Matthew Rees
@reesmf.bsky.social
Born in Leeds, raised in Weymouth and now settled in Ham straddling the Kingston/Richmond border in SW London. I love walking, theatre, architecture, politics, radio drama, pubs and reading comics.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
* David Bowie
* Hawkwind
* Sparks
* Van Der Graf Generator
* Neil Young
* David Bowie
* Hawkwind
* Sparks
* Van Der Graf Generator
* Neil Young
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
* David Bowie
* Hawkwind
* Sparks
* Van Der Graf Generator
* Neil Young
* David Bowie
* Hawkwind
* Sparks
* Van Der Graf Generator
* Neil Young
We need many more car-free streets, some car-free zones and to stop house building where you need a car, e.g. all of the Green Belt.
November 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We need many more car-free streets, some car-free zones and to stop house building where you need a car, e.g. all of the Green Belt.
That’s the old Chinatown, the new one is in Whitechapel where estate agents have Chinese speakers and many shops have signs in two
languages, sometimes with Chinese first.
languages, sometimes with Chinese first.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
That’s the old Chinatown, the new one is in Whitechapel where estate agents have Chinese speakers and many shops have signs in two
languages, sometimes with Chinese first.
languages, sometimes with Chinese first.
It’s not a “claim”, it’s a fact. Do better.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It’s not a “claim”, it’s a fact. Do better.
People in City of London may be surprised at that smallest city claim!
November 20, 2025 at 10:44 PM
People in City of London may be surprised at that smallest city claim!
Sadly the semi-legit local newspaper chain run by Newsquest also continually peddles the London is dangerous myth.
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2563074...
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2563074...
Two shot and two stabbed in shocking four days across London
Two teenagers have been shot and two people stabbed in a shocking few days across London.
www.newsshopper.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Sadly the semi-legit local newspaper chain run by Newsquest also continually peddles the London is dangerous myth.
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2563074...
www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/2563074...
Apparently the strange beasts are perfectly fine but the reference to small boats is not!
www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Apparently the strange beasts are perfectly fine but the reference to small boats is not!
www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
And, yes, coffee mugs without handles really annoy me.
November 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
And, yes, coffee mugs without handles really annoy me.
It wouldn’t be the same song but it would still be a song. A teapot without a handle is a level of evil that even Gail’s have not reached yet.
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
It wouldn’t be the same song but it would still be a song. A teapot without a handle is a level of evil that even Gail’s have not reached yet.
Except that the teapot needs a handle to function but a song or picture does not need the embedded sample. I think a sample is incidental to the new work, not a fundamental part of it.
November 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Except that the teapot needs a handle to function but a song or picture does not need the embedded sample. I think a sample is incidental to the new work, not a fundamental part of it.
Unless the new teapot has two handles then the new one is just a copy of the old. This is more like plagiarism than sampling.
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Unless the new teapot has two handles then the new one is just a copy of the old. This is more like plagiarism than sampling.
I’m not going to wade through the TED Talk again but @romanmars.bsky.social gives the example of one flag including another in amongst several motifs. This is unlike, say, the Australia flag which includes the UK flag prominently (still, for some reason).
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I’m not going to wade through the TED Talk again but @romanmars.bsky.social gives the example of one flag including another in amongst several motifs. This is unlike, say, the Australia flag which includes the UK flag prominently (still, for some reason).
And thanks to you for picking this up. One of the things I liked about the original ComiXology was that they understood how comics work and how people buy them whereas Amazon thinks a comic is a book. So glad to see comics fans back in the digital game. Now get Image on board!
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
And thanks to you for picking this up. One of the things I liked about the original ComiXology was that they understood how comics work and how people buy them whereas Amazon thinks a comic is a book. So glad to see comics fans back in the digital game. Now get Image on board!
Will be filling some gaps and it would be useful if the descriptions for the volumes and omnibuses made it clear which issues they include so that I could find those gaps easily.
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Will be filling some gaps and it would be useful if the descriptions for the volumes and omnibuses made it clear which issues they include so that I could find those gaps easily.
Only rain in KT2 too.
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Only rain in KT2 too.
So your chart showing the Greens well to the left of the Lib Dem’s, with Labour between them, is meant to prove your point that they’re the same?!
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
So your chart showing the Greens well to the left of the Lib Dem’s, with Labour between them, is meant to prove your point that they’re the same?!
Democracy is not a waste of money. If I want to vote for a party then that should be my choice, not the party’s.
November 18, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Democracy is not a waste of money. If I want to vote for a party then that should be my choice, not the party’s.
If we believe that migration is a serious problem then why do we let British people migrate?
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If we believe that migration is a serious problem then why do we let British people migrate?
And some key Pokemon Go sites, e.g. @pokemongohub.bsky.social !!
November 18, 2025 at 1:37 PM
And some key Pokemon Go sites, e.g. @pokemongohub.bsky.social !!
Typical British arrogance here, we have eff all that China wants to steal or learn from. We’re the toddler in the room thinking that the world revolves around us.
November 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Typical British arrogance here, we have eff all that China wants to steal or learn from. We’re the toddler in the room thinking that the world revolves around us.
As a Londoner I very much welcome this move but as someone who has been to many European cities I also despair at how little has been done here. London, like rest of UK, is very much car first and we’ll see what we can do for everyone else in any space that is left. London is not a walking city.
November 16, 2025 at 10:03 PM
As a Londoner I very much welcome this move but as someone who has been to many European cities I also despair at how little has been done here. London, like rest of UK, is very much car first and we’ll see what we can do for everyone else in any space that is left. London is not a walking city.
I’ve seen Kew taking sticks etc off people on the grounds of bio security!
November 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I’ve seen Kew taking sticks etc off people on the grounds of bio security!