Dr. Matt Loten
@intheinaka.bsky.social
Japanese Political Communication PhD | Working in Linguistic Validation by day; posting about politics on the internet by night
The Johnson line remains very funny. What a day that was - makes you pine for the golden era of Twitter.
September 5, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Johnson line remains very funny. What a day that was - makes you pine for the golden era of Twitter.
So am I supposed to politicise famous blonde women or not? I'm getting very mixed signals here.
August 28, 2025 at 5:22 PM
So am I supposed to politicise famous blonde women or not? I'm getting very mixed signals here.
This is going to be so much more '1970s left-wing university politics' than any of us could have ever imagined.
So committed to the bit they can't even name the party. There will be no leaders, no hierarchy, no applause. Infighting strictly encouraged.
So committed to the bit they can't even name the party. There will be no leaders, no hierarchy, no applause. Infighting strictly encouraged.
July 24, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This is going to be so much more '1970s left-wing university politics' than any of us could have ever imagined.
So committed to the bit they can't even name the party. There will be no leaders, no hierarchy, no applause. Infighting strictly encouraged.
So committed to the bit they can't even name the party. There will be no leaders, no hierarchy, no applause. Infighting strictly encouraged.
I don't know whether I'm more concerned that she says she wants to emulate Milei, or that she's so clueless she doesn't seem to have the slightest grasp on his approach to governing:
July 24, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I don't know whether I'm more concerned that she says she wants to emulate Milei, or that she's so clueless she doesn't seem to have the slightest grasp on his approach to governing:
Damien from Brighton is one of the few people I know I am blocked by on Twitter - being a nobody on Twitter I can only assume he's thin-skinned enough to block anyone right of Marx.
Glad to see his political insight is as sharp as ever.
Glad to see his political insight is as sharp as ever.
July 10, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Damien from Brighton is one of the few people I know I am blocked by on Twitter - being a nobody on Twitter I can only assume he's thin-skinned enough to block anyone right of Marx.
Glad to see his political insight is as sharp as ever.
Glad to see his political insight is as sharp as ever.
If I were the Iranian regime, I would definitely dismantle my nuclear arsenal off the back of a Donald Trump promise, can't see how that could ever backfire.
June 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
If I were the Iranian regime, I would definitely dismantle my nuclear arsenal off the back of a Donald Trump promise, can't see how that could ever backfire.
A very special treat today as Sophie and I spend the day checking out the Absolute Units at @themerl.bsky.social (in a variety of excellent museum-provided hats)!
May 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A very special treat today as Sophie and I spend the day checking out the Absolute Units at @themerl.bsky.social (in a variety of excellent museum-provided hats)!
It could have, and it was of course a tragedy for all those affected. But the fact remains that, relative to its share of global energy output, nuclear energy is incredibly safe.
May 20, 2025 at 11:22 AM
It could have, and it was of course a tragedy for all those affected. But the fact remains that, relative to its share of global energy output, nuclear energy is incredibly safe.
Good to see they're getting on with the job at hand and not wasting time virtue-signalling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
May 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Good to see they're getting on with the job at hand and not wasting time virtue-signalling.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Encarta and the wonderful interactive version of The Way Things Work books were both equally important landmarks of my early PC-using childhood:
May 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Encarta and the wonderful interactive version of The Way Things Work books were both equally important landmarks of my early PC-using childhood:
Absolutely no one at all:
The UK Government:
The UK Government:
May 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Absolutely no one at all:
The UK Government:
The UK Government:
Happy birthday! Bella is far too refined to ever lower herself to being silly in front of a camera, but she did try to disappear into the crease of the garden sofa today.
May 10, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy birthday! Bella is far too refined to ever lower herself to being silly in front of a camera, but she did try to disappear into the crease of the garden sofa today.
Stealthily building critical support for green energy infrastructure by telling local NIMBYs 'it's this or more houses'.
May 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Stealthily building critical support for green energy infrastructure by telling local NIMBYs 'it's this or more houses'.
Well you've all forced me to take matters into my own (unskilled) hands
April 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Well you've all forced me to take matters into my own (unskilled) hands
Reject modernity, embrace tradition
April 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Reject modernity, embrace tradition
Going through a bit of a reading binge on the crypto boom and AI and thought I would ask Gemini what it reckoned the next asset bubble would be. The irony:
April 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Going through a bit of a reading binge on the crypto boom and AI and thought I would ask Gemini what it reckoned the next asset bubble would be. The irony:
Catching up on the situation in Canada now that the election is set and, wow, we truly are witnessing an all-time fumble from the Conservatives aren't we.
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March 26, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Catching up on the situation in Canada now that the election is set and, wow, we truly are witnessing an all-time fumble from the Conservatives aren't we.
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That was my gut reaction to Kemi's PMQs performance today. Johnson's a few bad council/by-election results from leaving his plough behind and marching triumphantly on CCHQ.
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
That was my gut reaction to Kemi's PMQs performance today. Johnson's a few bad council/by-election results from leaving his plough behind and marching triumphantly on CCHQ.
Even in the Guardian, you know as soon as you see this rubbish it's going to be Birbalsingh.
February 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Even in the Guardian, you know as soon as you see this rubbish it's going to be Birbalsingh.
