Matthew Wright 👨🏼🦼
@mcmwright.bsky.social
Acoustics, Folk Music, Disability, not necessarily at the same time. OHMI trustee.
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Geoffrey and his “Barley Audible” poster at the PGR showcase #barley #sound #acoustics #engineering #plants #plantsciences @engineering-soton.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Geoffrey and his “Barley Audible” poster at the PGR showcase #barley #sound #acoustics #engineering #plants #plantsciences @engineering-soton.bsky.social
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Drumroll. Composer of the Week next week on R3 is Max Roach.
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Drumroll. Composer of the Week next week on R3 is Max Roach.
Working too late on acoustics lecture materials, and now my dozing mind thinks it has to prepare an episode of Last Week Tonight that does a deep dive into the pulsating sphere problem
November 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Working too late on acoustics lecture materials, and now my dozing mind thinks it has to prepare an episode of Last Week Tonight that does a deep dive into the pulsating sphere problem
New t-shirt slogan just dropped
/2 That kind of knowledge is what I have in the place where others have a capacity to interact comfortably with fellow human beings.
November 18, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New t-shirt slogan just dropped
Wonder if this is the curse of Diamond gradually wearing off
ONS is so bad. (This is about specifically British nationals.) www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopula...
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wonder if this is the curse of Diamond gradually wearing off
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When I was young Orwell's line "if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever" was seen as a description of communism. Today, it applies to the Labour right.
November 16, 2025 at 11:38 AM
When I was young Orwell's line "if you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever" was seen as a description of communism. Today, it applies to the Labour right.
Not to mention this classic
November 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Not to mention this classic
Nothing I've heard since has persuaded me otherwise
This should dispel the scurrilous accusation that Sir Keir Starmer is a cynical vote-chaser who says whatever he thinks voters want to hear, and confirm that he is a man of sincere (albeit repulsive) conviction
Labour's next biggest losses are to left-liberal parties (Liberal Democrats and Greens).
Reform's growth in support has mostly come from the Conservatives and non-voting (much less from Labour).
These reflect patterns of party-bloc voting that we saw in the 2024 UK GE: tinyurl.com/y5pv7thw
Reform's growth in support has mostly come from the Conservatives and non-voting (much less from Labour).
These reflect patterns of party-bloc voting that we saw in the 2024 UK GE: tinyurl.com/y5pv7thw
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Nothing I've heard since has persuaded me otherwise
What is your favourite song about the rain?
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
What is your favourite song about the rain?
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
Probably La Tharpe, but since she's been done here's another goody
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I swear my mate just told me her toddler has foot and mouth disease. In my role of child free auntie, I have no idea how to help. Do I send a get well soon card, or help her burn the farm down to stop the infection spreading???
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I swear my mate just told me her toddler has foot and mouth disease. In my role of child free auntie, I have no idea how to help. Do I send a get well soon card, or help her burn the farm down to stop the infection spreading???
Why I don't hate PowerPoint
My use case is making slides for lectures, for which (bearing in mind I can't write as I go) I find it the least worst tool. Why?
November 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Why I don't hate PowerPoint
Why I like Microsoft's Equation Editor
When my right hand started to lose its cunning I tried to learn to write left-handed, buying special pens and exercise books, but never got far enough that I could manipulate equations on paper the way I used to
November 13, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Why I like Microsoft's Equation Editor
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
The 'wrongest person on Bluesky' (tm) takes aim at an entirely justifiable target and hits his own-bullet-ridden foot again
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The 'wrongest person on Bluesky' (tm) takes aim at an entirely justifiable target and hits his own-bullet-ridden foot again
Mr W has ordered something on the Internet that she hopes will help me to become erect
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Mr W has ordered something on the Internet that she hopes will help me to become erect
A song and a tune for Martinmas
Martinmas Time | Andy Irvine & Paul Brady 40th Anniversary Concert | TG4
YouTube video by TradTG4
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November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A song and a tune for Martinmas
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They should certainly trail that, in the same way that the Tories trailed that Toby Young was in the frame to lead the OfS. Once the outrage had been sprayed across the sector they rowed back on it and appointed someone almost as ghastly with minimal protest
November 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
They should certainly trail that, in the same way that the Tories trailed that Toby Young was in the frame to lead the OfS. Once the outrage had been sprayed across the sector they rowed back on it and appointed someone almost as ghastly with minimal protest
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As a retired academic I’m allowed to say that this public art in Leuven sums up how I feel about the prospect of a committee meeting!
November 8, 2025 at 9:55 AM
As a retired academic I’m allowed to say that this public art in Leuven sums up how I feel about the prospect of a committee meeting!
Exciting news from my Lord Clarivate, who tells me that one of my publications has been removed from my profile because an unnamed person thought they should. Not sure I can summon the energy to care
November 7, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Exciting news from my Lord Clarivate, who tells me that one of my publications has been removed from my profile because an unnamed person thought they should. Not sure I can summon the energy to care
How come I can point my phone camera at any rectangular object and it will give me a face-on view of it, but I can't put an open book on a scanner and have it give me two page-images without pressing thirteen buttons and lining it up exactly right?
November 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
How come I can point my phone camera at any rectangular object and it will give me a face-on view of it, but I can't put an open book on a scanner and have it give me two page-images without pressing thirteen buttons and lining it up exactly right?
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Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."
November 5, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."
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My TV Crime Penguin Postcard series is now available as a choose-your-own quintet. Get your bunch of fives here: colemandesign.co.uk/tv-crime-pen...
November 5, 2025 at 10:50 AM
My TV Crime Penguin Postcard series is now available as a choose-your-own quintet. Get your bunch of fives here: colemandesign.co.uk/tv-crime-pen...