Matthew Wright 👨🏼🦼
@mcmwright.bsky.social
Acoustics, Folk Music, Disability, not necessarily at the same time. OHMI trustee.
Not to mention this classic
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Not to mention this classic
Nothing I've heard since has persuaded me otherwise
This should dispel the scurrilous accusation that Sir Keir Starmer is a cynical vote-chaser who says whatever he thinks voters want to hear, and confirm that he is a man of sincere (albeit repulsive) conviction
Labour's next biggest losses are to left-liberal parties (Liberal Democrats and Greens).
Reform's growth in support has mostly come from the Conservatives and non-voting (much less from Labour).
These reflect patterns of party-bloc voting that we saw in the 2024 UK GE: tinyurl.com/y5pv7thw
Reform's growth in support has mostly come from the Conservatives and non-voting (much less from Labour).
These reflect patterns of party-bloc voting that we saw in the 2024 UK GE: tinyurl.com/y5pv7thw
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nothing I've heard since has persuaded me otherwise
What is your favourite song about the rain?
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What is your favourite song about the rain?
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
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I swear my mate just told me her toddler has foot and mouth disease. In my role of child free auntie, I have no idea how to help. Do I send a get well soon card, or help her burn the farm down to stop the infection spreading???
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I swear my mate just told me her toddler has foot and mouth disease. In my role of child free auntie, I have no idea how to help. Do I send a get well soon card, or help her burn the farm down to stop the infection spreading???
Why I don't hate PowerPoint
My use case is making slides for lectures, for which (bearing in mind I can't write as I go) I find it the least worst tool. Why?
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Why I don't hate PowerPoint
Why I like Microsoft's Equation Editor
When my right hand started to lose its cunning I tried to learn to write left-handed, buying special pens and exercise books, but never got far enough that I could manipulate equations on paper the way I used to
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why I like Microsoft's Equation Editor
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
The 'wrongest person on Bluesky' (tm) takes aim at an entirely justifiable target and hits his own-bullet-ridden foot again
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The 'wrongest person on Bluesky' (tm) takes aim at an entirely justifiable target and hits his own-bullet-ridden foot again
Mr W has ordered something on the Internet that she hopes will help me to become erect
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Mr W has ordered something on the Internet that she hopes will help me to become erect
A song and a tune for Martinmas
Martinmas Time | Andy Irvine & Paul Brady 40th Anniversary Concert | TG4
YouTube video by TradTG4
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November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A song and a tune for Martinmas
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They should certainly trail that, in the same way that the Tories trailed that Toby Young was in the frame to lead the OfS. Once the outrage had been sprayed across the sector they rowed back on it and appointed someone almost as ghastly with minimal protest
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They should certainly trail that, in the same way that the Tories trailed that Toby Young was in the frame to lead the OfS. Once the outrage had been sprayed across the sector they rowed back on it and appointed someone almost as ghastly with minimal protest
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As a retired academic I’m allowed to say that this public art in Leuven sums up how I feel about the prospect of a committee meeting!
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
As a retired academic I’m allowed to say that this public art in Leuven sums up how I feel about the prospect of a committee meeting!
Exciting news from my Lord Clarivate, who tells me that one of my publications has been removed from my profile because an unnamed person thought they should. Not sure I can summon the energy to care
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Exciting news from my Lord Clarivate, who tells me that one of my publications has been removed from my profile because an unnamed person thought they should. Not sure I can summon the energy to care
How come I can point my phone camera at any rectangular object and it will give me a face-on view of it, but I can't put an open book on a scanner and have it give me two page-images without pressing thirteen buttons and lining it up exactly right?
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How come I can point my phone camera at any rectangular object and it will give me a face-on view of it, but I can't put an open book on a scanner and have it give me two page-images without pressing thirteen buttons and lining it up exactly right?
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Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."
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My TV Crime Penguin Postcard series is now available as a choose-your-own quintet. Get your bunch of fives here: colemandesign.co.uk/tv-crime-pen...
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My TV Crime Penguin Postcard series is now available as a choose-your-own quintet. Get your bunch of fives here: colemandesign.co.uk/tv-crime-pen...
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Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Centrism is the belief that society achieved perfection around the same time as you became a homeowner
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Since attacks on academic freedom by foreign powers are in the news, worth remembering UK companies can do it too.
www.hazards.org/blacklistblo...
www.hazards.org/blacklistblo...
November 3, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Since attacks on academic freedom by foreign powers are in the news, worth remembering UK companies can do it too.
www.hazards.org/blacklistblo...
www.hazards.org/blacklistblo...
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Woodward & Bernstein, your legacy is secure
@thetimes.com
@thetimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Woodward & Bernstein, your legacy is secure
@thetimes.com
@thetimes.com
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Y’day I posted about Sir Oswald Mosley’s pro-Nazi British Union of Fascists in the 1930s. Some comments on Facebook expressed support for Mosley and his ideology. I know you can’t really reason with people who will publicly support fascism but this is what Mosley’s ideology did to Southampton:
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October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Y’day I posted about Sir Oswald Mosley’s pro-Nazi British Union of Fascists in the 1930s. Some comments on Facebook expressed support for Mosley and his ideology. I know you can’t really reason with people who will publicly support fascism but this is what Mosley’s ideology did to Southampton:
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Good morning, readers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Good morning, readers.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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A 1985 live version of “God Bless the Child” with Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and the late Jack DeJohnette. #RIPJackDeJohnette m.youtube.com/watch?v=G7jm...
God Bless the Child - Keith Jarrett-Gary Peacock-Jack DeJohnette 1985
YouTube video by Mr. Wolf
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October 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
A 1985 live version of “God Bless the Child” with Keith Jarrett, Gary Peacock and the late Jack DeJohnette. #RIPJackDeJohnette m.youtube.com/watch?v=G7jm...
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In Southampton yesterday there was a national call (via Turning Point, Tommy Robinson, etc) for an anti-migrant rally.
Very happy that even at short notice that march was outnumbered by about 50%.
Very happy that even at short notice that march was outnumbered by about 50%.
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
In Southampton yesterday there was a national call (via Turning Point, Tommy Robinson, etc) for an anti-migrant rally.
Very happy that even at short notice that march was outnumbered by about 50%.
Very happy that even at short notice that march was outnumbered by about 50%.