Matt Brown
@nowheria.bsky.social
Guitar player and blogger. UK. Runs @rochefoucauld.bsky.social & @mrfluent.bsky.social Find my blog called 'Bulletins' here: http://mattsbulletins.blogspot.com/
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Things That Happen In A Story: Genesis, the Odyssey, Dickens & Sherlock Holmes
mattsbulletins.blogspot.com
New blog post by me: 'Things That Happen In A Story: Genesis, the Odyssey, Dickens & Sherlock Holmes': mattsbulletins.blogspot.com/2025/11/thin...
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Biiiig stretch!
November 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Biiiig stretch!
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You may be familiar with Georges Seurat's colorful paintings, but have you ever seen his darker work with Conté crayon?
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
November 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
You may be familiar with Georges Seurat's colorful paintings, but have you ever seen his darker work with Conté crayon?
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
In Woman Strolling (Une élégante), a veiled lady dressed in the latest fashions seems to nearly walk off the page. (🧵 1/2)
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Rock Island Argus Nov 27 1915 prints this Edgar F. Schilder cartoon www.loc.gov/resource/sn9... bsky.app/profile/this...
November 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Rock Island Argus Nov 27 1915 prints this Edgar F. Schilder cartoon www.loc.gov/resource/sn9... bsky.app/profile/this...
The vanished world of Light Entertainment. Also, that peculiar English archetype, the comic Toff e.g. Bertie Wooster & Lord Snooty.
The Tommy Cooper Hour (27th November 1974). Lord Charles demonstrates his ventriloquism skills to Ray Alan.
November 27, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The vanished world of Light Entertainment. Also, that peculiar English archetype, the comic Toff e.g. Bertie Wooster & Lord Snooty.
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Could he reboot his preference cascade to sit within his enterprise context ? Could he smooth over the finer points in his scope of knowledge ? (tbc)
November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Could he reboot his preference cascade to sit within his enterprise context ? Could he smooth over the finer points in his scope of knowledge ? (tbc)
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Curlew 25/11/25
Hayle Estuary 🟰🟰
@rspb.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk #cornwallbirding #birds #🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 @curlewaction.bsky.social
Hayle Estuary 🟰🟰
@rspb.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk #cornwallbirding #birds #🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 @curlewaction.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Curlew 25/11/25
Hayle Estuary 🟰🟰
@rspb.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk #cornwallbirding #birds #🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 @curlewaction.bsky.social
Hayle Estuary 🟰🟰
@rspb.bsky.social @cbwps.org.uk #cornwallbirding #birds #🪶 #ukbirding #birdphotography #birdsseenin2025 @curlewaction.bsky.social
Beyond belief. Except unfortunately it isn't.
OpenAI claims that the 16-year-old violated ChatGPT's terms of use.
OpenAI claims teen circumvented safety features before suicide that ChatGPT helped plan | TechCrunch
OpenAI claims that the 16-year-old violated ChatGPT's terms of use.
techcrunch.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Beyond belief. Except unfortunately it isn't.
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Why is Peter “Mr. Antichrist” Thiel putting a Christian mask on extremist tech ideas...while DOGE's USAID cuts create a Silicon Valley genocide that could kill 14 million people in the next 5 years?
What would Jesus do?
My talk w/ @parismarx.com
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
What would Jesus do?
My talk w/ @parismarx.com
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
Peter Thiel is the Real Antichrist
On this episode of Tech Won't Save Us: Gil Duran discusses Peter Thiel's sad attempt at blaming the antichrist for his own lack of morals.
www.thenation.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Why is Peter “Mr. Antichrist” Thiel putting a Christian mask on extremist tech ideas...while DOGE's USAID cuts create a Silicon Valley genocide that could kill 14 million people in the next 5 years?
What would Jesus do?
My talk w/ @parismarx.com
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
What would Jesus do?
My talk w/ @parismarx.com
www.thenation.com/podcast/arch...
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A #Roman wooden ship, excavated from the bottom of the Rhine near Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2003. It sank about 1850-1800 years ago - probably very quickly, as a lot of artefacts were found inside, suggesting the crew were not able to salvage them in time 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A #Roman wooden ship, excavated from the bottom of the Rhine near Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2003. It sank about 1850-1800 years ago - probably very quickly, as a lot of artefacts were found inside, suggesting the crew were not able to salvage them in time 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
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You gotta love the Czechs.
📷 @nezvany_host
📷 @nezvany_host
May 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
You gotta love the Czechs.
📷 @nezvany_host
📷 @nezvany_host
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People looking for signs of change often assume the change that matters most, the watershed, the rubicon, the turning point will be a dramatic event. But a case can be made that the changes that matter most happen in minds and hearts, and the events follow from that.
Revolutionary Weather (and the Baboon in the Ruins)
Everything changed in the last few weeks. The Republicans, assumed by themselves and too many others, to be unstoppable got stopped again and again. Public opinion manifested in many ways: as an elect...
www.meditationsinanemergency.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
People looking for signs of change often assume the change that matters most, the watershed, the rubicon, the turning point will be a dramatic event. But a case can be made that the changes that matter most happen in minds and hearts, and the events follow from that.
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The Gilded Rage: How Musk and Silicon Valley Will Destroy Us
The Silicon Valley tech bros, flush with ungodly sums of money, are aggressively inflating economic bubbles, gobbling up industries, and funding hatemongers as they pursue authoritarian control.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Silicon Valley tech bros, flush with ungodly sums of money, are aggressively inflating economic bubbles, gobbling up industries, and funding hatemongers as they pursue authoritarian control.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
The Gilded Rage: How Musk and Silicon Valley Will Destroy Us
The Silicon Valley tech bros, flush with ungodly sums of money, are aggressively inflating economic bubbles, gobbling up industries, and funding hatemongers as they pursue authoritarian control.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
The Silicon Valley tech bros, flush with ungodly sums of money, are aggressively inflating economic bubbles, gobbling up industries, and funding hatemongers as they pursue authoritarian control.
open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
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OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
on.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:42 PM
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
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NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
Meet the Group Breaking People Out of AI Delusions
In this Discord server, people impacted by AI delusions and psychosis share their experiences — and even help users out of delusional spells.
futurism.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:23 PM
NEW: A Discord community with nearly 200 members serves as a support group for people whose minds and lives have been upended by episodes of AI delusion and psychosis.
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
In some cases, members say, the group has helped people climb out of their destructive AI "spirals."
futurism.com/artificial-i...
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From vibe coding to vibe lifing, could he keep productization as his true north ? (tbc)
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
From vibe coding to vibe lifing, could he keep productization as his true north ? (tbc)
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Historians and lovers of history – this one is for you: on.ft.com/4rcr4wL
Best books of 2025: History
Frederick Studemann selects his must-read titles
on.ft.com
November 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Historians and lovers of history – this one is for you: on.ft.com/4rcr4wL
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Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...
How privacy can save your life | Carissa Véliz | TEDxPorto
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
www.youtube.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Very nice to see my TEDx Porto talk is out! How #privacy can save your life. For more on privacy, get the #book - Privacy Is Power. #AIEthics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSPR...
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Bold casting choices for the "Odd Couple" reboot, but I'm sure they'll work it out in the writer's room.
November 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Bold casting choices for the "Odd Couple" reboot, but I'm sure they'll work it out in the writer's room.
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Newsletter: While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel
www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
Issue 97 – This is hardship
While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel
www.citationneeded.news
November 19, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Newsletter: While slumping prices have some fearing it’s crypto winter again, Trump looks to Saudia Arabia and American retail crypto investors to fund the development of his next hotel
www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
www.citationneeded.news/issue-97/
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Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trump frickin' loves this guy lmao
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Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
@molly.wiki "Molly White, journaliste et chercheuse critique de ces technologies" has a great ring to it😀.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 PM
@molly.wiki "Molly White, journaliste et chercheuse critique de ces technologies" has a great ring to it😀.
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His suboptimal smorgasbord did not stack up. The lights were flashing amber here. (tbc)
November 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
His suboptimal smorgasbord did not stack up. The lights were flashing amber here. (tbc)
Why is the US gov.t actively trying to advance Putin's interests ? By any standards, it seems an extremely strange thing for them to be doing. The US gov.t has a perfect right not to support Ukraine any more if it so chooses, & to look on the outcome with indifference, but this is more than that.
November 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Why is the US gov.t actively trying to advance Putin's interests ? By any standards, it seems an extremely strange thing for them to be doing. The US gov.t has a perfect right not to support Ukraine any more if it so chooses, & to look on the outcome with indifference, but this is more than that.
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Trump’s “peace plan” to end Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine seems like it was written in crayon by someone with a high schooler’s understanding of the Kremlin, who thinks this is all a game of monopoly to be won.
Oh, wait. 🫥 1/
Oh, wait. 🫥 1/
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trump’s “peace plan” to end Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine seems like it was written in crayon by someone with a high schooler’s understanding of the Kremlin, who thinks this is all a game of monopoly to be won.
Oh, wait. 🫥 1/
Oh, wait. 🫥 1/