James Matthews
@jcmatthews.bsky.social
Researcher in environmental physics and meteorology.
When I was a kid, I wondered if standing on a rake - like in the cartoons - does cause a painful strike to the head, so I tried it.
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done? I don’t mean “cheating on your partner” stupid, I mean stupid stupid. Like, once, I had this bubble bath which smelled absolutely delicious, so I took a big glug of it. That kind of stupid. (It did not taste delicious.)
November 1, 2025 at 2:41 PM
When I was a kid, I wondered if standing on a rake - like in the cartoons - does cause a painful strike to the head, so I tried it.
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Imagine that... comedians fired for making jokes about the regime...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
September 21, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Imagine that... comedians fired for making jokes about the regime...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
The Montreal Star
Saturday, 4th of February, 1939.
www.newspapers.com/article/the-...
Hopefully the class of '99 at least know better.
August 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Hopefully the class of '99 at least know better.
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This KEEPS happening. When are we going to wake up to the threat of SPANISH INVASION??
There’s a replica of a Spanish galleon moored in the Bristol harbour this weekend, and it is really very big
July 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
This KEEPS happening. When are we going to wake up to the threat of SPANISH INVASION??
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☀️Heatwaves☀️, like the one we're having this week, will be made even more dangerous by climate change.
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
June 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
☀️Heatwaves☀️, like the one we're having this week, will be made even more dangerous by climate change.
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
Dr @eunicelo.bsky.social is on a mission to map how heat can affect people living in cities like Bristol.
#heatwave @bristoluni.bsky.social @ebibristol.bsky.social
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The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
"My choice in these volatile times is backing British brilliance," says Keir Starmer, who promises to deliver "British cars for British workers"
April 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
The UK car industry contributes £22bn to the economy and employs c 35k people.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
Universities contribute £265bn and employ nearly 400k, over 10x as much.
Yet he seems ok to let that sector implode.
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Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
April 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Forgot I was on a phone call about council tax
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
Them: What band are you in
Me: Erm, The Charlatans
Them: Your council tax band?
😬
For a blissful few moments, I thought that the Trump Gaza video idea was satire, then I saw it.
On one side, Paul McCartney and Kate Bush in an empty recording studio. On the other side the facepalm inevitability of Trump’s new AI video of gold statues of him in Gaza while it rains money on belly dancers all magic hour.
Yeah. I’d side with the tech dudes, Starmer. They’re the good guys.
Yeah. I’d side with the tech dudes, Starmer. They’re the good guys.
February 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
For a blissful few moments, I thought that the Trump Gaza video idea was satire, then I saw it.
Back from a work trip to Thailand, and it's messed up my body clock. Still, at least its only somewhere between zero and four sleeps till Christmas.
December 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Back from a work trip to Thailand, and it's messed up my body clock. Still, at least its only somewhere between zero and four sleeps till Christmas.
I'm instinctively dubious of rent controls, but Bristol will grind to a halt if people can't afford to live here. Something needs to be done.
The avg rent in Bristol is now a staggering £1748. Tenants are handing over a growing slice of their pay packet every month to keep a roof over their heads - often in poor quality & insecure homes. Renters Rights Bill must include rent controls to stop tenants being ripped off.
December 18, 2024 at 11:22 AM
I'm instinctively dubious of rent controls, but Bristol will grind to a halt if people can't afford to live here. Something needs to be done.
My Dad getting me out of bed, sitting me in front the television and telling me 'this is important, watch this' when the Berlin Wall fell.
(Born 1980.)
(Born 1980.)
What’s the first major news story your remember as a child?
Mine is OJ Simpson
Mine is OJ Simpson
December 18, 2024 at 12:00 AM
My Dad getting me out of bed, sitting me in front the television and telling me 'this is important, watch this' when the Berlin Wall fell.
(Born 1980.)
(Born 1980.)
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I love how certain chatgpt sounds when it just brazenly suggests a book as a notable source... but this book is nowhere to be found... not a trace of it...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
December 16, 2024 at 9:17 PM
I love how certain chatgpt sounds when it just brazenly suggests a book as a notable source... but this book is nowhere to be found... not a trace of it...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
And people share this sort of thing with me in discussions to prove me wrong...
I have to admit, if I had access to a button that made a load of people's phone ring an alarm, I would push it at the first opportunity too.
December 7, 2024 at 12:01 AM
I have to admit, if I had access to a button that made a load of people's phone ring an alarm, I would push it at the first opportunity too.
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🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
November 20, 2024 at 4:20 PM
🥳 10,000 Followers on Bluesky 🥳
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
To say thank you, I'll be giving away a 2024 General Election poster to one winner who reposts this (and is following) in the next 24 hours!
Best of luck :)
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What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...
November 15, 2024 at 12:37 PM
What a chart.
www.economist.com/interactive/...
www.economist.com/interactive/...