Matthew Taylor
@mat8iou.bsky.social
Sydney (but until recently Slough, UK) based architect and ultra-runner.
Described by Samantha Bee as the most well informed thoughtful person to ever dress like the EU flag.
@mat8iou on Twitter, Threads and Instagram
Described by Samantha Bee as the most well informed thoughtful person to ever dress like the EU flag.
@mat8iou on Twitter, Threads and Instagram
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The 'betrayal of Brexit' response to rejoining Erasmus is obviously predictable, and stupid (Brexit = leaving EU). But what's more striking is how *dated* it seems, like someone still waving a 'Thatcher out' placard.
December 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
The 'betrayal of Brexit' response to rejoining Erasmus is obviously predictable, and stupid (Brexit = leaving EU). But what's more striking is how *dated* it seems, like someone still waving a 'Thatcher out' placard.
Without reading the story, guess what the skin skin colour / nationality is, of the man who drove into a crowd in Liverpool, injuring over 130 people.
December 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Without reading the story, guess what the skin skin colour / nationality is, of the man who drove into a crowd in Liverpool, injuring over 130 people.
As the Bondi shooters used (according to this report) four guns (despite owning more), what exactly is achieved by limiting the number owned to five?
I get the desire to reduce the amount in circulation, but is there any evidence this would move make a difference?
I get the desire to reduce the amount in circulation, but is there any evidence this would move make a difference?
December 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
As the Bondi shooters used (according to this report) four guns (despite owning more), what exactly is achieved by limiting the number owned to five?
I get the desire to reduce the amount in circulation, but is there any evidence this would move make a difference?
I get the desire to reduce the amount in circulation, but is there any evidence this would move make a difference?
What could possibly go wrong...
It might get me labeled as a Crazy Bluesky Radical, but I don’t think it’s great that our nuclear arsenal is at the disposal of a demented old man who’s just an exposed nerve of grievances and hatreds with absolutely no impulse control.
December 17, 2025 at 2:23 AM
What could possibly go wrong...
Because most major labels always cared more about the money than the musicians.
Musicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?
Musicians are deeply concerned about AI. So why are the major labels embracing it?
Companies such as Udio, Suno and Klay will let you use AI to make new music based on existing artists’ work. It could mean more royalties – but many are worried
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Because most major labels always cared more about the money than the musicians.
Why are some Australian news sources so desperate to shift the narrative on Bondi into something that it currently isn't?
December 17, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Why are some Australian news sources so desperate to shift the narrative on Bondi into something that it currently isn't?
A great step forward - although leaving in the first place and setting up our own alternative was a ridiculous waste of time and money - like many things connected with Boris Johnson:
"An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – is expected to be announced on Wednesday."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
"An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – is expected to be announced on Wednesday."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
A great step forward - although leaving in the first place and setting up our own alternative was a ridiculous waste of time and money - like many things connected with Boris Johnson:
"An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – is expected to be announced on Wednesday."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
"An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – is expected to be announced on Wednesday."
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
NEW
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
By me
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
(£) at least for now
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This is amazing because it encapsulates two core characteristics of Trumpism: 1) the deep conviction that children are parental property; 2) a profound unwillingness to adjust one’s behaviour in order to live with others
Welcome to the pissed-off parent pushback: After years of therapists and others encouraging adult children to cut ties with families they deem harmful or “toxic,” estranged parents are speaking out on.wsj.com/4s49U52
These Moms Are Done Being ‘Doormats’ for Their Estranged Children
Parents publicly blast their adult offspring for cutting them off, drawing tens of thousands of online followers.
on.wsj.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This is amazing because it encapsulates two core characteristics of Trumpism: 1) the deep conviction that children are parental property; 2) a profound unwillingness to adjust one’s behaviour in order to live with others
Aussies plural - that means two Russian bots on Twitter.
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Aussies plural - that means two Russian bots on Twitter.
Someone actually believed one of those [insert name of well known billionaire] is going to giveaway [insert massive prize] if you just do XYZ type social media posts.
It's kind of tame compared to the normal Florida Man stories.
It's kind of tame compared to the normal Florida Man stories.
Florida man lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk scam
Florida man lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk scam
Florida man lost $45,000 on an AI-generated Elon Musk scam
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Someone actually believed one of those [insert name of well known billionaire] is going to giveaway [insert massive prize] if you just do XYZ type social media posts.
It's kind of tame compared to the normal Florida Man stories.
It's kind of tame compared to the normal Florida Man stories.
3.8% of the population, but 29% of deaths in custody is a really horrifying statistic.
Indigenous Australians now account for 29 per cent of all deaths in custody, a proportion higher than when the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody delivered its final report in 1991. satpa.pe/alwOD9c
‘Increasing failure’: First Nations deaths in custody at record levels
More than three decades after the royal commission, calls are growing for the government to finally implement its recommendations, to stop the rising number of preventable deaths.
satpa.pe
December 16, 2025 at 2:29 AM
3.8% of the population, but 29% of deaths in custody is a really horrifying statistic.
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An AI generated the “Edward Crabtree” lie. An AI absorbed it. An AI spread it. The Bondi attack reveals the risk of AI chatbots eating their own tails, @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.
Bondi lie peddled by Elon Musk's AI chatbot shows the future of our AI-poisoned information ecosystem
In the hours after the Bondi Beach mass shooting, AI misinformation began to eat its own tail, with Musk's X bot absorbed and regurgitated in record time.
www.crikey.com.au
December 16, 2025 at 1:33 AM
An AI generated the “Edward Crabtree” lie. An AI absorbed it. An AI spread it. The Bondi attack reveals the risk of AI chatbots eating their own tails, @cameronwilson.bsky.social reports.
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where else we gonna get the best glue pizza recipes tho
Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
Google AI summaries are ruining the livelihoods of recipe writers: ‘It’s an extinction event’
AI Mode is mangling recipes by merging instructions from multiple creators – and causing them huge dips in ad traffic
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:21 AM
where else we gonna get the best glue pizza recipes tho
What kind of person does that?
"According to court documents Holmes discovered the injured kangaroo lying near a fence on his property early in the morning. Later that afternoon, Holmes returned to the kangaroo and fastened a nylon rope around its neck while it was still conscious and breathing."
"According to court documents Holmes discovered the injured kangaroo lying near a fence on his property early in the morning. Later that afternoon, Holmes returned to the kangaroo and fastened a nylon rope around its neck while it was still conscious and breathing."
A Bywong man pleads guilty in the Queanbeyan Local Court to aggravated animal cruelty after dragging a conscious kangaroo behind his car earlier this year.
Bywong man pleads guilty to dragging conscious kangaroo behind car
A Bywong man pleads guilty in the Queanbeyan Local Court to aggravated animal cruelty after dragging a conscious kangaroo behind his car earlier this year.
www.abc.net.au
December 16, 2025 at 2:15 AM
What kind of person does that?
"According to court documents Holmes discovered the injured kangaroo lying near a fence on his property early in the morning. Later that afternoon, Holmes returned to the kangaroo and fastened a nylon rope around its neck while it was still conscious and breathing."
"According to court documents Holmes discovered the injured kangaroo lying near a fence on his property early in the morning. Later that afternoon, Holmes returned to the kangaroo and fastened a nylon rope around its neck while it was still conscious and breathing."
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More fundamentally, if you've set up an economic system that doesn't reward people for doing good then you've profoundly fucked up.
'Conservative commentator' Mercy Muroki: "If you're going into a career in medicine, you shouldn't be doing it for the money... you should be doing it out of love of being a doctor."
Apparently, if you choose a career that benefits society, you should do it for free. 🤡~AA
Apparently, if you choose a career that benefits society, you should do it for free. 🤡~AA
December 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
More fundamentally, if you've set up an economic system that doesn't reward people for doing good then you've profoundly fucked up.
Interactive map of gun ownership in Sydney by postcode.
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interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/iframe...
December 15, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Interactive map of gun ownership in Sydney by postcode.
interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/iframe...
interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/iframe...
I see the Bondi truther false flag conspiracists are wasting no time trying to push their nonsensical views on Twitter.
Sadly, this is far from being an isolated post.
Sadly, this is far from being an isolated post.
December 15, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I see the Bondi truther false flag conspiracists are wasting no time trying to push their nonsensical views on Twitter.
Sadly, this is far from being an isolated post.
Sadly, this is far from being an isolated post.
WTF is the NYT doing, giving a mouthpiece to opinions like these?
December 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
WTF is the NYT doing, giving a mouthpiece to opinions like these?
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He says he is suing the BBC.
Perhaps he is, with a real claim in an actual court.
Or perhaps it is an AI law suit, or something.
Perhaps he is, with a real claim in an actual court.
Or perhaps it is an AI law suit, or something.
Trump: "I'm suing the BBC for putting words in my mouth ... I guess they used AI or something"
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
He says he is suing the BBC.
Perhaps he is, with a real claim in an actual court.
Or perhaps it is an AI law suit, or something.
Perhaps he is, with a real claim in an actual court.
Or perhaps it is an AI law suit, or something.
Turns out that investing in meme coins tied to a known charlatan isn't a great investment...
Who would have thought it.
Who would have thought it.
"Today, the Trump meme coin has lost 88% of its value...
"First Lady Melania Trump’s meme coin suffered even steeper losses. Today it’s worth just 11 cents, which means anyone who bought at the top and held on has lost 99% of their investment..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/b...
"First Lady Melania Trump’s meme coin suffered even steeper losses. Today it’s worth just 11 cents, which means anyone who bought at the top and held on has lost 99% of their investment..."
www.cnn.com/2025/12/15/b...
These Trump bets boomed. Now they’re huge busts | CNN Business
Donald Trump’s return to the White House set off a gold rush on Wall Street and in the crypto world.
www.cnn.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Turns out that investing in meme coins tied to a known charlatan isn't a great investment...
Who would have thought it.
Who would have thought it.
People will look back on this period of history and feel completely baffled trying to comprehend the bad decisions being made and the motivations behind them.
December 15, 2025 at 9:20 PM
People will look back on this period of history and feel completely baffled trying to comprehend the bad decisions being made and the motivations behind them.
News dot com dot au proving once again just how bad a news source it is.
Like how is this relevant to anything? How is this journalism? Why do we need to know about the value of everyone's houses?
Like how is this relevant to anything? How is this journalism? Why do we need to know about the value of everyone's houses?
December 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
News dot com dot au proving once again just how bad a news source it is.
Like how is this relevant to anything? How is this journalism? Why do we need to know about the value of everyone's houses?
Like how is this relevant to anything? How is this journalism? Why do we need to know about the value of everyone's houses?
The end of an era for UK railways.
I can remember excitedly sitting on one on my first trip from London, aged four or five.
That was a long time ago though and the design of the Intercity 125 that once seemed futuristic is now dated and inefficient.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I can remember excitedly sitting on one on my first trip from London, aged four or five.
That was a long time ago though and the design of the Intercity 125 that once seemed futuristic is now dated and inefficient.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
South West people say goodbye to GWR's InterCity 125 trains
A mobile operations manager for Network Rail says the trains "revolutionised intercity travel".
www.bbc.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The end of an era for UK railways.
I can remember excitedly sitting on one on my first trip from London, aged four or five.
That was a long time ago though and the design of the Intercity 125 that once seemed futuristic is now dated and inefficient.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
I can remember excitedly sitting on one on my first trip from London, aged four or five.
That was a long time ago though and the design of the Intercity 125 that once seemed futuristic is now dated and inefficient.
www.bbc.com/news/article...