Matthew Perren
@matthewperren.bsky.social
Dog and cat owning ex-bookseller. Lives in Scotland.
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Matthew Perren
@matthewperren.bsky.social
· Apr 27
Mike Walz absolutely nailed it in his state of the state address:
“Let’s be real clear about something: If you say you love freedom, but you don’t believe in freedom for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom – it’s privilege.”
“Let’s be real clear about something: If you say you love freedom, but you don’t believe in freedom for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom – it’s privilege.”
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I swear dogs used to be fine eating chocolate and now it apparently kills them and I feel this is somehow the fault of Woke
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I swear dogs used to be fine eating chocolate and now it apparently kills them and I feel this is somehow the fault of Woke
Made butteries. Screw you and your croissants, France.
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Made butteries. Screw you and your croissants, France.
‘Tis not the season for at least another fortnight.
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
‘Tis not the season for at least another fortnight.
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He stees you when you're stleeping.
November 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
He stees you when you're stleeping.
All euphemisms for death are a form of cowardice. It’s the one thing we all have in common. None of us can escape it. Might as well just use the right word for it.
Going to share a semi-regular gripe over euphemisms, this time “passed”. Saw a post talking about someone’s friend who passed, spent too long trying to work out what exactly they had passed until it clicked that they had died. Please, when I die, just say I died ok?
November 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
All euphemisms for death are a form of cowardice. It’s the one thing we all have in common. None of us can escape it. Might as well just use the right word for it.
Once again I find myself asking, if he didn’t incite violent action on Jan 6th, why did he pardon those who took violent action on Jan 6th
Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Once again I find myself asking, if he didn’t incite violent action on Jan 6th, why did he pardon those who took violent action on Jan 6th
Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit www.bbc.com/news/article...
A dickhead, earlier
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A dickhead, earlier
Left the car at KwikFit. They’re going to order in two new rear tyres and fit them. They’ll call when it’s ready to be picked up.
I’m now crippled with the inability to do ANYTHING because WHAT IF THEY CALL????
I’m now crippled with the inability to do ANYTHING because WHAT IF THEY CALL????
November 14, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Left the car at KwikFit. They’re going to order in two new rear tyres and fit them. They’ll call when it’s ready to be picked up.
I’m now crippled with the inability to do ANYTHING because WHAT IF THEY CALL????
I’m now crippled with the inability to do ANYTHING because WHAT IF THEY CALL????
Profound revelations from one our most elusive cultural figures
THREAD. In her exclusive interview in today's Daily Telegraph Magazine, the actor, influencer and designer Philippa Islington-Smythe (pictured) discusses the price of fame, her controversial new perfume, working with Margot Robbie and how becoming a parent changed her perspective on the world...
November 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Profound revelations from one our most elusive cultural figures
Had a bit of an overwhelm/breakdown in August so I’ve been using up all my remaining paid holiday having Fridays off. It’s made such a huge difference that I’ve made it permanent. I’d rather be paid 1/5th less and be well
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Had a bit of an overwhelm/breakdown in August so I’ve been using up all my remaining paid holiday having Fridays off. It’s made such a huge difference that I’ve made it permanent. I’d rather be paid 1/5th less and be well
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The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the…
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the…
The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the demolition and replacement of Argyle House. But while other news sources make much click capital out of it having briefly appeared in some Netflix police show or another, here at Threadinburgh I prefer to get down to the nitty-gritty of the how, why and what of this much critiqued building. And just what it has to do with the Lyceum Theatre, Dalgety Bay and the Water of Leith Walkway...
threadinburgh.scot
November 13, 2025 at 6:46 AM
The thread about Argyle House; “preposterously large and a potential rival to the Castle rock”
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the…
Brutalist buildings are the Marmite of architecture - passionately loved or loathed - and one in Edinburgh was much in the news yesterday when it was announced that plans had been lodged for the…
If you don’t want folks to think you encouraged a coup; don’t pardon the convicted perpetrators perhaps.
November 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
If you don’t want folks to think you encouraged a coup; don’t pardon the convicted perpetrators perhaps.
There is no bottom to the banality of these people. Sure, they’re rich and glamorous and well-known, but they’re not interesting or unusual in any way whatsoever.
She’s just Dave from accounts isn’t she?
She’s just Dave from accounts isn’t she?
If you think the moon landing is fake, I'm not shocked when you fail the California bar exam Kimberly
November 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There is no bottom to the banality of these people. Sure, they’re rich and glamorous and well-known, but they’re not interesting or unusual in any way whatsoever.
She’s just Dave from accounts isn’t she?
She’s just Dave from accounts isn’t she?
So here I am, an hour late for starting work an hour early
November 12, 2025 at 8:59 AM
So here I am, an hour late for starting work an hour early
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Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
November 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Boris Johnson says the idea that criticism of the BBC is being organised by the right is ‘complete and utter bollocks’, which makes me think there might be something in it.
So are we saying that, putting aside some clumsy editing, Trump *didn’t* try to incite the Jan 6th insurrection?
Wasn’t this already proven?
In what way has the Panorama programme changed anything?
Wasn’t this already proven?
In what way has the Panorama programme changed anything?
November 11, 2025 at 7:04 AM
So are we saying that, putting aside some clumsy editing, Trump *didn’t* try to incite the Jan 6th insurrection?
Wasn’t this already proven?
In what way has the Panorama programme changed anything?
Wasn’t this already proven?
In what way has the Panorama programme changed anything?
When are bins?
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 11, 2025 at 6:39 AM
When are bins?
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
Bookselling friends. Sad news if you’ve not heard, the very wonderful @feexby.bsky.social has gone to the great Dr Who/The Archers mashup in the sky. He was a wonderful, warm, brilliant, very clever & very funny man. My latter contact with him was all on socials but I was glad to have him in my life
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Bookselling friends. Sad news if you’ve not heard, the very wonderful @feexby.bsky.social has gone to the great Dr Who/The Archers mashup in the sky. He was a wonderful, warm, brilliant, very clever & very funny man. My latter contact with him was all on socials but I was glad to have him in my life
Tories appoint a Tory to be DG of the BBC. Turns out he and his team can’t tell the truth.
The Farage starts bumping his gums about the end of the BBC and you have to wonder if there’s any degree of coordination.
I’m sure no one in Tufton Street is disappointed.
The Farage starts bumping his gums about the end of the BBC and you have to wonder if there’s any degree of coordination.
I’m sure no one in Tufton Street is disappointed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Tories appoint a Tory to be DG of the BBC. Turns out he and his team can’t tell the truth.
The Farage starts bumping his gums about the end of the BBC and you have to wonder if there’s any degree of coordination.
I’m sure no one in Tufton Street is disappointed.
The Farage starts bumping his gums about the end of the BBC and you have to wonder if there’s any degree of coordination.
I’m sure no one in Tufton Street is disappointed.
The AI generated Christmas Coca Cola advert is creepy as hell isn’t it?
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
The AI generated Christmas Coca Cola advert is creepy as hell isn’t it?
It’s OK @thegodpodcast.com. Eric Trump is here to save you.
Eric Trump, "We're saving Christianity. We're saving God. We're saving the family unit. We're saving the nation. DEI is out the window"
"People can coexist with one another without having top pick up arms and destroy one another, other than for incompetence and egotistical governments"
"People can coexist with one another without having top pick up arms and destroy one another, other than for incompetence and egotistical governments"
November 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
It’s OK @thegodpodcast.com. Eric Trump is here to save you.
November 8, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Just thinking about the 50th anniversary of both the Sex Pistols and Bohemian Rhapsody.
In 1975 when both were brand new we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 2, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 1 and Louis Armstrong’s first solo recordings
In 1975 when both were brand new we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 2, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 1 and Louis Armstrong’s first solo recordings
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Just thinking about the 50th anniversary of both the Sex Pistols and Bohemian Rhapsody.
In 1975 when both were brand new we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 2, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 1 and Louis Armstrong’s first solo recordings
In 1975 when both were brand new we were celebrating the 50th anniversary of The Great Gatsby, Prokofiev’s Symphony no. 2, Shostakovich’s Symphony no. 1 and Louis Armstrong’s first solo recordings