Mat Riches
@matriches.bsky.social
Poet, market researcher, husband, father, knobhead.
Book called Collecting The Data out via Red Squirrel Press in November 23. The "Aldi Stanley Tucci".
Busy "making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee"
https://t.co/eJeeqVdmvz
Book called Collecting The Data out via Red Squirrel Press in November 23. The "Aldi Stanley Tucci".
Busy "making love to a vampire with a monkey on my knee"
https://t.co/eJeeqVdmvz
The Wedding Present
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Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
The Fatima Mansions
Pink Floyd
Iguana Death Cult
Fugazi
Taylor Swift
The Fatima Mansions
Pink Floyd
Iguana Death Cult
Fugazi
Taylor Swift
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
Pulp
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
American Music Club
Super Furry Animals
Chalk
November 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Wedding Present
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All the lads are in the way to the yard to protest, etc
November 25, 2025 at 12:27 PM
All the lads are in the way to the yard to protest, etc
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well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
well i guess i’m gonna have to start smoking now
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14 words and not a single one wasted 👏👏👏
November 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
14 words and not a single one wasted 👏👏👏
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Ten consecutive defeats - that's Aldershot Town's recent record. On reflection, choosing to support my local team back in the 1980s was perfect prep for becoming a poet.
The experience of rejection after rejection, just like loss after loss, makes the eventual acceptance or victory so much sweeter!
The experience of rejection after rejection, just like loss after loss, makes the eventual acceptance or victory so much sweeter!
November 24, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Ten consecutive defeats - that's Aldershot Town's recent record. On reflection, choosing to support my local team back in the 1980s was perfect prep for becoming a poet.
The experience of rejection after rejection, just like loss after loss, makes the eventual acceptance or victory so much sweeter!
The experience of rejection after rejection, just like loss after loss, makes the eventual acceptance or victory so much sweeter!
I saw the lads from Coldplay having a meeting earlier. Johnny Buckland was trying to explain the plot of the first part of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s film series to Will Champion. Will made a noise when he finally understood it all, which meant the band could hear the drummer get Wicked.
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I saw the lads from Coldplay having a meeting earlier. Johnny Buckland was trying to explain the plot of the first part of Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande’s film series to Will Champion. Will made a noise when he finally understood it all, which meant the band could hear the drummer get Wicked.
Thinking of opening a 24 hour lumber yard in multi-dimensional space and time called Planks Constant.
November 24, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Thinking of opening a 24 hour lumber yard in multi-dimensional space and time called Planks Constant.
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business idea: poetry for men
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
business idea: poetry for men
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do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
#Finland will begin to #Russia - proof its rail network, integrate with EU train infrastructure.
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
The Finnish government has announced the conversion of its rail network from Russian gauge (1,524 mm) to European standard (1,435 mm).
www.trenvista.net/en/news/flas...
November 23, 2025 at 4:40 PM
do you have any idea how much you have to piss somebody off to make them change their gauge
Saw Grayson Perry’s Are You Good talk earlier. It wasn’t.
November 23, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Saw Grayson Perry’s Are You Good talk earlier. It wasn’t.
Would be interested to hear an album by SG Goodman and Monica Queen.
November 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Would be interested to hear an album by SG Goodman and Monica Queen.
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The poet’s are going to bring down AI..
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The poet’s are going to bring down AI..
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
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An #Otwituary for #StoneRoses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield #Mani
You lived at ground zero, where
the sound of a city drowned out
every other song in the world,
where a bassline could crumble
suburbs to dust, and to survive
meant you were made of stone.
You lived at ground zero, where
the sound of a city drowned out
every other song in the world,
where a bassline could crumble
suburbs to dust, and to survive
meant you were made of stone.
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
An #Otwituary for #StoneRoses bassist Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield #Mani
You lived at ground zero, where
the sound of a city drowned out
every other song in the world,
where a bassline could crumble
suburbs to dust, and to survive
meant you were made of stone.
You lived at ground zero, where
the sound of a city drowned out
every other song in the world,
where a bassline could crumble
suburbs to dust, and to survive
meant you were made of stone.
The poet’s are going to bring down AI..
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
Looks like LLMs are *very* vulnerable to attack via poetic allusion: "curated poetic prompts yielded high attack-success rates (ASR), with some providers exceeding 90% ..."
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
https://arxiv.org/html/2511.15304v1
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
The poet’s are going to bring down AI..
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
I ate the LLMs you left in the AIcebox, etc
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If that's a before and after shot then dramatic is the word.
November 20, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If that's a before and after shot then dramatic is the word.
This is an excellent write up about an excellent show (and it was also Andrew's fault for getting me into it)...
My eternal gratitude to @andrewmale.bsky.social for guiding me towards the ‘eternal verities’ of Lodge 49. I realised writing this that I miss these characters. I’m sad we’ll never get to know how it ends, but there’s even something appropriate about that.
open.substack.com/pub/jamescai...
open.substack.com/pub/jamescai...
The thinking of Lodge 49
My favourite TV of the year was a short-lived, pre-Covid show filled with signs, symbols and serendipity.
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This is an excellent write up about an excellent show (and it was also Andrew's fault for getting me into it)...
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For god’s sake, nobody tell that fucking weird billionaire
Meet the Jellyfish That Never Dies | Moss and Fog
In a process called cellular transdifferentiation, this jellyfish literally starts its life over.
mossandfog.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
For god’s sake, nobody tell that fucking weird billionaire
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Weeellll by my calculations (and please understand that this is not an exact science) it’s probably about time for you to look at a heron
November 19, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Weeellll by my calculations (and please understand that this is not an exact science) it’s probably about time for you to look at a heron
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November 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Half way through it now. It’s wonderful.
What a tender, life-affirming experience. Thank you, Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley ❤️ Can't recommend enough x
November 18, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Half way through it now. It’s wonderful.
Have they been in my fridge again?
November 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Have they been in my fridge again?
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We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We lived in a pub when I was growing up and when I was 3 (50 years ago!) we had someone in to draw the pub for a business card. I sat next to him and watched him draw every line. I was transfixed and it was a huge inspiration for me. I’ve dreamt about owning that drawing for years…
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Everyone is posting extracts from a beginner romance writer’s first draft and sure there’s been some tough critique but it’s great that as a community we’re so open to a marginalised genr- hold on I’m just being passed a note
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Everyone is posting extracts from a beginner romance writer’s first draft and sure there’s been some tough critique but it’s great that as a community we’re so open to a marginalised genr- hold on I’m just being passed a note