile's health system wasn't good enough for him.
December 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just listened to the BBC History Podcast this afternoon about the arrest of General Pinochet. Isn't it funny that he had to come to London to have his back operation? After 17 years of his rule, Chile's health system wasn't good enough for him.
Is anyone else finding that some web apps (including X/Twitter and FB) don't work properly anymore on Mac Safari? If you switch back to that tab after viewing another, the tab is often blank and refreshing it doesn't work. #iOS262
December 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Is anyone else finding that some web apps (including X/Twitter and FB) don't work properly anymore on Mac Safari? If you switch back to that tab after viewing another, the tab is often blank and refreshing it doesn't work. #iOS262
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Assisted dying and democratic niceties (on the liberal media's gnashing of teeth over the House of Lords' opposition to the AD Bill):
Assisted dying and democratic niceties
Tanni Grey-Thompson testing out accessible rail travel in Liverpool Currently in the UK, Parliament is debating a bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater, the sister of the assassinated Labour MP Jo Cox …
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December 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Assisted dying and democratic niceties (on the liberal media's gnashing of teeth over the House of Lords' opposition to the AD Bill):
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Assisted dying and democratic niceties (on the House of Lords' frustration of the AD bill, and the gnashing of liberal teeth that has resulted):
Assisted dying and democratic niceties
Tanni Grey-Thompson testing out accessible rail travel in Liverpool Currently in the UK, Parliament is debating a bill introduced by Kim Leadbeater, the sister of the assassinated Labour MP Jo Cox …
www.blogistan.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Assisted dying and democratic niceties (on the House of Lords' frustration of the AD bill, and the gnashing of liberal teeth that has resulted):
This is a very good definition of terrorism. By contrast, in the UK a 'terrorist' is whoever the government says is one.
Bondi Beach: Eleven killed in shooting targeting Australia’s Jewish community
A further 29 people have been taken to hospital and one gunman was also killed, NSW Police have told a news conference.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
This is a very good definition of terrorism. By contrast, in the UK a 'terrorist' is whoever the government says is one.
Reposted by Matthew Smith
Today's Post "A Tale of Two Ombudsman"
The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman is meant to be our last rung of #justice. Instead, it's a hollow shell.
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Pls share and subscribe, this is so important.
The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman is meant to be our last rung of #justice. Instead, it's a hollow shell.
open.substack.com/pub/undercla...
Pls share and subscribe, this is so important.
A Tale of Two Ombudsman
No-one is more voiceless than a voiceless patient.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's Post "A Tale of Two Ombudsman"
The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman is meant to be our last rung of #justice. Instead, it's a hollow shell.
open.substack.com/pub/undercla...
Pls share and subscribe, this is so important.
The Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman is meant to be our last rung of #justice. Instead, it's a hollow shell.
open.substack.com/pub/undercla...
Pls share and subscribe, this is so important.
Recent blog post:
Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism (as a posh school prefect) matters.
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Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism (as a posh school prefect) matters.
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December 8, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Recent blog post:
Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism (as a posh school prefect) matters.
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Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism (as a posh school prefect) matters.
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Like I said in my latest blog entry: Farage is a lifelong racist.
As this Guardian story from *1999* points out, Farage the man is as racist as Farage the youth - if only more of the Fourth Estate had chosen to pay attention back then…
www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/...
www.theguardian.com/uk/1999/oct/...
December 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Like I said in my latest blog entry: Farage is a lifelong racist.
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism matters:
Why Farage’s teenage racism matters
Painting of Dulwich College by Camille Pissarro, 1871 (from Wikimedia) Over the past few weeks there has been a series of revelations by people who were at school with Nigel Farage who was a pupil …
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December 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Why Nigel Farage's teenage racism matters:
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Web services that suck (on #enshittification and how it impacts the blogosphere):
Web services that suck
At the tail end of the last millennium, before blogs and definitely before social media, there was a book published called Web Pages That Suck, a guide to badly-designed web pages aimed at people w…
www.blogistan.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Recently at Indigo Jo Blogs - Web services that suck (on #enshittification and how it impacts the blogosphere):
Latest blog post: "platform decay" AKA #enshittification and its effect on the blogosphere (remember that?).
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Web services that suck (why certain popular social media never needed any #enshittification ):
www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Web services that suck
At the tail end of the last millennium, before blogs and definitely before social media, there was a book published called Web Pages That Suck, a guide to badly-designed web pages aimed at people w…
www.blogistan.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Latest blog post: "platform decay" AKA #enshittification and its effect on the blogosphere (remember that?).
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Web services that suck (why certain popular social media never needed any #enshittification ):
www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
Web services that suck
At the tail end of the last millennium, before blogs and definitely before social media, there was a book published called Web Pages That Suck, a guide to badly-designed web pages aimed at people w…
www.blogistan.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
New post at Indigo Jo Blogs -- Web services that suck (why certain popular social media never needed any #enshittification ):
www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
www.blogistan.co.uk/blog/mt.php/...
From Dec '24 'Bike' magazine:
"However, in 2018 I sold [my 2016 Suzuki] due to being a first-time dad. Since it went, my soul felt empty."
Hope his kid never reads this!
"However, in 2018 I sold [my 2016 Suzuki] due to being a first-time dad. Since it went, my soul felt empty."
Hope his kid never reads this!
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
From Dec '24 'Bike' magazine:
"However, in 2018 I sold [my 2016 Suzuki] due to being a first-time dad. Since it went, my soul felt empty."
Hope his kid never reads this!
"However, in 2018 I sold [my 2016 Suzuki] due to being a first-time dad. Since it went, my soul felt empty."
Hope his kid never reads this!
Is anyone else getting videos about the golden age in South Africa and Zimbabwe (meaning when the latter was called Rhodesia) on their YouTube feed? Been seeing a whole load the past week or so.
November 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Is anyone else getting videos about the golden age in South Africa and Zimbabwe (meaning when the latter was called Rhodesia) on their YouTube feed? Been seeing a whole load the past week or so.
Just listened to the latest File on 4 about adoptive parents who have to return the children to care because their behaviour is uncontrollable because of past abuse. One issue is not discussed at all: adoption relieves local authorities of responsibility.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Just listened to the latest File on 4 about adoptive parents who have to return the children to care because their behaviour is uncontrollable because of past abuse. One issue is not discussed at all: adoption relieves local authorities of responsibility.
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File on 4 today about multi-cancer detection tests and the evidence that they are unreliable.
File on 4 Investigates - Multi-Cancer Testing - Hype or Hope? - BBC Sounds
Could multi-cancer detection tests help improve earlier diagnosis for NHS patients?
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
File on 4 today about multi-cancer detection tests and the evidence that they are unreliable.
Just heard that our house has a water leak which started when Thames Water fitted a meter.
Our bills went through the roof; we were told we were using as much water as a family of seven (rather than three).
Now we have to get them to fix their own mess.
Our bills went through the roof; we were told we were using as much water as a family of seven (rather than three).
Now we have to get them to fix their own mess.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Just heard that our house has a water leak which started when Thames Water fitted a meter.
Our bills went through the roof; we were told we were using as much water as a family of seven (rather than three).
Now we have to get them to fix their own mess.
Our bills went through the roof; we were told we were using as much water as a family of seven (rather than three).
Now we have to get them to fix their own mess.