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A Matt, of all things

@oscillatr.bsky.social

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Greying. Sometimes cycling. Have a lot of records I don’t listen to so much these days. Occasionally draw things. Edinburgh

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · Feb 11

They can never take from you the joy of putting a finger to your ear, setting your face in a frown of deep concentration and then farting in time to Go! By Public Service Broadcasting.

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Scott Gray @scott1gray.bsky.social · 1h

Zadie Smith.

Writeups.org @writeups.org · 1h

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You know a country by its values. By what a country values. And it turns out thatwhat a country values can change overtime. Sometimes, though, there's a sort of cognitive delay between the country you think you are in, and the country you've actually become. For example, you can keep selling yourself, to foreigners, as the country of William Shakespeare and Jane Austen, and luring busloads of tourists to Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath, and put a statue of George Orwell in front of the BBC, and imagine yourself a cultured and literate nation, which the rest of the world admires for its devotion to the written word - but if you then chronically underfund your cultural institutions, and treat your cultural workers with contempt, many people will suspect you of being full of it. And as the decades pass - and fewer and fewer Shakespeares and Austens and Orwells emerge from your little island - even more people will begin to suspect that in truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones.

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 15h

Ah okay. I remember getting A a Canon Ixus (which we may still have) which felt absurdly small and futuristic at the time and used APS IIRC

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 15h

Was APS limited to the wee point and clicks?

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 1d

And somehow none of it transparent.

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 1d

Wow - 'wrong' hands are making a comeback, then.

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 3d

@edi.bike haha - decided to spare the skyline my hyperlocal grumble just as you clocked it I think

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 4d

Finally got round to watching the Ballad of Wallis Island and it was a delight from start to finish.

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 4d

Love this - it reminds me of reading about a director - and alas I forget who it was - who fastidiously scripted background actors’ conversations which would never actually be heard.

Lucas Gattoni 🏳️‍🌈🇦🇷 Lettering Bear! @letteringbear.bsky.social · 4d

Here are some more lettering stacks for you! These come from the first Killer Queens mini series, by D. Booher, C. Balboni & H. Saxon, from Dark Horse Comics

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 4d

"Lemonade was a popular drink and it still is"

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 5d

Pig naturals is BBC exec slang for Countryfile.

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 5d

a man wearing glasses and a suit says what did i just see

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 5d

Oh man - remember "soup for my family"? "Soup and a sandwich" as a rallying chant would have 'em shaking.

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah - the 'bikes go by racks' impulse for riders is just going to be too strong to resist.

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 5d

Also noted they’ve moved the location outside the Usher Hall to the inconvenience of private bike owners now too. Cues from ground markings would really help here I think.

A bunch of dockless bikes parked among and in the way of the bike rails

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 5d

Not really putting the work in there tbh

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 5d

Was squinting at the dogs legs to try and work it out. God damn the sloppers.

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 6d

(though good to see validation on the policy)

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 6d

Oof - that headline leaves a bit to be desired.

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 7d

Haha - nice work NY, that’s a great bit of news to wake up to.

A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 11d

Only four knocks at the door tonight- what am I going to do with all these sweets?

a bald man in a pink shirt says oh well ...

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 12d

Yeah that was the one I saw quoted first.

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 12d

Nah I think it's just a post poking fun at work email stuff but maybe I'm wrong? Would NOT be the first time an entire discourse whooshed over my head as I giggle at someone doing a funny.

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 12d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. We apologise for the delay to your journey. This is due to emergency engineering works.

Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 12d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon this one simple trick and the results will surprise you.

Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 12d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look upon my email which I hope finds you well.

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Rob Beschizza @beschizza.com · 13d

Picard: *spooots* That's not Earl Grey, that's Darjeeling!

Computer: You're absolutely right!

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A Matt, of all things @oscillatr.bsky.social · 13d

🎉 Delighted to be able to become a paid sub at last!