MWZ (Matthew)
@masto.discobear.net
Good grief, Charlie Brown! Work in health IT, 🇺🇸 in 🇬🇧, 🏳️🌈, bass singer in a choir, love 🚲 ☕ 🧀 💃📸 🎶 🚉 . Ex-biochemist. Come for the Brutalism, stay for […]
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Greetings! Un petit #introduction to me, formerly tooting from [email protected]
I'm a technical architect in a small local branch of a large software company. As if that wasn't enough. I'm the sysadmin for a community choir as well.
I love the corner of the Internet that is […]
I'm a technical architect in a small local branch of a large software company. As if that wasn't enough. I'm the sysadmin for a community choir as well.
I love the corner of the Internet that is […]
My brain each time I hear about the band Toploader:
January 8, 2026 at 4:16 PM
My brain each time I hear about the band Toploader:
Colleague: "Am I interrupting you?"
Me, setting headphones down: "No, I'm just listening to Robyn being horny on full blast."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAezWNIUMDM
Me, setting headphones down: "No, I'm just listening to Robyn being horny on full blast."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAezWNIUMDM
January 8, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Colleague: "Am I interrupting you?"
Me, setting headphones down: "No, I'm just listening to Robyn being horny on full blast."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAezWNIUMDM
Me, setting headphones down: "No, I'm just listening to Robyn being horny on full blast."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAezWNIUMDM
[Traitors UK S4 Ep 4 meets USpol]
I searched Bluesky for "Stephen cage" (horn gonna horn), and unfortunately all of the results are about Stephen Miller putting prisoners in cages. :ablobcatcry:
I searched Bluesky for "Stephen cage" (horn gonna horn), and unfortunately all of the results are about Stephen Miller putting prisoners in cages. :ablobcatcry:
January 8, 2026 at 11:25 AM
[Traitors UK S4 Ep 4 meets USpol]
I searched Bluesky for "Stephen cage" (horn gonna horn), and unfortunately all of the results are about Stephen Miller putting prisoners in cages. :ablobcatcry:
I searched Bluesky for "Stephen cage" (horn gonna horn), and unfortunately all of the results are about Stephen Miller putting prisoners in cages. :ablobcatcry:
Reposted by MWZ (Matthew)
Reserved this book at our local library based entirely on her description of the trumpet 🎺 (Lindy West, "The Witches are Coming")
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Reserved this book at our local library based entirely on her description of the trumpet 🎺 (Lindy West, "The Witches are Coming")
Taking a Class 165/166 in the direction of Brixham*? That's a Turbot train.
January 8, 2026 at 6:57 AM
Taking a Class 165/166 in the direction of Brixham*? That's a Turbot train.
[Traitors UK S4 ep 4, slight kink]
A "Cyber Security Architect" in a cage? Total pup move, really.
A "Cyber Security Architect" in a cage? Total pup move, really.
January 7, 2026 at 8:51 PM
[Traitors UK S4 ep 4, slight kink]
A "Cyber Security Architect" in a cage? Total pup move, really.
A "Cyber Security Architect" in a cage? Total pup move, really.
[Traitors UK S4 ep 4]
I'm still trying to figure out what a "sweet shop assistant" does.
"Hello, can I assist you in some Swedish Fish?"
"Hello, can I assist the Traitors inadvertently?"
I'm still trying to figure out what a "sweet shop assistant" does.
"Hello, can I assist you in some Swedish Fish?"
"Hello, can I assist the Traitors inadvertently?"
January 7, 2026 at 8:45 PM
[Traitors UK S4 ep 4]
I'm still trying to figure out what a "sweet shop assistant" does.
"Hello, can I assist you in some Swedish Fish?"
"Hello, can I assist the Traitors inadvertently?"
I'm still trying to figure out what a "sweet shop assistant" does.
"Hello, can I assist you in some Swedish Fish?"
"Hello, can I assist the Traitors inadvertently?"
[Traitors UK S4 ep 4]
Oh no, Stephen, oh no...
(It does seem to all be ignored by the round table?)
Oh no, Stephen, oh no...
(It does seem to all be ignored by the round table?)
January 7, 2026 at 8:26 PM
[Traitors UK S4 ep 4]
Oh no, Stephen, oh no...
(It does seem to all be ignored by the round table?)
Oh no, Stephen, oh no...
(It does seem to all be ignored by the round table?)
Things that the postie will leave outside: electronics, furniture, medications
Things that the postie makes me go collect: the score to "Carmina Burana", an RSPB mug
Things that the postie makes me go collect: the score to "Carmina Burana", an RSPB mug
January 7, 2026 at 4:53 PM
Things that the postie will leave outside: electronics, furniture, medications
Things that the postie makes me go collect: the score to "Carmina Burana", an RSPB mug
Things that the postie makes me go collect: the score to "Carmina Burana", an RSPB mug
It's the End of an Era for trusting online sources. LLM Training Season is never over, and the veracity of content is an Illusion. You may feel like Houdini trying to escape AI, which is embedded into These Walls of software. You wish it'd make a French Exit from your workflows and the quality […]
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tech.lgbt
January 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
It's the End of an Era for trusting online sources. LLM Training Season is never over, and the veracity of content is an Illusion. You may feel like Houdini trying to escape AI, which is embedded into These Walls of software. You wish it'd make a French Exit from your workflows and the quality […]
Blue pilled (but that's just the PrEP).
January 7, 2026 at 7:43 AM
Blue pilled (but that's just the PrEP).
Overheard at choir choreography practice tonight: "Fist first, then flat." 👀👊
January 6, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Overheard at choir choreography practice tonight: "Fist first, then flat." 👀👊
Google just reminded me of my own birthday next week. ☠️
January 6, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Google just reminded me of my own birthday next week. ☠️
I've had toxic exes that are less emotionally abusive than HelloFresh.
January 6, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I've had toxic exes that are less emotionally abusive than HelloFresh.
I currently have too many browser tabs open to display the page title "Sluttbrukertest" properly.
The shortened version is not inaccurate.
The shortened version is not inaccurate.
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
I currently have too many browser tabs open to display the page title "Sluttbrukertest" properly.
The shortened version is not inaccurate.
The shortened version is not inaccurate.
Person: "I need to go to the whole food store to buy some bulk spice."
Me: "I don't remember Bulk Spice singing on Wannabe."
Millennials in the room: groan/giggle
Gen Z'ers in the room: crickets
Me: "I don't remember Bulk Spice singing on Wannabe."
Millennials in the room: groan/giggle
Gen Z'ers in the room: crickets
January 6, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Person: "I need to go to the whole food store to buy some bulk spice."
Me: "I don't remember Bulk Spice singing on Wannabe."
Millennials in the room: groan/giggle
Gen Z'ers in the room: crickets
Me: "I don't remember Bulk Spice singing on Wannabe."
Millennials in the room: groan/giggle
Gen Z'ers in the room: crickets
"T4 Bacteriophage"
Luke Jerram, 2023
Displayed at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
#virus #sculpture #glass
Luke Jerram, 2023
Displayed at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
#virus #sculpture #glass
January 6, 2026 at 8:40 AM
"T4 Bacteriophage"
Luke Jerram, 2023
Displayed at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
#virus #sculpture #glass
Luke Jerram, 2023
Displayed at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.
#virus #sculpture #glass
Kumail Nanjiani (appearing in Taskmaster UK S21) is one of the most famous alumni of Grinnell College, the tiny college/uni I attended in Iowa.
I saw him perform a set in a dormitory lounge in the late '00s, the entire crowd cross-legged and howling with laughter.
I saw him perform a set in a dormitory lounge in the late '00s, the entire crowd cross-legged and howling with laughter.
January 5, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Kumail Nanjiani (appearing in Taskmaster UK S21) is one of the most famous alumni of Grinnell College, the tiny college/uni I attended in Iowa.
I saw him perform a set in a dormitory lounge in the late '00s, the entire crowd cross-legged and howling with laughter.
I saw him perform a set in a dormitory lounge in the late '00s, the entire crowd cross-legged and howling with laughter.
Joy Unleashed
A photo of Sidney the Whippet and Bryn the Dachshund in April 2024.
#dogs #SausageDog #whippet #zoomies
A photo of Sidney the Whippet and Bryn the Dachshund in April 2024.
#dogs #SausageDog #whippet #zoomies
January 5, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Joy Unleashed
A photo of Sidney the Whippet and Bryn the Dachshund in April 2024.
#dogs #SausageDog #whippet #zoomies
A photo of Sidney the Whippet and Bryn the Dachshund in April 2024.
#dogs #SausageDog #whippet #zoomies
Date weekend with the Italian boy was generally a great success. We'll meet up again in a few weeks.
I think his most animated moment of the weekend was when I said the words "Raffaella Carra". That topic got a good ten minutes of conversation out of him!
I think his most animated moment of the weekend was when I said the words "Raffaella Carra". That topic got a good ten minutes of conversation out of him!
January 5, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Date weekend with the Italian boy was generally a great success. We'll meet up again in a few weeks.
I think his most animated moment of the weekend was when I said the words "Raffaella Carra". That topic got a good ten minutes of conversation out of him!
I think his most animated moment of the weekend was when I said the words "Raffaella Carra". That topic got a good ten minutes of conversation out of him!
Speaking of bears and branding, I laughed when I saw the horned M at Mostro Coffee in Oxford today.
January 4, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Speaking of bears and branding, I laughed when I saw the horned M at Mostro Coffee in Oxford today.
Is there some deeper commentary about dysmorphia and body image in the susceptibility of bears to creating AI images of themselves and for events?
Or do I just see a lot of bears falling for the slop?
Or do I just see a lot of bears falling for the slop?
January 4, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Is there some deeper commentary about dysmorphia and body image in the susceptibility of bears to creating AI images of themselves and for events?
Or do I just see a lot of bears falling for the slop?
Or do I just see a lot of bears falling for the slop?
I spent most of the weekend off of social media! What'd I miss?
(opens apps)
Oh.
(opens apps)
Oh.
January 4, 2026 at 6:18 PM
I spent most of the weekend off of social media! What'd I miss?
(opens apps)
Oh.
(opens apps)
Oh.
"Early Homo", also a description of playing tracks off "Bad Girls - Deluxe Edition" at breakfast.
January 4, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"Early Homo", also a description of playing tracks off "Bad Girls - Deluxe Edition" at breakfast.
[Traitors UK4 Ep 1]
If I'd had the foresight years ago to record maudlin, dramatic, minor key covers of popular music...
The biceps on Ross...
Stephen's giant collar...
We're back!
If I'd had the foresight years ago to record maudlin, dramatic, minor key covers of popular music...
The biceps on Ross...
Stephen's giant collar...
We're back!
January 3, 2026 at 12:26 PM
[Traitors UK4 Ep 1]
If I'd had the foresight years ago to record maudlin, dramatic, minor key covers of popular music...
The biceps on Ross...
Stephen's giant collar...
We're back!
If I'd had the foresight years ago to record maudlin, dramatic, minor key covers of popular music...
The biceps on Ross...
Stephen's giant collar...
We're back!