Sean Matthews
@seanmatthews1.bsky.social
Irish-British computational mathematician/programmer.
Mostly in Mainz, Germany; sometimes in Westmeath, Ireland.
'A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.'
Mostly in Mainz, Germany; sometimes in Westmeath, Ireland.
'A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside.'
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Home alone for the weekend - see how far I get:
February 14, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Home alone for the weekend - see how far I get:
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You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
You may laugh, but the Macbeths are a much better role model for a marriage than Romeo and Juliet. They discuss their problems (killing the king of Scotland), share their hobbies (killing the king of Scotland), and resolve their conflicts (by killing the king of Scotland).
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A small German state’s quiet revolt against Microsoft – and what it means for Europe
A small German state’s quiet revolt against Microsoft – and what it means for Europe
How Schleswig-Holstein is challenging big tech dominance and redefining digital sovereignty
www.irishtimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 6:05 AM
A small German state’s quiet revolt against Microsoft – and what it means for Europe
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"I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
February 13, 2026 at 10:31 PM
"I have a truly marvellous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
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I will do such things — What they are yet I know not, but they shall be the terrors of the earth
February 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
I will do such things — What they are yet I know not, but they shall be the terrors of the earth
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GLENDOWER
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man,
But will they come when you do call for them?
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man,
But will they come when you do call for them?
February 13, 2026 at 11:02 PM
GLENDOWER
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man,
But will they come when you do call for them?
I can call spirits from the vasty deep.
HOTSPUR
Why, so can I, or so can any man,
But will they come when you do call for them?
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade walking around a microscopic volvox algae colony. 🫧🐻🧪
“And yes, it’s for all these jobs that we’re being told AI can do,”
February 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
“And yes, it’s for all these jobs that we’re being told AI can do,”
On any occasion that this government has found itself in a hole, has it ever decided maybe to stop digging?
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BREAKING: Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has put out a statement in response to the High Court ruling that the ban of Palestine Action under terrorism legislation is unlawful saying she “will fight this judgment in the Court of Appeal”
February 13, 2026 at 2:51 PM
On any occasion that this government has found itself in a hole, has it ever decided maybe to stop digging?
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Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
February 12, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Best advertisement I’ve seen so far at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival
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Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...
Vince Guaraldi - earliest television recording of "Linus and Lucy"
YouTube video by Lee Mendelson Film Productions, Inc.
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Actual footage of Vince Guaraldi performing "Linus and Lucy". I'm gobsmacked that this exists, but utterly thrilled too. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMf...
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i'd like to see AI do this!!! [draws a convex function which i label concave and discuss as if it's concave for the entire lecture despite the vague feeling that i've made some kind of error, only realising next week what happened]
AI simply cannot stand in front of a classroom, gesticulating wildly and writing semi-illegibly on chalkboards, both of which are key to building rapport and convincing your students you are worth learning from
If people think AI can replace historians and political scientists, I have a bridge on the Thames to sell you.
February 12, 2026 at 2:55 AM
i'd like to see AI do this!!! [draws a convex function which i label concave and discuss as if it's concave for the entire lecture despite the vague feeling that i've made some kind of error, only realising next week what happened]
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I have immense respect for indigenous cultures. However, it is deeply impractical to feed 8+ billion people sustainably and reliably without high-tech industrial agriculture.
Ultimately, this is just reactionary, conservative pastoralism wrapped in leftist framing.
Ultimately, this is just reactionary, conservative pastoralism wrapped in leftist framing.
February 9, 2026 at 8:34 PM
I have immense respect for indigenous cultures. However, it is deeply impractical to feed 8+ billion people sustainably and reliably without high-tech industrial agriculture.
Ultimately, this is just reactionary, conservative pastoralism wrapped in leftist framing.
Ultimately, this is just reactionary, conservative pastoralism wrapped in leftist framing.
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A Mongolian girl named Butedmaa shares a laugh with her camel, 2003.
February 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
A Mongolian girl named Butedmaa shares a laugh with her camel, 2003.
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
Marc Bloch, historien et résistant juif, entrera au Panthéon le 23 juin
La date du 16 juin avait été dans un premier temps pressentie pour son entrée au Panthéon, mais la cérémonie a dû être décalée de quelques jours en raison du G7 à Evian-les-Bains.
www.lemonde.fr
February 8, 2026 at 7:02 PM
"Eighty-two years after his execution by the Gestapo on June 16, 1944, the Jewish historian and resistance fighter Marc Bloch will be inducted into the Pantheon on June 23... His family requested that 'the far right, in all its forms, be excluded from any participation in the ceremony.'"
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
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It's kind of wild that the French foreign ministry has an official shitposting account.
France’s Foreign Ministry owns Elon Musk in this response:
February 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
It's kind of wild that the French foreign ministry has an official shitposting account.
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This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
One by one, Europeans mentioned in the Epstein files who still hold political office are beginning to resign or are being forced out of office.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
Meanwhile, ruled by an administration almost entirely made up of Epstein associates, the US carries on as if nothing really happened.
February 4, 2026 at 11:13 AM
This is preying on my mind a bit. Jeffrey Epstein was not primarily a British scandal! So far we've removed a Prince from the Royal family, fired our US ambassador who was one of the most important political figures of the last few decades and banned the CEO of Barclays from the financial industry..
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Helen of Troy looking like Lupita Nyong'o is incredibly unlikely, would require a black swan event
February 2, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Helen of Troy looking like Lupita Nyong'o is incredibly unlikely, would require a black swan event
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*SPACEX, XAI VALUED AT $1.25 TRILLION: COMPANY MEMO
we are so close to the end you can smell it
we are so close to the end you can smell it
February 2, 2026 at 9:13 PM
*SPACEX, XAI VALUED AT $1.25 TRILLION: COMPANY MEMO
we are so close to the end you can smell it
we are so close to the end you can smell it
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I think it is actually quite dangerously load bearing; if this IPO fails to get away or, possibly worse, launches at the bottom of the range and immediately eats s**t then I can see a lot of risk tolerance assumptions being revisited.
February 2, 2026 at 9:17 PM
I think it is actually quite dangerously load bearing; if this IPO fails to get away or, possibly worse, launches at the bottom of the range and immediately eats s**t then I can see a lot of risk tolerance assumptions being revisited.
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this is true but on the other hand the MONIAC is so, so fucking cool
February 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
this is true but on the other hand the MONIAC is so, so fucking cool