Matt Brown
@nowheria.bsky.social
Guitar player and blogger. UK. Runs @rochefoucauld.bsky.social & @mrfluent.bsky.social Find my blog called 'Bulletins' here: http://mattsbulletins.blogspot.com/
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Things That Happen In A Story: Genesis, the Odyssey, Dickens & Sherlock Holmes
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New blog post by me: 'Things That Happen In A Story: Genesis, the Odyssey, Dickens & Sherlock Holmes': mattsbulletins.blogspot.com/2025/11/thin...
Great 🧵.
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 18, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Great 🧵.
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Extra points for the butcher's MacBeth handwashing gestures:
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Extra points for the butcher's MacBeth handwashing gestures:
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
'Will all great Neptune’s ocean wash this blood
Clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather
The multitudinous seas incarnadine
Making the green one red.'
Our historic & ongoing ties with the Saudi gov.t, likewise the US', are disgraceful, and undermine our prating & lecturing about human rights. Money talks, as does geopolitical advantage.
November 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our historic & ongoing ties with the Saudi gov.t, likewise the US', are disgraceful, and undermine our prating & lecturing about human rights. Money talks, as does geopolitical advantage.
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When this happened in Trump’s first administration, Senate Republicans like Lindsay Graham rebuked him and threatened to hold up legislation. Senator Marco Rubio, now the nation’s top diplomat, called for severing US ties with Saudi Arabia over human rights. Press should ask them about it too.
November 18, 2025 at 6:46 PM
When this happened in Trump’s first administration, Senate Republicans like Lindsay Graham rebuked him and threatened to hold up legislation. Senator Marco Rubio, now the nation’s top diplomat, called for severing US ties with Saudi Arabia over human rights. Press should ask them about it too.
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As the flag-bearer of doing human, naked and unafraid, he had reached an inflection point. The iron had entered his soul. (tbc)
November 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
As the flag-bearer of doing human, naked and unafraid, he had reached an inflection point. The iron had entered his soul. (tbc)
It would be good if our senior politicians wanted actually to govern the country for a while, rather than having endless power struggles; during which, & because of which, everything that needs to be tackled is postponed.
November 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It would be good if our senior politicians wanted actually to govern the country for a while, rather than having endless power struggles; during which, & because of which, everything that needs to be tackled is postponed.
Yup, Roderick Murchison was Scottish.
November 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Yup, Roderick Murchison was Scottish.
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In a perfect twist, incidentally, Roderick Murchison was a Scottish, not English, geologist.
November 17, 2025 at 8:27 PM
In a perfect twist, incidentally, Roderick Murchison was a Scottish, not English, geologist.
@edzitron.com Dear Ed, IDK if you've had the time to go into financial history much, but if you ever want a book about the South Sea Bubble, this is the one: 'Money for Nothing' by Thomas Levenson.
November 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
@edzitron.com Dear Ed, IDK if you've had the time to go into financial history much, but if you ever want a book about the South Sea Bubble, this is the one: 'Money for Nothing' by Thomas Levenson.
Made me laugh when she describes the English as "the most dishonest nation on Earth."
Thrilling dialogue in Star Media's new film, "Good Neighbors." The Russian Code ©️ explained, by a filthy Brit, no less.
November 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Made me laugh when she describes the English as "the most dishonest nation on Earth."
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The first voice alone of Mozart's Little Gigue K574 has every chromatic note from B3 to D6!
November 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
The first voice alone of Mozart's Little Gigue K574 has every chromatic note from B3 to D6!
Also on Grokipedia, this is really good by @pboyle.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkQU...
Elon Musk's Anti Woke Encyclopedia
YouTube video by Patrick Boyle
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Also on Grokipedia, this is really good by @pboyle.bsky.social : www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkQU...
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New from me on Substack: “Source Wars and Bespoke Realities: Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and The Battle for Truth”
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
November 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
New from me on Substack: “Source Wars and Bespoke Realities: Wikipedia, Grokipedia, and The Battle for Truth”
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
I wrote about the high stakes power game over “reliable sources” — and the story of how Grokipedia did change its entry ab me after my Atlantic article on its hallucinations last week.
@jacobsilverman.com Dear Jacob, I wanted to send you this because it confirms/illustrates things in 'Gilded Rage' in an interesting way: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuvx...
Marc Andreessen: The US is in a AI Arms Race & It Decides The World's Future
YouTube video by a16z
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November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@jacobsilverman.com Dear Jacob, I wanted to send you this because it confirms/illustrates things in 'Gilded Rage' in an interesting way: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fuvx...
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Chicago Tribune Nov 11 1915 prints map of British-Indo advance on Ottoman forces from Kuwait to Baghdad archives.chicagotribune.com/1915/11/11/p... bsky.app/profile/this...
November 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Chicago Tribune Nov 11 1915 prints map of British-Indo advance on Ottoman forces from Kuwait to Baghdad archives.chicagotribune.com/1915/11/11/p... bsky.app/profile/this...
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Slouching Towards the Strange Death of Cliché and Its Discontents.
November 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Slouching Towards the Strange Death of Cliché and Its Discontents.
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What’s behind Silicon Valley’s psychotic break with reality?
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Silicon Valley Apocalypse Capitalism
“Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What’s behind Silicon Valley’s psychotic break with reality?
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
Welcome to Apocalypse Capitalism.
As one prominent tech VC put it: “Maybe if you aren’t trying to destroy the world, you’re not trying hard enough.”
www.thenerdreich.com/silicon-vall...
More UK political commentators telling me Wes Streeting is a brilliant communicator, & I still don't agree. He is an OK communicator surrounded by very poor ones. Why are these people so easily impressed ? Remember when Michael Gove was touted for years as such an effective minister ?
November 14, 2025 at 10:07 PM
More UK political commentators telling me Wes Streeting is a brilliant communicator, & I still don't agree. He is an OK communicator surrounded by very poor ones. Why are these people so easily impressed ? Remember when Michael Gove was touted for years as such an effective minister ?
Oh yeah ?
Sundar Pichai proved to be the "wartime CEO" that Google needed after ChatGPT's launch, making the company an AI leader, in part by empowering Demis Hassabis (Dave Lee/Bloomberg)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
November 13, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Oh yeah ?
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What I most like in this graph from @britainelects.com is that they are all distinct journeys, albeit to roughly the same destination. Each graph tells a different story.
November 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
What I most like in this graph from @britainelects.com is that they are all distinct journeys, albeit to roughly the same destination. Each graph tells a different story.
New blog post by me: 'Things That Happen In A Story: Genesis, the Odyssey, Dickens & Sherlock Holmes': mattsbulletins.blogspot.com/2025/11/thin...
Things That Happen In A Story: Genesis, the Odyssey, Dickens & Sherlock Holmes
mattsbulletins.blogspot.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New blog post by me: 'Things That Happen In A Story: Genesis, the Odyssey, Dickens & Sherlock Holmes': mattsbulletins.blogspot.com/2025/11/thin...
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The Financial Times' Bryce Elder (@bryce.lol) wrote up a piece about my newsletter.
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
November 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Financial Times' Bryce Elder (@bryce.lol) wrote up a piece about my newsletter.
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
www.ft.com/content/fce7...
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Orthogonally leveraging your Pareto optimal.
November 12, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Orthogonally leveraging your Pareto optimal.
I have been for a long time and remain mystified as to why Wes Streeting is supposed to be such a brilliant politician, however many times I'm told that he is.
November 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I have been for a long time and remain mystified as to why Wes Streeting is supposed to be such a brilliant politician, however many times I'm told that he is.
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I doubt it’s intended but the quotes in this read like a plea for time, rather than a determined vow to fight the next election www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge
Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I doubt it’s intended but the quotes in this read like a plea for time, rather than a determined vow to fight the next election www.theguardian.com/politics/202...