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
Can more politicians (particularly in Australia's opposition parties) remember these facts?
December 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Can more politicians (particularly in Australia's opposition parties) remember these facts?
Is this Andrew Tate for real?
Is he making all this up, or is he bragging about fixing a fight to benefit from bets on it? If so will he be investigated.
Is he making all this up, or is he bragging about fixing a fight to benefit from bets on it? If so will he be investigated.
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Is this Andrew Tate for real?
Is he making all this up, or is he bragging about fixing a fight to benefit from bets on it? If so will he be investigated.
Is he making all this up, or is he bragging about fixing a fight to benefit from bets on it? If so will he be investigated.
Happy summer solstice to everyone in the southern hemisphere.
December 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Happy summer solstice to everyone in the southern hemisphere.
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Being even baseline literate in the 2020s is like never working out but slowly becoming the strongest person on earth as everyone around you eats shredded newspaper and chugs poison
December 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Being even baseline literate in the 2020s is like never working out but slowly becoming the strongest person on earth as everyone around you eats shredded newspaper and chugs poison
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I like how he pauses and smiles here to be sure everyone caught what a racist piece of shit he is.
“Tee hee, I’m such a little stinker, tee hee”
“Tee hee, I’m such a little stinker, tee hee”
JD Vance: "They are not sending their best. Omar Fateh was Ilehan [sic] Omar's candidate for mayor of Mogadishu-- I mean Minneapolis. Little Freudian slip there."
December 21, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I like how he pauses and smiles here to be sure everyone caught what a racist piece of shit he is.
“Tee hee, I’m such a little stinker, tee hee”
“Tee hee, I’m such a little stinker, tee hee”
Waiting for chunks of the Australian press to explain in the coming days how this is also Albo's fault.
Gunmen kill 10 in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting within weeks
Gunmen kill 10 in Johannesburg township in South Africa’s second mass shooting within weeks
Unknown gunmen wound 10 others in Bekkersdal with victims ‘randomly shot’ in the street, police say
Unknown gunmen killed 10 people and wounded 10 others in an attack at a township outside Johannesburg, police said on Sunday, in the second mass shooting in South Africa in December.
The motive for the attack at Bekkersdal, 40km (25 miles) south-west of Johannesburg, was not clear, police told Agence France-Presse. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Waiting for chunks of the Australian press to explain in the coming days how this is also Albo's fault.
One has been busy trying to connect marches protesting about an act of genocide with the actions of two lone individuals and used it as an excuse for an authoritarian crackdown on protests.
The other hasn't.
The other hasn't.
As Sydneysiders paid their respects to the Bondi terror victims, one moment captured the contrast between two Labor leaders and their perceived responses to antisemitism.
Why the contrast between Minns and Albanese has been so stark
As Sydneysiders paid their respects to the Bondi terror victims, one moment captured the contrast between two Labor leaders and their perceived responses to antisemitism.
www.abc.net.au
December 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
One has been busy trying to connect marches protesting about an act of genocide with the actions of two lone individuals and used it as an excuse for an authoritarian crackdown on protests.
The other hasn't.
The other hasn't.
I think he's using "ideologically-driven" to describe the wrong thing here...
Northern Territory Health Minister Steve Edgington announces the withdrawal of public funding for puberty blockers and hormone treatments for children, labelling them "dangerous, ideologically-driven practices".
NT government pulls funding for puberty blockers, hormones for children
Northern Territory Health Minister Steve Edgington announces the withdrawal of public funding for puberty blockers and hormone treatments for children, labelling them "dangerous, ideologically-driven practices".
www.abc.net.au
December 21, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I think he's using "ideologically-driven" to describe the wrong thing here...
As daughter of someone who was shot at Bondi (and survived), Victoria Teplitsky has followed a trajectory from criticising the government to appearing at far right rallies in the space of a week.
Can news orgs think a bit before giving her a platform to spout her opinions?
Can news orgs think a bit before giving her a platform to spout her opinions?
December 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
As daughter of someone who was shot at Bondi (and survived), Victoria Teplitsky has followed a trajectory from criticising the government to appearing at far right rallies in the space of a week.
Can news orgs think a bit before giving her a platform to spout her opinions?
Can news orgs think a bit before giving her a platform to spout her opinions?
Never before has there been an Australian opposition that has blamed a government for an act of terror and mass murder. Before last Sunday at Bondi, the rule for both major political parties was to place national unity ahead of any political gain.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Never before has there been an Australian opposition that has blamed a government for an act of terror and mass murder. Before last Sunday at Bondi, the rule for both major political parties was to place national unity ahead of any political gain.
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
What is it with people owning lots of guns? Why do they need so many? There are some people pushing this average really high and I've yet to hear one of them come forward to explain why they need so many.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 21, 2025 at 1:47 AM
What is it with people owning lots of guns? Why do they need so many? There are some people pushing this average really high and I've yet to hear one of them come forward to explain why they need so many.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
The whole narrative that some are trying to push - that pro-Palestine protests led to the Bondi shooting is self evidently asinine.
Some people seem more worried about climate and anti war protesters than they are about actual neo-Nazis marching in our streets.
Some people seem more worried about climate and anti war protesters than they are about actual neo-Nazis marching in our streets.
This is about all protest and all free expression, from here on out. Our establishment knows social discontent will only grow as the climate worsens, the slaughters continue, and the rich extract harder. They're not fixing anything, and they don't want you to be able to resist.
December 21, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The whole narrative that some are trying to push - that pro-Palestine protests led to the Bondi shooting is self evidently asinine.
Some people seem more worried about climate and anti war protesters than they are about actual neo-Nazis marching in our streets.
Some people seem more worried about climate and anti war protesters than they are about actual neo-Nazis marching in our streets.
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When I saw the @punterspolitics.bsky.social podcast on "Mass Shootings & Media" show up in my feed I didn't have high hopes for how a generally banter filled politics show would tackle such a sensitive topic.
I was completely wrong - and would recommend a listen.
open.spotify.com/episode/74hS...
I was completely wrong - and would recommend a listen.
open.spotify.com/episode/74hS...
Mass Shootings & Media: The One Thing Media Does That Makes Us Less Safe
open.spotify.com
December 20, 2025 at 3:11 AM
When I saw the @punterspolitics.bsky.social podcast on "Mass Shootings & Media" show up in my feed I didn't have high hopes for how a generally banter filled politics show would tackle such a sensitive topic.
I was completely wrong - and would recommend a listen.
open.spotify.com/episode/74hS...
I was completely wrong - and would recommend a listen.
open.spotify.com/episode/74hS...
Let the Trump MAGA Hunger Games begin:
An athletic competition calling “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory”
www.nbcwashington.com/entertainmen...
An athletic competition calling “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory”
www.nbcwashington.com/entertainmen...
Patriot Games, National Mall state fair, White House UFC fight: Trump reveals DC America 250 plans
President Trump detailed major events planned in Washington, D.C., for the 250th anniversary of the U.S., including the Great American State Fair.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Let the Trump MAGA Hunger Games begin:
An athletic competition calling “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory”
www.nbcwashington.com/entertainmen...
An athletic competition calling “one young man and one young woman from each state and territory”
www.nbcwashington.com/entertainmen...
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It Lutnick a moron or a liar?
FOX: If you cut something by 100%, the cost goes down to 0. If you cut it by 600%, the drug companies are actually paying you
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
LUTNICK: What he's saying is if a drug was $100 and you bring it down to $13, it's down 7 times
F: Not a 600% cut
L: But it's 700% higher price before. It's down 700% now
December 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
It Lutnick a moron or a liar?
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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...