Matt Moon
@mattm00n.bsky.social
Countryside walks. Morecambe Bay > Sheffield. Cincinnati Bengals.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen -
Oasis Maine Road
Sambroso All Stars present The Buena Vista Social Club
Muse
Cut La Chemist
The Staves
Oasis Maine Road
Sambroso All Stars present The Buena Vista Social Club
Muse
Cut La Chemist
The Staves
Oasis - earlyish. Heineken Music Festival, Preston
Flaming Lips - Sheffield City Hall
Cornershop - UCLAN, Preston
Kate Rusby - Accrington Town Hall
Courting - Manchester Gorilla
Flaming Lips - Sheffield City Hall
Cornershop - UCLAN, Preston
Kate Rusby - Accrington Town Hall
Courting - Manchester Gorilla
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Sade
John Otway
Cud
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Sade
John Otway
Cud
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen -
Oasis Maine Road
Sambroso All Stars present The Buena Vista Social Club
Muse
Cut La Chemist
The Staves
Oasis Maine Road
Sambroso All Stars present The Buena Vista Social Club
Muse
Cut La Chemist
The Staves
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Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
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“The 61-year-old man has been given the all-clear, with the only lasting side effect being that he no longer likes to be referred to as ‘a fun guy’.”
November 24, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“The 61-year-old man has been given the all-clear, with the only lasting side effect being that he no longer likes to be referred to as ‘a fun guy’.”
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Yeah, there are broadly two versions of "the right" which are treated as part of the same thing even though they're often incompatible: one that wants to protect things and keep them the same, another that values profit and the right to do whatever you want.
November 24, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Yeah, there are broadly two versions of "the right" which are treated as part of the same thing even though they're often incompatible: one that wants to protect things and keep them the same, another that values profit and the right to do whatever you want.
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![[Scene is JESUS sat behind a boss’s desk in his office on a cloud in HEAVEN]
1
JESUS [speaking into intercom]
Hi can you send in Saint Nicholas please
2
SANTA [entering in full Santa garb]:
Hi boss
JESUS:
Hi Nick
3
JESUS:
Listen - about this ‘my birthday’ thing...
SANTA:
Ohh not this again boss
4
JESUS:
Nick, it’s out of hand. *You’ve* got out of hand.
5
JESUS:
I mean when I hired you, you was all humble, hiding under windows, lobbing in dowries…
And now you’re like…
6
JESUS [gesturing disdainfully at Santa’s clothing]:
I mean - what’s this.
7
SANTA:
This is my get up! I’ve had this since the Coca Cola deal in the 30s
JESUS:
*That’s what I mean.*
8
JESUS:
You’ve just gone too -
SANTA:
Oh no, oh no -
9
SANTA:
Sorry boss but waaay back in the Reformation, right, Martin Luther said: “why don’t we have Jesus delivering the presents?”. And when he prayed to ask you, do you remember what you said? Eh?
10
SANTA:
You said: “I ain’t going back there”
11
SANTA:
If you wanna take over -
JESUS:
Oh yeah! Kids coming downstairs to find me resurrected in their living room going "I got you an Xbox"...
12
SANTA:
You’re just feeling threatened cos I’m doing a bloody good -
JESUS:
*WATCH IT NICK*.
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If you are U.K. based and angered by Shabana Mahmood's latest efforts to make migrants lives even more difficult (and I know some of you will be), please do take the time to submit a response to the Home Office consultation.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
I am currently, because I know how to enjoy a Saturday morning, writing some guidance for people on filling this consultation in. As I do several things are highly apparent. Before I go through them though I don't want this to put people off of filling it in. It is important to do so nonetheless. 1/
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/691edd...
November 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
If you are U.K. based and angered by Shabana Mahmood's latest efforts to make migrants lives even more difficult (and I know some of you will be), please do take the time to submit a response to the Home Office consultation.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
Dan's advice below is excellent as a guide on how to respond.
As someone who joined a band playing bass in the late 90s, Mani’s playing style was my main influence.
Reading Tim’s words shows he was a good guy too which isn’t always a given.
That he found time to play with a Stone Roses tribute band suggests a healthy lack of ego.
RIP Mani.
Reading Tim’s words shows he was a good guy too which isn’t always a given.
That he found time to play with a Stone Roses tribute band suggests a healthy lack of ego.
RIP Mani.
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 PM
As someone who joined a band playing bass in the late 90s, Mani’s playing style was my main influence.
Reading Tim’s words shows he was a good guy too which isn’t always a given.
That he found time to play with a Stone Roses tribute band suggests a healthy lack of ego.
RIP Mani.
Reading Tim’s words shows he was a good guy too which isn’t always a given.
That he found time to play with a Stone Roses tribute band suggests a healthy lack of ego.
RIP Mani.
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I like seeing Kate Bush dressed as a bat, but tbh I'm always going to prefer seeing her dressed as a lion, that's just how I feel.
You might not think you needed to see Kate Bush dressed as a bat today, but you were wrong.
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I like seeing Kate Bush dressed as a bat, but tbh I'm always going to prefer seeing her dressed as a lion, that's just how I feel.
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I always assumed it was pronounced 'swee-generous', so I'm doubly glad he asked.
completely outside of politics, this is so charming
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I always assumed it was pronounced 'swee-generous', so I'm doubly glad he asked.
This good news highlights what a dick move it was to try and change the outcome of a recent local democratic vote about a big issue in the first place.
Sheffield will keep its hard fought-for committee system of local governance, after the government U-turned on plans to force all councils across the country to adopt more centralised leadership models.
✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social
#Sheffield #LocalDemocracy
✍️ @sammgreg.bsky.social
#Sheffield #LocalDemocracy
Sheffield will be allowed to keep more democratic council system for now, following government U-turn
Labour’s Steve Reed previously said he would force the city to scrap the popular Committee System, despite being backed by two-thirds of residents in a referendum.
nowthenmagazine.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This good news highlights what a dick move it was to try and change the outcome of a recent local democratic vote about a big issue in the first place.
Bluesky aspiring to be like all the other shitty apps people who come to Bluesky are trying to avoid.
"Find friends by phone" is a common tool in social networks. We're proposing a secure scheme and requesting comments from the dev community.
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Request For Comments: A secure contact import scheme for social networks | Bluesky
This article outlines plans for a future Bluesky feature \- it doesn’t exist yet\! By sharing our ideas early, we hope to solicit feedback from the community.
docs.bsky.app
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Bluesky aspiring to be like all the other shitty apps people who come to Bluesky are trying to avoid.
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No.
No.
No.
Not only do I not want random people I make comments to on social media to know my personal telephone number, I don't want people that have my personal telephone number to see my comments to random people on social media.
No.
No.
Not only do I not want random people I make comments to on social media to know my personal telephone number, I don't want people that have my personal telephone number to see my comments to random people on social media.
"Find friends by phone" is a common tool in social networks. We're proposing a secure scheme and requesting comments from the dev community.
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Goals:
・Double opt-in: you're not findable by your phone unless YOU use the tool
・Secure to enumeration attacks
・Resistant to decryption if compromised
Request For Comments: A secure contact import scheme for social networks | Bluesky
This article outlines plans for a future Bluesky feature \- it doesn’t exist yet\! By sharing our ideas early, we hope to solicit feedback from the community.
docs.bsky.app
November 20, 2025 at 7:13 AM
No.
No.
No.
Not only do I not want random people I make comments to on social media to know my personal telephone number, I don't want people that have my personal telephone number to see my comments to random people on social media.
No.
No.
Not only do I not want random people I make comments to on social media to know my personal telephone number, I don't want people that have my personal telephone number to see my comments to random people on social media.
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"We've dismembered a journalist by mistake"
November 18, 2025 at 10:26 PM
"We've dismembered a journalist by mistake"
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![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
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This one minor piece of legislation will have a much bigger practical impact on people's lives - as well as being almost universally popular - than any amount of trying to dehumanise immigrants.
But among all the government's hatemongering, it will go unnoticed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
But among all the government's hatemongering, it will go unnoticed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown
Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This one minor piece of legislation will have a much bigger practical impact on people's lives - as well as being almost universally popular - than any amount of trying to dehumanise immigrants.
But among all the government's hatemongering, it will go unnoticed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
But among all the government's hatemongering, it will go unnoticed.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
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Every single thing I hear about the World Cup planning makes me significantly more concerned about the World Cup. The best thing that could happen is that people don’t go.
November 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Every single thing I hear about the World Cup planning makes me significantly more concerned about the World Cup. The best thing that could happen is that people don’t go.
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“Would you be the savior of the broken
The beaten and the damned?"
“No.”
The beaten and the damned?"
“No.”
November 11, 2025 at 5:31 PM
“Would you be the savior of the broken
The beaten and the damned?"
“No.”
The beaten and the damned?"
“No.”
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She smiles and says "I will always love you"
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
She smiles and says "I will always love you"
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Sheffield stood up to racism! Over 1000 anti-racists (trade unionists, activists, diverse communities) marched, opposing Neo-Nazi UKIP's ~100. We are the anti-racist majority.
Next: Sheffield & South Yorkshire Unites Against Hate, Sat, Nov 22, 11:30 am, Devonshire Green. Solidarity and victory!
Next: Sheffield & South Yorkshire Unites Against Hate, Sat, Nov 22, 11:30 am, Devonshire Green. Solidarity and victory!
November 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Sheffield stood up to racism! Over 1000 anti-racists (trade unionists, activists, diverse communities) marched, opposing Neo-Nazi UKIP's ~100. We are the anti-racist majority.
Next: Sheffield & South Yorkshire Unites Against Hate, Sat, Nov 22, 11:30 am, Devonshire Green. Solidarity and victory!
Next: Sheffield & South Yorkshire Unites Against Hate, Sat, Nov 22, 11:30 am, Devonshire Green. Solidarity and victory!
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Our Plan for Stop UKIP (8 Nov) is ON. Assemble 12PM @ Sheffield Cathedral, moving to Castlegate. We are fighting back against UKIP & fascist Nick Tenconi, and challenging the police's shameful decision to facilitate Neo-Nazis. Swipe for legal rights, safety tips, and the full schedule. #StopUKIP
November 8, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Our Plan for Stop UKIP (8 Nov) is ON. Assemble 12PM @ Sheffield Cathedral, moving to Castlegate. We are fighting back against UKIP & fascist Nick Tenconi, and challenging the police's shameful decision to facilitate Neo-Nazis. Swipe for legal rights, safety tips, and the full schedule. #StopUKIP
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I think that would be extraordinarily dangerous.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I think that would be extraordinarily dangerous.
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AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
November 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
AND HE WAS LIKE, BUT NOT MY FACE, RIGHT? AND I WAS LIKE WELL IT'S A FACE, SO
Leftover work Halloween sign would also work for Ewood on Saturday.
November 7, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Leftover work Halloween sign would also work for Ewood on Saturday.
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Urgent Call! Stop UKIP leader Nick Tenconi (“Nazi Nick”) from marching in Sheffield this Saturday.
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Urgent Call! Stop UKIP leader Nick Tenconi (“Nazi Nick”) from marching in Sheffield this Saturday.
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!
We need all Anti-Racists, Anti-Fascists, and Nazi-Haters for a massive counter-demo at Sheffield Cathedral, Sat 8th Nov, 12pm (S1 1HA).
Join us to reject Nazis 🗣️ and welcome refugees 🫂 Share widely!